I Saw What You Did (1988 film)

I Saw What You Did
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Genre
Based onOut of the Dark
by Ursula Curtiss
Written byCynthia Cidre
Directed byFred Walton
Starring
Theme music composerDana Kaproff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerBarry Greenfield
Production locationsUniversal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California
CinematographyWoody Omens
EditorRichard Bracken
Running time93 minutes[2]
Production companyUniversal Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseMay 20, 1988 (1988-05-20)
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I Saw What You Did is a 1988 American made-for-television horror film directed by Fred Walton, with a screenplay by Cynthia Cidre. It is a remake of the 1965 theatrical film of the same name starring Joan Crawford, and the second adaptation of Out of the Dark by Ursula Curtiss. The film stars Shawnee Smith and Tammy Lauren as teenage friends Kim Fielding and Lisa Harris, respectively, and Candace Cameron as Kim's younger sister Julia; opposite them is Robert Carradine as the mentally disturbed Adrian Lancer, and David Carradine as his brother Stephen. While making prank phone calls pretending to know who the other person is, and what they've done, Kim and Lisa call Adrian, who has recently murdered his girlfriend, causing him to set out to find them.

Casting for the film began in May 1987, with most of the principal actors — Smith, Lauren, and the Carradine brothers — being cast in June. Filming began that same month in various locations in Los Angeles. Upon its premiere on CBS on May 20, 1988, the film was the second most-viewed program at the time of its airing. It received mixed reviews from critics, who deemed it inferior to the original film adaptation. Nevertheless, it won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special.

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  2. ^ a b c "I Saw What You Did". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.