It's not unusual for Hollywood to remake European hits. What is unusual is the director of the original getting the chance to helm the new version with an American cast, which is what happened with this film based on an intensely creepy Dutch film of the same name (both directed by George Sluizer). Kiefer Sutherland and Sandra Bullock are on vacation when, while stopped at a crowded rest area, she disappears. He devotes the next several years to discovering what happened to her, ruining his life in the process. When he does get a clue, it leads him to Jeff Bridges,... who plays a bizarre and highly organized individual whose motives are almost as strange as he is. Bridges is spooky, but Sluizer ultimately is undone by Hollywood's demand for a happy ending, which makes this film affecting but far less unsettling than the original. --Marshall Fine [show more]
Sluizer's thriller is an astonishingly creepy study into the nature of true evil. Based on the novel 'The Golden Egg' by Tim Krabbe, the film begins with a young couple, Rex and Saskia, on a road trip when they decide to stop for refreshments. The lively Saskia vanishes, leaving Rex, and the viewer, distressed and bewildered. Tormented, Rex struggles to make sense of this disappearance and continue with his life but can't forget the vivacious Saskia. Three years later, Rex is still searching for her, when he starts receiving taunting messages from a man claiming to be her abductor... What follows is an incredibly tense, and poignant, game of cat and mouse between Rex and the stranger which culminates in a terrifying conclusion, which once seen is never forgotten. Give the Hollywood remake (also directed by Sluizer) a wide berth, settle down to the original and prepare to be chilled...
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Product Description This is the original version (as opposed to the Hollywood remake) of George Sluizer&39;s masterpiece and is regarded as one of the best suspense thrillers ever made Based on the novel The Golden Egg by Tim Krabbe The Vanishing is the ultimate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock with the ending to prove it Whilst touring in France a young couple (Rex and Saskia) stop for a break at a roadside service station Saskia leaves Rex to browse around the shops and vanishes leaving no clues as to her whereabouts Original theatrical trailer Director s filmography Picture gallery
Rex, a Dutch man, spends three years searching for his girlfriend, Saskia, after she vanishes from a French service station. Suddenly Saskia's kidnapper makes contact with him, tentatively offering answers to the mystery. Director George Sluizer also remade this film in 1993 for Hollywood, starring Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland.
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