Suspiria (1977) @ EOFFTV

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1976
Running Times: 92m (West Germany - theatrical)/95m (France - theatrical)/97m 1s (UK - theatrical)/98m (USA - theatrical)/100m (Italy - theatrical)
Length:
Format: Technovision/35mm
Colour Formats: Eastmancolor/Technicolor
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © 1977 SEDA Spettacoli s.p.a.
Production Companies: Salvatore Argento presents a film by Dario Argento A SEDA Spettacoli s.p.a. Rome production
Produced by: Claudio Argento
Production Manager: Lucio Trentini
Unit Manager: Federico Tocci
Production Co-ordination: Federico Starace, Massimo Brandimarte

DIRECTION
Ass't Director: Antonio Gabrielli
Script Continuity: Francesca Roberti

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Luciano Tavoli
Camera Operator: Idelmo Simonelli
Ass't Cameramen: Giuseppe Tinelli, Enrico Fontana, Riccardo Dolci
Gaffer: Alberto Altibrandi
Key Grip: Mario Moreschini
Action Stills: Francesco Bellomo
Camera and Lighting Equipment: E.C.E. Rome

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Franco Fraticelli
1st Ass't Editor: Piero Bozza
2nd Ass't Editor: Roberto Olivieri

MUSIC
Music: The Goblins [Agostino Marangolo, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli, Claudio Simonetti]
With the Collaboration of: Dario Argento

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Additional Music: Philip Glass (from Music in Similar Motion (adapted into the track Markos) [uncredited]

SOUND
Sound Recordise: Mario Dallimonti
Boom: Corrado Volpicelli
Rerecording Engineer: Federico Savina
Sound Effects: Luciano Anzellotti
Recorded in English at: International Recording, Rome
Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costumes by: Pierangelo Cicoletti
Wardrobe Mistress: Tiziana Mancini
Seamstress: Bertilla Silvestrin
Costume House: Sartoria Anna Mode
Footwear: Raphael Salato
Accessories: Lembo Caracciolo
Leather Goods: Fendi
Make-up Supervisor: Pier Antonio Mecacci
Make-up Ass't: Pierino Mecacci
Hairstylist: Maria Teresa Corridoni
Ass't Hairstylist: Aldo Signoretti
Wigs: Rocchetti

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Giuseppe Bassan
Ass't Art Director: Maurizio Garrone, Davide Bassan
Set Dresser: Enrico Fiorentini
Ass't Set Dresser: Massimo Garrone
Set Construction: Aldo Taloni
Set Furnishings: GRP-Rancati-Cimino-D'Angelo

OTHER CREW
Production Accountants: Ferdinando Caputo, Carlo Du Bois
International Transportation: U.T.I., Rome
Transportation: Romana Trasporti Cinematograici
Unit Publicist: Nino Vendetti

with
Flavio Bucci (Daniel)
Miguel Bosè (Mark)
Barbara Magnolfi (Olga)
Susanna Javicoli (Sonia)
Eva Axen (Patty Newman (Pat))
Rudolf Schündler (Professor Milius)
Udo Kier (Professor Frank Mandel)

supporting cast
Margherita Horowitz (teacher)
Jacopo Mariani (Albert)
Fulvio Mingozzi (taxi driver)
Franca Scagnetti (Albert's governess (1st servant))
Renato Scarpa (Professor Verdegat)
Serafina Scorcelletti (2nd servant(
Giuseppe Transocchi (Pavlo)
Renata Zamengo (Caroline)
Alessandra Capozza, Salvatore Capozza, Diana Ferrara, Cristina Latini, Alfredo Raino, Claudia Zaccari (dancers)

Young American dancer Suzy Bannion arrives in Germany to attend a dance academy. No sooner has she arrived than two of the students are dead, killed in the most bizarre manner. Soon others are dying and Suzy begins to realise that the staff of the academy are not what they seem.

France
Theatrical Distributor: Les Films Jacques Leitienne
DVD Distributor: TFI Video

UK
Theatrical Distributor: EMI Film Distributors
Video Distributor: Thorn-EMI (TVB 90 0265); Entertainment in Video (1990); Nouveaux Pictures (NP0016 - widescreen retail; NP0027 - widescreen rental) (1998)
DVD Distributor: Nouveaux Pictures (NPD1002)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: International Classics; Joseph Brenner Associates Inc (1979 reissue)
Video Distributor: Magnum Entertainment (3203; 3204) (November 1989)
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID6900MN) (1990)

UK
Rating: X; 18
Initially, the theatrical version was very slightly trimmed. When it was released on video, the first batch of Thorn-EMI tapes were uncut, but following the 'video nasties' farrago, this edition was withdrawn and the slightly censored version was put out instead. The Noveaux Pictures version is uncut.

USA
Rating: R; unrated
In the States, an unrated uncut version was released alongside a cut, R-rated version - the most noticeable cuts were from the opening murder and when Flavio Bucci is attacked by his dog.

1977
February
1: Italy - theatrical release in Rome
10: Italy - theatrical release in Milan

December
28: UK - theatrical release (first shown at ABC Shaftesbury Avenue, London)

The only thing more terrifying than the last twelve minutes of this film are the first ninety!

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-rama Show Southern Style Volume 2 (1995)
Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento, Il (1985)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)

REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

Deep Red no.1 p.45
review

Devil Movies p.37
illustrated article

Empire no.127 (January 2000) p.150 (UK)
DVD review

Entertainment Weekly no.495 (23 July 1999) pp.25-30 (USA)
illustarted article (The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time)

Fangoria no.66 p.15
review

Halls of Horror 27 pp.27, 30-31
illustrated review

Halls of Horror vol.2 no.2 (November 1977) p.50
UK video data

Shivers 58 pp.31-33
illustrated review

Sight and Sound vol.2 no.1 (May 1992) p.69 (UK)
video review (by William Green)

Starburst no.44 pp.37-40
illustrated review

Video Watchdog 46 pp.18-19
review

BOOKS

Art of Darkness pp.127-144; 279; 297
illustrated review (by Stephen Thrower); credits; video data

Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror p.318
review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
review source, credits

KEYWORDS

animals, ballet, barbed wire, bats, blindness, dance schools, dancing, dogs, hangings, impalement, the occult, stabbings, the supernatural, witchcraft, witches

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	Suspiria (1977) Country of Origin: Italy Year of Production: 1976 Running Times: 92m (West Germany - theatrical)/95m (France - theatrical)/97m 1s (UK - theatrical)/98m (USA - theatrical)/100m (Italy - theatrical) Length: Format: Technovision/35mm Colour Formats: Eastmancolor/Technicolor Ratio: 2.35:1 Sound: Dolby DIRECTION Directed by: Dario Argento CREW PRODUCTION Copyright: © 1977 SEDA Spettacoli s.p.a. Production Companies: Salvatore Argento presents a film by Dario Argento A SEDA Spettacoli s.p.a. Rome production Produced by: Claudio Argento Production Manager: Lucio Trentini Unit Manager: Federico Tocci Production Co-ordination: Federico Starace, Massimo Brandimarte SCRIPT Written by: Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi DIRECTION Ass't Director: Antonio Gabrielli Script Continuity: Francesca Roberti PHOTOGRAPHY Director of Photography: Luciano Tavoli Camera Operator: Idelmo Simonelli Ass't Cameramen: Giuseppe Tinelli, Enrico Fontana, Riccardo Dolci Gaffer: Alberto Altibrandi Key Grip: Mario Moreschini Action Stills: Francesco Bellomo Camera and Lighting Equipment: E.C.E. Rome EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION Film Editor: Franco Fraticelli 1st Ass't Editor: Piero Bozza 2nd Ass't Editor: Roberto Olivieri MUSIC Music: The Goblins [Agostino Marangolo, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli, Claudio Simonetti] With the Collaboration of: Dario Argento SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC Additional Music: Philip Glass (from Music in Similar Motion (adapted into the track Markos) [uncredited] SOUND Sound Recordise: Mario Dallimonti Boom: Corrado Volpicelli Rerecording Engineer: Federico Savina Sound Effects: Luciano Anzellotti Recorded in English at: International Recording, Rome Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP Costumes by: Pierangelo Cicoletti Wardrobe Mistress: Tiziana Mancini Seamstress: Bertilla Silvestrin Costume House: Sartoria Anna Mode Footwear: Raphael Salato Accessories: Lembo Caracciolo Leather Goods: Fendi Make-up Supervisor: Pier Antonio Mecacci Make-up Ass't: Pierino Mecacci Hairstylist: Maria Teresa Corridoni Ass't Hairstylist: Aldo Signoretti Wigs: Rocchetti SPECIAL EFFECTS Special Effects: Germano Natali TITLES AND OPTICALS Titles: Studio Mafera DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Production Designer: Giuseppe Bassan Ass't Art Director: Maurizio Garrone, Davide Bassan Set Dresser: Enrico Fiorentini Ass't Set Dresser: Massimo Garrone Set Construction: Aldo Taloni Set Furnishings: GRP-Rancati-Cimino-D'Angelo OTHER CREW Production Accountants: Ferdinando Caputo, Carlo Du Bois International Transportation: U.T.I., Rome Transportation: Romana Trasporti Cinematograici Unit Publicist: Nino Vendetti LOCATIONS Filmed at: De Paolis INCIR Studios, Rome CAST starring Jessica Harper (Suzy Bannion) Stefania Casini (Sara) with Flavio Bucci (Daniel) Miguel Bosè (Mark) Barbara Magnolfi (Olga) Susanna Javicoli (Sonia) Eva Axen (Patty Newman (Pat)) Rudolf Schündler (Professor Milius) Udo Kier (Professor Frank Mandel) with Alida Valli as Miss Tanner and with Joan Bennett (Madame Blanc) supporting cast Margherita Horowitz (teacher) Jacopo Mariani (Albert) Fulvio Mingozzi (taxi driver) Franca Scagnetti (Albert's governess (1st servant)) Renato Scarpa (Professor Verdegat) Serafina Scorcelletti (2nd servant( Giuseppe Transocchi (Pavlo) Renata Zamengo (Caroline) Alessandra Capozza, Salvatore Capozza, Diana Ferrara, Cristina Latini, Alfredo Raino, Claudia Zaccari (dancers) PLOT SUMMARY Young American dancer Suzy Bannion arrives in Germany to attend a dance academy. No sooner has she arrived than two of the students are dead, killed in the most bizarre manner. Soon others are dying and Suzy begins to realise that the staff of the academy are not what they seem. AVAILABILITY France Theatrical Distributor: Les Films Jacques Leitienne DVD Distributor: TFI Video Germany Theatrical Distributor: Gloria Italy Theatrical Distributor: P.A.C. Video Distributor: Ricordi Video Japan DVD Distributor: Culture Publishers UK Theatrical Distributor: EMI Film Distributors Video Distributor: Thorn-EMI (TVB 90 0265); Entertainment in Video (1990); Nouveaux Pictures (NP0016 - widescreen retail; NP0027 - widescreen rental) (1998) DVD Distributor: Nouveaux Pictures (NPD1002) USA Theatrical Distributor: International Classics; Joseph Brenner Associates Inc (1979 reissue) Video Distributor: Magnum Entertainment (3203; 3204) (November 1989) Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID6900MN) (1990) CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia Rating: R France Rating: 18 Germany Rating: 18 Italy Rating: 14 Sweden Rating: 15 UK Rating: X; 18 Initially, the theatrical version was very slightly trimmed. When it was released on video, the first batch of Thorn-EMI tapes were uncut, but following the 'video nasties' farrago, this edition was withdrawn and the slightly censored version was put out instead. The Noveaux Pictures version is uncut. USA Rating: R; unrated In the States, an unrated uncut version was released alongside a cut, R-rated version - the most noticeable cuts were from the opening murder and when Flavio Bucci is attacked by his dog. TIMELINE 1976 July 26: Shooting begins 1977 February 1: Italy - theatrical release in Rome 10: Italy - theatrical release in Milan May 5: West Germany - theatrical release 18: France - theatrical release August Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release December 28: UK - theatrical release (first shown at ABC Shaftesbury Avenue, London) 1978 July 24: Sweden - theatrical release 1998 May 18: UK - video release (rental and retail, Nouveaux Pictures) 1999 November 1: UK - DVD release POSTER TAGS The only thing more terrifying than the last twelve minutes of this film are the first ninety! Once you've seen it, you will never again feel safe in the dark LINKS SEQUELS Inferno (1980) Terza madre, La (2007) SEE ALSO Aldilà, L' (1981) Army of Darkness (1993) Diyu wu men (1980) Exorcist, The (1973) Matilda (1996) Mostro, Il (1994) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Phenomena (1984) Red Shoes, The (1948) Return to Oz (1985) Scream (1996) Shiryo no wana (1988) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo, L' (1969) Witches, The (1990) Yeogogoedam (1998) FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN 100 Years of Horror (1996) Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-rama Show Southern Style Volume 2 (1995) Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento, Il (1985) Terror in the Aisles (1984) REFERENCES PERIODICALS Deep Red no.1 p.45 review Devil Movies p.37 illustrated article Empire no.127 (January 2000) p.150 (UK) DVD review Entertainment Weekly no.495 (23 July 1999) pp.25-30 (USA) illustarted article (The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time) Fangoria no.66 p.15 review Halls of Horror 27 pp.27, 30-31 illustrated review Halls of Horror vol.2 no.2 (November 1977) p.50 UK video data Shivers 58 pp.31-33 illustrated review Sight and Sound vol.2 no.1 (May 1992) p.69 (UK) video review (by William Green) Starburst no.44 pp.37-40 illustrated review Video Watchdog 46 pp.18-19 review BOOKS Art of Darkness pp.127-144; 279; 297 illustrated review (by Stephen Thrower); credits; video data Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror p.318 review OTHER SOURCES screen review source, credits KEYWORDS animals, ballet, barbed wire, bats, blindness, dance schools, dancing, dogs, hangings, impalement, the occult, stabbings, the supernatural, witchcraft, witches Last Updated: 28 July, 2009