Body Double Page #5

Synopsis: Jake Scully comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire B-movie, he scans the paper looking for anything. He happens to meet Sam Bouchard, a fellow actor who needs a house sitter. Both are pleased with the arrangement that will have Jake staying in the house and for a sweetener, Sam shows him his favorite neighbor, a well-built woman who strips with her window open each night. Jake becomes obsessed with meeting her and is able to help recover her purse from a thief, but shows his own phobia, he is incapacitated by claustrophobia when the thief runs through a tunnel. When Jake witnesses a murder, he finds out that the police love to pin crimes on peeping Toms. Jake discovers that here are just too many coincidences but must hunt them down himself without the police.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Brian De Palma
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
1984
114 min
1,339 Views


We'll get you out.

That's all right.

We got you.

Give him some air.

Talk to me, huh?

For Christ's sake, walk it off.

Just go for a walk.

Just relax.

All right, that's good.

There you go.

What's the matter, babe?

You had us scared there.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Get away from me.

Hey, babe, relax.

We're just helping.

I can help myself.

Listen, uh...

Listen, Scully, why don't you cool off?

Go home. We'll shoot this another time.

All right?

Don't lie to me.

If I don't get this shot,

you're gonna fire me.

Don't be ridiculous.

Why would I do a thing like that?

Save the speech, Rubin. I know all about

your deep, personal commitment to the actor.

So what? I'm claustrophobic?

You'll work around it? Right?

Yeah, that's right.

And, uh... I don't think

I like your attitude.

Yeah?

If I get this shot,

you'll like it a lot better, right?

Let's do it!

Jake, you better get it right this time.

You're one pain in the ass I don't need.

Okay, Joe.

Roll sound. Quiet!

And... action!

You bastard!

Don't be so melodramatic.

Kill!

No!

What are you doing?

What am I doing? I'm saving you!

From who?

From... Listen.

The Indian was Sam Buchard.

Am I missing something?

Is there somebody here that I don't see?

Yes! The dog knocked him in!

Come here, Holly.

He must've knocked him in.

I thought it belonged to Gloria,

but it must've belonged to the husband.

That's why he never barked at the Indian

when he tried to sneak in the house.

Let's go to the police.

You believe me?

Yes, I believe you.

I believe you are a number-one sicko.

I know all about you guys.

I've seen about you

on late-night television.

You're one of those necrophiliacs...

a corpse f***er!

I am not.

I turn you on, all right.

The only problem is, I'm still moving.

Unconscious is good,

but dead is better. Right?

No, Holly...

Are you all right?

Holly, here. Take my hand.

No! Do not touch me.

I'm not dead yet.

I know this all seems crazy,

but believe me, I'm trying to help you.

Are you staying in there forever?

Christ.

Freeze! Don't move your hand, Jake.

How's it look, Doug?

Looks great.

Good. Hold it.

86 the bat.

That's a wrap on the bat.

Get rid of that stand.

Help him out.

Can I slip out?

Wait till we get

the bar in.

Between the bottom two fingers.

Okay, you can slide out.

Don't move the hand.

Makeup! Touch up Jake.

Don't move the hand, Jake.

Keep the hand very still.

Don't move the bar!

Sorry.

Did the bar move?

I'm sorry.

That's okay.

You look great.

Did I flash the teeth long enough?

Best teeth flashing I've ever seen.

It looked beautiful.

I'm so glad I fired that other a**hole.

This part was made for you.

I mean it, Jake. You look sensational.

The bar's falling.

Can you hold it up?

Yeah.

Step out.

Let's bring in the body double.

The hair looks good.

Is that as hot as that water gets?

Don't move the bar.

I know.

Hi. I'm Mindy.

Pleased to meet you.

Be very careful.

My breasts are very tender.

I got my period.

Okay.

We good here?

Just bring your body up where...

See, I can't move my hand.

Keep your hand exactly still.

Okay, let's...

drop the camera.

Wait till we're in position.

Can you bring your body up to my hand?

Okay, Jake.

Quiet, please!

I'm trying to think.

Okay, you got focus here...

You're gonna get a lot of dates

when this comes out.

Here we go, guys. Action!

Action with the hand.

Oh. Oh.

Oh, great action. Great action.

Is that too hard?

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Robert J. Avrech

Robert J. Avrech is an American screenwriter whose works include the 1984 film Body Double (with Brian De Palma) and A Stranger Among Us (1992). He won an Emmy Award for his screenplay The Devil's Arithmetic, based on the young adult novel by Jane Yolen.He is also the author of the children's novel The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden, and the memoir How I Married Karen, and publishes personal and political writings on his blog, Seraphic Press. From 2009 through mid-2012, he was a writer for Breitbart News. more…

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