60th anniversary of John Frankenheimer’s criminally unseen sci-fi starring Rock Hudson as a dissatisfied banker who pays a mysterious organisation to fake his death, giving him a new identity and a youthful body.

Arthur Hamilton has a successful career, a comfortable home and a wife — but he feels that his life has passed him by. When an old friend offers him the chance to disappear and start again, he is given a new face, a new identity and the promise of a completely different life. At first it seems like the escape he has been looking for. But his new existence soon becomes increasingly unsettling, and the fantasy of becoming someone else begins to look like a nightmare.

Shot with extraordinary wide-angle camerawork, Seconds is a strange, stylish and deeply unsettling piece of 1960s science fiction. Rock Hudson gives one of his most unusual performances, in a film that takes the idea of reinvention to a dark extreme. With its surreal imagery, unsettling atmosphere and questions about youth, identity and the desire to escape ourselves, Seconds feels remarkably modern — a cult classic that has only become more disturbing with age.

"John Frankenheimer’s “Seconds” will linger a lot longer than the title suggests in the mind of anyone who chooses to watch it" - RogerEbert.com

"Indebted to Alflred Hitchcock, Frankenheimer has forged a genuine contemporary nightmare "- Phillip French, The Observer

"Little wonder it flopped at the time, only to be cherished by a later generation, this film was way ahead of it's time" - Time Out

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Credits:

Actor

Rock Hudson, Frank Campanella, John Randolph

Director

John Frankenheimer

Running Time: 106 min

Year: 1966

Country: United States

Languages: English

Subtitles: No subtitles

Recomended Age: 15

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