Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) - She knows a sucker when she sees one.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

She knows a sucker when she sees one.
( Action / Comedy / Horror )

MPAA Rating:

US Runtime: 86 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jul 24, 1992 [USA]

Director:	Fran Rubel Kuzui [Director]

Writer:	Joss Whedon [Writer]

Producers:	Carol Baum [Executive Producer] Alex Butler [Associate Producer] Sandy Gallin [Executive Producer] Fran Rubel Kuzui [Executive Producer] Kaz Kuzui [Producer] Dennis Stuart Murphy [Co-Producer] Howard Rosenman [Producer]

Cinematography:	James Hayman [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Jill Savitt [Editor] Camilla Toniolo [Editor]

Music Composed by	Carter Burwell [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Lawrence Miller [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Marie France [Costume Design]

Casting by	Johanna Ray [Casting]

Production Companys:	20th Century Fox (US) Kuzui Enterprises (US) Sandollar Sandollar Productions (US)

Plot Summary:

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.

Cast:

Kristy Swanson Buffy Summers Donald Sutherland Merrick Jamison-Smythe Paul Reubens Amilyn Rutger Hauer Lothos Luke Perry Oliver Pike Hilary Swank Kimberly Hannah Michele Abrams Jennifer David Arquette Benny Natasha Gregson Wagner Cassandra Thomas Jane Zeph Ricki Lake Charlotte Stephen Root Gary Murray Sasha Jenson Grueller Candy Clark Buffy's Mom Paris Vaughan Nicole 'Nicki' Randall Batinkoff Jeffrey Andrew Lowery Andy Mark DeCarlo Coach James Paradise Buffy's Dad David Sherrill Knight Paul M Lane Robert Berman Toby Holguin Vampire Fan Eurlyne Epper Graveyard Woman Andre Warren Newscaster		Bob Swanson Referee Erika Dittner Cheerleader JT Cole Biker Michael Kopelow Student Ricky Dean Logan Bloody Student Bobby Aldridge Vampire Amanda Anka Vampire Chino Binamo Vampire Al Goto Vampire Terry Jackson Vampire Mike Johnson Vampire Sarah Lee Jones Vampire Kim Robert Koscki Vampire Clint Lilley Vampire Chi Muoi Lo Vampire Jimmy N Roberts Vampire David Rowden Vampire Kenny Sacha Vampire Ben Scott Vampire Kurtis Epper Vampire Sharon Schaffer Vampire Lincoln Simonds Vampire Liz Smith Self � Reporter

Uncredited Cast:

Ben Affleck Basketball Player #10 (uncredited) Alexis Arquette Vampire DJ (uncredited) Slash DJ (uncredited)		Eric DaRe Biker (uncredited) Seth Green Vampire (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Michele Chong Stunts Jani D. Davis Stunts Steve M. Davison Stunts Donna Evans Stunts		Cynthia Kerr Stunts Terry Leonard Stunt Coordinator James Lew Fight Choreographer Lisa Ratzin Stunts		Jimmy N. Roberts Stunts Heather Ann Ryan Stunts

Art Department:

James R. Barrows Art Direction Claire Jenora Bowin Set Decoration		Randy Moore Art Direction R. Vincent Smith Assistant Property Master

AD:

Trey Batchelor Second Second Assistant Director		Terry Leonard Second Unit Director

Miscellaneous Companies:

American Humane Association animal action supervision CD Casting extras casting Cinema Research Corporation titles and opticals Denon thanks		Kona Cutting negative cutting Mario's Catering catering Poetic Justice title design: main titles

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

Marshall High School - 400 Tracy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Tech Info:

Budget:: $7,000,000
Revenue:: $16,624,456
Camera:: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:: Color (DeLuxe)
Laboratory:: DeLuxe, USA
Sound Mix:: Dolby

Aspect Ratio:: 1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:: Spherical
Film Negative Format:: 35 mm
Printed Film Format:: 35 mm

Quotes:

Buffy: My secret weapon is PMS.
Buffy: All I want to do is graduate from high school, move to Europe, marry Christian Slater, and die. Now that might not sound too great to a sconehead like you, but I think it's swell. And now you show up and tell me I'm a member of the hairy mole club so you can THROW things at me? I don't THINK so.
Coach: OK people, they are psyching you out. Let's not be so defensive out there, OK? Now what do we say on the court, repeat after me; I am a person, I have the right to the ball.
Buffy: Does the word "duh" mean anything to you?
Buffy: Are you all right?
Pike: Well, I can't move my legs.
Buffy: Why?
Pike: Because you're sitting on them.

Trivia:

Buffy's last name is never mentioned in the movie. Not until the release of the series was she referred to as Buffy Summers.
Ben Affleck appears as an extra (a basketball player).
In the original version of the script, Merrick committed suicide to escape being turned into a vampire by Lothos, who wanted to know the Slayer's identity so he could kill her.
Seth Green, the only person in the movie to be in the spin-off show, was cut from the movie, but still appears on the video cover.

Credits Fun:

Amilyn revives to go through some more death throes.
TV interviews with people at the dance that were attacked by vampires.

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

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