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Friday the 13th
They were warned...They are doomed...And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.
( Horror )


Friday the 13th Poster

MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 95 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
May 09, 1980   [USA]
 
Director: Sean S. Cunningham   [Director]
 
Writer: Victor Miller   [Writer]
 
Producers: Sean S. Cunningham   [Producer]
Alvin Geiler   [Executive Producer]
Steve Miner   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Barry Abrams   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Bill Freda   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Harry Manfredini   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Virginia Field   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Caron Coplan   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Julie Hughes   [Casting]
Barry Moss   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Georgetown Productions Inc.   (US)
Paramount Pictures
Sean S. Cunningham Films   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.

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

Adrienne King
Alice
Betsy Palmer
Mrs. Voorhees
Kevin Bacon
Jack
Jeannine Taylor
Marcie
Harry Crosby
Bill
Laurie Bartram
Brenda
Mark Nelson
Ned
Peter Brouwer
Steve Christy
Robbi Morgan
Annie
Rex Everhart
Truck Driver
 
Ronn Carroll
Sergeant Tierney
Ron Millkie
Officer Dorf
Walt Gorney
Crazy Ralph
Willie Adams
Barry
Debra S. Hayes
Claudette
Dorothy Kobs
Trudy
Sally Anne Golden
Sandy
Mary Rocco
Operator
Ken L. Parker
Doctor
Ari Lehman
Jason
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Gajdecki Visual Effects (GVFX)
 
 

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

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$550,000
Revenue:
$59,754,601
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
Color
Laboratory:
DeLuxe
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical

Quotes:

  • Bill: You think you're gonna last all summer?
    Alice: I'm not sure I'll last all week.
     
  • Pamela Voorhees: Jason was my son and today is his birthday...
     
  • Pamela Voorhees: You know a boy drowned the year before those two others were killed? The counsellors weren't paying any attention...They were making love while that poor boy drowned. His name was Jason.
     
  • Crazy Ralph: You're all doomed!
     
  • Brenda: Just wait until he lands on my old Kentucky home!
    Bill: More beer? More Beer!
     

Trivia:

  • The fake ending scene in which Alice is attacked by Jason, was shot three times. Once in September, then October and finally in November; when the temperature was 28 degrees outside.
     
  • Estelle Parsons was originally signed on to play Mrs. Voorhees.
     
  • Makeup designer Tom Savini thought up the idea of Jason's surprise appearance at the end of the movie.
     
  • Adrienne King got the role of Alice only after the original filmmakers gave up trying to land Sally Field.
     
  • During the first few weekends of the film's release, makeup/effects artist Tom Savini would go into theaters for the last five minutes of the show to see the audience react to Jason emerging from the lake and grabbing Alice.
     


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