Extreme Close-Up (film)

Extreme Close-Up

Directed by	Jeannot Szwarc
Produced by	Paul Lazarus III Michael I. Rachmil Kurt Villadsen
Written by	Michael Crichton
Starring	Jim McMullan
Music by	Basil Poledouris
Cinematography	Paul Lohmann
Release dates	May 16, 1973 (1973-05-16)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Extreme Close-Up is a 1973 film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Michael Crichton. It deals with privacy in an ever growing technological age.

Plot

A television reporter rents surveillance equipment for a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives. He spies on his neighbors and eventually a broader range of citizens, finding himself caught up in the dark world of voyeurism.

Cast

Jim McMullan as John Norman
Katherine Woodville as Sally Norman
James A. Watson Jr. as Cameraman
Bara Byrnes as Sylvia Marina
Al Checco as Surveillance Salesman
Jacqueline Giroux as Barbie
Curtis Credel as Reporter

Reception

The film is highly praised by fans of Michael Crichton.

Home video

The film was released on home video under the title Sex Through a Window.

References

External links

Extreme Close-Up at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Jeannot Szwarc

The Devil's Daughter (1973) Extreme Close-Up (1973) Bug (1975) Code Name: Diamond Head (1977) Jaws 2 (1978) Somewhere in Time (1980) Enigma (1982) Supergirl (1984) Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) Grand Larceny (1987) Honor Bound (1988) La Vengeance d'une blonde (1994) Hercule et Sherlock (1996) Les Soeurs Soleil (1997)

Works by Michael Crichton

Novels	The Andromeda Strain (1969) The Terminal Man (1972) The Great Train Robbery (1975) Eaters of the Dead (1976) Congo (1980) Sphere (1987) Jurassic Park (1990) Rising Sun (1992) Disclosure (1994) The Lost World (1995) Airframe (1996) Timeline (1999) Prey (2002) State of Fear (2004) Next (2006) Pirate Latitudes (2009) Micro (2011) Dragon Teeth (2017)

Novels written under pseudonyms	Odds On (1966) Scratch One (1967) Easy Go (1968) A Case of Need (1968) Zero Cool (1969) The Venom Business (1969) Drug of Choice (1970) Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1970) Grave Descend (1970) Binary (1972)

Non-fiction	Five Patients (1970) Jasper Johns (1977) Electronic Life (1983) Travels (1988)

Film adaptations	The Andromeda Strain (1971) Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972) The Carey Treatment (1972) Pursuit (1972) The Terminal Man (1974) The First Great Train Robbery (1979) Rising Sun (1993) Jurassic Park (1993) Disclosure (1994) Congo (1995) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Sphere (1998) The 13th Warrior (1999) Timeline (2003) The Andromeda Strain (2008)

Film writer or director	Pursuit (1972) Extreme Close-Up (1973) Westworld (1973) Coma (1978) The First Great Train Robbery (1979) Looker (1981) Runaway (1984) Physical Evidence (1989) Jurassic Park (1993) Rising Sun (1993) Twister (1996)

Television series	Beyond Westworld (1980) ER (1994–2009) Westworld (2016–present)

Video games	Amazon (1984) List of Jurassic Park video games (1993–present) Timeline (2000)

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