Roar (1981)
October 30, 1981Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Tippi Hedren
Madeleine / Producer

Melanie Griffith
Melanie

John Marshall
John / Production Manager / Camera Operator

Jerry Marshall
Jerry / Supervising Editor

Kyalo Mativo
Mativo

Frank Tom
Frank

Steve Miller
Prentiss

Rick Glassey
Rick

Lenord Bokwa
Airport Personnel

Shamasi Sarumi
Airport Personnel

Will Hutchins
Committee

Eve Rattner
Committee

Peter Thiongo
Committee

Zakes Mokae
Committee

MIchael Franz
Committee

Alexandra Newman
Committee

Pat Barbeau
Committee

Michael J. Jones
Committee

Noel Marshall
Hank / Director / Producer / Writer

Jan de Bont
Director of Photography / Camera Operator / Supervising Editor

Vincent Prentice
Makeup Artist

Ted Nicolaou
Editor / Additional Editing

Joel Marshall
Art Direction / Production Manager / Production Design

James Allen
Assistant Art Director

William Leavitt
Assistant Art Director

Sandy Berman
Sound Editor

George Fitzgerald
Sound Editor

John Hayward
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jay Ignaszewski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nicolas Le Messurier
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Paul Leimbach
Sound Editor

Kees Linthorst
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bob Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bill Mumford
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gregory Sanders
Sound Editor

Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rita Riggs
Wardrobe Master

Robert Gottschalk
Producer

Jack Rattner
Co-Producer

Charles Sloan
Co-Producer

Banjiro Uemura
Executive Producer

Terrence P. Minogue
Original Music Composer

Ted Cassidy
Additional Writing

Matthew W. Mungle
Makeup Artist

Ken Diaz
Makeup Artist

Karen Kalberer
Makeup Artist

Doran Kauper
Production Manager

Shunil Borpujari
Assistant Director

Kenneth J. Jones
Assistant Director

Alan Caso
Camera Operator

Tar Webster
Camera Operator

Larry Carroll
Additional Editing

Courtney Goodin
Sound Mixer

Jean-Paul Ouellette
Script Supervisor

Jan Shaw
Script Supervisor

Maureen Nolan
Script Supervisor
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Details.
Release DateOctober 30, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Budget$17,000,000
Box Office$2,000,000
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Roar is a 1981 American adventure comedy film written and directed by Noel Marshall. Its plot follows Hank, a naturalist who lives on a nature preserve in Africa with lions, tigers, and other big cats. When his family visits him, they are instead confronted by the group of animals. The film stars Marshall as Hank, his real-life wife Tippi Hedren as his wife Madeleine, with Hedren's daughter Melanie Griffith and Marshall's sons John and Jerry Marshall in supporting roles.
In 1969, while Hedren was filming Satan's Harvest in Mozambique, she and Marshall had occasion to observe a pride of lions move into a recently vacated house, driven by increased poaching. They decided to make a film centered around that theme, with production starting when the first script was completed in 1970. They began bringing rescued big cats into their homes in California and living with them. Filming began in 1976; it was finished after five years. The film was fully completed after 11 years in production.
Roar was not initially released in North America. Instead, in 1981, Noel and John Marshall released it internationally. It was also acquired by Filmways Pictures and Alpha Films. Despite performing well in Germany and Japan, Roar was a box office failure, grossing $2 million worldwide against a $17 million budget. In 2015, 34 years after the film's original release, it was released in theaters in the United States by Drafthouse Films. Roar's message of protection for African wildlife as well as its animal interactions were praised by critics, but its plot, story, inconsistent tone, dialogue, and editing were criticized.
During production, the cast and crew members faced dangerous situations; 70 people, including the film's stars, were injured in attacks from the untrained animals on set. Flooding from a dam destroyed much of the set and equipment, dramatically increasing the film's budget. In 1983, Hedren founded the Roar Foundation and established the Shambala Preserve sanctuary, to house the animals appearing in the film. She also wrote a book, The Cats of Shambala (1985), about the events that took place during its production. The film has been described as "the most dangerous film ever made" and "the most expensive home movie ever made", and has gained a cult following.
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