Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy Summers lives the normal life of a fifteen-year-old girl in Los Angeles . Soon, she learns on the stairs of her native school from a man named Merrick that she is not a simple schoolgirl, but the Chosen One, who is destined to fight demons, vampires and evil forces. And this Merrick is her Observer, called upon by the council to observe, train and prepare for this vocation - to exterminate vampires. At first she does not believe, but after the first vampire killed, she realizes the severity of her fate. She has a battle with the old vampire - Lotus. Buffy soon kills him. Who could have imagined that in order to destroy the remaining vampires, she would have to burn the school gym ...

• Christy Swanson - Buffy Summers
• Luke Perry - Oliver Pike
• Rutger Hauer - Lotus
• Donald Sutherland - Merrick Jamison-Smith
• Paul Rubens - Left
• Hilary Swank - Kimberly Hannah
• David Arquette - Benny Jacks
• Stephen Routh - Gary Murray
• Paris Vaughn - Nicole Bobbitson
• Natasha Gregson Wagner - Cassandra
• Tom Jane - Zef
• Candy Clark - Mrs. Summers
• Randall Batinkoff - Jeffrey Kramer
• Ricky Lake - Charlotte
• Alexis Arquette - Vampire DJ
• Seth Green - The Vampire
• Ben Affleck - Basketball Player # 10

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Roy Lee and Doug Davidson of Vertigo Entertainment had begun work on a film project with Fren Rubel Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui. The film will not be a prequel or sequel to the 1992 film or television series, and Joss Whedon will not take part in the work on the remake . None of the characters - except Buffy - will appear in the new film. ^[4] Executive producer Marty Noxon confirmed that there is a possibility that Whedon will return to the project. ^[5] On November 22, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to the film. ^[6] Estimated year of release of the film is 2012 . ^[7] Meanwhile, the company 20th Century Fox still has the rights to release various products with the themes of the series Buffy and Angel.

In December 2010, it became known that the star of the series “ Chorus ”, Heather Morris, was in talks about the main role in the film. However, the film’s screenwriter, Whit Anderson, stated that the casting had not yet begun. In an interview for Access Hollywood, the actress confirmed that she knew about these rumors, but she did not give a definitive answer regarding their veracity, noting that filming in the film would not be a problem for her work schedule in The Choir. Actress Candice Accola from the series “ The Vampire Diaries ” also noted her interest in participating in the project in an interview for “E! Online ”, noting that she is a fan of the film and has never watched its television version.

• The main shooting of the picture took place in Los Angeles .

• The director of the film, Fran Rubil Kuzuy, having the rights to the franchise, was considered one of the producers of the television series of the same name, which shot seven seasons, but at the same time he never appeared on the set and had nothing to do with his success.

• Buffy is not mentioned in the film. In the series, it turns out that her name is Buffy Summers.

• The film was significantly cut down at the German box office to reduce the rating to "children under 12 years of age." Meanwhile, in the UK, no scenes were cut out from the box office, assigning a rating to “children under 12,” while the VHS release of the picture received a rating of “children under 15” and were cut out for 15 seconds.

• It was originally planned that the role of Buffy would be played by Alyssa Milano .

• The relationship between Joss Whedon and Donald Sutherland did not work out from the very beginning - the actor changed the character’s remarks at his discretion, and although Whedon appreciated him as an actor, he called Sutherland a “goat.”

• In the movie, Buffy is a graduate. In the series, she is just starting high school.

• Although the film’s events are mentioned in the series, in many ways the two versions of the story diverge, and Joss Whedon considers the series a spin-off rather than a sequel to the film.

• In the original script, Merrick committed suicide so that Lotus would not turn him into a vampire, trying to find out who the current fighter is.

• Joss Whedon was so upset by the fact that his script was almost completely changed that on one of the shooting days he left the site and never returned to work on this project.

• The film was the debut for Hilary Swank .

• The original script version of the film, written by Joss Whedon, got its implementation in the form of the comic strip “Buffy - The Vampire Slayer: The Origin”.

• Paul Rubens completely improvised the scene of his death.

The official album with songs was released on July 28, 1992. Included compositions:

1. "Keep It Comin '(Dance Till You Can't Dance No More)" performed by C + C Music Factory feat. Deborah Cooper & Q-Unique .
2. "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" performed by Dream Warriors .
3. "Silent City" performed by Matthew Sweet .
4. "We Close Our Eyes" performed by Susanna Hoffs (from Oingo Boingo 's repertoire).
5. "Little Heaven" performed by Toad The Wet Sprocket .
6. "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" performed by The Divinyls .
7. "Party with the Animals" performed by Ozzy Osbourne .
8. Zap City performed by The Cult .
9. "I Fought the Law" performed by Mary's Danish .
10. "Light Comes Out of Black" performed by Rob Halford & Pantera .

The film also sounded songs:

• "In The Wind" performed by War Babies .
• "Inner Mind" performed by Eon .
• Feelings by Kristy Swanson .
• Schumann's Piano Quintet Es-dur op. 44. "

Box office fees

On the premiere weekend, the film took 5th place according to the results of the fees. ^[8] The film raised $ 16,624,456 with a budget of $ 7 million. ^[2]

Video Output

Films were released on VHS in 1992 and reprinted in 1995 in the Twentieth Century Fox Selections series by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Films were released on DVD in 2001 , on Blu-Ray in 2011 .

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