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Red Riding Hood 2011 film
Red Riding Hood
Directed by
Catherine Hardwicke
Produced by
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jennifer Davisson Killoran
Julie Yorn
Written by
David Leslie Johnson
Starring
Amanda Seyfried
Gary Oldman
Billy Burke
Shiloh Fernandez
Max Irons
Virginia Madsen
Lukas Haas
Julie Christie
Music by
Brian Reitzell
Alex Heffes
Cinematography
Mandy Walker
Editing by
Nancy Richardson
Julia Wong
Studio
Appian Way Productions
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date(s)
March 11, 2011
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Canada
Language
English
Budget
$42 million[1]
Box office $89,162,162[2]
Red Riding Hood is an American/Canadian fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Amanda Seyfried as the title role, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson. It is very loosely based on the folk tale Little Red Riding Hood[4] collected by both Charles Perrault under the name "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" (Little Red Riding Hood) and several decades later by the Brothers Grimm as "Rotkäppchen" (Little Redcap).
Plot
Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) lives in the village of Daggerhorn, which is on the edge of a haunted black forest. As a child, she developed an affinity for hunting and sneaking out when she was told not to for a boy who she grew to love, a woodsman named Peter (Shiloh Fernandez). Despite her feelings, however her mother Suzette (Virginia Madsen) and father Cesaire (Billy Burke) disapprove and instead promise her to wed Henry (Max Irons) the son of the wealthy blacksmith Adrian Lazar (Michael Shanks). For years, the small village had been plagued by a werewolf who comes out at night, feeding only on livestock that the villagers put out as a sacrifice so it does not turn on the humans for prey. Things change when Valerie's sister Lucie (Alexandria Maillot) is found dead; slain by the werewolf. Several village men leave to hunt the beast where they believe it to live, they encounter a vicious wolf but not before Adrian is murdered in its den. Meanwhile, Valerie's grandmother (Julie Christie) consoles her granddaughter by giving her a wedding gift early: a beautiful red hooded cape.
Taking the wolf's head back to Daggerhorn, they decide to celebrate their liberation, but Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a priest experienced in werewolves, having had to slay his own wife to protect their children disproves their theory that it is the actual werewolf as upon its death a werewolf would revert back to its human form. The villagers ignore this. Valerie learns afterward that her mother had been in love with Adrian years prior to meeting her husband, and unexpectedly had given birth to Lucie as a result, but Cesaire has been kept in the dark on this. During the celebrations that night, Valerie confronts Peter for rejecting her after being pressured by her mother to do so, after they share a romantic interlude in a barn, they are separated and shortly after the werewolf attacks; slaying many villagers and injuring one of Solomon's guards. The wolf confronts Valerie and her friend Roxanne (Shauna Kain) and both are horrified to learn that Valerie can not only speak to the werewolf, but can understand it when it speaks to her. The one clue provided to the wolf's identity is the color of his eyes, which look brown as human eyes.
The next morning, despite the guard's brother's objections, Solomon kills the injured guard. Having explained previously that during the blood moon; which is happening over the course of three days, anyone bitten by the werewolf is cursed to become one. And all cursed men must die. He instigates an investigation into the villagers' homes, deducing that the wolf is hiding among them. In the process, they discover Roxanne's autistic brother hiding and accuse him of witchcraft, stuffing him in a Brazen Bull when he does not relinquish the name of the werewolf and Henry tells Valerie he had seen her with Peter and they mutually agree to call off the engagement. Roxanne, hoping to free her brother from his torture agrees to give up Valerie's name as a witch and the secret of her being able to understand the werewolf in exchange for him. Solomon relinquishes her brother, though traumatized and catatonic from the experience. Valerie is made to wear a wolf-like mask and offered as a sacrifice to appease the werewolf's demands, but Peter and Henry rescue her. The wolf comes, but is unable to cross holy ground to enter the church yard where Valerie and Henry had gone for sanctuary. Solomon tries to force Valerie to leave and in the conflict the wolf bites his hand off. The guard, exacting revenge for his own brother tells Solomon "A man bitten is a man cursed, and cursed men cannot live" before killing him.
Due to the circumstances of Peter's disappearance from the night before and a glove where an injury the wolf had gotten when he tried to cross onto the church grounds, Valerie begins to suspect him. She attacks him and flees to her grandmother's house, but is greeted instead by her father using her grandmother's voice. Cesaire reveals that he is the werewolf, and that all in his bloodline can speak to him. When Lucie, not born of his blood could not understand him, he realized that she was not his child and lost control. He offers Valerie an opportunity to become a werewolf as well, each generation being stronger than the last one, but when she refuses he tries to force her. Peter returns and the two men have a furious struggle and Peter is knocked out, but Valerie manages to kill her father using the dismembered hand of Solomon which, as a precaution had been lined with silver fingernails by Solomon. Peter realizes he had been bitten and too would be cursed to become the werewolf. Instead of killing him, Valerie and he dump Cesaire's body in the lake and Peter rows away, leaving Valerie behind. He promises to return when he has controlled the beast within. Valerie moves out of Daggerhorn and into her grandmother's cottage, awaiting the day Peter returns. Henry having gone with Solomon's former troupe to face werewolves and other creatures, while her mother, having given up on Cesaire's return returns to her normal life as well. One night, Valerie sees a werewolf, and the movie ends with her smiling mischievously.
In the alternate cut of the film, Valerie and Peter consummated their relationship after killing Cesaire. This was only very briefly shown while Peter was leaving in the original theatrical version, implying that it happens in the future or Valerie is imagining it. This has the result of, unlike the original, Valerie being shown holding a baby when Peter returns.
Cast
Amanda Seyfried as Valerie
Virginia Madsen as Suzette
Billy Burke as Cesaire
Julie Christie as Grandmother
Shiloh Fernandez as Peter
Gary Oldman as Father Solomon
Max Irons as Henry Lazar
Michael Shanks as Adrien Lazar
Christine Willes as Madame Lazar
Michael Hogan as The Reeve
Lukas Haas as Father Auguste
Alexandria Maillot as Lucie
Shauna Kain as Roxanne
Kacey Rohl as Prudence
Cole Heppell as Claude
Carmen Lavigne as Rose
Megan Charpentier as Young Valerie
Jennifer Halley as Marguerite
Dj Greenburg as Young Peter
Archie Rice as the voice of The Wolf
Production
Under Appian Way Productions, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Ireland, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Alex Mace and Julie Yorn produced the film. Early into production, the film was originally titled The Girl with the Red Riding Hood. Principal photography took place in Vancouver from July 21 to September 16, 2010.
Casting
Director Catherine Hardwicke had to persuade her Red Riding Hood star Amanda Seyfried to work with newcomer Shiloh Fernandez, "Amanda had met Shiloh before and did not like him, so when I told Amanda I was going to bring him in to audition, she made a face. But she tried it, and they hit it off."
Release
The original release date, set for the 22 April 2011, was moved earlier to 11 March 2011. Red Riding Hood grossed $14,005,335 in ticket sales over the opening weekend, placing at number #3, behind Battle: Los Angeles and Rango, which grossed $35,573,187 and $22,602,847, respectively.
Reception
The film went on to receive mainly negative reviews. The film currently holds a 11% rating on critic aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus being "Amanda Seyfried is magnetic in Red Riding Hood's starring role, but she's let down by her uninspired leading men and a painfully cliched script." Metacritic gave the film a score of 28 out of 100. USA Today complimented the production design, but wrote "it's a foolish story, marred by a strange blend of overacting and bland, offhand performances." Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four, stating it is "a movie that cross-pollinates the Twilight formula with a werewolf and a girl who always wears a red hooded cape, although I don't recall her doing any riding.... it has the added inconvenience of being serious about a plot so preposterous, it demands to be filmed by Monty Python."
Marketing
The teaser trailer and the poster were released in November 2010, featuring "The Wolf", a new song written exclusively for the film by Swedish act Fever Ray.
The second trailer was released in January 2011, featuring "The Hand That Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails.
A novelization of the film was released on 24 February 2011, prior to the film's release. The novelization was written by 21-year-old Sarah Blakely-Cartwright, a Barnard College graduate who has additionally appeared in many of Catherine Hardwicke's films, including Red Riding Hood. The novel debuted at #1 on The New York Times children's paperback bestseller list. However, the novel received criticism for not including the story's final, concluding chapter, which instead was only made available for download online following the release of the film.
Soundtrack
The film's music is by Brian Reitzell and Alex Heffes and produced by WaterTower Music, owned by Time Warner and operates as a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
"Towers Of The Void" – Brian Reitzell
"Kids" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Dead Sister" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"The Wolf" – Fever Ray
"Mt. Grimoor" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Tavern Stalker" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Grandma’s House" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Keep The Streets Empty For Me" – Fever Ray
"Wolf Attack" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Just A Fragment Of You" – Anthony Gonzalez from M83 & Brian Reitzell
"The Reveal" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Finale" – Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes
"Crystal Visions" – The Big Pink
Some additional songs from the film are not featured on the official soundtrack:
"Fire Walking" – Anthony Gonzalez and Brian Reitzell
"Let’s Start An Orchestra" – Ken Andrews and Brian Reitzell
"Ozu Choral" – Brian Reitzell
"Piano Study No. 1 (Symphonic)" – Brian Reitzell
Notes
Kaufman, Amy (March 10, 2011). "Movie Projector: 'Battle: Los Angeles' will rule, 'Mars Needs Moms' will bomb". Los Angeles (Tribune Company). Retrieved March 13, 2011.
Red Riding Hood at boxofficemojo.com
Catherine Hardwicke's horror version of 'Little Red Riding Hood'. FanGirlTastic.com. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke talks new project: 'The Girl With the Red Riding Hood'. FanGirlTastic.com. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
Seyfried insults DiCaprio. RealBollywood.com. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
Sperling, Nicole (2010-04-23). 'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke talks new project: 'The Girl With the Red Riding Hood'. HollywoodInsider.ew.com. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
"BCFC Film List". British Columbia Film Commission. October 2, 2011. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
"The things they say". WHTC. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke looking for “Red Riding Hood”
"Weekend Box Office Results for March 11–13, 2011". Box Office Mojo. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
"Red Riding Hood (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
Red Riding Hood at Metacritic
Puig, Claudia (March 10, 2011). "'Red Riding Hood': The better to bore you with". USA Today. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
Ebert, Roger (March 10, 2011). "'Red Riding Hood'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
New Fever Ray music to feature in upcoming film, Red Riding Hood
a b Susan Carpenter (2011-03-08). "'Red Riding Hood' movie is already a hit as a novel and e-book". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
Schmidt, Shawn (2011-02-27). "Red Riding Hood Novel TroubleNITCHESs". Retrieved 2011-03-16.
Turek, Ryan (2011-02-25). "Red Riding Hood Novelization Out to Screw You". Retrieved 2011-03-16.
Official website
Red Riding Hood at the Internet Movie Database
Red Riding Hood at Rotten Tomatoes
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