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Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

UNRATED  95 min  -  Adventure | Drama | Horror   -  19 June 1985 (USA)
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A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Director:

Ruggero Deodato

Writer:

Gianfranco Clerici (story)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Robert Kerman Robert Kerman ...
Francesca Ciardi Francesca Ciardi ...
Perry Pirkanen Perry Pirkanen ...
Jack Anders
Luca Barbareschi ...
Mark Tomaso (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi)
Salvatore Basile Salvatore Basile ...
Ricardo Fuentes Ricardo Fuentes ...
Felipe Ocanya
Carl Gabriel Yorke Carl Gabriel Yorke ...
Alan Yates (as Gabriel Yorke)
Paolo Paoloni Paolo Paoloni ...
Chief NY Executive
Lionello Pio Di Savoia Lionello Pio Di Savoia ...
Executive (as Pio Di Savoia)
Luigina Rocchi Luigina Rocchi ...
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Storyline

A New York anthropologist named Professor Harold Monroe travels to the wild, inhospitable jungles of South America to find out what happened to a documentary film crew that disappeared two months before while filming a documentary about primitive cannibal tribes deep in the rain forest. With the help of two local guides, Professor Monroe encounters two tribes, the Yacumo and the Yanomamo. While under the hospitality of the latter tribe, he finds the remains of the crew and several reels of their undeveloped film. Upon returning to New York City, Professor Monroe views the film in detail, featuring the director Alan Yates, his girlfriend Faye Daniels, and cameramen Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso. After a few days of traveling, the film details how the crew staged all the footage for their documentary by terrorizing and torturing the natives. Despite Monroe's objections, the television studio Pan American still wishes to air the footage as a legitimate documentary... Written by Helltopay27  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Tribe | Professor | Cannibal | Jungle | Missing  | See more »

Taglines:

The most grueling film ever made. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Horror

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust See more »

Filming Locations:

Amazon Rainforest, Colombia See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)

Gross:

ESP 133,432,635 (Spain) (31 August 1999)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

F.D. Cinematografica See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | UK: (heavily cut)  | USA: (animal cruelty-free version)  | Canada: (Québec)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System) | Dolby Digital (2001 re-release)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

A large advertisement for Dracula is visible in the opening shots of the streets of New York City. See more »

Goofs

Miscellaneous: When Faye has got a spider on her shoulder, she is screaming and talking at the same time. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Reporter: Man is omnipotent; nothing is impossible for him. What seemed like unthinkable undertakings yesterday are history today. The conquest of the moon for example: who talks about it anymore? Today we are already on the threshold of conquering our galaxy, and in a not too distant tomorrow, we'll be considering the conquest of the universe, and yet man seems to ignore the fact that on this very planet there are still people living in the stone age and practicing cannibalism.
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Crazy Credits

In the end credits: "Projectionist John K. Kirov was given a two-month
suspended sentence and fined $10,000 for illegal appropriation of film
material. We know that he recieved $250,000 for the same footage." See more »

Connections

Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: Cannibal Ferox (#4.1)" (2012) See more »