The Medusa Touch (1978)

Note Générale:

6,9/10   

Réalisateur:

Jack Gold

Scénaristes:

Peter Van Greenaway (novel)
John Briley (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

1978 (UK)

Genre:

Drame | Mystère | Thriller

Intrigue:

Psychological thriller about a novelist, a telekinetic, who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.

Plot Keywords:

Disaster | Brain | Investigation | Police | Childhood

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not the best Burton, but enough to be getting on with

Ensemble

Richard Burton	...	John Morlar
Lino Ventura	...	Brunel
Lee Remick	...	Doctor Zonfeld
Harry Andrews	...	Assistant Commissioner
Alan Badel	...	Barrister
Marie-Christine Barrault	...	Patricia
Jeremy Brett	...	Edward Parrish
Michael Hordern	...	Atropos - Fortune Teller
Gordon Jackson	...	Doctor Johnson
Michael Byrne	...	Duff
Derek Jacobi	...	Townley - Publisher
Robert Lang	...	Pennington
Avril Elgar	...	Mrs. Pennington
John Normington	...	Schoolmaster
Robert Flemyng	...	Judge McKinley

Autre(s) titre(s):

La grande menace (France)

Durée:

105 min

Pays:

France | UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Norway:16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | UK:PG | USA:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, England, UK

Société:

Coatesgold

Anecdotes:

The cathedral in the climactic scenes was given the fictitious name of Minster Cathedral (even though it was intended to be Westminster Abbey) because the director did not want anyone who was familiar with the architecture of the Abbey to say "But that's not Westminster Abbey", given that the scenes were actually filmed at Bristol Cathedral.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: As Inspector Brunel watches the TV news a close-up of the screen reveals that the caption saying "Minster Cathedral" is actually stuck on to the TV screen rather than forming part of the TV picture. The letters cast shadows on to the glass.

Guillemet:

[last lines]
John Morlar: [voiceover] I am the man with the power to create catastrophe.

Not the best Burton, but enough to be getting on with

Some people here have pointed out that Burton overacts in this interesting little movie. Well, they're right, but he's positively wooden here compared to his histrionics in Exorcist II The Heretic.

Burton was a superb actor, with the best speaking voice this side of Lee Marvin, who squandered his enormous talent on a string of second-rate movies and an awful lot of whisky. But don't let that put you off watching The Medusa Touch, a thought-provoking, and thoughtful thriller that poses some uncomfortable questions about the nature of evil, and man's place in a world seemingly abandoned by God. Intelligent stuff - but watch out for the polystyrene masonry bouncing around at the climax!