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Fade to Black (1980) [R]

Release Date:
October 14, 1980

Original Title:
Fade to Black

Alternate Titles:
Die schönen Morde des Eric Binford
Escuridão da Morte
Жизнь как в кино
Из тени во мрак
Тёмная сторона
黑场

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
Leisure Investment Company
Movie Ventures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 102

Eric Binford lives for the movies... Sometimes he kills for them, too!

Overview from TheMovieDB

A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.

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Production

Additional Camera:
David Wisnievitz
Thomas F. Denove

Additional Editing:
James Ruxin

Additional Photography:
Ed Barger

Assistant Art Director:
Jeff Knight

Assistant Camera:
Mark Simon
Ben Batzdorff
Frank D'Angelo
John Arthur Morrill

Assistant Editor:
Florent Danny Retz
Vicki Hiatt
David Ornstein

Associate Producer:
Joseph Wolf

Best Boy Grip:
Donne Daniels

Boom Operator:
Douglas B. Arnold

Casting:
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion

Casting Assistant:
Lori Hirsch
Jerry Anderson

Construction Coordinator:
Jeff Staggs

Director:
Vernon Zimmerman

Director of Photography:
Álex Phillips Jr.

Editor:
James Mitchell
Barbara Pokras

Electrician:
John Avots
Steven R. Mathis
Alton Walpole
John Sorich

Executive Producer:
Sylvio Tabet
Irwin Yablans

Extras Casting:
Victor J. Kubitschek

First Assistant Camera:
Tim Williams

First Assistant Director:
Ron Fury

Gaffer:
Irv Katz

Grip:
Tracy Neftzger
Mike Taylor
Bob Harris

Key Grip:
Donald R. Morgan

Key Production Assistant:
Mark Lyon

Leadman:
Lee Lazarow

Location Manager:
Michael Fottrell

Main Title Theme Composer:
Carol Connors
Craig Safan

Makeup & Hair:
Justin Chart
Karen Faye
Patricia Bunch

Makeup Artist:
Colin Booker

Music Consultant:
Randall Wixen

Music Editor:
Bob Badami

Original Music Composer:
Craig Safan

Producer:
George G. Braunstein
Ron Hamady

Production Coordinator:
Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Production Manager:
Tikki Goldberg

Production Secretary:
Randi Rosen

Property Master:
Loma Lee Brookbank

Screenplay:
Vernon Zimmerman

Script Supervisor:
Kathy Zatarga

Second Assistant Camera:
George Mooradian

Second Assistant Director:
Paul Chavez

Set Decoration:
Rob Lowy

Sound Editor:
Fred Judkins
Tom Cornwell
Christopher T. Welch
Jack Cheap
Peter Harrison

Sound Mixer:
Jan Brodin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Michael Minkler
Gary Alexander

Special Effects:
Wayne Beauchamp

Still Photographer:
Robert Harmon

Stunt Coordinator:
Conrad E. Palmisano
Bruce Paul Barbour

Stunts:
Kerrie Cullen
Diamond Farnsworth
Rick Seaman
Mike H. McGaughy
Nick Palmisano
Ann Chatterton
Michael Cassidy

Supervising Editor:
Howard Kunin

Supervising Sound Editor:
Michael P. Redbourn

Swing:
George Herthel
Michael G. Miller
Craig Wolfsfeld

Wardrobe Assistant:
Mark de Paola
Louise O'Brien

Wardrobe Designer:
Doris Bettencourt

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