An American Werewolf in London, 1981. 4k ltd edition boxset.... classic this.
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This is the first film to earn the Academy Award for Best Make-up. That category was created in 1981.
Rick Baker claimed to have been disappointed by the amount of time spent shooting the face-changing shot for the transformation after having spent months working on the mechanism.
John Landis only required one take lasting about seven seconds. Baker felt he had wasted his time until seeing the film with an audience that applauded during that one seven-second shot.
David Naughton was reportedly cast because
John Landis had seen him in a television commercial for Dr Pepper. However, Naughton was later let go by Dr Pepper because of his nude scenes in this film.
Griffin Dunne stated in 2007 that his biggest fear was that his mother, who was ill at the time, would not be able to handle seeing a film where her son appeared as a mutilated corpse. When she finally saw it, she was deeply disturbed by it.