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6.6Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Released: 1983-04-2997 minDir: Tony ScottHorror, DramaBudget: $10.0MBox office: $10.2M
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Miriam Blaylock
- David Bowie as John Blaylock
- Susan Sarandon as Sarah Roberts
- Cliff DeYoung as Tom Haver
- Beth Ehlers as Alice Cavender
- Dan Hedaya as Lieutenant Allegrezza
Themes
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- immortality
- vampire
- premature aging
- research laboratory
- urban gothic
- animal research
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Cast member
- Suzanne Bertish
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 468752
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1983-06-17
- title
- The Hunger
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Whitley Strieber
- capital cost
- 10000000
- set in period
- 1980s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 52/100
- box office
- 5979292
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