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The Escape Artist (1982) [PG]

Release Date:
May 28, 1982

Original Title:
The Escape Artist

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
American Zoetrope
Orion Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG 

Runtime: 94

The remarkable story of an unusual boy who takes on the world...and wins.

Overview from TheMovieDB

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.

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Production

Additional Second Assistant Director:
Mark Radcliffe

Art Direction:
Angelo P. Graham
James J. Murakami

Assistant Editor:
Stephen Semel

Camera Operator:
Joe R. Marquette Jr.

Casting:
Jane Jenkins
Barbara Johnson

Construction Coordinator:
Robert Scaife

Costume Design:
Gloria Gresham

Costumer:
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Gildo A. Scarano

Dialogue Coach:
Kathleen Sacchi

Director:
Caleb Deschanel

Director of Photography:
Stephen H. Burum

Editor:
Arthur Schmidt

Executive Producer:
Francis Ford Coppola
Fred Roos

First Assistant Camera:
Dustin Blauvelt

First Assistant Director:
Michael Haley

Gaffer:
Lou Tobin

Hairstylist:
Lola 'Skip' McNalley

Key Grip:
Emmett Brown

Location Manager:
Anthony Cunningham
Sam Mercer
Jeff Jaffee

Makeup Artist:
Michael Germain

Music Editor:
Curt Sobel

Music Producer:
Daniel Allan Carlin

Novel:
David Wagoner

Original Music Composer:
Georges Delerue

Producer:
Buck Houghton
Doug Claybourne

Production Coordinator:
Elise Rohden
Penny McCarthy

Production Design:
Dean Tavoularis

Property Master:
John Zemansky

Screenplay:
Melissa Mathison
Stephen Zito

Script Supervisor:
Betsy Norton

Second Assistant Director:
Andy Anderson

Set Decoration:
Bruce A. Gibeson
George R. Nelson

Sound:
James E. Webb
Chris McLaughlin

Sound Editor:
Gregg Barbanell
Ron Horwitz
John Leveque

Special Effects:
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh

Still Photographer:
Peter Sorel
Don Smetzer

Studio Teacher:
Jean Gonzalez

Stunt Double:
Sandra Lee Gimpel

Title Designer:
Wayne Fitzgerald

Transportation Coordinator:
Dennis Hollis

Unit Production Manager:
Barrie M. Osborne

Visual Effects:
Robert Blalack

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