Overview:
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?| Status: | Released (1984-09-21) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 4 BAFTA 10 wins & 5 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $4,389,334 |
| Screen: | Angela Carter, Neil Jordan, Charles Perrault |
| Productions: | Palace Pictures, ITC Entertainment, The Cannon Group, Film4 Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 70882: Sarah Patterson - Rosaleen
- 14730: Angela Lansbury - Granny
- 2076: David Warner - Father
- 10654: Graham Crowden - Old Priest
- 14468: Brian Glover - Amorous Boy's Father
- 177594: Kathryn Pogson - Young Bride
- 9029: Stephen Rea - Young Groom
Crews
- 34007: Nik Powell - Executive Producer - Production
- 9021: Stephen Woolley - Producer - Production
- 70884: Angela Carter - Novel - Writing
- 14145: Rodney Holland - Editor - Editing
- 62995: Bryan Loftus - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1528: George Fenton - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 17016: Neil Jordan - Director - Directing
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Reviews
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This film is pretentious. Wizard of Oz meets a horror movie to discuss the s(REDACTED)xuality of a (REDACTED FOR ARBITRARY REASONS!!!!)aged girl. This is a pretentious art house movie and one that thinks that it is vastly more intelligent than it really is. It wants to retell t ....
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There's a lot of "Little Red Riding Hood" to this Neil Jordan fantasy about the young "Rosaleen" (Sarah Patterson). This woman is prone to vivid dreams set many centuries earlier, where she lives happily with her parents (and without her dull as ditchwater sister) and where she is re ....
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