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Rosemary's Baby Overview:

Rosemary's Baby (1968) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Roman Polanski and produced by William Castle and Dona Holloway.

The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Ira Levin published in 1967.

SYNOPSIS

This terrifying film redefines and updates Gothic horror for the modern (and more explicit) age. Cassavetes and Farrow move into a huge, creepy - and suspiciously affordable - apartment. They're taken under the wing of elderly neighbors Blackmer and Gordon, and good things start to happen in Cassavetes's marginal acting career. When the couple decides to have a child, Gordon takes over Farrow's care, and a strange dream that Farrow has of mating with a hideous beast begins to seem possible. Farrow's suspicions are treated as paranoid delusions, until they take shape in the form of her baby, the spawn of Satan. Polanski creates a truly frightening world from Ira Levin's sensational novel in which no one is who they seem and the dreaded underworld exists side by side with everyday life.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Rosemary's Baby was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014.

Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActressRuth GordonWon
Best WritingRoman PolanskiNominated
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Rosemary's Baby BlogHub Articles:

Rosemary’s Baby (1)

By Alexander Diminiano on Nov 26, 2012 From Cinemaniac Reviews

Bottom Line: A sly surprise. Directed by: Roman Polanski Rosemary Woodhouse: Mia Farrow Guy Woodhouse: John Cassavetes Also Starring: D’Urville Martin, Elisha Cook, Emmaline Henry, Hanna Landy, Hope Summers, Philip Leeds, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer It’s true only the good die young. A ... Read full article

ROSEMARY'S BABY...Roman Polanski's Horror Classic

By The Lady Eve on Oct 28, 2010 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

A landmark film of the horror genre, Rosemary's Baby (1968) also marked Roman Polanski's directorial debut in the US. The film, a runaway hit on release, was the prototype that inspired the onslaught of big-budget "A" horror films that followed: The Exorcist, The Omen, etc. In the tradition of Hitc... Read full article

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Rosemary's Baby Quotes:

Dr. Abe Sapirstein: Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic! What did you say the name was? Machado?
Rosemary Woodhouse: Unspeakable... unspeakable!
[First lines]
Mr. Nicklas: Are you a doctor?
Rosemary Woodhouse: He is an actor.
Mr. Nicklas: Oh! An actor! We're very popular with actors! Have I seen you in anything?
Guy Woodhouse: Well, I did "Hamlet" a while back, didn't I, Liz? Then we did "The Sandpiper"...
Rosemary Woodhouse: He's joking. He was in "Luther" and "Nobody Loves an Albatross" and a lot of TV plays and commercials.
Mr. Nicklas: That's where the money is, right? The commercials.
Guy Woodhouse: And the artistic thrill too!
Rosemary Woodhouse: Oh, God!
Roman Castevet: God is dead! Satan lives!
Minnie Castevet: Oh, are you *preg*nant?
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Rosemary's Baby Facts
The movie's poster was as #21 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
This was Roman Polanski's very first adaptation, and it is very faithful to the novel. Pieces of dialog, color schemes and clothes are taken verbatim.
Mia Farrow actually ate raw liver for a scene in the movie.
The Dakota Building on Manhattan's Upper West Side was renamed The Bramford for the film.
It was on the set of this film that Mia Farrow received divorce papers from then-husband Frank Sinatra.
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