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* CreatorKiller: The director Donald Cammell was an avant-garde filmmaker whose 1970 film ''Film/{{Performance}}'', with Music/MickJagger, gained considerable attention. ''Demon Seed'' was his only attempt at doing a studio production with a large budget. After its failure he completed only one more film in 1987 before his 1996 suicide.
* StarDerailingRole: For Creator/JulieChristie, the critical ridicule and financial failure of the movie version effectively undermined her status as a leading actress until the 1990s when she earned an Oscar-nomination for ''Film/{{Afterglow}}''.
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