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Rosemary's Baby [1968]
Country of Origin:
USA
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 136 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
Producer: William Castle
Associate Producer: Dona Holloway
Unit Production Manager: William C. Davidson
SCRIPT
Script: Roman Polanski
Novel: Ira Levin
DIRECTION
Director: Roman Polanski
Assistant Director: Daniel J. McCauley
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: William Fraker
Lab: Technicolor
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Sam O'Steen, Bob Wyman
MUSIC
Music: Christopher Komeda, Ludwig van Beethoven [from Für Elise]
Song Performed By: Mia Farrow [uncredited]
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Harold Lewis
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Allan Snyder
Hair: Sherry Wilson
Hair For Mia Farrow: Sydney Guilaroff, Vidal Sassoon
Costume Designer: Anthea Sylbert
VISUAL EFFECTS
Process Photography: Farciot Edouart
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Richard Sylbert
Art Director: Joel Schiller
Set Decorator: Robert Nelson
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Luanna S. Poole
Dialogue Coach: Howard W. Koch Jr
LOCATIONS
Locations: Dakota Hotel, New York City, New York, USA; Los Angeles,
California, USA; New York City, New York, USA
CAST
Mia Farrow [Rosemary Woodhouse]
John Cassavetes [Guy Woodhouse]
Ruth Gordon [Minnie Castevet]
Sidney Blackmer [Roman Castevet]
Maurice Evans [Edward Hutchins]
Ralph Bellamy [Dr Sapirstein]
Angela Dorian (real name: Victoria Vetri) [Terry Gionoffrio]
Patsy Kelly [Laura-Louise]
Elisha Cook [Mr Nicklas]
Emmaline Henry [Elise Dunstan]
Charles Grodin [Dr Hill]
Hanna Landy [Grace Cardiff]
Philip Leeds [Dr Shand]
D'Urville Martin [Diego]
Hope Summers [Mrs Gilmore]
Marianne Gordon, Wendy Wagner [Rosemary's girlfriends]
SUMMARY
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into their new
apartment in New York and soon make friends with their elderly neighbours,
Roman and Minnie Castevet. Before long, a young woman Rosemary meets
in the washroom commits suicide, Rosemary begins having disturbing
dreams and Guy starts spending far too much time with the neighbours.
When she falls pregnant, Rosemary comes to suspect that her neighbours
are witches and that they have their plans for her unborn child.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Polanski's wonderful adaptation of the Ira Levin bestseller
set the stage for the 70s Satanism movies that would flourish in the
wake of The Exorcist [1974]. The story is a mass
of clichés but it's a measure of Polanski's genius
that he manages to make the film seem so fresh and original. It's
also decidedly creepy with one of the greatest final scenes in the
genre. An absolute must-see.
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Video Distributor: Renacimiento
Australia
Video Distributor: CIC-Taft Home Video
Germany
DVD Distributor: Paramount
UK
Laserdisc Distributor: Pioneer Cinema
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Video Distributors: Paramount Home Video; RCA/Columbia Pictures Home
Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount [LV 6831-2]
DVD Distributor: Paramount [068317]
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 18
Australia
Rating: M
Finland
Rating: K-16
Netherlands
Rating: 18
Norway
Rating: 16 [original rating] / 15 [re-rating]
Sweden
Rating: 15
USA
Rating: R
West Germany
Rating: 16
AWARDS
1968
Laurel Awards, USA
Golden Laurel Drama – second place
Golden Laurel Female Dramatic Performance [Mia Farrow] - winner
Golden Laurel Female Supporting Performance [Ruth Gordon] – third
place
Photoplay Awards, USA
Gold Medal - winner
1969
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actress in a Supporting Role [Ruth Gordon] - winner
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium [Roman
Polanski] - nominated
David di Donatello Awards, Italy
Migliore Attrice Straniera [Mia Farrow] – winner [tied with Barbra
Streisand for Funny Girl [1968]]
Edgar Allan Poe Awards, USA
Best Motion Picture [Roman Polanski] - nominated
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, France
Critics Award Best Foreign Film [Roman Polanski] - winner
Golden Globes, USA
Best Supporting Actress [Ruth Gordon] - winner
Best Motion Picture Actress: Drama [Mia Farrow] - nominated
Best Original Score [Christopher Komeda] - nominated
Best Screenplay [Roman Polanski] - nominated
Hugo Awards, USA
Best Dramatic Presentation - nominated
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Written American Drama [Roman Polanski] - nominated
1970
BAFTA Awards, UK
Best Actress [Mia Farrow] - nominated
TIMELINE
1968
June
12: USA – theatrical release
October
17: West Germany – theatrical release
December
26: Sweden – theatrical release
1969
January
17: Finland – theatrical release
April
28: Norway – theatrical release
2000
October
3: USA - DVD release [Paramount [068317]]
2002
July
1: Germany - DVD release [Paramount]
POSTER TAGS
Pray for Rosemary's Baby
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
El bebé de Rosemary –
Venezuelan title
Dziecko Rosemary – Polish title
La llavor del diable – Spanish Catalan title
Rosemaries Baby – German title
Rosemary má detátko – Czech title
Rosemary'nin Bebegi - Turkish title
Rosemaryn painajainen – Finnish title
Rosemaryna beba – Croatian title
A semente do Diablo – Portugese title
La semilla del Diablo – Spanish title
LINKS
SEQUEL
Look
What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby [1976]
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
100 Years at the Movies [1994]
100 Years of Horror
[1996]
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies [1995]
AFI's 100 Years,
100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies [2001]
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies [1992] [TV]
Intimate Portrait: Mia Farrow [1999]
The Kid Stays In the Picture [2002]
Precious Images [1986]
Sobrenatural [1995]
Terror in the Aisles [1984]
Visions of Light [1992]
SEE ALSO
The Astronaut's Wife [1999]
Cuna de lobos [1986]
Sin pecado concebido [2001]
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
American Cinematographer vol.82 no.1
[January 2001] pp.18, 20 [USA]
DVD review
Art et Essai no.49 [30 October 1968]
p.15 [France]
review
Cinéma no.133 [February 1969]
p.106 [France]
review
Cinema Journal vol.31 no.3 [Spring
1992] pp.3-18 [USA]
article
Entertainment Weekly no.495 [23 July
1999] pp.25-30 [USA]
illustrated article
Entertainment Weekly no.565 [27 October
2000] p.93 [USA]
review [by Mark Harris]
Film and Television Daily vol.132 no.105
[29 May 1968] p.5 [USA]
review
Film and Television Daily vol.132 no.108
[5 June 1968] pp.1, 8 [USA]
article
Film Daily vol.131 no.34 [21 August
1967] p.2 [USA]
review
Film Quarterly vol.22 no.4 [Summer
1969] pp.35-38 [USA]
review
Films and Filming vol.15 no.6 [March
1969] p.38 [UK]
review
Hollywood Reporter vol.198 no.14 [3
November 1967] p.10 [USA]
credits
Hollywood Reporter vol.201 no.9 [29
May 1968] p.3 [USA]
review
Kine Weekly no.3198 [25 January 1969]
p.10 [UK]
credits, review
The Listener vol.111 no.2839 [5 January
1984] p.35 [UK]
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.36 no.424
[May 1969] pp.95-96 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review
Positif no.102 [February 1969] pp.1-5
[France]
review
Première December 1991 p.27
[France]
review [by Francois Forestier]
Premiere vol.13 no.3 [November 1999]
p.144 [USA]
illustrated article [Classic Scene: Rosemary's Baby]
Radio Times vol.260 no.3402 [18 February
1989] p.18 [UK]
review
Scenario vol.5 no.4 [2001] pp.58-106;
108-115, 192 [USA]
script; interview
Screen vol.10 no.2 [March / April 1969]
pp.90-96 [UK]
review
Sight and Sound vol.5 no.4 [April 1995]
pp.12-13 [UK]
illustrated article
Sight and Sound vol.38 no.1 [Winter
1968 - 1969] pp.17-19 [UK]
article [by Beverley Houston and Marsha Kinder]
Today's Cinema no.9627 [24 January
1969] p.12 [UK]
review
Variety 29 May 1968 p.6 [USA]
credits, synopsis, review
KEYWORDS
anagrams, book into film, covens, cradles, the devil, dreams,
herbs, knives, new year's eve, obstetricians, the occult, paranoia,
the pope, pregnancy, psychics, religion, satanism, satanists, suicide,
superstition, witchcraft, witches
Last Updated:
6 March, 2007
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