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Near Dark[Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3] - Blu-ray Disc

SKU: 9566114 | Release Date: 11/10/2009

Rating: R for Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Profanity

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Rating: R for Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Profanity
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Theatrical Release: 1987
Genre: General Horror
Studio: UNKNOWN
Other Formats: DVD (Widescreen Special) - $14.99
DVD - $7.99
UMD (Dolby) - $14.99
DVD (Widescreen Dolby) - $9.99

Synopsis

In Kathryn Bigelow's tale of vampires in the American Southwest, the creatures of the night aren't elegant, cloaked aristocrats. They're a gun-toting gang that dresses and acts like a motorcycle gang. Caleb (Adrian Pasdar), a restless young man from a small farm town, meets an alluring drifter named Mae (Jenny Wright). She reveals herself to be a vampire, who "turns" Caleb into one of her kind rather than kill him. But the rest of her "family" is slow to accept the newcomer. The ancient leader, Jesse (Lance Henriksen), and his psychotic henchman Severen (Bill Paxton) lay down the law; Caleb has to carry his own weight or die. However, he can't bring himself to kill. He manages to win the gang's approval when he rescues them from certain death in a daytime gunfight during a spectacular motel shoot-out in which every bullet hole lets in a deadly ray of sunlight. When the vampires threaten Caleb's real family, he's forced to choose between life and death. The film avoids the complex vampire mythology of such films as Interview with the Vampire. Instead, it emphasizes the intense, seductive bond that forms between Caleb and the violent but tightly knit gang. Bigelow would later utilize this powerful dramatic device in her 1991 film Point Break. ~ Jonathan E. Laxamana, All Movie Guide

Cast

Billy Beck - Motel Manager
Kenny Call - Deputy Sheriff
Roger Aaron Brown - Cajun Truck Driver
Paul Lane
Gary Littlejohn - State Trooper
Marcie Leeds - Sarah Colton
James LeGros - Teenage Cowboy
Joshua Miller - Homer
Jan King - Waitress
Bill Paxton - Severen
Adrian Pasdar - Caleb Colton
Tony Pierce - Highway Youth
Theresa Randle - Lady in Car
Don Pugsley - Second truck Driver
Ed Corbett - Ticket Seller
Bill Cross - Sheriff Eakers
Troy Evans - Plainclothes Officer
Tim Thomerson - Loy Colton
Bob Terhune - State Trooper
Thomas Wagner - Bartender
Robert Winley - Patron in Bar
Jenny Wright - Mae
Gary Wayne Cunningham - Caleb's Friend
Leo Geter - Caleb's Friend
S.A. Griffin - Police Officer at Motel
Jenette Goldstein - Diamondback
Lance Henriksen - Jesse
Neith Hunter - Lady in Car
Gordon Haight - Highway Youth
Danny Kopel - Biker in Bar
Eddie Mulder - State Trooper

Crew

Composer (Music Score): Christopher Franke
Producer: Steven Charles Jaffe
Songwriter: Casey Kelly
Special Effects: Dale Martin
First Assistant Director: Guy J. Louthan
Executive Producer: Charles R. Meeker
Songwriter: Joan Parr
Associate Producer: Diane Nabatoff
Co-producer: Eric Red
Producer: Eric Red
Screenwriter: Eric Red
Costume Designer: Joseph Porro
Art Director: Diane Perryman
Editor: Howard Smith
Makeup: Gordon Smith
Makeup Special Effects: Gordon Smith
Songwriter: Paul Simmons Sr.
Makeup: Davida Simon
Songwriter: Sonny Throckmorton ,D. Woody
Sound/Sound Designer: Donald Summer
Associate Producer: Mark Allan
Production Manager: Mark Allan
Casting: Karen Rea
Songwriter: John Davenport
Executive Producer: Ed Feldman
Production Designer: Stephen Altman
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Screenwriter: Kathryn Bigelow
Songwriter: Eddie Cooley
Second Unit Director Of Photography: Chuck Colwell
Stunts: Everett Creach
Composer (Music Score): Tangerine Dream
Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg
Special Effects: Steve Galich
Makeup: Gordon J. Smith
Makeup Special Effects: Gordon J. Smith
Producer: Stephen Jaffe
Editor: Howard E. Smith

Near Dark: AMG Review
Lucia Bozzola , AMG

Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark (1987) crosses the Western with the horror film in one of the most intriguing and smartly scripted films in the vampire subgenre (although the "v" word is never spoken). While the velvety shadows and expressive lighting effects enhance the eeriness of the undead drifters' night world, Bigelow's keen visual sensibility is also displayed in her stylish Western landscapes; the romance between Caleb and Mae may be gothic, but it's Southern-Western Gothic. In this hybrid atmosphere, the complex relationships among the vampire "family" shift sympathies away from the usual human "heroes," even as the deliberately paced story is shot through with violently frightening and blackly humorous scenes of vampire mayhem. The charismatic crew's hedonistic world has its seductions, even if former human Caleb cannot adopt the lifestyle. As vampire initiate Caleb becomes increasingly strung-out from avoiding blood, and the specter of blood exchange invokes death, Near Dark becomes a timely allegory of disease and drug addiction as well as a tale about broken families and Western isolation. Though not a hit in 1987, Near Dark has become a cult favorite and one of the most highly regarded films in Bigelow's genre-twisting oeuvre. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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