USA, 1994
125m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.85:1
SDDS (8 channels), English
An American horror film directed by Mike Nichols.
Plot Summary
Publisher Will Randall is starting to feel his age – he’s overworked, exhausted and starting to feel insecure. It doesn’t help when a younger co-worker makes off with his job and his wife. Then he’s bitten by a wolf and Will finds his youthful vigour restored – but it comes at a terrible price.
Credits
Crew
Director: Mike Nichols
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Executive Producers: Neil A. Machlis, Robert Greenhut
Producer: Douglas Wick
Associate Producers: Jim Harrison, Michele Imperato
Script: Jim Harrison, Wesley Strick
Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno
Editor: Sam O’Steen
Music: Ennio Morricone
Production Sound Mixer: Art Rochester
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
Make-up: Ronnie Specter, Stephen Abrums
Hair Designer: Alan D’Angerio
Special Make-up Effects: Rick Baker
Special Effects Coordinator: Stan Parks
Visual Effects Supervisors: Eric Brevig, Scott Farrar, John Nelson
Production Designers: Jim Dultz, Bo Welch
Locations: Bradbury Building, 304 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA; Old Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA; Roxbury, Vermont, USA
Studio: Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California, USA
Cast
Jack Nicholson (Will Randall)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Laura Alden)
James Spader (Stewart Swinton)
Kate Nelligan (Charlotte Randall)
Richard Jenkins (Detective Bridger)
Eileen Atkins (Mary)
Christopher Plummer (Raymond Alden)
Ron Rifkin (Doctor)
David Hyde Pierce (Roy)
Om Puri (Dr Vijay Alezias)
Prunella Scales (Maude)
Brian Markinson (Detective Wade)
Peter Gerety (George)
Bradford English (Keyes)
Stewart J. Zully (Gary)
Thomas F. Duffy (Tom)
Tom Oppenheim (Butler)
Van Bailey, Jose Soto, Dwayne McClary (gang members)
Christopher Birt, David Schwimmer, Osgood Perkins II (cops)
Lia Chang (desk clark)
Links
Extracts included in
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
See also
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Cat People (1982)
The Fly (1986)
New York at the Movies (2002)
What Women Want (2000)
Wolfen (1981)
References
Periodicals
- DeathRay no.18 (April/May 2009) p.71 – illustrated article (Hungry like the wolf)
- epd Film vol.11 no.9 (1 September 1994) p.42 – review (by Peter Zander)
- Première October 1994 p.44 – review (by Marc Weitzmann)
- Prevue October 1994 pp.26-27 – article (Michelle Pfeiffer brings out the beast in Jack Nicholson by Victor Wells)
- Studio September 1994 p.6 – review (by Jean-Pierre Lavoignat)
Newspapers
- Correio da Manhã, TV 4 December 1998 p.31 – review
- Diário de Notícias 27 April 1999 p.55 – review
- Svenska Dagbladet 30 September 1994 – review (Jack Nicholson Övertygar aldrig som mes by Jeanette Gentele)
Books
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.603
