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Release Date:
November 4, 1983
Original Title:
Deal of the Century
Genres:
Comedy | Crime
Production Companies:
Dream Quest Images
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16 DK: 11 US: PG
Runtime: 99
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.
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Additional Writing:
Robert Towne
Associate Producer:
David Salven
Casting:
Nancy Klopper
Costume Design:
Rita Riggs
Director:
William Friedkin
Director of Photography:
Richard H. Kline
Editor:
Jere Huggins
Bud S. Smith
Ned Humphreys
Executive Producer:
Jon Avnet
Paul Brickman
Steve Tisch
First Assistant Director:
Terence A. Donnelly
Hairstylist:
Kaye Pownall
Makeup Artist:
Frank Griffin
Novel:
Bernard Edelman
Original Music Composer:
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Producer:
Bud Yorkin
Production Design:
Bill Malley
Script Supervisor:
Betty A. Griffin
Second Assistant Director:
James M. Freitag
Set Decoration:
Richard C. Goddard
Unit Production Manager:
David Salven
Writer:
Paul Brickman
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