The Crow (film)
 Movie poster for The Crow | ||
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| Directed by | Alex Proyas | |
| Released | May 11, 1994 | |
| Runtime | 102 min | |
| Country | USA | |
| language | English | |
| Followed by | The Crow: City of Angels | |
| AMG Info | All Movie Guide | |
| IMDB Info | 0109506 on IMDb | |
The Crow is a 1994 American film adaptation of the comic book of the same name by James O'Barr (who himself makes a cameo in the film).
It was directed by Alex Proyas and starred Brandon Lee, and gained instant notoriety even before its release, when Lee was accidentally killed during filming.
Plot
A man named Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) was killed along with his fiancée, Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas), who was also raped by a gang of street thugs who broke into their apartment on "Devil's Night" (October 30). One year later, he is resurrected by a crow, and Draven seeks out vengeance on his murderers, killing them one at a time. He is able to defeat his enemies because when he was brought back, he was made invulnerable: Nothing can kill him, and all injuries he suffers are healed almost instantaneously.
Setting
The city that the story takes place in is never explicitly stated and almost all aerial shots are actually miniatures with CG elements overlayed. The events seem to take place in Detroit through several clues and references throughout the film: Devil's Night is culturally associated with the Detroit area; in an early bar scene T-Bird refers to his gang as "Motor-city motherfuckers" and Detroit is commonly known as "The Motor City" due to its main industry of car manufacturing. Lastly, T-Bird mentions that "Lake Erie caught on fire once from all the crap floating around in it". Detroit is located at the western end of Lake Erie.
Info on Brandon Lee
- Brandons Birth
- Brandon Lee was born in Oakland, California, to the legendary martial artist actor Bruce Lee and his wife Linda Emery. The family moved to Los Angeles, California when Brandon was three months old, but when offers for film roles became limited for his father the family moved back to his father's childhood home of Hong Kong in 1971; Bruce Lee made three films there between 1971 and 1973.
- Brandons Death
- On March 31, 1993, the 52nd day of the 60-day shooting schedule for The Crow, Brandon Lee was killed while filming a scene in which his character was to be shot. A dummy bullet was lodged in the barrel of a handgun. The dummy bullet was not noticed and the gun was loaded with a blank cartridge. When the blank was fired, the dummy bullet shot out and hit Lee in the abdomen. After Lee's death, a stunt double, Chad Stahelski replaced Lee in some scenes. Special effects were used for digitally compositing Lee's face onto the double.
External links
- The Crow's Loft
- Brandon Lee Forum
- CrowFans.com - An Online Community for fans of "The Crow"
- The Crow: A Dead Man Visits You
- A Boy and His Bird News
- Urban legend on the Brandon Lee death scene
- The Crow: Believe in Angels
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