Wolf

Wolf (1994)

Timing: 2:5 (125 min)

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Release date

1994-06-17

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Douglas Wick Productions

Genre

Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Romance

Budget

$70 000 000

Revenue

$131 002 597

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Director

Mike Nichols

Actors

Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer, Eileen Atkins, David Hyde Pierce, Om Puri, Ron Rifkin
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Scenario

Producer

Douglas Wick, Robert Greenhut, Neil A. Machlis

Operator

Giuseppe Rotunno

Composer

Ennio Morricone

Artist

John Dexter

Audition

Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis

Editing

Sam O'Steen
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• The film's creation was initiated by actor Jack Nicholson and his friend, screenwriter Jim Harrison, who tried to realize this project for 12 years.
• Initially, Mia Farrow was supposed to play the role of Charlotte Randall. Mike Nichols had to defend her candidacy before the bosses of Columbia Pictures, who were hesitant to work with Mia due to her highly scandalous divorce from Woody Allen at the time. Mia Farrow even agreed to a reduction in her fee, but ultimately was forced to leave the project.
• Sharon Stone turned down the role of Laura Alden.
• The film's release was delayed by 8 months due to the need to completely reshoot the entire third act.
• Despite the fact that the film is clearly about werewolves, the word "werewolf" is never uttered in the film.
• Jack Nicholson and his friend, screenwriter Jim Harrison, tried to realize this project for 12 years.
• Initially, Mia Farrow was supposed to play the role of Charlotte Randall. Mike Nichols had to defend her candidacy before the bosses of Columbia Pictures, who were afraid to work with the actress due to her extremely scandalous divorce from Woody Allen at the time. Mia even agreed to a reduction in her fee, but ultimately was forced to leave the project.
• At the very beginning of work on the film, the lead actor Jack Nicholson informed Rick Baker (who was responsible for special effects and makeup) that he was allergic to makeup adhesive. Baker didn't quite believe him, but decided to use a special medical adhesive anyway, which made it very difficult to glue Nicholson's hair. One day during filming, he accidentally used makeup adhesive on Nicholson. The next day, the actor's face was covered in large red spots. Fortunately, Nicholson didn't cause a scandal.
• James Spader's stunt double (the actor who played Stewart) performed all the stunts without safety precautions. In the scene where Spader's character is thrown down stone steps, he narrowly avoided serious injury.
• When the wolf is shown lying on the highway in front of a car, one of the shots is a close-up of the animal's muzzle with its tongue hanging out. Will Randall (played by Jack Nicholson) begins to pull the animal to the side of the road. In the very next shot, the wolf attacks Will, then runs away into the snowy forest. Nicholson's character returns to the car to continue driving, while two wolves watch him go. Then there's a close-up of the wolf's muzzle. Both a real animal and a mechanical replica were used in this scene. The scene where the car's headlights first illuminate the animal was filmed in a studio. The wolf was placed in a specific spot, where it stood, looking at the trainer. And a 'fake' wolf was hit by the car. A real animal, trained to perform the 'lie down' command, was shown on the highway. A close-up showed the muzzle of the 'fake' animal with its tongue hanging out. In the scene where the animal is pulled to the side of the road, both the real animal and the 'fake' one were used. When the wolf growls and attacks the character played by Nicholson, the wolf reacted to the trainer's command. They also filmed a shot of the wolf jumping over the camera (above it). The filming equipment was set up directly above the ground, with one trainer standing behind the camera with a treat, and a second trainer releasing the animal. During the wolf's attack on Nicholson's character, the trainer played the part instead of the actor. He held a bone in his hand, which the animal tried to grab, snapping its teeth. When the wolf ran away, the animal was actually running from one trainer to another. The wolves that watch Nicholson's character drive away were 'fake'.
• Mia Farrow was originally intended to play the role of Charlotte Randall. Mike Nichols had to advocate for her candidacy to the bosses of Columbia Pictures, who were hesitant to work with the actress due to her extremely scandalous divorce from Woody Allen, which was ongoing at the time. Mia even agreed to a reduction in her fee, but ultimately had to leave the project.