| Willard | |
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| Directed by | Glen Morgan |
| Produced by | Glen Morgan James Wong Toby Emmerich |
| Written by | Gilbert Ralston Glen Morgan |
| Starring | Crispin Glover R. Lee Ermey Laura Elena Harring Jackie Burroughs |
| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Cinematography | Robert McLachlan |
| Editing by | James Coblentz |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | March 14, 2003 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Gross revenue | $6,852,144 |
| Preceded by | Ben (1972) |
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| IMDb profile | |
Willard is a 2003 horror film loosely based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Gilbert Ralston and the 1971 film of the same name. It was not billed as a sequel by the producers, but as a re-working of the themes from the original, with a stronger focus on suspense.[1]
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Plot
Willard Stiles is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers and is eventually fired by his cruel and uncaring boss, Frank Martin, a vicious man whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one. A co-worker Cathryn has feelings for the quirky Willard. Meanwhile, Willard quickly becomes obsessed with his friendship with a rat he names Socrates. Socrates has competition with a much larger rat named Ben. Nonetheless when Socrates is killed, Ben is more than willing to guide the army of basement rats to help Willard avenge himself upon his slave-driving boss, who has even more devious intentions to inflict on Willard, after firing him.
Cast
- Crispin Glover as Willard Stiles
- R. Lee Ermey as Frank Martin
- Laura Elena Harring as Cathryn
- Jackie Burroughs as Henrietta Stiles
- Kimberly Patton as Ms. Leach
- William S. Taylor as Mr. Garter
- Ty Olsson as Officer Salmon
- Kristen Cloke (uncredited) as Psychiatrist
Trivia
The framed picture of Willard's father is a picture of Bruce Davison, who played Willard in the 1971 film of the same name.
Awards
- Crispin Glover was nominated for Best Actor at the 2004 Saturn Awards for Willard.
- Robert McLachlan won the CSC award at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature for Willard.
- The DVD release of Willard was nominated for a Golden Satellite award in Best DVD Extras at the 2004 Satellite Awards.
See also
- Willard (1971)
- Ben (1972)
- List of fictional mice and rats
References
- ^ http://www.willardmovie.com/movie_story.html Willard Official Movie Site
External links
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