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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

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Released in 2010 as a direct-to-video American documentary, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" covers the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series, omitting only the 2010 remake.[1]

Making and release

The team decided to fund the entire project independently to tell the backstories of how the Elm Street films were created.[2] Poster artist Matthew Joseph Peak created the original art for the release poster and DVD.[3] Personal photos taken by cast members and their families during film shoots were featured prominently in the final documentary.[4] To generate early buzz, a 2-minute teaser trailer starring Heather Langenkamp was filmed in 2009.[2]

A total of 106 distinct interviews were conducted for the documentary.[2] On May 4, 2010, the documentary became available as a 2-disc DVD set.[3]

What the cited sources add

In an interview with Ain't It Cool News, Langenkamp noted the documentary focused on people who rarely get to discuss their roles in the films.[5] Langenkamp stated that the producers Tommy Hutson and Daniel Farrands did the majority of getting the interviews.[5] She mentioned that Mark Patton, the lead of Freddy's Revenge, was living in Mexico at the time.[5] Actor Mark Patton said he did not think the character Jesse was originally written as a gay character.[6]

The documentary won "Best Direct-to-Video Title" and "Best in Show" at Home Media Magazine's 2010 Reaper Awards.[7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "interview: Never Sleep Again: Dan Farrands, Andrew Kasch and Thommy Hutson Speak!", Dread Central, May 3, 2010; "interview: Up All Night With "Never Sleep Again"", Fangoria; McCabe, "interview: Will Depp Return to 'Elm Street'? Doc Directors on 'Never Sleep Again'", FEARnet, October 29, 2009; Break, "interview: Mr. Beaks Stays Up Late With Heather Langenkamp, The Narrator And Exec. Producer of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy!", Ain't It Cool News; Stephenson, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy T en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "interview: Up All Night With "Never Sleep Again"", Fangoria (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "interview: Never Sleep Again: Dan Farrands, Andrew Kasch and Thommy Hutson Speak!", Dread Central, May 3, 2010; "interview: Up All Night With "Never Sleep Again"", Fangoria (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McCabe, "Get a Free 'Elm Street' Poster Signed by Nancy", FEARnet, 2010-04-20; "interview: Never Sleep Again: Dan Farrands, Andrew Kasch and Thommy Hutson Speak!", Dread Central, May 3, 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Break, "interview: Mr. Beaks Stays Up Late With Heather Langenkamp, The Narrator And Exec. Producer of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy!", Ain't It Cool News. facts only, no text reused. aintitcool.com
  6. Wikipedia, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hartinger, "New Documentary, "Never Sleep Again," Answers Age-Old Question: Was "Nightmare on Elm Street 2" Gay?", After Elton, May 18, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Latchem, "Freddy, Jason, 'True Blood' Dominate Reaper Awards", Home Media Magazine, 12 October 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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