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The Company of Wolves ()

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A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
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Granny
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Father
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Old Priest
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Amorous Boy's Father
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Young Bride
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Young Groom
Tusse Silberg ...
Mother
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Huntsman
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Rosaleen
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Alice
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Amorous Boy's Mother
Shane Johnstone ...
Amorous Boy
Dawn Archibald ...
Witch Woman
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Wealthy Groom
Danielle Dax ...
Wolfgirl
Vincent McClaren ...
Devil Boy
Ruby Buchanan ...
Dowager
Jimmy Gardner ...
Ancient
Roy Evans ...
Eyepatch
Edward Marksen ...
Lame Fiddler
Jim Brown ...
Blind Fiddler (as Jimmy Brown)
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Second Husband (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell ...
Murderer (uncredited)
Ian Durrant ...
Wealthy Man (uncredited)
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The Devil (uncredited)

Directed by

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Neil Jordan

Written by

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Angela Carter ... (screenplay) and
Neil Jordan ... (screenplay)
 
Angela Carter ... (story "The Company of Wolves")
 
Charles Perrault ... (Quotations from "Petit Chaperon Rouge")

Produced by

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Chris Brown ... producer
Nik Powell ... executive producer
Stephen Woolley ... executive producer / producer

Music by

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George Fenton

Cinematography by

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Bryan Loftus

Editing by

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Rodney Holland

Editorial Department

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Tim Arrowsmith ... second assistant editor
Justin Krish ... first assistant editor
Kevin Phelan ... unit projectionist: Mercury Theatres (uncredited)

Casting By

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Susie Figgis

Production Design by

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Anton Furst

Art Direction by

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Stuart Rose

Costume Design by

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Elizabeth Waller

Makeup Department

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Sylvia Croft ... makeup artist
Paula Gillespie ... supervising hairdresser
Richard Glass ... standby contact lens optician
Pauline Heys ... makeup artist
Stephanie Kaye ... hairdresser
Mark Nelson ... hairdresser: Angela Lansbury
Jane Royle ... makeup supervisor
Christopher Tucker ... special makeup effects

Production Management

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Vivien Pottersman ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Paul Frift ... third assistant director
Simon Hinkly ... first assistant director
Paul Tivers ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Mark Allett ... propman
Alan Ashby ... supervising plasterer
Ken Broom ... specialised plasterwork
Dick Budden ... polystyrene tree sculpture & modelling
Gary Bunn ... art department: work experience trainee
Eddie Butler ... polystyrene tree sculpture & modelling
David Coley ... standby
Tony Common ... scenic artist
Bob Devine ... assistant construction manager (as Robert Devine)
Philip Elton ... draughtsman
Daniel Evans ... propman
Paul Hedges ... standby propman
Peter Hedges ... dressing propman
Christopher Hobbs ... storyboard artist: special effects
Geoff Kingsley ... construction manager
Martin Kingsley ... standby propman
John O'Connor ... storyboard artist
Ray Perry Sr. ... property master (as Ray Perry)
Raymond Perry ... standby propman (as Ray Perry Jr)
Nigel Phelps ... draughtsman
Steve Simmonds ... polystyrene tree sculpture & modelling
Adrian Start ... supervising painter
Ty Teiger ... propman
Malcolm Walker ... construction crew
Peter Walpole ... production buyer
Robert Williams ... polystyrene tree sculpture & modelling
Emma Harrison ... scenic artist (uncredited)
David Ned Kelly ... carpenter (uncredited)
Peter Mann ... stand-by constructor (uncredited)
Nigel Phelps ... concept artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Alan Bell ... dubbing editor
Paul Carr ... dubbing mixer
John Chandler ... boom operator
David John ... sound mixer
Neil Kingsbury ... sound recordist: effects unit
Matthew Launay ... boom assistant
Michael Saxton ... assistant dubbing editor (as Mike Saxton)
Anthony Sloman ... supervising dubbing editor
Bryan Tilling ... dubbing editor

Special Effects by

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Dave Eltham ... special effects assistant
Stephen Grasby ... animatronic assistant
Graham High ... animatronic assistant
Digby Milner ... special effects assistant
Mike Minjoodt ... animatronic assistant
Sue Oakes ... animatronics modelmaker
Stephen Onions ... animatronic assistant (as Steve Onions)
Stuart Robinson ... animatronics supervisor
Rodger Shaw ... animatronic wolf
Bob Thorne ... special effects assistant
Nigel Trevessey ... animatronics engineer
Alan Whibley ... special effects supervisor
Ian Whittaker ... animatronic assistant
Dave Chagouri ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Dave Crownshaw ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Toby Philpott ... animatronic wolf and transformations (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Clive Hedges ... assistant director: effects
Alan Church ... optical effects (uncredited)
Tony Willis ... effects cameraman (uncredited)

Stunts

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Marc Boyle ... stunt arranger
Terry Cade ... stunts
Graeme Crowther ... stunts
Tex Fuller ... stunts
Nick Hobbs ... stunts
Gareth Milne ... stunts
Dinny Powell ... stunts
Bill Weston ... stunts
Kiran Shah ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Frank Batt ... grip: effects unit
John Campbell ... camera operator: effects
Tom Collins ... unit still photographer
Tony Cridlin ... grip
Gary Donoghue ... electrician
Ian Foster ... clapper loader: effects unit
John Harman ... gaffer
Brian Herlihy ... focus puller
Steve Kitchen ... electrician
Sue Knight ... clapper loader
Peter MacDonald ... director of effects photography
Mark Moriarty ... camera trainee: effects unit
Eamonn O'Keeffe ... focus puller: effects unit
Simon Reeves ... camera trainee
Mike Roberts ... camera operator
Steve Birtles ... gaffer (uncredited)
Peter Hodgson ... video playback operator: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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John Birkinshaw ... wardrobe assistant (as John Birkenshaw)
Ken Lewington ... wardrobe supervisor
Pauline Lewington ... wardrobe mistress

Music Department

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Martin Bowes ... Soundtrack Mastering Engineer
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Robert Stewart ... additional orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Alison Thorne ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Norma Brusa ... production coordinator
Alexis Cahill ... unit runner: effects
Chris Carreras ... unit coordinator: effects
Gilly Case ... production assistant (as Gill Case)
Robin Demetriou ... catering supervisor
Jed Edge ... animal supplier: wolves
Steve Edge ... animal trainer: wolves
Gerald Fitzsimon ... accounts assistant
Mary Holdsworth ... continuity: effects
Trevor Kaye ... office runner
Lynda Levy ... production secretary
Stephen Masters ... titles designer
Jenny Pollitt ... assistant to producers
David Saggs ... production accountant
Chris Wood ... title designer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson) is a teenager, living in a country house in England with her family in the present days, and having a nightmare with wolves and werewolves in the Middle Ages. In her dream, her boring sister is dead, she lives with her father and her mother, but she spends lots of time with her lovely grandmother. Granny (Dame Angela Lansbury) tells her many stories of werewolf and gives her the following advice: "- Never stray from the path in the woods, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet." One day, Rosaleen, while going to visit her grandmother, meets a handsome man and bets who would arrive first at her granny's house. Soon she finds who he is. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Within the forests are strangers lying in wait for innocents . . . who stray from the path! [Australia Theatrical] See more »
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Also Known As
  • La compagnie des loups (France)
  • Die Zeit der Wölfe (Germany)
  • En compañía de lobos (Spain)
  • En companyia de llops (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Kurtlar Takımı (Turkey, Turkish title)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Budget GBP410,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Due to budgetary constraints and fears about safety, most of the "wolves" in this movie are actually Belgian Shepherd Dogs whose fur has been dyed. For some of the close-up shots of Rosaleen interacting with the wolf towards the end of this movie, a real wolf was used. During the entirety of the production, only two real wolves were used. See more »
Goofs In order to prune a tree in the garden, the priest climbs a ladder. When he talks to the lady, first both his hands are on the pruning sheers, then, all of a sudden, one hand is holding onto a branch. In the next shot, both his hands are on the pruning sheers again. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Troldspejlet Special: Ulvehyl ved fuldmåne (1992). See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Rosaleen: Little girls, this seems to say / Never stop upon your way / Never trust a stranger friend / No-one knows how it will end / As you're pretty, so be wise / Wolves may lurk in every guise / Now as then, 'tis simple truth / Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth.
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