The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNeil Jordan
Written byAngela Carter
Neil Jordan
Adaptation by
  • Angela Carter
Based on"The Company of Wolves"
by Angela Carter
Produced byChris Brown
Stephen Woolley
Starring
CinematographyBryan Loftus
Edited byRodney Holland
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
companies
Distributed byITC Entertainment
Release dates
  • 15 September 1984 (1984-09-15) (Toronto Festival of Festivals)
  • 21 September 1984 (1984-09-21) (UK)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£410,000[1] or $2.3 million[2]
Box office$4.3 million (USA)[3]

The Company of Wolves is a 1984 British gothic fantasy horror film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Micha Bergese, and Sarah Patterson in her film debut. The screenplay by Angela Carter and Jordan was adapted from her 1979 short story of the same name.[4]

  1. ^ Walker, Alexander (1985). National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties. Harrap. p. 261. ISBN 978-0245542688.
  2. ^ "The Company of Wolves". The Sunday Times. No. 8355. London, England. 23 September 1984. p. 55.
  3. ^ Yule, Andrew (1987). Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire. Sphere Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0722193891.
  4. ^ Dare, Michael (19 April 1985). "In the Company of Neil Jordan". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2010 – via dareland.com. Angela Carter ... told me she was interested in bringing one of the short stories in The Bloody Chamber to the screen....The story is only 12 pages long, so we built upon it in layers.