| Nightwing (1979) Country of Origin: USA / Netherlands
Year of Production: 1979
Running Times: 105 mins
Format: Metrocolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Company: Polyc International BV
Executive Producer: Richard R. St Johns
Producer: Martin Ransohoff
Associate Producers: Maggie Abbott, Peter V. Herald SCRIPT
Script: Steve Shagan, Bud Shrake, Martin Cruz Smith
Novel: Martin Cruz Smith DIRECTION
Director: Arthur Hiller PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Charles Rosher Jr EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: John C. Howard MUSIC
Music: Henry Mancini
Score Mixer: Dan Wallin SOUND
Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Minkler SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Milt Rice
Mechanical Effects: Carlo Rambaldi DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Design: James Dowell Vance LOCATIONS
Locations: Albuquerque, Bernalillo co, New Mexico, USA; Bonanza Creek Ranch, New Mexico, USA; Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, USA STUNTS
Stunts: M. James Arnett, Glynn Rubin, Gary Epper, Craig R. Baxley CAST
Nick Mancuso (Youngman Duran)
David Warner (Phillip Payne)
Kathryn Harrold (Anne Dillon)
Stephen Macht (Walker Chee)
Strother Martin (Selwyn)
George Clutesi (Abner Tasupi)
Ben Piazza (Roger Piggott)
Donald Hotton (John Franklin)
Charles Hallahan (Henry)
Judith Novgrod (Judy)
Alice Hirson (Claire Franklin)
Pat Corley (vet)
Charlie L. Bird (Beejay)
Danny Zapien (Joe Mamoa)
Peter Prouse (doctor)
José Toledo (Harold Masito)
Richard Romancito (Ben Mamoa)
Flavio Martinez (Isla Laloma)
Lena Carr (pregnant woman)
Virginia P. Maney (old squaw)
Wade Stevens (ambulance attendant)
Robert Dunbar, John R. Leonard Sr (helicopter pilots) SUMMARY When developers plan to drill for oil on an Indian reservation in New Mexico it creates schisms among the locals, dividing those who want to go ahead and take the money against those who want to preserve a traditional lifestyle. A desperate mystic summons up a swarm of plague-infected vampire bats that go on teh rampage, killing everyone they come in touch with. CAPSULE REVIEW A muddled and confused moivie that can't seem to decide whether it's a drama about rival factions vying for power on an Indian reservation or a straight ahead horror movie about plague infected vampire bats. The bat attacks are so clumsily handled that it kills any chance of it working as a horror while the drama is so dull that no-one really cares. Terrible all round. AVAILABILITY UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia-EMI-Warner USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: RCA/Columbia
Laserdisc Distributor: Image (ID 6710 RC) CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia
Rating: M Finland
Rating: K-16 Norway
Rating: 16 (theatrical); 18 (video) UK
Rating: AA USA
Rating: PG TIMELINE
1979
June
22: USA - theatrical release
1980
February
24: UK - theatrical release
May
1: Finland - theatrical release
13: Norway - theatrical release POSTER TAGS In the dead of night they come - Swift - Silent - Savage The day belongs to man. The night is theirs. What do you fear most - the dark... or something that waits in the dark? The bats of hell let loose upon the earth... ALTERNATIVE TITLES Schwingen der Angst - German title
Alas en la noche - Spanish title
Yön siivet - Finnish title
Le ali della notte - Italian title
Nocne skrzydla - Polish title LINKS FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Terror in the Aisles (1984) REFERENCES MAGAZINES Screen International 16 February 1980 p.28 (UK)
credits BOOKS Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.263
credits, review The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.86
credits, review KEYWORDS
book into film; bats; vampire bats; plagues; american indians;
indian reservations; caves; mystics; cyanide gas; oil; scientists
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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