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Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby (miniseries).jpg
Promotional poster

Based on
Rosemary's Baby 
 by Ira Levin
Written by
Scott Abbott
 James Wong
Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
Starring
Zoe Saldana
Patrick J. Adams
Jason Isaacs
Carole Bouquet

Music by
Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
2
Production

Producer(s)
Joshua D. Maurer
Alixandre Witlin
David A. Stern
Zoe Saldana
Cisely Saldana
Mariel Saldana
Tom Patricia
Robert Bernacchi

Editor(s)
Amy E. Duddleston
Brian Berdan

Cinematography
Michel Amathieu
Running time
240 minutes
Production company(s)
City Entertainment
KippSter Entertainment
Lionsgate Television

Distributor
NBC
Release

Original network
NBC
Original release
May 11, 2014 (Part 1)
 May 15, 2014 (Part 2)
Chronology

Preceded by
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby is a 2014 two-part, four-hour television miniseries adaptation of Ira Levin's best-selling horror novel of the same name. Zoe Saldana stars in the two-part (May 11 and May 15)[1] NBC miniseries that is directed by Agnieszka Holland.[2] Unlike earlier versions, it is set in Paris rather than New York. The work has not been well received by critics, many of whom said that it was stretched to fill two two-hour timeslots. Although there are several notable changes, this miniseries is considered to be a fairly true updating of the original film adaptation.


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Production
4 Episodes
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links

Cast[edit]
Zoe Saldana as Rosemary Woodhouse
Patrick J. Adams as Guy Woodhouse
Jason Isaacs as Roman Castevet
Carole Bouquet as Margaux Castevet
Christina Cole as Julie
François Civil as Jacques
Frédéric Pierrot as Father Tekem
Executive ProducersJoshua D. Maurer
Alixandre Witlin
David A. Stern
Plot[edit]
After suffering a miscarriage, Rosemary (Zoe Saldana) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams) Woodhouse leave New York City for Paris, hoping to make a fresh start. A series of serendipitous events lead them to befriend affluent couple Margaux (Carole Bouquet) and Roman Castevet (Jason Isaacs), who invite them to live in their prestigious apartment building. While Guy appreciates Roman's taking him under his wing, Rosemary is overwhelmed by the Castevets' interest in their lives. She finds evidence of the previous couple that lived in their apartment, and after going to Commissioner Fontaine (Olivier Rabourdin) with her suspicions, learns that the woman, Nena (Victoire Bélézy) committed suicide. Following a lead, Rosemary finds Nena's priest, who claims that the apartment building has a dark past, and one of its tenants is a Satanist billionaire named Steven Marcato who eats women's hearts. The priest hangs himself soon after, which prompts Fontaine to investigate.
When Guy's career flourishes, he suggests to Rosemary that they try to get pregnant again. On the night they plan to conceive, Rosemary drinks Margaux's herbal brew and passes out. In a dream-like state Rosemary sees herself having sex with a strange man, while being watched by Guy, Margaux, Roman, and the Castevets' friends. Weeks later Rosemary learns she's pregnant, but her health deteriorates and she's neglected by Guy, who is reluctant to touch Rosemary and has been spending more time with Roman. Guy is angered when he learns Rosemary went to visit another doctor, as encouraged by her friend Julie (Christina Cole). Guy visits Julie and secretly takes her crucifix necklace; not long afterward Julie dies in a kitchen accident. Rosemary's pains suddenly disappear, and the rest of the pregnancy proceeds well.
Late into the pregnancy, Fontaine is still investigating the Marcato case and warns Rosemary to keep her eyes open. Rosemary discovers a secret door in their closet which leads to a study containing books on the occult. Rosemary takes one of the books, which is about witchcraft and contains a handwritten "It's an anagram!" above a page on Steven Marcato. Rosemary shares her suspicions with Guy that Roman Castevet is Steven Marcato, and that the Castevets are witches with sinister designs on their baby, but Guy insists she's being paranoid. While searching for their passports Rosemary discovers Julie's crucifix necklace and suspects that Guy is part of the conspiracy.
Rosemary sneaks out of the apartment to meet Fontaine, but he is run over by a truck while Rosemary watches. Rosemary goes to Dr. Bernard (Oisin Stack), Julie's friend, but he thinks she's delusional and calls Guy. Rosemary is taken back to her apartment where she has a panic attack and is sedated just as she's going into a labor. She wakes up three days later in a hospital and is told that the baby died and its body cremated. After being discharged, Rosemary leaves Guy and declares that she's going back to New York.
While packing her things in the apartment, Rosemary hears a baby's cries and starts lactating. She goes through the secret door to the Castevets' apartment, where she finds Guy, the Castevets and their friends standing around a crib containing her baby. Rosemary is disturbed by the baby's demonic eyes, and is told that its father is Satan, and the baby is their Prince. Roman encourages Rosemary to be the baby's mother, and she lifts her son out of the crib to nurse him. The film ends with Rosemary pushing her son in a pram, and when passersby admire the baby, she says, "He's perfect."
Production[edit]



Zoe Saldana plays the lead character, Rosemary Woodhouse
Saldana signed on to the project on January 8, 2014.[3] Director Holland was a three-time Academy Award nominee and the original film had earned Academy Award nominations.[1] Saldana signed on with the expectations that fans of the original would not like the adaptation, but she was lured by the Paris setting and more importantly the opportunity to live and work in Paris for three months.[4] Jason Isaacs and Patrick J. Adams joined the cast on January 20.[5] Holland's daughter Kasia Adamik served as the second unit director.[6] Scott Abbott and James Wong wrote the 2014 adaptated screenplay.[6]
Unlike the novel and movie, the miniseries is set and shot in Paris rather than New York City.[1][7] While the new adaptation was bloodier than the original movie version, it attempted to be more sophisticated by touching on themes such as "post-feminist meditation on the loss of control that women feel with pregnancy and on the seduction of money and power".[6] Whereas the original movie used the Omaha native housewife transplanted in New York City, the new adaptation presented Saldana's Rosemary as a ballet dancer who was the primary wage-earner and who left New York after a miscarriage to start over in Paris with her husband during his one-year teaching job at the Sorbonne.[6][8]

Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Night 1" Agnieszka Holland Scott Abbott & James Wong May 11, 2014 3.68[9]
After a suffering a miscarriage, a young married couple, Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse decide to create a new life for each other by moving to Paris, where Guy lands a teaching job at the Sorbonne. The couple soon meet and befriend Roman and Margaux Castevet, a mysterious older couple living in their lavish new apartment building, which Rosemary discovers, has a haunted past.
2
"Night 2" Agnieszka Holland Scott Abbott & James Wong May 15, 2014 3.26[10]
Roman and Margaux take a strange interest in the couple after Rosemary becomes pregnant. Also when Guy finds success through writing, tragedy strikes Rosemary's personal life and her health starts to decline drastically during the course of her pregnancy, making her believe there is something wrong with the baby.
Reception[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the show held a 31% approval rating with an average score of 4.8/10, based on 35 reviews. The consensus read: "Although the Parisian setting and special effects are impressive, this Rosemary's Baby remake resorts to sensationalism and gore." At Metacritic, the show had a score of 51 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, which indicates a "mixed or average" response.[11][12]
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times, who called the miniseries a "surprisingly clever remake", felt that the choice of Paris as the setting was not only "one of the best things" about the remake, but it works well with the theme of conflict with neighbors. Furthermore, she noted that it was reasonable that Rosemary (Zoe Saldana) would be naive and dependent because of her unfamiliarity with Paris as a newcomer.[13] Stanley wrote that the host couple, French sophisticates Margaux (Carole Bouquet) and Roman Castevet (Jason Isaacs), were completely different from the one in Roman Polanski's original.[13] Although she said the adaptation took liberties with the source material, James Poniewozik of Time said the adaptation "keeps its essential shape and plot" in comparison to the original film, an opinion shared by Hank Stuever of The Washington Post, who wrote that the new adaptation was "surprisingly and even satisfyingly true to the old movie".[8][13][14] Poniewozik stated that although director Holland had successfully directed complex and lively episodes of The Wire and Treme, this adaptation was "leaden and slack", which may have been due to an attempt to fill two two-hour time slots.[14] Stuever also wrote that it was "way too long", and added that the show lacked suspense.[8] Poniewozik characterized Rosemary and Guy (Patrick J. Adams) as "anesthetically generic" without a "complex relationship"; he likened the miniseries to a "lifestyle show" that becomes a "slasher movie". Despite some "redeeming notes", he ultimately called it "too dull".[14] Stuever noted that the 2014 adaptation was set in "the hyper-aware boutique pregnancy" era, and pointed out one modernization that eased Rosemary's burden: Google image searches on Satan.[8] David Bianculli of NPR felt the shift to Paris was unnecessary and that the adaptation was "neither refreshing nor original"; he summed it up as "just dreadful". He described Saldana's Rosemary as more appealing but no smarter than Mia Farrow's.[15]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c Inzaurralde, Bastien (April 28, 2014). "'Rosemary's Baby' Remake Shifts Horror to Paris". Daily Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 8, 2014). "Zoe Saldana To Topline NBC Miniseries 'Rosemary's Baby'". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 8, 2014). "Zoe Saldana to Star in NBC's 'Rosemary's Baby' Remake". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Why Zoe Saldana remade 'Rosemary's Baby'". CNN. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 20, 2014). "Patrick J. Adams, Jason Isaacs Join NBC's 'Rosemary's Baby'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c d Donadio, Rachel (May 8, 2014). "Bedeviled Anew by a Pregnancy: Agnieszka Holland's Post-Feminist 'Rosemary's Baby' on NBC". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 20, 2014). "Patrick J. Adams & Jason Isaacs To Star In NBC's 'Rosemary's Baby' Miniseries". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d Stuever, Hank (May 9, 2014). "'Rosemary's Baby': A demon seed in the age of ultrasound". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Bibel, Sara (May 13, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'American Dad' & 'America's Funniet Home Videos' Adjusted Up; 'Revenge', 'Cosmos' & 'Dateline' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
10.Jump up ^ Bibel, Sara (May 16, 2014). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'Grey's Anatomy' Adjusted Up; 'Reign' & 'The Millers' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby: Season 1 (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby : Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
13.^ Jump up to: a b c Stanley, Alessandra (May 8, 2014). "Wanting a Child in the Worst Way: 'Rosemary's Baby' Is Remade Into a Mini-Series". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c Poniewozik, James (May 8, 2014). "REVIEW: Rosemary's Baby and Penny Dreadful". Time. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ Bianculli, David (May 9, 2014). "'Penny Dreadful' Is Wonderful, But 'Rosemary's Baby' Is Dreadful". NPR. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
External links[edit]
Official website
Rosemary's Baby at the Internet Movie Database
Rosemary's Baby at TV.com
Rosemary's Baby at Rotten Tomatoes
Rosemary's Baby at Metacritic


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Rosemary's Baby (miniseries)

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Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby (miniseries).jpg
Promotional poster

Based on
Rosemary's Baby 
 by Ira Levin
Written by
Scott Abbott
 James Wong
Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
Starring
Zoe Saldana
Patrick J. Adams
Jason Isaacs
Carole Bouquet

Music by
Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
2
Production

Producer(s)
Joshua D. Maurer
Alixandre Witlin
David A. Stern
Zoe Saldana
Cisely Saldana
Mariel Saldana
Tom Patricia
Robert Bernacchi

Editor(s)
Amy E. Duddleston
Brian Berdan

Cinematography
Michel Amathieu
Running time
240 minutes
Production company(s)
City Entertainment
KippSter Entertainment
Lionsgate Television

Distributor
NBC
Release

Original network
NBC
Original release
May 11, 2014 (Part 1)
 May 15, 2014 (Part 2)
Chronology

Preceded by
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby is a 2014 two-part, four-hour television miniseries adaptation of Ira Levin's best-selling horror novel of the same name. Zoe Saldana stars in the two-part (May 11 and May 15)[1] NBC miniseries that is directed by Agnieszka Holland.[2] Unlike earlier versions, it is set in Paris rather than New York. The work has not been well received by critics, many of whom said that it was stretched to fill two two-hour timeslots. Although there are several notable changes, this miniseries is considered to be a fairly true updating of the original film adaptation.


Contents  [hide]
1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Production
4 Episodes
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links

Cast[edit]
Zoe Saldana as Rosemary Woodhouse
Patrick J. Adams as Guy Woodhouse
Jason Isaacs as Roman Castevet
Carole Bouquet as Margaux Castevet
Christina Cole as Julie
François Civil as Jacques
Frédéric Pierrot as Father Tekem
Executive ProducersJoshua D. Maurer
Alixandre Witlin
David A. Stern
Plot[edit]
After suffering a miscarriage, Rosemary (Zoe Saldana) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams) Woodhouse leave New York City for Paris, hoping to make a fresh start. A series of serendipitous events lead them to befriend affluent couple Margaux (Carole Bouquet) and Roman Castevet (Jason Isaacs), who invite them to live in their prestigious apartment building. While Guy appreciates Roman's taking him under his wing, Rosemary is overwhelmed by the Castevets' interest in their lives. She finds evidence of the previous couple that lived in their apartment, and after going to Commissioner Fontaine (Olivier Rabourdin) with her suspicions, learns that the woman, Nena (Victoire Bélézy) committed suicide. Following a lead, Rosemary finds Nena's priest, who claims that the apartment building has a dark past, and one of its tenants is a Satanist billionaire named Steven Marcato who eats women's hearts. The priest hangs himself soon after, which prompts Fontaine to investigate.
When Guy's career flourishes, he suggests to Rosemary that they try to get pregnant again. On the night they plan to conceive, Rosemary drinks Margaux's herbal brew and passes out. In a dream-like state Rosemary sees herself having sex with a strange man, while being watched by Guy, Margaux, Roman, and the Castevets' friends. Weeks later Rosemary learns she's pregnant, but her health deteriorates and she's neglected by Guy, who is reluctant to touch Rosemary and has been spending more time with Roman. Guy is angered when he learns Rosemary went to visit another doctor, as encouraged by her friend Julie (Christina Cole). Guy visits Julie and secretly takes her crucifix necklace; not long afterward Julie dies in a kitchen accident. Rosemary's pains suddenly disappear, and the rest of the pregnancy proceeds well.
Late into the pregnancy, Fontaine is still investigating the Marcato case and warns Rosemary to keep her eyes open. Rosemary discovers a secret door in their closet which leads to a study containing books on the occult. Rosemary takes one of the books, which is about witchcraft and contains a handwritten "It's an anagram!" above a page on Steven Marcato. Rosemary shares her suspicions with Guy that Roman Castevet is Steven Marcato, and that the Castevets are witches with sinister designs on their baby, but Guy insists she's being paranoid. While searching for their passports Rosemary discovers Julie's crucifix necklace and suspects that Guy is part of the conspiracy.
Rosemary sneaks out of the apartment to meet Fontaine, but he is run over by a truck while Rosemary watches. Rosemary goes to Dr. Bernard (Oisin Stack), Julie's friend, but he thinks she's delusional and calls Guy. Rosemary is taken back to her apartment where she has a panic attack and is sedated just as she's going into a labor. She wakes up three days later in a hospital and is told that the baby died and its body cremated. After being discharged, Rosemary leaves Guy and declares that she's going back to New York.
While packing her things in the apartment, Rosemary hears a baby's cries and starts lactating. She goes through the secret door to the Castevets' apartment, where she finds Guy, the Castevets and their friends standing around a crib containing her baby. Rosemary is disturbed by the baby's demonic eyes, and is told that its father is Satan, and the baby is their Prince. Roman encourages Rosemary to be the baby's mother, and she lifts her son out of the crib to nurse him. The film ends with Rosemary pushing her son in a pram, and when passersby admire the baby, she says, "He's perfect."
Production[edit]



Zoe Saldana plays the lead character, Rosemary Woodhouse
Saldana signed on to the project on January 8, 2014.[3] Director Holland was a three-time Academy Award nominee and the original film had earned Academy Award nominations.[1] Saldana signed on with the expectations that fans of the original would not like the adaptation, but she was lured by the Paris setting and more importantly the opportunity to live and work in Paris for three months.[4] Jason Isaacs and Patrick J. Adams joined the cast on January 20.[5] Holland's daughter Kasia Adamik served as the second unit director.[6] Scott Abbott and James Wong wrote the 2014 adaptated screenplay.[6]
Unlike the novel and movie, the miniseries is set and shot in Paris rather than New York City.[1][7] While the new adaptation was bloodier than the original movie version, it attempted to be more sophisticated by touching on themes such as "post-feminist meditation on the loss of control that women feel with pregnancy and on the seduction of money and power".[6] Whereas the original movie used the Omaha native housewife transplanted in New York City, the new adaptation presented Saldana's Rosemary as a ballet dancer who was the primary wage-earner and who left New York after a miscarriage to start over in Paris with her husband during his one-year teaching job at the Sorbonne.[6][8]

Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Night 1" Agnieszka Holland Scott Abbott & James Wong May 11, 2014 3.68[9]
After a suffering a miscarriage, a young married couple, Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse decide to create a new life for each other by moving to Paris, where Guy lands a teaching job at the Sorbonne. The couple soon meet and befriend Roman and Margaux Castevet, a mysterious older couple living in their lavish new apartment building, which Rosemary discovers, has a haunted past.
2
"Night 2" Agnieszka Holland Scott Abbott & James Wong May 15, 2014 3.26[10]
Roman and Margaux take a strange interest in the couple after Rosemary becomes pregnant. Also when Guy finds success through writing, tragedy strikes Rosemary's personal life and her health starts to decline drastically during the course of her pregnancy, making her believe there is something wrong with the baby.
Reception[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the show held a 31% approval rating with an average score of 4.8/10, based on 35 reviews. The consensus read: "Although the Parisian setting and special effects are impressive, this Rosemary's Baby remake resorts to sensationalism and gore." At Metacritic, the show had a score of 51 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, which indicates a "mixed or average" response.[11][12]
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times, who called the miniseries a "surprisingly clever remake", felt that the choice of Paris as the setting was not only "one of the best things" about the remake, but it works well with the theme of conflict with neighbors. Furthermore, she noted that it was reasonable that Rosemary (Zoe Saldana) would be naive and dependent because of her unfamiliarity with Paris as a newcomer.[13] Stanley wrote that the host couple, French sophisticates Margaux (Carole Bouquet) and Roman Castevet (Jason Isaacs), were completely different from the one in Roman Polanski's original.[13] Although she said the adaptation took liberties with the source material, James Poniewozik of Time said the adaptation "keeps its essential shape and plot" in comparison to the original film, an opinion shared by Hank Stuever of The Washington Post, who wrote that the new adaptation was "surprisingly and even satisfyingly true to the old movie".[8][13][14] Poniewozik stated that although director Holland had successfully directed complex and lively episodes of The Wire and Treme, this adaptation was "leaden and slack", which may have been due to an attempt to fill two two-hour time slots.[14] Stuever also wrote that it was "way too long", and added that the show lacked suspense.[8] Poniewozik characterized Rosemary and Guy (Patrick J. Adams) as "anesthetically generic" without a "complex relationship"; he likened the miniseries to a "lifestyle show" that becomes a "slasher movie". Despite some "redeeming notes", he ultimately called it "too dull".[14] Stuever noted that the 2014 adaptation was set in "the hyper-aware boutique pregnancy" era, and pointed out one modernization that eased Rosemary's burden: Google image searches on Satan.[8] David Bianculli of NPR felt the shift to Paris was unnecessary and that the adaptation was "neither refreshing nor original"; he summed it up as "just dreadful". He described Saldana's Rosemary as more appealing but no smarter than Mia Farrow's.[15]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c Inzaurralde, Bastien (April 28, 2014). "'Rosemary's Baby' Remake Shifts Horror to Paris". Daily Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 8, 2014). "Zoe Saldana To Topline NBC Miniseries 'Rosemary's Baby'". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 8, 2014). "Zoe Saldana to Star in NBC's 'Rosemary's Baby' Remake". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "Why Zoe Saldana remade 'Rosemary's Baby'". CNN. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 20, 2014). "Patrick J. Adams, Jason Isaacs Join NBC's 'Rosemary's Baby'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c d Donadio, Rachel (May 8, 2014). "Bedeviled Anew by a Pregnancy: Agnieszka Holland's Post-Feminist 'Rosemary's Baby' on NBC". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 20, 2014). "Patrick J. Adams & Jason Isaacs To Star In NBC's 'Rosemary's Baby' Miniseries". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c d Stuever, Hank (May 9, 2014). "'Rosemary's Baby': A demon seed in the age of ultrasound". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Bibel, Sara (May 13, 2014). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'American Dad' & 'America's Funniet Home Videos' Adjusted Up; 'Revenge', 'Cosmos' & 'Dateline' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
10.Jump up ^ Bibel, Sara (May 16, 2014). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'Grey's Anatomy' Adjusted Up; 'Reign' & 'The Millers' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby: Season 1 (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby : Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
13.^ Jump up to: a b c Stanley, Alessandra (May 8, 2014). "Wanting a Child in the Worst Way: 'Rosemary's Baby' Is Remade Into a Mini-Series". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
14.^ Jump up to: a b c Poniewozik, James (May 8, 2014). "REVIEW: Rosemary's Baby and Penny Dreadful". Time. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ Bianculli, David (May 9, 2014). "'Penny Dreadful' Is Wonderful, But 'Rosemary's Baby' Is Dreadful". NPR. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
External links[edit]
Official website
Rosemary's Baby at the Internet Movie Database
Rosemary's Baby at TV.com
Rosemary's Baby at Rotten Tomatoes
Rosemary's Baby at Metacritic


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Son of Rosemary

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 First edition (publ. Dutton)
Son of Rosemary is a 1997 horror novel by Ira Levin, and is the sequel to Rosemary's Baby.[1]
Plot[edit]
The novel begins in November 1999 with Rosemary Woodhouse waking up in a long-term care facility, where she has lain in a coma since 1973. Wholly unharmed, Rosemary soon learns that her coma was the result of a spell cast on her by the coven when they discovered that she ran away with young Andy. In her absence, Andy was raised by Minnie and Roman Castevet, the leaders of the coven. Rosemary recovered only after the last member of the coven died.
Rosemary finds that her son Andy, now thirty-six years old, is the popular and charismatic leader of an international charitable organization. Mother and son are reunited, and Rosemary instantly becomes world-famous both for her remarkable recovery and as Andy's long-lost mother. Rosemary is also struck and puzzled by a repeated reference to "roast mules," an anagram that many people keep bringing up.
Andy assures that he has rebelled against coven's evil influence and now uses his powers to achieve world peace, but a long chain of deadly events leads Rosemary to believe that her son has unwittingly become the Antichrist and is ushering in the end of the world. Her fears are proven correct when a candle-lighting event Andy has organized to celebrate the new millennium unleashes a deadly virus that destroys all human life. In the wake of the destruction, Satan returns to earth and drags Rosemary to Hell.
Rosemary abruptly wakes to find that it is 1965 again and she is still married to Guy Woodhouse. The events of the entire first book and nearly all of the sequel have been a vivid dream of Rosemary's. Rosemary and Guy receive a call from Rosemary's friend Edward Hutchins, who offers the couple a rent-free apartment in the Dakota Apartments (the model for the Bramford) for a year. The couple is delighted at the offer until Hutchins makes a remark about lighting candles and "roast mules" that causes Rosemary to regard her dream as a warning.
The anagram[edit]
The book contains the anagram puzzle "roast mules." Levin never gives the answer, simply saying that it is a word that most five-year-old children would recognize. The only one-word English solution is "somersault".
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ New York Media, LLC (8 September 1997). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. pp. 135–. ISSN 00287369.

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 First edition (publ. Dutton)
Son of Rosemary is a 1997 horror novel by Ira Levin, and is the sequel to Rosemary's Baby.[1]
Plot[edit]
The novel begins in November 1999 with Rosemary Woodhouse waking up in a long-term care facility, where she has lain in a coma since 1973. Wholly unharmed, Rosemary soon learns that her coma was the result of a spell cast on her by the coven when they discovered that she ran away with young Andy. In her absence, Andy was raised by Minnie and Roman Castevet, the leaders of the coven. Rosemary recovered only after the last member of the coven died.
Rosemary finds that her son Andy, now thirty-six years old, is the popular and charismatic leader of an international charitable organization. Mother and son are reunited, and Rosemary instantly becomes world-famous both for her remarkable recovery and as Andy's long-lost mother. Rosemary is also struck and puzzled by a repeated reference to "roast mules," an anagram that many people keep bringing up.
Andy assures that he has rebelled against coven's evil influence and now uses his powers to achieve world peace, but a long chain of deadly events leads Rosemary to believe that her son has unwittingly become the Antichrist and is ushering in the end of the world. Her fears are proven correct when a candle-lighting event Andy has organized to celebrate the new millennium unleashes a deadly virus that destroys all human life. In the wake of the destruction, Satan returns to earth and drags Rosemary to Hell.
Rosemary abruptly wakes to find that it is 1965 again and she is still married to Guy Woodhouse. The events of the entire first book and nearly all of the sequel have been a vivid dream of Rosemary's. Rosemary and Guy receive a call from Rosemary's friend Edward Hutchins, who offers the couple a rent-free apartment in the Dakota Apartments (the model for the Bramford) for a year. The couple is delighted at the offer until Hutchins makes a remark about lighting candles and "roast mules" that causes Rosemary to regard her dream as a warning.
The anagram[edit]
The book contains the anagram puzzle "roast mules." Levin never gives the answer, simply saying that it is a word that most five-year-old children would recognize. The only one-word English solution is "somersault".
Notes[edit]
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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby.jpg
VHS cover

Based on
Rosemary's Baby 
 by Ira Levin
Written by
Anthony Wilson
Directed by
Sam O'Steen
Starring
Stephen McHattie
Patty Duke
George Maharis
Broderick Crawford
Ruth Gordon
Ray Milland
Tina Louise
Music by
Charles Bernstein
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
Production

Producer(s)
Anthony Wilson
Editor(s)
Bob Wyman
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Running time
100 minutes
Production company(s)
Paramount Television
 The Culzean Corporation
Distributor
ABC
Release

Original network
ABC
Original release
October 29, 1976
Chronology

Preceded by
Rosemary's Baby
Followed by
Rosemary's Baby (miniseries)
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (also known as Rosemary's Baby II) is a 1976 made-for-television film sequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby starring Stephen McHattie, Patty Duke, George Maharis, Ruth Gordon and Ray Milland which premiered on ABC as the "ABC Friday Night Movie" on October 29, 1976.
It has little connection to the novel by Ira Levin, on which the first film was based. It is not based on Levin's sequel novel, Son of Rosemary, which was published later, although there are some similarities (e.g. the child in both stories is called Andrew/Andy).
The only actor to return from the first film is Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet. Sam O'Steen, an editor on the first film, directed this sequel. Patty Duke, who plays Rosemary, was considered for the role in the 1968 film.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot 1.1 The Book of Rosemary
1.2 The Book of Adrian
1.3 The Book of Andrew
2 Cast
3 External links

Plot[edit]
The Book of Rosemary[edit]
The first scene opens with the coven preparing for a ritual, only to discover that Adrian (Rosemary's baby), now eight years old, is missing from his room. Knowing Rosemary (Patty Duke) must be responsible for this, the coven members use her personal possessions to enable the forces of evil to locate her. Rosemary and Adrian are hiding in a synagogue for shelter. While hiding there, supernatural events begin to affect the rabbis. However, as they are seeking sanctuary in a house of God, the coven is unable to affect them.
The next morning, Guy (George Maharis), now a famous movie star, gets a call from Roman Castevet (Ray Milland). Roman informs Guy that both Rosemary and Adrian are missing and that Rosemary may attempt to contact him. Later that night, Rosemary and Adrian are sheltering in a bus stop. Rosemary makes a phone call to Guy, while Adrian plays with his toy car nearby. As soon as Guy answers the phone, Rosemary immediately issues instructions on how to send her money. Outside, some local children start teasing Adrian and bullying him by stealing his toy car. Suddenly, in a fit of rage, Adrian knocks the children unconscious to the ground. After hearing all the noise, Rosemary hangs up the telephone and runs outside to find Adrian. Attempting to flee, the pair are accosted by Marjean (Tina Louise), a prostitute who was witness to the incident. Marjean offers them to hide the pair in her trailer.
After a while, Rosemary asks Marjean to go see what had happened with the children. After Marjean comes back, she lies and tells Rosemary that two boys were killed. Marjean is obviously a follower of Roman and Minnie (Ruth Gordon), but she offers to help Rosemary get a ride on a bus to escape. After a bus finally arrives later that night, Rosemary enters and the doors slam shut behind her before Adrian can get on. Rosemary turns to the driver, only to discover that bus is empty and is driving itself. Marjean holds Adrian in her arms as he sees his mother for the last time, being taken away by the possessed bus.
The Book of Adrian[edit]
Over twenty years later, an adult Adrian (Stephen McHattie) and his best friend, Peter (David Huffman), are detained by police for speeding. When Adrian arrives at his home, which is his "Aunt" Marjean's cheap casino, she confronts him about his reckless behavior. She tells him that she's always worried about him ever since his parents were "killed in an automobile accident".
Adrian then decides to go take a joyride and instigates a fight with a gang of violent bikers. Peter finds Adrian, who tells him what happened and how he has been suffering from strange nightmares and violent urges.
Later that night, Roman and Minnie arrive at the casino pretending to be Adrian's aunt and uncle. As they prepare for his birthday party, Minnie drugs Adrian into unconsciousness and dresses him up in a costume and devil makeup. Peter, who notices something is wrong, becomes even more suspicious when he sees the movie star Guy Woodhouse arriving. After Guy and Roman join the rest of the coven, they begin to chant, attempting to invoke Satan. Although it initially seems as though the ritual failed, Adrian is possessed and runs out on the casino's dance floor. Roman soon realizes that Satan is using Adrian to possess all the innocent people on the dance floor. Guy becomes frightened and runs away. Peter intercepts Guy and attempts to make him help save Adrian. Guy panics when Peter struggles with him, so he electrocutes Peter with a broken power cord.
The Book of Andrew[edit]
Adrian regains consciousness with amnesia in a hospital. He is kept there against his will, as his fingerprints match the set police found on the broken power cord used to kill Peter. A nurse named Ellen (Donna Mills) tells him his name is "Adrian"; however, he insists his name is "Andrew", because he remembers his mother calling him "Andrew". Not knowing if Ellen will believe him or not, he is hesitant about telling her what he remembers about the cult. Ellen does believe him and helps him escape. When Guy is notified of Andrew's escape from the hospital, he fears Andrew may follow him and kill him in a fit of rage.
On the run, Andrew and Ellen stop at a motel, where she seduces him. She then admits to him that she is a cult member, and she drugs and rapes him. He falls asleep having a terrible nightmare of Ellen as a type of harpy that tears at his chest. When Andrew later wakes up and goes outside looking for Ellen, a speeding car tries to run him down. Andrew manages to get out of the way; however, Ellen is hit. The car crashes, killing the driver whom Andrew discovers was Guy. Confused and scared, Andrew runs away into the night.
The film ends with Roman and Minnie sitting in the waiting room of a hospital to visit their pregnant granddaughter. After the doctor informs them that the pregnancy should continue as normal, their granddaughter is revealed to be Ellen who survived her injuries. During the end credits, Ellen is seen giving birth to Andrew's baby, Rosemary's grandchild.
Cast[edit]
Stephen McHattie: Adrian/Andrew
Patty Duke: Rosemary Woodhouse
Broderick Crawford: Sheriff Holtzman
Ruth Gordon: Minnie Castevet
Lloyd Haynes: Laykin
David Huffman: Peter Simon
Tina Louise: Marjean Dorn
George Maharis: Guy Woodhouse
Ray Milland: Roman Castevet
Donna Mills: Ellen
Philip Boyer: Adrian, age 8
Brian Richards: Dr. Lister
Beverly Sanders: Interviewer
External links[edit]
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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

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Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby.jpg
VHS cover

Based on
Rosemary's Baby 
 by Ira Levin
Written by
Anthony Wilson
Directed by
Sam O'Steen
Starring
Stephen McHattie
Patty Duke
George Maharis
Broderick Crawford
Ruth Gordon
Ray Milland
Tina Louise
Music by
Charles Bernstein
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
Production

Producer(s)
Anthony Wilson
Editor(s)
Bob Wyman
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Running time
100 minutes
Production company(s)
Paramount Television
 The Culzean Corporation
Distributor
ABC
Release

Original network
ABC
Original release
October 29, 1976
Chronology

Preceded by
Rosemary's Baby
Followed by
Rosemary's Baby (miniseries)
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (also known as Rosemary's Baby II) is a 1976 made-for-television film sequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby starring Stephen McHattie, Patty Duke, George Maharis, Ruth Gordon and Ray Milland which premiered on ABC as the "ABC Friday Night Movie" on October 29, 1976.
It has little connection to the novel by Ira Levin, on which the first film was based. It is not based on Levin's sequel novel, Son of Rosemary, which was published later, although there are some similarities (e.g. the child in both stories is called Andrew/Andy).
The only actor to return from the first film is Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet. Sam O'Steen, an editor on the first film, directed this sequel. Patty Duke, who plays Rosemary, was considered for the role in the 1968 film.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot 1.1 The Book of Rosemary
1.2 The Book of Adrian
1.3 The Book of Andrew
2 Cast
3 External links

Plot[edit]
The Book of Rosemary[edit]
The first scene opens with the coven preparing for a ritual, only to discover that Adrian (Rosemary's baby), now eight years old, is missing from his room. Knowing Rosemary (Patty Duke) must be responsible for this, the coven members use her personal possessions to enable the forces of evil to locate her. Rosemary and Adrian are hiding in a synagogue for shelter. While hiding there, supernatural events begin to affect the rabbis. However, as they are seeking sanctuary in a house of God, the coven is unable to affect them.
The next morning, Guy (George Maharis), now a famous movie star, gets a call from Roman Castevet (Ray Milland). Roman informs Guy that both Rosemary and Adrian are missing and that Rosemary may attempt to contact him. Later that night, Rosemary and Adrian are sheltering in a bus stop. Rosemary makes a phone call to Guy, while Adrian plays with his toy car nearby. As soon as Guy answers the phone, Rosemary immediately issues instructions on how to send her money. Outside, some local children start teasing Adrian and bullying him by stealing his toy car. Suddenly, in a fit of rage, Adrian knocks the children unconscious to the ground. After hearing all the noise, Rosemary hangs up the telephone and runs outside to find Adrian. Attempting to flee, the pair are accosted by Marjean (Tina Louise), a prostitute who was witness to the incident. Marjean offers them to hide the pair in her trailer.
After a while, Rosemary asks Marjean to go see what had happened with the children. After Marjean comes back, she lies and tells Rosemary that two boys were killed. Marjean is obviously a follower of Roman and Minnie (Ruth Gordon), but she offers to help Rosemary get a ride on a bus to escape. After a bus finally arrives later that night, Rosemary enters and the doors slam shut behind her before Adrian can get on. Rosemary turns to the driver, only to discover that bus is empty and is driving itself. Marjean holds Adrian in her arms as he sees his mother for the last time, being taken away by the possessed bus.
The Book of Adrian[edit]
Over twenty years later, an adult Adrian (Stephen McHattie) and his best friend, Peter (David Huffman), are detained by police for speeding. When Adrian arrives at his home, which is his "Aunt" Marjean's cheap casino, she confronts him about his reckless behavior. She tells him that she's always worried about him ever since his parents were "killed in an automobile accident".
Adrian then decides to go take a joyride and instigates a fight with a gang of violent bikers. Peter finds Adrian, who tells him what happened and how he has been suffering from strange nightmares and violent urges.
Later that night, Roman and Minnie arrive at the casino pretending to be Adrian's aunt and uncle. As they prepare for his birthday party, Minnie drugs Adrian into unconsciousness and dresses him up in a costume and devil makeup. Peter, who notices something is wrong, becomes even more suspicious when he sees the movie star Guy Woodhouse arriving. After Guy and Roman join the rest of the coven, they begin to chant, attempting to invoke Satan. Although it initially seems as though the ritual failed, Adrian is possessed and runs out on the casino's dance floor. Roman soon realizes that Satan is using Adrian to possess all the innocent people on the dance floor. Guy becomes frightened and runs away. Peter intercepts Guy and attempts to make him help save Adrian. Guy panics when Peter struggles with him, so he electrocutes Peter with a broken power cord.
The Book of Andrew[edit]
Adrian regains consciousness with amnesia in a hospital. He is kept there against his will, as his fingerprints match the set police found on the broken power cord used to kill Peter. A nurse named Ellen (Donna Mills) tells him his name is "Adrian"; however, he insists his name is "Andrew", because he remembers his mother calling him "Andrew". Not knowing if Ellen will believe him or not, he is hesitant about telling her what he remembers about the cult. Ellen does believe him and helps him escape. When Guy is notified of Andrew's escape from the hospital, he fears Andrew may follow him and kill him in a fit of rage.
On the run, Andrew and Ellen stop at a motel, where she seduces him. She then admits to him that she is a cult member, and she drugs and rapes him. He falls asleep having a terrible nightmare of Ellen as a type of harpy that tears at his chest. When Andrew later wakes up and goes outside looking for Ellen, a speeding car tries to run him down. Andrew manages to get out of the way; however, Ellen is hit. The car crashes, killing the driver whom Andrew discovers was Guy. Confused and scared, Andrew runs away into the night.
The film ends with Roman and Minnie sitting in the waiting room of a hospital to visit their pregnant granddaughter. After the doctor informs them that the pregnancy should continue as normal, their granddaughter is revealed to be Ellen who survived her injuries. During the end credits, Ellen is seen giving birth to Andrew's baby, Rosemary's grandchild.
Cast[edit]
Stephen McHattie: Adrian/Andrew
Patty Duke: Rosemary Woodhouse
Broderick Crawford: Sheriff Holtzman
Ruth Gordon: Minnie Castevet
Lloyd Haynes: Laykin
David Huffman: Peter Simon
Tina Louise: Marjean Dorn
George Maharis: Guy Woodhouse
Ray Milland: Roman Castevet
Donna Mills: Ellen
Philip Boyer: Adrian, age 8
Brian Richards: Dr. Lister
Beverly Sanders: Interviewer
External links[edit]
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby at the Internet Movie Database
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Rosemary's Baby (novel)

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Rosemary's Baby
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Cover of 1967 first edition

Author
Ira Levin
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Horror novel
Publisher
Random House

Publication date
 March 12, 1967
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio book
Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 best-selling horror novel by Ira Levin, his second published book. It sold over 4 million copies "making it the top bestselling horror novel of the 1960s." [1] The commercial success of the novel helped launch a "horror boom", where horror fiction would achieve enormous commercial success.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Critical reception
3 Adaptation
4 Sequel
5 Editions
6 References
7 External links

Plot summary[edit]
The book centers on Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who has just moved into the Bramford, an old Gothic Revival style New York City apartment building with her husband, Guy, a struggling actor. The pair is warned that the Bramford has a disturbing history involving witchcraft and murder, but they choose to overlook this. Rosemary has wanted children for some time, but Guy wants to wait until he is more established.
Rosemary and Guy are quickly welcomed to Bramford by neighbors Minnie and Roman Castevet, an eccentric elderly couple. Rosemary finds them meddlesome and absurd, but Guy begins paying them frequent visits.
After a theatrical rival suddenly goes blind, Guy is given an important part in a stage play. Immediately afterward, Guy unexpectedly agrees with Rosemary that it is time to conceive their first child.
Guy's performance in the stage play brings him favorable notice and he is subsequently cast in other, increasingly important roles; he begins to talk about a career in Hollywood.
After receiving a warning from a friend, who also becomes mysteriously ill, Rosemary discovers that her neighbors are the leaders of a Satanic coven, and she suspects they intend to steal her child and use it as a sacrifice to the Devil. Despite her growing conviction, she is unable to convince anyone else and soon becomes certain that there is no one actually on her side, least of all her own husband. Ultimately, Rosemary finds that she is wrong about the coven's reason for wanting the baby — the baby is the Antichrist and Guy is not actually the father.
Critical reception[edit]
Cherry Wilder stated "Rosemary's Baby is one of the most perfectly crafted thrillers ever written".[3] Horror scholar Gary Crawford described Rosemary's Baby as "a genuine masterpiece".[4] David Pringle called Rosemary's Baby "this sly, seductive impeccably-written horror novel...it is an expertly constructed story, a playwright's book, in which every physical detail and line of dialogue counts." [5]
Adaptation[edit]
In 1968, the novel was adapted into a movie starring Mia Farrow, with John Cassavetes as Guy. Ruth Gordon, who played Minnie Castevet, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The movie was filmed partially on location at the Dakota, off Central Park West in New York City.[6]
In 2014 it was announced the novel will be adapted again, this time as a television mini-series with Zoe Saldana as Rosemary.[7]
Sequel[edit]
Levin published a sequel to the novel, titled Son of Rosemary in 1997.[8] Levin dedicated it to Mia Farrow. A made-for-TV movie sequel to the Polanski film, Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, was produced in 1976 but is unrelated to the book's sequel.
Editions[edit]
ISBN 1-56849-065-8 (library binding, 1991)
ISBN 1-56865-470-7 (hardcover, 1997)
ISBN 0-451-19400-4 (mass market paperback, 1997)
ISBN 0-451-21051-4 (paperback, 2003)
ISBN 3-926048-30-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-06-082815-8 (audiobook read by Mia Farrow, 2005)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Harry Edwin Eiss (editor), Images of the Child, page 38 (Bowling Green State University Press, 1994). ISBN 0-87972-653-9
2.Jump up ^ "Levin's frightening little book...triggered the whole modern boom in American horror fiction, making possible the success of William Peter Blatty's (much inferior) The Exorcist (1971), the Omen/Damien series of films, and the careers of novelists Stephen King and Peter Straub, among many others". David Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels. London, Grafton, 1988. ISBN 0246132140 (p.103-5)
3.Jump up ^ Cherry Wilder, "Levin, Ira" in Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers by Curtis C. Smith. St. James Press, 1986, ISBN 0-912289-27-9 (p.443-4).
4.Jump up ^ Gary Crawford, "Ira Levin" in Jack Sullivan (ed) (1986) The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural Viking Press, 1986, ISBN 0-670-80902-0 (p.264).
5.Jump up ^ Pringle, 1988. (p.103-5)
6.Jump up ^ Fran Capo, Myths and Mysteries of New York: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained, page 25 (Morris Book Publishing, 2011). ISBN 978-0-7627-6107-4
7.Jump up ^ Miniseries 'Rosemary's Baby' To Air May 11 and May 15 on NBC
8.Jump up ^ Christopher Bonanos, "No Rest For The Wicked", New York Magazine, page 135 (8 September 1997).
External links[edit]
Photos of the first edition of Rosemary's Baby


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Rosemary's Baby
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Cover of 1967 first edition

Author
Ira Levin
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Horror novel
Publisher
Random House

Publication date
 March 12, 1967
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio book
Rosemary's Baby is a 1967 best-selling horror novel by Ira Levin, his second published book. It sold over 4 million copies "making it the top bestselling horror novel of the 1960s." [1] The commercial success of the novel helped launch a "horror boom", where horror fiction would achieve enormous commercial success.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Critical reception
3 Adaptation
4 Sequel
5 Editions
6 References
7 External links

Plot summary[edit]
The book centers on Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who has just moved into the Bramford, an old Gothic Revival style New York City apartment building with her husband, Guy, a struggling actor. The pair is warned that the Bramford has a disturbing history involving witchcraft and murder, but they choose to overlook this. Rosemary has wanted children for some time, but Guy wants to wait until he is more established.
Rosemary and Guy are quickly welcomed to Bramford by neighbors Minnie and Roman Castevet, an eccentric elderly couple. Rosemary finds them meddlesome and absurd, but Guy begins paying them frequent visits.
After a theatrical rival suddenly goes blind, Guy is given an important part in a stage play. Immediately afterward, Guy unexpectedly agrees with Rosemary that it is time to conceive their first child.
Guy's performance in the stage play brings him favorable notice and he is subsequently cast in other, increasingly important roles; he begins to talk about a career in Hollywood.
After receiving a warning from a friend, who also becomes mysteriously ill, Rosemary discovers that her neighbors are the leaders of a Satanic coven, and she suspects they intend to steal her child and use it as a sacrifice to the Devil. Despite her growing conviction, she is unable to convince anyone else and soon becomes certain that there is no one actually on her side, least of all her own husband. Ultimately, Rosemary finds that she is wrong about the coven's reason for wanting the baby — the baby is the Antichrist and Guy is not actually the father.
Critical reception[edit]
Cherry Wilder stated "Rosemary's Baby is one of the most perfectly crafted thrillers ever written".[3] Horror scholar Gary Crawford described Rosemary's Baby as "a genuine masterpiece".[4] David Pringle called Rosemary's Baby "this sly, seductive impeccably-written horror novel...it is an expertly constructed story, a playwright's book, in which every physical detail and line of dialogue counts." [5]
Adaptation[edit]
In 1968, the novel was adapted into a movie starring Mia Farrow, with John Cassavetes as Guy. Ruth Gordon, who played Minnie Castevet, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The movie was filmed partially on location at the Dakota, off Central Park West in New York City.[6]
In 2014 it was announced the novel will be adapted again, this time as a television mini-series with Zoe Saldana as Rosemary.[7]
Sequel[edit]
Levin published a sequel to the novel, titled Son of Rosemary in 1997.[8] Levin dedicated it to Mia Farrow. A made-for-TV movie sequel to the Polanski film, Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, was produced in 1976 but is unrelated to the book's sequel.
Editions[edit]
ISBN 1-56849-065-8 (library binding, 1991)
ISBN 1-56865-470-7 (hardcover, 1997)
ISBN 0-451-19400-4 (mass market paperback, 1997)
ISBN 0-451-21051-4 (paperback, 2003)
ISBN 3-926048-30-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-06-082815-8 (audiobook read by Mia Farrow, 2005)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Harry Edwin Eiss (editor), Images of the Child, page 38 (Bowling Green State University Press, 1994). ISBN 0-87972-653-9
2.Jump up ^ "Levin's frightening little book...triggered the whole modern boom in American horror fiction, making possible the success of William Peter Blatty's (much inferior) The Exorcist (1971), the Omen/Damien series of films, and the careers of novelists Stephen King and Peter Straub, among many others". David Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels. London, Grafton, 1988. ISBN 0246132140 (p.103-5)
3.Jump up ^ Cherry Wilder, "Levin, Ira" in Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers by Curtis C. Smith. St. James Press, 1986, ISBN 0-912289-27-9 (p.443-4).
4.Jump up ^ Gary Crawford, "Ira Levin" in Jack Sullivan (ed) (1986) The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural Viking Press, 1986, ISBN 0-670-80902-0 (p.264).
5.Jump up ^ Pringle, 1988. (p.103-5)
6.Jump up ^ Fran Capo, Myths and Mysteries of New York: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained, page 25 (Morris Book Publishing, 2011). ISBN 978-0-7627-6107-4
7.Jump up ^ Miniseries 'Rosemary's Baby' To Air May 11 and May 15 on NBC
8.Jump up ^ Christopher Bonanos, "No Rest For The Wicked", New York Magazine, page 135 (8 September 1997).
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This article is about the 1968 horror film. For the 2014 miniseries, see Rosemary's Baby (miniseries). For other uses, see Rosemary's Baby.

Rosemary's Baby
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Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Roman Polanski
Produced by
William Castle
Screenplay by
Roman Polanski
Based on
Rosemary's Baby
 by Ira Levin
Starring
Mia Farrow
John Cassavetes
Ruth Gordon
Sidney Blackmer
Maurice Evans
Ralph Bellamy
Angela Dorian
Music by
Krzysztof Komeda
Cinematography
William A. Fraker
Edited by
Sam O'Steen
 Bob Wyman
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures

Release dates

June 12, 1968





Running time
 136 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$3.2 million
Box office
$33.4 million[1]
Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the bestselling 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin. The cast includes Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy, Maurice Evans, Sidney Blackmer, and Charles Grodin (in his first film appearance). It was produced by William Castle. Farrow plays a pregnant woman who fears that her husband may have made a pact with their eccentric neighbors, believing he may have promised them the child to be used as a human sacrifice in their occult rituals in exchange for success in his acting career. This was Polanski's first entirely American feature film.
Rosemary's Baby was the second film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy", preceded by Repulsion (1966) and followed by The Tenant (1976). Each film concerns a protagonist who resides in an apartment and is beset by mysterious, horrific events. Rosemary's Baby was an enormous commercial success, earning over $33 million in the United States on a modest budget of $3.2 million. It was met with near universal acclaim from film critics and earned numerous nominations and awards. The American Film Institute ranked the film 9th in their 100 Years...100 Thrills list. The official tagline of the film is "Pray for Rosemary's Baby". In 2014, Rosemary's Baby was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Script
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
4 Reception
5 Legacy
6 Sequel and remake
7 Accolades
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1965, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), a bright but somewhat naive young housewife, and Guy (John Cassavetes), her husband and a struggling actor, move into the Bramford, an opulent but antiquated New York City apartment building. The couple learns from the building's manager, Mr. Nicklas (Elisha Cook, Jr.), that their new residence was previously inhabited by Mrs. Gardenia, an elderly woman who had seemingly gone senile. Guy also discovers a dresser concealing a simple closet which contains nothing except a vacuum cleaner and a few other household items. Their friend Hutch (Maurice Evans) tries to dissuade them from taking the apartment, informing them of some of the Bramford's rather unseemly history but, undeterred, Rosemary and Guy move into the building.
Rosemary meets a young woman, Terry Gionoffrio (Angela Dorian), a recovering drug addict whom an elderly, eccentric couple in the building, the Castevets, took in from the street. As Rosemary admires a pendant necklace the Castevets gave to Terry, she notices its strange smell. Returning home one night, Guy and Rosemary find that Terry has thrown herself to her death from the window of the Castevets' seventh-floor apartment.
Rosemary and Guy are quickly befriended by the Castevets, Minnie (Ruth Gordon) and Roman (Sidney Blackmer), whom they'd first met on the street the night of Terry's suicide. Minnie invites the Woodhouses to dinner and they reluctantly accept. Guy forms a bond with the Castevets. Minnie gives Terry's pendant to Rosemary, telling her it is a good luck charm and the odd smell is from a plant called "tannis root." Later, Guy lands a role in a play when the actor who was originally cast suddenly and inexplicably goes blind. Guy suggests that he and Rosemary have a baby.
On the night they plan to conceive, Minnie brings them individual cups of chocolate mousse. Rosemary finds hers has a chalky undertaste and surreptitiously throws it away after a few mouthfuls. Rosemary passes out and experiences what she perceives to be a strange dream in which she is raped by a demonic presence in front of Guy, the Castevets, and other Bramford tenants. When she wakes, she finds scratches on her body. Guy tells her that he had sex with her while she was unconscious because he did not want to pass up the moment for her to conceive.
Rosemary learns that she is pregnant and is due on June 28, 1966. She plans to receive obstetric care from Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin), who is recommended to her by her friend Elise (Emmaline Henry). However, the Castevets insist she see their good friend, Dr. Abraham Sapirstein (Ralph Bellamy), who says that Minnie will make Rosemary a daily drink which is healthier than the usual vitamin pills.
For the first three months of her pregnancy, Rosemary suffers severe abdominal pains, loses weight, becomes unusually pale, and craves raw meat and chicken liver. Dr. Sapirstein insists the pain will subside soon, and assures her she has nothing to worry about. When Hutch sees Rosemary's gaunt appearance and hears that she is being fed the mysterious tannis root, he is disturbed enough to do some research. Before he can tell Rosemary his findings, he mysteriously falls into a coma. Rosemary holds a party for her and her husband's friends, where some of them advise her to have her self checked by Dr. Hill because the pain she is feeling could be a warning that something is wrong. Rosemary tells Guy her plans in going to Dr. Hill to have her self checked, which angers Guy. However, the abdominal pain suddenly disappears. Rosemary's health and appearance also quickly improves and she and Guy are finally happy once again.
Three months later, Hutch dies. He leaves Rosemary a book about witchcraft and it is delivered to her at his funeral along with the cryptic message: "The name is an anagram". Rosemary deduces that Roman Castevet is really Steven Marcato, the son of a former resident of the Bramford who was accused of being a Satanist. Rosemary suspects her neighbors and Dr. Sapirstein are part of a cult with sinister designs for her baby, and that Guy is cooperating with them in exchange for help in advancing his career.
Rosemary becomes increasingly disturbed and shares her fears and suspicions with Dr. Hill, who, assuming she is delusional, calls Dr. Sapirstein and Guy. They tell her that if she cooperates, neither she nor the baby will be harmed. The two men bring Rosemary home, where she briefly escapes them. Despite Rosemary locking them out, they enter the bedroom. Rosemary goes into labor and is sedated by Dr. Sapirstein. When she wakes, she is told the baby died.
In the hall closet, Rosemary discovers a secret door leading into the Castevet apartment and hears a baby's cries, revealing that her child is alive. She then finds a congregation made up of the building's tenants, as well as Dr. Sapirstein, gathered around her newborn son. When Rosemary pulls back the curtains of the crib, she is horrified at the sight of two demonic eyes glowing red and peering back at her. Rosemary is told that Guy is not the baby's father and that the baby, named Adrian, is actually the spawn of Satan. This horrifies Rosemary. Guy tries to apologize to Rosemary and explain to her that they will be getting so much in return for this such as wealth and fame, and that they could just make another baby. Rosemary responds by spitting in Guy's face. Minnie tells Rosemary that she should be honored that she was the chosen one and Roman urges her to become a mother to her son and assures her that she does not have to join the cult if she does not want to. She adjusts her son's blankets and gently rocks his cradle with a small smile on her face.
Cast[edit]
Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse
John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse
Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet
Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet / Steven Marcato
Maurice Evans as Hutch
Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Abraham Sapirstein
Charles Grodin as Dr. Hill
Patsy Kelly as Laura-Louise
Angela Dorian as Terry Gionoffrio
Elisha Cook as Mr. Nicklas
Emmaline Henry as Elise Dunstan
Hanna Landy as Grace Cardiff
Philip Leeds as Dr. Shand
Hope Summers as Mrs. Gilmore
D'Urville Martin as Diego
Marianne Gordon as Rosemary's Girlfriend
Wendy Wagner as Rosemary's Girlfriend
Robert Osterloh as Mr. Fountain
Tony Curtis as Donald Baumgart (Voice)
Clay Tanner as the Devil
Production[edit]
Script[edit]
In Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective, a featurette on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter/director Roman Polanski, Paramount Pictures executive Robert Evans, and production designer Richard Sylbert reminisce at length about the production. Evans recalled William Castle brought him the galley proofs of the book and asked him to purchase the film rights even before Random House released the publication. The studio head recognized the commercial potential of the project and agreed with the stipulation that Castle, who had a reputation for low-budget horror films, could produce but not direct the film adaptation. He makes a cameo appearance as the man at the phone booth waiting for Mia Farrow to finish her call.
Evans admired Polanski's European films and hoped he could convince him to make his American debut with Rosemary's Baby. He knew the director was a ski buff who was anxious to make a film with the sport as its basis, so he sent him the script for Downhill Racer along with the galleys for Rosemary. Polanski read the latter book non-stop through the night and called Evans the following morning to tell him he thought Rosemary was the more interesting project, and would like the opportunity to write as well as direct it.
The script was modeled very closely on the original novel and incorporated large sections of the novel's dialogue and details. Author Ira Levin claimed that during a scene in which Guy mentions wanting to buy a particular shirt advertised in The New Yorker, Polanski was unable to find the specific issue with the shirt advertised and phoned Levin for help. Levin, who had assumed while writing that any given issue of The New Yorker would contain an ad for men's shirts, admitted that he had made it up.[3]
Casting[edit]
Polanski envisioned Rosemary as a robust, full-figured, girl-next-door type, and he wanted Tuesday Weld or his own then-fiancée Sharon Tate for the role. Since the book had not reached bestseller status yet, Evans was unsure the title alone would guarantee an audience for the film, and he felt a bigger name was needed for the lead. Mia Farrow – with only a supporting role in Guns at Batasi (1964) and the then-unreleased A Dandy in Aspic (1968) as her only feature film credits – had an unproven box office track record, but her role as Allison MacKenzie in the popular television series Peyton Place and her unexpected marriage to Frank Sinatra had made her a household name.
Despite her waif-like appearance (which would ultimately prove beneficial, as Rosemary became more frail as her pregnancy progressed), Polanski agreed to cast her. Her acceptance incensed Sinatra, who had demanded she forgo her career when they wed, and he served her divorce papers via a corporate lawyer in front of the cast and crew midway through filming. In an effort to salvage her relationship, Farrow asked Evans to release her from her contract, but he persuaded her to remain with the project after showing her an hour-long rough cut and assuring her she would receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance. Farrow was not nominated for the award, but stayed with the film, which pleased Evans, Polanski and the entire cast.
Robert Redford was the first choice for the role of Guy Woodhouse, but he turned down the offer. Jack Nicholson was considered briefly before Polanski suggested John Cassavetes.
Sylbert was a good friend of Garson Kanin, who was married to Ruth Gordon, and he suggested her for the role of Minnie Castevet. He also suggested that the Dakota, an Upper West Side apartment building known for its show business tenants, be used for the Bramford. Its hallways were not as worn and dark as Polanski wanted, but when the building's owners would not allow interior filming, it became a moot point and was used for exterior shots only.
Polanski wanted to cast Hollywood old-timers as the coven members but did not know any by name. He drew sketches of how he envisioned each character, and they were used to fill the roles. In every instance, the actor cast strongly resembled Polanski's drawing. They included Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, Elisha Cook, Jr., Phil Leeds and Hope Summers.
When Rosemary calls Donald Baumgart, the actor who goes blind and is replaced by Guy, the voice heard is that of actor Tony Curtis. Farrow, who had not been told who would be reading Baumgart's lines, recognized the voice but could not place it. The slight confusion she displays throughout the call was exactly what Polanski hoped to capture by not revealing Curtis' identity in advance.
Filming[edit]
When Farrow was reluctant to film a scene that depicted a dazed and preoccupied Rosemary wandering into the middle of a Manhattan street into oncoming traffic, Polanski pointed to her pregnancy padding and reassured her, "no one's going to hit a pregnant woman". The scene was successfully shot with Farrow walking into real traffic and Polanski following, operating the hand-held camera since he was the only one willing to do it.[4]
One scene that was shot but later deleted involved Farrow's character attending an Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks and encountering Joan Crawford and Van Johnson, who were playing themselves.[5]
Reception[edit]
Rosemary's Baby was widely well received by critics upon its theatrical release in 1968. In her review for The New York Times, Renata Adler said, "The movie—although it is pleasant—doesn't seem to work on any of its dark or powerful terms. I think this is because it is almost too extremely plausible. The quality of the young people's lives seems the quality of lives that one knows, even to the point of finding old people next door to avoid and lean on. One gets very annoyed that they don't catch on sooner."[6]
Variety stated, "Several exhilarating milestones are achieved in Rosemary's Baby, an excellent film version of Ira Levin's diabolical chiller novel. Writer-director Roman Polanski has triumphed in his first US-made pic. The film holds attention without explicit violence or gore... Farrow's performance is outstanding."[7] Ruth Gordon won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Today, the film is widely regarded as a classic; the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 99% rating (67 out of 68 reviews), with the site's consensus stating "A frightening tale of satanism and pregnancy that is even more disturbing than it sounds thanks to convincing and committed performances by Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon".[8]
In 2014, Rosemary's Baby was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[2]
Legacy[edit]
Following the film's premiere, a string of other films focusing on Satan worshippers and black magic appeared, including The Brotherhood of Satan, Mark of the Devil, Black Noon, and The Blood on Satan's Claw.
The scene in which Rosemary is raped by Satan was ranked #23 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
Thirty years after he wrote Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin wrote Son of Rosemary, a sequel which he dedicated to the film's star, Mia Farrow. Reaction to the book was mixed, but it made the best seller lists nationwide.[citation needed]
Sequel and remake[edit]
In the 1976 television film Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, Patty Duke starred as Rosemary Woodhouse and Ruth Gordon reprised her role of Minnie Castevet. The film introduced an adult Andrew/Adrian attempting to earn his place as the Antichrist. It was disliked as a sequel by critics and viewers, and its reputation deteriorated over the years.
A remake of Rosemary's Baby was briefly considered in 2008. The intended producers were Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller.[9] The remake fell through later that same year.[10]
In January 2014, NBC made a four-hour Rosemary's Baby miniseries with Zoe Saldana as Rosemary. The miniseries was filmed in Paris under the direction of Agnieszka Holland.[11]
Accolades[edit]
Academy AwardsAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Gordon, winner)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)
Golden Globe AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Gordon, winner)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama (Farrow, nominee)
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (nominee)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (nominee)
Other awardsBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Mia Farrow, nominee)
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (nominee)
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama (nominee)
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress (Mia Farrow, winner)
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Director (winner)
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (nominee)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award for Best Foreign Film (winner)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (Sidney Blackmer, winner)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (Gordon, winner)
American Film Institute Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills - #9
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains Minnie & Roman Castevet – Nominated Villains
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "This isn't a dream! This is really happening!" – Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – Nominated
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1968
Gothic film – Notable films


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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "New Films Added to National Registry" (news release). Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
3.Jump up ^ King, Stephen (1985). Danse Macabre, p. 296. Berkley Books, New York. ISBN 0-425-08842-1.
4.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby", Archives (movie presentation), TCM.
5.Jump up ^ "Joan Crawford Was Cut From Rosemary's Baby!", Daily musto, Village Voice, January 9, 2012.
6.Jump up ^ "Review", The New York Times.
7.Jump up ^ "Rosemary’s Baby". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
8.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby (1968)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
9.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby Remake Confirmed". Cinema blend. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ Rosemary's Baby Remake Scrapped, IMDb, 22 December 2008.
11.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (8 January 2014). "Zoe Saldana To Topline NBC Miniseries ‘Rosemary’s Baby’". Deadline.
External links[edit]
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"William Castle's involvement in the film", Faber & Faber, Film in focus.
The many faces of Rosemary’s baby, PL: Culture. Collection of Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby posters from around the world.


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This article is about the 1968 horror film. For the 2014 miniseries, see Rosemary's Baby (miniseries). For other uses, see Rosemary's Baby.

Rosemary's Baby
Rosemarys baby poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Roman Polanski
Produced by
William Castle
Screenplay by
Roman Polanski
Based on
Rosemary's Baby
 by Ira Levin
Starring
Mia Farrow
John Cassavetes
Ruth Gordon
Sidney Blackmer
Maurice Evans
Ralph Bellamy
Angela Dorian
Music by
Krzysztof Komeda
Cinematography
William A. Fraker
Edited by
Sam O'Steen
 Bob Wyman
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures

Release dates

June 12, 1968





Running time
 136 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$3.2 million
Box office
$33.4 million[1]
Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the bestselling 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin. The cast includes Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy, Maurice Evans, Sidney Blackmer, and Charles Grodin (in his first film appearance). It was produced by William Castle. Farrow plays a pregnant woman who fears that her husband may have made a pact with their eccentric neighbors, believing he may have promised them the child to be used as a human sacrifice in their occult rituals in exchange for success in his acting career. This was Polanski's first entirely American feature film.
Rosemary's Baby was the second film in Polanski's "Apartment Trilogy", preceded by Repulsion (1966) and followed by The Tenant (1976). Each film concerns a protagonist who resides in an apartment and is beset by mysterious, horrific events. Rosemary's Baby was an enormous commercial success, earning over $33 million in the United States on a modest budget of $3.2 million. It was met with near universal acclaim from film critics and earned numerous nominations and awards. The American Film Institute ranked the film 9th in their 100 Years...100 Thrills list. The official tagline of the film is "Pray for Rosemary's Baby". In 2014, Rosemary's Baby was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Script
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
4 Reception
5 Legacy
6 Sequel and remake
7 Accolades
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1965, Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), a bright but somewhat naive young housewife, and Guy (John Cassavetes), her husband and a struggling actor, move into the Bramford, an opulent but antiquated New York City apartment building. The couple learns from the building's manager, Mr. Nicklas (Elisha Cook, Jr.), that their new residence was previously inhabited by Mrs. Gardenia, an elderly woman who had seemingly gone senile. Guy also discovers a dresser concealing a simple closet which contains nothing except a vacuum cleaner and a few other household items. Their friend Hutch (Maurice Evans) tries to dissuade them from taking the apartment, informing them of some of the Bramford's rather unseemly history but, undeterred, Rosemary and Guy move into the building.
Rosemary meets a young woman, Terry Gionoffrio (Angela Dorian), a recovering drug addict whom an elderly, eccentric couple in the building, the Castevets, took in from the street. As Rosemary admires a pendant necklace the Castevets gave to Terry, she notices its strange smell. Returning home one night, Guy and Rosemary find that Terry has thrown herself to her death from the window of the Castevets' seventh-floor apartment.
Rosemary and Guy are quickly befriended by the Castevets, Minnie (Ruth Gordon) and Roman (Sidney Blackmer), whom they'd first met on the street the night of Terry's suicide. Minnie invites the Woodhouses to dinner and they reluctantly accept. Guy forms a bond with the Castevets. Minnie gives Terry's pendant to Rosemary, telling her it is a good luck charm and the odd smell is from a plant called "tannis root." Later, Guy lands a role in a play when the actor who was originally cast suddenly and inexplicably goes blind. Guy suggests that he and Rosemary have a baby.
On the night they plan to conceive, Minnie brings them individual cups of chocolate mousse. Rosemary finds hers has a chalky undertaste and surreptitiously throws it away after a few mouthfuls. Rosemary passes out and experiences what she perceives to be a strange dream in which she is raped by a demonic presence in front of Guy, the Castevets, and other Bramford tenants. When she wakes, she finds scratches on her body. Guy tells her that he had sex with her while she was unconscious because he did not want to pass up the moment for her to conceive.
Rosemary learns that she is pregnant and is due on June 28, 1966. She plans to receive obstetric care from Dr. Hill (Charles Grodin), who is recommended to her by her friend Elise (Emmaline Henry). However, the Castevets insist she see their good friend, Dr. Abraham Sapirstein (Ralph Bellamy), who says that Minnie will make Rosemary a daily drink which is healthier than the usual vitamin pills.
For the first three months of her pregnancy, Rosemary suffers severe abdominal pains, loses weight, becomes unusually pale, and craves raw meat and chicken liver. Dr. Sapirstein insists the pain will subside soon, and assures her she has nothing to worry about. When Hutch sees Rosemary's gaunt appearance and hears that she is being fed the mysterious tannis root, he is disturbed enough to do some research. Before he can tell Rosemary his findings, he mysteriously falls into a coma. Rosemary holds a party for her and her husband's friends, where some of them advise her to have her self checked by Dr. Hill because the pain she is feeling could be a warning that something is wrong. Rosemary tells Guy her plans in going to Dr. Hill to have her self checked, which angers Guy. However, the abdominal pain suddenly disappears. Rosemary's health and appearance also quickly improves and she and Guy are finally happy once again.
Three months later, Hutch dies. He leaves Rosemary a book about witchcraft and it is delivered to her at his funeral along with the cryptic message: "The name is an anagram". Rosemary deduces that Roman Castevet is really Steven Marcato, the son of a former resident of the Bramford who was accused of being a Satanist. Rosemary suspects her neighbors and Dr. Sapirstein are part of a cult with sinister designs for her baby, and that Guy is cooperating with them in exchange for help in advancing his career.
Rosemary becomes increasingly disturbed and shares her fears and suspicions with Dr. Hill, who, assuming she is delusional, calls Dr. Sapirstein and Guy. They tell her that if she cooperates, neither she nor the baby will be harmed. The two men bring Rosemary home, where she briefly escapes them. Despite Rosemary locking them out, they enter the bedroom. Rosemary goes into labor and is sedated by Dr. Sapirstein. When she wakes, she is told the baby died.
In the hall closet, Rosemary discovers a secret door leading into the Castevet apartment and hears a baby's cries, revealing that her child is alive. She then finds a congregation made up of the building's tenants, as well as Dr. Sapirstein, gathered around her newborn son. When Rosemary pulls back the curtains of the crib, she is horrified at the sight of two demonic eyes glowing red and peering back at her. Rosemary is told that Guy is not the baby's father and that the baby, named Adrian, is actually the spawn of Satan. This horrifies Rosemary. Guy tries to apologize to Rosemary and explain to her that they will be getting so much in return for this such as wealth and fame, and that they could just make another baby. Rosemary responds by spitting in Guy's face. Minnie tells Rosemary that she should be honored that she was the chosen one and Roman urges her to become a mother to her son and assures her that she does not have to join the cult if she does not want to. She adjusts her son's blankets and gently rocks his cradle with a small smile on her face.
Cast[edit]
Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse
John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse
Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet
Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet / Steven Marcato
Maurice Evans as Hutch
Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Abraham Sapirstein
Charles Grodin as Dr. Hill
Patsy Kelly as Laura-Louise
Angela Dorian as Terry Gionoffrio
Elisha Cook as Mr. Nicklas
Emmaline Henry as Elise Dunstan
Hanna Landy as Grace Cardiff
Philip Leeds as Dr. Shand
Hope Summers as Mrs. Gilmore
D'Urville Martin as Diego
Marianne Gordon as Rosemary's Girlfriend
Wendy Wagner as Rosemary's Girlfriend
Robert Osterloh as Mr. Fountain
Tony Curtis as Donald Baumgart (Voice)
Clay Tanner as the Devil
Production[edit]
Script[edit]
In Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective, a featurette on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter/director Roman Polanski, Paramount Pictures executive Robert Evans, and production designer Richard Sylbert reminisce at length about the production. Evans recalled William Castle brought him the galley proofs of the book and asked him to purchase the film rights even before Random House released the publication. The studio head recognized the commercial potential of the project and agreed with the stipulation that Castle, who had a reputation for low-budget horror films, could produce but not direct the film adaptation. He makes a cameo appearance as the man at the phone booth waiting for Mia Farrow to finish her call.
Evans admired Polanski's European films and hoped he could convince him to make his American debut with Rosemary's Baby. He knew the director was a ski buff who was anxious to make a film with the sport as its basis, so he sent him the script for Downhill Racer along with the galleys for Rosemary. Polanski read the latter book non-stop through the night and called Evans the following morning to tell him he thought Rosemary was the more interesting project, and would like the opportunity to write as well as direct it.
The script was modeled very closely on the original novel and incorporated large sections of the novel's dialogue and details. Author Ira Levin claimed that during a scene in which Guy mentions wanting to buy a particular shirt advertised in The New Yorker, Polanski was unable to find the specific issue with the shirt advertised and phoned Levin for help. Levin, who had assumed while writing that any given issue of The New Yorker would contain an ad for men's shirts, admitted that he had made it up.[3]
Casting[edit]
Polanski envisioned Rosemary as a robust, full-figured, girl-next-door type, and he wanted Tuesday Weld or his own then-fiancée Sharon Tate for the role. Since the book had not reached bestseller status yet, Evans was unsure the title alone would guarantee an audience for the film, and he felt a bigger name was needed for the lead. Mia Farrow – with only a supporting role in Guns at Batasi (1964) and the then-unreleased A Dandy in Aspic (1968) as her only feature film credits – had an unproven box office track record, but her role as Allison MacKenzie in the popular television series Peyton Place and her unexpected marriage to Frank Sinatra had made her a household name.
Despite her waif-like appearance (which would ultimately prove beneficial, as Rosemary became more frail as her pregnancy progressed), Polanski agreed to cast her. Her acceptance incensed Sinatra, who had demanded she forgo her career when they wed, and he served her divorce papers via a corporate lawyer in front of the cast and crew midway through filming. In an effort to salvage her relationship, Farrow asked Evans to release her from her contract, but he persuaded her to remain with the project after showing her an hour-long rough cut and assuring her she would receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance. Farrow was not nominated for the award, but stayed with the film, which pleased Evans, Polanski and the entire cast.
Robert Redford was the first choice for the role of Guy Woodhouse, but he turned down the offer. Jack Nicholson was considered briefly before Polanski suggested John Cassavetes.
Sylbert was a good friend of Garson Kanin, who was married to Ruth Gordon, and he suggested her for the role of Minnie Castevet. He also suggested that the Dakota, an Upper West Side apartment building known for its show business tenants, be used for the Bramford. Its hallways were not as worn and dark as Polanski wanted, but when the building's owners would not allow interior filming, it became a moot point and was used for exterior shots only.
Polanski wanted to cast Hollywood old-timers as the coven members but did not know any by name. He drew sketches of how he envisioned each character, and they were used to fill the roles. In every instance, the actor cast strongly resembled Polanski's drawing. They included Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, Elisha Cook, Jr., Phil Leeds and Hope Summers.
When Rosemary calls Donald Baumgart, the actor who goes blind and is replaced by Guy, the voice heard is that of actor Tony Curtis. Farrow, who had not been told who would be reading Baumgart's lines, recognized the voice but could not place it. The slight confusion she displays throughout the call was exactly what Polanski hoped to capture by not revealing Curtis' identity in advance.
Filming[edit]
When Farrow was reluctant to film a scene that depicted a dazed and preoccupied Rosemary wandering into the middle of a Manhattan street into oncoming traffic, Polanski pointed to her pregnancy padding and reassured her, "no one's going to hit a pregnant woman". The scene was successfully shot with Farrow walking into real traffic and Polanski following, operating the hand-held camera since he was the only one willing to do it.[4]
One scene that was shot but later deleted involved Farrow's character attending an Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks and encountering Joan Crawford and Van Johnson, who were playing themselves.[5]
Reception[edit]
Rosemary's Baby was widely well received by critics upon its theatrical release in 1968. In her review for The New York Times, Renata Adler said, "The movie—although it is pleasant—doesn't seem to work on any of its dark or powerful terms. I think this is because it is almost too extremely plausible. The quality of the young people's lives seems the quality of lives that one knows, even to the point of finding old people next door to avoid and lean on. One gets very annoyed that they don't catch on sooner."[6]
Variety stated, "Several exhilarating milestones are achieved in Rosemary's Baby, an excellent film version of Ira Levin's diabolical chiller novel. Writer-director Roman Polanski has triumphed in his first US-made pic. The film holds attention without explicit violence or gore... Farrow's performance is outstanding."[7] Ruth Gordon won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Today, the film is widely regarded as a classic; the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 99% rating (67 out of 68 reviews), with the site's consensus stating "A frightening tale of satanism and pregnancy that is even more disturbing than it sounds thanks to convincing and committed performances by Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon".[8]
In 2014, Rosemary's Baby was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[2]
Legacy[edit]
Following the film's premiere, a string of other films focusing on Satan worshippers and black magic appeared, including The Brotherhood of Satan, Mark of the Devil, Black Noon, and The Blood on Satan's Claw.
The scene in which Rosemary is raped by Satan was ranked #23 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
Thirty years after he wrote Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin wrote Son of Rosemary, a sequel which he dedicated to the film's star, Mia Farrow. Reaction to the book was mixed, but it made the best seller lists nationwide.[citation needed]
Sequel and remake[edit]
In the 1976 television film Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, Patty Duke starred as Rosemary Woodhouse and Ruth Gordon reprised her role of Minnie Castevet. The film introduced an adult Andrew/Adrian attempting to earn his place as the Antichrist. It was disliked as a sequel by critics and viewers, and its reputation deteriorated over the years.
A remake of Rosemary's Baby was briefly considered in 2008. The intended producers were Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller.[9] The remake fell through later that same year.[10]
In January 2014, NBC made a four-hour Rosemary's Baby miniseries with Zoe Saldana as Rosemary. The miniseries was filmed in Paris under the direction of Agnieszka Holland.[11]
Accolades[edit]
Academy AwardsAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Gordon, winner)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)
Golden Globe AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Gordon, winner)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama (Farrow, nominee)
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (nominee)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (nominee)
Other awardsBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Mia Farrow, nominee)
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (nominee)
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama (nominee)
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress (Mia Farrow, winner)
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Director (winner)
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (nominee)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award for Best Foreign Film (winner)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (Sidney Blackmer, winner)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (Gordon, winner)
American Film Institute Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills - #9
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains Minnie & Roman Castevet – Nominated Villains
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "This isn't a dream! This is really happening!" – Nominated
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – Nominated
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1968
Gothic film – Notable films


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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
2.^ Jump up to: a b "New Films Added to National Registry" (news release). Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
3.Jump up ^ King, Stephen (1985). Danse Macabre, p. 296. Berkley Books, New York. ISBN 0-425-08842-1.
4.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby", Archives (movie presentation), TCM.
5.Jump up ^ "Joan Crawford Was Cut From Rosemary's Baby!", Daily musto, Village Voice, January 9, 2012.
6.Jump up ^ "Review", The New York Times.
7.Jump up ^ "Rosemary’s Baby". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
8.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby (1968)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
9.Jump up ^ "Rosemary's Baby Remake Confirmed". Cinema blend. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ Rosemary's Baby Remake Scrapped, IMDb, 22 December 2008.
11.Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (8 January 2014). "Zoe Saldana To Topline NBC Miniseries ‘Rosemary’s Baby’". Deadline.
External links[edit]
 Wikiquote has quotations related to: Rosemary's Baby (film)
Rosemary's Baby at the Internet Movie Database
Rosemary's Baby at the TCM Movie Database
Rosemary's Baby at AllMovie
Rosemary's Baby at Rotten Tomatoes
Dialogue Transcript, Script-o-rama.
"William Castle's involvement in the film", Faber & Faber, Film in focus.
The many faces of Rosemary’s baby, PL: Culture. Collection of Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby posters from around the world.


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