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Army of Darkness
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
( Comedy / Fantasy / Horror )


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MPAA Rating:
R
[violence and horror]

US Runtime: 81 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 31, 1992   [USA]
 
Director: Sam Raimi   [Director]
 
Writers: Ivan Raimi   [Writer]
Sam Raimi   [Writer]
 
Producers: Bruce Campbell   [Co-Producer]
Robert Tapert   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Bill Pope   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Bob Murawski   [Editor]
Sam Raimi   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Joseph LoDuca   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Anton Tremblay   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Ida Gearon   [Costume Designer]
 
Casting by Ira Belgrade   [Casting Director]
 
Production Companys: Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Dino de Laurentiis Communications   (US)
Introvision International
Renaissance Pictures   (US)
Universal Pictures
 


Plot Summary:

    When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Bruce Campbell
Ash
Embeth Davidtz
Sheila
Marcus Gilbert
Arthur
Ian Abercrombie
Wiseman
Richard Grove
Duke Henry
Michael Earl Reid
Gold Tooth
Timothy Patrick Quill
Blacksmith
Bridget Fonda
Linda
Patricia Tallman
Possessed Witch
Ted Raimi
Cowardly Warrior / Second Supportive Villager / S-Mart Clerk
 
Deke Anderson
Tiny Ash #1
Bruce Thomas
Tiny Ash #2
Sara Shearer
Old Woman
Shiva Gordon
Pit Deadite #1
Billy Bryan
Pit Deadite #2
Nadine Grycan
Winged Deadite
Bill Moseley
Deadite Captain
Micheal Kenney
Henry's Man
Andy Bale
Lieutenant #1
Robert Brent Lappin
Lieutenant #2
 
 

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Miscellaneous Companies:

Summersalt Equi-Service Ltd.
horse wrangling
 
 

Special Effects Department:

24 Hour Post
optical compositing
Alterian Inc.
makeup effects: Ash & Sheila
Introvision International
visual effects
 
K.N.B. Effects Group
special makeup effects
Perpetual Motion Pictures
title animation & montage compositing
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$11,000,000
Revenue:
$21,502,976
Camera:
Clairmont Cameras
Color Info:
Color (DeLuxe)
Laboratory:
DeLuxe
Sound Mix:
the double-d symbol Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Production Dates:
1991

Quotes:

    Ash
    It's a trick. Get an axe.

    Ash
    Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand things with alloys and compositions and things with ... molecular structures.

    Sheila
    But what of all those sweet words you spoke in private?
    Ash
    Oh that's just what we call pillow talk, baby, that's all.

    Ash
    Gimme some sugar, baby.

    Ash
    Yo, she-bitch! Let's go!

Trivia:

  • The magic words Ash must use to claim the Book of the Dead are "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto", the same words used to command the robot Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still.
     
  • All European editions of the movie have the original ending (Ash oversleeping and waking up in a destroyed world.) The US "supermarket battle" ending used to be virtually unknown in Europe for a long time.
     
  • As various missiles such as catapult loads and arrows fly through the air, we see their targets from the missile's viewpoint, a type of shot that director Sam Raimi uses quite a bit.
     
  • That beat-up Olds that goes through time with Ash belongs to director Sam Raimi. He included it in most of his early movies, each time more banged up than the last. The items in the trunk of the Olds are not product placements; they're what Sam Raimi actually had in his trunk.
     
  • Ted Raimi plays the S-Mart store clerk at the end of the movie.
     

Credits Fun:

  • In the opening credits, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness instead of "in".
     

DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)



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