The Bedroom Window [Blu-ray]

Overview

When his lover witnesses a crime from his bedroom window, a man agrees to go to the police on her behalf in order to keep their affair secret. But the man soon discovers there is much more to the story than there seems in this Hitchcock-inspired thriller.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/14/2019
UPC:	0738329237554
Original Release:	1987
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:52:00
Sales rank:	25,077

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Peter Tonguette; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Steve Guttenberg	Terry Lambert
Elizabeth McGovern	Denise
Isabelle Huppert	Sylvia
Paul Shenar	Collin
Wallace Shawn	Attorney
Frederick Coffin	Detective Jessup
Carl Lumbly	Detective Quirk
Brad Greenquist	Henderson
Robert Schenkkan	State's Attorney Peters
Maury Chaykin	Pool Player
Sara Carlson	Dancing Girl
Mark Margolis	Man in Phone Booth
Kate McGregor-Stewart	Blowsy Neighbor
Penelope Allen	Judge
Myvanwy Jenn	Maid
Francis V. Guinan Jr.	Bartender at Edgar's
Kevin O'Rourke	Policeman
Richard McGough	Policeman
Sid Conrad	First Victim
Wendy Womble	Receptionist
Libra Marrian	Secretary
Scott Colson	Usher
Carl Whitney	Man in Theater
Jodi Long	Cocktail Waitress
Richard Olsen	Late Night Shopper
Leon Rippy	Seedy Bartender
John Patrick Maloney	Pool Player's Friend
Kerry Lang	Waitress at Edgar's
J. Michael Hunter	Pool Player
Joyce Flick Wendl	Henderson's Mother
Joyce Greer	Police Receptionist
Winston Hemingway	Bailiff
Michael Burgess	Assistant State's Attorney
J. Richard Leonard	Court Clerk
Craig Jahelka	TV Newsman
Tobi Marsh	TV Newswoman
Terry Lambert	Actor
Sydney Conrad	First Victim
Patrick Gleeson	Composer
Michael Shrieve	Composer

Technical Credits

Curtis Hanson

Robert Towne

Curtis Hanson	Director,Screenwriter
Thomas Rosaies	Stunts
Martha Schumacher	Producer
Robert Towne	Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Martha De Laurentiis	Producer
Tom Bellfort	Sound Effects
George Berndt	Sound Effects
Mary Colquhoun	Casting
Erik Cord	Stunts
Jeff Ramsey	Stunts
Bill Hart	Stunts
Jeff Smolek	Stunts
Lincoln Simonds	Stunts
Bill Daly	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The Bedroom Window is a diligent, suspenseful thriller from Curtis Hanson, who started as a proficient director of genre films (The River Wild, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) before receiving widespread acclaim for L.A. Confidential. Hanson's trademark narrative efficiency is on display, making for a tense, focused story that mostly steers clear of predictability. In keeping with the director's minimal flash, leads Steve Guttenberg and Elizabeth McGovern exude comfort and competence, but little of the personality or charisma that would distract from his tight screenplay. Brad Greenquist does, however, make a menacing suspect, sporting a mixture of baby-faced innocence and deep-seated perversion. In one of the film's many nods to Hitchcock, Greenquist's eyes refocus with a murderous new understanding when he makes courtroom eye contact with the woman who witnessed his attack (Isabelle Huppert) -- a bit like the moment in Rear Window when Raymond Burr finally stares back at James Stewart's binoculars. Although the third act loses some steam from its promising predecessors, and there are some noticeably loose plot threads, these elements are too unimportant to undermine this smart little piece of noir entertainment.