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The Secret of My Success (1987) [PG-13]

Release Date:
April 10, 1987

Original Title:
The Secret of My Success

Alternate Titles:
El Secreto de mi Exito
O Segredo do Meu Sucesso
The Secret of My Succe$s
发达之路
成功的秘密

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Rastar Productions
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: L  DE: 12  DK: A  GB: PG  HU: 12  IE: PG  JP: R15+  SK: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 111

There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

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Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.

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ADR Editor:
Joe Gilbert

Assistant Editor:
Adam Bernardi
John Murray
Peck Prior

Associate Producer:
Nora Kaye

Boom Operator:
Louis Sabat

Camera Operator:
Michael Stone

Costume Design:
Joseph G. Aulisi

Director:
Herbert Ross

Director of Photography:
Carlo Di Palma

Dolly Grip:
Tom Gilligan

Editor:
Paul Hirsch

Electrician:
Jack Coffen
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Francis J. McBride

Executive Producer:
David Chasman

Extras Casting:
Joy Todd

First Assistant Camera:
Michael Green

First Assistant Director:
Robert V. Girolami

Gaffer:
William Ward

Hairstylist:
Joseph Coscia

Key Grip:
Norman Buck

Line Producer:
Joseph M. Caracciolo

Makeup Artist:
Fern Buchner

Music Editor:
Daniel Allan Carlin

Music Supervisor:
Jeb Brien
Tommy Mottola

Original Music Composer:
David Foster
Boris Blank

Producer:
Herbert Ross

Production Design:
Peter S. Larkin
Edward Pisoni

Property Master:
Walter Stocklin

Screenplay:
Jim Cash
Jack Epps Jr.

Script Supervisor:
B.J. Bjorkman

Second Assistant Camera:
Jay Levy

Second Assistant Director:
Louis D'Esposito

Second Second Assistant Director:
Jane Paul

Set Decoration:
Susan Bode Tyson

Sound Editor:
Anna Boorstin
Randy Kelley
Larry Kemp
Hugo Weng
Marshall Winn

Sound Mixer:
James Sabat

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert J. Litt
Steve Maslow
Elliot Tyson

Sound Recordist:
Frank Graziadei

Still Photographer:
Josh Weiner

Stunt Coordinator:
Victor Magnotta

Stunt Double:
Charles Croughwell

Stunts:
Danny Aiello III
Bill Anagnos
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Lance Guecia
Jery Hewitt
Edgard Mourino
Phil Neilson
Michael Russo
Konrad Sheehan
Gary Tacon
Tom Wright

Supervising ADR Editor:
Stan Gilbert

Supervising Sound Editor:
Lon Bender
Wylie Stateman

Unit Production Manager:
Joseph M. Caracciolo

Unit Publicist:
Lucius Barre

Writer:
AJ Carothers

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