Winged Creatures (film)

Infobox Film
name= Winged Creatures


caption= Official movie poster
director= Rowan Woods
writer= Roy Freirich
starring= Dakota Fanning
Forest Whitaker
Guy Pearce
Kate Beckinsale
Josh Hutcherson
Jennifer Hudson
producer= Robert Salerno
music=
editing= Meg Reticker
cinematography= Eric Alan Edwards
distributor= Columbia Pictures
released= TBA 2008
language= English
imdb_id= 0948547
amg_id= 1:389602

"Winged Creatures" is a 2008 film adaptation of Roy Freirich's novel of the same name.starring Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker, Guy Pearce, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hutcherson, Marshall Allman, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Embeth Davidtz, Jennifer Hudson and Jackie Earle Haley. This film has been given an R rating by the MPAA for violent content, sexuality, and language.

Plot

While in a restaurant, Carla Davenport (Kate Beckinsale), Charlie Archenault (Forest Whitaker), Bruce Laraby (Guy Pearce), Anne Hagen (Dakota Fanning) and her best friend Jimmy Jasperson (Josh Hutcherson) suddenly hear gunshots. Anne's father, Anne and Jimmy retreat under a table to watch a suicidal gunman shoot several people (including Anne's father) and then himself. This is what causes the trauma between the five that survived the murder. Struggling to understand her father's death, Anne forms some sort of religious hysteria. Jimmy becomes mute, protecting a secret that he and Anne share until it nearly destroys him and his already fractured family. Charlie, who was grazed by a bullet and is a driving-school teacher, attempts to make his incredible luck work for him at the casino. Carla, the restaurant cashier, loses her ability to take care of herself and her infant son. (Ron Abler), a psychologist, attempts to help the survivors but is met with suspicion and little response from any of them. Dr. Laraby, an ER physician who failed to save two of the shooting victims, turns to his wife as someone to 'save.' The movie follows these five traumatized people as they struggle to regain their trust in the ordinary world.

Cast

* Forest Whitaker as Charlie Archenault
* Guy Pearce as Dr. Bruce Laraby
* Kate Beckinsale as Carla Davenport
* Dakota Fanning as Anne Hagen
* Jeanne Tripplehorn as Doris Hagen
* Jennifer Hudson as Kathy Archenault
* Josh Hutcherson as Jimmy Jaspersen
* Jackie Earle Haley as Bob Jasperson
* Embeth Davidtz as Lydia Jasperson
* Marshall Allman as Dan the Bellhop

MPAA Rating

This film was originally rated PG-13, but due to sexuality and language the rating was switched to rated R.

External links

*imdb title|id=0948547
* [http://www.peacearch.com/_bin/film/currentFilms/wingedCreatures.cfm "Winged Creatures" at Peacearch.com]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Winged-Creatures-Novel-Roy-Freirich/dp/0312378955 "Winged Creatures Book Description" at Amazon.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQM3vvy-xI "Winged Creatures Trailer" at YouTube.com]