Wolfen [Blu-ray]

Director: Michael Wadleigh Michael Wadleigh

Overview

Wolfen, a frightening horror movie based upon a novel by Whitley Strieber, concerns Detective Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney), who gets assigned to investigate the strange murder of a millionaire and his wife in a downtown park. Wilson and his friend, city coroner Whittington (Gregory Hines), aided by criminal psychologist Rebecca Neff (Diane Venora) connect the killing to those of several others, primarily winos, drug addicts and derelicts, all of whom seem to have been mutilated by wild animals. Their search leads them to a group of Native Americans led by Edward James Olmos who tell them of a legend of a superior species that once roamed the area, but now are living and hunting in the slums of New York. The film is engrossing, frightening and intelligent, with sensational special effects. Director Michael Wadleigh uses these effects to great advantage, frequently showing the movements of the characters through the eyes of the "Wolfen." This film is also the screen debut of Hines.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/02/2015
UPC:	0888574281564
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	14,407

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Albert Finney	Dewey Wilson
Diane Venora	Rebecca Neff
Edward James Olmos	Eddie Holt
Gregory Hines	Whittington
Tom Noonan	Ferguson
Dick O'Neill	Warren
Dehl Berti	Old Indian
Peter Michael Goetz	Ross
Sam Gray	Mayor
Ralph Bell	Commissioner
Max M. Brown	Christopher Vanderveer
Anne Marie Photamo	Pauline Vanderveer
Sarah Felder	Cicely Rensselaer
Reginald VelJohnson	Morgue Attendant
James Tolkan	Baldy
John McCurry	Sayad Alve
Chris Manor	Janitor
Donald Symington	Lawyer
Jeff Ware	Interrogation Operator
E. Brian Dean	Fouchek
Jeffery Thompson	Harrison
Victor Arnold	Roundenbush
Frank Adonis	Scola
Richard Minchenberg	Policeman
Raymond Serra	Detective,Detective
Thomas Ryan	Detective,Detective
Tony Latham	Victim
David Connell	Victim
Jery Hewitt	Victim
Roy Brocksmith	Fat Jogger
Michael Wadleigh	Terrorist Informer
Joaquin Rainbow	Native American
John Ferraro	Native American
Rino Thunder	Native American
Glenn Benoit	Native American
Eddy Navas	Native American
Ricky Hawkeye	Native American
Pete Dyer	Native American
Paul Skyhorse	Native American
Gordon Eagle	Native American
Javier First-Day-of-Light	Native American
George Stonefish	Native American
Julie Evening Lilly	Native American
Jane Lind	ESS Operator
Annie Gagen	ESS Operator
Cullen Johnson	ESS Operator
Robert Moberly	ESS Operator
Tony Stratta	ESS Operator
Max Goff	ESS Operator
Robert Louis King	ESS Operator
Caitlin O'Heaney	ESS Operator
William Sheridan	ESS Operator
Corey Burton	ESS Voices
Burr de Benning	Actor
Linda Gary	Actor
Charles Howerton	Actor
Cullen Oliver Johnson	Actor
Mel Welles	Actor
Dan Sturkle	Actor
Tom Waits	Song Performer - Jitterbug Boy
James Horner	Composer
Craig Safan	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Wadleigh

David Eyre

David M. Eyre, Jr.

Michael Wadleigh	Director,Screenwriter
David Eyre	Screenwriter
Rupert Hitzig	Producer
Robert Blalack	Special Effects
Betz Bromberg	Special Effects
Carl Fullerton	Special Effects
Alan King	Executive Producer
David M. Eyre, Jr.	Producer,Screenwriter
Cis Corman	Casting
Steve James	Stunts
Dennis Maitland, Sr.	Sound/Sound Designer