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The Collector (1965) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by William Wyler and produced by Jud Kinberg and John Kohn.

Academy Awards 1965 --- Ceremony Number 38 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActressSamantha EggarNominated
Best DirectorWilliam WylerNominated
Best WritingStanley Mann, John KohnNominated
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The Collector BlogHub Articles:

book: The Collector (2006; trans 2015 Sophie Weiner) by Anne-Laure Thiéblemont

By John Grant on Aug 1, 2019 From Noirish

In Paris, Marion Spicer is a youngish investigator working within the art-marketing world to help track down stolen art and authenticate (or otherwise) items that have been offered to the major auctioneers for sale. What she hasn’t realized until now is that her long-estranged father took on a... Read full article

The Collector (1965)

By Beatrice on Dec 15, 2018 From Flickers in Time

The Collector Directed by William Wyler Written by John Kohn and Stanley Mann from a novel by John Fowles 1965/UK/USA Collector Company/Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Mild-mannered bank teller and butterfly collector Freddie Clegg (Terence Stamp) wins the National Lottery... Read full article

The Collector (1965)

on Apr 20, 2014 From Journeys in Classic Film

**Today’s review is part of the Great Villain Blogathon.  If you’re interested in seeing the other villains assembled check out the blogathon homepage.** William Wyler’s directed several iconic movies such as Jezebel, Wuthering Heights, and The Heiress.  All three movies are sump... Read full article

Edith Headquarters 2: The Collector

By Kay Noske on Oct 13, 2012 From Movie Star Makeover

The classic film fan/fashion freak Venn diagram has a pretty huge overlap area…so many classic film lovers I’ve met either came to old movies because of the costumes and stayed for the content, or they get their ya-yas out just watching the fashion parade swirl by on the Silver Screen a... Read full article

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The Collector Quotes:

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've stayed the four weeks.
Freddie Clegg: I just have to have you here a little longer.
Miranda Grey: Why? What more can I do? What more can you want?
Freddie Clegg: You know what I want... it's what I've always wanted. You could fall in love with me if you tried. I've done everything I could to make it easy. You just won't try!
Freddie Clegg: Don't worry. I'll respect your every privacy.
Freddie Clegg: What's got four ears and eight legs?
Miranda Grey: What?
Freddie Clegg: Two dogs.
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The Collector Facts
The story makes constant reference to Shakespeare's play "The Tempest". In "The Tempest" Miranda is Prospero's daughter. Fred Clegg also refers to himself as "Ferdinand", or "Ferdie" to disguise his identity. Ferdinand is the name of Alonso's son in the play. Miranda, however, calls Fred "Caliban", who is an ugly misshapen dwarf in the play.
Originally the film was to be made in black and white.
For the sequence in which Freddie drags Miranda through the rain, William Wyler had prop men throw buckets of water over Samantha Eggar without warning between takes. Eggar later spoke of how Wyler succeeded in making her feel "defenseless," hence deepening her performance.
While the film is overall faithful to John Fowles' novel, the scene where Freddie's neighbor comes over and Miranda tries to get his attention by flooding the bathroom was created for the film and was not in the novel.
Sarah Miles and Julie Christie were considered for the part of Miranda.
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