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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Stephen King (novel)
Peter Filardi (teleplay)
Release Date:
20 June 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
In a small town, evil spreads quickly.
Plot:
Writer Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot and discovers that it is being terrorized by vampires. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Ten/Four Lines Up Two Projects
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Will Smith has 'Unfinished Business' with Sci Fi
(From Hitfix. 19 April 2009, 9:47 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Revisiting the "Lot" more (134 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rob Lowe | ... | Ben Mears | |
| Andre Braugher | ... | Matt Burke | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Richard Straker | |
| Samantha Mathis | ... | Susan Norton | |
| Robert Mammone | ... | Dr. James Cody | |
| Dan Byrd | ... | Mark Petrie (as Daniel Byrd) | |
| Rutger Hauer | ... | Kurt Barlow | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Father Donald Callahan | |
| Andy Anderson | ... | Charlie Rhodes | |
| Robert Grubb | ... | Larry Crockett | |
| Steven Vidler | ... | Sheriff Parkins (as Steve Vidler) | |
| Penny McNamee | ... | Ruth Crockett | |
| Brendan Cowell | ... | Dud Rogers | |
| Christopher Morris | ... | Mike Ryerson | |
| Todd MacDonald | ... | Floyd Tibbits |
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Also Known As:
Salem's Lot (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
Argentina:181 min | USA:181 min (DVD version) | Finland:174 min (DVD)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | USA:TV-14 | Germany:16 | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15
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One of the dogs in the movie is named "Cujo", Which is the name of another Stephen King novel about a killer dog. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In some outdoor night scenes crickets and other insects can be heard clearly yet the ground is covered in snow. During Maine winters there are no insects audible at night. more
Quotes:
Floyd Tibbits:
Crockett's paying us a hundred bucks to deliver this crate. If I said to you, Mike, I'd pay you two hundred bucks to come into the Marsten House, alone, at night, would you do it?
Mike Ryerson:
Hell no.
Floyd Tibbits:
Me neither. I find that humorous.
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Soundtrack:
Salem's Lot Aria more
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Another film adaptation of Stephen King's masterpiece 'Salem's Lot, one of the scariest novels ever written. Presented by TNT as a two part mini-series.
Ben Mears returned to Salems Lot, the small New England town where he was born, hoping to write the novel that just might put to rest what had happened to him as a boy in the old Marsten House. Unfortunately, Richard Straker and Kurt Barlow had other ideas.
A bit different than the 1979 version, mainly due to modern computer generated enhancements and Peter Filardi's loosely adapted teleplay.
Comparing the two mini-series, neither followed the book closely, although Tobe Hooper's earlier version was the scarier. Rob Lowe was more believable as Ben Mears than David Soul, but neither Lance Kerwin nor Dan Byrd fit the book's impish image of 11 year old Mark Petrie. Donald Sutherland's Richard K. Straker character never had a chance to develop, but it could never have compared to James Mason's portrayal, he was much more sinister.
The second part was filled with great performances by the cast and fantastic special effects and was far more enjoyable to watch with Rutger Hauer as vampire Kurt Barlow, while James Cromwell as Father Callahan gave the best performance.