The Wicker Man (2006)

Regisseur:

Neil LaBute

Drehbuchautoren:

Neil LaBute (screenplay)
Anthony Shaffer (1973 screenplay)

Premierendatum:

1. September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Some Sacrifices Must Be Made

Plot:

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.

Plot Keywords:

Bear Suit | Commune | Death | Search | Occult

Filmpreise:

1 win & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Anyone not aware of the 1973 original British Lion movie ' The Wicker Man' would have left the cinema ...

Besetzung

Nicolas Cage	...	Edward Malus
Ellen Burstyn	...	Sister Summersisle
Kate Beahan	...	Sister Willow
Frances Conroy	...	Dr. Moss
Molly Parker	...	Sister Rose / Sister Thorn
Leelee Sobieski	...	Sister Honey
Diane Delano	...	Sister Beech
Michael Wiseman	...	Pete
Erika-Shaye Gair	...	Rowan
Christa Campbell	...	Truck Stop Waitress
Emily Holmes	...	Station Wagon Mom
Zemphira Gosling	...	Station Wagon Girl
Matthew Walker	...	Sea Plane Pilot
Mary Black	...	Sister Oak
Christine Willes	...	Sister Violet

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disturbing images and violence, language and thematic issues.

Länge:

102 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Deutschland | Canada

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (director's cut) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:PG-13 | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Netherlands:12

Drehorte:

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Millennium Films

Dies und das:

The typeface of the opening credits is identical to that used in the original film.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Officer Malus writes the name "Rowan Woodward" on the school blackboard, the first "W" in "Woodward" is above the line he draws under the name. In subsequent shots the "W" is through the line.

Dialogzitate:

Edward Malus: [runs over to help the little girl and pulls off the mask of his bear costume] My name is Edward. I'm gonna save you.

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Anyone not aware of the 1973 original British Lion movie ' The Wicker Man' would have left the cinema ...

Anyone not aware of the 1973 original British Lion movie ' The Wicker Man' would,no doubt, have left the cinema with the impression 'Poor' and 'Peurile'.

As a devotee of the original I left with the impression Purely Poor.

From the grim reality of haggle toothed inbreds drawing the force of law and order into a web of paganistic barbaric ritual on a remote Scottish island, named Summerisle(the original) to a near Amazon-ic colony off the Maine coast of the US, named Summersisle, the remake hardly hits the spot.

This is, quite sadly, a case of what 'could' have been a classic remake of a classic being tampered with to cater for a simple minded public. NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.

Gentlemen (or given the reworked context of the film) Ladies involved ... hang your heads in shame.