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The Hunger (1983) -- The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age...

Overview

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Director:
Tony Scott
Writers:
James Costigan (writer)
Ivan Davis (writer)
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Release Date:
29 April 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Romance more
Tagline:
Nothing Human Loves Forever
Plot:
The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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(21 articles)
Event Report: AMPAS' Tribute to FX Legend Dick Smith
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Catherine Deneuve ... Miriam

David Bowie ... John

Susan Sarandon ... Sarah Roberts

Cliff De Young ... Tom Haver
Beth Ehlers ... Alice Cavender

Dan Hedaya ... Lieutenant Allegrezza
Rufus Collins ... Charlie Humphries
Suzanne Bertish ... Phyllis
James Aubrey ... Ron

Ann Magnuson ... Young Woman from Disco
John Stephen Hill ... Young Man from Disco
Shane Rimmer ... Jelinek
Bauhaus ... Disco Group
Douglas Lambert ... TV Host
Bessie Love ... Lillybelle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more

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Trivia:
The last film of Bessie Love. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
John Blaylock: No ice.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun' (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Bela Lugosi Is Dead more

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What TV episode also features a scientist trying to learn how reverse aging by studying children with progeria?
What the heck happened at the end?
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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Totally Eighties, 25 September 2006
9/10
Author: Oggz from london UK

Before embarking onto this one, you must decide whether or not you enjoy films which look like a very extended (and quite expensive) MTV video clip of the early to mid 80's. If you don't, don't bother with this, it'll probably annoy you greatly. If you do, you're in for an indulgent visual ride and great entertainment, because every frame in Tony Scott's cult classic is carefully planned, beautifully orchestrated and wonderfully filmed - from the iconic opening sequence through to the heavily filtered last shot, it's polished until it gleams. Production design is given full reign and is faultless - the sets, lighting and costumes work fabulously with the soundtrack and the editing, creating a very recognisable style which is a genuine product of the trend aesthetics of the decade in question. And there's an added bonus of knowing use of music - this being the film that "relaunched" the Delibes' Lakme aria, paving the way for it becoming a monster classipop hit it is today. The film also employs Ravel at his most frozenly emotional,and, to stunning effect, Deneuve at arguably her most frozenly beautiful. One of those films remembered for perfectly encapsulating the visual style of its times.

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