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kochillt	A REFLECTION OF FEAR	Lead	[-]
Oct 14 12 4:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Completed in 1971, A REFLECTION OF FEAR wound up being shelved for two years, quietly disappearing from theaters to find its place on television. It's understandable why the studio had little confidence in it, as it is a rather bizarre psycho-thriller, but boasts an excellent cast, led by Robert Shaw, his real life wife Mary Ure playing his ex, Sally Kellerman, and the odd looking yet perfectly cast Sondra Locke. My own print seems to be the 89 minute theatrical version, minus whatever footage the director, William A. Fraker, intended to keep. No doubt there's a story behind this one, as fascinating as the one behind it.
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MikeTheMook		#1	[-]
Oct 14 12 11:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've always wanted to see this, and it sounds great. When did you get your copy, and is it available on video out there somewhere? Check out my NEW childrens story book! https://www.createspace.com/4065369 Please visit my online store at www.Cafepress.com/mwcoolpix for COOL photos and designs! Please visit my OTHER online store at www.Zazzle.com/mwimages for MORE cool stuff!
johnny poveratti		#2	[-]
Oct 14 12 1:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Another fan of this one. Great shocker ending that a certain 80s slasher probably borrowed. There was a fullscreen Spanish dvd several years ago, and more recently it's available on MOD as part of the Columbia Classics line. Nice widescreen anamorphic print that runs about 89 minutes.
John Bernhard		#3	[-]
Oct 15 12 12:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It would be nice to see the original version, or at least read about it.
Jay Maggio		#4	[-]
Oct 15 12 3:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know I have seen this movie, cannot recall the entire plot, but I am sure it was pretty good..
kochillt		#5	[-]
Oct 16 12 8:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's still shocking for a PG rated film to have the Sondra Locke character fixated on a frankly incestuous relationship with father Robert Shaw, who does nothing to discourage her. Whatever footage may be missing, this is strictly R rated material. Shaw's real life wife, Mary Ure, passed away in 1975, three years before he did.
Rick		#6	[-]
Oct 16 12 10:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The story of Mary Ure's death is a bizarre one. As I read it, she'd opened in a play the night before and she and the play were drubbed by the critics. Next day she died of alcohol and barbiturate poisoning, possibly accidental, possibly suicide. The title of the flop play, by the way, was "The Exorcism." Making the whole thing even weirder and more unpleasant, her body was discovered by Shaw when he went home on lunch break from a rehearsal of a play he was working on. According to the story I read, back at the time ('75), Shaw found the body, called the police, and returned to rehearsal. Now I know the show must go on, but really...
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kochillt		#7	[-]
Oct 17 12 5:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was one earlier genre title for Mary Ure (of sorts), 1962's THE MIND BENDERS, opposite Dirk Bogarde, which showed up once on Pittsburgh's Chiller Theater.
ryanbrennan		#8	[-]
Oct 18 12 3:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw REFLECTION OF FEAR at the drive-in but remember little other than the impression it made on me. That impression: I liked it but didn't think it quite made sense. And then there's AVALANCHE EXPRESS, the movie Shaw was making when he died. Last Edited By: ryanbrennan Oct 18 12 3:24 AM. Edited 1 times.
Dr Acula		#9	[-]
Oct 18 12 11:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
Mora		#10	[-]
Oct 18 12 11:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And Ryan, don`t forget Swashbuckler. Remember watching Robert Shaw on The Tonight Show and he was speaking about how odd it was that he was just achieving success as an actor at a time in his life when he realized he had already outlived his father. And shortly thereafter . . .
ryanbrennan		#11	[-]
Oct 19 12 3:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, he definitely went too early.
Mora		#12	[-]
Oct 19 12 8:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	. . . But he also was a hard liver who sadly did not have a hard liver.
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