| Studio |
Credit |
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Paramount Pictures
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Studio
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| Director |
Credit |
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John Landis
|
Director
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| Cast |
Credit |
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Eddie Murphy
|
Clarence
|
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Eddie Murphy
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Saul
|
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Eddie Murphy
|
Prince Akeem
|
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Eddie Murphy
|
Randy Watson
|
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Paul Bates
|
Oha
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Garcelle Beauvais
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Rose Bearer
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Feather
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Rose Bearer
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Stephanie Simon
|
Rose Bearer
|
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Victoria Dillard
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Bather
|
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Felicia Taylor
|
Bather
|
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Michele Watley
|
Bather
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James Earl Jones
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King Jaffe Joffer
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Madge Sinclair
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Queen Aoleon
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Sheila Johnson
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Lady-in-Waiting
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Arsenio Hall
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Extremely Ugly Girl
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Arsenio Hall
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Semmi
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Arsenio Hall
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Reverend Brown
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Arsenio Hall
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Morris
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Raymond D Turner
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T-Shirt Hawker
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Calvin Lockhart
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Colonel Izzi
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Billi Gordon
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Large Woman
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Vanessa Bell
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Imani Izzi
|
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Jake Steinfeld
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Cab Driver
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Cuba Gooding Jr
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Boy Getting Haircut
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Clint Smith
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Sweets
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Frankie Faison
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Landlord
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Uncle Ray Murphy
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Stu
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Ruben Hudson
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Street Hustler
|
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Paulette Banoza
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Soul Glo Woman
|
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Clyde R Jones
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Soul Glo Man
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Patricia Matthews
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Devil Woman
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Mary Bond Davis
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Big Stank Woman
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Kara Young
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Stuck-Up Girl
|
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Carla Earle
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Tough Girl
|
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Karen Renee Owens
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Ex-Siamese Twin
|
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Sharon Renee Owens
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Ex-Siamese Twin
|
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Lisa Gumora
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Kinky Girl
|
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June Boykins
|
Strange Woman
|
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Janette Colon
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Fresh Peaches
|
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Vanessa Colon
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Sugar Cube
|
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Monique Mannen
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Boring Girl
|
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Mindora Mimms
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Awareness Woman
|
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Cynthia Finkley
|
Awareness Woman
|
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John Amos
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Cleo McDowell
|
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Allison Dean
|
Patrice McDowell
|
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Shari Headley
|
Lisa McDowell
|
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Eriq La Salle
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Darryl Jenks
|
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Louie Anderson
|
Maurice
|
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David Sosna
|
Cartier Delivery Man
|
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Vondie Curtis Hall
|
Basketball Game Vendor
|
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Hold-Up Man
|
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Dottie
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Dottie--the Dog
|
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Arthur Adams
|
Mr Jenks
|
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Loni Kaye Harkless
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Mrs Jenks
|
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Montrose Hagins
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Grandma Jenks
|
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Tonja Rivers
|
Party Guest
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Don Ameche
|
Mortimer Duke
|
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Ralph Bellamy
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Randolph Duke
|
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Elaine Kagan
|
Telegraph Lady
|
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Michael Tadross
|
Taxi Driver
|
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Steve White
|
Subway Guy
|
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Helen Hanft
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Subway Lady
|
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Birdie M Hale
|
Elderly Passenger
|
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Jim Abrahams
|
Face on Cutting Room Floor
|
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Leah Aldridge
|
Dancer
|
|
Paula Brown
|
Dancer
|
|
Stephanie Clark
|
Dancer
|
|
Robin Dimension
|
Dancer
|
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Eric L Ellis
|
Dancer
|
|
Aurorah Allain
|
Dancer
|
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Dwayne Chattman
|
Dancer
|
|
Victoria Dillard
|
Dancer
|
|
Shaun Earl
|
Dancer
|
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Sharon Ferrol
|
Dancer
|
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Eric D Henderson
|
Dancer
|
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Debra Johnson
|
Dancer
|
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Jimmy Locust
|
Dancer
|
|
Karen Renee Owens
|
Dancer
|
|
Donna M Perkins
|
Dancer
|
|
Gina Consuela Rose
|
Dancer
|
|
Robbin Tasha-Ford
|
Dancer
|
|
Eyan Williams
|
Dancer
|
|
Gigi Hunter
|
Dancer
|
|
Tanya Lynne Lee
|
Dancer
|
|
Monique Mannen
|
Dancer
|
|
Sharon Renee Owens
|
Dancer
|
|
Dionne Rockhold
|
Dancer
|
|
Randolph Scott
|
Dancer
|
|
Jerald Vincent
|
Dancer
|
| Production Credits |
Credit |
|
David Sosna
|
Associate Producer
|
|
George Folsey Jr
|
Producer
|
|
Mark Lipsky
|
Executive Producer
|
|
Leslie Belzberg
|
Executive Producer
|
|
Robert D Wachs
|
Producer
|
| Distribution Companies |
Credit |
|
UIP The Film Consortium
|
Foreign Theatrical Distributor
|
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
|
|
Paramount Studios Home Video
|
Domestic Video Distributor
|
| Locations |
|
| Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York, USA |
|
| Los Angeles, California, USA |
|
| Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Subway Station, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
|
| Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA |
|
| Queens, New York City, New York, USA |
|
| Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
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| Writer |
Credit |
|
Art Buchwald
|
From Story
|
|
David Sheffield
|
Screenplay
|
|
Barry Blaustein
|
Screenplay
|
|
Eddie Murphy
|
Screenplay
|
| Accounting |
Credit |
|
Carole A Wattles
|
Assistant Accountant - production accountant assistant
|
|
Janet Wattles
|
Production Accountant
|
|
Raphaella Giugliano
|
Assistant Accountant - production accountant assistant
|
| Animal Training Handling |
Credit |
|
Brian McMillan
|
Animal Supplier - animals supplier
|
| Art Department |
Credit |
|
Lou Mugavero
|
Swing Gang
|
|
Richard B Lewis
|
Art Director - art direction
|
|
Richard MacDonald
|
Production Designer
|
|
Cheryal Kearney
|
Set Decorator
|
|
Daniel K Grosso
|
Set Dresser
|
|
Edward Garzero
|
Scenic Artist
|
|
Chuck Eskridge
|
Art Department - production painter
|
|
Carole Lee Cole
|
Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
|
|
Greg Papalia
|
Set Designer
|
|
Randy Bostic
|
Lead Person - leadman
|
|
Ron Yates
|
Set Designer
|
|
John Lewis
|
Swing Gang
|
|
Chris Vogt
|
Set Dresser
|
|
Ron Von Blomberg
|
Set Decorator
|
|
David Weinman
|
Lead Person - leadman
|
|
Greg Lynch
|
Swing Gang
|
|
Gil Clayton
|
Set Designer
|
|
William Durnin
|
Set Dresser
|
|
Jerry DeTitta
|
Set Dresser
|
|
Erin Cummins
|
Set Designer
|
|
Richard Evans
|
Swing Gang
|
|
Larry Hubbs
|
Set Designer
|
|
Rick Nelson
|
Set Dresser
|
| Casting |
Credit |
|
Ferne Cassel
|
Casting Associate - casting assistant
|
|
Jackie Burch
|
Casting
|
|
Jim Green
|
Casting
|
|
Eddie Smith
|
Casting
|
|
Sylvia Fay
|
Casting
|
| Craft Services |
Credit |
|
Eddie Jones
|
Craft Service
|
| Film Camera |
Credit |
|
Craig DiBona
|
Camera Operator
|
|
Phil Caplan
|
Camera Assistant
|
|
John Szajner
|
Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
|
|
Bob Nolan
|
Color Timer
|
|
Woody Omens
|
Director of Photography
|
|
Bruce McBroom
|
Photography - stills
|
|
Ken Fisher
|
Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
|
|
Douglas H Knapp
|
Camera Assistant
|
|
Mark Freund
|
Photography - matte photography
|
|
Maurice Brown
|
Camera Assistant
|
|
Joseph Cosko Jr
|
Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
|
|
Mark Sawicki
|
Photography - matte photography
|
|
Ned Martin
|
Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
|
|
Douglas C Hart
|
Camera Assistant
|
|
Bill Taylor
|
Photography - matte photography
|
|
John Cambria
|
Camera Assistant
|
|
Doug E Smith
|
Photography - model photography
|
|
John Seakwood
|
Photography - stills
|
|
Stan Keitt
|
Camera Assistant
|
| Music |
Credit |
|
Daniel Allen Carlin
|
Music Editor
|
|
Nile Rodgers
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Nile Rodgers
|
Music
|
|
Mark McKenzie
|
Orchestrations
|
|
The System
|
Song Performer
|
|
Gerald Levert
|
Song Performer
|
|
Nile Rodgers
|
Song - songs
|
|
Ed Cherney
|
Music - music scoring mixer
|
|
Nancy Huang
|
Song - songs
|
|
Eddie Levert
|
Song Performer
|
|
Mic Murphy
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Chico DeBarge
|
Song Performer
|
|
David Frank
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Cover Girls
|
Song Performer
|
|
Laura Branigan
|
Song Performer
|
|
Gerald Levert
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Gerald Levert
|
Song
|
|
Joe Esposito
|
Song Performer
|
|
J J Fad
|
Song Performer
|
|
Eddie Levert
|
Song
|
|
Randy Watson
|
Song Performer
|
|
Mark Gordon
|
Song
|
|
Mark Gordon
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Sexual Chocolate
|
Song Performer
|
|
Michael Rodgers
|
Song Performer
|
|
Jonathan Phillip Moffett
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Jonathan Phillip Moffett
|
Song
|
|
Sister Sledge
|
Song Performer
|
|
Eddie Murphy
|
Song Performer
|
|
Maurice White
|
Song - song executive producer
|
|
Freddie Washington
|
Song
|
|
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
|
Song Performer
|
|
Alan Roy Scott
|
Song
|
|
Smokey Robinson
|
Song Performer
|
|
Andy Panda
|
Song - song producer
|
|
The Miracles
|
Song Performer
|
|
Marvin Gaye
|
Song Performer
|
|
Paul Chiten
|
Song
|
|
Pamela Phillips Oland
|
Song
|
|
Jackie Wilson
|
Song Performer
|
|
Arif Mardin
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Nona Hendryx
|
Song Performer
|
|
Robbie Buchanan
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Mel & Kim
|
Song Performer
|
|
Dr Dre
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Dr Dre
|
Song
|
|
DJ Yella
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Eric Wright
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Michael Masser
|
Song
|
|
Linda Creed
|
Song
|
|
Michael Rodgers
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Michael Rodgers
|
Song
|
|
Lloyd Tolbert
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Lloyd Tolbert
|
Song
|
|
Gardner Cole
|
Song
|
|
Solomon Linda
|
Song
|
|
Smokey Robinson
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Smokey Robinson
|
Song
|
|
Warren Moore
|
Song
|
|
Norman Whitfield
|
Song
|
|
Marvin Gaye
|
Song - songs
|
|
William Stevenson
|
Song - song producer
|
|
William Stevenson
|
Song
|
|
Tyran Carlo
|
Song
|
|
Berry Gordy
|
Song
|
|
Gwendolyn Gordy
|
Song
|
|
Edward Holland
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Edward Holland
|
Song
|
|
Lamont Dozier
|
Song
|
|
Lamont Dozier
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Brian Holland
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Brian Holland
|
Song
|
|
Allee Willis
|
Song
|
|
Danny Sembello
|
Song
|
|
Jeff Lorber
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Stock
|
Song
|
|
Stock
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Aiken
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Aiken
|
Song
|
|
Waterman
|
Song - song producer
|
|
Waterman
|
Song
|
| Physical Effects |
Credit |
|
John Sherrod
|
Stunt Coordinator
|
|
Lindell Blake
|
Stunts
|
|
Andy Duppin
|
Stunts
|
|
Carlton Holder
|
Stunts
|
|
Alex Brown
|
Stunts
|
|
Peter Hock
|
Stunts
|
| Production Management |
Credit |
|
Luca Kouimelis
|
Script Supervisor
|
|
Michael-McCloud Thompson
|
DGA Trainee
|
|
David Sosna
|
Assistant Director
|
|
Debbie Schwab
|
Production Coordinator
|
|
Steve Shkolnik
|
Location Manager
|
|
Antonie L. Douaihy
|
Location Assistant - location manager assistant
|
|
William Watkins
|
Unit Production Manager
|
|
Charles Miller
|
Location Manager
|
|
Richard Patrick
|
Assistant Director
|
|
Michael Tadross
|
Unit Production Manager
|
|
Aurelia Nelson
|
DGA Trainee
|
|
Terry Ladin
|
Production Coordinator
|
|
Tracy Rosenthal
|
Assistant Director
|
|
Tomaz Remel
|
Assistant Director
|
| Publicity |
Credit |
|
Saul Kahan
|
Unit Publicist
|
| Sound |
Credit |
|
James Sabat
|
Sound Mixer
|
|
Earl F Sampson
|
Boom Operator
|
|
Gary A. Hecker
|
Foley
|
|
Dean Drabin
|
Foley Mixer
|
|
Richard C Franklin Jr
|
Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
|
|
Leigh French
|
ADR - ADR group
|
|
William B Kaplan
|
Sound - sound recording mixer
|
|
James Beshears
|
ADR Editor - ADR editor supervisor
|
|
Bobbi Banks
|
ADR Editor - ADR editor assistant
|
|
Paul Timothy Carden
|
Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
|
|
Louis Sabat
|
Boom Operator
|
|
Dan O'Connell
|
Foley
|
|
Randy McDonald
|
Sound - utility sound
|
|
Larry Stensvold
|
Sound - sound rerecording mixer
|
|
Mike Dobie
|
Sound Editor
|
|
William Joyce Gazecki
|
Sound - sound rerecording mixer
|
|
Lenny Geschke
|
Sound Editor
|
|
Mel Neiman
|
Sound - sound processing
|
|
Don Malouf
|
Sound Editor
|
|
Charles Ewing Smith
|
Sound Editor
|
|
Frank Graziadei
|
Sound - sound recording
|
|
Spike Allison Hooper
|
Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
|
|
Pamela G Kimber
|
Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
|
| Visual Effects |
Credit |
|
Syd Dutton
|
Special Effects - special visual effects
|
|
Syd Dutton
|
Matte Painter - matte artist
|
|
Dan Cangemi
|
Special Effects Supervisor
|
|
Douy Swofford
|
Titles - main title lettering
|
|
Catherine Sudolcan
|
Animator - matte animation
|
|
Grant McCune
|
Visual Effects - modelmaker
|
|
Albert Whitlock
|
Matte Painter - matte artist
|
|
Bill Taylor
|
Special Effects - special visual effects
|
|
Mark Whitlock
|
Matte Painter - matte artist
|
| Wardrobe Hair Makeup |
Credit |
|
Robert L Stevenson
|
Hair - hairstyles supervisor
|
|
Deborah Nadoolman
|
Costume Designer
|
|
Marie Carter
|
Makeup Assistant
|
|
Jennifer L Bryan
|
Wardrobe
|
|
Bill Christians
|
Wardrobe Supervisor
|
|
Bill Howard
|
Hair Assistant - hairstyles assistant
|
|
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
|
Costume Supervisor
|
|
Rick Baker
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
Frank Rose
|
Costumes - key costumer
|
|
Bernadine Anderson
|
Makeup Supervisor
|
|
Violette Jones-Faison
|
Costumes - key costumer
|
|
Jane English
|
Makeup
|
|
Mona Orr
|
Hair - hairstyles
|
|
Robin Levine
|
Makeup Assistant
|
|
Hugo Pena
|
Costumes - costumer
|
|
Greg Nelson
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
Margaret Beserra
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
Melissa Franz
|
Costumes - costumer
|
|
Norman Cabrera
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
David Page
|
Costumes - costumer
|
|
Bill Fletcher
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
James Leonard
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
Greg Punchatz
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
Matt Rose
|
Makeup - special makeup
|
|
Marilyn Peoples
|
Makeup
|