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Wolf (1994) 6.1
Publisher Will Randall becomes a werewolf and has to fight to keep his job. Director:Mike Nichols |
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Cast
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| Jack Nicholson | ... | ||
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | ||
| James Spader | ... | ||
| Kate Nelligan | ... |
Charlotte Randall
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Raymond Alden
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Mary
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Roy
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Dr. Vijay Alezais
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Maude
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George
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Bradford English | ... |
Keyes
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Gary
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
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Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. But after being bit by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heightened senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she's begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bit. Written by Mark Neuenschwander, <retro_critic@swiftboard.com>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
17 June 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Lobo See more »Filming Locations:
Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£3,709,293 (UK) (9 September 1994)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Director Mike Nichols had originally wanted lead actress Michelle Pfeiffer to wear a red-hooded sweatshirt for the film's final act. She refused as she thought it would harm the film's credibility. See more »Goofs
When Will calls Laura to apologize and explain his running off the previous morning, he complains that he can hear her toweling her hair. This is supposed to illustrate his heightened perceptions. The trouble is, that telephones of the kind used in the film, purposely limit the audio frequencies they pass back and forth, to a narrow range in the human vocal spectrum, in order to reduce interference. Even with superhuman hearing, Will would not be able to hear sounds that were blocked from transmission. See more »Quotes
Stewart Swinton: Good evening Miss Alden. May I call you Laura? Laura, if you scream, I'll kill you. I'll just... break your neck, okay?See more »
"Wolf" posits that the werewolf bite is not necessarily a curse, if what you really crave is a more wild and natural lifestyle than is possible in our "civilized" society. Quite cleverly, the story is set in a publishing company, an environment that is both civilized and predatory at the same time.
Nicholson gives one of his best performances of recent years here, playing against type - he's actually a nice, normal guy! Spader, on the other hand, does what he always does; he acts like a sleaze, and very good he is at it, too. Pfeiffer makes a tough, proactive heroine, and gets a much better part than you'd expect for a woman in a horror film (horror is very much a boy's genre, I'm afraid).
I'm going to get snooty here and suggest that most people just don't understand "Wolf," probably because its ideal audience is quite small. Fans of Nicholson's usual drama fare dislike the movie for its horror content, and fans of violent horror dislike the movie because it's lacking in action and gore. But if you like thoughtful horror that has more brains than blood, you're part of the small group of people who'll get something out of this.