Willard is about rats, and about a young man who likes rats and has a mysterious ability to communicate with rats. Nagged by his mother elsa lanchester, bullied by his boss ernest borgnine, a young man bruce davison trains mansion rats to kill for him. A social misfit, willard is made fun of by his coworkers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. Willard dvd, 2003, platinum series for sale online ebay. Willard is a 1971 american horror film directed by daniel mann and starring bruce davison and ernest borgnine. It seemed obvious to me, but probably because it was better explained in the first movie. The relationship between the boy and his rodents is admittedly touching, and the head rats socrates and ben are very well trained as well as rats can. Willard soon becomes able to get the rats to do his bidding, which comes in handy in such matters as revenge.
In this remake, willard crispin glover is a quietly desperate man who lives in a huge, decaying mansion with his even more decaying mother. Willard drowns all the rats that killed martin instead of using a pesticide gas. Willard then begins to train and befriend the other rats, including an. Mar 14, 2003 this is the story of willard stiles who is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother henrietta in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. In this horror film, the young, disturbed willard stiles befriends a pair of rats and trains them to brutally attack human beings. Bruce davison and sondra locke give okay performances. Their relationship constitutes the weird part of the movie, nudge, nudge. A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own. Its pretty much a movie about a man obssessed with rats.
His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, ben and socrates. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of willard. Willard stiles 2003 rat movie with crispin glover character profile. A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A lonely boy named danny garrison befriends ben, the rat leader of the swarm of rats trained by willard stiles.
Willard starring crispin glover has been released on bluray by shout. The filmmakers claim this version of willard isnt a remake, its a rework. Willard script transcript from the screenplay andor. A social misfit uses his only friends, pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors. Willard is a 2003 american horror film cowritten and directed by glen morgan and starring crispin glover, r. Willard discovers he can communicate with socrates, at least via oneway communication, and socrates in turn can talk to the other rats. Based on the novel ratmans notebooks by stephen gilbert, the film was nominated for an edgar award for best picture. I felt more emotional invested in the original, and it all felt more real, since willard did spend a lot more time caring for his rats than anything else. While willard is having dinner with joan, the angry ben suddenly appears. This movie is a remake of a 1971 film of the same name.
Frank martin, a vicious man whose professional interest in willard extends to a personal financial one. Lonely, depressed and isolated, willard is on the verge of a breakdown when he makes a new friend. Ben becomes the boys best friend, protecting him from bullying and keeping his spirits up in the face of a heart condition. When socrates is killed by the companys manager, willards anger reaches its limit. Willard brings his rats to work with him, they get loose and his boss kills socrates thats when willard becomes vengeful and ben is willing to help. Willard is the remake of a 1971 movie and is about a friendless young man who uses his control over a bunch of rats to get revenge. Both movies were based on the novel ratmans notebooks by stephen gilbert, so neither movie. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line.
Willard barely escapes with his life, and kills ben. However, things gradually take a downward turn as bens swarm becomes violent, resulting in several deaths. Early in the movie, willard plans on drowning the rats, apparently not knowing that rats are capable swimmers. It is about a social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors. Ben 1972 version ben hides all his rats in the walls of willards home during the murder investigation. The movie was enjoyable, not only for the thriller aspect of rats attacking, but also because of the way it explored the character of willard, and his blossoming relationship with his new friend. Willard 2003 i usually dont race out to see horror films, but upon hearing that rats were the centerpiece of glen morgans 2003 film willard, i was enticed enough to branch out of my cinematic comfort zone. Willard 2003 film willard is a 2003 american horror film cowritten and directed by glen morgan and starring crispin glover, r.
Willard is a social misfit who is made fun of by his coworkers. Eight white rats were on call for the part of socrates and six gambia rats were on call for the part of ben. Vincent canby of the new york times dismissed the film as a dull movie of no major consequence, with the rats no more scary than fat, friendly. The film makers suggested making willard a very ratlike human and requested the makeup artists make crispin glover unattractive and nervous looking by accenting the hard angles of his face, making him pale, dark around the eyes, and making his distinct nose stand out. He takes care of his mother and lives a very secluded life. For friends he has only two rats that he lovingly cares for. Mar 14, 2003 willard is too morose and inward and anthony perkinsy. He works at the business his father once owned, for mr. Search, discover and share your favorite willard gifs. He looses them, with great satisfaction on martins fancy new mercedes. Willard is a social misfit and is marginalized within the company founded by his own father. Ben is a 1972 american horror film about a young boy and his pet rat, ben. This is an eerie little horror yarn that is quite creepy, especially if you hate rats. However, when one of the rats is killed at work, willard goes on a.
The theme song, ben, is performed by singer michael jackson. He later begins playing with a rat he names queenie. This book was the basis for the 1971 thriller willard, about a young man who befriends a pack of rats, and eventually uses them as tools for revenge. It was also included on his 1972 album of the same title. Using ben and his furry friends as instruments of retaliation, willard. When his mother tells him to kill the rats in the basement, he goes to the store to buy traps and poison. Rats, however, are especially nasty, particularly when they are trained to kill by the psychotic young willard stiles bruce davison. Willard, however, mistrusts ben and attempts to dispose of him and the other rats. He encloses himself in the cellar, but all the rats break him and jump on top of him until he is killed. That night willard returns with ben and an army of rats and confronts martin who is attacked and murdered by the animals. Willard dvd life has become one big trap for 32yearold willard stiles. A white rat, which willard named socrates, becomes his best companion. Willards house continuous detective finch and officer salmon return. Desperate for companionship, the repressed willard crispin glover befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late fathers deteriorating mansion.
Willard is a 1971 american horror film directed by daniel mann and starring bruce davison and. Willard is too morose and inward and anthony perkinsy. Willard is picked on by his boss, and his mother, and he in turn picks on ben while favoring socrates who in turn leads a revolt against willard who is leading a revolt against his boss. The perfect casting of crispin glover, along with a pleasingly perverse mentality, combine to make this tale of a ratloving loser a chilling and fun surprise. I hate spiders even more than rats, although rats are more dangerous, because of my anthropomorphic bias. Dec 28, 2014 subscribe a young man with an unusual connection with rats, uses them at his own sociopathic will. Finally, the willard script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the crispin glover rats movie. This is the story of willard stiles who is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother henrietta in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. A social misfit is made fun of by his coworkers whose only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home that he uses to attack those who. Not only can willard communicate with the rodent, but he can actually command him to do his bidding.
When willard escapes from his birthday party a party attended only by his mothers elderly friends, he hides in the overgrown garden and has a friendly encounter with one of the rats who seem. Start your free trial to watch willard and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him. Its not hard to see why willard would have connected with audiences back in 1971. In the 1971 version, ben comes out on top commanding the other rats to attack and kill willard. Willard the 2003 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. When i was a teenager, one of my favorite movies was the original willard 1971, which was about a young man who befriended some rats that lived in and around his house. He lives in a large house with only his cranky and decrepit mother henrietta for company. Willard several rats leap onto willards back and shoulders.
In this remake of the 1971 film, reclusive and socially awkward willard stiles crispin glover befriends and trains an army of rats to do his twisted bidding. Fed up with his pushy, conniving boss, al martin ernest. Willard and his basement rats confront martin, and upon willard s command they swarm martin and tear him apart. The animals would have easily swam across the pool from the island and escaped. The remake of the 1971 film willard starring crispin glover in the titular role as a social misfit who only has rats for friends is one of those. Haunted by the ghost of his dead father, psychologically suffocated by his mother and ridiculed by his coworkers, willard makes an eerie discovery.
That night, willard takes tens of rats to mr martins office. Willard then discovers that he has a psychic connection to the rats, especially a huge one he names ben. He succeeds in killing some, but ben remains, and turns the remaining rat army against willard. Now a guy who has been trampled in the rat race his entire life is suddenly. I liked the movie because i had so much in common with the protagonist, willard stiles.
Willard rushes the girl from the house and then faces ben for the startling climax of the film. Nov 10, 2010 willard crispin glover send his rats to kill his boss. Willard quickly becomes obsessed with his friendship with a white rat he names socrates. Close willards shoulder a pair of upper and lower incisors plunge into his skin. The officer heads toward the patrol car and gets on the radio. Sep 24, 2007 a clip from the 2003 film willard in which willard befriends ben and begins to train the rats. Here the rats simply sweep across the screen in an animated tide, and instead of thinking, eek.
Subscribe a young man with an unusual connection with rats, uses them at his own sociopathic will. Different species of rats were used throughout the film. Willard then finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his coworkers and is eventually fired by his cruel and uncaring boss, mr. Yeah well there was a earlier version released in 1971 and it was one of those popular summer hits.
A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. Jun 03, 2008 when i was a teenager, one of my favorite movies was the original willard 1971, which was about a young man who befriended some rats that lived in and around his house. In this horror film, the young, disturbed willard stiles befriends a pair of rats. Socrates is a gentle white rat, ben a more aggressive brown rat. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at. Willard and his basement rats confront martin, and upon willards command they swarm martin and tear him apart. Willard is an interesting horror tale about a social misfit who has a hard time and his only friends are rats. Designed for a teenage audience, willard is creepy enough to draw the children, yet probably should be avoided for its violence, foul. Thats what willard is, its a masterpiece, at least of the movies of the last ten years or so. Willard appears at the office threshold to threaten him. A clip from the 2003 film willard in which willard befriends ben and begins to train the rats. They become the embodiment of his id, the unleashed resentment and anger of 20 years. Designed for a teenage audience, willard is creepy enough to draw the children, yet probably should be avoided for its violence, foul language and horrible depictions of death by ratbite. When he is squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father, his only friends become a couple of rats hes been raising.
Willard is a sociallymaladjusted young man who lives in a gloomy, victorian house with his codependant mother. Willard is constantly humiliated in front of his coworkers by his boss, mr. Willard crispin glover send his rats to kill his boss. In the original film willards coworker gave him an orange tabby cat named chloe which he ultimately dropped off with a man in a phone booth. On the day of his twentyseventh birthday, shy willard stiles, who works as a cashier in the factory once owned by his father, comes home to a surprise party thrown by his ailing, domineering mother henrietta and her middleaged friends. He even gives the two most dominant characters names. Ben, one of the many rats who inhabit his dilapidated home. It is loosely based on the novel ratmans notebooks by stephen gilbert, as well as on the novels first film adaptation, willard 1971, and its sequel, ben 1972. Willard is a 2003 american horror film cowritten and directed by glen morgan and starring. Willard stiles is a meek social misfit who develops an affinity for rats. I find it hard to use the word complex when describing a killer rats movie, but thats just what this is. Ben and socrates, who like all rodents, quickly produce a large offspring. Willard is tolerantly allowed employment at his late fathers business, presided over by passiveagressive ernest borgnine. If theyd reinvented the movie as a character study, not so much about the rats as about willard, they might have come up with something.
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