The Blair Witch Project - Il mistero della strega di Blair

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Despite the fact they never get out of the woods, civilization was rarely far away in reality. Somet [...]	D
A separate documentary-style film, Curse of the Blair Witch (1999), created by the same directors, w [...]	D
One of the original script ideas was for a giant-size version of the stick figure to chase the stude [...]	D
(at around 46 mins) When Heather screams "What the **** is that?!" she is seeing one of the movie cr [...]	D
Miramax passed on the opportunity to acquire and distribute the movie. The decision was made by exec [...]	D
The off-camera voice heard in the opening shot of the film is Lonnie Glerum, head production assista [...]	D
Heather Donahue and Michael C. Williams were unaware that Joshua Leonard was going to disappear near [...]	D
(at around 26 mins) In one scene, Josh mentions Un tranquillo weekend di paura (1972). The film was [...]	D
The three principal actors, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams, shot nearly al [...]	D
Many of the Futhark runes seen in the old house are reversed, which has a special meaning. A reverse [...]	D
Heather, Mike and Josh were under strict instructions to follow trails and directions given to them [...]	D
In the film, the supposed witch Elly Kedward was killed in a witch hunt, and her vengeful ghost seek [...]	D
(at around 46 mins) When the three are running through the woods and Heather yells, "What the f*ck i [...]	D
The sounds of children heard at night was taken from kids playing around the house of director Eduar [...]	D
The house used as the "Rustin Parr house" for the ending scenes was the Griggs House which was locat [...]	D
Several different endings were shot for the theatrical release, all occurring in the basement of Rus [...]	D
Josh's car is a 1989 Dodge Daytona [G].	D
When the movie was released, the town of Burkittsville did some of its own marketing in the hopes of [...]	D
After the first thirteen minutes, no characters other than Heather, Josh and Mike are seen in the fi [...]	D
Whilst in hospital, recovering from a near fatal car crash, Stephen King's son brought him a VHS tap [...]	D
Film producer Gregg Hale came up with the idea to move the main characters a long way during the day [...]	D
Rock band HIM shot parts of their music video for the song 'And Love Said No...' directly outside th [...]	D
The directors kept in touch with actors Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard via [...]	D
The crackling sounds in the woods were made by the directors and their assistants walking up to the [...]	D
The film was originally of a much higher resolution and was degraded deliberately to look more authe [...]	D
Eduardo SÃ¡nchez and Daniel Myrick wanted Heather Donahue to have a sort of Captain Ahab quality ( [...]	D
Throughout the production in the woods, the directors would leave drops for the actors with notes an [...]	D
At 85%, this has the highest score on Rotten Tomatoes of any film that was nominated for the Razzie [...]	D
The 16mm camera used to shoot the black-and-white documentary footage was sold on eBay following pro [...]	D
The story was originally intended to be three male filmmakers lost in the woods. However, Eduardo S� [...]	D
In the film, Mike makes a reference to the Wicked Witch of the East and the Wicked Witch of the West [...]	D
Each of the three leads were required to sign a release granting the production permission to "mess [...]	D
(at around 1h 6 mins) Heather Donahue's discovery of Joshua Leonard's teeth, blood and hair wrapped [...]	D
Although the concept of a movie consisting of people's recovered video recordings is not new (with C [...]	D
Before the film was released, the three main actors were listed as "missing, presumed dead" on IMDb.	D
(at around 53 mins) The reactions from Heather, Mike and Josh, when they discover they have walked s [...]	D
(at around 46 mins) In a scene where the main actors are sleeping in a tent at night, the tent sudde [...]	D
(at around 11 mins) At one point, Heather asks "Do we have any weed?" When Heather Donahue left acti [...]	D
(at around 3 mins) The waitress, who says she attended Blair High School, is played by Sandra SÃ¡n [...]	D
The film was originally planned to include both the story of the missing students as well as the aft [...]	D
(at around 50 mins) "We'll all look back on this and laugh heartily." At one point, Heather says: "I [...]	D
Over the course of filming, the production team left less and less food for the actors in each day's [...]	D
(at around 2 mins) The scene of Heather and Josh picking Mike up at his house is the only scene that [...]	D
Writers and directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo SÃ¡nchez were catapulted into stardom and prosperi [...]	D
In the film, the trio locate a forest cemetery with several "piles of rocks". These are actually cai [...]	D
Originally, it was Mike (Michael C. Williams) who was supposed to disappear near the movie's end. Ho [...]	D
One of the dropped messages to the actors revealed to Mike that he was the one who was to destroy th [...]	D
When promoting the film, the producers claimed it was real footage. Some people either have at one p [...]	D
Heather Donahue was initially worried about the shoot because she worried that the directors were pl [...]	D
Off camera, Heather took one of the stick figures. It is later seen in pieces after they are chased [...]	D
The directors put up posters at a local college in an attempt to recruit students to help work on th [...]	D
(at around 49 mins) When Mike tries to force Heather to put down the camera, she actually bit him to [...]	D
The first cut of the movie to be screened was 2.5 hours, nearly twice the final cut length.	D
Heather Donahue wrote her own monologue for the initial scenes in her documentary.	D
Heather Donahue mentioned to Fangoria Magazine that her first question she asked the director, upon [...]	D
The house that Heather is in during the opening shot is owned by Lonnie Glerum, the film's key produ [...]	D
(at around 1h 5 mins) During the scene where Heather finds the bundle of tied sticks, production des [...]	D
The production company, Haxan Films, borrowed its name from Benjamin Christensen's witchcraft docume [...]	D
Although Heather, Mike and Josh had to pitch and take down the tent they slept in, they did not have [...]	D
The working title was "The Black Hills Project."	D
The real town of Burkittsville where the film is set found itself awash with fans. The town sign was [...]	D
Heather Donahue's mother received sympathy cards from people who believed that her daughter was actu [...]	D
The directors initially had some sort of shocking ending in mind, but when they ran out of money, th [...]	D
(at around 4 mins) The sign seen for Burkittsville at the beginning of the movie has been stolen thr [...]	D
The production put out fliers at a local community college looking for interns. Patricia DeCou, who [...]	D
In a 2018 interview, director Daniel Myrick said that base camp for the film was a house in Germanto [...]	D
Several ending versions were shot to show Heather discovering Mike in various positions surrounded b [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]	D
The CP-16 Josh uses in the film broke about three days into filming and had to be taken to cinematog [...]	D
The scene at the cemetery is the only scene actually shot in Burkittsville, Maryland.	D
Held the record for the highest-grossing independent movie of all time until October 2002, when it w [...]	D
Screener copies were made a month before the home video release with the last 10 minutes missing and [...]	D
The DVD version of the movie showed sections of film previously never seen on the VHS.	D
Heather Donahue also told Fangoria Magazine that the final scene was so terrifying for her, she kept [...]	D
The first title for the movie was The Blair Witch Tapes.	D
There was an hour and a half worth of footage shot in the hotel when the actors are getting drunk. T [...]	D
The ruins of the old house the backpack with the lost footage was found in (as seen in Curse if the [...]	D
This film was one of the most pirated films of 1999 because of limited release due to its independen [...]	D
Eduardo SÃ¡nchez has said that it "bugs" him in scenes when Josh or Mike are yelling at Heather to [...]	D
(at around 46 mins) The Blair Witch was supposed to be seen in the movie. As the characters were run [...]	D
In the initial draft, Josh was intended to have a strong romantic interest in Heather. In several of [...]	D
The actors were given no more than a 35-page outline of the mythology behind the plot, before shooti [...]	D
The three leads believed the Blair Witch was a real legend during filming, though, of course, they k [...]	D
Despite what the filmmakers had planned for Mike and Heather being constantly antagonistic towards e [...]	D
Burkittsville, Maryland (the setting of the film) is located on state highway Maryland Route 17, whi [...]	D
The final day of shooting took place on Halloween night. The crew had planned on wrapping one day be [...]	D
(at around 2 mins) It took forever to get approval to use Power Bars during the scene where the thre [...]	D
Some theories as to the true nature of the Blair Witch include that everything supernatural that hap [...]	D
The entire marketing campaign was designed over 3 weekends by three women on the floor of the Global [...]	D
A number of shots and small scenes were filmed after film had been picked up at the 1999 Sundance Fi [...]	D
The setting of the film is Burkittsville, Maryland and its vicinity. Burkittsville is a real-life vi [...]	D
MatPat from Film Theory proposed that the movie is really a (fictional) snuff film of Josh and Mike [...]	D
The entire team had to wear safety goggles, as it was completely dark and they could have been injur [...]	D
The film premiered in the midnight movie section at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.	D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed The Blair Witch Project. This film received three "recommends".	D
To maintain the film's fear factor, the three main actors agreed to stay in character for the entire [...]	D
Apparently, Heather Donahue brought a knife into the forest while filming was taking place because s [...]	D
This film uses the word "fuck" 154 times.	D
Eduardo SÃ¡nchez and Daniel Myrick admitted they had to tone down some of the outbursts from Heath [...]	D
The Blair Witch herself is never shown within the film, and it appears the filmmakers had no intenti [...]	D
In the movie, Heather and Mike share a somewhat antagonistic attitude towards each other. In the com [...]	D
Although having been given a brief crash course on using the 16mm camera, Joshua Leonard struggled t [...]	D
The actors were requested to interview the townspeople, who often, unbeknownst to the actors, were p [...]	D
The Blair Witch's real name, Elly Kedward, could possibly be a spoonerism for Edward Kelley, a renai [...]	D
One of the first theatrical features to make use of a large-scale viral marketing campaign, which cl [...]	D
Towards the end of the film, Mike narrates a tale about the athletic prowess of Cal Ripken Jr. (1960 [...]	D
Burkittsville, Maryland, where the film's plot takes place, was the site of a battle in the American [...]	D
During the woods shooting, the actors were mostly out of contact with the directors and crew, althou [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
This film was in the Guinness Book of World Records for "Top Budget: Box Office Ratio" (for a mainst [...]	D
The audition process was quite rigorous because the directors wanted actors with significant improvi [...]	D
The Blair Witch was named for Blair High School, the school that Eduardo SÃ¡nchez's sister once at [...]	D
The tooth necklace Josh wears through much of the film was actually lost in the woods. He asked the [...]	D
The runic lettering in the old house are a mixture of two different alphabets, Hebraic and Futhark. [...]	D
Heather, Josh, and Mike's characters were originally going to be named Jane, John, and Bill respecti [...]	D
The nighttime shot of Heather running through the woods (a prominent image in the trailers) had to b [...]	D
The beginning of the movie states in a title card that the students went missing and a year later th [...]	D
According to the directors, the scene where Heather, Josh and Mike were in the motel room was the lo [...]	D
Heather Donahue faced a considerable backlash as a result of her role, including threatening encount [...]	D
Heather and Mike were never told what to expect to find in the basement of the house at the end. Mik [...]	D
The big stick figure with leaves and grass is referred to as the 'Chewbacca.'	D
(at around 24 mins) The scene with the three sitting around the campfire is probably the most expens [...]	D
The 1999-2000 hunting season suffered badly due to this film. The movie was so popular that fans all [...]	D
Numerous fans were so convinced of the Blair Witch's existence that they flocked to Maryland in hope [...]	D
More money was spent on the movie afterwards than before its completion. The directors estimated the [...]	D
The team out in the woods making noises to scare the actors was comprised of Daniel Myrick, Eduardo [...]	D
One of the video cameras used by the actors was bought at Circuit City. After filming was completed, [...]	D
The sounds of children outside the tent in one scene are sounds of kids who live across the street f [...]	D
The filmmakers placed flyers around Cannes for the film festival that were "Missing" posters, statin [...]	D
(at around 9 mins) The shot in the car of Josh complaining about meters on the camera was really act [...]	D
On the set of Pulp Fiction (1994), actor Bruce Willis somewhat predicted the success of this movie f [...]	D
The movie inspired a short-lived series of young-adult horror novels, written by an author under the [...]	D
A storm moved into the area on the third day of the woods shoot, some scenes capture the downpour as [...]	D
The interior of the house used in the ending scene was covered with years of graffiti. The film crew [...]	D
The scriptwriters used anagrams for a few key characters of the film. The name of Elly Kedward, the [...]	D
Nearly all of Burkittsville, Maryland (where the film takes place) was declared part of the Burkitts [...]	D
The 16-millimeter camera was broken during filming; Joshua Leonard (who had the camera in his pack) [...]	D
When Joshua Leonard and Heather Donahue picked up Michael C. Williams, they were originally listenin [...]	D
The film used the abandoned Griggs House as the location of the climactic ending. It was a two-story [...]	D
To promote discord between actors, the directors deliberately gave them less food each day of shooti [...]	D
The film takes place in October 1994.	D
Burkittsville, Maryland, where the film's plot is set, received its official name in 1828. It was pr [...]	D
(at around 12 mins) The two fishermen were father- and son-in-law. Eduardo SÃ¡nchez and Daniel Myr [...]	D
The trio in the film expected their hike to last for a few days, but find themselves stranded in the [...]	D
This film, Fargo (1996), and Non aprite quella porta (1974) were all presented as "true stories" whe [...]	D
As of July 2022, the town of Burkittsville still gets fans flocking to see their cemetery.	D
Artisan Entertainment acquired the movie for just $1.1 million.	D
(at around 1h 6 mins) The teeth found by Heather near the end (supposedly Josh' teeth) were real hum [...]	D
In the film, the trio do not experience supernatural encounters until Josh accidentally knocks over [...]	D
Concerning the theory that Josh and Mike had planned and ultimately murdered Heather, many have ques [...]	D
(at around 1 min) Heather calling Josh (Joshua Leonard) 'Mr Punctuality' on the first day was meant [...]	D
After pitching the idea to the studio Eduardo SÃ¡nchez and Daniel Myrick had to wait a further thr [...]	D
It took eight days to shoot this film.	D
The actors immediately found themselves lost in the woods. In the shot where they are walking away f [...]	D
The woman on the street telling her account of the Blair Witch and the events in Burkittsville was j [...]	D
The slime on Josh's backpack was actually KY jelly.	D
Heather seems to be filming almost constantly for the whole time they are in the woods, long after a [...]	D
(at around 1h 10 mins) The close-up of Heather Donahue's face as she tapes her farewell video was un [...]	D
The camera format which the trio are using in the film is CP-16, a type of 16mm motion picture camer [...]	D
An early idea for the ending would have revealed that either the fisherman or his son-in-law would h [...]	D
According to Heather Donahue in the film, the trio are recording sounds in the format of the "Digita [...]	D
Some theatergoers experienced nausea from the handheld camera movements and actually had to leave to [...]	D
Josh's camera used throughout the film, a CP-16, sold on eBay for $10,000. This was about 10 years a [...]	D
The directors recognize certain anachronisms in the film. A few vehicles shown were not around in 19 [...]	D
Josh's shouts in the final scene were pre-recorded and played through speakers hidden away in the wo [...]	D
The film's creators were so diligent with creating and maintaining the illusion that the Blair Witch [...]	D
It took eight days to shoot the film, but eight months to edit it.	D

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