Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Robert Kerman
Professor Harold Monroe
Francesca Ciardi
Faye Daniels
Perry Pirkanen
Jack Anders
Luca Barbareschi
Mark Tomaso
Salvatore Basile
Chaco Losojos / Assistant Director
Ricardo Fuentes
Miguel Lujan
Carl Gabriel Yorke
Alan Yates
Paolo Paoloni
1st Executive
Lionello Pio Di Savoia
2nd Executive
Luigina Rocchi
Mauricio Rodríguez
Lucia Costantini
Adulteress (uncredited) / Wardrobe Designer
Ruggero Deodato
Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited) / Director
Enrico Papa
Pantheon Interviewer (uncredited)
David Sage
Alan's Father (uncredited)
Aldo Gasparri
Special Effects
Giovanni Masini
Production Manager
Sergio D'Offizi
Director of Photography
Franco Di Nunzio
Producer
Vincenzo Tomassi
Editor
Gianfranco Clerici
Story / Screenplay
Massimo Giustini
Makeup Artist
Franco Palaggi
Producer
Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Bruno Longobardo
Sound Mixer
Lamberto Bava
Assistant Director
Raul Montesanti
Sound Engineer
Gianni D'Amico
Sound Mixer
Rossana Rocchi
Continuity
Giorgio Stegani
Additional Dialogue
Enrico Maggi
Assistant Camera
Vito Di Bari
Production Secretary
Ennio Brizzolari
Key Grip
Bill Williams
Casting
Roberto Forges Davanzati
Camera Operator
Nicola Catalani
Assistant Makeup Artist
Paolo Cavicchioli
Still Photographer
Umberto Montesanti
Boom Operator
Luigi Pasqualini
Electrician
Rita Antonelli
Assistant Editor
Rodolfo Ruzza
Property Master
Massimo Antonello Geleng
Production Design
Carlos Eduardo Uribe
Assistant Director
Gloria Jaramillo
Assistant Director
Alberto Jiménez Ruiz
Assistant Director
Ángel Manuel García
William Sánchez
Guillermo Bueno
Ricardo Ramírez
Edgardo Maza Anaya
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 7, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Budget$100,000
Box Office$2,000,000
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
Wiki.
Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers that have gone missing while filming a documentary on local cannibal tribes.
Produced as part of the contemporary cannibal trend of Italian exploitation cinema, Cannibal Holocaust was inspired by Italian media coverage of Red Brigades terrorism. Deodato believed the news reports to be staged, an idea which became an integral aspect of the film's story. Additional story elements were also influenced by the Mondo documentaries of Gualtiero Jacopetti, particularly the presentation of the documentary crew's lost footage, which constitutes approximately half of the film. The treatment of this footage, which is noted for its visual realism, innovated the found footage style of filmmaking that was later popularized in American cinema by The Blair Witch Project. Cannibal Holocaust was filmed primarily on location in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia with a cast of indigenous tribes interacting with mostly inexperienced American and Italian actors recruited in New York City.Cannibal Holocaust achieved notoriety as its graphic violence aroused a great deal of controversy. After its premiere in Italy, it was ordered to be seized by a local magistrate, and Deodato was arrested on obscenity charges. He was later charged with multiple counts of murder due to rumors that claimed several actors were killed on camera. Although Deodato was cleared of these charges, the film was banned in Italy, Australia, and several other countries due to its graphic content, including sexual assault and genuine violence toward animals. Although some nations have since revoked the ban, it is still upheld in several countries. Critical reception of the film is mixed, although it has received a cult following. The film's plot and violence have been noted as commentary on journalism ethics, exploitation of South American countries, and the difference between Western and non-Western cultures, yet these interpretations have also been met with criticism, with any perceived subtext deemed hypocritical or insincere due to the film's presentation.