The Crow: Salvation

The Crow: Salvation (2000)

For vengeance. For justice. For love.

Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer.

Date of release
2000-01-23
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (422)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Fantasy
Director
Bharat Nalluri
Collection
The Crow Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Crow
  • Filmed in: Salt Lake City

The Crow: Salvation is a 2000 American superhero film directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Chip Johannessen. It is the third installment in The Crow film series and features no returning characters from previous entries. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Eric Mabius, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, William Atherton, and Fred Ward. The Crow: Salvation was released direct to video on March 20, 2001 by Dimension Films, the first entry in the series to forgo a wide theatrical release, and received negative reviews from critics.

Production

Following the critical and commercial under performance of The Crow: City of Angels, series producers Edward R. Pressman and Jeff Most set their sights on producing a third film in the hopes of salvaging the property. Serving as executive producers were Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein of Miramax and Dimension Films. At this time, Steven E.

In August 1997, Pressman hired White Zombie musician Rob Zombie to write and direct The Crow: 2037. Much like prior Crow directors Alex Proyas and Tim Pope, Zombie had a background in directing music videos, a key factor in his hiring. Charlie Clouser of Nine Inch Nails was set to compose the film's score alongside Zombie, while manager Andy Gould was on board as an executive producer.

Kirsten Dunst was cast as the film's female lead, Erin Randall, in October. Dunst purposely did not watch the previous Crow films as to not influence her performance. In November 1998, Eric Mabius was in final negoitations for the film's lead role of Alex Corvis. Mabius once auditioned for the role of Eric Draven in The Crow, but was deemed too young for the role.

Pressman and Most wanted Salvation to stand on its own from the previous installments. The producers and Nalluri recruited Howard Berger and Alex Diaz of KNB EFX Group to handle the makeup effects. Berger and Diaz suggested shaving Mabius' head for the execution scene, but the idea was discarded.

Production on The Crow: Salvation began in February 1999 in Salt Lake City, Utah with Carolyn Chen as director of photography. Unlike the previous two films, The Crow: Salvation did not use miniaturized cityscapes to create its setting. Filming concluded in late March.

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