American werewolf
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| German title | American werewolf |
| Original title | An American Werewolf In London |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | John Landis |
| script | John Landis |
| production | George Folsey Jr. |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | Robert Paynter |
| cut | Malcolm Campbell |
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American Werewolf (Original title: An American Werewolf In London ) is a British-American horror film from 1981 . The director and screenwriter is John Landis , with David Naughton , Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter in the lead roles .
action
The two American students David and Jack are on a journey through Europe. In the upland moor in northern England they come to the lonely village of East Proctor, whose inhabitants are apparently keeping a secret. At nightfall they come to the village pub "Zum Schlachteten Lamm". There they discover a pentagram on the wall and, when asked about its meaning, are chased out into the night by the locals, not without the advice to stay on the street and beware of the moon.
Of course they get lost and get lost in the moor when the moon is full . There they are attacked by a werewolf . Jack dies, David survives the attack, slightly injured, as the villagers have understood and followed them with firearms. David passes out and is hospitalized in London. He is plagued by gruesome nightmares in which monsters who look like SS men murder his family and his undead friend Jack warns him that he is now a werewolf and must kill himself before doing any harm. David is questioned by Inspector Villiers, who does not believe him that he and his friend were attacked by a wolf. He attributes this statement to David's shock and sticks to his version that a madman attacked the two.
David befriends the nurse Alex, and they both fall in love. David lives with her and becomes her lover. He forgets the story with his undead friend. However, it seems strange to him that animals react panic in his presence. The next full moon he turns into a werewolf and kills six people in central London . With no memory of the previous night, he wakes up naked in a wolf enclosure at London Zoo. Having become suspicious of David's statements, the attending physician Dr. Hirsch is now doing research on his own in the village of East Procter and is able to coax a local that David is in danger. David himself also realizes that he killed the people who are now being reported in the newspapers and flees headlessly into central London. His girlfriend Alex and Dr. Hirsch to track him down.
The undead Jack reappears and leads David into a porn cinema in Piccadilly Circus . There he presents him with his victims from the previous night, who are also undead and in turn ask him to kill himself. As long as David was alive, all his victims would have to continue walking on earth as the undead. Since night falls and the moon is full, David turns into a werewolf again, kills several people in the cinema and then walks through the crowds of Piccadilly Circus. The rushing police finally put him in a dead end. Although Alex, who is now also present, believes that she can save him with her love, David attacks her and is shot by police snipers. In death he turns back into a person.
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“The skilful mixture of black humor and horror effects, which constantly blurs the boundaries between dream and reality, knows how to transfer the classic werewolf motif into the present. Enjoyable allusions to hidden violence in modern everyday life, the English way of life and the media are covered in the second part by the increasingly loud staging. "
“In 1981 comedy specialist John Landis shot this exciting mixture of blatant horror effects and lots of black humor. Make-up specialist Rick Baker (" Ed Wood ", " Men in Black ") received an Oscar for his sensational masks. "
"Worn by brilliant make-up, which is always at the service of an original, exciting story," An American Werewolf in London "manages the difficult balancing act between horror and comedy. 30 years after its creation, John Landi's film has long since achieved the status of a modern classic that is still exciting today. "
production
The lavish showdown in Piccadilly Circus was filmed on the original location. Initially, the authorities refused permission to film; Only when the scene had been prepared according to the general staff and the greatest possible security precautions had been taken was the green light. As there was only one night available for the shoot and no repetitions were possible, the spectacle was recorded by several cameras at the same time.
John Landis described his work as follows:
"It's a total monster film ... incredibly brutal and very sad ... very funny, but far from a comedy."
Awards
The makeup artist Rick Baker received the Oscar and the Saturn Award 1981 for his werewolf masks in 1982. The film also won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film in 1981; Jenny Agutter ( Best Actress ) and John Landis ( Best Screenplay ) were nominated for the Saturn Award.
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The cost of production of An American Werewolf were estimated to 10 million US dollars . The film grossed around 30.5 million US dollars in cinemas in the United States and around 60.5 million US dollars worldwide.
The IMDb lists “Blue Moon” interpreted by both Bobby Vinton and Sam Cooke and The Marcels , “Moondance” by Van Morrison and “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival .
John Landis, himself a former stuntman, has an uncredited cameo as "Man Being Smashed into Window".
When Universal Pictures Germany one "American Werewolf in London - Oscar Edition" appeared with sales start on 1 February 2007 that at a running time of 93 minutes mono sound, German and English subtitles, audio commentary by David Naughton and Griffin Dunne, unvertonte outtakes, Contains interviews with John Landis and Rick Baker, "Behind the Scenes: The Casting of the Hand", "From Storyboard to Cinematic Implementation" and a photo gallery.
An American Werewolf followed in Paris in 1996 , but not under the direction of John Landis .
On November 5th, 2009 the film was released for the first time uncut on BluRay and DVD with a playing time of approx. 97 min. Among other things, it shows David talking to his sister on the phone. This scene was dubbed with a completely different voice.
Individual evidence
- ↑ American Werewolf - Fear the Moon. In: German synchronous card index. Retrieved August 3, 2008 .
- ↑ a b [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on October 31, 2014
- ↑ a b [2] at Metacritic , accessed on October 31, 2014
- ↑ a b American Werewolf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ American Werewolf. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ American Werewolf In: Prisma.de , accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ American Werewolf In: Filmstarts.de , accessed on October 31, 2014
- ^ Hans-Christoph Blumenberg: In the cinema. In: The time . May 7, 1982, accessed July 30, 2011 .
- ↑ Nominations and Awards in the Internet Movie Database , accessed October 31, 2014
- ^ Online resource ( memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 21, 2007.
Web links
- An American Werewolf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- An American Werewolf in Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- An American Werewolf in Metacritic (English)
- American Werewolf in the online movie database
- American Werewolf in the German dubbing index
- Official site (English)
- Dread Central: Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London (2009 )
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - BBFC 18 , Tele 5 from 12 - FSK 16 by American Werewolf at Schnittberichte.com