The Shadow
The Shadow is a 1994 American superhero film from Universal Pictures, produced by Martin Bregman, Willi Bear, and Michael Scott Bregman, and directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Alec Baldwin, supported by John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Winters, and Tim Curry. The film is based on the pulp fiction character of the same name created in 1931 by Walter B. Gibson.
Plot
Following the First World War, Lamont Cranston sets himself up as a drug kingpin and warlord in Tibet. The Tulku, a holy man who exhibits otherworldly powers, abducts Cranston and offers him a chance to become a force for good. Cranston initially refuses and is attacked by the Tulku's Phurba, a mystical flying dagger. Ultimately, Cranston becomes the Tulku's student and learns how to hypnotize others and bend their perceptions so that he becomes invisible, save for his shadow.
Cast
- Aaron Lustig
- Abraham Benrubi
- Alec Baldwin
- Andre Gregory
- Armin Shimerman
- Barry Dennen
- Ethan Phillips
- Gerald Okamura
- Ian McKellen
- James Hong
- John Kapelos
- John Lone
- Jonathan Winters
- Joseph Maher
- Larry Hankin
- Larry Joshua
- Lily Mariye
- Max Wright
- Patrick Fischler
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Peter Boyle
- Phillip Borsos
- Sab Shimono
- Tim Curry
More details
| author | David Koepp |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Russell Mulcahy |
| editor | Beth Jochem Besterveld Peter Honess |
| genre | action mystery |
| keywords | atomic bomb attack build criminal underworld first world war fly frontal lobe genghis khan holy man how to hypnosis hypnotize lamont cranston margo lane meet mental hospital police commissioner sarcophagus secret identity seven years shadow telepathic telepathy tulku united states department of war war department world domination world war world war i |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| productionCompany | Bregman/Baer Productions, inc. |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | atonement neo-noir superhero vigilante |