A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will. He encloses himself in the cellar, but all the rats break him and jump on top of him until he is killed. This bizarre, eclectic, and brilliant horror score is filled with some of the best music walker ever wrote. In these furry creatures, willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his fathers old partner, frank. Prism home video did the vhs releases of both in the 1980s. Fans of the movie willard can now finally add this odd little film to their home. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for willard 1971. Willard 1971 daniel mann, bruce davison, elsa lanchester. Willard 1971 rated pg 95 minutes directed by daniel mann. Willard soundtrack from 2003, composed by shirley walker. Willard 1971 official trailer hd video dailymotion. Willard 1971 is an odd mundane character study of a timid loner with low key horror and a bit o black humor. Descriere film willard willard 2003 online in romana. Malcolm mcdowell, michael bates, patrick magee, warren clarke, 1971, usa.
Willard swings the flashlight toward two rats, silhouetted in the f. Mar 14, 2003 in willard, you mostly do know what the rats are going to do next, which is a big problem with the film. Nov 29, 2017 willard is a movie that i suspect most people among those who care about such things will have heard of but not seen. Willard 1971 dvd is a terrific early 70s horror film. For years, willard stiles crispin glover, the wizard of gore has been. Willard approaches, setting the light on a table, angled down, creating macabre light overhead. Willard script transcript from the screenplay andor. Download willard 1971 torrent or any other torrent from video hd movies direct download via magnet link. Bruce davison, sondra locke, elsa lanchester, imdb rating. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this wikipedia article constitutes fair use. Willard is a remake of the 1971 film, which was a surprise hit at the box office. People had been waiting a long time to see ernest borgnine eaten by rats and werent about to miss the opportunity. Fans of the movie willard can now finally add this odd little film to their home video. He works at the business his father once owned, for mr.
His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, ben and socrates. When his mother tells him to kill the rats in the basement, he goes to the store to buy traps and poison. The remake of the 1971 film willard starring crispin glover in the titular role as a social misfit who only has rats for friends is one of those remakes that is actually quite entertaining. Shirley walkers cinematic masterpiece, willard, makes its world premiere debut on cd courtesy of lala land records and new line cinema.
However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to. He lives alone in a crumbling house with his ailing mother elsa lanchester, arnold, bride of frankenstein. Willard without his voiceovers would be an incoherent character and film wouldnt ultimately make sense. Willard 1971 daniel mann, bruce davison, elsa lanchester, sondra locke, horror, scifi may 11, 2017 a social misfit, willard is made fun of by his coworkers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. Anderson tapes, the 1971 dvd andrei rublev 1969 dvd androcles and the lion 1952 dvd andromeda strain, the 1971 dvd andromeda strain, the 2008 dvd andy parker, p. What makes him central is his mindwhat he is thinking about, his critical evaluation of what he sees on his journey and his final change in his understanding of colonel kurtz. In this remake, willard crispin glover is a quietly desperate man who lives in a huge, decaying mansion with his even more decaying mother.
And their increasing number of friends however, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him. May 01, 2017 willard stiles bruce davison, insidious. While willard is having dinner with joan, the angry ben suddenly appears. Willard is a movie that i suspect most people among those who care about such things will have heard of but not seen. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of willard. Oct 30, 2014 this feature is not available right now. The new film looks better, moves faster and is more artistic than the original, but it doesnt work as a horror film. A documentary film 2006 dvd angel 2007 dvd angel at my table, an 1990 dvd angel baby 1995 dvd. In this horror film, the young, disturbed willard stiles befriends a pair of rats and trains them to brutally attack human beings.
Movies like willard 1971 if you like willard you are looking for scary, suspenseful and suspense movies about with psychopath, revenge, violence, murder, eaten alive, rat and dangerous animal themes of horror genre shot in usa. Finally, the willard script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the crispin glover rats movie. A social misfit, willard is made fun of by his coworkers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. Gallery of 14 movie poster and cover images for willard 1971. The original 1970s willard was something of a groundbreaking animalhorror film. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a. Willard has never looked this good even in theaters when i saw it in 1971. Willard ben dvd set are terrific horror films from the early 70s. Incredibly, it was a minor hit at the box office, the 12th topgrossing movie o. Met bruce davison, elsa lanchester en ernest borgnine. You need multiregion palntsc dvd player to view it in usacanada.
The original 1971 version and its 1972 sequel, ben are both slated for release from scream factory sometime late this year or early 2017. When his boss steps over the line, willard sicks his deadly horde. The guardianobserver greatest films of all time are being revealed and you can. But when a small white mouse is caught in a trap, he carefully rescues it, names it socrates, and it becomes first a pet and then his only friend. Poza o poti vedea in marime naturala daca apesi pe ea. Willard offers audiences an unrelentingly tense character study hinging on a revenge narrative thats elevated by the addition of a horror component in the form of an army of. The 2003 crispin glover remake of willard was done by new line cinema, and it must have flopped hard because it. Willard quickly becomes obsessed with his friendship with a rat he names socrates. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone. Released by lala land records in 20 lllcd 1253 containing music from willard 2003.
Willard is the central character in apocalypse now. Willard offers audiences an unrelentingly tense character study hinging on a revenge narrative thats elevated by the addition of a horror component in the form of an army of subservient, murderous rats. Willard, as i discovered, isnt actually about rats at all. Simon, king of the witches 1971 film trailer, trailer movie simon, king of the witches 1971, film simon, king of the witches 1971 online, download full movie simon. One rat lies motionless, arms and claws curled while the other nudges the body. As a pair of films, willard 1971 and its sequel ben 1972 stand in stark contrast to each other and ive always been fascinated by the differences between the two. Thats because willard is able to marshal his rats into disciplined groups that scurry off on missions on his behalf. When his mother tells him to kill the rats in the basement, he goes to the store. Willard is a 1971 american horror film directed by daniel mann and starring bruce davison, ernest borgnine, sondra locke and elsa lanchester. Any score that features a half a dozen or so accordions and makes them sound as frightening as herrmanns strings from psycho gets a. Willard trailer 2003 willard stiles crispin glover is taking care of his ill mother henrietta jackie burroughs in an old mansion that is also home to a pack of rats. A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors. With bruce davison, elsa lanchester, sondra locke, michael dante. Bing crosby productions produced them, making me think they ended up at paramount, like hogans heroes did.
Based on the novel ratmans notebooks by stephen gilbert, the film was nominated for an edgar award for best picture. Before watergate, wikileaks and edward snowden, there was media, pennsylvania. Ben dvd is the tremendous follow up sequel to willard. Desperate for companionship, the repressed willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late fathers deteriorating mansion. Watch willard full movie in hd visit movie 42532 a social misfit, willard is made fun of by his coworkers, and squeezed out of t. In 1975, he won the pulitzer prize for distinguished criticism. Roger ebert was the film critic of the chicago suntimes from 1967 until his death in 20. Willard rushes the girl from the house and then faces ben for the startling climax of the film.
Willard 1971 nagged by his mother elsa lanchester, bullied by his boss ernest borgnine, a young man bruce davison trains mansion rats to kill for him. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. It is a typical horatio alger story jed the poorhouse boy, if i recollect correctly, or maybe do and dare, or a brave boys fight for fortune, with rats playing more prominent supporting roles than they customarily did in horatio alger where they were limited to runons. This is mainly because it has never as of this writing been released on dvd. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him. Media in category 1971 in film the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. Willard dvd is a fantastic and strange horror film from the early 70s. The films were based on the 1968 novel the rat mans notebook reprinted as willard after the 1971 film by stephen gilbert. May 16, 2017 as a pair of films, willard 1971 and its sequel ben 1972 stand in stark contrast to each other and ive always been fascinated by the differences between the two. Vezi film willard willard willard 1971 online subtitrat in romana. Starring bruce davison, elsa lanchester, ernest borgnine, sondra locke. Download willard 1971 torrent or any other torrent from category.