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Swimming with Sharks (1994) [R]

Release Date:
September 10, 1994

Original Title:
Swimming with Sharks

Alternate Titles:
El factor sorpresa
O Preço da Ambição
The Buddy Factor – Unter Haien in Hollywood
The Hollywood Factor

Genres:
Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
Cineville
Trimark Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 93

In Hollywood his dreams could come true. But first he has to make coffee.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.

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ADR Editor:
George Huang

Art Direction:
Karen Haase

Assistant Sound Editor:
Seth Restaino

Associate Producer:
Kevin Reidy

Camera Operator:
Steven Finestone

Casting:
Andrea Stone Brokaw
Laurel Smith

Co-Producer:
Kevin Spacey
Buzz Hays

Color Timer:
Jim J. Williams

Costume Design:
Kirsten Everberg

Dialogue Editor:
George Huang

Director:
George Huang

Director of Photography:
Steven Finestone

Editor:
Ed Marx

Executive Producer:
Jay Cohen
Stephen Israel

First Assistant Camera:
Sacha Sarchielli

First Assistant Director:
Michael Proust

Line Producer:
Louis Nader

Music Supervisor:
Sharal Churchill

Original Music Composer:
Tom Hiel

Post Production Supervisor:
Kevin Reidy

Producer:
Steve Alexander
Joanne Moore

Production Design:
Veronika Merlin
Cecil Gentry

Production Sound Mixer:
Giovanni Di Simone

Production Supervisor:
Albert T. Dickerson III

Script Supervisor:
Diane H. Newman

Second Assistant Camera:
John Robella

Second Assistant Director:
Rebecca Fulton

Set Dresser:
Segolen Koschu

Sound Effects Editor:
Buzz Hays
George Huang

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Phil Benson
Scott Chandler
David Parker

Special Effects Coordinator:
Dennis Dion

Steadicam Operator:
Sacha Sarchielli

Stunt Coordinator:
Mike Kirton

Third Assistant Camera:
John Lenkin

Unit Production Manager:
John Schindler

Writer:
George Huang

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