Wolf (1994)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 125 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: SDDS (8 channels)

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Executive Producers: Neil A. Machlis, Robert Greenhut
Producer: Douglas Wick
Associate Producers: Jim Harrison, Michele Imperato
Unit Production Manager: Neil A. Machlis
Production Coordinator: Nan Morales
Assistant Production Coordinator: Paul LaZebnik

SCRIPT
Script: Jim Harrison, Wesley Strick

DIRECTION
Director: Mike Nichols
2nd Unit Director: Philip C. Pfeiffer
1st Assistant Director: Michael Haley
2nd Assistant Director: Mark Cotone
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Laura Nisbet

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno
Additional Director of Photography: John Burnett
Camera Operator: Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
Steadicam Operator: Garrett Brown
Wescam Operator: David Norris
B Camera Operator: John Burnett
1st Assistant Camera: Billy Clevenger, Michael Condro
2nd Assistant Camera: R. Scott Goodrich
Lighting Technician: David Dunbar
Chief Lighting Technician: Gary Tandrow
Electricians: Chris Hammond, Jack Coffen
Key Grip: Alexander Laverde
Grips: Billy Kerwick, Mitch Gulbin
Dolly Grip: Clay H. Wilson
Stills: François Duhamel
New York Stills: Andrew D. Schwartz
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Sam O'Steen
1st Assistant Editor: Kris Cole
Assistant Editors: Sean Albertson, Tom Swartwout
Apprentice Editor: Anne O'Brien
Post-Production Facilities: C-5 Inc; Sound One Corporation

MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone
Score Mixer: Dan Wallin

SOUND
Sound: Douglas J. Schulman
Sound Recordist: Bob Olari
Production Sound Mixer: Art Rochester
Boom Operator: Douglas J. Schulman
Re-Recording Mixers: Michael J. Cerone, Richard Portman
Additional Re-Recording Mixer: Bob Chefalas
Supervising Sound Editor: Stan Bochner
Sound Editors: Harry Peck Bolles, Richard P. Cirincione
Dialogue Editors: Fred Rosenberg, Laura Civiello
ADR Editor: Michael Jacobi
ADR Loop Group: Rex Knowles
Sound Effects Editor: Richard King
Foley Artists: Brian Vancho, Bruce Pross, Elisha Birnbaum
Foley Editors: Frank Kern, Stuart Stanley, Suzana Peric

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Ronnie Specter, Stephen Abrums
Hair Designer: Alan D'Angerio
Hair: Marlene D. Williams, Steven Frank
Hair (New York): Francesca Paris
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
Assistant Costume Designer: Gary Jones
Costume Supervisors: Bruce Ericksen, Cheryl Beasley Blackwell

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Rick Baker

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Stan Parks
Special Effects: Daniel Sudick
Special Effects Technician: Kevin McTurk
Creature Effects: John Teska, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Eric Brevig, Scott Farrar, John Nelson
Visual Effects Producer: George Merkert
Digital Artist: Lisa Foster
Animator: Kelvin Lee
Lead Technical Director: Scott Kilburn
Visual Effects Camera: John V. Fante
Titles: R/Greenberg Associates Inc
Opticals: The Effects House Co

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Jim Dultz, Bo Welch
Art Director: Tom Duffield
Assistant Art Director: John E. Dexter
Set Designers: Jacques Valin, Sean Haworth
Set Decorator: Linda DeScenna
Set Dresser: Scott C. Garrett
Property Masters: C.J. Maguire, James Mazzola
Construction Coordinator: Michael Diersing
Construction Foreman: Scott E. Handt
Draper: Scott C. Garrett
Art Department Coordinator: Phillis Lehmer
Illustrator: Jack Johnson
Storyboard Artists: David Lowery, Jamie Rama, Michael Anthony Jackson
Lead Man: Scott C. Garrett

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Mary Bailey
Additional Script Supervisor: J. Ellen Evans
Production Assistant: Joseph Aspromonti
Transportation Captain: Joel Marrow
Local Transportation Captain: Michael Hyde
Driver For James Spader: Paulie DiCocco
Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo
Trainer For Michelle Pfeiffer: Kathy Kaehler
Unit Publicist: Eric Meyers
Animals Provided By: Performing Animal Troupe

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bradbury Building, 304 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA; Old Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA; Roxbury, Vermont, USA
Studio: Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California, USA
Location Manager: Lisa Blok-Linson
Location Assistant: Sam Hutchins

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: M. James Arnett
Stunts: Keith Campbell, Cindy Folkerson, Keii Johnston, Randy Lamb, Tricia Peters

CASTING
Casting: Ellen Lewis, Juliet Taylor

CAST
Jack Nicholson (Will Randall)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Laura Alden)
James Spader (Stewart Swinton)
Kate Nelligan (Charlotte Randall)
Richard Jenkins (Detective Bridger)
Eileen Atkins (Mary)
Christopher Plummer (Raymond Alden)
Ron Rifkin (Doctor)
David Hyde Pierce (Roy)
Om Puri (Dr Vijay Alezias)
Prunella Scales (Maude)
Brian Markinson (Detective Wade)
Peter Gerety (George)
Bradford English (Keyes)
Stewart J. Zully (Gary)
Thomas F. Duffy (Tom)
Tom Oppenheim (Butler)
Van Bailey, Jose Soto, Dwayne McClary (gang members)
Christopher Birt, David Schwimmer, Osgood Perkins II (cops)
Lia Chang (desk clark)
Starletta DuPois (victim's mother)
Jeffrey Allen O'Den, Irene Forrest, Dale Kasman, Jack Nisbet, Jennifer Nicholson (office workers)
Elizabeth Massie (Alden's secretary)
Eva Rodriguez (maid)
Joanna Sanchez (receptionist)
Kaity Tong (TV newscaster)
Max Weitzenhoffer (party guest)

PLOT SUMMARY

Publisher Will Randall is starting to feel his age – he's overworked, exhausted and starting to feel insecure. It doesn't help when a younger co-worker makes off with his job and his wife. Then he's bitten by a wolf and Will finds his youthful vigour restored – but it comes at a terrible price.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Video Distributors: LK-Tel

Germany
DVD Distributors: Columbia/Tristar (18647)

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar
DVD Distributors: Columbia/Tristar (CDR 98647)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar
Laserdisc Distributors: Columbia/Tristar (LD 18647); Columbia/Tristar (71156)
DVD Distributors: Columbia/Tristar (71159); Columbia/Tristar (71155)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: M

Chile
Rating: 14

Finland
Rating: K-16

Norway
Rating: 15

Spain
Rating: 13

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R

AWARDS

1995
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, USA
Top Box Office Films (Ennio Morricone) - winner

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award Best Writing (Jim Harrison, Wesley Strick) - winner

Grammy Awards, USA
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television (Ennio Morricone) - nominated

TIMELINE

1994
June
17: USA – theatrical release

August
4: Argentina – theatrical release

September
2: Finland – theatrical release
14: France – theatrical release
15: Germany – theatrical release
30: Spain, Sweden – theatrical release

1995
February
Day Unknown: USA - laserdisc release (Columbia/Tristar (LD 18647))
15: USA - laserdisc release (Columbia/Tristar (71156))

1997
November
25: USA - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (71159); Columbia/Tristar (71155))

1998
September
14: UK - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (CDR 98647))

1999
August
25: Germany - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (18647))

2002
February
18: UK - television broadcast (on Film Four)

2004
April
17: UK – television broadcast (on Network 2)

POSTER TAGS

The Animal Is Out

Beware

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

SEE ALSO
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Cat People (1982)
The Fly (1986)
New York at the Movies (2002)
What Women Want (2000)
Wolfen (1981)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

epd Film vol.11 no.9 (1 September 1994) p.42 (Germany)
review (by Peter Zander)

Première October 1994 p.44 (France)
review (by Marc Weitzmann)

Prevue October 1994 pp.26-27 (USA)
article (Michelle Pfeiffer Brings Out the Beast in Jack Nicholson by Victor Wells)

Studio September 1994 p.6 (France)
review (by Jean-Pierre Lavoignat)

NEWSPAPERS

Correio da Manhã, TV 4 December 1998 p.31 (Portugal)
review

Diário de Notícias 27 April 1999 p.55 (Portugal)
review

Svenska Dagbladet 30 September 1994 (Sweden)
review (Jack Nicholson övertygar aldrig som mes by Jeanette Gentele)

KEYWORDS

adultery, amulets, elevators, full moon, journalists, offices, publishers, secretaries, snow, transformations, twist endings, werewolves, wolves

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009