- 'Salem's Lot (2004 TV mini-series)
Infobox_Film
name = Salem's Lot
director =Mikael Salomon
writer = Novel:Stephen King
Teleplay:Peter Filardi
starring =Rob Lowe Andre Braugher Donald Sutherland Samantha Mathis Robert Mammone Dan Byrd
withRutger Hauer
andJames Cromwell
producer = Jeffrey M. Hayes
Brett Popplewell
Marc van Buuren
Mark Wolper
distributor=Warner Bros.
TNT
budget = 23,000,000 $
released=2004
runtime = 181 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 0355987|Salem's Lot""' was a two-part miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's classic
vampire story "'Salem's Lot ". The story set out to bring the1975 novel into modern times. Characters now use cellphones and the internet. There are also a number of smallinside joke s to other King works. (A dog is namedCujo , and "Stand by Me" is sung at a karaoke). Large portions of film were shot atCreswick and Woodend, in Central Victoria,Australia .The movie received mixed reactions from both critics and fans. Most praised the lavish production values and the casting, but many were put off by the major changes to both the novel's plot and characters. For example,
Father Callahan , rather than being the tragic character whose faith fails him, now turns into Barlow's new apprentice after Straker is slain, which happens in the original novel. At this time the fifth "Dark Tower" novel, "Wolves of the Calla ", had come out, which featured the return of Father Callahan's character and the start of his redemption. Some were also critical of some of the unnecessary attempts to modernize the story, with the inclusion of cell phones, etc.Cast
Main
*
Rob Lowe as Ben Mears
*Dan Byrd as Mark Petrie
*Andre Braugher as Matt Burke
*Donald Sutherland as Richard Straker
*Samantha Mathis as Susan Norton
*Rutger Hauer asKurt Barlow
*James Cromwell asFather Callahan upporting
*
Robert Mammone as Dr. James Cody
*Andy Anderson as Charlie Rhodes
*Robert Grubb as Larry Crockett
*Steven Vidler as Sheriff Parkins
*Brendan Cowell as Dud Rogers
*Christopher Morris as Mike Ryerson
*Todd MacDonald as Floyd Tibbits
*Bree Desborough as Sandy
*Elizabeth Alexander as Ann Norton
*Julia Blake as Eve PrunierRutger Hauer has played very powerful vampires at least twice before in "" and in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Donald Sutherland appeared with Rutger Hauer in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Samantha Mathis, Christopher Morris and Martin Vaughan also appeared in "", written by Peter Filardi.
Rob Lowe played Nick Andros in the TV adaptation of "The Stand".
Andre Braugher appears in the 2007 film adaptation of "
The Mist " as Brent Norton.oundtrack
*The song featured over the end credits is a cover of
The Rolling Stones song "Paint It Black " by Gob.*Australian punk band
The Disables also has two songs featured in the film, "The Lackey Country" (at 0:44:15 in the film) and "All Bets Are Off" (1:04:00)References
External links
*
* [http://liljas-library.com/showreview.php?id=64 Liljas-Library's review of "'Salem's Lot".]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1135630-salems_lot/ 'Salem's Lot at RottenTomatoes.com]
* [http://www.horrortalk.com/reviews/SalemsLot/SalemsLot.htm Online Review of the DVD with screencaps]
* [http://www.warnervideo.com/salemslot/ Official Website]
* [http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/salems-lot-script-transcript-king.html Script Online]
* [http://www.genreonline.net/Salems_Lot_TNT.html Another review with pictures]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.