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Titolo originale: Needful Things
Regia: Fraser Clarke Heston |
Anno: 1993
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Horror
Tag: small town | sheriff | based on novel or book | pain | strangeness | manipulation | malice | prank | devil | desire | occult |
Cast: Max von Sydow | Ed Harris | Bonnie Bedelia | J. T. Walsh | Valri Bromfield | Ray McKinnon | Lisa Blount | Shane Meier | Duncan Fraser | William Morgan Sheppard | Amanda Plummer | Don S. Davis | Campbell Lane | Eric Schneider | Frank C. Turner | Gillian Barber | Deborah Wakeham | Tamsin Kelsey | Lochlyn Munro | Bill Croft | Dee Jay Jackson | Ann Warn Pegg | Gary Paller | Sarah Sawatsky | Robert Easton | Mike Chute | Mel Allen | Trevor Denman |

Lo Sceriffo Alan Pangborn è sconcertato: nella tranquilla cittadina di Castle Rock stanno avvenendo episodi di follia. Improvvisamente, amici carissimi, litigano e si fanno pesanti cattiverie. Pangborn non capisce il perché. Sembra esserci un nesso tra questi inquietanti eventi e l'apertura di un negozio di antiquariato nella cittadina. Benché l'antiquario, Leland Gaunt, sembri allo sceriffo un tipo strano e sfuggente, gli abitanti di Castle Rock ne sono entusiasti.

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In the novel, young Brian Rusk does commit suicide. In the film, however, he is revealed by Sheriff [...] D
This is the only film set in Castle Rock to also be produced by Castle Rock Entertainment. D
Fraser C. Heston, at the behest of the TBS network, prepared a two-part miniseries edit of the film [...] D
The car driven by Leland Gaunt is a 1958 Mercedes Benz 300d (W189). It was the company's flagship mo [...] D
At one point in the movie, Max Von Sydow sings a line of "My Favourite Things" from The Sound Of Mus [...] D
For its release in Germany the film's title was changed to "In einer kleinen Stadt", meaning "In A S [...] D
In the film, Hugh Priest buys a football jacket from Gaunt while, in the novel, he buys a fox's tail [...] D
Bonnie Bedelia previously appeared in "Salem's Lot (1979) TV mini series)," which was also based on [...] D
Sheriff Alan Pangborn, played here by Ed Harris, also appears in La metà oscura (1993), released [...] D
Ray McKinnon, who plays Deputy Norris Ridgewick, also appeared in another Stephen King adaptation. H [...] D
The setting of Needful Things is a fictional town called Castle Rock, Maine - as in Stephen King's n [...] D
For its release in Spain the film's title was just "La Tienda", but in Argentina it was "La Tienda d [...] D
The "Dot Cafe" was also known as "Molly's Reach" in the local BC series called "The Beachcombers" D
Danforth Keeton kills his wife with a hammer because he suspects her of being unfaithful. In Presunt [...] D
At approximately 13:59 as Leland Gaunt pages through his book before entering the name of Brian Rusk [...] D
Ed Harris and J.T. Walsh also appeared in Gli intrighi del potere - Nixon (1995). D
At one point in the novel, Gaunt is seen reading Treasure Island, and later quotes from Hamlet. Dire [...] D
This was the feature film debut for director Fraser C. Heston, who had played the infant Moses in I [...] D
Stephen King's original novel also featured a return appearance by Ace Merrill, the bully played by [...] D
Brian Rusk's mother appears in the longer, 3 hours version. In her sidestory she purchases sun glass [...] D
In the novel, sheriff Alan Pangborn's child and wife died in a car accident and the sheriff is still [...] D
There's a subtle foreshadowing of who Leland Gaunt is, and why he is in the town, very early in the [...] D