Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far.
Scream, 1996, USA.
Directed by Wes Craven.
Screenplay by Kevin Williamson.
Filmed in Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Tomales (California). » Our visit.
Woodsboro, a quiet town in California, is gripped by terror. A masked killer is systematically targeting the local teens, using horror movie tropes as his twisted inspiration. To survive, the residents must follow the unwritten rules of the genre.
At the center of the chaos is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a high school student facing more than just the usual teenage troubles. As the anniversary of her mother’s tragic murder approaches, Sidney finds herself the primary target of the killer. Adding to her distress, her boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) is pressuring her to take their relationship to the next level, and a sensationalist tabloid reporter, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), returns to Woodsboro determined to uncover the secrets surrounding the murders—no matter what it takes, even if it means digging into Sidney’s painful past.
Sidney’s only comfort comes from her close-knit circle of friends: the feisty Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan), her boyfriend Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard), the horror-savvy Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy), and the well-meaning but clumsy Deputy Dewey Riley (David Arquette). But as the body count rises and secrets unravel, solving the mystery may prove as deadly as the killer’s blade.
Solving this mystery is going to be murder.
Cast: Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers), David Arquette (Dwight “Dewey” Riley), Jamie Kennedy (Randy Meeks), Liev Schreiber (Cotton Weary), Drew Barrymore (Casey Becker), Rose McGowan (Tatum Riley), Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis), Matthew Lillard (Stuart Macher), Roger Jackson (The Voice), Kevin Patrick Walls (Steven Orth), Joseph Whipp (Sheriff Burke), W. Earl Brown (Kenny), Lawrence Hecht (Neil Prescott), David Booth (Mr. Becker), Carla Hatley (Mrs. Becker), Frances Lee McCain (Mrs. Riley), Lisa Beach (Reporter), Linda Blair (Reporter), Wes Craven (Fred, The Janitor), Henry Winkler (Principal Himbry).
Produced by: Stuart M. Besser, Dixie J. Capp, Cathy Konrad, Marianne Maddalena, Nicholas Mastandrea, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Cary Woods.
Music by: Marco Beltrami.
Director of Photography: Mark Irwin.
Prop Master: John ‘J.P.’ Jones.
Editor: Patrick Lussier.
Still Photographer: David Moir
Release date: December 20, 1996.
Budget: $ 15 millions.
Opening weekend: $ 6.354 millions – 1.413 screens.
Total: $ 161,6 millions (Worldwide).
Awards:
MTV Movie Awards (1997): Best Movie
Saturn Award (1997): Best Movie
Saturn Award (1997): Neve Campbell / Best Actress
Saturn Award (1997): Best Writer
Company: Dimension Films.
Official Site: Miramax
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