The Wicker Man

Germany, Canada, United States

2006

102 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 1.6/5 Stars.
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EXEC Danny Dimbort, George Furla, Josef Lautenschlager, Elisa Salinas, JoAnne Sellar, Trevor Short, Andreas Thiesmeyer

PROD Nicolas Cage, Boaz Davidson, Randall Emmett, Norman Golightly, Avi Lerner, John Thompson

SCR Neil LaBute, Anthony Shaffer

CAST Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Diane Delano, Aaron Eckhart, James Franco, Jason Ritter

While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fiancée Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter. Along his investigation with the hostile and unhelpful dwellers, Edward discloses that the locals are pagans, practicing old rituals to improve their harvest, and Rowan is probably alive and being prepared to be sacrificed. When he locates the girl, he finds also the dark truth about the wicker man. –IMDb

Director

Neil LaBute

Neil LaBute is a writer, director, and playwright. His first film, In the Company of Men, debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and won the dramatic Filmmakers Trophy. Nurse Betty (2000) screened at Cannes. LaBute has written plays that have been performed on stages around the world, including Bash: Latter Day Plays (2000), The Mercy Seat (2002), The Shape of Things (2003), and reasons to be pretty (2009), which was nominated for three Tony Awards. He is also the author of the short story collection Seconds of Pleasure. –Sundance