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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) [PG]

Release Date:
March 1, 1985

Original Title:
The Purple Rose of Cairo

Alternate Titles:
A Rosa Púrpura do Cairo
La Rosa Purpurea del Cairo
La rosa porpra del Caire
La rosa púrpura de El Cairo
La rose pourpre du Caire
戲假情真
開羅紫玫瑰
카이로의 붉은 장미

Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Production Companies:
Orion Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12|L  DE: 12  FR: U  GB: PG  HU: 16  IE: PG  NL: AL  PT: M/12  US: PG 

Runtime: 82

She's finally met the man of her dreams. He's not real but you can't have everything.

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Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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Production

Additional Casting:
Todd M. Thaler

Additional Set Dresser:
Justin Scoppa Jr.

Apprentice Sound Editor:
Kathleen Earle Killeen

Art Department Coordinator:
Prudence Farrow

Art Direction:
Edward Pisoni

Assistant Art Director:
W. Steven Graham

Assistant Camera:
Douglas C. Hart

Assistant Editor:
Richard Nord

Assistant Sound Editor:
Stuart Lieberman
Marty Levenstein

Associate Producer:
Michael Peyser
Gail Sicilia

Best Boy Electric:
James Fitzpatrick

Boom Operator:
Louis Sabat

Camera Operator:
Dick Mingalone

Casting:
Juliet Taylor

Casting Assistant:
Ellen Lewis

Construction Grip:
James V. Gartland

Costume Assistant:
Isis Mussenden

Costume Design:
Jeffrey Kurland

Director:
Woody Allen

Director of Photography:
Gordon Willis

Editor:
Susan E. Morse

Executive Producer:
Charles H. Joffe
Jack Rollins

First Assistant Director:
Thomas A. Reilly

Gaffer:
Ray Quinlan

Grip:
Ronald Burke

Hair Designer:
Romaine Greene

Head Carpenter:
Ron Petagna

Key Grip:
Robert Ward

Key Scenic Artist:
James Sorice

Lead Set Dresser:
Dave Weinman

Location Manager:
Jonathan Filley

Location Scout:
Dana Robin
Mary Kane
John Healy
Barry Strugatz

Makeup Designer:
Fern Buchner

Music Coordinator:
Joe Malin

Original Music Composer:
Dick Hyman

Producer:
Robert Greenhut

Production Coordinator:
Helen Robin

Production Design:
Stuart Wurtzel

Production Manager:
Michael Peyser

Production Sound Mixer:
James Sabat

Projection:
Carl Turnquest

Property Master:
James Mazzola

Scenic Artist:
Cosmo Sorice

Screenplay:
Woody Allen

Script Supervisor:
Kay Chapin

Second Assistant Camera:
Bob Paone

Second Assistant Director:
Jim Chory

Set Decoration:
Carol Joffe

Set Dresser:
Kevin McCarthy

Sound Editor:
Dan Lieberstein

Sound Engineer:
Roy B. Yokelson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Rick Dior

Sound Recordist:
Frank Graziadei

Still Photographer:
Brian Hamill

Thanks:
Fred Astaire

Transportation Captain:
Harry J. Leavey

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Bill Christians
Patricia Eiben

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