Flowers in the Attic (1987)

Regisseur:

Jeffrey Bloom

Drehbuchautoren:

Virginia C. Andrews (novel)
Jeffrey Bloom (writer)

Premierendatum:

20. November 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

They have come to a house where secrets are kept....where the future is haunted by the past.....where the innocent live in the shadow of sin.....where a dark legacy awaits to destroy all who defy it.....

Plot:

Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.

Plot Keywords:

Religious Zealot | House | Disturbed Childhood | Generation | Matricide

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Why isn't anyone else ripping their hair out at this movie?!

Besetzung

Louise Fletcher	...	Grandmother - Olivia Foxworth
Victoria Tennant	...	Mother - Corrine Dollanganger
Kristy Swanson	...	Cathy Dollanganger
Jeb Stuart Adams	...	Chris Dollanganger
Ben Ryan Ganger	...	Cory Dollanganger
Lindsay Parker	...	Carrie Dollanganger
Marshall Colt	...	Father - Christopher Dollanganger
Nathan Davis	...	Grandfather Foxworth
Brooke Fries	...	Flower Girl
Alex Koba	...	John Hall
Leonard Mann	...	Bart Winslow
Bruce Neckels	...	Minister
Gus Peters	...	Caretaker
Clare Peck	...	Narrator (voice)
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Virginia C. Andrews	...	Window Washing Maid (uncredited)

Regie
Jeffrey Bloom

Buch (In alphabetischer Reihenfolge)
Virginia C. Andrews		novel
Jeffrey Bloom		writer

Produktion
Sy Levin	....	producer
Mike Rosenfeld	....	executive producer

Originalmusik
Christopher Young

Kamera
Gil Hubbs

Casting
Jill Alman

Szenenbild
John Muto

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Michele Starbuck

Kostüme
Ann Somers Major

Maske/Frisuren
Kathy W. Estocin	....	hair stylist (as Cathy Estocin)
Robert Hallowell II	....	key hair stylist
Robin L. Neal	....	makeup artist (as Neal Robin)

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
S. Bryan Hickox	....	co-executive in charge of production

Regieassistenten
Douglas Dean III	....	assistant director
Peter Gries	....	first assistant director (as Peter S. Gries)

Ausstattung (Stab)
John Ballowe	....	assistant art director
Scot Broadus	....	leadman
William B. Fosser	....	assistant art director
Clare Scarpulla	....	set designer

Ton Stab
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	foley artist
Holly Davis	....	sound editor
Jonathan D. Evans	....	sound engineer
R.J. Palmer	....	supervising sound editor
Sam Perry	....	boom operator
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Kelly Tartan	....	sound editor

Stunts
John Vincent Mason	....	stunt double

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Norman Currier	....	gaffer: Massachutes
Bobby Ferrara	....	gaffer
Alice Fries	....	still photographer
Mike Moad	....	dolly grip
Tim Moore	....	key grip (as Timothy Moore)
Les Percy	....	best boy grip
Stephen Price	....	electrician: Massachutes
Bruce Swift	....	grip
Jim Thorpe	....	best boy electric

Schnitt (Stab)
Edward Briggs	....	color timer
Ed Richards	....	negative cutter

Musik (Stab)
John Mick	....	music editor
Susan Mick	....	music editor
Jeff Vaughn	....	score mixer

Transporte
Ted Schambers	....	driver co-captain

Restlicher Stab
Tom Calderaro	....	synthesizer programmer
Pavel Cerny	....	key location manager
Thomas Farr	....	production assistant
Jill Gurr	....	script supervisor
Steve Clayton	....	set security (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Fries Entertainment

Verleihfirmen

• Highlight Video (West Germany) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• New World Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• New World Pictures
• Transvídeo (Brazil) (video)

Alternativ:

Blumen der Nacht (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

93 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Ryder Sound Services)

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #28580) | Australia:M | UK:15 | West Germany:16 (f) | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Castle Hill, Crane Estate - 280 Argilla Road, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Firma:

Fries Entertainment

Dies und das:

According to the director, Victoria Tennant got angry about her "hanged mother" scene and walked off the set.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: Obvious body stocking when the Mother takes off her blouse to show the lashes.

Dialogzitate:

Cathy: Look at us, Mother! Do we look like you with your rosy cheeks and your bright eyes? Look at the twins, Mother! Cory has stomach cramps almost every day, and Carrie has little sores growing on her skin! Do you know or even care that the grandmother has stopped feeding us for more than a week?
Mother: Stop it! You have no right to talk to me like that! Do you think I've had pleasure while my children have been in pain? You are heartless. When you're ready to treat me with love, I'll be back.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The January Man (1989)

Why isn't anyone else ripping their hair out at this movie?!

I had been debating with myself for years about watching this movie. Having been an avid fan of the entire series of "Flowers in the Attic" books, I knew there was a strong possibility the film would do nothing but irritate me by way of poor acting and even poorer script-writing. What I didn't realise, was how much of a massacre the film was going to make of such a beautifully written book.

First off, and I'm sorry - but it is a shallow comment to make: Those kids; Chris, Cathy, Carrie and Cory are supposed to be stunning. "The Dresden dolls" because they are *that* striking. Whoever cast the film seemed to have sorted through the "Village of the Damned" rejects in order to find the two youngest (scariest looking couple of children I have ever seen) Chris was, I'm sorry - just nothing like the original character and while Kristy Swansen is very pretty - she just didn't cut it as Cathy.

Which brings me to my next point - Cathy's thing is ballet - she's an excellent dancer - and aside from a couple of pathetic scenes involving Swansen trying to get her leg higher than her hip-bone, they ignored the one thing that the entire character centres around.

And just out of interest - where was the relationship between Cathy and Chris? I know having an incestuous relationship played out in film has got to be controversial - but don't bother even picking up a pen to write a script for a story if you have absolutely no intention of keeping the central story-lines. And if you do, don't have the audacity to pass it off as the film version of a highly acclaimed book just by giving it the same title.

"Flowers in the Attic" was based on a true story. (As stated in the prologue of the copy I have anyway). How - HOW is it OK to just butcher such an awesome piece of work? It's like passing Pokemon off as the Mona-Lisa; sick and entirely wrong. They have completely missed the point of the story: It wasn't about 4 kids sitting in an attic waiting to die or be let out; it was about four children adapting to a situation wherein they have to become adults long before their time. It was about how the relationships between the siblings evolved, and the psychological consequences of losing one parent through death and another through greed.

For anyone who has watched the film and is ready to dismiss the books because of it - seriously; don't be fooled by such an obvious lacklustre attempt at a book adaptation. There are not enough words in the English language to explain how wrong this film is - how utterly and completely pathetic the script, setting, acting, casting, directing and the 101 other ways in which the movie sucks beyond belief.

And just... just don't get me started on the ending. Every time I think about it I just want to do nasty things involving pointy objects to the script-writer.

Please tell me someone agrees with me?