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You
are such an asshole.
Yes, I'm an asshole...with an Uzi!
--Frank and Agent Dammers
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Sheriff, you are violating my territorial bubble!
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Awards
Catalonian Internatinal Film Festival (Stiges,
Spain), 1996
NOMINEE: Richard Taylor
CATEGORY: Best Special Effects
RESULT: Won
NOMINEE: The Frighteners
CATEGORY: Best Film
RESULT: Nominated
International
Horror Guild, 1997
NOMINEE:
The Frighteners
CATEGORY: Best Film
RESULT: Nominated |
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References |
This
film makes reference to:
Psycho (1960)
Carrie (1976)
The Shining (1980)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Fargo (1996)
"The Mod Squad" (1968)-Cyrus bemoans the fact that he
passed away in the 1970's and is eternally going to look like Link
from "The Mod Squad"
Heavenly Creatures (1994)-Lucy Lynskey's last name is the
same as Melanie Lynskey, who played Pauline in the Peter Jackson-directed
Heavenly Creatures.
A copy of this film is seen next to Lucy's television when she is
watching the documentary on Johnny Bartlett.
Pauline Parker & Juliet Hulme are mentioned in the documentary
on Johnny Bartlett.
Forrest Gump (1994)-Peter Dobson played Elvis in Forrest
Gump. During the bedroom scene, a figurine of Elvis floats about
the room.
This film spoofs:
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Bijo to Ekitainingen (1958)
Skin Game (1971)
Poltergeist (1982)
Ghost (1990)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Brain Dead (1992)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)-The ghost general at the cemetary
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Different
Versions
UK Cinema: Two seconds are cut so that the film could receive a
15 certificate.
USA
TV: The shot of Dammers' head exploding from a gunshot is replaced
with a shot of him being blown back into the chappel doors.
Director's
Cut: 12 minutes of additional footage is included.
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HOME
:: ACTING CAREER :: MOTION
PICTURES :: THE FRIGHTENERS |
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BRIEF
PLOT DESCRIPTION
After a car accident that left his wife dead, Frank Bannister
has had the ability to see the deceased. He uses this ability to scam
people, making them believe their homes are haunted. Frank begins to see
'death' moving around his small town and he's the only one who can stop
it. With the help of local doctor Lucy Lynskey and the hindrance of F.B.I.
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GENERAL
FILM INFORMATION
ALTERNATE TITLE: Robert Zemeckis Presents The Frighteners
GENRE: Horror-Comedy
TAGLINES:
--No Rest For the Wicked
--Dead Yet?
--Your Number's Up!
--Frightening, Isn't it?
--When Your Number's Up, It's Up!
SETTING: The town of Fairwater
FILMING LOCATIONS:
--Lyttelton; New Zealand
--Miramar; New Zealand
--Wellington, North Island; New Zealand
--Tulsa, Oklahoma; USA
U.S. RELEASE DATE: July 19, 1996
RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes; 1 hour 50
minutes (Release Cut)
RUNNING TIME: 122 min; 2 hours 2 minutes
(Director's Cut)
RATING: R
BUDGET: #30 million
OPENING WEEKEND GROSS: $5,565,495
on 1669 screens
TOTAL GROSS USA: $16,553,635
CREW AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
WRITER: Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson
DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson
PRODUCER: Peter Jackson, Jamie Selkirk
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Robert Zemeckis
EDITOR: Jamie Selkirk
CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Blick, Alun
Bollinger
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Grant Major, Dan
Hennah
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY:
Danny Elfman
SPECIAL EFFECTS BY: Weta Digital (New
Zealand)
OPTICAL EFFECTS BY: Pacific Title
COSTUME DESIGNER: Barbara Darragh
MAKE-UP BY: Marjory Hamlin (supervisor),
Gabrielle Jones (assistant)
MAKE-UP FOR MICHAEL J. FOX: Bron Roylance
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS BY: Brent
Baker, Roger Borelli, Mitch Devane, Jurgen Heimann, Todd Heindel, Denisle
Leibee, Jim McLoughlin, Gary Pawlowski, Brian Penikas, Mark Setrakian,
Bill Sturgeon
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS FOR 'THE JUDGE' CHARACTER:
Rick Baker
HAIR STYLIST: Jane O'Kane, Gail Wilson
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Universal Pictures,
Wingnut Films (New Zealand)
DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures
ASPECT RATIO: 2:35:1 |
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CHARACTER
NAME...ACTOR NAME
Frank Bannister...Michael J. Fox
Lucy Lynskey...Trini Alvarado
Ray Lynskey...Peter Dobson
The Judge...John Astin
Special Agent Milton Dammers...Jeffrey Combs
Patricia Bradley...Dee Wallace Stone
Johnny Bartlett...Jake Busey
Cyrus...Chi McBride
Stuart...Jim Fyfe
Sheriff Walt Perry...Troy Evans
Old Lady Bradley...Juliana McCarthy
Miles...R. Lee Ermey
Magda Rhys-Jones...Elizabeth Hawthorne
Debra Bannister...Angela Bloomfield
Harry Sinclair...Desmond Kelly
Steve Bayliss...Jonathan Blick
Deputies...Todd Rippon, John Summer, Michael Robinson, Jim McLarty,
Anthony Ray Parker, Paul Yates, Melanie Lynskey
Bryce Campbell...John Leigh
Young Patricia...Nicola Cliff
Dr. Kamins...Ken Blackburn
Museum Curator...Stuart Devenie
T.V. Presentor...Genevieve Westcott
Doctor...K.C. Kelly
Mrs. Waterhouse...Leslie Wing
Maid...Leslie Klein
Resuscitating Man...Frank Edwards
The Waiter...Alan O'Leary
Barry...Danny Lineham
Reporter...Charlie McClellan
Jacob Platz...William Pomeroy
Orderly...Geroge Port
Baby in Bouncer...Billy Jackson
Nursery Babies...Sophie Watkins, Taea Hartwell, Max Grover, George
Grover
Hospital Patients...Tony Hopkins, Lewis Martin
Passersby...Clay Nelson, Robert McNeill, Matthew Chamberlain
Nuns...Vivienne Kaplan, Liz Mullane
Man with Piercings...Peter Jackson (uncredited)
Stunt Co-ordinator...Bruce Brown
Michael J. Fox's Stunt Double...Charles Croughton
Stunts...Steve Doherty, Jenny Harris, Aaron Lupton, Mark Prowse,
Joanne Strong |
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LISTING |
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SONG
TITLE...COMPOSER/LYRICIST...PERFORMER
Don't Fear the Reaper...Donald Roeser...The Mutton
Birds
Superstar...Bonnie Bramlett...Sonic Youth |
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