Rosemary's Baby (film) Rosemary spits in his face. Minnie tells Rosemary that she should be honored to be the woman chosen to bear a child for Satan. Initially reluctant, Rosemary goes to the cradle and gently rocks him, with a small smile on her face. In "Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective", a featurette on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter/director Roman Polanski, Paramount Pictures executive Robert Evans, and production designer Richard Sylbert reminisce at length about the production. Evans recalled William Castle brought him the galley proofs of the book and asked him to purchase the film rights even before Random House released
The Baby (film) does not want to rescue or rehabilitate Baby. She sought Baby out so he can be a playmate for her husband, who was left with the mental capacity of an infant after his accident, becoming Baby's new (though kinder) jailor. Scotia International released the film in March 1973 in a limited theatrical release. Image Entertainment published the film in the year 2000 on DVD and VHS. "The Baby" was released on Blu-ray and DVD with a new transfer from the original negative by Severin Films in 2011. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on