| Bad Timing | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
| Written by | Yale Udoff |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
| Edited by | Tony Lawson |
| Music by | Richard Hartley |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[3] |
Bad Timing is a 1980 British psychological drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel and Denholm Elliott. The plot focuses on an American woman and a psychology professor living in Vienna, and, largely told through nonlinear flashbacks, examines the details of their turbulent relationship as uncovered by a detective investigating her apparent suicide attempt.
The film was controversial upon its release, being branded "a sick film made by sick people for sick people" by its own distributor, the Rank Organisation, and was given an X rating in the United States.[4][5] It went unreleased on home video in the United States until 2005 when The Criterion Collection released their DVD edition.
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- ^ Perry, Simon (Summer 1980). "FINANCE FOR LOCAL TALENT". Sight and Sound. Vol. 49, no. 3. London. p. 144.
- ^ Hasted, Nick (15 August 2000). "Sick, sick, sick, said Rank". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Miller 2003, pp. 6–16.