Taglines: A haunting vision of reincarnation.
Audrey Rose movie storyline. In New York City, Janice Templeton (Marsha Mason) is happily married to executive Bill Templeton (John Beck) and they live in a comfortable and fancy apartment with their eleven-year-old daughter Ivy (Susan Swift). One day, Janice is stalked by a weirdo and she tells her husband. Soon afterwards, the stranger contacts them and invites the couple to meet him in a restaurant.
Elliot Hoover (Sir Anthony Hopkins) tells Janice and Bill that his daughter Audrey Rose died eleven years ago, burned in a car crash, and her soul has been reincarnated in Ivy’s body. Bill and Janice believe that Elliot is nuts, and Bill tells his lawyer to get a restraining order against Elliot. However, Ivy has dreadful nightmares and only Elliot is able to calm her down. When Elliot abducts Ivy, Bill and Janice go to court to have him arrested. But Elliot wants to prove that Ivy and Audrey Rose are the same soul.
Audrey Rose is a 1977 American psychological horror drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, and Susan Swift. Its plot follows a New York City couple who are sought out by a stranger who believes their adolescent daughter is a reincarnation of his deceased one. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Frank De Felitta, who also adapted the screenplay.
Principal photography of Audrey Rose began on July 26, 1976, on sound stages in Los Angeles and Culver City, California. Filming continued through November, when the production moved to New York City, where exterior sequences were shot on location. The film had a production budget of approximately $4 million.
Audrey Rose (1977)
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd, John Hillerman, Ivy Jones, Robert Walden, Stephen Pearlman, Aly Wassil, Mary Jackson, Elizabeth Farley
Screenplay by: Frank De Felitta
Production Design by: Harry Horner
Cinematography by: Victor J. Kemper
Film Editing by: Carl Kress
Costume Design by: Dorothy Jeakins
Set Decoration by: Jerry Wunderlich
Music by: Michael Small
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: United Artists
Release Date: April 6, 1977
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