Believe in Me

1971
R
1h 26m

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5.7/10

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Michael Sarrazin in Believe in Me (1971)

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children's book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela's brother, who is also Remy's good friend. They fall in love and get an apartment in the East Village of New York. Soon after, the couple begins to indulge in speed and barbiturates. They become heavily addicted. Remy is thrown out of medical school and Pamela quits her job. Remy soon finds himself in debt with the local dealer, Stutter, who introduces his customer to heroin as a revenge for his late bill. Pamela faces the prospect of getting sober at her brother's clinic, but must leave behind a destitute Remy in order to do it.

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An intern (Michael Sarrazin) and his literary lover (Jacqueline Bisset) are consumed by their addictions to the drug called speed, methamphetamine.An intern (Michael Sarrazin) and his literary lover (Jacqueline Bisset) are consumed by their addictions to the drug called speed, methamphetamine.An intern (Michael Sarrazin) and his literary lover (Jacqueline Bisset) are consumed by their addictions to the drug called speed, methamphetamine.

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5/10

Not Believable

Michael Sarrazin is an intern in a big hospital. He develops rapport with the patients, and spends their entire date saving a life, which enchants children's book editor Jacqueline Bisset. How does he do it? He's a speed addict, and soon hooks Miss Bisset. Their lives go to pot, although they continue to look fabulous and dress well to the end.

It's a problem with Hollywood productions about people who lose their fabulous lives because of drugs, that they still look fabulous and wear good-looking clothes. Of course we don't want want to see our stars look the way their characters should -- although Christian Bale is willing to lose or gain 30 or so kilograms for artistic verisimilitude -- but Miss Bisset's performance, while spot on, isn't convincing when she continues to look so gorgeous, and Sarrazin ends looking like he's sleepy instead of strung out.

Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to tell a tragic story. They didn't here.

boblipton
Aug 25, 2022
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Trivia
Fifty minutes of Stuart Hagmann's original version hit the cutting room floor after re-shoots, including a scene featuring George Rose and Geraldine Fitzgerald as Jacqueline Bisset's parents. Bisset's character goes to visit them at their Connecticut home.

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Remy is walking down the street with Matthew with signs in the background that read "St. Marks Liqours" and "Hair" and they come upon Remy's dealer. Suddenly they are back up the street where they had just come from, much closer to those signs.

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Remy: You're hungry? How dare you! How dare you! All right, all right. You're hungry! Let's see. Let's see. Ah-ha! Chocolate syrup. Here! Here! Drink it. Drink it. Drink it all. Don't leave anything left. Down the hatch. C'mon. Drink the chocolate syrup, bitch!