The Wicker Man (1973)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Robin Hardy

Guionista:

Anthony Shaffer (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

junio 1975 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Horror | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

From the writer of 'Frenzy & Sleuth' Anthony Shaffer's incredible occult thriller

Plot:

A police sergeant is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

Plot Keywords:

Sergeant | Island | Ritual | Disappearance | Scottish Island

Premios:

1 win & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Involving and intelligent thriller

Reparto

Edward Woodward	...	Sergeant Howie
Christopher Lee	...	Lord Summerisle
Diane Cilento	...	Miss Rose
Britt Ekland	...	Willow
Ingrid Pitt	...	Librarian
Lindsay Kemp	...	Alder MacGreagor
Russell Waters	...	Harbour Master
Aubrey Morris	...	Old Gardener / Gravedigger
Irene Sunters	...	May Morrison (also as Irene Sunter)
Walter Carr	...	School Master
Ian Campbell	...	Oak
Leslie Blackater	...	Hairdresser
Roy Boyd	...	Broome
Peter Brewis	...	Musician
Barbara Rafferty	...	Woman with Baby (as Barbara Ann Brown)

También conocida como:

Anthony Shaffer's The Wicker Man (UK) (complete title)
The Wickerman (Europe: English title) (alternative spelling)
El culto siniestro (Venezuela) [es]
El hombre de mimbre (Spain) [es]

Duración:

88 min | 100 min (2001 director's cut) (25 fps)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | South Africa:(Banned) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (DVD) | Finland:K-16 (1983) (self applied) (video) | Germany:16 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2002) | Ireland:18 (original rating) | Norway:16 (1974) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2002) | UK:18 (video rating) (1990) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Burrow Head, Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK

Compañía:

British Lion Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

Although the film is set in Scottish territory and all the characters are meant to be of Scottish nationality, all five of of the leading cast are not Scottish: Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward are English, Diane Cilento is Australian, Ingrid Pitt is Eastern European and Britt Ekland is Swedish.

Errores:

Continuidad: There is a cut when Rowan Morrison's coffin is exhumed, during which Sgt. Howie moves visibly closer to the gravedigger and the ropes around the coffin disappear.

Citas:

Willow: A man who would come here of his own free will.
Librarian: A man who has come here with the power of a king. By representing the law...
Willow: A man who would come here as a virgin...
Librarian: A man who has come here as a fool!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Gently Johnny

Involving and intelligent thriller

Years before Edward Woodward gained a measure of fame in the States as TV's Equalizer, he portrayed a dogged police detective poking around a remote Scottish island in search of the truth about a missing girl in Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man. His performance here is easily one of his best -- in order for the unbelievable and unthinkable story to succeed, Woodward must convince us that all of the unnerving events that take place throughout the movie are entirely plausible. He certainly convinced me, and I have never been able to forget the traumatic, harrowing conclusion of the film. Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt and the rest of the cast provide perfect counterpoint to Woodward's analytical outsider.