- Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
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Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest 
Theatrical posterDirected by James D.R. Hickox Produced by Brad Southwick
Gary DePewWritten by Stephen King (short story)
Dode B. LevensonStarring Daniel Cerny
Ron Melendez
Jim Metzler
Nancy GrahnMusic by Daniel Licht Cinematography Gerry Lively Editing by Chris Peppe Distributed by Dimension Films Release date(s) September 12, 1995 US Running time 92 min. Language English Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest is the third film in the Children of the Corn series, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King. The film focuses on two mysterious brothers who, after living in rural Nebraska for their entire lives, are adopted and brought into Chicago; a chain of deadly occurrences surrounding the family follows, and revelations of a cult that the younger brother may have been involved in. The film stars Daniel Cerny in the leading role of the younger brother, Eli, and also marks the film debut of Charlize Theron, who had a non-speaking role as one of the cult's followers.
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest was the first film to be made entirely by Dimension/Miramax Films, and the last film in the series to receive a theatrical release. It opened in US cinemas on September 12, 1995.
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Plot
Eli and Joshua are being taken into foster care with Mr. and Mrs. Porter of Chicago after the death of their father. The two boys do not mix well with a home in modern Chicago, their formal, Amish-like clothes from Gatlin and Eli's fire-and-brimstone prayer at dinner, as well as his bringing a suitcase full of corn to Chicago, striking their new parents and neighbors as rather unusual. On his first night in Chicago, after everyone else has gone to sleep, Eli quietly leaves the Porter's house for an empty factory on the other side of a nearby cornfield. Taking with him the suitcase of corn, Eli prays to He Who Walks Behind the Rows and plants corn seeds on the grounds of the factory.
The next day, at their first day in school, Eli nearly gets into a fight with T-Loc, a student in Joshua's grade, and harshly criticizes Joshua for playing basketball with some of the other students. Disgusted with the lifestyle being lived by the modern child, Eli decides to bring He Who Walks Behind the Rows to Chicago.
William Porter, a businessman, finds the cornfield Eli has planted and realizes that with its seemingly perfect nature- invulnerable to disease, able to grow out of season and in the worst of soil- it could be a highly marketable product. Despite the death of his wife, which was arranged by Eli, William finds backers and looks forward to the massive profits Eli's strain of corn will bring.
Eli neglects to inform his foster father of another property the corn possesses- it is able to turn children who eat it into followers of He Who Walks Behind the Rows.
Eli begins to decisively sway the students of his high school towards his beliefs, turning them against the principal and directing them to abandon such previously-typical activities as basketball. The principal, alarmed at Eli's converting the students, attempts to inform other staff, but they do not believe him, as Eli's efforts have had another effect- they have restored order at the school to a degree few thought possible.
By the time Joshua realizes the full truth, Eli has killed both of their foster parents, the school principal, and now has full control of his fellow students. Confronting him, Joshua reveals that he has gone back to Gatlin and found the bible of He Who Walks Behind the Rows, a book that Eli holds sacred and, together with his own body, can survive indefinitely if one is intact. Eli roars, "Give me the book!" and charges. Joshua throws the book down, and as Eli scrambles to pick it up Joshua stabs Eli and the book with a sickle, destroying both.
As the film closes, the first shipment of Eli's corn arrives in Germany, the beginning of shipments all over the world.
Cast
- Daniel Cerny as Eli
- Ron Melendez as Joshua
- Jim Metzler as William Porter
- Nancy Lee Grahn as Amanda Porter
- Jon Clair as Malcom
- Mari Morrow as Maria
- Michael Ensign as Father Frank Nolan
- Garvin Funches as T-Loc
- Nicholas Brendon as Basketball Player One (film debut)
- Charlize Theron as an Eli follower (film debut)
Production information
The film was shot in December 1993[1] in Los Angeles, California[2]. Filming ended on January 14, 1994.
References
- ^ "IMDb Box Office/Business". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109415/business. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- ^ "IMDb Locations". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109415/locations. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
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Children of the Corn film series Films Children of the Corn • The Final Sacrifice • Urban Harvest • The Gathering • Fields of Terror • Isaac's Return • Revelation • Children of the Corn remakeRelated topics Media based on Stephen King works Films Individual filmsThe Shining (1980) • Cujo (1983) • The Dead Zone (1983) • Christine (1983) • Cat's Eye (1985) • Silver Bullet (1985) • Stand by Me (1986) • The Running Man (1987) • Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) • Graveyard Shift (1990) • Misery (1990) • Sleepwalkers (1992) • The Dark Half (1993) • Needful Things (1993) • The Shawshank Redemption (1994) • Dolores Claiborne (1995) • Thinner (1996) • The Night Flier (1997) • Apt Pupil (1998) • The Green Mile (1999) • Hearts in Atlantis (2001) • Dreamcatcher (2003) • Secret Window (2004) • Riding the Bullet (2004) • 1408 (2007) • The Mist (2007) • Dolan's Cadillac (2009) • It (2011)Film seriesCarrieCreepshowCreepshow (1982) • Creepshow 2 (1987)Children of the Corn (1984) • The Final Sacrifice (1993) • Urban Harvest (1995) • The Gathering (1996) • Fields of Terror (1998) • Isaac's Return (1999) • Revelation (2001) • Children of the Corn (2009)FirestarterFirestarter (1984) • Rekindled (2002)Maximum Overdrive (1986) • Trucks (1997)Pet SemataryPet Sematary (1989) • Pet Sematary Two (1992)The Lawnmower ManThe Lawnmower Man (1992) • Beyond Cyberspace (1996)The ManglerThe Mangler (1995) • The Mangler 2 (2001) • The Mangler Reborn (2005)The Dark TowerThe Dark Tower (2013)Television Single films or miniseriesGramma (1986) • Sorry, Right Number (1987) • It (1990) • Golden Years (1991) • The Tommyknockers (1993) • The Stand (1994) • The Langoliers (1995) • The Shining (1997) • Quicksilver Highway (1997) • The Revelations of Becka Paulson (1997) • Storm of the Century (1999) • Kingdom Hospital (2004) • Stephen King's Desperation (2006) • Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)Multiple films or miniseriesSalem's LotSalem's Lot (1979) • A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) • 'Salem's Lot (2004)Sometimes They Come BackSometimes They Come Back (1991) • Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) • Sometimes They Come Back… for More (1998)Rose RedRose Red (2002) • The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)SeriesThe Dead Zone (2002) • Haven (2010)
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