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Hypnosis | New York City
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Best Actress | 1995 | Penelope Ann
Best Music | 1995 | Jerry
Best Costumes | 1995 | Bob
Best Special Effects | 1995
Budget 25,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 48,063,435 USD
When Shiwan Khan and Lamont Cranston first meet, their dialogue about where Cranston purchased his tie is a spoof on product placement during the radio airing of The Shadow.
Sam Raimi originally wanted to adapt and direct this movie, but was denied the rights to it. He made Darkman (1990) instead. Raimi tried again to make a Shadow film with producer Michael E. Uslan in 2006, but the project never got off the ground.
This movie's Shadow character is a combination of the radio show and the pulp magazine versions. The elements from the radio show are his ability to be become invisible, the appearance of Margo Lane, and the establishment of Lamont Cranston as The Shadow's actual civilian identity. The pulp magazine elements include his costume, his network of agents at his disposal, and his twin semi- automatic pistols.
What attracted Tim Curry to this project more than anything else was the chance to work with Sir Ian McKellen.
The Shadow (originally played by James La Curto, and then famously by Frank Readick) made his debut on radio in 1931, as the third-person narrator of mystery stories on Street & Smith's Detective Story Hour. When fans of the show wrote in asking for adventures starring The Shadow, Street & Smith hired Walter Gibson, a magician and former ghost writer for Harry Houdini, to write a monthly series of pulp mystery novels. The Shadow Magazine ran until 1949, and was the most successful pulp series ever. Beginning in 1937, The Shadow starred in his own radio show, originally featuring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane. Other actors later played The Shadow on the radio show, which ran until 1955.
"Margo Lane: Oh, God I dreamed. Lamont Cranston: So did I. What did you dream? Margo Lane: I was lying naked on a beach in the South Seas. The tide was coming up to my toes. The sun was beating down. My skin hot and cool at the same time. It was wonderful. What was yours? Lamont Cranston: I dreamed I tore all the skin off my face and was somebody else underneath. Margo Lane: You have problems. Lamont Cranston: I'm aware of that."
"The Shadow: I'll be there... around every corner... in every empty room... as inevitable as your guilty conscience..."
