Roar (1981)

1h 42m
Running Time

November 12, 1981
Release Date

Roar (1981)

1h 42m
Running Time

November 12, 1981
Release Date

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Plot.

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

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Cast & Crew.

Lenord Bokwa

Lenord Bokwa

Airport Personnel

Shamasi Sarumi

Shamasi Sarumi

Airport Personnel

Will Hutchins

Will Hutchins

Committee

Eve Rattner

Eve Rattner

Committee

Peter Thiongo

Peter Thiongo

Committee

Zakes Mokae

Zakes Mokae

Committee

MIchael Franz

MIchael Franz

Committee

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman

Committee

Jack Rattner

Jack Rattner

Co-Producer

Charles Sloan

Charles Sloan

Co-Producer

Banjiro Uemura

Banjiro Uemura

Executive Producer

Terrence P. Minogue

Terrence P. Minogue

Original Music Composer

Ted Cassidy

Ted Cassidy

Additional Writing

Matthew W. Mungle

Matthew W. Mungle

Makeup Artist

Ken Diaz

Ken Diaz

Makeup Artist

Karen Kalberer

Karen Kalberer

Makeup Artist

Jan Shaw

Jan Shaw

Script Supervisor

Maureen Nolan

Maureen Nolan

Script Supervisor

Details.

Release Date
November 12, 1981

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 42m

Budget
$17,000,000

Box Office
$2,000,000

Filming Locations
California, United States

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

africa
lion
elephant
vegetarian
leopard
tiger
animal attack
zebra
wildlife
jungle
wildlife reserve
wildlife conservation

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; seventy 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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