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A young opera singer (Betty) gets her big chance when the previous star of a production of Verdi's Macbeth is run over by a car. Convinced the opera is bad luck she accepts, and becomes the target (in Argento's unmistakable style) of a psychopath - a man she has been dreaming of since childhood.
Movie Tagline:
obsession. murder. madness.
Also Known As:
Terror at the Opera
Title: Opera Release Date: September 06, 1991
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Horror All Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller Languages: Italian Country: Italy Colors: Color Sound: Dolby IMDB Rating: 7.1 Brimstone Pit Rating: 8.1 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With O
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Director(s):
Dario Argento
Cast:
Cristina Marsillach ...Betty
Ian Charleson ...Marco
Urbano Barberini ...Inspector Alan Santini
Daria Nicolodi ...Mira
Coralina Cataldi Tassoni ...Giulia
Antonella Vitale ...Marion
William McNamara ...Stefano
Barbara Cupisti ...Signora Albertini
Antonino Iuorio ...Baddini (as Antonio Juorio)
Carola Stagnaro ...Alma's mother
Francesca Cassola ...Alma
Maurizio Garrone ...Maurizio, the raven trainer
Cristina Giachino ...Maria, the assistant director
Gyorgy Gyorivanyi ...Miro
Bjorn Hammer ...Cop #1
Peter Pitsch ...Mara Czekova's assistant
Sebastiano Somma ...Cop #2
Elizabeth Norberg Schulz ...Lady Macbeth (soprano) (singing voice)
Michele Pertusi ...Macbeth (bass) (singing voice)
Dario Argento ...Narrator (Italian version) (voice)
Michele Soavi ...Inspector Daniele Soave
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Dario Argento
Ferdinando Caputo
Writer(s):
Dario Argento
Dario Argento
Franco Ferrini
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"White Dakeness"
"Balance"
"From the Beginning"
"Opera"
"Craws"
"Confusion"
"Opera Theme"
"Black Notes"
"Knights of the Night"
"Steel Grave"
More Movie Taglines:
- obsession. murder. madness.
- A star is born tonight... will she live to see tomorrow?
- The last note is a real killer.
Movie Quote(s):
- Betty: I am nothing like my mother. Nothing like her!
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Movie Trivia:
- Vanessa Redgrave was attached to star, but dropped out shortly before production began.
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Many mishaps on set, including the death of one of the actors, led director Dario Argento to believe that the "Macbeth curse" also struck during the making of this film.
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The ending of the movie is inspired by the ending of Thomas Harris's book "Red Dragon". In an interview in Luca M. Palmerini's book "Spaghetti Nightmares", Dario Argento states that he did not like Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986), the first film adaptation of "Red Dragon" which used a completely different ending from the one in the novel, but is a fan of Harris's novel. (Ted Tally's screenplay for Red Dragon (2002) later adapted this ending more faithfully.)
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Originally, Columbia Pictures intended to release the film theatrically in Germany in 1988 but after the FSK (Official German Censorship) demanded to cut out almost 25 minutes, mostly violence (among others the two scenes with Betty wearing the needles), it was released straight to VHS, even though a theatrical release has already been announced.
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The last theatrical film of Ian Charleson.
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Keywords:
Opera, Killing, Psychopath, Entrails, Mutilation ...[more]
Keywords All:
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