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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Screenplay by | Lewis John Carlino |
| Based on | Seconds 1963 novel by David Ely |
| Produced by | Edward Lewis |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | David Newhouse Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $1.75 million (US/Canada rentals)[2] |
Seconds is a 1966 American science fiction psychological horror[3] film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, and Will Geer.[4] The film tells the story of a middle-aged New York banker who, disillusioned with his life, contacts an agency known as "The Company" which specializes in providing "rebirths" under new identities and appearances altered by plastic surgery. The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino was based on the 1963 novel of the same title by David Ely.
Filmed in New York and Malibu, California in 1965, Seconds was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival and released by Paramount Pictures. The cinematography by James Wong Howe was nominated for an Academy Award.[5][6]
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7]
- ^ Anderson, Melissa (August 12, 2013). "Face Off". Artforum. Archived from the original on July 3, 2021.
- ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966". Variety: 8. January 4, 1967.
- ^ Hurley 1977, p. 166.
- ^ Turner Classic Movies
- ^ 1967|Oscars.org
- ^ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Man for All Seasons Wins Cinematography: 1967 Oscars
- ^ Mike Barnes (December 16, 2015). "'Ghostbusters,' 'Top Gun,' 'Shawshank' Enter National Film Registry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2015.