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With: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho
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Written by: Dario Argento
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Directed by: Dario Argento
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MPAA Rating: PG
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Language: Italian with English subtitles/English dubbed
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Running Time: 96
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Date: 02/19/1970
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Hell-Bent for Feathers
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Mario Bava's disciple Dario Argento came into his own with this outstanding widescreen Italian suspense flick in which an American writer witnesses a murder through a huge plate glass window. He reports everything he saw to the cops, but can't shake the feeling that something's wrong.
It was based on Fredric Brown's novel The Screaming Mimi. Like many Argento films, this one was edited for American release, and as far as I can tell, the full-length 105-minute version is still not available here. Vittorio Storaro contributed the great color cinematography. The superb score by the legendary Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) sounds very good, and VCI Entertainment's DVD allows you to listen to the original soundtrack album on a separate menu. A newer, 2-disc DVD set is also available, as is a Blu-ray edition.
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