The Ring
Directed by	Gore Verbinski
Produced by	Walter F. Parkes Roy Lee Laurie MacDonald Michael Macari
Written by	Kôji Suzuki Ehren Kruger
Starring	Naomi Watts Daveigh Chase Martin Henderson David Dorfman Brian Cox Jane Alexander Lindsay Frost Amber Tamblyn Rachael Bella
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Editing by	Craig Wood
Distributed by	DreamWorks SKG
Release date(s)	October 18, 2002 (U.S.)
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Language	English
Budget	$48 million
Gross revenue	$249,348,933
Followed by	The Ring Two
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Ratings
South Africa:	13V
United Kingdom:	15
United States:	PG-13

The Ring is a 2002 American remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film, Ring (also known as Ringu). English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Ring Two is a 2005 American Horror film, and a Sequel to the 2002 film The Ring, which A motion picture rating system categorizes films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex violence substance abuse profanity impudence or other types A motion picture rating system categorizes films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex violence substance abuse profanity impudence or other types The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is a 1998 Japanese horror mystery Film from director Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel of the same name Both movies are based on the novel Ring by Kôji Suzuki. is a Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki, first published in 1991 and set in modern day Japan Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司 Suzuki Kōji born May 13 1957) is a Japanese Writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently It was directed by Gore Verbinski and starred Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson. Gregor "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16 1964) is an American Film director and Writer. Naomi Ellen Watts (born September Martin Henderson (born October 8, 1974) is a New Zealand actor

Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 References in popular culture 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Plot

The film focuses on a mysterious cursed videotape which contains a seemingly random series of disturbing, grainy, black and white images. The Cursed Videotape is a fictional item in the Ring cycle series of books and films After watching the tape, the viewer subsequently receives a phone call in which a voice condemns the viewer to death in exactly seven days.

As the film opens, two teenage girls Katie Embry (Amber Tamblyn) and Rebecca 'Becca' Kotler (Rachael Bella) discuss the supposedly cursed tape. Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14 1983 is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American actress and Poet. Rachael Bella (born March 13, 1984) is an American actress known for her role as Becca Kotler in the movie The Ring. Katie subsequently reveals that, seven days before, she went to a cabin at Shelter Mountain Inn with friends, where she viewed the video tape. After a series of weird occurrences, involving a television in the house turning itself on, Katie is mysteriously killed while Becca watches, subsequently causing her to be institutionalized in a mental hospital.

Katie's aunt, Rachel (Naomi Watts), is a journalist living in Seattle. Naomi Ellen Watts (born September Her son, Aidan, seems to be sensitive to psychic occurrences — he had been drawing pictures of his cousin dead in the ground for days before Katie died. At Katie's funeral, Rachel's sister asks her to investigate her daughter's death. Her investigation subsequently leads her to the cabin where Katie watched the tape. She finds and watches the tape, the phone rings and a girl says "seven days. " The next day she calls her ex-boyfriend and Aidan's father, Noah, to see the video. He subsequently asks her to make a copy for further investigation. Unfortunately, Aidan watches the tape a couple of days later.

After viewing the tape, Rachel experiences nightmares, nose bleeds, and surreal situations (when she pauses a section of the tape in which a fly runs across the screen, she plucks it from the monitor). Rachel investigates the images on the tape, leading her to Anna Morgan (a woman seen in the tape) who lived on Moesko Island with her husband Richard and daughter. A tragedy befell the Morgan ranch, in which the horses they raised seemed to go mad, subsequently killing themselves, presumably causing Anna to become depressed and commit suicide. Rachel goes to the Morgan house and finds Richard who refuses to talk about the video or his daughter. A local doctor tells Rachel that Anna could not carry a baby to term and adopted a child named Samara Morgan (Daveigh Chase). Character biography Ring 2 establishes that her mother Evelyn Osorio ( Sissy Spacek) gave birth to Samara at a Christian hospital Daveigh Elizabeth Chase (born Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier on July 24, 1990) is an American Actress, Singer, and Anna soon complained of visions that only happened when Samara was around, so both were sent to a mental institute. Noah goes to the institute, finds Anna's file and discovers that a video is missing. Rachel returns to the Morgan house, views the missing video and is confronted by Richard, who subsequently states the girl was evil. Following an intense scene, he then electrocutes himself in the bathtub, sending Rachel running out of the house screaming.

Noah arrives and with Rachel, goes to the barn to discover a room where Samara was kept by her father. Behind the wallpaper they discover an image of a tree seen on the tape, and near the cabin. At the cabin, they discover a well underneath the floor, in which Rachel finds the body of Samara, subsequently experiencing a vision of how her mother dropped her into it. Rachel notifies the authorities, and Samara is given a proper burial.

Rachel informs Aidan that they will no longer be troubled by Samara. However, Aidan is horrified, telling her mother she had freed her body, and that Samara never sleeps. In his apartment, Noah's TV turns on, revealing an image in which Samara crawls from the well, walks toward the screen and crawls out of the set into the room. Samara stares directly at him, causing his death — which Rachel discovers after racing to his apartment. Upon returning to her apartment, Rachel destroys and burns the original tape screaming, "What do you want from me!?" She soon notices the tape marked "COPY" underneath the couch. Worried that Aidan will also die, Rachel realizes the only way to escape is to copy the tape and show it to someone else, continuing the cycle. The movie subsequently ends with Rachel helping Aidan to copy the tape.

Reception

In order to advertise the film, many promotional websites were formed featuring the characters and places in the film. ^[1] The film was financially successful. ^[2] The success of The Ring opened the way for American remakes of several other Japanese horror films, including The Grudge and Dark Water. The Grudge is the 2004 American Remake of the Japanese film Ju-on The Grudge. Dark Water is a 2005 American drama - horror Film directed by Walter Salles and starring A sequel, The Ring Two, was released in North American theaters on March 18, 2005. The Ring Two is a 2005 American Horror film, and a Sequel to the 2002 film The Ring, which Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper It was directed by Hideo Nakata, the director of the original Japanese film. Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961, in Okayama, Japan) is a Japanese film director

The Ring received fairly positive reviews from film critics, receiving a “fresh” 72% favorable reviews out of 166 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes,^[3] and a Metacritic score of 57/100 (mixed or average) from 36 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. ^[4] On the television program Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper gave the film "Thumbs Up" and felt it was very gripping and scary despite some minor unanswered questions. Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is a Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and from September 2000 through August 2008 Roger Ebert gave the film "Thumbs Down" and felt it was boring, borderline ridiculous and disliked the extended, detailed ending. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. ^[5] IGN’s Jeremy Conrad praised the movie for its atmospheric set up and cinematography, and said that “there are 'disturbing images'… but the film doesn't really rely on gore to deliver the scares. IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video … The Ring relies on atmosphere and story to deliver the jumps, not someone being cleaved in half by a glass door. ”^[6] Film Threat Jim Agnew called it “dark, disturbing and original throughout. Film Threat is a Magazine and a Webzine about Independent film, published and edited by Chris Gore. You know that you’re going to see something a little different than your usual studio crap. ”^[7] Praise went to the director Gore Verbinski for slowly revealing the plot while keeping the audience interested, “the twists keep on coming, and Verbinski shows a fine-tuned gift for calibrating and manipulating viewer expectations. ”^[8]

Despite the praise given to Verbinski’s direction, critics railed the characters as being weak. The Chicago Reader’s Jonathan Rosenbaurn said that the film was “an utter waste of Watts… perhaps because the script didn’t bother to give her a character,”^[9] whereas other critics such as William Arnold from Seattle Post-Intelligencer said the opposite: “she projects an intelligence, determination and resourcefulness that carry the movie nicely. ”^[10] Many critics regarded David Dorfman’s character as a creepy-child “Sixth Sense cliché. The Sixth Sense is a 1999 Psychological horror film written and directed by M ”^[11] A large sum of critics, like Miami Herald’s Rene Rodriguez and USA Today’s Claudia Puig^[12] found themselves confused and thought that by the end of the movie “[the plot] still doesn't make much sense. ”^[13] This movie was number 20 on the cable channel Bravo's list of the 100 Scariest Movie Moments. This article is about the type of television channel For cable television infrastructure i Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama

References in popular culture

Angry Alien

The popular website made its own '30-Second-With-Bunnies' version, even including the extra footage of Samara-bunny reaching out to kill the viewer. 30-Second Bunnies Theatre is a Webby Award -winning Flash cartoon series featuring films re-enacted by bunnies in 30 seconds

Aiden

Took their name from the child in the movie,^[14] and sampled a quote from the movie in their song "I Set My Friends On Fire". Aiden is an American Post-hardcore band from Seattle Washington that formed in the spring of 2003.

The O.C

In an episode of "The O. This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California. C", Seth Cohen (played by Adam Brody) tells Ryan Atwood not to read a letter because "it's like The Ring", if you read it you'll die. Seth Cohen is a Fictional character on FOX series The OC, played by Adam Brody. Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American Film and Television Actor. " Adam Brody appeared in The Ring early in the film.

Blue Collar TV

Larry the Cable Guy experiences the consequences of ignoring his wife in a sketch entitled "The Ring III: Till Death Do Us Part". Blue Collar TV was a Television program on the WB Television Network and starring Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry Larry the Cable Guy (born Daniel Lawrence Whitney, February 17 1963 in Pawnee City Nebraska) is an American Stand-up comedian After ignoring his wife's requests for housework while watching television, Larry is attacked by the aforementioned wife emerging from the television, griping about his lack of effort in their marriage. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic

Family Guy

In the Family Guy season 5 episode "Mother Tucker," a cutaway scene shows a girl telling Peter not to watch the video tape because afterwards one dies. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Peter Griffin is a Fictional character and the Protagonist of the animated television series Despite this he turns it on and it turns out to be Mannequin. Mannequin is a 1987 romantic comedy film starring Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, Peter dies of horror shortly after he watches the tape.

The Suffering

In the PS2 version of The Suffering, there is a level with a hole blown in the wall. The Suffering is a Video game developed by Surreal Software and published by Midway Games, released in 2004 for the Xbox, PlayStation When the player crawls through the hole, he or she ends up in an office with a static-filled closed circuit monitor, and a red phone on the guards desk is ringing. By answering the phone, a little girl is heard saying "You will die in seven days. "

Will & Grace

In an episode of Will & Grace when Jack and Grace are cleaning Will and Grace's apartment, one of them happens to come across a water ring left by a glass on a wooden table. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 When Jack realises how Will will not take kindly to this, he exclaims, "Oh my god! First he sees the ring, and then we die. . . "

Rugrats

The Interview with a Campfire movie in the Rugrats series featured a scene in which one of the friends went missing. Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on When Angelica wandered around the area where the person had disappeared, the television burst into static and a cartoon version of the cursed videotape began to play. Angelica Charlotte Pickles is a character voiced by Cheryl Chase in the Nickelodeon shows Rugrats and All Grown Up!, and is among

Shark Tale

A newspaper appearing in the DreamWorks film Shark Tale features an "upcoming movie" called The Hook, the ad for which looks very similar to The Ring. Shark Tale is a 2004 CGI comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation.

Scary Movie 3

The whole movie parodies The Ring and other popular films like Signs. Scary Movie 3 ( 2003) is an American Comedy film directed by David Zucker and is the third film of the Scary Movie Signs is a 2002 Science fiction Thriller film written produced and directed by M

Teen Titans

In the episode "Fear Itself", Beast Boy explains a scary movie thus: "They say when you watch this video, strange things happen" — a reference to The Ring. Teen Titans is an American animated television series created by Sam Register and Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, also known as Beast Boy or Changeling, is a Fictional character, a Superhero appearing in Comic

TimeSplitters Future Perfect

There is a television early on in the 'Haunted Mansion' level of the story mode, on which the circle of light shown in the American version of the film is played. Also, a ghost girl appears twice who bears a distinct resemblance to Samara.

F.E.A.R.

The character of Alma bears several similarities to Samara, although this has been confirmed to be purely by coincidence. FEAR First Encounter Assault Recon is a Survival horror First-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Both Samara and Alma are derived from the traditional Japanese horror template of little girls wearing white kimonos or robes.

Dragonfable

In this online RPG, the town of Amityvale has a quest called "The Well" that spoofs The Ring, where you must go into a well full of undead to rescue the paladin, Artix, who went to retrieve a girl's ring, but has to return it in seven days. DragonFable (often abbreviated to "DF" is a free Online, browser-based, single-player RPG developed by Artix If you choose to look up the well at the beginning of the quest, you see a view identical to the 'ring' from the cursed videotape.

Saturday Night Live

On February 3, 2007, an SNL Digital Short named Body Fusion was aired. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. SNL Digital Shorts are short video segments created for airing on NBC 's Saturday Night Live. The sketch, under the guise of an 1980s fitness video, was purposely altered to resemble an old, worn-out VHS tape. When SNL network NBC posted a second version of the sketch on YouTube, it contained a new ending in which, using film footage, we see the characters of The Ring to be watching the video. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

Gorillaz

The film clip for the Gorillaz sing “Dare” includes a scene towards the end where the music stops and camera zooms into the eye of the protagonist, Noodle. Gorillaz is a Virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the Comic This has been claimed to be directly inspired by “The Ring” in the Gorillaz Biography Rise of the Ogre. Rise of the Ogre is an Autobiography about the virtual band Gorillaz.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

In one episode, Billy rents a videotape and watches it. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an award-winning American Animated television series that originally aired on Cartoon Network. A white ring is displayed, followed by a Chupacabra climbing out of the screen, that to suck on Billy's nose. Chupacabra (also Chupacabras /tʃupa'kabɾas/ from Spanish chupar to suck, cabra goat goat sucker) is a Legendary

Robot Chicken

In one short, a random guy sits down to watch videos for a dating service. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew When he picks one, the Ring tape plays. Samara crawls out inhumanly, looks up and talks like a sweet girl stating what she is interested in, then disappears. The guy appears horrified until he thinks gladfully what it would be like to date her.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

On the July 23rd, 2007 broadcast of the news show parody, Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker's faulty video address to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was lampooned by inter-cutting the glitch-mired feed with portions of The Cursed Video. The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. (Watch here^[15])

Kingdom of Loathing

In the MMORPG Kingdom of Loathing, there is a piece of jewellery called "The ring" which correspondingly does spooky damage, as well as having a description that describes some events on the film. Kingdom of Loathing ( KoL) is a Humorous browser-based, multiplayer Role playing game, designed and operated by Asymmetric

Kappa Mikey

Kappa Mikey had a Halloween episode called LilyBoo, where the whole plot is related to the Ring. Kappa Mikey is an American animated television series geared toward families and is created by Larry Schwarz.

Cathy's Book

In the novel, Cathy writes on page 112 in different fonts 'They All Have To Die', referring to one of Samara's lines. Cathy's Book is an Alternate Reality Game book written by Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman, and Cathy Brigg (illustrator published September 12 One of these fonts is the same font used for The Ring and The Ring Two.

xkcd

The xkcd comic on March 14, 2008 refers to The Ring video being uploaded onto YouTube^[16]. xkcd is a Webcomic created by Randall Munroe, a former contractor for NASA. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

See also

• List of characters in The Ring

References

External links

• the ringworld - fansite covering all aspects of the Ring series
• the Ring AREA - Contents of the cursed videos of the Ring cycle and their scene-by-scene analyses, as well as lots of other useful information.
• The Ring at the Internet Movie Database
• The Ring at Rotten Tomatoes
• Trailer from Tribute.ca

Preceded by Red Dragon

Box office number-one films of 2002 (USA) October 20, 2002

Succeeded by Jackass: The Movie

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