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FACT FILE of The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film; the narrative is presented as a documentary pieced together from amateur footage, filmed in real time. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three young student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams) who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch, and subsequently go missing. The viewer is told that the three were never found, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later. This "recovered footage" is presented as the film the viewer is watching.
A studio production film based on the theme of The Blair Witch Project was released on October 27, 2000 entitled Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Another sequel was planned for the following year, but did not materialize. On September 2, 2009, it was announced that co-directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick were pitching the sequel.
Directed by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
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Produced by | Robin Cowie Gregg Hale |
Written by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
Starring | Heather Donahue Joshua Leonard Michael C. Williams |
Music by | Antonio Cora |
Cinematography | Neal Fredericks |
Editing by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
Studio | Haxan Films |
Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
Release date(s) | January 25, 1999 July 16, 1999 July 30, 1999 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $22,000 |
Gross revenue | $248,639,099 |
Followed by | Book of Shadows |
The Blair Witch Project grossed $248,639,099 worldwide, compared to its final budget which ranged between $500,000 and $750,000.
Rotten Tomatoes provides links to 127 reviews for the film, with 85% of these reviews being favorable.Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film four stars, calling it "an extraordinarily effective horror film"
The Blair Witch Project is thought to be the first widely released film marketed primarily on the Internet. A sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, was released in the autumn of 2000, but was poorly received by most critics.A third installment announced that same year did not materialize.
The Blair Witch Project was given a Global Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay and won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. Conversely, the film was nominated for the 1999 Razzie Award for Worst Picture. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named The Blair Witch Project one of the "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at #99. In 2006, Chicago Film Critics Association listed it as one of the "Top 100 Scariest Movies", ranking it #12
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