Cirque du Freak, The vampire's assistant

Resource Information

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Label

Cirque du Freak, The vampire's assistant

Title part

The vampire's assistant

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures and Relativity Media in association with Donners' Company, a Depth of Field production ; produced by Ewan Leslie, Lauren Shuler Donner ; screenplay by Paul Weitz and Brian Helgeland ; directed by Paul Weitz

Title variation

Vampire's assistant

Contributor

• Depth of Field (Firm)
• Donners' Company (Firm)
• Relativity Media
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Carlson, Jessica
• Cerveris, Michael
• Dafoe, Willem
• Faison, Frankie
• Fugit, Patrick, 1982-
• Hayek, Salma, 1966-
• Helgeland, Brian
• Hutcherson, Josh
• Jones, Orlando, 1968-
• Krakowski, Jane
• Leslie, Ewan
• Massoglia, Chris, 1992-
• Reilly, John C., 1965-
• Shan, Darren
• Shuler-Donner, Lauren
• Stevenson, Ray, 1964-
• Watanabe, Ken, 1959-
• Weitz, Paul, 1966-

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Apprentices -- United States -- Drama
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Freak shows -- United States -- Drama
• Male friendship -- United States -- Drama
• Poisonous spiders -- Venom -- United States -- Drama
• Science fiction films
• Vampire films
• Vampires -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Vampire films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Darren is a regular teenage kid. He and his friend Steve find out about a Freak Show coming to town and get tickets. Steve and Darren think that it is all a joke until a vampire named Larten Crepsley comes on stage with a very poisonous spider that he makes do tricks. Steve tells Larten he would like to join him and become an apprentice

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, J. Michael Muro ; editor, Leslie Jones ; music, Stephen Trask

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Jessica Carlson, Michael Cerveris, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Fugit, Ken Watanabe, Salma Hayek, Orlando Jones, Frankie Faison, Willem Dafoe, Jane Krakowski

Runtime

109

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action