Schmoedipus

Made for the BBC 'Play For Today' series in 1974.

May exist only in the New York Film Museum.

My Review:

I haven't seen it, but people who have, tell me it is
a VERY strange story. Tim plays 'an androgynous but
sexually threatening man-boy'.
(Humm, sounds like type-casting to me!)
He is a threatening outsider, who comes to the home
of a middle aged couple, and is drawn to the wife.
That's one version. Another is that the woman is
imagining him, and that he is the son she smothered
a few days after his birth, many years ago.
Another, easier to find film by Potter, 'Track 29',
is similiar in plot. According to Mr. Potter,
'Schmoedipus' is set in England and is lighter,
more satirical than 'Track 29' which is set in America
and is more real.

Written by: Dennis Potter

Directed by: Barry Davis

Produced by: Kennith Trodd

Cast:

• Tim Curry
• Anna Cropper
• John Carson
• Bob Hoskins

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