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The Disappearance

  • 1977
  • R
  • 1h 31min
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The Disappearance (1977)
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La esposa del asesino a sueldo Jay Mallory, Celandine, desaparece de su apartamento. Contratado por una organización internacional para un asesinato en Inglaterra, sospecha que están implica... Leer todoLa esposa del asesino a sueldo Jay Mallory, Celandine, desaparece de su apartamento. Contratado por una organización internacional para un asesinato en Inglaterra, sospecha que están implicados en su desaparición.La esposa del asesino a sueldo Jay Mallory, Celandine, desaparece de su apartamento. Contratado por una organización internacional para un asesinato en Inglaterra, sospecha que están implicados en su desaparición.

  • Dirección
    • Stuart Cooper
  • Guionistas
    • Paul Mayersberg
    • Derek Marlowe
  • Elenco
    • Donald Sutherland
    • Francine Racette
    • David Hemmings
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
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    • Dirección
      • Stuart Cooper
    • Guionistas
      • Paul Mayersberg
      • Derek Marlowe
    • Elenco
      • Donald Sutherland
      • Francine Racette
      • David Hemmings
    • 20Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 17Opiniones de los críticos
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    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Jay Mallory
    Francine Racette
    Francine Racette
    • Celandine
    David Hemmings
    David Hemmings
    • Edward
    John Hurt
    John Hurt
    • Atkinson
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Burbank
    Peter Bowles
    Peter Bowles
    • Jefferies
    Virginia McKenna
    Virginia McKenna
    • Catherine
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Deverell
    Michèle Magny
    Michèle Magny
    • Melanie
    • (as Michele Magny)
    Dan Howard
    • James
    • (as Duane Howard)
    Robin Sachs
    Robin Sachs
    • Young Man
    Christina Greatrex
    Christina Greatrex
    • Secretary
    Robert Korne
    • Dominic
    Michael Eric Kramer
    Michael Eric Kramer
    • Peter
    • (as Michael Kramer)
    Maureen Beck
    • Maid
    Patricia Hodge
    Patricia Hodge
    • Young Wife
    Norman Eshley
    Norman Eshley
    • Young Husband
    Mark Cogan
    • Child
    • Dirección
      • Stuart Cooper
    • Guionistas
      • Paul Mayersberg
      • Derek Marlowe
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    4Bunuel1976

    THE DISAPPEARANCE {Edited Version} (Stuart Cooper, 1977) **

    Ostensibly, it should be hard to understand why certain movies slip into obscurity despite being loaded with talent, but then you come across a case like this one and the possibility suddenly becomes not just plausible but inevitable. On paper, this Anglo-Canadian "existentialist" thriller certainly had potential: an impressive cast – Donald Sutherland, David Hemmings, John Hurt, David Warner, Christopher Plummer and Virginia McKenna – was mouthing the words of screenwriter Paul Mayersberg under the guidance of director Stuart Cooper (the man behind recent Criterion DVD release, OVERLORD [1975]) and being lit by the late great cinematographer (and frequent Stanley Kubrick collaborator) John Alcott; besides, the whole thing was being overseen by producer Hemmings himself. So, where did the film go wrong?

    Well, for starters, the central mystery itself is not very interesting: the neglected wife of brooding Donald Sutherland – the No. 1 hit-man for an enigmatic espionage organization – is forever threatening to leave him and does exactly that at the very start of the film; unfortunately, while Sutherland is very good in his role and literally the best thing in it, the actress playing his wife (Francine Racette) is as stiff and unappealing as one of her husband's handiwork. This fact renders the knowledge that Racette is none other than Sutherland's own wife in real life as well almost impossible to believe, since this is hardly borne by their interaction here – least of all during a fragmentary sex scene that ludicrously apes Nicolas Roeg's DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) which, of course, also starred Sutherland! Actually, I had seen Racette act previously in two notable films – Dario Argento's FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971) and Joseph Losey's MR. KLEIN (1976) – but I can't really say if her efforts were any better there. For the record, THE DISAPPEARANCE proved to be Racette's penultimate film before retiring to raise her three children with Sutherland. Thankfully, although most of them are practically extended cameos, the supporting cast – of whom, I thought, John Hurt comes off best – does keep one watching…but, again, the utterly predictable double surprise ending closes the film with a whimper instead of a bang.

    Equally to blame for the film's ultimate failure is Stuart Cooper whose direction is pretentious to a fault and, unsurprisingly, he too faded exclusively into TV-movie limbo soon after; for what it's worth, many years ago I did get to watch two of his TV ventures – A.D. (1985) and THE FORTUNATE PILGRIM (1988) – both of which were large-scale productions. Having said that, screenwriter Mayersberg is himself well-known for his non-linear scripts but the would-be audacious time-jumping techniques abused here merely attempt to imbue an obscure and thin plot with some elusive sense of significance; incidentally, even if the 88-minute version I watched was 12 minutes short of the original, I doubt that the missing footage would made things any clearer! Unfortunately for the viewer, Stuart Cooper is no visual stylist like Nicolas Roeg, much less a master film-maker in the league of Alain Resnais! Besides, given the structure and themes of the film, at times I couldn't help but unfavorably compare it to John Boorman's vastly superior POINT BLANK (1967)...
    8paul_mcmahon_au

    A haunting film about obsession and betrayal

    This film does a fine job of putting the viewer into the position of the main protagonist, Jay Mallory. It isn't until the climax of the film when Mallory and Christopher Plummer's character, Deverell, meet that the viewer can understand the disjointed, roller-coaster ride that Mallory has been on.

    The haunting piano music beautifully reflects the tension of the film. The support cast is made up of outstanding English and European actors who give the feel of the film the pace so often brought to the screen of excellent non-US films.
    6imseeg

    Terrific actors acting well, but there are simply too many flashbacks that bogged down this movie's storyline.

    The good: excellent cast of actors. I mean these actors were the creme de la creme during the seventies and eighties and even beyond. And we get to see some excellent acting performances. This is an ACTOR'S movie!

    The photography is of high quality as well, with many still shots without any words, that reveal the hand of a master at work.

    Any bad? Unfortunately this movie is bogged down by ENDLESS flashbacks, that got on my nerves after half an hour. I get it, this story is like a puzzle and what better way of slowly revealing the plot than by using flashbacks. BUT there is a limit on how many flashbacks I can see, before I get annoyed by them.

    Still worth a watch for the Donald Sutherland fans, because he gives one of his best performances.
    9mim-8

    Canadian "Night Moves"

    This film, done as a joint effort from the stellar cast and crew (script, cinematography, costumes, set design), is one of the best mystery, thriller-dramas, of the seventies. Ranking right along Arthur Penn's "Night Moves", "The Disappearance", in it's 91 minute, or better yet 101 minute director's cut, version is stylish neo-noir that glides perfectly through the story of alienation and betrayal, love and loss, mistaken emotions and gloomy memories, spanning between almost futuristic backdrop of Montreal, and rustic mansions and countrysides of Suffolk. Director's cut adds only a few nice linchpins to the story, explaining minor details, that are somewhat important to the plot, and without which, few things are left to our imagination.

    Never really seen in it's real glory, as intended by the director Stuart Cooper, until the 2013 blu-ray release, that comprises both director's cut and 91 minute "third version" of the film,released in the UK, assembled by unknown author, as close to original as possible, retaining the feel, flashbacks essential to the film's structure and original score, director's cut and a "hatchet job" US version, "The Disappearance" is the best example of how a really good film can be mutilated beyond recognition, by an inept studio hacks. Making a linear plot out of non-linear story which is essential to the depth of the plot, is a true crime, and the rating that this movie holds on IMDb is the rating of the so called "US theatrical cut" which made this gem bomb at the box office after a single showing, and jettisoned into obscurity for over 30 years. The example of this, is also contained on the blue-ray in a horrid 15 minute long excerpt from the re-edited and re-scored U.S. release version of the film.

    Now available as envisioned, (plus a non Hollywood ending) "The Disappearance" deserves it's place among the "must see" films. More than recommended, a true classic.
    7udar55

    Cold and stylish thriller

    Cold blooded hitman Jay Mallory (Donald Sutherland) experiences uncharted emotions when his wife (Francine Racette, Sutherland's partner and future wife) suddenly disappears. It makes him nervous about his next job (which the hitmen call "the shy"), a high profile hit in England, but he ultimately accepts the risks. Based on the novel "Echoes of Celandine" by Derek Marlowe, this is a tiny and engaging thriller put together by David Hemmings (he also has a small role). According to the L. A. Times, Hemmings raised around $2 million to make it (Sutherland also invested his own $200,000). The team must have called in a lot of favors as also onscreen in small roles are David Warner, John Hurt, Virginia McKenna, and Christopher Plummer. Director Stuart Cooper handles it all well and makes the film extremely "cold" on screen. By that I mean you can almost feel the chilliness in the Canadian and England locations. Mallory's home is also a cool site/sight as they shot at Habitat 67, a futuristic looking apartment block built for the World's Fair in 1967. All of this is captured beautifully by cinematographer John Alcott, who had just done Barry Lyndon(1975) and would soon do The Shining (1980) for Kubrick. In the end, it had a rough go in terms of release. World Northal picked it up for the U. S. and eventually put it out in 1981. By that time, Sutherland had already made 10 more films.

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      Donald Sutherland had played supporting parts (mostly small) in Britain for nearly ten years before his roles in "The Dirty Dozen" and "Joanna" brought him to Hollywood's attention. When he began receiving American offers, he had a problem, which was that he simply didn't have the money to fly out to California and support himself and his family until deals were finalized. He turned to fellow-Canadian Christopher Plummer, with whom he had worked in both "Hamlet" for television and "Oedipus The King" for the cinema. Despite the fact that they knew each other only slightly at that time, Plummer advanced him $5000, and Sutherland's Hollywood career began.
    • Versiones alternativas
      There are three different versions of The Disappearance (1977).
      • Version 1: The original director's cut which runs at 101 minutes and is healthily non-linear, influenced by the temporal experiments of earlier films such as Hiroshima mi amor (1959), Venecia rojo shocking (1973) and A quemarropa (1967).
      • Version 2: An unauthorized, shortened, re-edited version by Fima Noveck that runs at 81 minutes and attempts to put the narrative into a more coherent order by reducing the complexity of the narrative by coding the instances of non-linearity as flashbacks; and reducing their frequency and length.
      • Version 3: A third version that runs at 91 minutes but maintains the jumbled time frame and comes across as a leaner and more abstract version of the original.
    • Conexiones
      Edited into Give Me Your Answer True (1987)
    • Bandas sonoras
      Piano Concerto in G
      By Maurice Ravel

      by arrangement with United Music Publishers Limited.

      Played by Leslie Pearson

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 20 de enero de 1978 (Reino Unido)
    • Países de origen
      • Reino Unido
      • Canadá
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Francés
    • También se conoce como
      • Sein letzter Mord
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Habitat 67, Montreal, Quebec, Canadá
    • Productoras
      • Trofar
      • Tiberius Film Productions
      • National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 31 minutos
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      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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