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Seconds is a 1966 American science fiction drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson. The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino was based on Seconds, a novel by David Ely. The film was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival and released by Paramount Pictures. The cinematography by James Wong Howe was nominated for an Academy Award.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Seconds is an expressionistic blend of horror, thriller and science fiction about the obsession with eternal youth and misplaced faith in the ability of medical science to achieve it.
Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is a middle-aged man whose life has lost purpose. He has achieved success in his career, but finds it unfulfilling. His love for his wife of many years has dwindled. His only child is married and he seldom sees her. Through a friend, a man he thought was dead, Hamilton is approached by a secret organization, known simply as the "Company."
Actors: Tony Devon (actor), Tony Devon (producer), Giuseppe Cristiano (composer), Gavin Peretti (actor), Dan Lantz (editor), Mark J. Parker (actor), John D'Alonzo (producer), John D'Alonzo (actor), Matt Myers (actor), Todd Henderson (actor), Patrick Rodio (writer), Patrick Rodio (director), Patrick Rodio (producer), Patrick Nicholas (actor), John E. Vitali (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Thriller,Actors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
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Keywords: independent-filmActors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), T. Max Graham (actor), Derrin Schlesinger (producer), George Kay (miscellaneous crew), James Lally (actor), Michael Thompson (actor), Chris Darwin (actor), Chester Eyre (miscellaneous crew), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), John McLoughlin (actor), David Rooney (actor), Tommy Singleton (actor), Charles Teton (director),
Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
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Plot: Dark Summer is a simple, urban love story set in Liverpool. It is a tale of the lossed innocence of the two young protagonists Jes and Abe. The film follows them on the voyage that is their relationship, through one long summer full of struggle and achievement, love and death and ultimately failure and reevaluation. Which is dictated not so much by their own conscious decision but by the intervention of fate. Shot entirely in Liverpool, the city is as much part of the film as the two main characters, personifying the juxtaposition of harshness and warmth with its beautiful yet raw surroundings. The ebb and flow of the River Mersey echoing the certainty that time will pass.
Keywords: independent-filmAn unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.
Along "Giant" , "Seconds" remained one of Rock's favorite of his movies. The film was based on David Ely' s novel. Rock was finding himself pigeonhelded in comedy & yearning to change his image and "Seconds" was an opportunity to break out of comedy mold. The failure at boxoffice hurted him; fans were not willing to see him in that kind of role. But years later "Seconds" had been elevated to Classic status. Rock went to Cannes Festival to present the movie in 1966.
Portrait of aging banker Arthur Hamilton alias reborn painter Tony Wilson.
This is the last scene of Seconds, a really chilling ending to a creepy masterpiece of a movie. *Spoiler Alert* -- Reveals significant ending plot points.
http://annyas.com/screenshots/saul-bass-title-sequences/ Title sequence designed by Saul Bass, from the film "Seconds" (1966) , directed by John Frankenheimer , starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph More info here: http://www.annyas.com/screenshots/updates/saul-bass-seconds-title-sequence-1966/ Available here: http://amzn.to/eFuw5n Buy the book "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design" by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham: http://amzn.to/sXpXLV the Movie title stills collection Website: http://bit.ly/MovieTitles Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/MovieTitles Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MovieTitles Title sequences designed by Saul Bass: CARMEN JONES (1954) http://youtu.be/IaZEfNJAgM4 THE BIG KNIFE (1955) http://youtu.be/dPxYi_HWvo4 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDE...
Extremely unique camera angles and gorgeous cinematography for the 1966 cult classic "Seconds", the opening scene couldn't represent more how beautifully-shot this movie is. The main title from Saul Bass can be found on Youtube but I thought the opening was also worth sharing. Seconds is a 1966 American science fiction drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson. The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino was based on Seconds, a novel by David Ely. The cinematography by James Wong Howe was nominated for an Academy Award. Seconds premiered on October 5, 1966. It did poorly on its initial release, but has since become a cult classic.
The first couple minutes of John Frankenheimer's SECONDS, including the eerie Saul Bass-designed title sequence. Out now on Blu-ray and DVD: http://www.criterion.com/films/28428-seconds
Desperate to escape his dreary, dead-end life, aging banker Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) succumbs to a mysterious organization's offer of a new identity and a fresh start. Surgically transformed into the handsome, young Tony Wilson (Hudson), he begins a jet-set existence among a shadowy community of similar "Reborns." But Tony's heady exhilaration spirals into heart-stopping terror as he discovers that his newly purchased life carries a terrifying price.
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All day
Hiding from the sun
Waiting for the golden one
Waiting for your fame
After the parade has gone
Outside was a happy place
Every face had a smile like the golden face
For a second
Your knuckles white as your fingers curl
The shot that was heard around the world
For a second
Refrain :
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
(Refrain)
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds
Seconds
(Refrain twice)
For a second
(Refrain twice)
For a second
It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds of your time to take his life
For a second
For a second