Mesmerized

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Mesmerized

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A young woman in colonial New Zealand (played by Jodie Foster, post-Taxi Driver pre-Oscars) flees an orphanage to find herself trapped in an arranged marriage to an older businessman (fellow US actor John Lithgow). Voyeurism, hypnotism and dodgy doctoring feature in the thriller from US director Michael Laughlin, from a screenplay by Jerzy Skolimowski. Mesmerized was made in NZ as an international co-production with RKO during the 80s tax break era. It was released in the US as My Letter to G...

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Video

Date created

1984

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/mesmerized-1984

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my letter to george / shocked / waimate mission house / bay of islands / rats / 1880s / 1980s / eighties / challenge corporate services / 1880 / coproduction / period drama / voyeurism / choir / orphan / marriage / arranged marriage / hypnotism / hypnosis / scissors

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