''The Passing'' is a 1983 American

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horror film co-written, co-produced, directed, edited by and starring John Huckert.

Cast

* James Carroll Plaster as Ernie Neuman * Welton Benjamin Johnson as Leviticus (Rose) Washington * John Huckert as Wade Carney / Rejuvenated Ernie * Lynn Odell as Monica / Foreign Movie Actress * Daniel Dunn as Pudge (Wade's Son) * Albert B. Smith as Man at Bar / Rapist / Encephalo-Transfer Body

Production

The film was produced on a budget of around $80,000 to $100,000 over a period of over seven years. During this time, the film's lead actor James Carroll Plaster died.

Release and reception

''The Passing'' was first released in 1983. It was screened at the USA Film Festival in

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, Texas, as well as at the Houston International Film Festival. Following those showings, the film opened as a one-week engagement at the Biograph Theatre in

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in May 1985.

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'' called the film "powerfully evocative". Arthur C. Clarke, writer of ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', called the film "Amazing! Profoundly poignant."

Home media

In June 2019, ''The Passing'' was restored in 2K and released on

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. This release includes four short films directed by Huckert: ''The Water That Is Passed'', ''Quack'' (both 1976), ''Einmal'' (1979), and ''Ernie & Rose'' (1982).

References

External links

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