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Cujo is an American horror, drama and thriller film directed by Lewis Teague, based on a work by Stephen King, who also wrote the screenplay. Starring Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Christopher Stone, it was shot in Santa Rosa and set in Maine, with cinematography by Jan de Bont, editing by Neil Travis and a score by Charles Bernstein.
Released in 1983 through production companies including Warner Bros. Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, Starz Entertainment and Taft Broadcasting, the film runs 93 minutes and was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. It carried a budget of 5,000,000 dollars and earned a revenue of 21,200,000 dollars.
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6.2A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Cast
- Dee Wallace as Donna Trenton
- Danny Pintauro as Tad Trenton
- Daniel Hugh Kelly as Vic Trenton
- Christopher Stone as Steve Kemp
- Ed Lauter as Joe Camber
- Kaiulani Lee as Charity Camber
Themes
- based on novel or book
- animal attack
- cadillac
- dam
- corpse
- dog
- rabies
- rabid dog
- rabbit hole
- trapped in car
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Lewis Teague
- Screenplay by
- Don Carlos Dunaway Barbara Turner
- Based on
- Cujo , by Stephen King
- Produced by
- Robert Singer Daniel H. Blatt
- Starring
- Dee Wallace Daniel Hugh-Kelly Danny Pintauro Ed Lauter Christopher Stone
- Cinematography
- Jan de Bont
- Edited by
- Neil Travis
- Music by
- Charles Bernstein
- Production companies
- Taft Entertainment Company Sunn Classic Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- August 12, 1983 ( 1983-08-12 )
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $21.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Cujo
- Director
- Lewis Teague
- Screenwriter
- Stephen King
- Composer
- Charles Bernstein
- Production company
- Taft Broadcasting
- Cinematographer
- Jan de Bont
- Narrative location
- Maine
- Filming location
- Santa Rosa
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 702354
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1983-08-19
- film editor
- Neil Travis
- title
- Cujo
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Stephen King
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 57/100
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