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The Hunger

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6.7/10 • 610

1983-04-291h 36m

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Nothing human loves forever.

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

Directors
Tony Scott
Editors
Pamela Power

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  1. Catherine Deneuve

    Catherine Deneuve

    Miriam Blaylock

  2. David Bowie

    David Bowie

    John Blaylock

  3. Susan Sarandon

    Susan Sarandon

    Sarah Roberts

  4. Cliff DeYoung

    Cliff DeYoung

    Tom Haver

  5. Beth Ehlers

    Beth Ehlers

    Alice Cavender

  6. Dan Hedaya

    Dan Hedaya

    Lieutenant Allegrezza

  7. Rufus Collins

    Rufus Collins

    Charlie Humphries

  8. Suzanne Bertish

    Suzanne Bertish

    Phyllis

  9. James Aubrey

    James Aubrey

    Ron

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talisencrw

Aug 31, 2016

8/10

I have to admit that although I've had the DVD forever, simply based on the laurels of the beauty/acting accomplishments of David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve, and that nothing I had ever watched by Tony Scott, with the exception of 'Crimson Tide', really gripped me as being cinephilically exceptional. And no, this really isn't either. But I threw it on anyway, and especially considering it was Scott's debut, this wasn't so bad as to make Bram Stoker roll over in his grave. In fact, although perhaps a tad on the paper-thin plot side, it was quite enjoyable, an elegant and sad elegy of the pros and cons of immortality. Yes, it was more style than substance, yet that doesn't always have to be a bad thing. Here, at least, it wasn't, and I for one simply adored the ending.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$10,200,000.00
Keywords
new york citybased on novel or bookimmortalityvampirepremature agingresearch laboratoryurban gothicanimal research