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(1968)
Histoires extraordinaires
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Three titans of European cinema team up for a stylish film based on the works of macabre author Edgar Allen Poe. Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini direct Jane and Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, and Terence Stamp in three separate stories of souls tormented by their own phantasmal visions of guilt, lust and greed. Vadim directs the first segment, Metzengerstein, with Jane Fonda portraying the spoiled, vicious Frederique. Malle takes the middle slot with William Wilson, featuring Alain Delon as the troubled hero, a man who has been haunted since childhood by a man with his exact name. Fellini's segment, Toby Dammit, features Terence Stamp as a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. Spirits Of The Dead is a real gem for those who enjoy the surreal and grotesque.
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Each part of this 1968 film (based on three of Poe's short stories) was directed by a different director (Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini). It has a cast of big names (Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, and Terence Stamp) and a narration by Vincent Price. None of this quite saves it from being dreadful. The best of the three is the Fellini segment (almost as good as Juliet of the Spirits).
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Rated: 2.8 stars out of 5 from 9 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
| Release Date: | 05/11/2007 |
| Production Year: | 1968 |
| Run Time: | 116 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
