Rosemary's Baby

"Pray for Rosemary's Baby."

1968 2h 18m EN

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7.8

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97%

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★7.8TMDB · 4,526🍅97%Rotten Tomatoes●96Metacritic★8IMDB · 250,536

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Synopsis

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A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

“Pray for Rosemary's Baby.”

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Cast

Mia Farrow
Rosemary Woodhouse
John Cassavetes
Guy Woodhouse
Ruth Gordon
Minnie Castevet
Sidney Blackmer
Roman Castevet
Maurice Evans
Hutch
Ralph Bellamy
Dr. Sapirstein
Victoria Vetri
Terry
Patsy Kelly
Laura-Louise

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Roman Polanski
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $33M — a 10.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Rosemary's Baby Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roman Polanski, shot by William A. Fraker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Krzysztof Komeda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Sam O'Steen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes and Ruth Gordon carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Roman Polanski directs. William A. Fraker behind the camera. Krzysztof Komeda scores. Sam O'Steen cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $33M — a 10.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
358 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Part of the "Rosemary's Baby Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Roman Polanski, shot by William A. Fraker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Krzysztof Komeda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Sam O'Steen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes and Ruth Gordon carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Pray for Rosemary's Baby.".
10IMDB entry: tt0063522 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 30 themes, including "new york city", "husband wife relationship", "based on novel or book", "satanism".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Original score: Krzysztof Komeda
Editing: Sam O'Steen
Production design: Richard Sylbert
Makeup / hair: Vidal Sassoon
Runtime: 138 min · 2h 18m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,200,000
Box office: $33,395,426
Return: 1044% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 96/100
IMDB rating: 8/10 · 250,536 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 13 nominations total

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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Part of

Rosemary's Baby Collection

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Roman Polanski

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CinemaSerf2024-10-06
★ 7/10
I've never found Mia Farrow to be a very versatile actor, but she certainly delivers the best performance of her career in this gripping story of Satanic manipulation. "Rosemary" is married to "Guy" (John Cassavetes) and they live in one of those lovely great buildings that overlook New York's Central Park. Their neighbours are a bit eccentric, to day the least, with "Minnie" (the almost perfect Ruth Gordon) and "Roman" (Sidney Blackmer) chief amongst those who take an increasing interest in this couple when it appears that a baby is on the way. Gradually, she begins to suspect that something is amiss with not just her pregnancy, but with her marital relationship as she seems to see less and less of those previously close to her and becomes little better than a prisoner in her own apartment. She is becoming increasingly paranoid, confused and resentful of a seemingly indofferent husband who seems content to let just about everyone interfere as the due date approaches. This is also Roman Polanski at his best as he manages to amalgamate the sinister and the coercive with the religiosity of a story that exudes menace and panic whilst also calling into question established societal values around faith and trust. It's almost claustrophobic by design, and their small apartment soon takes on the mantle of a cell occupied by a woman who is very much not in control of her own destiny - whichever way she tries to turn, and with the careful use of a score from Christopher Komeda that could rival Bernard Herrmann then we have a story of visceral fear that looks great on a big screen. Gripping and genuinely quite terrifying at times, it's amongst the best of this genre.

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