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Body Double is a 1984 American neo-noir erotic thriller film directed, co-written, and produced by Brian De Palma, and starring Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, Melanie Griffith, and Deborah Shelton. The film is a direct homage to the 1950s films of Alfred Hitchcock, specifically Rear Window, Vertigo, and Dial M for Murder, taking plot lines and themes from the first two.
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Body Double is an "oldie but goodie" from Director Brian DePalma. The story is contrived, campy and predictable, but somehow manages to be fun. Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) is a claustrophobic method actor struggling to pay the bills in Hollywood. His day starts off bad when his fear of tight spaces costs him his lead role as a vampire in a cheesy B-film. It gets worse when he arrives home to find his wife i…More
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