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Brian DePalma is the director of such 80's classics as "Blow Out", "Scarface", and "The Untouchables".  DePalma regular Dennis Franz's appearance is something of an homage to DePalma's early days where his efforts encompassed horror. -Thanks to Robert BaumEarly in the film, the main character is sitting next to a door in front of a wall of glass bricks. Sitting next to him, in an un-named extra part, is Viggo Mortensen. -Thanks to Sandrat"Body Double" is depicted as one of the favorite movies of fictional serial killer Patrick Bateman in Bret Easton Ellis's novel "American Psycho." -Thanks to MichaelVoice-over actor Rob Paulsen appears in "Body Double" as a cameraman. Paulsen is best known for doing the voices of Raphael on the 80s version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and the characters of Yakko Warner and Pinky on Steven Spielberg's "Animaniacs". -Thanks to John Edward KilduffThe lead character in the film, Jake Scully, is a struggling actor. In one scene a film producer asks him what work he has done in film, and the character mentions "I was in a Hart-to-Hart that was pretty good." The actor playing Jake Scully, Craig Wasson, *was* in a "Hart to Hart" episode titled "Hit Jennfier Hart" in 1979. He has also made TV guest appearances in The Bob Newhart Show, Tales from the Darkside, L.A. Law & The Practice. One of Craig Wasson's first roles was as one of the "kids" in the Saturday morning "Wonder Woman" TV show during the 70's. He stole the show whenever he was on screen. I thought at the time that we'd see him again. -Thanks to Lisa SearsCraig Wasson's first movie was also the same first movie as Helen Hunt: 1976's ROLLERCOASTER. Helen Hunt plays George Segal's daughter, while Craig plays a hippie teen with a giant stuffed animal to both ride on the Revolution at Magic Mountain. Craig Wasson's girlfriend who he finds in bed with someone, leading him to move out needing a place to stay, was played by actress Barbara Crampton who had starring roles in H.P. lovecraft movies Re-Animator and From Beyond. -Thanks to John WigleyMelanie Griffith made TV guest appearances in Vegas & Miami Vice. David Haskell (the acting coach) played Nick Hartley from 1985-1986 on the soap opera Santa Barbara and John/Judas in the film Godspell. There is another 'Santa Barbara' actor in the movie: Lane Davies, who played the character that directed Jake to a friend after Jake asked for a place to stay, and who was also sitting in the acting class. Davies played the part of Mason in Santa Barbara, a major part that was in the soap opera for years. -Thanks to Rick HovensDeborah Shelton (Gloria) was voted Miss Virginia 1970 which led to her being selected as Miss USA 1970, which resulted in her placing first runner-up to Miss Universe 1970. She later made TV guest appearances in The Love Boat & Cheers. -Thanks to StephanieThe UK video version has been cut to remove a sexual reference and has a shot of blood-covered breasts removed. However, the uncut version has been seen many times on UK pay TV (Sky). 'Body Double' is often cited as a direct rip-off of DePalma's favorite director Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. Melanie Griffith at the time was married to Steven Bauer. Bauer appeared in "Scarface" along with Gregg Henry. -Thanks to Robert Baum« Click here to add some Body Double trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Body Double or 80's Thriller classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Hitcher ..... Thief ..... WarGames ..... Christine ..... Against All Odds ..... Blue Velvet ..... 8 Million Ways To Die ..... To Live and Die in L.A. ..... Fear City ..... Pulse ..... No Way Out ..... Blow Out ..... Class of 1984 ..... Contraband ..... Firestarter .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: Octagonal house on stilts Wanna see the real life filming location used for Octagonal house on stilts in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at The Chemosphere, located in Los Angeles, S. California. [New! Show Google Map] FYI, a friend of mine once rented the Chemosphere house for a few months and I was lucky enough to be invited up there for a party. The tram that takes you to the house is somewhat different to the one in the movie, and the house is very different inside, but my wife had fun yelling obscenities up to me as we walked down the stairs to the street - just as Holly did to Jake!! [Thanks to Paul Cousins] The Chemosphere was sold in 1997, for a reported $4.8M. There is a twin of the Chemosphere located in relatively the same area. That might be the discrepency in the trams being different. [Thanks to jacq] The Rodeo Collection at 421 Rodeo Drive was used for the posh mall where the hero follows the victim-to-be through the outdoor mall's white marble hallways. In Long Beach, CA, along the beach, near the intersection of East Ocean Blvd. and Cherry Avenue, are 2 filming locations-- one is the stair-stepped apartment/condo building that Jake enters and peers over one level to Gloria at a lower level, while she is on the phone. Not too far away, along the same beach, is the graffitti'd pedestrian tunnel that Jake begins to run through and then seizes up in when his claustrophobia hits him. The beach is also where Jake plays cat-'n-mouse with Gloria and her stalker, among the canvas beach huts. [Thanks to Glenn DeBerry] Jake goes shopping at the famous 'Farmer's Market' located on Fairfax at 3rd Ave in Los Angeles. I think the video shopping is at Tower Records in Westwood, which I believe was also used in American Gigalo. [Thanks to Daniel] The scene when Sam actually offers Jake the house sitting job over a beer was filmed at 'Barney's Beanery' on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. The actor playing the bartender is wearing a Barney's Beanery T-shirt. The Frankie Goes To Hollywood video sequence was shot at an old office building at the corner of 7th St. and Union Ave. near downtown Los Angeles. I rememeber going there as a kid when it was a temporary swapmeet and to my surprise watching Body Double years later with the same interior, though it was dressed up for the movie. [Thanks to Ivan Munguia] For the final climactic fight by the riverbed, the riverbed is actually a part of the Owens Aqueduct which is right by the 5 freeway around Sylmar. The aqueduct can be seen coming down the hill and the sequence was staged in a flat spot near the freeway proper. The hot dog stand shaped like a hot dog is the cult favorite "tail of the pup" hot dog stand owned by Eddie Blake. The person serving Craig in that scene is either the owner's son or nephew, not sure which, but is not an actor. [Thanks to Antoniko Gonzalez jr] Can you help? Do you know any of the Los Angeles, S. California (or any other) filming locations used for Body Double? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The soundtrack was scored by veteran Italian composer Pino Donaggio and also includes the seminal 80's classic "RELAX" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood as well as "Thats the way I like it" by KC and the Sunshine Band. It was released only as promotional copies --It's even stamped promotional copy, not for sale. Here [thanks to William S Thornton] is the list of the actual tracks: 01 - Main Title 02 - Job Hunting 03 - Sardine 04 - Body Double 05 - Following Gloria 06 - Crowded Elevator 07 - Love 08 - Menace 09 - Claustrophobia 10 - Jake and Gloria 11 - Intruder 12 - Close Call 13 - Drill of Death 14 - The Indian 15 - Mental Chase 16 - Voyeurism 17 - Brain Hunt 18 - Trapped 19 - Holly in Danger 20 - The Grave 21 - Not What It Seems 22 - Not Dead yet 23 - Holly Does Hollywood 24 - P*rno Baby 25 - Sleazy Time 26 - Holly Body 80's band Frankie Goes To Hollywood were already famous (and probably Relax was the most successful song of that year), so Brian DePalma asked Frankie to perform Relax in the film. Frankie Goes To Hollywood ended up making 5 different videos for the same song for release. The Roman Orgy video is the closest to the movie version. -Thanks to Antoniko Gonzalez Jr« Click here to add new music trivia for Body Double Soundtrack Available: Used On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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