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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   4,621 votes
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Director:
Neil Jordan
Writers:
Angela Carter (story)
Neil Jordan (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 April 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Where fairy stories meet horror stories [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
A bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their sexual connotation. Granny tells her granddaughter Rosaleen strange... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Hansel and Gretel - Trailer
 (From LateFilmFull. 10 March 2009, 10:43 AM, PDT)

Neil Jordan to film Gaiman’s Graveyard
 (From Fangoria. 28 January 2009, 7:52 PM, PST)

User Comments:
"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 more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
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
Vincent McClaren ... Devil Boy
Ruby Buchanan ... Dowager
Jimmy Gardner ... Ancient
Roy Evans ... Eyepatch
Edward Marsen ... Lame Fiddler
Jim Brown ... Blind Fiddler (as Jimmy Brown)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Carter ... Second Husband (uncredited)

Terence Stamp ... The Devil (uncredited)
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Directed by
Neil Jordan 
 
Writing credits
Angela Carter  story "The Company of Wolves" &
Neil Jordan  screenplay

Produced by
Chris Brown .... producer
Nik Powell .... executive producer
Stephen Woolley .... executive producer
Stephen Woolley .... producer
 
Original Music by
George Fenton 
 
Cinematography by
Bryan Loftus 
 
Film Editing by
Rodney Holland 
 
Casting by
Susie Figgis 
 
Production Design by
Anton Furst 
 
Art Direction by
Stuart Rose 
 
Costume Design by
Elizabeth Waller 
 
Makeup Department
Sylvia Croft .... makeup artist
Christopher Tucker .... special makeup effects
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Frift .... third assistant director
Paul Tivers .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Dick Budden .... sculptor
Emma Harrison .... scenic artist
Peter Mann .... stand-by constructor
Nigel Phelps .... illustrator
Adrian Start .... supervisor painter
Peter Walpole .... production buyer
 
Sound Department
Alan Bell .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Dave Crownshaw .... special effects technician
Dave Eltham .... special effects technician
Toby Philpott .... animatronic wolf and transformations
 
Visual Effects by
Alan Church .... optical effects
Tony Willis .... effects cameraman (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Marc Boyle .... stunt arranger
Terry Cade .... stunts
Graeme Crowther .... stunts
Tex Fuller .... stunts
Nick Hobbs .... stunts
Gareth Milne .... stunts
Dinny Powell .... stunts
Bill Weston .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Birtles .... gaffer
Tom Collins .... still photographer
Ian Foster .... clapper loader: second unit
Peter Hodgson .... video playback operator: second unit
Eamonn O'Keeffe .... focus puller: second unit
Mike Roberts .... camera operator (as Michael Roberts)
 
Animation Department
Stuart Robinson .... animatronic designer
 
Editorial Department
Tim Arrowsmith .... assistant editor
Justin Krish .... assistant editor
Kevin Phelan .... unit projectionist: Mercury Theatres
 
Music Department
Robert Stewart .... additional orchestrator
 
Other crew
Peter MacDonald .... director of effects
Rodger Shaw .... animatronic wolf
 
Thanks
Mike Lowrie .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Neil Jordan didn't hold auditions for the part of Granny. Once the project was up and running, he offered it directly to Angela Lansbury. more
Quotes:
Huntsman: Are you very much afraid?
Rosaleen: It wouldn't do me much good to be afraid, would it? What big eyes you have.
Huntsman: All the better to see you with.
Rosaleen: They say seeing is believing, but I'd never swear to it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Big Bad Wolves (2006) more

FAQ

Who is the man in the back of the car and what is the potion he gives to the young boy?
What is the significance of Rosaleen becoming a wolf?
What special features are on the DVD?
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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
"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, 4 March 2004
9/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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')

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