Phantoms (1998)

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• Filmat în: Colorado

Phantoms is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed by Joe Chappelle and starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, and Clifton Powell. The screenplay was adapted by Dean Koontz from his own 1983 novel of the same name. The film takes place in the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado, where something evil has wiped out the community. It is up to a group of people to stop it or at least get out of Snowfield alive. While Koontz's novel included many literary references to the work of H. P. Lovecraft, these are largely absent from the film.

Production

The rights to Koontz' book were initially purchased by producer Steven Lane, a producer on The Howling series. Producer Joel Soisson, after reading the book, spent the next ten years pursuing the rights and was instrumental in getting the film set up at Miramax Films. It would be handled by Miramax Films' horror-focused label Dimension Films, who produced it in conjunction with Japanese company Fuji Creative.

Phantoms was filmed on location in Georgetown, Colorado in late 1996, with over five sets of reshoots later happening in 1997. The Hotel de Paris Museum was used to depict the bakery and hotel where several scenes were set. While the film was in post-production during the first half of 1997, actress Joanna Going flew to New Zealand for three months to shoot another Miramax film titled Heaven.

In 2017, Rose McGowan claimed that she was sexually assaulted by Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein while attending the Sundance Film Festival in January 1997. She was at the festival promoting Going All the Way, a non-Miramax film which also starred both McGowan and Affleck.

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