Bunny Lake is Missing is a film in the psychological thriller genre directed by Otto Preminger. Filmed in the UK in black and white widescreen format, it was released in 1965. The film score is by Paul Glass and uses the opening theme as a constant refrain. The Zombies also appear, playing their own songs. Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... Sir John Clifford Mortimer (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... Laurence Olivier, as photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, KBE (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989) was an English actor and director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. ... Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. ... Keir Dullea (born May 30, 1936) is an actor best remembered for his role as astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Noël Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (spelling his forename Noël with the diaeresis was an affectation of later life, and Peirce is the correct spelling) (December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Martita Hunt (January 30, 1900 - June 13, 1969) was a theater and film actress. ... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... The Columbia Pictures logo, used from 1993 to current. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... A 32inch CRT widescreen television A widescreen image is a film image with a greater aspect ratio than the ordinary 35 millimeter frame. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... For the undead creature of Vodun lore, see zombie. ...

Dismissed by critics (and Preminger) as being insignificant upon release, it has since earned a reputation as a cult classic. Critics such as Andrew Sarris have long championed it, and its fans have long demanded it be released on video and DVD, which it was in 2005. This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Andrew Sarris is a film critic and a leading proponent of the Auteur theory of criticism. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The film opens with Ann Lake leaving the US for a new life in London, where she plans to settle with her daughter Bunny Lake and brother Stephen. When she arrives at Bunny's new school to collect her, Bunny is not there and the school has no record of her. She reports the apparent abduction to the police, but when they fail to locate the child, suspicion mounts that Bunny never existed. The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

When Stephen arrives, he supports Ann, but also undermines her in private, dropping hints that Bunny is in fact a childhood imaginary friend of hers. Ann attempts to convince the police by locating Bunny's belongings, but is frustrated when a burglary removes all traces of the child. However, she recalls that Bunny's doll is being repaired and heads off to find it. Stephen destroys the doll and it soon becomes apparent that he has something to hide. An imaginary friend is a friend that is created in the minds of some young children. ...

Ultimately, Ann finds Bunny in the now visibly disturbed Stephen's car and faces a night distracting him from murdering both herself and her daughter before the police finally arrive to take him away.

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A Hollywood remake of the film, starring Reese Witherspoon, was being planned as of 2004. ... Reese Witherspoon Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Scottish-American actress perhaps most familiar as Elle Woods in the film Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cast

• Laurence Olivier as Supt Newhouse
• Carol Lynley as Ann Lake
• Keir Dullea as Stephen Lake
• Martita Hunt as Ada Ford
• Anna Massey as Elvira Smollett
• Clive Revill as Sergeant Andrews
• Lucie Mannheim as the cook
• Finlay Currie as the doll maker
• Noel Coward as Horatio Wilson