Gremlins (1984)

Director:

Joe Dante

Guionista:

Chris Columbus (written by)

Release Date:

8 junio 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Frase comercial:

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.

Plot:

A boy inadvertantly breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Narration | Skunk | Shopkeeper | Gadget

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Infectiously funny

Cast

Hoyt Axton	...	Randall Peltzer
John Louie	...	Chinese Boy
Keye Luke	...	Grandfather (Mr. Wing)
Don Steele	...	Rockin' Ricky Rialto (voice)
Susan Burgess	...	Little Girl
Scott Brady	...	Sheriff Frank
Arnie Moore	...	Alex
Corey Feldman	...	Pete Fountaine
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Mr. Anderson
Zach Galligan	...	Billy Peltzer
Dick Miller	...	Murray Futterman
Phoebe Cates	...	Kate Beringer
Polly Holliday	...	Ruby Deagle
Donald Elson	...	Man on Street
Belinda Balaski	...	Mrs. Joe Harris
Daniel Llewelyn	...	Hungry Harris Child
Edward Andrews	...	Mr. Corben
Judge Reinhold	...	Gerald Hopkins
Lois Foraker	...	Bank teller
Chuck Jones	...	Mr. Jones
Kenny Davis	...	Dorry
Frances Lee McCain	...	Lynn Peltzer
Glynn Turman	...	Roy Hanson
Nicky Katt	...	Schoolchild
Tracy Wells	...	Schoolchild
John C. Becher	...	Dr. Molinaro
Gwen Willson	...	Mrs. Molinaro
Jackie Joseph	...	Sheila Futterman
Jonathan Banks	...	Deputy Brent
Joe Brooks	...	Dave Meyers (Santa)
Jim McKrell	...	Lew Landers (WDHB-TV reporter)
Frank Welker	...	Stripe and other Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Howie Mandel	...	Gizmo (voice)
Fred Newman	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Mark Dodson	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Michael Winslow	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Peter Cullen	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Bob Berger	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Michael Sheehan	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Bob Holt	...	Mogwai and Gremlins (voice)
Mushroom	...	Barney
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Karen Bean	...	Girl in Town Square
Adam Bean	...	Boy in Town Square (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith	...	Man in Telephone Booth Glancing at Camera (uncredited)
Marvin Miller	...	Robbie The Robot (voice) (uncredited)
Robby the Robot	...	Robot (uncredited)
William Schallert	...	Father Bartlett (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg	...	Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey	...	Mobil Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Joe Dante

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Chris Columbus		written by

Producida por
Michael Finnell	....	producer
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer

Música original por
Jerry Goldsmith

Fotografía por
John Hora		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Tina Hirsch

Casting
Susan Arnold

Diseño de producción por
James H. Spencer

Decorados
Jackie Carr

Departamento de maquillaje
Greg LaCava	....	makeup artist
Cheri Ruff	....	hair stylist
Chris Walas	....	special makeup effects artist

Dirección de producción
Phil Rawlins	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Carol Green	....	second assistant director
James Quinn	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Bruce Edwin Gregory	....	assistant property master
William F. Matthews	....	set designer
Michael Muscarella	....	construction coordinator
Harold Weed	....	model maker
Marty Wunderlich	....	property master

Departamento de sonido
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.	....	sound editor
Alan Howarth	....	special sound effects
Nicholas James	....	sound effects editor
Ken King	....	production sound mixer
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
David E. Stone	....	sound editor
Bill Varney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Vaughan	....	boom operator
Donald C. Rogers	....	technical director of sound (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Bob MacDonald Jr.	....	special effects
Robert MacDonald	....	special effects
Thaine Morris	....	mechanical effects
Richard Ratliff	....	special effects foreman
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist
Michael Joyce	....	model shop supervisor
Randy Ottenberg	....	creature crew
Tom St. Amand	....	creature crew
Hoyt Yeatman	....	matte photography: DQI (uncredited)

Especialistas
Rudy Doucette	....	stunts
Rosemary Johnston	....	stunts
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunt coordinator (as Mike McGaughy)
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunts
Gene McLaughlin	....	stunts
Terry Leonard	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Burnett	....	second assistant camera: additional photography
Norman Cattell	....	first assistant camera
Michael B. Corbett	....	lighting technician
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician
Bill Hansard	....	process photographer
Norman Harris	....	gaffer
Albert Hood	....	electrician
Paul Jacobsen	....	electrician: practical fixtures
Michael A. Jones	....	camera operator (as Michael Jones)
William Kenney	....	dolly grip
Ron Kenyon	....	electrical best boy
Robert Miller	....	best boy grip
Richard Moran	....	key grip
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer (as Ralph Nelson Jr.)
Lex Rawlins	....	second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Norman A. Burza	....	costume supervisor: men
Linda Matthews	....	costume supervisor: women

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Tom Finan	....	assistant editor
Robert Raring	....	color timer
David Williams	....	apprentice film editor

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	music re-recording mixer
Robert Fernandez	....	music re-recording mixer
Robert Fernandez	....	music scoring mixer
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Michael Sembello	....	song producer

Transportation Department
Robert Neilson	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Robling	....	transportation captain

Otros miembros del equipo
Brent Baker	....	creature crew
Jon Berg	....	creature consultant
Bill Buttfield	....	creature crew
Blair Clark	....	machinist
Blair Clark	....	puppeteer
Robert Cooper	....	creature crew
Jay Davis	....	creature crew
Randy Dutra	....	creature crew
Kenneth Gilbert	....	script supervisor
Helene Harris	....	assistant: Mike Finnell
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
James Isaac	....	creature crew
Erik Jensen	....	project coordinator
Pete Kleinow	....	creature crew
Kelly Lepkowsky	....	creature crew
Marghi McMahon	....	creature crew
Tony McVey	....	creature crew
Thaine Morris	....	creature crew
Gregg Olsson	....	creature crew
Randy Ottenberg	....	creature crew
Gary Platek	....	creature crew
Chris Rand	....	creature crew
Bryan Renfro	....	animal trainer
Karen Shaw	....	production secretary
N. Theodore Shell	....	creature crew
Valerie Sofranko	....	creature crew
David Sosalla	....	creature crew
Steven Spielberg	....	presenter
Eben Stromquist	....	creature crew
Kathleen Switzer	....	assistant to producer
Carol Walas	....	creature crew
Chris Walas	....	creator: "Gremlins"
Mark Walas	....	creature crew
Harold Weed	....	creature crew
Ethan Wiley	....	creature technician
Michelle Zeisel	....	assistant: Joe Dante
Laurie Arnow-Epstein	....	construction accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Amblin Entertainment
• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents) (as Warner Bros. Pictures A Warner Communications Company)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (1984) (UK) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1989) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Pioneer LDC (1988) (Japan) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Bros. (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1990) (Japan) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (video)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Efectos especiales

• Chris Walas
• Fantasy II Film Effects (stop motion)
• Visual Concept Engineering (VCE) (animation)

Other Companies

• Chris Walas  gizmo & the creatures designer
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Dream Quest Images  matte paintings
• Walt Disney Productions  "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" footage courtesy of

También conocida como:

Gremlins (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

106 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:12 (DVD version) | Iceland:10 | Ireland:15 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | South Korea:All | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivialidades:

At the end, when the old Chinese shopkeeper comes to get Gizmo, you can hear Gizmo say, "Baba," which is Chinese for "Dad".

Goofs:

Plot holes: Sunlight kills mogwais. Yet, when Billy takes one of the "newborns" to his biology teacher, both the one he brings and the one that spawns off it are sitting in direct sunlight from the window blinds.

Quotes:

Kate: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.
Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?
Kate: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Bart Has Two Mommies (#17.14)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

MAKE IT SHINE

Infectiously funny

Zach Galligan plays Billy a young bank clerk, when his father (Hoyt Axton) brings him a some what unusual Christmas gift, a creature known as a mogwai which they name Gismo; his life changes dramatically. After a series of accidents Gismo multiply's and the cute furry offspring soon become little green beasts that terrorise the town, leaving Billy and his girlfriend (Phoebe Cates) to find a way to get rid of these gremlins, before everyone winds up dead.

Gremlins is infectiously funny and effortlessly entertaining with its blend of cutsie charm and comic book horror. The creatures themselves are excellently brought to life with some masterful puppetry and Joe Dante's direction really does the film justice.

This movie is crammed with memorable scenes, subtle parody and excellent, yet quite humorous horror.

7/10