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The Wicker Man è un film del 1973 diretto da Robin Hardy. Pellicola horror britannica, diretta da Robin Hardy e sceneggiata da Anthony Shaffer , con protagonisti Edward Woodward , Christopher Lee , Diane Cilento , Ingrid Pitt e Britt Ekland .
The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee. The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer , inspired by David Pinner 's 1967 novel Ritual , and Paul Giovanni composed the film score.
The Wicker Man: Directed by Neil LaBute. With Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy. A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
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- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Neil LaBute
- 2006-09-01
The Wicker Man - Un film di Robin Hardy. Con Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp. Fantascienza, Gran Bretagna, 1973.
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Policeman Edward Malus gets news from his ex-fiancée, Willow Woodward, that her daughter Rowan is missing. He travels to an island off the coast of Washington where a group of neo-pagans live. They are led by Sister Summersisle, an elderly woman who represents the goddess they worship. Sister Summersisle explains to Edward that her ancestors had le...
Universal Pictures had been planning a remake of the 1973 film of the same name since the 1990s. The British film had been in the licensing library of Canal+, which was optioned by producer JoAnne Sellar to Universal. In March 2002 it was revealed that Neil LaBute was writing and directing The Wicker Man for Universal and Nicolas Cage's production ...
Box office
The Wicker Man opened on September 1, 2006, in 2,784 venues and earned $9.6 million in its opening weekend, ranking third in the US box office.The film closed on November 16, 2006, after eleven weeks of release, grossing $23.6 million in the US and $15.1 million overseas for a worldwide total of $38.8 million.
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 15% based on 108 reviews and an average rating of 3.70/10. The website's critics consensus says, "Puzzlingly misguided, Neil LaBute's update [of] The Wicker Man struggles against unintentional comedy and fails." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average rating of "F" on an...
Legacy
The original film's director, Robin Hardy, had expressed skepticism over the Hollywood remake and had his lawyers make Warner Bros. remove his name from the remake's promotional material. According to Hardy, he was given writing credit for the screenplay when he had not received any for the original. Christopher Lee, who played Lord Summerisle in the original film, commented: "I don't believe in remakes. You can make a follow-up to a film, but to remake a movie with such history and success j...
The film was released on DVD on December 19, 2006, with an unrated alternate ending included. The film continues in the same way as the theatrical version until the ending. Before Malus is taken to the wicker man to be burned alive, he is overpowered and tackled by villagers and sedated with a hive of bees, whose venom he is allergic to. The credit...
The Wicker Man at IMDbThe Wicker Man at AllMovieThe Wicker Man at Box Office MojoA horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a policeman who investigates a neo-pagan cult on an island. He discovers that his ex-fiancée and her daughter are involved in a human sacrifice ritual and he is trapped in a giant wicker man.
The Wicker Man: Directed by Robin Hardy. With Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland. A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
In “The Wicker Man”, un film ingannevole e complesso, la trama apparentemente poliziesca si trasforma in un enigma avvincente. La sceneggiatura astuta conduce sia il protagonista che gli spettatori attraverso un intricato labirinto, culminando in un finale imprevedibile e cruento.
