Peter runs a New York tour. Christine is a recently widowed art gallery owner, and she falls in love with him. But, her 10-year-old son loves her way too much and has an unhealthy and pathol... Read allPeter runs a New York tour. Christine is a recently widowed art gallery owner, and she falls in love with him. But, her 10-year-old son loves her way too much and has an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother.Peter runs a New York tour. Christine is a recently widowed art gallery owner, and she falls in love with him. But, her 10-year-old son loves her way too much and has an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother.
Jeanne Tanzy Williams
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- TriviaIn her blog, Jeanne Tanzy Williams talked about her nude scene: "In my role as Mary the babysitter I had a topless scene with young Scott Jacoby. It was quite an innocent scene between two young kids discovering the excitement and sexuality of their little bodies. The day of the shoot for that scene I was very scarred. So much so that on the first take when I had to drop my dress and take off my tiny trainers bra, I fainted dead on the floor. It was, of course, a closed set, meaning no one but actively needed crew would be there. But of course the crew that remained, i.e., camera man, boom operator, director, script girl, lighting men, etc., etc. was quite enough to make me feel, well.... strange to say the least! After I came too... the camera man admitted to having no film in the camera for that first take. Guess he instinctively knew it would be a wash. By the end of that days shoot I was pretty relaxed on set even in my nudity and actually traded jokes with the crew."
- Alternate versionsIn the original ending Jamie is crying for his mother, who is dying in a fire on the other side of the door, followed by a scene where Peter waves up to Jamie, looking down from a window. Jamie has apparently been institutionalized. This ending was also in an early VHS version called "Deadly Rivals," but there is a version in circulation, also with the "Deadly Rivals" title, where it cuts from Jamie crying by the door to a shot of a fireplace with superimposed film credits.
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A low-budget gem from the 70's
I first saw this on TV when I was a teenager, a few years after it was made, and it made quite an impression on me. Now, 30 years later I was able to finally see it again on an old VHS tape, and it still impresses. It would be easy to dismiss it because of it's low budget, bland music, and occasional pretensions, but it nevertheless tells a classic story: a humorless, frustrated divorcée finds a fresh romance with a young man who is so outgoing he borders on being obnoxious. He's very different from her former husband, but may be just what she needs. But her precocious son starts to act out against this intrusion on his relationship with his mother. He despises everything about the new boyfriend that his mother finds so refreshing -- with tragic results. This film represents one of those rare instances when a low-budget actually enhances a film, and makes it more authentic and believable. Contrary to some of the other reviews here, it is not a "Bad Seed" kind of movie. A sex scene in the movie, involving the boy and his sitter, would probably result in criminal charges today. Scott Jacoby was an extraordinary young actor. BAXTER! is another film of his I haven't seen in 30+ years. I would love to see it as well.
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- Sep 22, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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