Rosemary's Baby (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Roman Polanski |
| Producer(s) | William Castle, Dona Holloway (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Babies, Book-Based, Husband Wife, New York, Supernatural |
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Rosemary's Baby Overview:
Rosemary's Baby (1968) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Roman Polanski and produced by William Castle and Dona Holloway.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Ira Levin published in 1967.
SYNOPSIS
This terrifying film redefines and updates Gothic horror for the modern (and more explicit) age. Cassavetes and Farrow move into a huge, creepy - and suspiciously affordable - apartment. They're taken under the wing of elderly neighbors Blackmer and Gordon, and good things start to happen in Cassavetes's marginal acting career. When the couple decides to have a child, Gordon takes over Farrow's care, and a strange dream that Farrow has of mating with a hideous beast begins to seem possible. Farrow's suspicions are treated as paranoid delusions, until they take shape in the form of her baby, the spawn of Satan. Polanski creates a truly frightening world from Ira Levin's sensational novel in which no one is who they seem and the dreaded underworld exists side by side with everyday life.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.Rosemary's Baby was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014.
Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ruth Gordon | Won |
| Best Writing | Roman Polanski | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Rosemary’s Baby (1)
By Alexander Diminiano on Nov 26, 2012 From Cinemaniac ReviewsBottom Line: A sly surprise. Directed by: Roman Polanski Rosemary Woodhouse: Mia Farrow Guy Woodhouse: John Cassavetes Also Starring: D’Urville Martin, Elisha Cook, Emmaline Henry, Hanna Landy, Hope Summers, Philip Leeds, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer It’s true only the good die young. A ... Read full article
ROSEMARY'S BABY...Roman Polanski's Horror Classic
By The Lady Eve on Oct 28, 2010 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeA landmark film of the horror genre, Rosemary's Baby (1968) also marked Roman Polanski's directorial debut in the US. The film, a runaway hit on release, was the prototype that inspired the onslaught of big-budget "A" horror films that followed: The Exorcist, The Omen, etc. In the tradition of Hitc... Read full article
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Quotes from
Roman Castevet: Rosemary...
Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up.
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Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up. You're in Dubrovnik, I can't hear you.
Dr. Abe Sapirstein: Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic! What did you say the name was? Machado?
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Facts about
Roman Polanski was so faithful to the novel that he asked Ira Levin the date of the issue of the New Yorker in which Guy Woodhouse sees a shirt he wants. Levin confessed that he had made up the detail.
Before the filming of the scene of Rosemary calling Donald Baumgart (the actor in the story who mysteriously goes blind), Mia Farrow did not know who would be speaking the lines. It was Tony Curtis, and in the scene Farrow shows slight confusion, finding the voice familiar but not able to place it. This confusion was exactly the effect director Roman Polanski hoped to capture by having Curtis read the lines.
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