Ladyhawke
No force in Heaven will release them. No power on Earth can save them.
Country
Production
Budget
$20 000 000
Box office
$18 432 000
Director
Actors
Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alfred Molina, John Wood, Leo McKern, Ken Hutchison, Giancarlo Prete, Loris Loddi, Charles Borromel
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Richard Donner, Lauren Shuler Donner, Harvey Bernhard
Camera operator
Composer
Andrew Powell
Artist
Wolf Kroeger
Audition
Mary Selway, Marion Dougherty, Francesco Cinieri
Editing
Short description
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
What's left behind the scenes
- In one scene, Etienne Navarre, played by Rutger Hauer, orders Gaston (played by Matthew Broderick) to ride to the castle and slaps the horse on the rump. In the first take, the actor slapped the horse so hard that it bolted and galloped away, soon disappearing from sight, and Broderick was unable to stop it, forcing the entire film crew to sit and wait for their return.
- Four wolves from Siberia were brought to California to film the wolf into which Rutger Hauer's character transforms.
- All three castles used in the filming of the movie belonged to Italian director Luchino Visconti and his family.
- The film features music by The Alan Parsons Project.
- Initially, Richard Donner planned to cast Mick Jagger in the role of the bishop-sorcerer in the film.
- At the end of the film, the character played by Rutger Hauer lifts Isabelle (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) and twirls her around. Hauer came up with this scene for greater emotional impact and suggested it to director Richard Donner before filming began. Donner liked the idea, and they didn't tell Pfeiffer anything specifically so that her reaction to what was happening would be as natural as possible.
- In 1985, Joan Vinge wrote the novelization *Ladyhawke* based on the film's screenplay.
- Initially, Richard Donner intended to cast Rutger Hauer as the 'bad' captain of the guard, and Kurt Russell as the 'good' captain, Etienne Navarre – a younger actor than Hauer. But Hauer wanted to play Etienne much more. He was lucky that Russell turned down the role shortly before filming began.
- Captain Etienne Navarre's horse is a Friesian stallion, a breed originating from the Netherlands, Rutger Hauer's homeland.
- A similar transformation trope is used in the "Magic Hour" episode of the television series *Charmed* (1998-2006), only there a man transforms into an owl, and a woman into a white wolf.
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