The Hunger

19831983
RR
1h 37min

Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)

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A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.

Director
- Tony Scott
Writers
- James Costigan(screenplay)
- Michael Thomas(screenplay)
- Whitley Strieber(novel)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)

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David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)

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The Hunger (1983)

David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)

David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)

Director
- Tony Scott
Writers
- James Costigan(screenplay)
- Michael Thomas(screenplay)
- Whitley Strieber(novel)
All cast & crew
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The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age until Miriam has had enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case with John, so his life expectancy is less than 24 hours. Desperately he seeks help from, the famous, Dr. Sarah Roberts. She doesn't really believe his story, but becomes curious and contacts Miriam . . . and gets caught in her spell, too. —Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

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Taglines
- Nothing Human Loves Forever
Genres
- Drama
- Horror
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
David Bowie said that, in order to make his voice suitably hoarse for when he aged so drastically in the movie, he stood on the George Washington Bridge every night and screamed all the punk rock songs he knew.

Goofs
When Sarah is on the TV program discussing the condition Progeria, she pronounces it "Pra-j-eriah'. The correct pronunciation is "Pro-geria."

Quotes
Sarah Roberts: What's that piece you're playing?
Miriam Blaylock: It's "Lakme" by Delibes. Lakme is a Brahmin princess in India, she has a slave named Malika.
Sarah Roberts: Malika...
Miriam Blaylock: In a magical garden they sing how they follow the stream to its source, gliding over the water.
Sarah Roberts: Is it a love song?
Miriam Blaylock: I told you, it was sung by two women.
Sarah Roberts: It sounds like a love song.
Miriam Blaylock: Then I suppose that's what it is.
Sarah Roberts: Are you making a pass at me, Mrs. Blaylock?
Miriam Blaylock: Miriam.
Sarah Roberts: Miriam.
Miriam Blaylock: Not that I'm aware of, Sarah.
[Sarah smiles, shakes her head, and then spills wine on her top]

Crazy credits
Ironically, in the credits Willem Dafoe is identified as "2nd Phone Booth Youth"; whereas, he is the first "Phone Booth Youth" to be seen and speak in the Phone Booth scene. Likewise, John Pankow is noted in the credits as "1st Phone Booth Youth"; whereas, he is actually the second "Phone Booth Youth" to be seen and say his lines.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Adult Sexuality (1983)

Soundtracks
Le Gibet
by Maurice Ravel
Published by Arima and Durand SA
Music Supervised and Arranged by Howard Blake

Top review

6/10

Cult classic for All 80's Goth's

I watched the Hunger in my teens as a young punk in the 80's. Honestly, back then the fact that Bowie, Peter Murphy and vampire lesbianism was in it made it a 'cool' movie.. flash forward to me now and it's nostalgic 80's with lots of bad makeup and a sub par plot. The lighting effects in the movie annoy me as they use a lot of shadows and dim lighting with blurred backgrounds and points of bright lights. I feel like I need to squint while watching it. Anyway the acting is good and the story is good (never read the book). Do you want to live forever? Do you like vampires, do you like over the top 1980's style ? If so then it's worth the watch.

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Release date
- April 29, 1983 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United Kingdom
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Glad po krvi
Filming locations
- 6 Chesterfield Gardens, London, England, UK
Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Peerford Ltd.
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Gross US & Canada
- $5,979,292
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,832,898
- May 1, 1983
Gross worldwide
- $5,988,322

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Runtime
- 1h 37min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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