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Storyline
Teenager Darren Shan is an excellent student and the pride and joy of his perfect middle-class family; his best friend is the reckless Steve. When they receive a flyer with an advertisement for a freak show, they sneak to the theater to see the attractions. The ringmaster is a vampire called Larten Crepsley, that has a lethal spider. After the show, Steve tells Darren to go home. However he returns and overhears Steve unsuccessfully trying to convince Larten to transform him into a vampire. Darren steals Larten's spider which bites Steve later and he seeks out Larten asking for an antidote for his friend. Larten proposes a deal to Darren. Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Plot Synopsis
Taglines:
Meet Darren. He's sixteen going on immortal.
Motion Picture Rating
(MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language
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Details
Release Date:
23 October 2009 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Cirque du Freak
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Box Office
Budget:
$40,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
£798,641
(UK)
(23 October 2009)
Gross:
$13,838,130
(USA)
(20 November 2009)
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Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The license plates of the purple car that drops the Cirque du Freak flyer use the European Union pattern for Germany: D for Deutschland (Germany in German) and a circle of twelve stars (European Union symbol).
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Goofs
When Darren is about to drink Rebecca's blood, she pulls her shirt down and there is a strap still left on her shoulder. When the shot switches to her back, the strap is gone, and upon snapping back to her front, it is there again.
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Quotes
Larten Crepsley:
Vampires don't need cellphones.
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Soundtracks
Something Is Not Right with Me
Written by
Nathan Willett,
Jonnie Russell (as Jonathan Russell),
Matt Aveiro,
Matt Maust
Performed by
Cold War Kids
Courtesy of Downtown Records
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