Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
- Starring : Heather Donahue
- Genre : Horror / Mystery
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Daniel Myrick / Eduardo Sánchez
- Production : Haxan Films
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The Blair Witch Project movie
The Blair Witch Project release date
- January 25, 1999 : USA (Sundance Film Festival)
- May 1, 1999 : France (Cannes Film Festival)
- July 14, 1999 : USA (limited)
- July 28, 1999 : France
- July 30, 1999 : Canada
- July 30, 1999 : USA
- September 29, 1999 : Philippines (Manila)
- October 8, 1999 : UK (Raindance Film Festival)
- October 9, 1999 : Spain (Sitges Film Festival)
- October 14, 1999 : Israel
- October 15, 1999 : Sweden
- October 22, 1999 : UK
- October 22, 1999 : Ireland
- October 28, 1999 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- October 28, 1999 : Singapore
- October 29, 1999 : Spain
- November 3, 1999 : Philippines (Davao)
- November 25, 1999 : Germany
- December 9, 1999 : Australia
- December 23, 1999 : Japan
- October 19, 2000 : Germany (re-release)
- September 1, 2009 : UK (Raindance Film Festival)
The Blair Witch Project cast
- Heather Donahue as Heather Donahue
- Joshua Leonard as Joshua ‘Josh’ Leonard
- Michael C. Williams as Michael ‘Mike’ Williams (as Michael Williams)
- Bob Griffin as Short Fisherman
- Jim King as Interviewee
- Sandra Sánchez as Waitress (as Sandra Sanchez)
- Ed Swanson as Fisherman With Glasses
- Patricia DeCou as Mary Brown
- Mark Mason as Man in Yellow Hat
- Susie Gooch as Interviewee with Child (as Jackie Hallex)
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It is based on the purportedly true story of three student filmmakers-Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard-who hike in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The three disappear, but their equipment and footage is discovered a year later. The purportedly “recovered footage” is the film the viewer sees.
Myrick and Sánchez conceived of a fictional legend of the Blair Witch in 1993. They developed a 35-page screenplay with the dialogue to be improvised. A casting call advertisement in Backstage magazine was prepared by the directors; Donahue, Williams and Leonard were cast. The film entered production in October 1997, with the principal photography taking place in Maryland for eight days. About 20 hours of footage was shot, which was edited down to 82 minutes. Shot on an original budget of $35,000-60,000, the film had a final cost of $200,000-750,000 after post-production edits.
When The Blair Witch Project premiered at the Sundance Film Festival at midnight on January 23, 1999, its promotional marketing campaign listed the actors as either “missing” or “deceased”. Owing to its successful run at Sundance, Artisan Entertainment bought the film’s distribution rights for $1.1 million. The film had a limited release on July 14, 1999, before expanding to a wider release starting July 30. While critical reception was mostly positive, audience reception was split.
The film is heavily credited with reviving the found-footage technique which was later used by similarly successful horror films such as Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield. A sleeper hit, The Blair Witch Project grossed nearly $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time, as well as one of the most profitable. The film launched a media franchise, which includes two sequels (Book of Shadows and Blair Witch), novels, comic books, and video games.
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