Old School: An American Werewolf In London
When Adam Green talked in the previous post about Jon Landis' An American Werewolf In London, I began thinking about how cool and ahead of its time that movie was. The main thing I remember beyond the tight humor is the amazing use of technology used to morph into the lycanthrope. It still skeeves me to this day.
When I looked, I found some cool trivia about the movie for you:
-Jon Landis wanted to use Cat Stevens' Moodshadow and Bob Dylan's Blue Moon in the film. Both said, no way.
-There's a big shout out to newlyweds Princess Di and Prince Charles in the credits.
-Hitchcock-like, director Landis appeared as a bearded man who gets hit by a car at the film's end.
-It was the first film to win the Oscar for Best Makeup.
-Since Landis directed the seminal Animal House, studio execs wanted to see John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the main roles. But Landis wouldn't, preferring to cast Griffin Dunne and David Naughton.
I think it's more accurate to say that the Best Makeup Oscar was created due to it...
And Jenny Agutter! Don't forget Jenny Agutter!
Ok I have never heard of a real wolfman now that's out there as
well as of what's real good was the american warewolf in london
now that's scary for sure...
This is the best werewolf movie of all time the close ups of the Morphing were awesome. The special affects were so believable and frightening. The special affects and makeup people were on the ball with this. Still scares the hell out of me and makes me avoid going out at night on a full moon. LOL Nila