I START COUNTING (1970) Jenny Agutter coming-of-age thriller
3405DVD
Jenny
Agutter in David Greene's Remarkable Thriller
Also Known As MISSTAKEN
director: David Greene
starring: Jenny Agutter · Bryan Marshall · Claire Surcliffe
· Simon Ward · Gregory Phillips · Lana Morris
At the heart of this
film is a coming-of-age story which features a stellar performance from
Jenny Agutter as 14 year-old Wynne. Into this fragile landscape, director
Dvid Greene weaves a grim tale of a serial sex killer on the loose in
a small picturesque British village. The romantically inexperienced Wynne
has a crush on her 30 year old foster brother George and she fearlessly
talks about her feelings with her school friend Corinne, who claims to
have experienced sex with several boys already. However, while she secretly
spies on George, Wynne begins to suspect that her brother might be the
maniac responsible for the gruesome, unsolved murders.
Director David Greene
is one of the world's most underrated filmmakers. He started his career
as a stage actor in the UK during the early '50s. In 1952, he went with
his troupe to Canada for a tour of Anthony and Cleopatra. While
there,David accepted an offer from the Canadian Broadcasting
Company to join their television director department. Three years later,
he moved to New York and by the end of the decade, David had become one
of the most sought-after TV directors in the business. In 1965, Variety
wrote that he was the highest paid director in American television. Two
years later he quit his CBS to make his first theatrical film, the legendary
cult horror movie THE
SHUTTERED ROOM. It was followed by the controversial grim thriller
THE
STRANGE AFFAIR and a bit later by I START COUNTING. He was then
recruited back into TV projects (more that 70 between 1970-1998) including
the Rich Man Poor Man series, the Roots mini-series
and the network movie Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, winning
4 emmy awards for directing). Mr Greene died from pancreatic cancer in
April 2003 at age 82.
Miss Jenny Agutter
has enjoyed a long and successful career (100+ films in 40+ years) since
this early project, known for such mainstream hits as American Werewolf
In London and Captain America, but genre fans will
always remember her for Nicolas Roeg's WALKABOUT
and Monte Hellman's Spaghetti Western CHINA
9 LIBERTY 37.
A British
film in English language; widescreen format (16:9), uncut (92 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include selected
theatrical trailers.
Violence/Sexual
Situations/Rape
Recommended for Adult Audiences
