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"God bless our humble upper-middle-class high-rise co-op and keep it free from smut peddlers, militants, urban guerrillas and Greenwich Village liberals."

1970 1h 27m EN

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6.2

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81%

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6.1

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 217🍅81%Rotten Tomatoes★6.1IMDB · 6,803

Comedy

Synopsis

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Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.

“God bless our humble upper-middle-class high-rise co-op and keep it free from smut peddlers, militants, urban guerrillas and Greenwich Village liberals.”

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Cast

Robert De Niro
Jon Rubin
Jennifer Salt
Judy Bishop
Allen Garfield
Joe Banner
Charles Durning
Superintendent
Lara Parker
Jeannie Mitchell
Paul Bartel
Uncle Tom Wood
Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Wood
Nelson Peltz
Playboy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Brian De Palma, Charles Hirsch, Brian De Palma
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Greetings Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brian De Palma, shot by Robert Elfstrom. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eric Kaz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Paul Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Robert De Niro and Jennifer Salt and Allen Garfield carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "God bless our humble upper-middle-class high-rise co-op and keep it free from smut peddlers, militants, urban guerrillas and Greenwich Village liberals.".

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The take

Brian De Palma directs. Robert Elfstrom behind the camera. Eric Kaz scores. Paul Hirsch cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Greetings Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Brian De Palma, shot by Robert Elfstrom. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Eric Kaz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Paul Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert De Niro and Jennifer Salt and Allen Garfield carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "God bless our humble upper-middle-class high-rise co-op and keep it free from smut peddlers, militants, urban guerrillas and Greenwich Village liberals.".
9IMDB entry: tt0065836 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.