Extreme Close-Up

– While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a tele..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 20 Minutes
Release Year:
1973
Extreme Close-Up (1973)

While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Release Date:

16 May 1973

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Writer:

Michael Crichton

Main Actors:

Jim McMullan, Katherine Woodville, James A. Watson Jr., Bara Byrnes

Plot:

While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy on people. When he finishes his report, he returns to the equipment rental store to discover that he was too late and the store is closed, so he'll have to keep the equipment for another day. As a lark he sets up the equipment to "spy" on the residents of a nearby building, but soon finds himself caught up in the dark world of voyeurism, begins to descend further and further into that world and realizes that it is becoming a disturbing obsession with him.

Production:

National General Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10