Zwei amerikanische College-Studenten auf einer Wanderung durch Großbritannien werden von einem Werwolf angegriffen, von dem keiner der Einheimischen zugeben wird, dass es ihn gibt.Zwei amerikanische College-Studenten auf einer Wanderung durch Großbritannien werden von einem Werwolf angegriffen, von dem keiner der Einheimischen zugeben wird, dass es ihn gibt.Zwei amerikanische College-Studenten auf einer Wanderung durch Großbritannien werden von einem Werwolf angegriffen, von dem keiner der Einheimischen zugeben wird, dass es ihn gibt.
- 1 Oscar gewonnen
- 3 Gewinne & 4 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Kermit the Frog
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WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesDue to the controversial lack of recognition for Der Elefantenmensch (1980), make-up and industry technological contributions became recognized by the Academy Awards in 1981. Make-up artist Rick Baker was the first to receive an Oscar in the new category. William Tuttle was the first make-up effects artist to receive an honorary Oscar, for his work on Der mysteriöse Dr. Lao (1964). At 31, Baker was also the youngest person to win the award, a record that was later tied by Tami Lane for Die Chroniken von Narnia - Der König von Narnia (2005).
- PatzerWhen the werewolf is seen approaching the escalator in the Tottenham Court Road underground station, a foot of one of the crew pushing the werewolf along is clearly visible at the end of the shot.
- Zitate
David: I want you to arrest me, you asshole!
Bobby in Trafalgar Square: There's no call for that kind of language.
David: Queen Elizabeth is a man! Prince Charles is a faggot! Winston Churchill was full of shit!
Bobby in Trafalgar Square: That's enough.
David: No! Let go of me!
Alex: David, please!
David: Shakespeare's French! Fuck! Shit! Cunt! Shit!
- Crazy CreditsKermit the Frog and Miss Piggy star as themselves.
- Alternative VersionenUniversal Studios re-mixed the film's monaural soundtrack to Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS for the 20th anniversary "Collector's Edition" DVD, replacing the older sound effects and adding some new ones (see also Der weiße Hai (1975)).
- Extra thunderclap sound effects were added in the scene when David and Jack are walking in the moors and it starts to rain.
- The first werewolf can now be heard growling in the rear channels as it circles David and Jack. A louder growl has been added to the rear-left channel after Jack says "It's circling us" to make the audience jump.
- All the gunshots and car crash sound effects have been replaced.
- The train in the "London tube" scene can now be heard moving from one channel to another
- Despite already being bad enough, the entire mix is inexplicably pitched down a half-pitch and sounds very different from the original mix.
- VerbindungenEdited into Hunting (1984)
- SoundtracksBlue Moon
Music by Richard Rodgers (uncredited)
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart (uncredited)
Performed by Bobby Vinton
Courtesy of Columbia Records
The appeal to this film is the combination of horror, suspense, action and humor. The latter actually is the key ingredient because this can become a downright scary movie. The levity here and there is welcome relief. There is just the right amount of contrast between horror and comedy.
For parents wanting to know, there also is a fair amount of rough language and there two sex scenes, one as part of the story and one "on screen" in a porn- movie theater where the two male leads meet late in the story.
Jenny Agutter is the love interest in here, a very pretty woman whom Americans audiences aren't that familiar with. It isn't just her: neither of the two leading (American) male actors in this popular movie ever became stars, either.
An entertaining but silly sequel came out almost two decades later, "An American Werewolf in Paris." I own both movies but much prefer this one.
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- 9. Nov. 2005
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- An American Werewolf in London
- Drehorte
- Crickadarn, Powys, Wales, Vereinigtes Königreich(East Proctor)
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- Budget
- 10.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 30.565.292 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 3.786.512 $
- 23. Aug. 1981
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 30.800.631 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 37 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1