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A nightmare on elm street

cast

John Saxon .. Lt. Thompson
Ronee Blakley .. Marge Thompson
Heather Langenkamp .. Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss .. Tina Gray
Jsu Garcia .. Rod Lane (as Nick Corri)
Johnny Depp .. Glen Lantz
Charles Fleischer .. Dr. King
Joseph Whipp .. Sgt. Parker
Robert Englund .. Freddy Krueger
Lin Shaye .. Teacher

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trivia

Wes Craven’s original concept for Freddy Krueger was considerably more gruesome, with teeth showing through the flesh over the jaw, puss running from the sores, and a part of the skull showing through the head. Make-up artist David B. Miller argued that an actor couldn’t be convincingly made up that way and a puppet would be hard to film and wouldn’t blend well with live actors, so these ideas were eventually abandoned.

The poster above Johnny Depp’s bed in the scene where he is killed is the Grace Under Pressure album cover by Canadian rock trio Rush.

Johnny Depp accompanied friend Jackie Earle Haley to the auditions, where he was spotted by director Wes Craven, who asked him if he’d like to read for the part

Wes Craven wrote the script and presented it in 1981, but no one wanted it. He said that “It just flew around” until New Line Cinema picked it up.

This was the first real movie by New Line Cinema. Before that, they were just a distribution company for college campuses.

Johnny Depp’s first film

An omen that Johnny Depp’s character is about to die occurs as he is laying in bed listening to his radio. The broadcaster announces “It’s midnight and you’re listening to station KRGR”. KRGR can be interpreted as meaning “Krueger.”

Quotes

Nancy: Ok, here’s what we’re going to do.
Glen Lantz: It’s dark in here.
Nancy: But it’s not what you’re thinking.

Glen Lantz: What did you do to your arm?
Nancy: I burned it in English class

[Glen is trying to get to sleep on the couch alone, but the sounds of Tina and Rod having sex is keeping him up]
Glen Lantz: Morality sucks.

Glen Lantz: I’m going to punch out your ugly lights, whoever you are!

Nancy: Glen, you bastard
Glen Lantz: What did I do?
Nancy: I just asked you to do one thing, to stay awake and watch me and to wake me up if it looked like I was having a bad dream, and what did you do, you shit?
[Nancy then slaps him on the knee]
Nancy: You fell asleep.

Voice on Glen’s television set: It is now twelve, midnight and this is station KRGR, leaving the air.

Glen Lantz: Oh, man. Midnight. Baseball bats and boogeymen. Beautiful.

Glen Lantz: Miss Nude America is on tonight.
Mrs. Lantz: Well how can you hear what she has to say?
Glen Lantz: Who cares what she has to say.

links

• Official Site
• Fan Site
• IMDB