The Collector

The Collector

  • Director: William Wyler
  • Writer: John Fowles,John Kohn,Stanley Mann
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 14, 1965
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: William Wyler's the Collector
  • "The Collector" is a horror suspense film directed by William Wheeler and starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar . The film was released in the United States on June 17, 1965.
    The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by John Fowles.   It tells the story of a small clerk, Freddy, after he became rich overnight, he carefully planned to kidnap the girl Miranda, who had been secretly in love with him for a long time, and Miranda dealt with it, eager to escape and regain his free.

    Details

    • Release date August 14, 1965
    • Filming locations Gabriels Manor, Marsh Green Road, Marsh Green, Edenbridge, Kent, England, UK
    • Production companies Collector Company, Columbia Pictures

    Movie reviews

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    • By Danielle 2022-07-24 21:27:43

      The Collector: It is said that if life is only as first seen

      The heroine is a beautiful butterfly. Maybe she doesn't speak, and he just follows her like at the beginning and observes her every move. This is the best memory.

      But he is a collector of butterflies, so he will collect beautiful things. When he kept her in his dungeon, everything was doomed to be the beginning of the tragedy.

      It is said that if life is just as first seen, the beginning of all events is beautiful. However, if you have more contact and understand more, you...

    • By Linnea 2022-04-07 09:01:08

      A butterfly spring dream of the deceived audience

      At first, when I saw the male protagonist being gentle and graceful, I thought it was a story about a moron and a Stockholm goddess. Tragedy; it wasn't until the end that I realized it was just a criminal record for an incompetent collectivist. I thought that William Wheeler only broke my lust and sympathy at the end of the chapter. In fact, the closed and treacherous environment and the tense and long indoor two-person rivalry have already prepared the ground; I thought that the male...

    • By Sylvan 2022-04-07 09:01:08

      distance between people

      Psychological thriller movies are not a rare subject in modern times, but in creating suspenseful atmosphere and plot changes, there are still many movies of this type in modern times that lack a clever script and a skilled director. In the sense of creating suspense, [Collector] is actually far less outstanding than [Voyeur] and [Psycho], which were born a few years earlier. In terms of plot settings, [The Collector] is even weaker than the other two, but from a thematic point of view, what...

    • By Romaine 2022-04-06 09:01:07

      it's just a dream

      Literally translated as "Collector", more Chinese translation as "Butterfly Spring Dream". This film can be said to be a combination of "Psycho" and "Silence of the Lambs". The male protagonist in the film likes to collect butterflies to make specimens, and binds his beloved girl and imprisoned him in the cellar, hoping to develop love through mutual contact for a long time. It's a pity that what the male protagonist with a strong sense of inferiority does to the female protagonist is not love...

    • By Geovanni 2022-04-06 08:01:02

      Impossible Mission: Forbidden Room Cultivation

      The scenes of the film are concentrated in the secret room, and the narrative is slow, but 119 minutes still attract people's attention. The male protagonist is an autistic butterfly collector. After winning a huge prize, he bought a remote country house and successfully hijacked a woman he liked and kept it in the basement. The secret room is like a cave, but it is comparable to the nostalgic version of a star-rated hotel, and the meals carefully prepared by the male protagonist are delivered...

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    • By Dianna 2022-04-19 09:03:16

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    • By Lexie 2022-04-11 09:01:07

      To be honest, at the beginning, my heart was towards the male protagonist. Even if he broke his promise to let the female lead home on the last day, he didn't do it. I can understand it. Even the heroine died unfortunately, the hero is the murderer, I don't hate him so much. It wasn't until the last second - he was back on the road just to catch the "thankful" butterfly - that I woke up - this is a pure-blooded pervert! Movies of the past have a lot of...

    • By Loyce 2022-04-11 09:01:07

      There is no doubt that the performances of the two protagonists are excellent, and William Wheeler also contributed his years of directing skills to this seemingly two-hour perverted psychological film, which is about half an hour in actual content. It is lower than expected, but it is worth watching. , I personally think the ending is not good...

    • By Rusty 2022-04-10 09:01:09

      In fact, Wheeler's scheduling is classical, but not conventional, and many shots (for example, the wide-angle shot from the second floor of Shuimanjinshan) are very detailed and brilliant. The relationship between the sexes was really tepid before it was put into New Hollywood, and there are articles that can be written everywhere. If you don't expect depth, it is indeed worthy of its classic name to be able to make a closed two-person show so beautiful. The male protagonist's picture of the...

    • By Norval 2022-04-10 09:01:09

      The voyeuristic gaze before the kidnap underscores her significance as a specimen to the collector. The intermingling of suspense and light-heartedness in the musical score and the constant shift of tone substantially diminishes the graveness of the crime and intentionally obscures the boundary between morality and immorality. The delicate depiction of the collector's obsessive psychology and almost admirable self-restraint, make it hard for the audience NOT to feel empathetic. This is an...

    Movie plot

    A withdrawn young man usually enjoys catching butterfly specimens. Once, he kidnapped the girl he admired and took him to a kiln in the suburbs to show his love, but he did not make his captives submit. Freddy, a bank clerk, is a withdrawn young man who loves to collect butterfly specimens. He used his casino winnings to buy a luxury villa in the middle of nowhere. Freddy cheated Miranda, the girl he admired, into his villa under the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Freddie Clegg: What's got four ears and eight legs?

      Miranda Grey: What?

      Freddie Clegg: Two dogs.

    • Freddie Clegg: There'd be a blooming lot more of this sort of thing, if more people had the time and the money.

    • Miranda Grey: I wouldn't be a good prisoner if I didn't try to escape.