The Craft (1996)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Andrew Fleming

Writers (WGA):

Peter Filardi (story)
Peter Filardi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

3 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

It's "Carrie" meets "Clueless" !

Plot:

A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who even slightly anger them.

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Spell | Coven | Occult | Outcast

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Robin Tunney	...	Sarah Bailey
Fairuza Balk	...	Nancy Downs
Neve Campbell	...	Bonnie
Rachel True	...	Rochelle
Skeet Ulrich	...	Chris Hooker
Christine Taylor	...	Laura Lizzie
Breckin Meyer	...	Mitt
Nathaniel Marston	...	Trey
Cliff De Young	...	Mr. Bailey
Assumpta Serna	...	Lirio
Helen Shaver	...	Grace Downs
Jeanine Jackson	...	Jenny
Brenda Strong	...	Doctor
Elizabeth Guber	...	Laura's Friend
Jennifer Greenhut	...	Laura's Friend
Arthur Senzy	...	Vagrant
Endre Hules	...	Monsieur Thepot
Mark Conlon	...	Swimming Coach
Christine Louise Berry	...	Stewardess
William Newman	...	Street Preacher
Erin Tavin	...	Homeless Mother
Rod Britt	...	Priest
Brogan Roche	...	Insurance Man
Rebecca McLaughlin	...	Biology Teacher
Tony Genaro	...	Bus Driver
Janet Rotblatt	...	Homeroom Teacher
Jason Filardi	...	Paramedic
Karyn J. Dean	...	Whispering Girl
Danielle Koenig	...	Whispering Girl
Janet Eilber	...	Sarah's Mother
Esther Scott	...	Asylum Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Glory Fioramonti	...	Red-haired woman in car (uncredited)
John Kapelos	...	Ray (uncredited)
Darin Mangan	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Andrew Fleming

Writing credits (WGA)
Peter Filardi		(story)
Peter Filardi		(screenplay) and
Andrew Fleming		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ginny Nugent	....	executive producer
Lisa Tornell	....	co-producer
Douglas Wick	....	producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Alexander Gruszynski

Film Editing by
Jeff Freeman

Casting by
Pam Dixon

Production Design by
Marek Dobrowolski

Art Direction by
Gae S. Buckley

Set Decoration by
Nancy Nye

Costume Design by
Deborah Everton

Makeup Department
Jim Beinke	....	makeup effects artist
Jim Beinke	....	makeup effects project supervisor
Beatrice De Alba	....	hair stylist
Tony Gardner	....	makeup effects supervisor
Jeffrey Hamilton	....	makeup artist
Monique Suraci	....	assistant hair stylist
Michelle Vittone	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Barry H. Waldman	....	unit production manager (as Barry Waldman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barbara M. Ravis	....	second assistant director (as Barbara Ravis)
Nancy Townsend	....	second second assistant director
John R. Woodward	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mauro Borrelli	....	illustrator
Max E. Brehme	....	lead man (as Max Brehme)
Amy Durose	....	on-set dresser (as Amy DuRose)
Beth Elliott	....	scenic artist
Helen Gabrielle Gliniak	....	assistant to production designer (as Gabrielle Gliniak)
Nicole Koenigsberger	....	assistant art director
Sean Mannion	....	property master
Douglas Noe	....	principal artist (as Doug Noe)
Natalie Richards	....	set designer
Brana Rosenfeld	....	assistant set decorator
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator (as John Samson)
Dave Smith	....	principal artist
Julie Witherington	....	assistant property master (as Julie Sexsmith)
Wesley Wofford	....	principal artist (as Wes Wofford)
Chris Buchinsky	....	illustrator (uncredited)
Doug Crawford	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Lee J. Jashinsky	....	painter (uncredited)
Gaylene West	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	dialogue editor
David W. Alstadter	....	foley mixer
Scott W. Anderson	....	sound effects editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Beshears	....	supervising adr editor (as Jim Beshears)
Moe Chamberlain	....	boom operator
Yann Delpuech	....	sound effects designer
David Diamond	....	cable person
David Diamond	....	second boom operator
David Diamond	....	utility sound
Michael Haight	....	dialogue editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist (as Pamela Nedd Kahn)
Gregory King	....	supervising sound effects editor (as Greg King)
Robert Mackston	....	supervising sound editor (as Bobby Mackston)
James Matheny	....	dialogue editor
John Murray	....	supervising foley editor
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist (as Timothy A. Pearson)
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Jim Stuebe	....	production sound mixer
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Rob Nokes	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Scott Garcia	....	special effects
David P. Kelsey	....	special effects coordinator (as Dave Kelsey)
Ron Macinnes	....	special effects (as Ron MacInnes)
Douglas Noe	....	principal artist (as Doug Noe)
Dave Smith	....	principal artist
Wesley Wofford	....	principal artist (as Wes Wofford)
Gary Zink	....	special effects
Becky Ochoa	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Janel Alexander	....	technical assistant
Suzy Brown	....	digital artist
Brummbaer	....	digital artist: butterfly sequence
Mageara Cameron	....	visual effects coordinator
Jason Dowdeswell	....	lead digital artist
David Drzewiecki	....	special effects director of photography
Sheena Duggal	....	Inferno artist: SPI
Thomas F. Ford IV	....	flame technical assistant (as Tom Ford)
Frank Foster	....	computer graphics department supervisor: butterfly sequence
Robin Griffin	....	visual effects coordinator
Mark Holmes	....	Flame artist
Walter F. Hyneman	....	computer graphics supervisor
Stephen Kennedy	....	digital artist (as Steve Kennedy)
Scott Kilburn	....	lead digital artist: SPI
Kenneth Kurras	....	film recording technician
Christopher Leone	....	I/O supervisor
Kiki Lippman	....	digital artist (as Kiki Candela)
Anthony Mabin	....	Flame artist
Janet McAndless	....	digital artist: butterfly sequence
George Merkert	....	visual effects executive producer
Raquel Morales	....	digital artist
Rachel Nicoll	....	digital artist
Megan Omi	....	lead digital artist
Suzanne Pastor	....	visual effects producer
Kelley Ray	....	visual effects supervisor (as Kelley R. Ray)
Rebecca Ruether	....	digital artist
Michael Sanchez	....	digital artist: butterfly sequence
David Schaub	....	lead digital artist: butterfly sequence
Andrea Scholer	....	digital artist
Lisa Suzuki	....	digital artist
Lynn Tigar	....	digital artist
Kristen D. Trattner	....	digital artist
Manny Wong	....	digital artist
Chris Bowers	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Michael J. Walker	....	visual effects camera operator (uncredited)

Stunts
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunt coordinator
Sherry Peterson	....	stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Felipe Savahge	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Birgit K. Schier	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bertram	....	grip
Kat Bueno	....	grip
Katherine M. Butler	....	first assistant camera (as Kate Butler)
Wayne L. Duncan	....	grip
David M. Dunlap	....	camera operator
David Garden	....	camera operator (as David M. Garden)
Peter Iovino	....	still photographer
Al LaVerde	....	key grip
Ned Martin	....	camera operator
Glenn E. Moran	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Andy Ryan	....	gaffer
Ty Suehiro	....	second grip
Scott Whitman	....	first assistant camera
Clay H. Wilson	....	dolly grip
Erik A. Erichsen	....	rigging best boy electric (uncredited)
Gene Hara	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Darryl Murchison	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Stephen Thorp	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Chris Casady	....	animator: lightning bolt

Casting Department
Amy Gerber	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sonya Ooten	....	set costumer
Sarah Shawe	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Sarah A. Shaw)
Heidi Odum Strasburg	....	set costumer (as Heidi Strasburg)

Editorial Department
Gloria Kaiser	....	color timer
Michael Rafferty	....	second assistant editor
Jan Wesley	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Jeffrey Pollack	....	executive music consultant
Ralph Sall	....	executive music producer
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer
Brian Williams	....	music designer
Joshua Winget	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Al Boone	....	transportation co-captain
Geno Hart	....	transportation captain
Brian Apt	....	transportation office (uncredited)
Gina August	....	driver (uncredited)
Gene Hubert	....	driver (uncredited)
William R. Peck	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
David Allsberry	....	animal wrangler
Jennifer Anderson	....	production assistant (as Jennifer Taback)
Robin Anderson	....	script supervisor (as Robin M. Anderson)
Jim Beinke	....	project foreman
Christine Louise Berry	....	assistant: Fairuza Balk
Anthony Ceccomancini	....	coordinator: butterfly sequence (as Anthony J. Ceccomancini)
Kathi Danielson	....	first assistant accountant (as Kathi Evans)
Pat Devin	....	technical advisor
Terry Dunn	....	production accountant
Matthew R. Eyraud	....	production assistant (as Matt Eyraud)
Gary Kesell	....	location manager (as Gary Michael Kesell)
Mickey Levy	....	production assistant
Claire Lundberg	....	production assistant
Kris Fullan Martinez	....	production coordinator
Rebecca McCann	....	assistant to producer
Ray Moran	....	technical assistant
Boone Narr	....	animal wrangler
Darryl Polk	....	production assistant
Don Poquette	....	production assistant
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Richard Scarpone	....	video artist
Peter L. Steinfeld	....	assistant to director
Brett Williams	....	assistant location manager
Marco Zermeño	....	production secretary (as Marco Zermeno)
Edward Cass	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Ronald E. Hairston	....	craft service (uncredited)
John Labib	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Neal	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Jennifer Scott	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (1999) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)

Special Effects

• Alterian
• Lebensfeld Productions
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)

Other Companies

• Columbia Records  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated R for some terror and violence, and for brief language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #33999) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Chile:18 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba)

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Although the name of the Catholic high school is never mentioned in the film, it was referred to as St. Bernard's Academy in the film's trailer. This is a nod by writer Peter Filardi to the real Saint Bernard High School in southeastern Connecticut, where Filardi grew up.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Sarah walks into her room for the first time there is a shadow of one of the crewmembers behind her on the door

Quotes:

Laura Lizzie: Oh God look, there is a pubic hair in my brush. Oh no wait, wait. That's just one of Rochelle's little nappy hairs.
Rochelle: Why are you doing this to me, Laura? Do you think you're funny?
Laura Lizzie: You really wanna know why?
Rochelle: Yes, I really wanna know why.
Laura Lizzie: Because I don't like negroids.

Movie Connections:

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Soundtrack:

Jump Into the Fire

solid but disjointed.

this movie could have easily been closer to an 8 or 9 with a little more attention to the script. the movie, while enjoyable and well made, has a weird disjointed structure that takes away from the all around excellent performances.

of particular note is the stunning performance by Fairuza Balk. she has to have the most hypnotyzing eyes of any actress i've ever seen. i really hope a femme fatalle role is in her future. in addition to having a unique look, she has the ability to get REALLY over the top in the evil category. neve campbell and robin tunney, with ms. tunney being exceptionally beautiful, each deliver solid performances as well.

the movie kicks into special effects overdrive at the end and it doesn't completely fit with the feel and tone with the rest of the movie.

overrall, though i enjoyed it and i recommend it to anyone looking for a above average witch flick.

rating:7