The novel was adapted as a feature film by the same name in 1965. The collector is a fine classic suspense thriller, one that doesnt fall to the modern day pratfalls of wanton excess and simplification. Film location guide for the collector 1965, in london and kent. Freddie, a socially withdrawn bank clerk and butterfly collector, decides to expand to collecting human specimens. Written by stanley mann and john kohn, based on the 1963 novel the collector by john fowles.
The collector is a 2009 american horror film written by marcus dunstan and patrick melton, and directed by dunstan. Film tersebut diadaptasi oleh stanley mann dan john kohn dan disutradarai oleh william wyler. No current director would dare present such a bland character as freddie. The collector ist ein spielfilm des usamerikanischen regisseurs william wyler aus dem jahr 1965. Find great deals on ebay for the collector 1965 movie. Based on the bestselling novel by john fowles, thecollector tells the story of a quiet london bank clerk terence stamp whose butterfly collecting hobby takes a sinister twist when he kidnaps a most unusual specimen a beautiful woman samantha. After all these years the collector stands the test of time as a cinema classic and iconic film of the sixties. This is a horrifying film that treads across all too real territory shocking. The collector is a film directed by william wyler with terence stamp, samantha eggar, mona washbourne, maurice dallimore, year. Hed be surprised that the collector couldnt be made in 20, either. Get ready for an electrifying and chilling film experience that lays bare the intimate longings of a manand the woman who has become his.
After winning an oscar nomination for his second movie, billy budd 1962, stamp took something of a hiatus he was one of the leading figures of londons swinging sixties and didnt appear again until the collector came out in 1965. A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for. Clerk freddie clegg terence stamp, an avid butterfly collector, wins a football pool and buys a. The film was adapted by stanley mann and john kohn and was directed by william wyler, who turned down the sound of music to direct it. October 2nd, 2002 not yet rated 1 hr 59 min plot summary. The collector is a 1965 britishamerican psychological crimethriller film about a man who kidnaps a woman and holds her captive in his cellar, just for the pleasure of having her there. With terence stamp, samantha eggar, mona washbourne, maurice dallimore. Miranda matches wits with freddie the icy psychopath. The collector 1965 stream and watch online moviefone. Unfollow the collector 1965 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. The film was adapted by stanley mann and john kohn and was directed by william wyler, who turned down the sound of music to do it. The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in north america are as follows.
The collector is a 1965 american psychological thriller film based on the 1963 novel the collector by john fowles and filmed at various locations in england. Its plot follows a young englishman who stalks a beautiful art student before abducting and holding her captive in the basement of his rural farmhouse. The collector 2009, though sharing the same title, is an unrelated sadism and torture film. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girl friend in the same manner as he collects butterflies. Could i adore this movie anymore im in the middle of reading the novel, too, and its equally fantastic. The collector film 1965 wikipedia bahasa indonesia. The collector 1965 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Released 1965, the collector stars terence stamp, samantha eggar, maurice dallimore, mona washbourne the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The collector adalah sebuah film cerita serukejahatan psikologi inggrisamerika tahun 1965 berdasarkan pada novel tahun 1963 the collector karya john fowles dan difilmkan di berbagai tempat di inggris. Terence stamp is brilliant as the troubled psychopath freddie clegg for which he won the 1965 best actor award at the cannes film festival. Sep 06, 2012 originally, the rough cut of the collector ran more than 3 hours. It passes the ultimate critical test in that it compels a fair degree of involvement.
He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country house. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. This most likely was done for the purpose of using the year the film was projected. Collector, the 1965 movie clip let me have my bath. This was most likely done to show the probable release year of the film on the calendar, rather than the year it was made. Movies like the collector 1965 if you like the collector you are looking for suspenseful, disturbing and tense movies about with kidnapping, psychopath, obsession, collector, mentally unstable, confined and danger themes of drama and thriller genre shot in uk or usa. Met terence stamp, samantha eggar en mona washbourne. The film was made in 1965, however, and the month of may shown corresponds to 1966. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video.
Get ready for an electrifying and chilling film experience that lays bare the intimate longings of a manand the woman who has become his captive. The collector, 1965 film premiere at the columbia theatre. Maybe not outrageous by 1965 standards but certainly for director william wyler, abductor freddie terence stamp has to renege on his offer of a bath for victim miranda samantha eggar in the collector, from john fowles novel view the tcmdb entry for the collector 1965. The collector 1965 miranda freddie the first time i. According to samantha eggar, the ending of the film, in fact, is almost illegal, because the stamp character, freddie clegg, gets away with murder, and you werent. The collector 1965 posted in the truefilm community. The collector is a classic study in obsession where fowles took inspiration from the calibanmiranda relationship in shakespeares the tempest 1611 the character is even still called. Predstavlja adaptaciju istoimenog romana johna fowlesa. This is the film adaptation of the collector 1963, the first novel by john fowles, a celebrated mainstream writer also known for the likes of the magus 1966 and the french lieutenants woman 1969. This film doesnt hold you by the hand, and presents a very complicated pair of leads, who develop as the film progresses, with a few subtle flashbacks that fill in the tiny logistical gaps. This most likely was done for the purpose of using the year the film was projected to be widely viewed. Frederick clegg is chasing a butterfly in a field to add to his collection when he comes upon a country house for sale.
The film is told almost exclusively from the point of view of the former, a nerdish british bank clerk named freddy clegg terence stamp. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. The collector is a 1965 britishamerican psychological crimethriller film based on the 1963 novel the collector by john fowles and filmed at various locations. Vhs trailer for the 1965 thriller the collector, directed by. The screenplay was by stanley mann and john kohn, and it was directed by william wyler, who turned down the sound of music to direct it. Two of these small cut scenes were released in the trailer of the collector. He again made a splash, winning a joint acting award with eggar from the cannes film. The collector, 1965 film premiere at the columbia theatre, london, wednesday th october 1965, picture shows terence stamp, who stars as character freddie clegg, with girlfriend jean shrimpton.
Slipknots prosthetics was written based on this film. The script, titled the midnight man, was at one point shopped as a prequel to the saw franchise, but the producers opposed the idea and dismissed it. Terence stamp, samantha eggar, maurice dallimore en mona washbourne. Film tersebut dibintangi oleh samantha eggar dan terence stamp.
Naslovni lik, koga tumaci terence stamp je mladi i skromni sluzbenik gradske uprave koji otima lijepu studenticu ciji lik tumaci samantha eggar te je drzi zarobljenu u podrumu svoje kuce. A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there. The collector is a 1965 american psychological horror film directed by william wyler, and starring terence stamp and samantha eggar. The performances of terence stamp and samantha eggar are topnotch in this theatrical film and they succeed to carry alone the whole story. The collector has been remade recently with poor results, but this is the original by william wyler and is a classic suspense film that is genuinely disturbing and frightening in a very. The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with the sound of music topping the u. The film was made in 1965, however the month of may shown corresponds to 1966. The collector 1965 in the last decade of his film career, director william wyler surprised many of his peers and fans by moving away from the big budget productions that defined his career in the fifties friendly persuasion 1956, the big country 1958, benhur 1959 and focusing instead on more modestly scaled character studies such as the childrens hour 1961 or the liberation of l.
This was most likely done to show the probable release year of the film on the calendar, rather than the year it. W yler, who received an oscar nomination for directing the collector, said in 1965 that the film couldnt have been made in the 1950s, and that audiences were finally ready for something like it. The collectors weaknesses are not enough to destroy an essentially good film. The collector also is referred to in various songs, television episodes, and books. John fowless novel the collector was written in the form of a dual diary, one kept by a kidnapper, the other by his victim. The collector is a 1965 britishamerican psychological crimethriller film based on the 1963 novel the collector by john fowles and filmed at various locations in england. The collector, directed by william wyler, starring terence stamp and samantha eggar uk. Freddie clegg isnt sure if he can carry out his plan for her until he stumbles across an isolated house for sale in the english countryside, the house he spots while hes butterfly.
Maybe not outrageous by 1965 standards but certainly for director william wyler, abductor freddie terence stamp has to renege on his offer of a bath for victim miranda samantha eggar in the collector, from john fowles novel. Other john fowles works to have been filmed are the magus 1968 about a series of realitybending games, the superb victorian drama the french lieutenants woman 1981 and the tv movie adaptation of the ebony tower 1984. The collector 1965, based on a chilling novel by john fowles, followed. Jan 24, 2011 could i adore this movie anymore im in the middle of reading the novel, too, and its equally fantastic. Theatrical trailer for the 1965 thriller the collector starring terence stamp and.
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