Brooke Adams, as actor People & Technology
Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949, New York City) is an American actress who appeared in two landmark 1978 releases — Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven and Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers — within two months of each other. She later played Sarah Bracknell in Cronenberg's The Dead Zone (1983).
In the wiki
- Brooke Adams is her dedicated page for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), covering the eye-twirl Malick suggested, her role as the first character to name the wrongness, and pod-Elizabeth's seduction speech.
- Cast and Characters (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) describes Elizabeth Driscoll's function in the ensemble as the person whose instincts drive the first act.
- The Ending (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) includes pod-Elizabeth's "Come. Sleep." speech as the setup for Matthew's final transformation.
- The Scream Shot discusses the two-face structure of the ending — Sutherland's face as weapon, Cartwright's as impact — and Elizabeth's absence from the final sequence.
- Donald Sutherland describes the Matthew-Elizabeth dynamic.
- Themes and Analysis (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) features the Elizabeth/Kibner "Or love" exchange and the "Republican" joke she shares with Matthew.
- Post-Watergate Paranoia elevates the "Republican" exchange to blockquote.
- Production History (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) covers her casting alongside the rest of the ensemble.