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| Released | 2001 |
| Duration | 84 minutes |
| Director | Christophe Gans |
| Written by | Stéphane Cabel, Gans |
| Music | Joseph LoDuca |
| Studio | Studio Canal+ |
| Rated | R |
Creature Shop credits in French
Brotherhood of the Wolf (original title Le pacte des loups) is a 2001 French film combining action and horror. Set in the 18th century, people are being slaughtered by the legendary Beast of Gevaudan. Two hunters (a French knight and a Native American) are summoned to end the threat, which turns out to be entwined with political intrigue and the history of the local noble family. In the end, the beast is revealed to be a lion trapped in a metallic spiked suit.
Jim Henson's Creature Shop supplied both animatronic and computer animated versions of the beast. A making of included on home video releases included footage of the Creature Shop crew and the design process.
Cast[]
- Samuel Le Bihan as Grégoire de Fronsac
- Vincent Cassel as Jean-François de Morangias
- Émilie Dequenne as Marianne de Morangias
- Monica Bellucci as Sylvia
- Jérémie Renier as Thomas d'Apcher
- Mark Dacascos as Mani
Creature Shop credits[]
- Beast special effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop
- Animatronics Unit
- Creative supervisor: Jamie Courtier
- Beast designer: Igor Chevalier
- Technical director: Verner Gresty
- Producer: Piers Hampton
- Animatronic supervisor: Chris Coxon
- Animatronic conception: Adrian Parish, Simon Hewitt
- Finishing: Graham High
- Fabrication: Nicola Tedman
- Programming: Pete Bell
- Special Visual Effects Unit
- Producer: Arthur Windus
- Visual effects producer: Val Wardlaw
- Digital effects supervisor: Hal Bertram
- Coordinator: Nick Drew
- Supervising animators: John Stephenson, Peter Elliot
- Technical director: Dusan Strugar
- Animation director: Alex Wuttke
- Compositing: Adam McInnes
- Effects editor: Claire Burgess