In a small town (movie)

Movie
German title	In a small town
Original title	Needful things
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1993
length	121 minutes ; long version: 187 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16 (regular) ; long version: unchecked
Rod
Director	Fraser Clarke Heston
script	WD judge
production	Jack Cummins , ; Peter Yates
music	Patrick Doyle
camera	Tony Westman
cut	Rob Kobrin
occupation
	Max von Sydow : Leland Gaunt; Ed Harris : Sheriff Alan J. Pangborn; Bonnie Bedelia : Polly Chalmers; Amanda Plummer : Netitia Cobb; JT Walsh : Danforth "Buster" Keeton III; Ray McKinnon : Deputy Norris Ridgewick; Duncan Fraser : Hugh Albert Priest; Valri Bromfield : Wilma Wadlowski Jerzyck; Shane Meier : Brian Rusk; William Morgan Sheppard : Father Meehan; Don S. Davis : Reverend Willie Rose;

In a small town (alternative television Title: Needful Things - in a small town ; original title: Needful Things ) is an American horror thriller from the year 1993 . Directed by Fraser Clarke Heston and written by W. D. Richter based on the novel In a Small Town by Stephen King . In addition to the regular version with a running time of around 120 minutes (FSK 16), there is also an extended, international long version with a running time of around 187 minutes (not approved by the FSK).

action

The stranger Leland Gaunt arrives in the small town of Castle Rock in New England , where he opens a shop selling a curious hodgepodge of goods. He sells various items to the locals that they have always wanted. However, he does not ask for any money for this, only that the buyer plays a bad trick on someone else. These pranks, however, soon prove to be part of a perfidious plan forged by Gaunt as the "devil in person" - those who suffered the pranks on suspected persons with whom they quarreled for these acts. Obsessed with anger and hatred, people become violent against one another, up to and including murder.

Chaos breaks out in the city. Sheriff Alan Pangborn, who owes Gaunt no favors, can expose Gaunt's machinations and educate the townspeople. The townspeople confess to each other who was the author of which prank. "Buster", the last resident over whom Gaunt still has power, fails to shoot Pangborn from his house. Buster then approaches Pangborn and the others with an explosive belt on his body to blow himself up and blow them up. Buster desperately accuses himself of killing his wife, but Pangborn tells him that it is not him but Gaunt who is responsible. Gaunt repeatedly prompts Buster to perform extended suicide, but Buster pounces on Gaunt instead. They both fall into Gaunt's shop and there is a huge explosion.

However, Gaunt appears completely unharmed from the burning rubble. He admits that he does this over and over, and even if it wasn't his best act, he would still come back to move on. He prophesies to Pangborn that he will get married and have children, and that they will have children too. In addition, he announces that he will visit Pangborn's future grandson Bob on August 14, 2053 at 10 a.m. in Jakarta and that they will make headlines together. After this monologue, he gets into the car in which he has arrived and drives away.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 27, 1993 that the film was still one of those films that make viewers ponder why the film adaptations of Stephen King's stories are no better. His problem is "unattractive characters" and a plot without surprises.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film had “an overall naive and crude dramaturgy” that took away “largely thrill and ambiguity”. The "restless action" and the "personification of evil" would distract from "the depths of human relationships".

Awards

Amanda Plummer won the Saturn Award in 1994 . Max von Sydow, J. T. Walsh and the film for Best Horror Film were nominated for the same award.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Gibsons Landing and Maple Ridge (both in British Columbia ). It grossed approximately $ 15.2 million in US cinemas .

Web links

In a small town in the Internet Movie Database (English)
In a small town in the online film database
In a small town at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Comparison of the cut versions theatrical version - TBS long version of Needful Things - In a small town at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=905872

[2] ttp://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fass&fid=3124&vid=45609&partner=39210

[3] Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed October 11, 2007

[4] In a small town in the Lexicon of International Film , accessed October 11, 2007

[5] Filming locations for Needful Things, accessed October 11, 2007

[6] Box office / business for Needful Things, accessed October 11, 2007


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