The Yellow Wallpaper (film)
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| Produced by | Logan Thomas Aric Cushing |
| Written by | Logan Thomas Aric Cushing |
| Based on | The short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. |
| Starring | Aric Cushing Juliet Landau Alex Schemmer Dale Dickey Veronica Cartwright Michael Moriarty Raymond J. Barry Jessi Case Gena Kay Joseph Williamson |
| Music by | Logan Thomas |
| Release date(s) | January 2011 |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Yellow Wallpaper is a 2011 gothic thriller film based on the short story of the same name written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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[edit] Plot
Charlotte and John Weiland, along with Charlotte's sister Jennie, find themselves destitute after a fire claims all of their belongings, their money, and their only child, Sarah. A solicitor rents them a large, remote house in the countryside where they attempt to recover from the aftermath of the fire, and the death of their little girl. Charlotte soon believes her daughter is in the house, and alienates herself from her husband and sister by retreating to the strange yellow wallpapered attic. The plot for the movie is unlike the actual short story making the movie adaption more of a reimagining.
[edit] Interpretation
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's stories are usually based on the socio-economical issues surrounding her life (1860 – 1935), but she also published Gothic stories, such as The Yellow Wallpaper (1891) (almost always analyzed from the feminist approach), as well as The Rocking Chair (1893) and the posthumously published novel Unpunished (about a humorous and irreverent team of detectives – similar to Tommy and Tuppence in the famous Agatha Christie novels – who are searching for a serial killer.) The Yellow Wallpaper film is from the horror/Gothic perspective which encompassed many of her works (such as The Great Wistaria), as well as the romantic/Gothic stories of the time. (Examples being Dracula by Bram Stoker, "The Woman in White", and (though not considered a Gothic work), Kate Chopin's The Awakening). The film is both an envisioning and a re-telling of The Yellow Wallpaper, not a direct adaptation. The film cannot escape portraying a number of socio-political points of view, which embodied much of Gilman's work, but mostly focuses on the horror elements and pervading mood. The BBC version of The Yellow Wallpaper was a direct adaptation, while the 2011 film version is a universe of both the short story, and the Gothic milieu of the late nineteenth century.
[edit] Cast
- Aric Cushing as Dr. John Weiland
- Juliet Landau as Charlotte Weiland
- Dale Dickey as Jennie Gilman
- Raymond J. Barry as Dr. Jack Everland
- Veronica Cartwright as Catherine Sayer
- Michael Moriarty as Mr. Isaac Hendricks
- Ted Manson as Sage at Duel
- Alex Schemmer as Duellist
- Keller Wortham as Duellist
- Jessi Case as Sarah Weiland at age 8
- Gena Kay as Colleen Preston
- Joseph Williamson as Travis Preston
- Sharon Blackwood as Mrs. Foucoult at Tea Party
- Stephanie Wing as Mrs. Tremayne at Tea Party
- Holly Stevenson as Mrs. Steele at Tea Party
- Cindy Pain as Mrs. Daygeron at Tea Party
- Margie Mack as Rat Woman
- Bob King as Rat Man
- Pieter Kloos as Eckhart Van Wakefield
- Earl Maddox as Burn in Hell Man
- Kyla Kennedy as Sarah Weiland at age 3
- Fara Eve Soleil as 17th Century Woman
- Thomas Rouzer as Mysterious Man in House
- Oliver R. Smith as William at Duel
- Wayne Dutton as Carriage Driver
- Brian Bremer as Man in Field (Scenes Deleted)
[edit] References
- Glenn, Cheryl and Gray, Loretta. (2013). The Writer's Harbrace Handbook. (pg. 239).
- Glenn, Cheryl and Gray, Loretta. (2013). The Hodges Harbrace Handbook. (pg. 620).
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