The Company of Wolves
1984
The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare.
Directed by Neil Jordan
User Rating
Intensity
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
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- Director
- Neil Jordan
- Written by
- Angela Carter, Neil Jordan, Charles Perrault
- Produced by
- Chris Brown, Stephen Woolley
- Composer
- George Fenton
- Cinematographer
- Bryan Loftus
- Editor
- Rodney Holland
- Makeup FX
- Christopher Tucker
- Origin country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.3/10 (398 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 85% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 69/100
- IMDb
- 6.6/10 (19,904 votes)
Awards
- WonSitges Film Festival— Best Film(1984)
Cast
Sarah Patterson
Rosaleen
Angela Lansbury
Granny
David Warner
Father
Graham Crowden
Old Priest
Brian Glover
Amorous Boy's Father
Kathryn Pogson
Young Bride
Stephen Rea
Young Groom
Tusse Silberg
Mother
Micha Bergese
Hunstman
Georgia Slowe
Alice
Susan Porrett
Amorous Boy's Mother
Shane Johnstone
Amorous Boy
Dawn Archibald
Witch Woman
Richard Morant
Wealthy Groom
Danielle Dax
Wolfgirl
Vincent McClaren
Devil Boy
Ruby Buchanan
Dowager
Jimmy Gardner
Ancient
Crew
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Score
George Fenton
The Company of Wolves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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