Amazon.com: Rock Hudson stars in this unsettling look at second chances. Banker Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) lives a comfortable, stifling life until he is contacted by a mysterious caller offering "what every middle-aged man wants: complete freedom." Hamilton, with the help of an enigmatic corporation, fakes his own death and starts over in his new swinging-bachelor persona (now played by Rock Hudson). A change of life, though, is not just a change of scenery, and Seconds, for all its thriller aspects, contains some sad and disturbing meditations on the way we make our own prisons. Director John Frankenheimer uses skewed angles, bizarre close-ups, and fisheye lenses to underscore the film's off-kilter tension, and Rock Hudson gives a performance that is light-years removed from Pillow Talk. Well worth watching twice. --Ali Davis
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Rating: - rose from the ozarks
I remember seeing this movie when I was 14 yrs old. It had a great impact on me(of coures at 14, in the 1960s you'd have to be practically dead, not to be influenced by what was going on in San Fransico). ... Read More
Rating: - One Of The Most Disturbing Horror Movies Ever
The director John Frankenheimer made "Seconds" during his 1960's hot streak that also included The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition) and Seven Days in May. "Seconds" is quite simply one of the most disturbing ... Read More
Rating: - A completely unique and shattering classic. . .
SECONDS refers to time, to second chances, to going back for another helping. It the absolute best performance by Rock Hudson, and a must-see for fans of Science Fiction and Horror. Its central idea, that of being ... Read More
Rating: - Ahead Of It's Time
This movie never received the recognition it deserved, as Rock Hudson never received the recognition he deserved for the phenomenal performance he gave as a middle aged man given a second chance to create the life he ... Read More
Rating: - Seconds
Boasting one of Hudson's finest screen performances, this bizarre tale of self-transformation gets the paranoiac treatment from Frankenheimer, a veteran of political thrillers, and ace cameraman James Wong Howe, whose ... Read More
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