Obsession

Name: Obsession
Director: Brian De Palma
Released: 1976-08-01

1976 film by Brian De Palma

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Released: August 1, 1976
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, September 1976
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, September 13, 1976
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Director: Brian De Palma
Screenwriter: Paul Schrader
Producer: George Litto
Cast: Cliff Robertson
, Geneviève Bujold
, John Lithgow
, Tom Felleghy
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Runtime: 98 min
, 106 min
Genre: mystery film
, drama film
, thriller film
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Country of origin: United States

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Obsession is a 1976 American psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold and John Lithgow. The screenplay was written by Paul Schrader, from a story by De Palma and Schrader. Bernard Herrmann provided the film's soundtrack before his death in 1975. The story is about prominent New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland who is haunted by guilt following the death of his wife Elizabeth and daughter Amy during a kidnapping-rescue attempt gone wrong. Years later, he meets and falls in love with Sandra Portinari, a young woman who is the exact look-alike of Elizabeth.

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Director of photography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Main subject: incest
Filming location: New Orleans
Florence
Movement: New Hollywood
Film editor: Paul Hirsch
Title: Obsession
Color: color
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Original Score(February 10, 1977) nominee: Bernard Herrmann · statement is subject of: 49th Academy Awards
FSK film rating: FSK 16 rating certificate id: 48853
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Narrative location: Florence
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Review score: 77%(October 8, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 31 critic review
6.4/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Distribution format: video on demand
Named after: obsession
Filmiroda rating: Category III rating certificate id: F/0575/J
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Australian Classification: PG(since 1976) rating certificate id: 0020042E1F79 · distribution format: 35 mm film
Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence
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