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Overview
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Release Date:
27 August 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
Now it's time to pay! See more »
Plot:
Leland Gaunt comes to Sheriff Alan Pangborn's pleasant little New England town, and opens a store. What this kindly Satan sells is whatever you need...
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Awards:
1 win
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(4 articles)
Review – Happy Town Makes us Happy
(From TVovermind.com. 28 April 2010, 10:30 AM, PDT)
Happy Birthday to Max von Sydow
(From Icons of Fright. 10 April 2010, 1:53 PM, PDT)
Horror at the Oscars Part 1: The Quickening
(From Dread Central. 8 March 2010, 1:54 AM, PST)
(From TVovermind.com. 28 April 2010, 10:30 AM, PDT)
Happy Birthday to Max von Sydow
(From Icons of Fright. 10 April 2010, 1:53 PM, PDT)
Horror at the Oscars Part 1: The Quickening
(From Dread Central. 8 March 2010, 1:54 AM, PST)
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Not bad just not very deep
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Max von Sydow | ... | Leland Gaunt (as Max Von Sydow) |
 | Ed Harris | ... | Sheriff Alan Pangborn |
 | Bonnie Bedelia | ... | Polly Chalmers |
 | Amanda Plummer | ... | Nettie Cobb |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Danforth Keeton III |
 | Ray McKinnon | ... | Deputy Norris Ridgewick |
 | Duncan Fraser | ... | Hugh Priest |
 | Valri Bromfield | ... | Wilma Jerzyck |
| Shane Meier | ... | Brian Rusk |
 | William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Father Meehan (as W. Morgan Sheppard) |
 | Don S. Davis | ... | Reverend Rose |
| Campbell Lane | ... | Frank Jewett |
| Eric Schneider | ... | Henry Beaufort |
 | Frank C. Turner | ... | Pete Jerzyck |
| Gillian Barber | ... | Myrtle Keeton |
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120 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Iceland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Argentina:16 | Sweden:15 (video rating) | Australia:M | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #32447)
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'Buster' Keeton kills his wife with an Estwing framing hammer, easily noticed with its all-metal, one-piece construction.See more »
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Continuity: In the opening scene, Sheriff Pangborn comes to the door of the "Dot" Restaurant. He has a band-aid around his index finger. When he gets inside of the restaurant, the band-aid has disappeared.See more »
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Featured in "Cinemania: Stephen King: O vasilias tou tromou" (2009)See more »
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Needful Things could have been a made for TV film if it hadn't been for the graphic language. Everything else has made for TV written all over it. The acting is good however, Amanda Plummer's Maine accent seemed to disappear at moments and then come back sounding Irish. I think there was one other character who attempted the accent-everyone else seemed to avoid it which is good. The problem I have with this is it isn't very deep. It sort of skims over the surface without delving into much detail. Therefore, we never really know what the character is thinking or feeling, we never are really pulled into the story. We are watching everyone go through the actions but we don't lose ourselves in it. Also, the characters aren't all that interesting. There isn't much that is distinctive here. Not bad but certainly nothing to brag about.