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| Release Date (USA): 17
June 1994 |
| Director: Mike
Nichols |
| Box Office: $65,012,000 (USA) |
| US-- one sheet poster |
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| Tagline: |
| THE ANIMAL IS OUT |
| Cast: |
| Jack Nicholson |
Michelle
Pfeiffer |
James
Spader |
Kate
Nelligan |
Christopher
Plummer |
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Will Randall |
Laura Alden |
Steward Swinton |
Charlotte Randall |
Raymond Alden |
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| The Story: |
The deposed editor-in-chief
Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) of an old, distinguished publishing
firm, recently taken over by a multi-millionaire, corporate
raider, is bitten by a wolf on a lonely stretch of road in
Vermont the night of a full moon. As he slowly watches himself
metamorphose into something lupine, he discovers that he
has been betrayed by his most promising protege, his wife
of 16 years has been unfaithful, and that he has fallen in
love with the raider's beautiful, headstrong daughter (Michelle
Pfeiffer). What follows is a series of grisly events that
reaches a bloody and horrifying climax. |
| Filming Location: |
| Bradbury
Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California,
USA |
| New
York City, New York, USA |
| Old
Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA |
| Roxbury,
Vermont, USA |
| Sony
Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Boulevard, Culver City,
California, USA (studio) |
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| Awards: |
| Ennio Morricone (Top
Box Office Films,
ASCAP
Film and Television Music Awards) |
| Jim Harrison and Wesley Stric (Saturn
Award -
Best Writing ,
Academy
of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA) |
| Nominations: |
| Best Horror Film (Saturn
Award , Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Films, USA) |
| Jack Nicholson (Saturn
Award - Best Actor , Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Films, USA) |
| Michelle Pfeiffer (Saturn
Award - Best Actress , Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Films, USA) |
| James Spader (Saturn
Award -
Best Supporting Actor , Academy of Science Fiction,
Fantasy & Horror
Films, USA) |
| Rick Baker (Saturn
Award - Best Make-up , Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
Films, USA) |
| Ennio Morricone (Best
Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television , Grammy Awards) |
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| What did Michelle say on Laura Alden: |
GRAHAM
FULLER: You
initially turned down the role of Laura in Wolf beacause
it was a "girl" role. What persuaded you to do
it in the end? Were you able to find something satisfying
in the part? (Interview, July 1994) |
 MICHELLE PFEIFFER: Yeah, we worked really
hard for that, but in the end, it's Jack
nicholson's movie
and i'm the love interest. I think the mistake they were making
along the way was trying to camouflage my character with a
lot of bullshit to make it interesting for someone to play.
But bullshit is not playable! So I said, "Let's not pretend
here," and we made her into somebody who grew up not ever
having any place in society other than being the daughter of a
wealthy man, kind of a wanderer and a lost soul who'd probably
never be more than that in this lifetime. that was interesting
to play and a good match with Jack's character. |
 "She was a vet, she was a nurse; basically
it became this sort of device to make her look as if she's
someone important. I finally said, "It's Jack's movie.
It's better just not to pretend - to make her somebody who really
can't find a purpose, the black sheep of the family, and kind
of wanderer. At least that's something that's playable and
real.'" (Premiere, March 1994) |
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| What did they say about her in Wolf: |
MIKE NICHOLS: "she
thinks of the story, not of herself, if there's anything you
might want her to do, she's interested. And if she has something
to say, she makes a contribution - it's never about her." |
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| What I feel: |
I'm
not sure how many Pfans and the public love "Wolf",
although it had a great success in the Box Office. ''Wolf''
means a lot for me, it's August 1994, I went to see this
movie with my mum and it's the first Michelle's movie I ever
seen in the cinema in my life! Basically,
it's a movie much more than the title, it's a horror package,
but actually the director had a lot to say from the movie.
''This is a story about somebody who loses his humanity''
says Nichols, the director of ''WOLF''. ''And you can't say
that's something to be desired." Michelle Pfeiffer looks
drop-dead gorgeous in this movie, compare to her other movies
in the same period, "Laura Alden" may be a bit
simple than her other complicated roles, but the style and
darkish atmosphere with Jack, Michelle made the movie became
a classy art. And I personally think Jack Nicholson looked
the best and most handsome in his werewolf make-up. |
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