The Wicker Man (2006)

Director:

Neil LaBute

Writers:

Neil LaBute (screenplay)
Anthony Shaffer (1973 screenplay)

Release Date:

1 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Some Sacrifices Must Be Made

Plot:

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.

Plot Keywords:

Bear Suit | Bee Sting | Sacrifice | Fetus In Jar | Cult

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Edward Malus
Ellen Burstyn	...	Sister Summersisle
Kate Beahan	...	Sister Willow
Frances Conroy	...	Dr. Moss
Molly Parker	...	Sister Rose / Sister Thorn
Leelee Sobieski	...	Sister Honey
Diane Delano	...	Sister Beech
Michael Wiseman	...	Pete
Erika-Shaye Gair	...	Rowan
Christa Campbell	...	Truck Stop Waitress
Emily Holmes	...	Station Wagon Mom
Zemphira Gosling	...	Station Wagon Girl
Matthew Walker	...	Sea Plane Pilot
Mary Black	...	Sister Oak
Christine Willes	...	Sister Violet

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disturbing images and violence, language and thematic issues.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-15 | UK:15 (director's cut) | Netherlands:12 | UK:12A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:16 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

There is a "Missing" sign in the police station with a photo of Edward Woodward's character from the 1973 original.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the beginning when Nicolas Cage's character is staring at a truck as it drives by you can clearly see a crew member in the reflection of the truck as it speeds by.

Quotes:

Sister Rose: And Daisy, will you tell us what man represents in his purest form?
[pause]
Sister Rose: Yes?
Chorus of schoolgirls: [whole classroom raises hand] Phallic symbol! Phallic symbol!
Edward Malus: [laughs awkwardly]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-09-09)" (2006)

Anyone not aware of the 1973 original British Lion movie ' The Wicker Man' would have left the cinema ...

Anyone not aware of the 1973 original British Lion movie ' The Wicker Man' would,no doubt, have left the cinema with the impression 'Poor' and 'Peurile'.

As a devotee of the original I left with the impression Purely Poor.

From the grim reality of haggle toothed inbreds drawing the force of law and order into a web of paganistic barbaric ritual on a remote Scottish island, named Summerisle(the original) to a near Amazon-ic colony off the Maine coast of the US, named Summersisle, the remake hardly hits the spot.

This is, quite sadly, a case of what 'could' have been a classic remake of a classic being tampered with to cater for a simple minded public. NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.

Gentlemen (or given the reworked context of the film) Ladies involved ... hang your heads in shame.