Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.
- Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 1 vittoria e 1 candidatura in totale
- Danny Garrison
- (as Lee Harcourt Montgomery)
- George
- (as Richard Drasin)
- Willard Stiles
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Police Officer
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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- QuizAccording to a September 1972 "Los Angeles Times" news item, the rat portraying Ben won a PATSY Award, which honors animal actors.
- BlooperToward the end of the film when the policemen and the firemen are attacking the rats in the sewers with flamethrowers and the rats are fighting back, it can be seen twice that the scenes of the flamethrower action have been filmed in reverse so that it appears that the rats are advancing - in fact, it can also be seen that the flames are going back into the flamethrowers.
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[last lines]
Danny Garrison: [crying as Michael Jackson sings "Ben" in the film's score] You'll get well, Ben, and I'll get well. We'll get well, Ben.
[places Ben on a handkerchief]
Danny Garrison: We'll get well, Ben. No one's gonna hurt one of my friends. No, sir.
[gets out a first aid kit, takes a cotton swab and gently rubs Ben's wounds]
Danny Garrison: It's okay.
[Ben squeaks]
Danny Garrison: You're the only friend I have. I love you, Ben.
[Michael Jackson sings the final verse of "Ben" as the closing credits roll]
- ConnessioniEdited from Willard e i topi (1971)
- Colonne sonoreBen
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by Walter Scharf
Sung and played on piano and harmonica by Danny Garrison (Lee Montgomery (uncredited))
Sung by Michael Jackson during the film's final scene and its closing credits
© 1972 Motown Record Corp.
But wait!
A little boy named Danny (Lee Montgomery), who lives right around the corner from Willard's place, is lonely and needs a friend! He's also got a heart condition and plays the harmonica! So, Ben finds the time between marauding attacks, to be Danny's best buddy. Bully's beware! Picking on the Dan-ster will now get you a visit from the hairy horde of doom!
Meanwhile, police are flummoxed by a series of rat-involved crimes against humanity. This all leads to an apocalyptic showdown in the sewers beneath Los Angeles!
While not as intriguing as its predecessor, BEN is a lot of fun to watch! Especially, if you love rats in big numbers! While groan-inducing, the relationship between Ben and Danny is oddly mesmerizing, that is, if you enjoy puppet shows and listening to Danny wheeze.
Not a bad way to spend one's viewing time, as long as cuddly sewer rats don't offend...
- azathothpwiggins
- 13 mag 2019
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- Higgins-Verbeck-Hirsch Mansion - 637 South Lucerne Boulevard, Windsor Square, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(interiors and exteriors of Willard Stiles' house)
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- 769.986 USD