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Friday the 13th
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5.8A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
Cast
- Jared Padalecki as Clay
- Travis Van Winkle as Trent
- Danielle Panabaker as Jenna
- Amanda Righetti as Whitney
- Aaron Yoo as Chewie
- Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees
Themes
- remake
- slasher
- cabin in the woods
- axe murder
- camp counselor
- reboot
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Marcus Nispel
- Screenplay by
- Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
- Story by
- Damian Shannon Mark Swift Mark Wheaton
- Based on
- Characters, by Victor Miller
- Produced by
- Sean S. Cunningham Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller
- Starring
- Jared Padalecki Danielle Panabaker Aaron Yoo Amanda Righetti Travis Van Winkle Derek Mears
- Cinematography
- Daniel C. Pearl
- Edited by
- Ken Blackwell
- Music by
- Steve Jablonsky
- Production companies
- New Line Cinema Paramount Pictures Platinum Dunes Crystal Lake Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (United States and Canada) Paramount Pictures (International)
- Release dates
- February 9, 2009 ( 2009-02-09 ) ( Mann's Chinese Theater ) February 13, 2009 ( 2009-02-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $19 million
- Box office
- $92.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film serving as a reboot and the twelfth installment overall in the Friday the 13th franchise. It was directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the film stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears. The story follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees (Mears) while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake.
The film was originally conceived as an origin story, but the project evolved into a reboot of the franchise where elements of the first four Friday the 13th films were used as inspiration for the story and characters. Voorhees was redesigned as a lean, quick killer with a backstory that allows the viewer to feel sympathy for him but not enough that he would lose his menace. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used for Friday the 13th Part III (1982) with minor changes. The film includes some of Harry Manfredini's musical score from the previous Friday the 13th films because the producers recognized its iconic status.
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