Does anybody know where I may watch this SW related film or does anybody has information about an upcoming DVD release?
Closed Circuit (Circuito chiuso, 1978)
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo, Italy
Plot: While watching a Spaghetti Western a man is shot dead in his seat inside the movie theater. The police seal off the theater and try to track down the killer, but no weapon is found! An obscure thriller starring Flavio Bucci, Tony Kendall, Aurore Clément, William Berger and Giuliano Gemma.
Anyone able to upload this anywhere, or point me in the direction of a decent DVD?
I’ve been wanting to see this again for years.
I caught it, as a child, on the BBC, and it was such a strange ending, it’s stuck in my mind ever since!
Despite being originally intended for TV, Montaldo’s movie was screened at Berlin International Film Festival.
When about a year later (July '79) Closed Circuit was submitted to the Committee for the Theatrical Review some actors asked new contractual agreements, so the film was never released theatrically.
Giuliano Montaldo discusses this film in the (English-friendly) video interview featured on the Italian Blu-ray of Tiro al piccione (incidentally, a disc I co-produced).
I haven’t been around the forum for several years now but I’m poking my head in here to let you all know that the company I work for, Severin Films, will be releasing Closed Circuit on blu-ray soon. No official release date yet but probably before the end of the year. We informally announced it last month. It’s a really interesting movie!
I updated this film’s page in our database a bit, but more information could be added, rare as it may be, especially accurate info as to where it was exactly screened theatrically and where it wasn’t, and also VHS (so far only greek tape listed).