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Landis wrote the first draft of the screenplay for the film in 1969 and shelved it for over a decade. Prospective financiers believed that Landis’ script was too frightening to be a comedy film and too humorous to be a horror film. After achieving success in Hollywood with the comedies The Kentucky Fried Movie, National Lampoon’s Animal House and The Blues Brothers, Landis was able to secure financing from PolyGram Pictures to produce An American Werewolf in London. An American Werewolf in London was released in the US by Universal Pictures on August 21, 1981. It was a critical and commercial success, winning the 1981 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and the first ever Academy Award for Best Makeup. Since its release, it has become a cult classic. A sequel, An American Werewolf in Paris, was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1997. Casts: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Don McKillop, Frank Oz, Paul Kember, Sydney Bromley, Frank Singuineau, Will Leighton, Geoffrey Burridge, Brenda Cavendish, Michael Carter, Anne Marie Davies, Albert Moses, Linzi Drew, Nina Carter, Paula Jacobs. Directed: John Landis. Produced: George Folsey Jr.. Written: John Landis. Edited: Malcolm Campbell. Cinematography: Robert Paynter. Music: Elmer Bernstein. Release: August 21, 1981. Distributed: Universal Pictures (United States), Barber International Films (United Kingdom), Producers Sales Organization (International). Production: PolyGram Pictures, The Guber Peters Company. Running Time: 01:37:16.
