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Format: DVD
Customer Rating:
Rating 3.7 Based on 60 ratings.
Item Number:
WHV 22019D
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DVD Features:

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released: August 6, 2002
  • Originally Released: 1981
  • Label: Warner Home Video
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Snap Case
  • Single Side - Dual Layer
  • Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 2.35
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Audio Commentary: Albert Finney - Star, Diane Venora - Star, Edward James Olmos - Star
    • Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Gregory Hines & Edward James Olmos
Performer Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos & Gregory Hines
Directed by Michael Wadleigh
Composition by James Horner

Entertainment Reviews:

Variety - 07/22/1981
"...A splendid performance by Finney....An exceedingly chilling atmosphere..."
New York Times - 07/24/1981
"...Decidedly different....Note to the squeamish: The R rating is not for nothing."
Uncut - 11/01/2004
"[With] a genuinely supernatural atmosphere that builds and builds."
Wall Street Journal - 07/02/2010
"Two other werewolf movies came out the same year, THE HOWLING and AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, but this is the one with smarts and a strong bite."

Product Description:

A myth and menace tale of creatures older than man living among us. Super special effects enhance this modern horror.

Plot Synopsis:

While investigating a string of extraordinarily violent murders, police detective Dewey Wilson stumbles upon a pack of supernatural wolf-like monsters preying upon the denizens of New York City.

Plot Keywords:

Recommended | Theatrical Release | Werewolves

Production Notes:

  • Feature film debuts for Gregory Hines, then star of Broadway's "Sophisticated Ladies," and Diane Venora, Julliard graduate.
  • Fiction-feature film debut for Michael Wadleigh, who previously directed the documentary "Woodstock."
  • There is a sign on Dewey's office wall which reads:
    "God, Guns and Guts made America. Let's Keep all three."
  • Additional credits: George N. Toth (animal technical supervisor); Dulcinda Gose (researcher); Wallaworks (sound effects editing); Blue Light Sound (foley sound editing); Wayne Fitzgerald (titles design); and Modern Film Effects (optical effects).
  • Filmed in the Bronx and Manhattan, New York City.
  • Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision. Negative processing by TVC and Technicolor. Prints by Technicolor. Sound by Dolby.
  • Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.

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Product Info:

  • UPC: 085392201921
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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