Product Details

• Actors: Sondra Locke; Richard Dreyfuss
• Directors: Michael Barry
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Miracle Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001MBPME
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,486 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Richard Dreyfuss plays a film maker obsessed with the idea of Jesus as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject. A haunting film that explores the difference between real life and reel life, and includes erotic scenes featuring Sondra Locke.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "No!", August 19, 2010

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Second Coming Of Suzanne (DVD)

The overall mood of THE SECOND COMING OF SUZANNE (1973) is melancholic. Even though we're told well in advance that a Jesus-obsessed filmmaker plans to crucify the new Redeemer (Suzanne), when the actual moment finally comes we're still not prepared for bleached-out Sondra Locke's agonizing screech as Jared Martin pounds a shiny spike through her right wrist while she hangs by ropes from a mounted crucifix.

Of all the excessive, bizarre and psychologically deranged films that came out of the early 1970s, this is truly one of the weirdest. It's little surprise that writer/director Michael Barry (son of Gene) helmed no other movies. (They don't allow you to get near electrical equipment at the Funny Farm, you see.) That he called upon his famous dad to appear in this morass should've brought something positive but alas, Gene was clearly ailing in 1973. Bloated to an enormous size, he had to wear suspenders with suit trousers, the beltline of which rode about 4 inches below the poor man's armpits. (Barry slimmed down again sometime after this atrocity escaped from the bad movie dust bin and assaulted the sensibilities of unsuspecting film patrons.)

I LOVE Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" (it opens and closes this film) and the classic debut LP that it came from. Sadly, I'll never be able to hear that song again without thinking of a goshawful picture about a female Messiah who's spaced out from peroxide fumes.

On every DVD you see of "Suzanne," Richard Dreyfuss is speciously represented as its star. While his character was the only one who wasn't totally insane here, his sobriety is probably why Dreyfuss gets maybe 90 seconds of screen time. He complains that a freaky tribal gathering is not his idea of a business meeting and later screams "No!" as Martin is about to drive the first spike home. That admonition is the only answer anyone who wonders if they should see this claptrap will get from your reviewer. It's a cinematic herpe.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Richard Dreyfuss Rules!!!!!!!!, April 14, 2005

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This review is from: Second Coming of Suzanne [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Richard Dreyfuss rules as an obsessed film maker.It's a must see and hopefully will be released on DVD!!!!!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite What It Appears, July 28, 2010

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Tightwad "Tightwad" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Second Coming Of Suzanne (DVD)

Movie was represented as "zone 1". Actually, the dvd was "zone 0". Zone 0 dvds will not play on "zone 1" players. I had to give it away. Be careful how you list products!!