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Casey Nightengale Jack McGee Schmidt Richard Lexsee Washington Beep Iams Sean McCaffrey Ryan Todd Brian--age 7 John Duda Stephen--age 12 Robert Swan Willy--Bartender Clint Howard Ricco Ron West (II) Alan Seagrave Kevin Crowley 1st Candidate Carlos Sanz 2nd Candidate Harry Hutchinson 3rd Candidate David A C Saunders 4th Candidate J. J. Chaback Woman Psychiatrist Tim Grimm Man at Parole Board David Crosby (II) 70 s Hippie Mike Mangano Firetruck Driver Rick Reardon 1st Paramedic Leslie A. Ford 2nd Paramedic W. Earl Brown 3rd Paramedic Robert F. Byrnes Jr 4th Paramedic Kathryn Jaeck Mannequin Fire Reporter David Westgor Mannequin Fire Reporter James Ritz Mannequin Fire Reporter Joe Gustaferro Donald Cosgrove Don Herion Repairman Tony Mockus Jr Jackson Gregory Widen Engine Lieutenant Andrew Lipschultz Man on Party Boat Walter Williams (II) Security Guard Bob Krzeminski Captain F. Pat Burns Battalion Chief at Tenement Fire Wanda Christine Mother at Tenement Fire Anthony C. Ellis Jr Gasping Child at Tenement Fire Peter C. Hobert Jr Probie Zita Visockis Grandma Vaitkus Razz Jenkins Photographer on Boat Party Irma P. Hall 1st Nurse Nydia Rodriguez Terracina (II) 2nd Nurse Hollis Resnik Sally Don Rimgale Party Crony Dennis Liddiard Party Brawler David Luckenbach Security Officer Neil J. Francis Jr 1st Cop Andre Melchor 2nd Cop Karel King 1st Swayzak Aide Scott Baity 2nd Swayzak Aide Gretchen Erickson Bar Patron Joan Esposito Television Reporter Bob Rice (II) 1st Detective Marcella DeTineo Nurse Tom Clark (III) 1st Retirement Party Schmoozer Jane MacIver 2nd Retirement Party Schmoozer Burton Stencel 3rd Retirement Party Schmoozer Robert Martell Retirement Party Roaster Tony G. Chrisos 1st Politico Cay DeVos 2nd Politico Greg Lundsgaard High Rise Fireman Charles Burns Jr Battalion Chief at Mannequin Fire Louis Woolf Falling Chair Lady Ian A. Nevers Nervous Probie Kelsey E. McMahon Child Rescued at 70's Fire Fidel Moreno 70's Onlooker Zan Heber 1st Reporter Ilene Kwitny 2nd Reporter Jane Alderman 4th Reporter Kevin Petersen Doctor Thomas A. Senderak 1st Fireman Michael Allen Mark 2nd Fireman The Pipes and Drums of the Emerald Society Bagpipe Group at Funeral The Drovers Retirement Party Band Mark Wheeler (III) Pengelly Back to Top Directors Ron Howard Director Todd Hallowell 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Back to Top Writers Gregory Widen Screenplay Gregory Widen screenplay Back to Top Producers Brian Grazer Executive Producer Raffaella De Laurentiis Executive Producer Richard Barton Lewis (II) Producer John Watson Producer Pen Densham Producer Larry DeWaay Co-Producer Todd Hallowell Associate Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Mikael Salomon aerial photography Mikael Salomon visual effects photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Greg Lundsgaard Steadicam Operator Ian Fox (II) 1st assistant camera David Morenz 1st additional assistant camera David Morenz assistant Steadicam David Luckenbach 2nd assistant camera John A. Waldo 2nd additional assistant camera Dean M. Simmon film loader George Dougherty additional Camera Ian C. Kelly video playback engineer Phillip V. Caruso still photographer Josh Bleibtreu 1st assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Steven Hiller 1st additional assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit) W. Joe Carroll 2nd assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Mollie S. Mallinger 2nd additional assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Frank Yario Jr video playback 2nd unit (2nd Unit) David Orr Color Timer Brad Kuehn optical photography supervisor (ILM) Robert Hill (III) Camera Assistant (ILM) Mikael Salomon Director of Photography Don Burgess director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Greg Lundsgaard Camera Operator Gerrit Dangremond camera operator 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Martin Rosenberg visual effects camera operator (ILM) Jon Alexander optical camera operator (ILM) Jeff Doran optical camera operator (ILM) Back to Top Editors Roger Tweten 1st Assistant Editor Fred C. Vitale Assistant Editor (Chicago) Edward M. O Malley Assistant Editor (Chicago) Guy Barresi Assistant Editor (New York) David J. Siegel Assistant Editor (New York) Sandy Brundage negative cutter Louis Rivera negative cutter (ILM) Michael Silvers Dialogue Editor (Skywalker) Sara Bolder Dialogue Editor (Skywalker) Dan Hanley Editor Michael Hill Editor Michael McGovern (III) visual effects editor (ILM) Back to Top Casting Jacqueline King Los Angeles casting associate Erica Arvold casting intern Cathie Holzer-Ballowe extra casting Mark Ridge extra casting Michelle Landis extra casting Lynne Redding Voice Casting Joan Philo extras casting assistant 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Jane Jenkins Casting Jane Alderman Casting (Chicago) Jackie King Casting Associate Susan Wieder casting assistant (Chicago) Barbara Roche Casting (extras) Back to Top Executives Jeff Olson (II) model supervisor (ILM) Robert Finley Jr pyrotechnic supervisor (ILM) Jim Morris (IV) Executive in Charge of Production (ILM) Ed L. Jones executive in charge of post production (ILM) Back to Top Production Management Sioux Richards Script Supervisor Louise C. Larson Assistant Production Coordinator Betsy Horning 2nd unit location assistant (2nd Unit) Dru Anne Carlson script supervisor 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Ed Hirsh Stage Manager (ILM) Larry DeWaay Unit Production Manager Alecia Larue Production Coordinator Aldric Porter 1st Assistant Director Ian Foster Woolf 2nd Assistant Director Jeff Okabayashi 2nd Assistant Director Bruce Moriarty 1st assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) John L. Roman (II) 2nd assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Michael J. Malone Location Manager Stephen Andrzejewski Assistant Location Manager Back to Top Art Department Mark Woods (IV) set dressing leadman David Conaghan leadman (Chicago) Gary S. Isbel Swing Gang Walter Piers Swing Gang Carol Wood art direction Paul Huston (II) visual effects art direction (ILM) Harold Fuhrman Set Designer William B. Fosser Set Designer Gary N. Baugh Set Designer Albert Brenner Production Designer Garrett Lewis Set Decorator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Lance Anderson Prosthetic Makeup Dennis Liddiard Makeup (Kurt Russell) Ilona Herman makeup and hair (Robert De Niro) Peggy Pliscott makeup and hair (Jennifer Jason Leigh) Linda R. Rizzuto key hairstylist Jerome H. Turnage key hairstylist Linda Melazzo additional makeup and hair Dominic Mango additional makeup and hair John C. Casey Costume Supervisor Denise Wingate Assistant Costume Designer Cheryl Weber Set Costumer Anthony J. Scarano Set Costumer Carolyn Schraut Barczak Set Costumer Jane Blank seamstress Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff set costumer 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Kathe Swanson hair and makeup 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Jodie Tillen Costume Designer Robert N. Norin key makeup artist Back to Top Sound Jeffrey A. Williams Boom Operator Gary Summers Rerecording Mixer (Skywalker) Randy Thom Rerecording Mixer (Skywalker) Gary Rydstrom Rerecording Mixer Gary Rydstrom Sound Design (Skywalker) Tom Johnson (VII) Rerecording Mixer (Skywalker) Ken Fischer Sound Effects Editor (Skywalker) Tim Holland Sound Effects Editor (Skywalker) Frank Eulner Sound Effects Editor (Skywalker) Rob Fruchtman ADR Editor (Skywalker) Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam (II) ADR Editor (Skywalker) Marilyn McCoppen ADR Editor (Skywalker) Mary Helen Leasman Foley Editor (Skywalker) Diana Pellgrini Foley Editor (Skywalker) Sandina Bailo-Lape Foley Editor (Skywalker) Karen A. Brocco ADR assistant (Skywalker) Nancy Jencks foley assistant (Skywalker) Dennie Thorpe Foley Artist (Skywalker) Marnie Moore Foley Artist (Skywalker) Christopher Boyes Foley Recordist (Skywalker) Richard Hymns supervising Sound Editor (Skywalker) Glenn Williams (IV) Sound Mixer Curtis Frisk sound mixer 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Donna Jaffe sound effects assistant (Skywalker) Scott Guitreau sound effects assistant (Skywalker) Dan Engstrom sound effects assistant (Skywalker) Scott Chandler assistant sound design (Skywalker) Nigel Walker soundtrack album engineer Back to Top Music Hans Zimmer Music Celest Ray music clearance Shirley Walker conducting Shirley Walker orchestration Bruce Fowler additional Orchestrations Larry Rench additional Orchestrations Jay Rifkin music scoring mixer Sandy DeCrescent Music Contractor Hillary Bratton Music Coordinator Nico Golfar score wrangler Bruce Hornsby (II) songs ( Set Me in Motion The Show Goes On ) John Hornsby Song ("Set Me in Motion") Bruce Hornsby (II) Song Performer ( Set Me in Motion The Show Goes On ) David Hidalgo Song ("I Walk Alone") Louis Perez Song ("I Walk Alone") Los Lobos Song Performer ( I Walk Alone ) Pat DiNizio Song ("A Girl Like You") The Smithereens Song Performer ("A Girl Like You") Eric Clapton Song ( Sunshine of Your Love ) Jack Bruce (II) Song ("Sunshine of Your Love") Peter Brown (IV) Song ("Sunshine of Your Love") Cream (II) Song Performer ("Sunshine of Your Love") Eddie Holland Song ("(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave") Lamont Dozier (II) Song ( (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave ) Brian Holland Song ("(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave") Martha and the Vandellas Song Performer ("(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave") Norman Whitfield (II) Song ( War ) Barrett Strong Song ("War") Edwin Starr (II) Song Performer ("War") Michael S. Kirkpatrick Song ("In The Unpromised Land" "The Granuille Reels" "Nothing For You") Kathleen Keane Song ("Nothing For You") The Drovers Song Performer ("In The Unpromised Land" "The Granuille Reels" "Nothing For You") Thomas Guzman-Sanchez Song ("Gotta See Your Eyes") Rhythm Tribe Song Performer ("Gotta See Your Eyes") The Emerald society Song Performer ("Balmoral") Becky Mancuso Music Supervisor Timothy R. Sexton Music Supervisor Laura Perlman Music Editor Back to Top Choreography Monica Devereux Choreographer Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Wayne Fitzgerald titles designer Suella Kennedy visual effects producer (ILM) Anne Calanchini visual effects coordinator (ILM) Eben Stromquist model engineer (ILM) Chuck Wiley model maker (ILM) Susan Ross model maker (ILM) Michael P. Lynch model maker (ILM) Tony Sommers model maker (ILM) Chris Goehe model maker (ILM) Giovanni Donovan model maker (ILM) Rodney Morgan model maker (ILM) Stuart Robertson digital effects (ILM) Thomas J. Smith digital effects (ILM) Terry Molatore rotoscope operator (ILM) Tom Bertino rotoscope artist (ILM) William L. Allen special effects technician Pat Domenico special effects technician Gary L. Karas special effects technician William D. Kennedy special effects technician Rodman Kiser special effects technician C. J. McMurray special effects technician Mike Menzel special effects technician Joe Montenegro special effects technician Michael Roundy special effects technician Tom Tokunaga special effects technician Jake Zawacki special effects technician Scott Farrar Visual Effects Supervisor (ILM) Clay Pinney Special Effects Foreman Thomas P. Ryba Special Effects Foreman Mark Sullivan Matte Painter (ILM) Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Back to Top Physical Effects Allen L. Hall special effects and pyrotechnics Reuben Goldberg pyrotechnician (ILM) Ted Moehnke pyrotechnician (ILM) Chuck Ray pyrotechnician (ILM) William Baldwin Stunts John Casino Stunts Corey Eubanks (II) Stunts Scott Glenn Stunts Norman Howell Stunts Mike Johnson (II) Stunts Terry Leonard Stunts Rick Seaman Stunts Kay Whipple Stunts Anthony Brubaker Stunts John Burros Stunts Eddie Fernandez Stunts Johnny Hock Stunts Robert Jauregui Stunts Rick LeFevour Stunts Kurt Russell Stunts Stacy Logan Stunts Walter Scott (IV) Stunt Coordinator Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Bob E. Ryan Cable Operator Dick Hansen (II) Cable Operator Dwight Campbell chief Lighting Technician Sammy A. Bertone Jr Electrician Roger Doherty Electrician Ron Leahy Electrician Mel P. Mack Electrician Joseph C. Crededio Generator Operator Eugene F. Crededio Generator Operator Todd Braden Musco lighting technician Brad Jerrell bestboy electrician (ILM) Tim Morgan Electrician (ILM) Robert Doherty Electrician (ILM) David Morton Electrician (ILM) Bobby Huber Key Grip John S. Robertson (II) Key Grip (Chicago) Morgan Michael Lewis key grip 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Dick Dova Key Grip (ILM) Jack P. Glenn Dolly Grip Mark Purkart Dolly Grip (Chicago) Chris Freres dolly grip 2nd unit (2nd Unit) William Barr bestboy grip (ILM) Robert Finley III bestboy grip (ILM) Bradley T. Matthys bestboy grip 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Chic Cecchini Grip Fernando Briones Grip William Allen Jr grip 2nd unit (2nd Unit) John Hudecek Gaffer (Chicago) Peter Clarson gaffer 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Alphonse Blumenthal Chicago gaffer 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Andy Ryan electrical best boy Mark E. Matthys Best Boy Back to Top Construction Steve Hagberg Construction Coordinator Richard Bryan Douglas Construction Foreman Randlett King Lawrence Construction Foreman James F. Roorda Construction Foreman Bobby L. Vaughn Construction Foreman Art Anthony construction mold foreman Catherine M. Jones construction cost coordinator James Roach construction buyer Michael D. Gianneschi construction buyer Harry Haase standby painter 2nd unit (2nd Unit) David Heron Construction (ILM) I. J. Van Perre Construction (ILM) Back to Top Publicity Andrew Lipschultz Unit Publicist Back to Top Managers Scott Ross general manager (ILM) Back to Top Accounting Jolanta T. Piwowarczyk Assistant Production Accountant Michael R. Kern 2nd Assistant Production Accountant Cheryl A. Stone Production Accountant Back to Top Craft Services Jeannie K. Nusky Catering Ray Bulinski Craft Service Janet L. Contursi Craft Service Steve Matthys craft service 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Back to Top Props Amie Frances McCarthy-Winn Props David J. Chamerski Props Charles Jo Brady Jr assistant props 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Dennis Parrish Property Master Hope M. Parrish property master 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Back to Top Consultants & Advisors William Cosgrove Technical Advisor (Robert De Niro) Mattie Hunter Technical Advisor (Jennifer Jason Leigh) Donna M. Mikuzis Dialect Coach W. Earl Brown Dialect Coach Chief Stanley Span special technical advisor Dan Harvey trainer (Robert De Niro) Back to Top Animals William J. Casey Jr Animal Trainer William J. Casey Jr animal handler Back to Top Below The Line Louisa Velis Production Associate Peter A. Ramsey production illustrator Greg Lavin apprentice editor Jody C. Paul Assistant (to Richard B Lewis) Robert Zajonc Helicopter Pilot George DiLeonardi Transportation Coordinator Armand Paoletti Transportation Coordinator Ted E. Larkowski Transportation Captain Todd Dickinson Driver Todd Dickinson Transportation Co-Captain Timothy J. Maxwell Driver Timothy J. Maxwell Transportation Co-Captain Michael R. Nigre Jr production office driver David Trevino Driver John P. Clancy First Aid Calvin Chin transportation coordinator 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Casey Skelton transportation co-captain 2nd unit (2nd Unit) J. R. Grubbs (IV) dialogue assistant (Skywalker) Maia Veres dialogue assistant (Skywalker) Shari Lynn Himes Production Assistant Dina Barlo Production Assistant Robert A. Beattie Production Assistant Patrick Caulfield Production Assistant Nancy Cavallaro Production Assistant Bill Dance (II) Production Assistant Jennifer Falasco Production Assistant Adam Goodman (II) Production Assistant Martin L. Hudson Production Assistant Leslie Mikol Production Assistant Aimee A. Morris Production Assistant Eric Ramsey Production Assistant James Rodney Production Assistant Paul Stetson Production Assistant Paul Andresen production assistant 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Brian W. Boyd production assistant 2nd unit (2nd Unit) W. Michael Phillips production assistant 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Ian Nevers Stand-In Vernon Cruikshank Stand-In Jeff Dlugolecki Stand-In Jeffery Hurt Stand-In Carl Paoli Stand-In Back to Top Other Crew Rob Blatman gyrosphere operator Wileen Dragovan production secretary Margaret J. Orlando production secretary Betsy Horning housing coordinator Patrick Raney Chicago coordinator Gary Happ mold foreman Frank D. Dambra head painter Tyson Contor standby painter Robert Ellison Knight sign painter Michael L. Butkovich paint foreman John H. Schulz location paint foreman Steve Homa greens Richard L. Santmyer ground safety coordinator Roy E. Dean fire safety officer Joseph M. Baronski fire engineer Lawrence M. Brackin fire engineer Lieutenant Gerald O Burns fire engineer Thomas J. Cushing fire engineer Donald Ennesser fire engineer Clarence Houlihan fire engineer Jack O'Hare fire engineer Edward A. Point fire engineer Herbert Schmidt fire engineer Daniel Sheehan fire engineer Don W. Slee fire engineer Kenneth Berry Titan crane operator Pierre Remy chef David Trevino cook Kevin Cauldwell cook Kevin Cauldwell helper Robert F. Byrnes Jr first aid Jeffrey McCarter film intern John Formanek electrical 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Kevin Smith (XI) first aid 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Dave Karpman optical line-up (ILM) Mark Howard (II) Special Thanks (choreography) Commissioner Raymond Orozco grateful acknowledgement First Deputy Edward Altman grateful acknowledgement Chief Patrick Kehoe grateful acknowledgement Chief William Alletto grateful acknowledgement Chief Charles Burns grateful acknowledgement Roy E. Dean Sr grateful acknowledgement Lieutenant Steve Chikerotis grateful acknowledgement Bill Cosgrove grateful acknowledgement (inspector-Office of Fire Investigation) Donald Rimgale grateful acknowledgement (inspector-Office of Fire Investigation) Chief Stanley Span grateful acknowledgement (inspector-Office of Fire Investigation) Suzy Kellet grateful appreciation (director-Illinois Film Office) Charles Geocaris grateful appreciation (director-City of Chicago Office of Film and Entertainment) Mayor Richard M Daley grateful appreciation Kathy Osterman grateful appreciation Marge Frantz grateful appreciation Lieutenant Peter Schurla grateful appreciation Suzanne Vestuto grateful appreciation Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Universal Studios Home Entertainment Video Distributor Universal Pictures Theatrical Distributor United International Pictures (UIP) Theatrical Distributor (United Kingdom/ Japan/ Brazil/ Australia/ France/ Germany/ Netherlands/ New Zealand/ Italy/ Finland/ Denmark) Back to Top Other Companies Holzer Roche Casting Inc extra casting Loop DuJour voice casting Tux Wagon catering Picture This Productions caterer 2nd unit Frankfurt Gips Balkind main title design Pacific Title & Art Studio titles and opticals Hansard Enterprises Inc process compositing Astro Color Laboratories Inc frontline film processing Astro Color Laboratories Inc grateful appreciation Industrial Light & Magic special visual effects (ILM) Skywalker Sound post-production sound services Chicago Studio Rentals Inc stages and location equipment Cinelease, Inc. 2nd unit lighting and grip equipment Scott Aviation Scott air-parks ARRI/CSC camera and lenses Tic Tac Dough special thanks Barry & Enright Productions special thanks Dancing Girls at Retirement Party special thanks Trinity Academy of Irish Dancing special thanks Chicago Film Office grateful appreciation Chicago Park District grateful appreciation City of Chicago Police Department grateful appreciation Village of Oak Park grateful appreciation Park District of Oak Park grateful appreciation Village of Hinsdale grateful appreciation Eastman Kodak grateful appreciation Baldoni Associates grateful appreciation Helene Curtis Inc grateful appreciation The Casting Company Casting Agency Back to Top