Slayground

Slayground
Directed by Terry Bedford
Produced by John Dark
Gower Frost
Screenplay by Trevor Preston
Based on Slayground
by Donald E. Westlake
Starring
Music by Colin Towns
Cinematography Stephen Smith
Edited by Nick Gaster
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia-EMI-Warner
Universal Pictures[1]
Release date
 December 1983
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $5 million[2]

Slayground is a 1983 British crime thriller film directed by Terry Bedford. Starring Peter Coyote, Mel Smith and Billie Whitelaw, the film is adapted from Slayground, the 14th Parker novel (although the main character has been renamed to "Stone" in this adaptation), written by Donald Westlake under the name Richard Stark.

Cast

  • Peter Coyote
  • Mel Smith

Production

The novel Slayground was published in 1971.

In early 1983 Barry Spikings left Thorn EMI and Verity Lambert was appointed head of production. Lambert's first slate of films was Slayground, Comfort and Joy, Illegal Aliens (which became Morons from Outer Space) and Dreamchild.[3] Filming had finished by November 1983. "I believe all these films have international appeal," said Lambert.[4]

Reception

Monthly Film Bulletin called it "Flashdance meets film noir.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Slayground". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "The Sunday press has reported on the UK film industry." 17 April 1983 Textline Multiple Source Collection (1980-1994)
  3. ↑ Cinema Verity: Peter Fiddick talks toEMI-Thorn 's new film production chief Fiddick, Peter. The Guardian 24 Nov 1983: 13.
  4. ↑ EMI back with four feature films Fiddick, Peter. The Guardian 16 Nov 1983: 2.
  5. ↑ SLAYGROUND Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 51, Iss. 600, (Jan 1, 1984): 52.


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