A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 22, 1985
Original Title:
White Nights
Alternate Titles:
Bílé noci
il Sole a Mezzanotte
白夜
白夜逃亡
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
New Visions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 18+ JP: G US: PG-13
Runtime: 136
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
ADR Editor:
Jay Kamen
Accountant:
Gerald C. Wheatley
Additional Photography:
Kenneth J. Withers
John Harris
Additional Writing:
Nancy Dowd
Aerial Camera:
Gregory J. Schmidt
Aerial Coordinator:
Jeff Hawke
Aerial Director of Photography:
Frank M. Holgate
Art Direction:
Richard Dawking
Malcolm Middleton
Austen Spriggs
Assistant Art Director:
Stuart Rose
Assistant Director:
Ray Corbett
Matti Ollila
José de Sá Caetano
Assistant Editor:
Rick Meyer
Valerie Lesser
Peter Culverwell
Karl F. Steinkamp
Associate Editor:
Deveril Goodman
Associate Producer:
Bill Borden
Best Boy Electric:
Alan Barry
Boom Operator:
Dushko Indjic
Camera Operator:
Freddie Cooper
Casting:
Nancy Klopper
Jeremy Zimmermann
Noel Davis
Chief Lighting Technician:
Maurice Gillett
Choreographer:
Roland Petit
Twyla Tharp
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Clapper Loader:
Shane O'Neill
Color Timer:
Ron Lambert
Construction Manager:
Syd Nightingale
Continuity:
Lissa Ruben
Harold Michelson
Costume Design:
Evangeline Harrison
Director:
Taylor Hackford
Director of Photography:
David Watkin
Editor:
Fredric Steinkamp
William Steinkamp
Executive In Charge Of Production:
Denis Holt
Focus Puller:
Mike Connors
Grip:
Ray Hall
Hairdresser:
Barry Richardson
Location Casting:
Paula Gilmore
Location Manager:
Peter Elford
Bernard Hanson
Makeup Artist:
Neville Smallwood
Madeleine Masters
Music Consultant:
Jules Chaikin
Music Supervisor:
Phil Ramone
Original Music Composer:
Michel Colombier
Playback Coordinator:
Trevor Rutherford
Producer:
William S. Gilmore
Taylor Hackford
Production Assistant:
Carrie Stein
Jeff Conroy
Production Coordinator:
Mo Coppitters
Johanna Kärävä
Production Design:
Philip Harrison
Production Manager:
Neville C. Thompson
Anja Harjula
Maria do Carmo Moser
Projection:
Roy Moores
Property Master:
George Ball
Screenplay:
James Goldman
Eric Hughes
Second Assistant Director:
Kieron Phipps
Set Decoration:
Joanne Woollard
Songs:
Lionel Richie
Phil Collins
Sound Editor:
Don S. Walden
Joseph Holsen
Sound Mixer:
Clive Winter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert Knudson
Robert Glass
Don Digirolamo
Special Effects:
Martin Gutteridge
Ian Wingrove
Garth Inns
Standby Carpenter:
Leslie Butterfield
Standby Painter:
Bill Fisher
Standby Property Master:
Dennis Hopperton
Peter Benson
Standby Rigger:
Mel Sansom
Still Photographer:
Murray Close
Story:
James Goldman
Stunt Coordinator:
Peter Brayham
Stunts:
Malcolm Weaver
Helen Caldwell
Robert Harman
Steve Crawley
Romo Gorrara
Dave Holland
Supervising ADR Editor:
Doreen A. Dixon
Supervising Music Editor:
Curt Sobel
Supervising Sound Editor:
Tom McCarthy Jr.
Third Assistant Director:
Tony Aherne
Title Designer:
Dan Perri
Unit Manager:
Juhani Jotuni
Video Assist Operator:
Bob Bridges
Wardrobe Assistant:
Ken Crouch
Wardrobe Master:
Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Ron Beck
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