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== Plot ==
Caleb Colton is a young man in a small [[Oklahoma]] town who talks one night with Mae, an attractive young [[Drifter_(person)|drifter]]. Shortly before [[sunrise]], while kissing, she bites him on the [[neck]] and runs off. Caleb discovers that the rising sun causes his [[flesh]] to burn. As he suffers in the sunlight with his father and sister looking on, Mae and her group of roaming vampires pick up Caleb and sweep him away from his family's home
== Cast ==
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Directed by | Kathryn Bigelow |
Written by | Eric Red Kathryn Bigelow |
Produced by | Steven-Charles Jaffe |
Starring | Adrian Pasdar Jenny Wright Lance Henriksen Jenette Goldstein Bill Paxton |
Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
Edited by | Howard E. Smith |
Music by | Tangerine Dream |
Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release dates | October 2, 1987 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5,000,000 |
Box office | $3,369,307 |
Near Dark is an American vampire/Western horror film, written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow, and directed by Bigelow. The movie was released in 1987, and has a sizable cult following.[1]
Plot
Caleb Colton is a young man in a small Oklahoma town who talks one night with Mae, an attractive young drifter. Shortly before sunrise, while kissing, she bites him on the neck and runs off. Caleb discovers that the rising sun causes his flesh to burn. As he suffers in the sunlight with his father and sister looking on, Mae and her group of roaming vampires pick up Caleb and sweep him away from his family's home.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Adrian Pasdar | Caleb Colton |
Jenny Wright | Mae |
Lance Henriksen | Jesse Hooker |
Bill Paxton | Severen |
Jenette Goldstein | Diamondback |
Joshua John Miller | Homer |
Production
Kathryn Bigelow wanted to film a Western movie that departed from cinematic convention, which at the time was strongly identified with the films of John Wayne and John Ford. When she and co-writer Eric Red found financial backing for a Western difficult to obtain, it was suggested to them that they try mixing a Western with another, more popular genre. Her interest in revisionist interpretation of cinematic tradition led her and Red to the idea of combining two genres that they regarded as ripe for reinterpretation: the Western movie, and the vampire movie, whose conventions largely derived from Bela Lugosi's performance in Dracula. The film was scored by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream, who also penned the soundtracks for Risky Business and Legend.
Reaction
Near Dark was released on October 2, 1987 in 262 theaters, grossing USD $635,789 on its opening weekend. It went on to make $3.4 million, below its $5 million budget.[2]
In her review for the New York Times, Caryn James wrote, "Ms. Bigelow's too-studied compositions - Caleb in silhouette riding a horse toward the camera - clash with her unstudied approach to the characters' looks".[3] Jay Scott in his review for the Globe and Mail wrote, "Bill Paxton as the undead sex symbol - is exceptional, but not exceptional enough to put across the cop-out that concludes the film".[4]
Near Dark is ranked 34 on Rotten Tomatoes' "Top 50 Horror Movies" list of the 50 best reviewed horror movies of all time.[5]
Remake
A remake from Platinum Dunes was originally planned but has since been put on hold thanks to the similar vampire film Twilight; says producer Brad Fuller, “I think that Twilight was the same type of thing we were going for although Near Dark was a much darker, sexier, rated R version of that. But I’m concerned that, conceptually, that Near Dark and Twilight are too similar in terms of a vampire movie. For now, that movie is on hold.”[6]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_near_dark
- ^ "Near Dark". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
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(help) - ^ Scott, Jay (October 2, 1987). "Vampire myth spawns new terrors in seductive demons of Near Dark". Globe and Mail.
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(help) - ^ Empire: Near Dark Remake Is Off