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The Blair Witch Project
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The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film written and directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. Produced by Gregg Hale, the movie stars Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, and Rei Hance. It is presented in the found footage style and explores themes of supernatural events, group dynamics, and folk belief. The narrative is set in Maryland, and the film was distributed by Artisan Entertainment and Netflix.
The production had a budget of 60,000 and a runtime of 81 minutes. It earned a box office revenue of 248,639,099. The film received an R rating and was followed by Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Critical reception included a Metascore of 80 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 86%. It has received 23 wins and 27 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.4In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Cast
- Heather Donahue as Heather Donahue
- Joshua Leonard as Joshua Leonard
- Michael C. Williams as Michael Williams
- Bob Griffin as Short Fisherman
- Jim King as Interviewee (uncredited)
- Sandra Sánchez as Waitress
Themes
- witch
- legend
- camping
- map
- supernatural
- wilderness
- forest
- maryland
- paranormal
- friends
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
309,752 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
80/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 23 wins & 27 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez
- Written by
- Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez
- Produced by
- Gregg Hale Robin Cowie
- Starring
- Heather Donahue Michael Williams Joshua Leonard
- Cinematography
- Neal Fredericks
- Edited by
- Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez
- Music by
- Tony Cora
- Production company
- Haxan Films
- Distributed by
- Artisan Entertainment (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)
- Release dates
- January 23, 1999 ( 1999-01-23 ) ( Sundance ) July 14, 1999 ( 1999-07-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 81 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $200,000–$750,000
- Box office
- $248.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
- Main subject
- folk belief
- Director
- Daniel Myrick
- Screenwriter
- Eduardo Sánchez
- Producer
- Gregg Hale
- Cinematographer
- Neal Fredericks
- Narrative location
- Maryland
- Duration
- 81
- FilmAffinity ID
- 545832
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.blairwitch.com
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- Commons category
- The Blair Witch Project
- publication date
- 1999-00-00
- title
- The Blair Witch Project
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 60000
- box office
- 248639099
- set in period
- 1994
- narrative motif
- witch
- film format
- 16 mm film
- review score
- 80/100
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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Encyclopedic overview
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American found footage psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. One of the most successful independent films of all time, it is a "found footage" pseudo-documentary in which three young students (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard) hike into the Appalachian Mountains near Burkittsville, Maryland, to shoot a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch.
Myrick and Sánchez conceived of a fictional legend of the Blair Witch in 1993. They developed a 35-page screenplay with the dialogue to be improvised. A casting call advertisement on Backstage magazine was prepared by the directors; Donahue, Williams, and Leonard were cast. The film entered production in October 1997, with the principal photography lasting eight days. Most of the filming was done on the Greenway Trail along Seneca Creek in Montgomery County, Maryland. About 20 hours of footage was shot, which was edited down to 82 minutes. Shot on an original budget of $35,000–$60,000, the film had a final cost of $200,000–$750,000 after post-production and marketing.
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