Wes Craven Does Haiti: The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) Bill Pullman, Zakes Mokae, Paul Guilfoyle

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- The Serpent and the Rainbow is a 1988 American horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Bill Pullman. The script by Richard Maxwell and Adam Rodman is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by ethnobotanist Wade Davis, wherein Davis recounted his experiences in Haiti investigating the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly poisoned, buried alive, and revived with an herbal brew which produced what was called a zombie.
- The Serpent and the Rainbow was filmed in Boston, Massachusetts, Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and in Haiti.[2] During production in Haiti, the local government informed the cast and crew that they could not guarantee their safety for the remainder of the film's shoot because of the political strife and civil turmoil that was occurring during that time; as a result, production was relocated to the Dominican Republic for the remainder of the shoot.
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Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the movie three stars out of a possible four, praising Pullman's performance and the "stunning" visuals, while also noting The Serpent and the Rainbow seemed to take Haitain voodoo more seriously as a religion and cultural force than most horror movies with similar themes, which merely use voodoo as a "gimmick"
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In an interview, Craven stated that unlike his previous films that had problems with the Motion Picture Association of America, the first cut got an R rating without any problems. According to an article from Fangoria #71, the original cut was 184 minutes long but Craven felt that it was too long and talky so he cut it down to 98 minutes. It was then test screened to the audience and their reactions were favorable.
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Bill Pullman as Dr. Dennis Alan
Cathy Tyson as Dr. Marielle Duchamp
Zakes Mokae as Captain Dargent Peytraud
Paul Winfield as Lucien Celine
Brent Jennings as Louis Mozart
Conrad Roberts as Christophe Durand
Aleta Mitchell as Celestine Durand
Badja Djola as Lieutenant Gaston
Michael Gough as Dr. Earl "Schoonie" Schoonbacher
Paul Guilfoyle as Dr. Andrew Cassedy
Dey Young as Deborah Cassedy
Luis Tavare Pesquera as Kyle Cassedy
William Newman as French Missonary Doctor
Francis Guinan as American Doctor
Jaime Pina Gautier as Julio, Dennis' Helicopter Pilot
Philogen Thomas as Priest
Evencio Mosquera Slaco as Old Shaman
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Films directed by Wes Craven

Filmography Awards and nominations

Feature films

The Last House on the Left (1972) The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Deadly Blessing (1981) Swamp Thing (1982) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985) Deadly Friend (1986) The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) Shocker (1989) The People Under the Stairs (1991) Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) Scream (1996) Scream 2 (1997) Music of the Heart (1999) Scream 3 (2000) Cursed (2005) Red Eye (2005) Paris, je t'aime (segment Père-Lachaise, 2006) My Soul to Take (2010) Scream 4 (2011)

Television films

Stranger in Our House (1978) Invitation to Hell (1984) Chiller (1985) Night Visions (1990)



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