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The Company of Wolves (1984)
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19 April 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
Where fairy stories meet horror stories [Australia Theatrical] morePlot:
A bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their sexual connotation. Granny tells her granddaughter Rosaleen strange... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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"Never Stray From the Path, Never Eat a Windfall Apple, and Never Trust a Man Whose Eyebrows Meet." An Adult and Stylized Version of Little Red Riding Hood moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sarah Patterson | ... | Rosaleen | |
| Angela Lansbury | ... | Granny | |
| David Warner | ... | Father | |
| Tusse Silberg | ... | Mother | |
| Micha Bergese | ... | Huntsman | |
| Brian Glover | ... | Amorous Boy's father | |
| Graham Crowden | ... | Old Priest | |
| Kathryn Pogson | ... | Young Bride | |
| Stephen Rea | ... | Young Groom | |
| Georgia Slowe | ... | Alice, Girl Killed by Wolves | |
| Susan Porrett | ... | Amorous Boy's mother | |
| Shane Johnstone | ... | Amorous Boy | |
| Dawn Archibald | ... | Witch Woman | |
| Richard Morant | ... | Wealthy Groom | |
| Danielle Dax | ... | Wolfgirl |
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Norway:18 (re-rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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The film is primarily based on the werewolf stories in Angela Carter's short story collection The Bloody Chamber ('The Company of Wolves', 'Wolf-Alice' and 'The Werewolf'). However, the plot of the film is more similar to Carter's 1980 radio adaptation of 'The Company of Wolves' than to the original story, as it was in the adaptation that Carter introduced such concepts as digressive narration within the main narrative (in the original story, the various diversionary narratives are separate from and occur prior to the main narrative). moreQuotes:
Mother: You pay too much attention to your granny. She knows a lot but she doesn't know everything. And if there's a beast in men, it meets its match in women too. moreFAQ
What is the significance of the wedding story?The narrative structure of the film is confusing. Can it be summarized more clearly?
Who is the man in the back of the car and what is the potion he gives to the young boy?
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Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson) is a teenager, living in a country house in England with her family in the present days, and having a nightmare with wolves and werewolves in the Middle Ages. In her dream, her boring sister is dead, she lives with her father (David Warner) and her mother (Tusse Silberg), but she spends lots of time with her lovely grandmother (Angela Lansbury). Granny tells her many stories of werewolf and gives her the following advice: "- Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet." One day, Rosaleen, while going to visit her grandmother, meets a handsome man and bet with him who would arrive first at her granny's house. The story has an open end. The first time I watched this movie was in 1984 or 1985 in a imported VHS of a Brazilian video-club, and I liked it a lot. This video-club closed and unfortunately, this film has not been available in Brazil since then. Yesterday it was released on DVD and I immediately bought it. I have just saw it and I really can say that it is an excellent movie. The story is based on the fairy tale of the Little Red Riding Hood. Indeed it is an adult and stylized version of the tale. But further than that, it is also a spectacular approach of the beginning of the puberty, losing of the innocence through wild and erotic dreams, when the character of Sarah Patterson is becoming an young woman. Neil Jordan made an excellent work, with a wonderful horror movie, which can have the most different interpretations, depending on the eye and experience of the viewer. He used many symbols, such as the use of lipstick, or the first date of Rosaleen. I do not understand what happened to the gorgeous and very promising actress Sarah Patterson. With her interpretation in this film, I would bet she would have a great career ahead, what has never come true. This film is really a cult-movie, and I am one of its greatest fan. I would like to thank the Brazilian distributor Flashstar, for giving me the chance of see this wonderful movie again. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): `A Companhia dos Lobos' (`The Company of the Wolves')