Cujo
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- Release Date
- August 12, 1983
- Director
- Lewis Teague
- Cast
- Dee Wallace , Daniel Hugh Kelly , Danny Pintauro , Christopher Stone , Ed Lauter
- Runtime
- 1hr 33min
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Format
- Theatrical
- Studio
- Sunn Classic Pictures
- Writers
- Stephen King , Don Carlos Dunaway , Barbara Turner
- Tagline
- Now there's a new name for terror...
- Box Office
- $21,156,152
- Creator
- Stephen King
- Awards Won
- Audience Jury Award - Lewis Teague
- Awards Nominations
- International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film - Lewis Teague, Saturn Award - Best Horror Film
- Filming Locations
- Santa Rosa, California, USA Mendocino, California, USA Utah, USA Glen Ellen, California, USA Petaluma, California, USA
- Cinematographer
- Jan de Bont
- Producer
- Daniel H. Blatt, Neil A. Machlis, Robert Singer
- Production Company
- Sunn Classic Pictures, TAFT Entertainment Pictures
- Sfx Supervisor
- Rick Josephsen
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Assistant Director
- Jerry Grandey
Summary
Donna Trenton is a frustrated suburban housewife whose life is in turmoil after her husband learns about her having an affair. Brett Camber is a young boy whose only companion is a Saint-Bernard named "Cujo", who in turn is bitten by a rabid bat. Whilst Vic, Donna's husband is away on business, and thinking over his marital troubles, Donna and her 5-year-old son Tad take her Pinto to Brett Cambers' dad's car shop... the car fails, and "Cujo" is very, very sick..
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