The Ring
Before you die, you see the Ring.
Country
Production
Budget
$48 000 000
Box office
$249 348 933
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Roy Lee, Mike Macari, Michele Weisler
Camera operator
Bojan Bazelli
Composer
Artist
Tom Duffield, Marco Rubeo
Audition
Denise Chamian
Editing
Craig Wood, Kimberly Rach
Whole Team (167)
Whole Team (167)
Short description
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.
What's left behind the scenes
- The DVD release sold two million copies in the US alone within the first 24 hours of sales.
- The tree with red leaves featured in the film (a Japanese maple) was artificial and repeatedly fell over during filming due to strong winds. The fruit of the Japanese maple is called a samara.
- Tom Duffield, the film's production designer, said he drew inspiration from the drawings and paintings of Andrew Wyeth.
- Throughout the film, Rachel uses the same red Sensa brand marker.
- The role of the lighthouse on Moesko Island was played by a real, functioning lighthouse in Newport, Oregon, built in 1873.
- The film is based on the novel 'Ringu' (1991) by Koji Suzuki.
- Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Beckinsale were considered for the role of Rachel, but Naomi Watts ultimately landed the part.
- Some techniques for building atmosphere were borrowed from the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
- As additions and bonuses on the DVD release, you can view footage witnessed by the main characters of the film. When selecting this option, control over the menu is lost, and it is impossible to pause, rewind, or return to the main menu. The only way to stop viewing is to turn off the TV. Control is returned only after the video clip ends, after which a telephone rings twice.
- During the first week of its American release, every viewer entering the theater could find a cassette with a recording of mysterious footage on their seat.
- On the shelf where Rachel discovers the ill-fated video cassette, there are also video recordings of the films “Shattered” (1991), “Scent of a Woman” (1992), “Steel Magnolias” (1989), “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1962), “Family Conspiracy” (1976), “Spontaneous Combustion” (1990), “Man with the Snowshoe” (1982), and “School Ties” (1992).
- For promotional purposes, representatives of DreamWorks Studios distributed cassettes with the “killer tape” around Los Angeles and created several themed websites.
- The black and red sticker of the band Bad Religion, pasted in Noah's closet, is a reference to the fact that in 1994, the film's director, Gore Verbinski, shot the music video “American Jesus” for the band.
- The children's singing heard on the cursed videotape is taken from the British film “The Innocents” (1961).
- Chris Cooper was originally supposed to play a small role as a child killer. Cooper can only be seen in a photograph in a newspaper at the end of the film.
- When Noah and Rachel return to the campsite at the end of the film, a new sign reading “Closed until further notice” is visible under the road sign “Shelter Mountain Inn.” The sign remained from a scene that was cut from the film, in which the campsite manager dies after watching the tape, and the police close the campsite.
- The film is based on the novel 'Ring' (Ringu, 1991) by Koji Suzuki.
- Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Beckinsale were considered for the role of Rachel, but it ultimately went to Naomi Watts.
- Some of the techniques used to build atmospheric tension were borrowed from the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
- Within the first 24 hours of sales, the DVD release sold two million copies in the United States alone.
- As part of the supplements and bonuses on the DVD edition, viewers can watch the footage witnessed by the film's main characters. Upon selecting this option, control over the menu is lost, making it impossible to pause, fast-forward, or return to the main menu. The only way to stop viewing is to turn off the television. Control is restored only after the video ends, followed by the sound of a telephone ringing twice.
- During the first week of the American theatrical release, every viewer entering the theater could find a cassette containing a mysterious video recording on their seat.
- On the shelf where Rachel finds the ill-fated videotape, there are also recordings of the films 'Shattered' (1991), 'Scent of a Woman' (1992), 'Steel Magnolias' (1989), 'Sodom and Gomorrah' (1962), 'Family Plot' (1976), 'Spontaneous Combustion' (1990), 'The Man from Snowy River' (1982), and 'School Ties' (1992).
- Production designer Tom Duffield stated that he drew inspiration from the drawings and paintings of Andrew Wyeth.
- The black-and-red Bad Religion sticker pasted in Noah's closet is a reference to the fact that in 1994, the film's director, Gore Verbinski, directed the music video for 'American Jesus' for the band.
- The children's singing heard on the cursed videotape is taken from the British film 'The Innocents' (1961).
- Chris Cooper was intended to play a small role as the child killer. Cooper can only be seen in a newspaper photograph at the end of the film.
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