SECONDS (1966)

Arthur Hamilton, (John Randolph), a frustrated, 50-ish NYC banker contacts a mysterious company that arranges a stand-in death for him. After extensive plastic surgery and physical conditioning, he is "reborn" as Antiochus Wilson (Rock Hudson), a successful painter with a plush studio in Malibu. But, he's still unhappy until he falls for an attractive divorcee (Salome Jens), who turns out to be a company employee paid to make him happy. Crushed, he returns to NY, visits with his widow (as Wilson), gets an earful about Hamilton, and demands that the company give him another remake, which results in a nasty surprise. "Seconds" is John Frankenheimer's masterpiece--every middle aged man's fantasy/nightmare. All the performances are excellent, the supporting cast includes Wesley Addy, Jeff Corey, Will Geer, Frances Reid and Khigh (Wo Fat) Deigh, and the photography by James Wong Howe is brilliant. A masterpiece of suspense and tragedy.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.