AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
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| | Copyright 1981 American Werewolf, Inc.
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- David Kessler - David Naughton! An American college student in England and the latest bearer of the werewolf curse.
- Jack Preston - Griffin Dunne! David's pal, killed by a werewolf and cursed to walk the Earth in Limbo as a decomposing ghost.
- Nurse Alex Price - Jenny Agutter! An uncharacteristically sexy British woman and David's nurse.
- American Ambassador - Frank Oz! A representative of the U.S. in London.
- The British - Mostly depicted as being eccentric in one form or another, sometimes with ridiculously stupid results.
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| Simple enough. Two American college students named David and Jack are backpacking through Europe. While on the moors of England (Think central Montana.), the guys enter a pub in the tiny village of East Proctor. There they encounter superstitious townsfolk who, unbeknownst to our heroes, are there for safety against a local werewolf. Protected by a pentagram and a few candles, these people convince the two Americans to leave. (In order to protect their secret.) While on the moors, David and Jack are attacked by the bear-sized werewolf. Jack doesn't make it and David is viscously clawed by the beast before it is shot... ...by the very villagers who cast them out. Waking up in London hospital weeks later, David falls in love with his nurse. He also meets Jack, who is dead but still walks the Earth. Jack tells David that he is a werewolf and that he'll kill people, he advises suicide. Not listening, David changes into a monster twice before he is put down by London's version of a SWAT team. This movie is a perfect blend of comedy and horror... ...one serves to heighten the other and vice-versa. Directed by John Landis. |
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- British pubs don't serve food.
- British people don't like John Wayne movies.
- Mentioning stars-on-the-wall causes master dart throwers to miss their dart boards.
- Beware the moon. Keep off the moors.
- American ambassadors sound like Fozzy Bear.
- British businessmen can't run to save their asses.
- British children don't run when they encounter talking bushes, or naked men.
- Ghosts like porn theaters.
- Werewolves like decapitating policemen.
- London has its own SWAT team.
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- 3 mins - Illustration of gratuitous violence towards a lamb.
- 15 mins - Male nudity (eewww!)
- 35 mins - Gratuitous sex in a shower!!
- 40 mins - "Hi, David!" says Mickey Mouse.
- 45 mins - Why is this guy not running from the growls in the subway tunnel?
- 72 mins - Porno scenes!!
- 74 mins - Why does the porno usher not give a werewolf privacy as he's transforming?
- 80 mins - Male nudity (eewww!)
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Reply #9. Posted on November 09, 2000, 04:12:30 PM by Stupid Jacob
This movie kick ass 3 ways to sunday. The transformation scence is amazing.
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Reply #10. Posted on January 06, 2001, 02:44:35 PM by Lena
Does anybody know where the beginning scenes were filmed? because I,ve had different places told to me. One person says it was filmed near London as was the rest of the film and someone else told me the moor scenes were filmed on the North Yorkshire moors. I would love to visit the moorland.
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Reply #11. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM by Andrew
The Internet Movie database has a section for "Filming Locations." The <A HREF=" http://us.imdb.com/Locations?0082010">entry for this movie</A> has a few listed that might have been used. I would guess "Windsor Great Park," but we would need to hear from someone on the crew to be certain. Andrew |
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Reply #12. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Georgiann
This really isn't a bad movie at all, but a classic of the werewolf genre. It's got fine transformations and special-effects make-up, an interesting plot combining humor/tragedy/horror, great atmosphere (especially in the creepy opening scenes), and neat moon-themed oldies on the soundtrack.
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Reply #13. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:03 PM by Harry
Great Movie..Black Commedy...Camp....
Old Plot well done...introduces Jenney A...Miss UK....
Fantastic Music. Moon Theme..Van Morrisons Moon Dance, Blue Moon (2 vesions), Bad Moon Rising...etc.
Worth Owning in your Library..
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Reply #14. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Fortey
Er...why wouldn't London have it's own SWAT team? It's an enormous city. Also, why is this a B movie again?
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Reply #15. Posted on June 02, 2001, 03:43:32 PM by Rooster
Not a bad film - the transformation scenes are good for the time this film was made.....
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Reply #16. Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:09:49 PM by Miles
That was the whole of the English Police Force at the end of the film! No-Way does London have more then 5 Cops in the whole City.
Great film!
I wouldn't call the Nurse Sexy but WOWSA! Real British Nurses! :-)
from
a true brit!
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