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  • ‘The Craft’ Is a Wicked ’90s Time Capsule That’ll Make You Hate Los Angeles: Podcast

    THE CRAFT“We are those ‘The Craft‘-loving weirdos, mister.” Well, half of us are, the other half want to invoke Manon and get back the hour and 40 minutes spent watching the movie.

    Tim picked the (apparently divisive) ’90s teen witch thriller, which stars perhaps the most ’90s cast ever assembled: Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True, and Skeet Ulrich. Topics discussed include obvious wigs, Catholic schools with no rules, terrible special effects, terrible parents, Breckin Meyer‘s stellar douche acting, and the hell-on-Earth that is Los Angeles. (Seriously, there are a lot of trash fires and snake-loving ne’er-do-wells in this movie’s version of L.A.)

    Next week’s movie, “John Carter,” comes courtesy of special guest Drew Taylor, who will somehow try to convince us that watching a loincloth-clad Taylor Kitsch learn how to battle aliens in low gravity for two hours and 12 minutes is time well spent.

    Listen to CAN’T WAIT! A Movie Lover’s Podcast Episode 16: ‘The Craft’Total runtime: 54:02

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    CAN’T WAIT! A Movie Lover’s Podcast by Moviefone celebrates Hollywood’s guiltiest pleasures by taking a fresh look at critically ignored movies and giving them a second chance at life. Join Moviefone editors Tim Hayne, Rachel Horner, Phil Pirrello, and Tony Maccio as they extol the virtues and expose the failings (with love!) of nostalgic movies.

  • ‘The Craft’: 10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About One of Your Favorite ’90s Movies

    Twenty years ago this week, four teenage girls dabbled in magic powers and unleashed forces more powerful than they could have imagined. We’re not just talking about the plot of “Charmed”).

    For all its influence and popularity, there’s still much you may not know about “The Craft.” Here are some of the secrets behind the beloved teen-witch cautionary tale.
    1. Star Robin Tunney (center), who plays Sarah, wore a wig throughout the film, having recently shaved her head for her role in “Empire Records.”

    2. How did director Andrew Fleming do so well in understanding the mindset of his teen-girl heroines — not only in “The Craft,” but also in “Dick” and “Nancy Drew“? According to Fleming, “Dick” co-star Michelle Williams figured out the answer. “Michelle said that, despite my manly exterior, I’m actually a 15-year-old girl, and I do feel very giddy and school girlish quite a lot of the time.”
    3. Fairuza Balk (Nancy) is the only one of the four leads who was an actual practicing Wiccan, at least for a little while. At the time of the shoot, she was the owner of Panpipes Magickal Marketplace, an occult shop in Hollywood.

    4. Bonnie in “The Craft” was the first major film role for Neve Campbell. Skeet Ulrich (Chris) and Campbell worked together for the first time here, a few months before they reunited in “Scream.”
    Hexenclub, Der / Craft, TheUSA 1996Regie: Andrew FlemingDarsteller: Robin Tunney, Rachel True, Fairuza Balk, Neve CampbellRollen: Sarah, Rochelle, Nancy, Bonnie5. Rachel True was nearly 30 when she played the teenage Rochelle. Classic Hollywood.

    6. The beach ritual scene seemed to summon up some real-life creepy vibes. During filming, a horde of bats appeared and lingered (creepy). The waves extinguished the candles. And at the climactic moment, when Balk’s Nancy cried out for the spirit to fill her, the power went out.
    7. The knife fight between Tunney and Balk won the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, beating such experienced big-screen fighters as Jackie Chan (in “Police Story 4”) and Jim Brown (in “Mars Attacks”).

    8. The film cost a reported $15 million to produce. It earned back $56 million at the worldwide box office.

    9. “The Craft” has been credited as the main influence on the growth of real-life teen interest in Wicca over the past 20 years.
    10. A year ago, Sony announced plans for a remake, to be written and directed by horror filmmaker Leigh Janiak (“Honeymoon“). Among the original stars, Balk balked, proclaiming on Twitter that she doesn’t approve of remakes in general.

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