Stephen Kings Stark
UPC: 4-010232-008350 (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 2
Production Year: 1993
Rating: FSK-18/KJ (Keine Jugendfreigabe)
Running Time: 116 min.
DVD Release: 10/11/2001
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: €25.54
Thad Beaumont (Hutton) will nicht länger sein Geld mit blutrünstigen Mordgeschichten verdienen, sondern nur noch - seine jedoch bisher erfolglose - anspruchsvolle Literatur schreiben. Dazu muss er das Pseudonym seiner Machwerke, George Stark, loswerden. Beaumont inszeniert dafür einen "Starken" Abgang. Dann aber werden die Menschen in seiner Umgebung grausam ermordet und seine Fingerabdrücke finden sich am Tatort. Zunächst ahnungs- und fassungslos, begreift Beaumont schließlich, dass Stark begonnen hat, ein Eigenleben zu führen und auf einem grausamen Rachefeldzug ist. Auf unbegreifliche Weise hat die Vergangenheit Beaumont eingeholt.

Der Meister des Horros Stephen King ('The Shining') und George A. romero ('Die Nacht der lebenden Toten') haben eine packenden Gruselschocker geschaffen, der einen Schauer nach dem anderen durch Geist und Körper jagt.

Ein intelligentes Drehbuch und ertsklassige Darsteller - u. a. Oscar-Gewinner Timothy Hutton - sorgen dafür, dass der Film den Zuschauer bis zum grausigen Ende fesselt.

Genres
Horror
Suspense/Thriller


Studios
Orion Pictures
Media Companies: MGM Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Subtitles
Danish
English
German
Norwegian
Swedish
Audio Tracks
German Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
English Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
French Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Cast
Patrick Brannan as Young Thad Beaumont
Larry John Meyers as Doc Pritchard
Beth Grant as Shayla Beaumont
Rohn Thomas as Dr. Albertson
Molly Renfroe as Hilary
Judy Grafe as Head Nurse
John Machione as Male Nurse
Amy Madigan as Liz Beaumont
Timothy Hutton as Thad Beaumont/George Stark
Erik Jensen as Male Student
Robert Joy as Fred Clawson
Tom Mardirosian as Rick Cowley
Rutanya Alda as Miriam Cowley
Kent Broadhurst as Mike Donaldson
Glenn Colerider as Homer Gamache
Christine Forrest as Trudy Wiggins
Royal Dano as Digger Holt
Michael Rooker as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Nardi Novak as Pangborn's Receptionist
Zachary Mott as Norris Ridgewick
William Cameron as Officer Hamilton
David W. Butler as Trooper #1
Curt DeBor as Trooper #2
Drinda Lalumia as Dodie
Lamont Arnold as NYC Cop #1
Lee Hayes as NYC Cop #2
Julie Harris as Reggie DeLesseps
John Ponzio as Todd Pangborn
Chelsea Field as Annie Pangborn
Jack Skelly as Man in the Hallway
Marc Field as Donaldson Cop #1
Rik Billock as Donaldson #2
Bruce Kirkpatrick as Officer #1
David Early as Officer #2
Jeff Monahan as Wes
Jeff Howell as Dave
Melissa Papp as Rosalie
J. Michael Hunter as Garrison
Therese Courtney as Receptionist
Marty Roppelt as Young Officer
Sarah Parker as Wendy & William Beaumont
Elizabeth Parker as Wendy & William Beaumont
Crew
Direction:
George A. Romero: Director
Writing:
Stephen King: Original Material By
George A. Romero: Screenwriter
Production:
Declan Baldwin: Producer
George A. Romero: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Tony Pierce-Roberts: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Pasquale Buba: Film Editor
Music:
Christopher Young: Composer
Lou Handman: Song Writer
Sound:
Elliott Koretz: Sound Editor
John Sutton: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Cletus Anderson: Production Designer
James C. Feng: Art Director