Ravenous
Ravenous is a 1999 horror Western cannibal film starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones and David Arquette. The film, which is set in 1840s California, was directed by Antonia Bird and filmed in Europe. It was not a box office success and failed to recoup much of its $12 million budget. However, despite initial reception being mixed when released, it has since garnered a reputation as a cult film.
Plot
During the Mexican–American War, Second Lieutenant John Boyd, who is fighting in the United States Army, finds his courage failing him in battle and plays dead as his unit is massacred. His body, along with the other dead, is put in a cart and hauled behind Mexican lines. A stroke of luck gives Boyd the opportunity to capture the Mexican command post. His heroism earns him a captain's promotion, but when General Slauson learns of the cowardice through which victory was achieved, he posts Boyd into exile at Fort Spencer, a remote military outpost high in the Sierra Nevada commanded by the weary but genial Colonel Hart, and staffed by a motley array of misfits: the pious Private Toffler, the drug-addicted Private Cleaves, the drunken Major Knox and the ferocious Private Reich, in addition to the Native American scout George and his sister Martha.
Cast
- Abel Woolrich
- Bill Brochtrup
- Damián Delgado
- David Arquette
- David Heyman
- Fernando Becerril
- Guy Pearce
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- Jeffrey Jones
- Jeremy Davies
- Jindrich Klaus
- John Spencer
- Joseph Runningfox
- Karel Vávrovec
- Ladislav Lahoda
- Neal McDonough
- Pavel Myslík
- Pedro Altamirano
- Petr Drozda
- Robert Carlyle
- Rudolf Bok
- Sheila Tousey
- Stephen Spinella
More details
| author | Ted Griffin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California Mexico |
| director | Antonia Bird |
| genre | comedy horror thriller western |
| keywords | addict back from the dead bear trap cannibalism chain curse eat fight foothold trap frostbitten human flesh indigenous peoples of the americas jump kill manifest destiny mexican–american war military outpost murder native american pass second lieutenant sierra nevada struggle suspect trap traumatize tuberculosis united states army wagon train wendigo |
| musicBy | Michael Nyman |
| producer | Adam Fields David Heyman |
| productionCompany | Fox 2000 Pictures Heyday Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Czech Republic Prague |
| theme | black comedy cannibal comedy horror comedy thriller war |