Back Els ulls de Laura Mars Catalan Eyes of Laura Mars Welsh Die Augen der Laura Mars German Τα μάτια της Λώρα Μαρς Greek Occhi di Laura Mars EML چشمان لورا مارس Persian Laura Marsin silmät Finnish Les Yeux de Laura Mars French Occhi di Laura Mars Italian アイズ (1978年の映画) Japanese

Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIrvin Kershner
Screenplay by
Story byJohn Carpenter
Produced byJon Peters
Starring
CinematographyVictor J. Kemper
Edited byMichael Kahn
Music byArtie Kane
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 2, 1978 (1978-08-02)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[1]
Box office$20 million[2]

Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 American neo-noir supernatural horror[3] thriller film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, René Auberjonois, and Raul Julia. It follows a New York City fashion photographer (Dunaway) who suddenly develops the clairvoyant ability to witness disturbing serial murders from the point of view of the killer. The screenplay was adapted (in collaboration with David Zelag Goodman) from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter; it was Carpenter's first major studio film. H. B. Gilmour later wrote a novelization.

Producer Jon Peters, who was dating Barbra Streisand at the time, bought the screenplay as a starring vehicle for her, but Streisand eventually decided not to take the role because of "the kinky nature of the story", as Peters later explained. As a result, the role went to Dunaway, who had just won an Oscar for her performance in Network (1976). Streisand nevertheless felt that "Prisoner", the torch song from the film, would be a good power ballad vehicle for her. She recorded the song for the soundtrack and it peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Peters commissioned photographer Helmut Newton to provide the images that stand in for Laura Mars' portfolio in the film.[4]

Released on August 2, 1978, by Columbia Pictures, the film was a box-office success, grossing $20 million domestically. Some critics and film scholars have noted Eyes of Laura Mars as an American version of the Italian giallo[5] with elements of the slasher film,[6][7] and it has gone on to develop a small cult following.[8]

  1. ^ Ginsberg, Steven (August 2, 1978). "Jon Peters Org Develops 16 Features". Variety. p. 7.
  2. ^ Nowell 2010, p. 257.
  3. ^ Muir 2015, p. 195.
  4. ^ Griffin & Masters 1996, p. 54.
  5. ^ Edwards & Berns 2023, p. 235.
  6. ^ Hutchings 2017, p. 63.
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