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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jack Nicholson | ... | Will Randall | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Laura Alden | |
| James Spader | ... | Stewart Swinton | |
| Kate Nelligan | ... | Charlotte Randall | |
| Richard Jenkins | ... | Detective Bridger | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Raymond Alden | |
| Eileen Atkins | ... | Mary | |
| David Hyde Pierce | ... | Roy | |
| Om Puri | ... | Dr. Vijay Alezais | |
| Ron Rifkin | ... | Doctor | |
| Prunella Scales | ... | Maude | |
| Brian Markinson | ... | Detective Wade | |
| Peter Gerety | ... | George | |
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Bradford English | ... | Keyes |
| Stewart J. Zully | ... | Gary | |
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Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heightened senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she's begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bitten. Written by Mark Neuenschwander, <retro_critic@swiftboard.com>
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werewolf | publisher | sense of smell | manhattan new york city | wolf |Taglines:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
17 June 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Wolf See more »Filming Locations:
Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$17,911,366, 19 June 1994Gross USA:
$65,002,597Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$131,002,597Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Jack Nicholson, Richard Jenkins, and Michelle Pfeiffer appeared in The Witches of Eastwick (1987). See more »Goofs
Laura kills Stewart by shooting him several times. Werewolves cannot be killed by ordinary bullets, but by silver bullets. See more »Quotes
Dr. Vijay Alezias: And it feels good to be a wolf, doesn't it? Power without guilt. Love without doubt.See more »
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"Wolf" is not your average blood and guts horror flick. Rather it is a high budget drama with horror overtones with a top notch cast skillfully directed by Mike Nichols.
Jack Nicholson stars as Will Randall a meek book editor whose life suddenly is thrown into turmoil when he is bitten by a wolf while driving home from a business meeting. Suddenly he begins to feel younger and more energetic and to have keener senses of smell, sight and hearing. But to his horror, he begins to experience memory black outs during which several tragic events occur. He gradually comes to realize that he is taking on the characteristics of a wolf.
At the office, Randall has just been fired from his job by owner Raymond Alden (Christopher Plummer) and his place taken by the arrogant brown nosing Stewart Swinton (James Spader). Randall also learns that Swinton has been having an affair with his wife (Kate Nelligan). At that time he meets Alden's beautiful but self-centered daughter Laura (Michelle Pfeiffer) and naturally they become involved (Who wouldn't howl at the moon after spending the night with Michelle Pfeiffer?).
When Randall's wife is murdered, he begins to fear the worst so he turns to Laura for help in helping him to subdue his urges. But is he guilty murder? We have to wait to find out what's really going on until the last part of the film.
The performances by all cast members are top notch. Nicholson as usual stands out as the tragic, doomed Randall. Pfeiffer (who is a much better actress than she is given credit for) is excellent as Laura. Plummer is suitably oily and manipulative as Alden and Spader is really good as the over ambitious Swinton. Look for David Hyde Pierce in a small role as Randall's assistant and look real close for David Schwimmer as one of the cops who tries to arrest Randall at the zoo.
An off beat but different sort of horror film.