The Driver's Seat

Starring:Elizabeth Taylor
Studio: Vidtape
Product Type: DVD

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A haunting, complex melodrama based on the best-selling Muriel Spark novel. Elizabeth Taylor in one of her least known performances stars as a deranged, psychotic spinster looking for a man to whom she can give herself completely. Set in Italys romantic and tragedy-filled Rome, she embarks on a series of chilling adventures as she seeks to keep a date with a mystery lover. but when she finds him, she demands much more then love… she demands murder! Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen,Guido Mannari & Andy Warhol

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Leave the driving to someone else
Pretentious Arty Trash
"There are so many lunatics running around."
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE
Rare role for Taylor

The Driver's Seat
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor , Ian Bannen , Guido Mannari , Mona Washbourne , and Luigi Squarzina
Director: Elizabeth Taylor , and Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Manufacturer: Cheezy Flicks
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ASIN: B0000BZNH9
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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Elizabeth Taylor and Andy Warhol… what more needs to be said? This is a fil you have got to have! A haunting, complex melodrama based on the best-selling Muriel Spark novel. Elizabeth Taylor, in one of her least-known performances, stars as a deranged, psychotic spinster looking for a man to whom she can give herself - completely. Set in Italy's romantic and tragedy-filled Rome, she embarks on a series of chilling adventures as she seeks to keep a date with a mystery lover…but when she finds him, she demands much more than love... She demands murder. - Starring Elizabeth Taylor with Ian Bannen, Guido Mannari & Andy Warhol. Original Music by Franco Mannino - Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro - Costume Design by Gabriella Pescucci - Art Direction by Mario Ceroli - Adapted from a novel "THE DRIVERS SEAT" by Muriel Sparks - Screen Play by Raffaele La Capria & Giuseppe Patroni Griffi - Produced by Franco Rossellini - Directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

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Leave the driving to someone else.......2007-05-07

The 60's film industry had some real gems and it also had some self absorbed mindless rambling celluloid trips that made you wonder what was in the blood stream of those who made them. This falls into the latter category. As a child of the 60's, I grew up loving even the lame products but this one is really stupid. The presence of Andy Warhol and Liz Taylor makes it seem like a project where all of their 'beautiful people' cronies got together to make a movie, the way you and your gang in your neighborhood put on a show using dad's old suits and the rusted farm implenments from the barn for props. The plot makes no sense, Taylor's purpose in the film plot is look good while wandering through it and the inevitble payoff in most 60's angst ridden films comes up at the end. I won't give it away, just believe me, it isn't worth the trip.

Pretentious Arty Trash.......2005-12-15

"The Driver's Seat" is pure arty trash, pretentious, boring and smugly self-conscious, a blatant exploitation of Elizabeth Taylor in which she was obviously a willing participant. Someone was smoking something when they concocted this one, but it's a-typical of the sort of stuff that tried hard to shock and be esoteric during the 70's. The plot, such as it is, concerns a woman sought by the police who wanders around, looking for the right man to kill her. Anyone who doesn't know what "going south" means might not realize her intent at first, but unless they're a diehard Elizabeth Taylor fan, I can't imagine they would care one way or the other what she's up to. Basically Taylor is in her "strange" phase, the anti-MGM star, and here she is becoming blowsy and given to wild and tasteless patterns in clothes and frizzy hair, her milieu during this period along with kaftans, but even when shrieking like a harridan or filmed with unforgiving, show-every-bump-on-the-complexion lighting (as is the case here), Taylor is still an amazingly beautiful woman on a scale that few have ever come close to. This is not one of her better performances, however; it is an excuse to show her clutching her own breasts and writhing on a bed and rolling around in seedy encounters with equally seedy men who spout such "clever" lines as, "I need my daily orgasm" and being as weird and self-indulgent as possible. Andy Warhol even makes an appearance. About as deep as a night at Studio 54 and every bit as banal. Only for those who like Elizabeth Taylor at her strangest or who have a prurient curiosity about seeing the actress in a see-through bra in one scene. She has been served better in other films, trust me. A bomb and a bore.

"There are so many lunatics running around.".......2005-09-14

In perhaps the most bizarre role of Elizabeth Taylor's career, she stars in "The Driver's Seat" as Lise, a neurotic woman who goes on holiday to Italy. The first scene establishes that there's something wrong with Lise. She's trying on a dress and irrationally becomes hysterical when a saleswoman mentions that the dress is stain-free. Apparently, Lise is buying an outfit for her trip to Rome, and she settles on a bizarre combination of a multi-coloured striped coat and a patterned dress. Once at the airport, Lise appears to be vaguely looking for something, and it becomes clear that what she's searching for is a man. She subjects each man to scrutiny, but in the terminal, no one seems to pique her interest. Then she sits next to a single young man on the plane and makes him feel so uncomfortable, he moves. This leaves Lise sitting next to Richard (Ian Bannen) a randy macrobiotic diet fanatic who insists he must have a daily sexual encounter as part of his programme. Lise brushes off his advances with vague hints that she's meeting someone at her hotel.

When Lise arrives in Italy she meets a range of people as she searches for the man who is her "type." She meets a sweet old lady who is so addlepated, she only vaguely notes that Lise is extremely peculiar. With her bizarre, loud clothing, wild gestures, heavy make-up and searching gazes, some men assume Lise is a prostitute--or at the very least, a desperate, lonely women out looking for a 'good time'. As her search continues for the man who is her "type", Lise sheds--with relief--parts of her past.

This Italian film (also known as "Identikit") uses a backdrop of 70s terrorism to create a sense of a volatile, dangerous world, and the plot swings back and forth between Lise and her search for her "type" and the police who question anyone who saw Lise from the time she got on the plane. Some of the dialogue is dubbed, and the picture is a fairly typical 70s production. To add to the film's bizarre qualities, Andy Warhol has a small speaking role as an English lord. The DVD is produced by Cheezy Flicks, and yes, it's cheesy, but as a fan of the novel by Muriel Spark, I was very pleased with the film. Elizabeth Taylor delivers an impressive performance as Lise--she contains just the right amount of distraction, suggested violence, and explosive tension--displacedhuman

THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE.......2005-03-31

This is a FILM. Elizabeth is a genius actress. This bizarre film proves it very much. She is such an instinctive actress it's fascinating to see her move through this film. There's no one like Elizabeth Taylor.

A very off-beat, disturbing and just excellent story and acting. I love the flavor of so many of the older movies. They have a reality to them and a real art. Elizabeth was also just terrific in "Night Watch" and "Secret Ceremony".

Rare role for Taylor.......2004-09-27

Have just seen this movie on DVD,in it's complete version(it was released on VHS several years ago in a cut version).Fascinating but disturbing,it lures you into the strange world of a woman(TAYLOR),who is obviously insane and her sick obsession with finding the right man to kill her.Taylor,who was having problems of her own at the time,is masterfully in control of the most complex character she had ever played.In a finely nuanced performance,she shows that in the right situation,and with the right kind of role,she can deliver the goods.Vastly underrated at it's time of release(it was considered too disturbing for the general viewer),hardly released,and then lost for many years,it is now being rediscovered and rightly assessed as one of Taylor's really great performances.With it's piano soundtrack,it's use of white light to show us the divide between the reality of the world and Lise's insanity,and the strange event's that surround her 'trip',we watch as the film moves towards it's powerful,disturbing,inevitable closure.For people who appreciate a rare chance to watch a Hollywood great at her best,and a movie that draws you into a nightmare of the mind.

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The Driver's Seat
Starring: Ian Bannen , Maxence Mailfort , Guido Mannari , Elizabeth Taylor , and Mona Washbourne
Director: Giuseppe Patroni-Griffi
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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ASIN: B0002JY4YW
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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From back cover, "A schizophrenic beautiful spinster travels from her home in London to Rome, on a twisted agenda to find romance with any man, whom she hopes will eventually murder her. Elizabeth Taylor is one of the most beautiful and exciting actresses ever to grace the screen..."

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Lovers and Liars, While she's on vacation in Rome, Anita falls in love with a handsome Italian banker named Guido who's on his way to visit his ailing father. Guido the philanderer invites her along on the journey to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but before they get there, his father dies. Unaware that Guido's a married man, Anita accompanies him to Tuscany for the funeral -- much to the consternation of his entire clan. When Anita and Guido meet in Rome and fall in love, Guido neglects to tell Anita he is married, and their romantic adventure turns into a series of comic disasters. The Drivers Seat, Lise, a schizophrenic spinster, travels from her home in London to Rome on a twisted agenda to find a romance with any man whom she eventually wants to murder her.

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ASIN: B00008G80Y
Release Date: 2002-10-29

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ASIN: B000MPO072

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This compilation features school bus safety and school bus driver films from before the school seat beat era. Table Of Contents: (1) Bus Nuts (1980) - A little girl with a "Bus Nuts" t-shirt teaches the importance of bus riding safety 8 Minutes (2) Ghost Rider (1982) - The ghost of a girl who died on a bus teaches school bus riding safety lesson 15 Minutes (3) Ole' 23 (1980) - Students and the driver repair a damaged bus as a project to learn about responsibility 18 Minutes (4) Special Delivery (1963) - School bus safety film for school bus drivers that covers all the basics of safe riding 25 Minutes

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