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The Wolf Hour

  • 2019
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
3.6K
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Naomi Watts in The Wolf Hour (2019)
It's July 1977, and New York City is awash with escalating violence. A citywide blackout is triggering fires, looting, and countless arrests, and the Son of Sam murders are riddling the city with panic. June, once a celebrated counterculture figure, attempts to retreat from the chaos by shutting herself inside the yellowed walls of her grandmother's South Bronx apartment. But her doorbell is ringing incessantly, the heat is unbearable, and creeping paranoia and fear are taking hold. Visitors, some invited, some unsolicited, arrive one by one, and June must determine whom she can trust and whether she can find a path back to her former self.
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An unseen tormentor harasses a reclusive author as a citywide blackout triggers fires, looting and escalating violence during the Summer of Sam in New York in 1977.An unseen tormentor harasses a reclusive author as a citywide blackout triggers fires, looting and escalating violence during the Summer of Sam in New York in 1977.An unseen tormentor harasses a reclusive author as a citywide blackout triggers fires, looting and escalating violence during the Summer of Sam in New York in 1977.

  • Director
    • Alistair Banks Griffin
  • Writer
    • Alistair Banks Griffin
  • Stars
    • Naomi Watts
    • Jennifer Ehle
    • Emory Cohen
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    3.6K
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    • Director
      • Alistair Banks Griffin
    • Writer
      • Alistair Banks Griffin
    • Stars
      • Naomi Watts
      • Jennifer Ehle
      • Emory Cohen
    • 71User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Naomi Watts
    Naomi Watts
    • June Leigh
    Jennifer Ehle
    Jennifer Ehle
    • Margot
    Emory Cohen
    Emory Cohen
    • Billy
    Kelvin Harrison Jr.
    Kelvin Harrison Jr.
    • Freddie
    Jeremy Bobb
    Jeremy Bobb
    • Officer Blake
    Brennan Brown
    Brennan Brown
    • Hans J. Sparling
    Ohene Cornelius
    Ohene Cornelius
    • Savage Gang Leader
    Robert Testut
    • Landlord
    Richard Bird
    Richard Bird
    • Neighbor #1
    Sean Pilz
    • Bobby Dubin
    Maritza Veer
    Maritza Veer
    • Samantha Ford
    Glenn Lee
    • Landlord Lacky #2
    John Palacio
    John Palacio
    • Newscaster
    Danny Goldsmith
    • Electronics Store Man
    Michael Fearon
    • Gate Crash Car Passenger
    Jack Aujad
    • Cruiser Cop #2
    Tony Barnes
    • Amorous Man
    Jazzmin Smith
    Jazzmin Smith
    • Amorous Woman
    • Director
      • Alistair Banks Griffin
    • Writer
      • Alistair Banks Griffin
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    5HlenSki

    I have no idea what the idea was

    I kept waiting for something that never happened. I missed the point or there was none. Watts was great and some plot twists were interesting but it didn't lead to anything, so this movie left me disappointed. There was so much to explore, such a shame it's all a big meh in the end.
    Gordon-11

    A non sensical bore

    This film tells the story of a woman who locks herself in her home.

    What I can tell you, the film is definitely not a thriller. There is no thrill or suspense. In fact, it is full of boredom. The story is not engaging, not captivating and not sensical. If she is so scared of the outside, I struggle to find it sensical that she keeps the windows wide open. The story doesn't go anywhere either. It is just really boring.
    6rhcppepers

    Watts saves the movie

    Watts is one of the best actors of the last 20 years. Without her, this movie would have been a disaster. Watch it, just for her performance alone.
    8sevengunner

    A pleasant surprise.

    I can only applaud this movie for portraying the most believable picture of anxiety and mental issues. And I love how we get the picture painted of New York and the world outside June's apartment only by looking out of her window and the occasional news broadcast.

    This is the kind of movie I really want to re-visit. But I don't look particularly forward to another go at this darkness.. Anyway.. By the end you really feel like you know this woman. Even though we have only had insinuations about her life before we meet her. Insinuations is in fact key in the telling of this story. This movie is in my opinion very well written, very well, directed and very well acted. As a result I was very pleasantly surprised.
    4Go_For_The_Jugular

    Could've been great, but...

    This film has so much potential...it looks great...it sounds great...but it just goes nowhere. Every few minutes we're introduced to new and interesting characters, all with their own story to tell...but they all fizzle away to nothing.

    This was like watching the first part of a 3-part movie...I WANT CLOSURE!

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    • Trivia
      Naomi Watts: [main character in her bare feet] June remains barefoot throughout the entire movie.
    • Quotes

      Margot: Purge away.

    • Soundtracks
      L'elisir d'amore: Act Ii. Scene 9: Aria; Prendi, prendi, per me sei libero
      Composed by Gaetano Donizetti (as Donizetti)

      Performed by Magyar Állami Operaház Zenekara (as Hungarian State Opera Orchestra), Pier Giorgio Morandi

      Courtesy of Naxos of America

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    • Release date
      • December 6, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Nửa Đêm Về Sáng
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA(NYC)
    • Production companies
      • Automatik Entertainment
      • Bradley Pilz Productions
      • Belladonna Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,255
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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