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''30 Days of Night'' is a 2007 American
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based on the
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miniseries of the same name. The film was directed by
David Slade David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television director and actor. His works include the films ''Hard Candy'', ''30 Days of Night'' and '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. Slade is also a director for television, dir ...
and stars Josh Hartnett and
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. The story focuses on an
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n town beset by vampires as it enters into a 30-day-long
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. ''30 Days of Night'' was originally pitched as a comic, then as a film, but it was rejected. Years later,
Steve Niles Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as ''30 Days of Night'', '' Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery'', ''Simon Dark'', ''Mystery Society'', and '' Batman: Gotham County Line''. ...
showed
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the idea and it took off. The film was produced on a budget of $30 million and grossed over $75 million at the box office during its six-week run starting on October 19, 2007. Critical reviews were mixed. The film has since developed a
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. A
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, '' Dark Days'', was released on October 5, 2010, straight to home video. A
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, '' Blood Trails'', was released on FEARnet.com and FEARnet On Demand in 2007. Another sequel miniseries, '' Dust to Dust'', placed chronologically before ''Dark Days'', was released in 2008.


Plot

The town of
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, is preparing for its annual "30 Days of Night", a period during the winter with a month-long
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. As the town gets ready, a stranger rows ashore from a large ship and sabotages the town's communications and transport to the outside world. Barrow's sheriff, Eben Oleson, investigates and also learns that his estranged wife, Stella, missed the last plane out of town and must stay the 30 days. That night, a band of
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s, led by Marlow, attacks and slaughters most of the townspeople, forcing Eben, Stella, Eben's younger brother Jake, and several other survivors to take shelter in a boarded-up house with a hidden attic. Marlow finds the stranger, who believes the vampires are going to turn him into one of them as a reward for his help, locked up in the station. Marlow thanks him for doing what he asked, and then snaps his neck. Eighteen days later, when a blizzard hits, the group uses the whiteout to go to the general store for supplies, but is stranded after it ends. While the group heads for the station, Eben creates a diversion by having the vampires chase him to his grandmother's house, where he uses one of her ultraviolet lights to burn the face of Marlow's lover, Iris, so badly that Marlow is forced to kill her. As he escapes, the town snowplow operator, Beau, creates another distraction with his tractor, killing many of the vampires, before trying to blow himself up; when he fails, Marlow crushes his head. Eben arrives at the station, where he is then forced to kill Carter, who was bitten and has become a vampire. On Day 27, Stella and Eben see the deputy, Billy, signaling them with a flashlight, and bring him back to the station, after finding out he killed his family to save them from a more painful death. The trio find the others have made for the
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, a power and sewage treatment station that still has power, and head over there, but are separated after Stella saves Gail Robbins, a young girl whose family was slaughtered by a vampire named Zurial, who was stalking her. Eben and Billy make it to the utilidor, but are attacked by the vampire Arvin, who bites Billy; Billy knocks Arvin into the heavy-duty shredder, and in doing so, grinds his own hand to a stump by accident, before being killed by Eben because he is starting to turn. As the month comes to an end, with the sun due to rise, the vampires start to burn down the town to destroy evidence of their presence, including survivors. Realizing Stella is trapped and that he cannot beat the vampires in his current state, Eben turns himself into a vampire by injecting himself with Billy's infected blood. He confronts Marlow and they get into a vicious fight, before Marlow is finally killed by having a hole punched through his mouth and head, causing the remaining vampires to flee. Knowing he will die soon, Eben and Stella go off to watch the sunrise together, sharing one last kiss. As the sun comes up, Eben's body burns to ash in Stella's arms.


Cast

* Josh Hartnett as Sheriff Eben Oleson *
Melissa George Melissa George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian actress and entrepreneur. A former national artistic rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993– ...
as Stella Oleson *
Danny Huston Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an Italian-born American actor and film director. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for h ...
as Marlow * Ben Foster as the Stranger * Mark Boone Junior as Beau Brower *
Mark Rendall Mark Rendall (born October 21, 1988) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor whose roles include the lead in the 2004 film, '' Childstar'' and Mick in season 1 of the Canadian television drama series ''ReGenesis''. He played Bastian Bux ...
as Jake Oleson *
Amber Sainsbury Amber Sainsbury (born 28 August 1978) is a New Zealand actress. Biography She has starred in the Sky One UK television series '' Hex'' as Roxanne Davenport. Amber has also appeared in ''Coronation Street'', ''The Bill'', '' Trevor's World of S ...
as Denise *
Manu Bennett Jonathan Manu Bennett (born 10 October 1969) is a New Zealand actor. He is primarily known for portraying characters in epic fantasy works, such as Crixus in the TV series ''Spartacus'', Allanon in '' The Shannara Chronicles'', Slade Wilson / ...
as Deputy Billy Kitka * Megan Franich as Iris * Joel Tobeck as Doug Hertz *
Elizabeth Hawthorne Elizabeth Hawthorne (born 30 April 1947) is a New Zealand actress who is known for her role as Mrs. Macready in the 2005 film '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' and the Peter Jackson supernatural comedy ''The ...
as Lucy Ikos *
Nathaniel Lees Nathaniel Lees is a New Zealand theatre actor and director and film actor of Samoan descent, best known for film roles in ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''The Matrix Revolutions'' and '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' and for starring in ''You ...
as Carter Davies * Craig Hall as Wilson Bulosan *
Chic Littlewood Cecil "Chic" Littlewood (17 November 1930 – 11 January 2015) was a New Zealand television entertainer and actor. Biography Born on 17 November 1930 in southeast London, England, Littlewood originally worked as a baker. He had a gift for mimicr ...
as Isaac Bulosan * Peter Feeney as John Riis * Andrew Stehlin as Arvin *
John Rawls John Bordley Rawls (; February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the liberal tradition. Rawls received both the Schock Prize for Logic and Philosophy and the National Humanities Medal in ...
as Zurial *
Jared Turner Jared Turner (born 12 April 1978) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, best known for his roles as Ben Maddox in ''Go Girls'' and as Ty Johnson on the television series, ''The Almighty Johnsons''. He is also recognised on New Zealand TV scree ...
as Aaron * Kelson Henderson as Gabe *
Pua Magasiva Pua Magasiva (10 August 1980 – 11 May 2019) was a New Zealand actor of Samoan descent, best known for his roles as Shane Clarke, the Red Ranger from '' Power Rangers Ninja Storm'', and Vinnie Kruse in the soap opera '' Shortland Street'', b ...
as Malekai Hamm * Grant Tilly as Gus * Rachel Maitland-Smith as Gail * Kate Elliott as Dawn *
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as Seth


Production


Development

''30 Days of Night'' author
Steve Niles Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as ''30 Days of Night'', '' Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery'', ''Simon Dark'', ''Mystery Society'', and '' Batman: Gotham County Line''. ...
conceived of the story in the form of a comic, but after meeting a lack of interest in initial pitches, tried to pitch it as a film. When this did not work out, Niles shelved the idea until he showed it to
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. IDW published the comic and
Ben Templesmith Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series '' Fell'', with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW's ''30 Days of Night'' with w ...
provided the artwork. When Niles and his agent, Jon Levin, shopped the comic around again as a potential film adaptation, Niles found that the idea "went shockingly well", with
Sam Raimi Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007) and the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1990 superhero film ''Darkman'' ...
and Senator International picking up the property rights based on the original concept and Templesmith's unique mood and concepts for the vampires. According to Raimi, the potential project was "unlike the horror films of recent years". Following the publication of the ''30 Days of Night'' comic book
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in 2002, studios, including DreamWorks, MGM, and Senator International, bid in the $1 million range for rights to a potential vampire film based on the story. Raimi expressed interest in adapting the miniseries and was negotiating a production deal with his producing partner
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to establish a label with Senator Entertainment, of which Senator International is the sales division. In July 2002, Senator International acquired the rights for ''30 Days of Night'' in a seven-figure deal with Raimi and Tapert attached as producers. By October 2002, Niles was working on adapting ''30 Days of Night'' for the big screen, keeping the film true to the miniseries, though fleshing out the characters more significantly in the adaptation process. In February 2003,
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partnered with Senator International to work on ''30 Days of Night'', which was developing under Senator International's newly established production company,
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. Mike Richardson, the
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publisher who supported the adaptation project from the beginning, after having turned down an offer to initially publish the project, was attached as
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. The following March, Richardson revealed that Steve Niles had turned in the initial draft for the ''30 Days of Night'' screenplay. In March 2004, however, Columbia Pictures requested that Niles's initial screenplay to be rewritten in preparation for production. Sue Binder, the business manager of Ghost House Pictures, indicated that filming for ''30 Days of Night'' was still at least a year away, as Ghost House planned to produce three films before the vampire thriller. The following May,
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, one of the writers for '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', was rewriting Niles' ''30 Days of Night'' draft for production. Niles was pleased with Beattie's faithfully rewritten script, which was submitted to the studio in October 2004. Adi Hasak also made uncredited contributions to the script. In September 2005, director
David Slade David Aldrin Slade (born 26 September 1969) is a British film and television director and actor. His works include the films ''Hard Candy'', ''30 Days of Night'' and '' The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''. Slade is also a director for television, dir ...
was announced to have signed on to ''30 Days of Night'', which would be distributed by Columbia Pictures mainly in North America and Mandate Pictures in international territories. In March 2006, Slade revealed that screenwriter Brian Nelson, who wrote the screenplay for Slade's previous film ''
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'', was writing a new draft of the ''30 Days of Night'' script, replacing Beattie's draft. The director said that filming would begin in summer 2006 in Alaska and
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.


Casting

In June 2006, Josh Hartnett was as having been cast as the husband of the married couple who serves as the town's sheriff team. Some criticized the choice because the main character (Eben Olemaun, with the last name changed to Oleson for the motion picture adaption) was originally Inuk in the comics.
Melissa George Melissa George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian actress and entrepreneur. A former national artistic rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993– ...
joined the ''30 Days of Night'' cast as a sheriff and wife of Hartnett's character.
Danny Huston Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an Italian-born American actor and film director. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for h ...
joined the cast as the leader of the vampires.


Filming

Filming did not begin immediately, but in a September 2006 interview, executive producer Mike Richardson said that ''30 Days of Night'' would be shot on 35 mm film, though discussion had occurred to shoot the film on
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. In an interview prior to filming, Slade explained that the illustrations by Ben Templesmith would be reflected in production design. Slade also considered Nelson's draft to be the most faithful to the graphic novel. He also stated his intention to make a "scary vampire film", of which he did not think many existed. "The rest of them, they fall into all kinds of traps. We're going to try to do our best... and one of the ways we have to do it is be more naturalistic than the graphic novel, because it's very over-the-top," said Slade. Also, concern was expressed that while the vampires needed to communicate, talking might lessen the effect. To counter this, a fictional vampire language, with
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s, was constructed with the help of a professor of linguistics and the nearby University of Auckland. Slade explained, "we designed this really simple language that didn't sound like any particular accent that you would be aware of, that was based around really simple actions, eating, hunting, yes, no, really basic, because that's what vampires do."


Post-production

By February 2007, the production phase was completed, and a rough cut of the film was prepared. In April, composer
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was hired to score the film.


Music

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composed the film's score. A soundtrack was released by
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, with an artwork by Marc Bessant in summer 2015 on
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.


Novelization

To coincide with the film's release, a novelization by
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was published by Pocket Star on September 25, 2007. It is one of six novels based on the franchise.


Release


Box office

''30 Days of Night'' was released in 2,855 cinemas in the United States and Canada on October 19, 2007. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $15,951,902, placing first in the box office. The film grossed $39,568,996 in the United States and Canada and $35,735,361 overseas for a total of $75,304,357 worldwide.


Critical reception

On the review aggregation site
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, the film has a 51% score based on 157 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The site's consensus states: "While ''30 Days of Night'' offers a few thrills, it ultimately succumbs to erratic execution."
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reports a score of 53 out of 100 from 29 reviews, considered to be mixed or average reviews.
Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...
gave the film 2.5 stars out of a possible 4. He criticized several plot holes, such as the vampires moving with supernatural speed in some attacks, but ponderous slowness in others, but also singled out Danny Huston for being "quite convincing" as the vampire leader, and summed up the film as "well-made, well-photographed, and plausibly acted, and is better than it needs to be."


Home media

''30 Days of Night'' was released February 26, 2008 on DVD,
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, and UMD for
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in the United States. DVD sales brought in $26,949,780 in revenue, from 1,429,600 sold DVD units. This does not include Blu-ray sales. The DVD is a single disc and includes eight featurettes, one of which is a full episode of the anime ''
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''. The UK Region 2 release is a two-disc special edition, released in April 2008. Despite being exactly the same as the theatrical release, the BBFC reclassified the film from a 15 to an 18. Though it still only has the eight featurettes on the second disc, it includes a bonus ''30 Days of Night'' graphic novel.


TV series, prequels, and sequel

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miniseries A miniseries or mini-series is a television series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. "Limited series" is another more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format ...
'' Blood Trails'' was released in 2007. A
sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...
miniseries '' Dust to Dust'' was released in 2008. A
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sequel entitled '' Dark Days'' was released on October 5, 2010. The script for the sequel was written by Steve Niles and Ben Ketai with Ketai also positioned as director. When filming began on October 20, 2009,
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and
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were named as leads, with Kirshner playing the lead vampire villain
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. Other cast named included
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,
Kiele Sanchez Kiele Michelle Sanchez ( ; born October 13, 1977) is an American actress who starred in the A&E Network drama '' The Glades''. Previously, she had starred as Anne Sorelli in The WB comedy-drama ''Related'' and as Nikki Fernandez on the main cast ...
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, and
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. Three days after filming began, Niles revealed that
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replaced Melissa George in the role of Stella Oleson. The sequel was produced on a lower budget, but being straight-to-video allowed the writers to more closely follow the comic book.


See also

* ''
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'', a Swedish 2006 vampire film with similar theme *
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References


External links

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Steve Niles Interview
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Composer Brian Reitzell discusses his score for ''30 Days of Night''
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