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6.2/10
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A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Robert John Burke
- Dust Devil
- (as Robert Burke)
Terry Norton
- Saartjie Haarhoff
- (as Terri Norton)
Isaac Mavimbela
- Farmhand
- (as Isaac Mavimbella)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaRichard Stanley's first cut of the film was 120 minutes long. US distributors Miramax hated it and produced its own 87-minute version without Stanley's permission or cooperation. This cut removed all references to the supernatural and almost completely disposed of the nominal hero's role (played by Zakes Mokae). It was released in the European market, however Stanley has never seen this version. Stanley came to an agreement with the producers over a 95-minute compromise cut. At this point the film's British backers, Palace Pictures, went bust, making it increasingly unlikely that the film would ever see the light of day in a UK cinema. Then after about a year of frantic searching, Stanley discovered that the original negative was being held by PolyGram. He went to the film's original investors, Channel 4 and British Screen Finances, which were naturally keen to see what had happened to their investment. PolyGram was obliged to hand over the negative, which Stanley re-cut to his own specifications, and with his own money.
- GoofsWhen Wendy slams on the brakes of her VW Beetle, she doesn't touch the clutch, but the car stops without stalling.
- Quotes
Dust Devil: There is no good or evil, only spirit and matter. Only movement toward the light - and away from it.
- Crazy creditsThe producers would especially like to thank the government and people of Namibia for their help in the making of this film.
- Alternate versions"The Final Cut" Collectors' Edition DVD lists running time as 108 minutes. It also includes a "Work Print" edition running 115 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Brave (1994)
Featured review
If there ever was a film which deserved to be called HAUNTING - it's this one. Excellent music, wonderful dream-like atmosphere, masochistically-grim mood verging on nihilism, mystical overtones, a sympathetic supernatural yet human 'villain'... it's just wonderful. Disturbing gore, genuinely creepy scenes, the setting unlike anything you've ever seen before- this is one of the unsung, unknown masterpieces of the '90-ies (thinking/feeling man's)horror film at its best.
- dogstar666
- Sep 4, 2003
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- Budget
- £4,300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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