Performance (1970)
Debut de Roeg en un thriller ambientado en el mundo de la música pop. Chas es un performer de la mafia, un matón a sueldo que aplica curiosas y artísticas torturas a sus víctimas. Cuando surge un problema con su capo, se ve obligado a huir, y decide esconderse en el sótano de una antigua casa de un suburbio de Londres. El casero, una ex estrella de rock llamada Turner (interpretado por Mick Jagger), vive con dos mujeres con las que forma un trío, y se pasa el día comiendo setas alucinógenas e improvisando con la guitarra. Al principio, Chas y Turner chocan, pero poco a poco, en un viaje de conocimiento mutuo, se darán cuenta de que ambos son performers y que tan sólo una delgada línea les separa.
Dirección:
Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell.
Escritores:
Donald Cammell, Anita Pallenberg.
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James Fox as Chas |
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Mick Jagger as Turner |
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Anita Pallenberg as Pherber |
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Michèle Breton as Lucy |
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Ann Sidney as Dana |
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John Bindon as Moody |
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Stanley Meadows as Rosebloom |
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Allan Cuthbertson as The Lawyer |
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Anthony Morton as Dennis |
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Johnny Shannon as Harry Flowers |
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Anthony Valentine as Joey Maddocks |
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Kenneth Colley as Tony Farrell |
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John Sterland as The Chauffeur |
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Laraine Wickens as Lorraine |
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Edmond Bennett as Detective Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Helen Booth as Noel's Mum (uncredited) |
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John Caesar as Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
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Jay Denyer as Constable (uncredited) |
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Terry Duggan as Pully (uncredited) |
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Leon Eagles as Jack Harrison (uncredited) |
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Jane Lapotaire as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited) |
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Reg Lye as Workman (uncredited) |
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Ian McShane as Noel (voice) (uncredited) |
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Billy Murray as Thug (uncredited) |
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Mary Quinn as Mrs. Devlin (uncredited) |
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Anthony Roye as Fraser (uncredited) |
| Directing | Nicolas Roeg | Director |
| Writing | Donald Cammell | Screenplay |
| Directing | Donald Cammell | Director |
| Directing | Richard Burgess | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Rabiger | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Kevin Kavanagh | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Ron Barron | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Lennox | Hairdresser |
| Crew | Malcolm Bubb | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda DeVetta | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Miriam Brickman | Casting |
| Sound | Alan Pattillo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Randy Newman | Conductor |
| Lighting | Paul Borg | Electrician |
| Camera | Mike Molloy | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emma Porteous | Wardrobe Designer |
| Camera | Les Parrott | Clapper Loader |
| Costume & Make-Up | Billy Jay | Wardrobe Designer |
| Production | Gordon Stebbing | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Patsy Pollock | Casting |
| Art | Christopher Gibbs | Interior Designer |
| Crew | Charles Orme | Post Production Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Dixon | Costume Consultant |
| Crew | David Litvinoff | Dialogue Coach |
| Art | Peter Young | Set Dresser |
| Art | Alan Cassie | Draughtsman |
| Production | Robert Lynn | Production Manager |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Peter Hannan | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Peter Jaques | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Annabel Davis-Goff | Continuity |
| Production | Chris O'Dell | Production Runner |
| Art | John Clark | Art Direction |
| Editing | Frank Mazzola | Editor |
| Editing | Antony Gibbs | Editor |
| Editing | Tony Palmer | Editor |
| Sound | Jack Nitzsche | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nicolas Roeg | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sanford Lieberson | Producer |
| Production | David Cammell | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Brian Smedley-Aston | Editor |
| Writing | Anita Pallenberg | Screenplay |