Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
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| Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Bill Condon |
| Produced by | Gregg Fienberg Sigurjon Sighvatsson |
| Written by | Clive Barker Rand Ravich Mark Kruger |
| Starring | Tony Todd Bill Nunn Kelly Rowan Matt Clark Veronica Cartwright William O'Leary |
| Music by | Philip Glass |
| Cinematography | Tobias A. Schliessler |
| Editing by | Virginia Katz |
| Release date(s) | March 17, 1995 |
| Running time | 93 mins |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $13,940,383 (sub-total) |
| Preceded by | Candyman |
| Followed by | Candyman: Day of the Dead |
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh was the 1995 sequel to the horror film Candyman, an adaptation of the Clive Barker short story 'The Forbidden'. It starred Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark and Veronica Cartwright.
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[edit] Cast
| Actor / Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Tony Todd | Daniel The Candyman Robitaille |
| Kelly Rowan | Annie Tarrant |
| Bill Nunn | Reverend Ellis |
| William O'Leary | Ethan Tarrant |
| Veronica Cartwright | Octavia Tarrant |
| Matt Clark | Honore Thibideaux |
| Randy Oglesby | Heyward Sullivan |
| Joshua Gibran Mayweather | Matthew Ellis |
| David Gianopoulos | Detective Ray Levesque |
| Timothy Carhart | Paul McKeever |
| Michael Bergeron | Coleman Tarrant |
| Fay Hauser | Pam Carver |
| Caroline Barclay | Caroline Sullivan |
| Clotiel Bordeltier | Liz |
| Michael Culkin | Phillip Purcell |
| George Lemore | Drew |
| Ralph Joseph | Mr. Jeffries |
| Margaret Howell | Clara |
[edit] Plot
The father of New Orleans schoolteacher Annie Tarrant (Rowan) was murdered in a Candyman-like fashion some years prior. When Professor Philip Purcell is murdered in a bathroom by Candyman after presenting the legend to his class and calling him forth, Annie's brother is accused of the murder (since his furious public confrontation of Purcell over the subject) and one of her students starts to see the Candyman. In order to disprove to herself that the Candyman exists, she says his name five times in front of a mirror, summoning him to New Orleans on the eve Mardi Gras, where the killing begins in earnest, her husband becoming one of Candyman's new victims. The film's climax reveals more details of the Candyman's genesis, and his reason for stalking Annie.
[edit] The Candyman
The Candyman is revealed to be Daniel Robitaille, son of a slave on a plantation in New Orleans. Chosen by a wealthy landowner to paint a portrait of his daughter Caroline, the intimacy of the setting causes a torrid affair between Daniel and Caroline. The relationship results in Caroline becoming pregnant, and Daniel being reviled.
Daniel is chased out of the town and hunted across the fields by Caroline's father (beside himself with insane, raging racial-hatred) leading an (equally hateful) angry mob, and tortured by having his right hand sawed off with a rusty arborist saw blade and being coated in fresh honey from a nearby beehive. A small boy tastes the honey, and proclaims "Candy Man!", whereupon the crowd seizes the name and shouts it with gusto. The bees then swarm over Daniel's body, mortally wounding him. Caroline enters the scene, and is restrained as her father taunts Daniel (over how he now looks) with her mirror....to which Daniel gasps the words "Candy Man" before dying. Caroline seizes upon the mirror, and cradles it. It is this mirror that holds the tortured, hateful soul of the Candyman; the only remnant of her lover, Caroline hides the mirror in Daniel's birthplace. She has a daughter named Isabel and raised her as a "normal white girl".
The mirror grants Candy Man his spiritual medium, and imbues his soul with the strength to kill when called upon.
[edit] Sweets to the sweet
Annie is revealed to be the Great-Great-Granddaughter of Caroline Sullivan. Candyman stalks Annie so that he may kill her and destroy himself at 12 Midnight on Ash Wednesday. This is possibly to secure their resurrection into the afterlife, a running theme throughout the Candyman series.
Octavia is Annie's guilt ridden mother who drowns her worries and the existence of the Candyman in booze and in lies. She later admits that Coleman tried to link the family name with "that monster" and denies that Candyman exists, only to meet her end at his bloody hook...incensed over her offensive blatant disbelief of him.
Coleman was Annie's father; he was murdered by the Candyman after seeking to expose the truth. Driven to madness at his search for the mirror, he eventually gives in and calls on the Candyman to justify his search....at the expense of his life.
Ethan is Annie's brother and a law student who drops out of college after Coleman's murder. He confesses to the murder of Dr. Purcell, whom Candyman killed in a bar restroom, to keep the secret of the Candyman from getting to his sister. He, like his father, is killed but not by the Candyman. He is shot while trying to flee the police station after Candyman slays a detective.
