Ladyhawke (1985) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

During medieval times, an evil bishop cast a spell on two lovers turning the woman into a hawk by day and the man into a wolf by night. The only person who can help undo it is a young petty thief.

Cast & Crew

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Richard Donner

Matthew Broderick

Rutger Hauer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Alfred Molina

Ken Hutchison

Film Details

Also Known As

Lady Halcón, la femme de la nuit

MPAA Rating

Genre

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Romance

Release Date

1985

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 1m

Synopsis

During medieval times an evil bishop cast a spell on two lovers--turning the woman into a hawk by day and the man into a wolf by night--and the only person who can help undo it is a young petty thief.

Director

Richard Donner

Cast

Matthew Broderick

Rutger Hauer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Alfred Molina

Ken Hutchison

Don Hudson

Alessandro Serra

Loris Loddi

Russell Case

Gaetano Russo

Stefano Horowitzo

Nana Cecchi

Marcus Berensford

Rod Dana

Valerie O'brien

Giancarlo Prete

Venantino Venantini

Massimo Sarchielli

Paul Tuerpe

John Wood

Charles Borromel

Leo Mckern

Gregory Snegoff

Crew

Giuseppe Alberti

Assistant Camera Operator

Dick Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bud Alper

Elio Altamura

Property Master

Steve Altman

Eros Baciucchi

Special Effects Assistant

Norman Baillie

Special Effects Technician

Stuart Baird

Stuart Baird

Ian Bairnson

Bo Baker

Paola Barbaglia

Maria Teresa Barbasso

Production Designer

Manuela Estrella Beeloo

Peter Bennet

Assistant Director

Harvey Bernhard

Executive Producer

Roberto Bessi

John Brown

Special Effects Technician

Neil Burrows

Giuseppe Butti

Production Assistant

Filippo Cafolla

Nello Cappelli

Mariangela Capuano

Production Designer

Roy Carnon

Fratelli Cartocci

Nando Cartucci

Sergio Casadei

Animal Wrangler

Nana Cecchi

Costume Designer

Iole Cecchini

Richard Champa

Camera Operator

Gerry Ciantar

Special Effects Technician

Francesco Cinieri

Monica Ciprari

Richard Cottle

Ken Court

Luisa Cutri

Production Secretary

Daniel Dark

Special Effects Technician

Gordon Davidson

Ida De Guilmi

Alberto De Stefani

Giancarlo Del Brocco

Carlo Del Marro

Accounting Assistant

Giorgio Devincenzo

Assistant Editor

Lucio Di Domenico

Production Designer

Bruna Percecchi Di Spirito

Franco Di Tivoli

Peter Donen

Visual Effects Supervisor

Lauren Shuler Donner

Richard Donner

Marion Dougherty

Anthony Dunsterville

Special Effects Technician

Stuart Elliott

Eugene T Escarrega

Assistant Editor

Mimi Everett

Titles And Opticals

Giuseppe Fatale

Walter Fiordelmondo

Production Assistant

Maria Fiorito

Seth Flaum

Assistant Editor

Les Fresholtz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Roberto Gengarelli

Assistant Camera Operator

Gary Gero

Vincent Giordano

Camera Operator

Judith Goodman

Richard Graydon

Stunt Coordinator

Richard Graydon

Richard Alan Greenberg

Visual Effects Designer

Donald Harris

Bob Henderson

Supervising Sound Editor

Brooke Henderson

Assistant Sound Editor

William Hobbs

Stunt Coordinator

Joel Hynek

Titles And Opticals

Rita Innocenzi

Lynne Bell Kelser

Ed Khmara

Ed Khmara

Karen Kovacevich

Wolf Kroeger

Production Designer

Emilio Lari

Bill Lattanzi

Visual Effects Editor

Manolo Luppichini

Terry Madden

Assistant Director

Yevgeny Mamut

Camera Operator

Tom Mankiewicz

Tom Mankiewicz

Alfredo Marchetti

Adriana Mattiozzi

Matthew C. May

Assistant Sound Editor

Ennio Meloni

Sergio Mioni

Stunt Coordinator

Stefano Mioni

Arnoldo Mogiani

Elizabeth Bocciardo Montaldo

Wardrobe Assistant

Gerald Morin

John Morris

Special Effects Technician

Robert Mrozowski

Animation Supervisor

Alan Robert Murray

Supervising Sound Editor

Gloria Mussetta

Bernardino Nardoni

Construction Coordinator

Giovanni Natalucci

Scott Nicholas

Camera Operator

Antonio Oondello

Ronald Oxley

Alan Parsons

Alan Parsons

Dave Paton

Larry Payne

Giuseppe Peruzzi

Mark Pierce

Gina Pietralunga

Production Secretary

Mario Pisani

Production Manager

Adriano Pischiutta

Vern Poore

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrew R Powell

Andrew R Powell

David Price

Eric Prince

Giuliano Principato

Production Assistant

Stefano Priori

Accounting Assistant

Aldo Proietti

Gilberto Provenghi

Dallas Puett

Assistant Editor

Marco Valerio Pugini

Angelo Ragusa

Tony Richards

John Richardson

Special Effects Supervisor

Stuart Robertson

Titles And Opticals

Rod Rogers

Assistant Sound Editor

Luciano Sacripanti

Assistant Director

Mauro Sacripanti

Assistant Director

Angelo Santucci

Antonio Savini

Transportation Manager

Elaine Schreyeck

Script Supervisor

Mary Selway

Cheryl Shawver

Lauren Shuler Donner

Romolo Siani

Pasqualino Sindici

Larry Singer

Enzo Sisti

Chet Slomka

Catherine Smith

Alan Snelling

Aldo Spina

Ildo Spina

Marco Stefanelli

Vittorio Storaro

James Szalapski

Melanie Tanz

Arthur Tarry

Production Accountant

Michael Thau

Assistant Editor

Michael Thomas

Alfredo Tiberi

Eric Tomlinson

Jennie Lew Tugend

Remo Ubertini

Enrico Umetelli

Camera Operator

Riccardo Umetelli

Joe Wallikas

Camera Operator

Anthony Waye

Assistant Director

Anthony Waye

Production Manager

Russ Woolenough

Assistant Editor

Jenny Wykes

Film Details

Also Known As

Lady Halcón, la femme de la nuit

MPAA Rating

Genre

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Romance

Release Date

1985

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 1m

Award Nominations

Best Sound

1985

Best Sound Effects Sound Editing

1985

Articles

TCM Remembers - Leo McKern

August 6, 2002

TCM REMEMBERS LEO MCKERN, 1920-2002

The recent death of Leo McKern, 82, marked the passing of one of Britain's finest and most respected character actors. He was suffering from ill health in recent years and was moved to a nursing home a few weeks before his death on July 23 2002 in Bath, England. An actor of commanding presence with a deep-throated voice, the portly, bulbous-nosed McKern had a long, distinguished career spanning more than half a century, earning numerous plaudits along the way in all major mediums: theatre, film and television.

Born Reginald McKern on March 16, 1920 in Sydney, Australia; he served with the Australian Army during World War II and worked in regional theatre in his native Sydney before immigrating to England in 1946. It was a slow start, but after a three-year apprenticeship of painting scenery, stage-managing and acting, McKern eventually joined the celebrated Old Vic theatrical company in 1949 and proved one of the more versatile actors in the troupe tackling diverse roles in comedy, the classics and serious contemporary parts.

His film debut came in Murder in the Cathedral (1952) but it took a few years before he made his mark in cinema. Some of his best film work included roles as Peter Sellers' comic henchman in the classic satire The Mouse That Roared (1959); a bungling train robber in the charming Disney film The Horse Without a Head (1963); a nefarious professor who kills off his colleagues for amusement in the brilliant black comedy A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964); Clang, a cartoonish villain in the Beatles' pop film Help! (1965); Cromwell, the persecutor of Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons (1966) and as Thomas Ryan in the David Lean drama, Ryan's Daughter (1970).

Yet despite all the accolades McKern earned in theatre and films, it was television where he foundinternational fame as the wily, irascible barrister Horace P. Rumpole in John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey in 1975. Infusing the character with beguiling skill and energy, McKern made the acerbic, wine swilling, Tennyson-quoting Rumpole a much loved figure that was adored by critics, audiences and even its creator Mortimer. Perhaps Mortimer offered the most fitting tribute when he once referred to McKern - "His acting exists where I always hope my writing will be: about two feet above the ground, a little larger than life, but always taking off from reality." Enough said.

By Michael T. Toole KATY JURADO, 1924 - 2002

Katy Jurado, an Oscar nominee and major actress in Westerns, died July 5th at the age of 78. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on January 16th 1924 as Maria Cristina Estella Marcela Jurado Garcia, daughter of a cattle rancher and an opera singer. Jurado started to appear in Mexican films in 1943. After 15 films in her native country, director Budd Boetticher saw Jurado attending a bullfight (Jurado wrote about the subject for Mexican newspapers) and cast her in his Bullfighter and the Lady (1952), her Hollywood debut. For much of her career Jurado alternated between the two film industries. In the US, she was memorable for the sensual energy she brought to roles in High Noon (1952), One-Eyed Jacks (1961) which was directed by Marlon Brando, Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) and John Huston's Under the Volcano (1984). She was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for Broken Lance (1954). Jurado's Mexican films were in a broader range of genres and included Luis Bunuel's El Bruto (1952), Ismael Rodriguez's We the Poor and Miguel Littin's The Widow Montiel (1979). She won three Ariel Awards (Mexican equivalent to the Oscars) and one special award. She was married to Ernest Borgnine from the end of 1959 to summer 1963. One of her final films was The Hi-Lo Country (1998), a contemporary Western directed by Stephen Frears and co-starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup and Penelope Cruz.

by Lang Thompson

DOLORES GRAY, 1924 - 2002

Broadway and nightclub star Dolores Gray died June 26th at the age of 78. Her movie career was brief but consisted of high-profile MGM musicals which guaranteed her a place in film history. Gray was born in Chicago on June 7th, 1924 (and where, according to a common story, she was accidentally shot by a gangster as a child and had a bullet in her lung her entire life). As a teenager she began singing in California until Rudy Vallee featured her on his radio show. Gray moved to Broadway in 1944 and then to the London stage in 1947, solidifying her reputation as a singer/actress while constantly giving the gossip columnists plenty to write about. She had two small singing roles in Lady for a Night (1941) and Mr. Skeffington (1944) but didn't really light up the big screen until It's Always Fair Weather (1955) even though Gray reportedly didn't much care for the role. Her rendition of "Thanks a Lot, But No Thanks," which has her gunning down a slew of male dancers on-stage and kicking them through trap doors, is a genuine showstopper. Three more unforgettable musical roles quickly followed: Kismet (1955), The Opposite Sex (1956, which Gray turned down Funny Face to do) and Designing Women (1957). That was it for Gray's film career. She kept busy with TV appearances (mostly singing though she did one 1988 episode of the cult show Dr. Who) and a busy recording and nightclub schedule. In 1987, she appeared in a British production of Follies at Stephen Sondheim's request.

by Lang Thompson

Tcm Remembers - Leo Mckern

TCM Remembers - Leo McKern

TCM REMEMBERS LEO MCKERN, 1920-2002 The recent death of Leo McKern, 82, marked the passing of one of Britain's finest and most respected character actors. He was suffering from ill health in recent years and was moved to a nursing home a few weeks before his death on July 23 2002 in Bath, England. An actor of commanding presence with a deep-throated voice, the portly, bulbous-nosed McKern had a long, distinguished career spanning more than half a century, earning numerous plaudits along the way in all major mediums: theatre, film and television. Born Reginald McKern on March 16, 1920 in Sydney, Australia; he served with the Australian Army during World War II and worked in regional theatre in his native Sydney before immigrating to England in 1946. It was a slow start, but after a three-year apprenticeship of painting scenery, stage-managing and acting, McKern eventually joined the celebrated Old Vic theatrical company in 1949 and proved one of the more versatile actors in the troupe tackling diverse roles in comedy, the classics and serious contemporary parts. His film debut came in Murder in the Cathedral (1952) but it took a few years before he made his mark in cinema. Some of his best film work included roles as Peter Sellers' comic henchman in the classic satire The Mouse That Roared (1959); a bungling train robber in the charming Disney film The Horse Without a Head (1963); a nefarious professor who kills off his colleagues for amusement in the brilliant black comedy A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964); Clang, a cartoonish villain in the Beatles' pop film Help! (1965); Cromwell, the persecutor of Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons (1966) and as Thomas Ryan in the David Lean drama, Ryan's Daughter (1970). Yet despite all the accolades McKern earned in theatre and films, it was television where he foundinternational fame as the wily, irascible barrister Horace P. Rumpole in John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey in 1975. Infusing the character with beguiling skill and energy, McKern made the acerbic, wine swilling, Tennyson-quoting Rumpole a much loved figure that was adored by critics, audiences and even its creator Mortimer. Perhaps Mortimer offered the most fitting tribute when he once referred to McKern - "His acting exists where I always hope my writing will be: about two feet above the ground, a little larger than life, but always taking off from reality." Enough said. By Michael T. Toole

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Released in United States Spring April 12, 1985

Released in USA on video

Released in United States Spring April 12, 1985

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