Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)
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| Directed by | Frank Oz |
| Produced by | David Geffen |
| Screenplay by | Howard Ashman |
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Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken Howard Ashman The Little Shop of Horrors by Roger Corman |
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| Narrated by | Stanley Jones |
| Music by | Miles Goodman |
| Cinematography | Robert Paynter |
| Edited by | John Jympson |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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94 minutes (Theatrical Cut) 103 minutes (Director's Cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $38.7 million |
Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical horror comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a vicious, raunchy plant that feeds on human blood. Menken and Ashman's Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The 1986 film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II. The film also featured special appearances by James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray. It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986.
Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. The film was produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000. The film's original 23-minute finale, based on the musical's ending, was rewritten and reshot after audiences at the preview screenings did not react positively to it. For years only available as black-and-white workprint footage, the original ending was fully restored in 2012 by Warner Home Video.
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