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July 14, 2023… #movieoftheday is An American Werewolf in London (1981)
“An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 comedy horror film written and directed by John Landis . An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton , Jenny Agutter , Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine . The title is a cross between An American in Paris and Werewolf of London . The film's plot follows two American backpackers, David and Jack, who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in England, causing David to become a werewolf under the next full moon .
“Landis wrote the first draft of the screenplay for the film in 1969 and shelved it for over a decade. Prospective financiers believed that Landis' script was too frightening to be a comedy film and too humorous to be a horror film. After achieving success in Hollywood with the comedies The Kentucky Fried Movie , National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers , Landis was able to secure financing from PolyGram Pictures to produce An American Werewolf in London .
“An American Werewolf in London was released in the US by Universal Pictures on August 21, 1981. It was a critical and commercial success, winning the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and the first ever Academy Award for Best Makeup . Since its release, it has become a cult classic . A sequel, An American Werewolf in Paris , was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1997 and received mostly negative reviews upon its release.” - more at Wikipedia .
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“An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 comedy horror film written and directed by John Landis . An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton , Jenny Agutter , Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine . The title is a cross between An American in Paris and Werewolf of London . The film's plot follows two American backpackers, David and Jack, who are attacked by a werewolf while travelling in England, causing David to become a werewolf under the next full moon .
“Landis wrote the first draft of the screenplay for the film in 1969 and shelved it for over a decade. Prospective financiers believed that Landis' script was too frightening to be a comedy film and too humorous to be a horror film. After achieving success in Hollywood with the comedies The Kentucky Fried Movie , National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers , Landis was able to secure financing from PolyGram Pictures to produce An American Werewolf in London .
“An American Werewolf in London was released in the US by Universal Pictures on August 21, 1981. It was a critical and commercial success, winning the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and the first ever Academy Award for Best Makeup . Since its release, it has become a cult classic . A sequel, An American Werewolf in Paris , was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1997 and received mostly negative reviews upon its release.” - more at Wikipedia .
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#AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon #wikipedia #tangled
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