Overview
Release Date:
19 June 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
Ripout! Barbeque! Devour! How long can you take it?
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Plot:
An anthropologist heads a rescue party into the South American jungle to find a missing film team making a documentary on cannibal tribes, but the viewing of their footage reveals their crueler intentions.
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perhaps the most brilliant, beautiful, and disturbing "horror" film of all time.
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
95 min | USA:90 min (animal cruelty-free version) | Canada:86 min (Québec) | UK:89 min (heavily cut)
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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In ten days after its release, the movie grossed approximately $1.9 million in February 1980 (what would be about $5 million dollars today) before the film was seized by the courts and Deodato arrested. Because of its infamy and several subsequent re-releases, it is claimed that the film has grossed $200 million worldwide (inflation not adjusted), though this has never been verified.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When the cannibals begin to mutilate Jack, his pants are down to his ankles (as to castrate him). However, once they lay him on the ground, his pants are pulled back up.
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Quotes:
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Reporter:
Man is omnipotent; nothing is impossible for him. What seemed like unthinkable undertakings yesterday are history today. The conquest of the moon for example: who really talks about it anymore? Today we are already on the threshold of conquering our galaxy, and in a not too distant tomorrow, we'll be considering the conquest of the universe, and yet man seems to ignore the fact that on this very planet there are still people living in the stone age and practicing cannibalism.
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Is this really one of the highest grossing films in Japan?
Were the animals really killed for the film?
Is there a way I can see Cannibal Holocaust without the animal cruelty?
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directed by italian maestro ruggero deodato, 'cannibal holocaust' is a haunting, beautifully filmed masterpiece. deodato, known for a spattering of mostly laughable eroto-horror, hit the mark with a few wonderful pictures, notably 'house by the edge of the park,' 'jungle holocaust,' and this, his greatest film. contrasting powerful, horrific imagery with a gorgeous, melodic soundtrack by composer riz ortolani. the most impressive aspect of the film, however, is it's remarkable super-realism. i have seen very few horror films, if any, that are acted with such passion and naturality. the film is exploitative, extreme, brutal, and marvelous... see it!