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Brown (II) Webb Crosby Julie Benz Co-ed Zoe McLellan Sandy David Frazier Ted Margaret Ash Store Clerk Clive Rosengren Principal Susan Barnes Mrs Porter Andrea Post Waitress Jack Cummins Funeral Director David Heckendorn Pre-Record Singer Back to Top Directors Pat O Connor Director Back to Top Writers Sue Miller from short story Ken Hixon screenplay Back to Top Producers Karen Kehela-Sherwood Executive Producer Jack Cummins Executive Producer Ron Howard Producer Brian Grazer Producer Janet Meyers Producer Karen Kehela Executive Producer Karen Kehela Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Michael A. Fauntleroy 1st assistant camera Nick Shuster 2nd assistant camera Michael Fauntleroy Jr camera loader merie weismiller wallace still photographer Mike Ferris additional Photography Frank Holgate (II) aerial photography Randy Nolen Steadicam Operator Steve Sheridan (II) Color Timer Kenneth MacMillan Director of Photography Tony Gaudioz Camera Operator Daniel P. Moore video assist operator John Trunk video assistant (Petaluma unit) Back to Top Editors Logan Breit 1st Assistant Editor Kirsten Chalker 2nd Assistant Editor Matt Grime Dialogue Editor Gary Burritt negative cutter Ray Lovejoy Editor Back to Top Casting Randi Hiller Casting Associate Back to Top Production Management Marcy G. Kaplan Production Supervisor Karen Golden Script Supervisor Jennifer Nickson Assistant Production Coordinator Jennifer Blair (II) Assistant Production Coordinator (Petaluma unit) Jack Cummins Unit Production Manager Jean M. Maninger Production Coordinator Vincent Agostino 1st Assistant Director Jonathan M. Watson 2nd Assistant Director Violet Cazanjian second 2nd assistant director Sharon Gerhard 2nd additional Assistant Director (Petaluma unit) Robert Graf (II) Location Manager Robin A. Citrin Location Manager Kim Jordan Assistant Location Manager Mark Lindemuth Assistant Location Manager (Petaluma unit) Back to Top Art Department Val Harris leadman Karin L. McGaughey Set Dresser Kinney Booker Set Dresser Terry Doherty Set Dresser Douglas McKay (II) Set Dresser Peter Lakoff Set Dresser Jim Jackson (II) on-set dresser John Berger (II) Assistant Art Director Timothy Cleary Sign Writer Julie Inglese Art Department Coordinator Gilbert Johnson Set Dresser (Petaluma unit) Charlotte Laughon Set Dresser (Petaluma unit) William V. Ryder Art Director Louisa Bonnie Set Designer Stephen Cooper Set Designer Gary Frutkoff Production Designer Kathryn Peters Set Decorator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Winnie Brown-Willis Costume Supervisor Bridget Ostersehlte key costumer Jon Pray Set Costumer Gail Bixby Set Costumer Adrienne Childers costumer Alfred N. Martin Jr costumer Steffani Lincecum seamstress Julie Hewett makeup department head Mindy Hall key makeup Charlene Ostermann body makeup Jennifer M. Bell key hair Kathrine Gordon key background hair Jill Maley Set Costumer (Petaluma unit) Daniela Moore Set Costumer (Petaluma unit) Barbara Hartman-Jenichen costumer (Petaluma unit) Jody Berke costumer (Petaluma unit) Aggie Guerard Rodgers Costume Designer Gracie Atherton Makeup Artist (Petaluma unit) Back to Top Sound David M. Roberts Boom Operator James Bolt re-recording mixer B. Tennyson Sebastian III re-recording mixer Frank Morrone re-recording mixer Michael A. Carter re-recording mixer Tony Clean re-recording mixer David Sharpe (II) Assistant Sound Editor Terry Busby Assistant Sound Editor Gill MacDonald Assistant Sound Editor Alastair Sirkett Assistant Sound Editor Don Sharpe supervising Sound Editor Rocky Phelan Sound Editor John Patrick Pritchett Sound Mixer Bob Olari Re-recordist (Todd-AO Studios) Richard McIlvery prerecords recorder Back to Top Music Michael Kamen Music Stephen McLaughlin (II) music recorder and mixer Michael Kamen music orchestrator Jesse Levy music orchestrator Ed Schearmur music orchestrator Sacha Putnam music orchestrator D. J. Olson music orchestrator David Heckendorn prerecords arranger and conductor Andy Brown (II) Music Contractor David Sabee Music Contractor Vic Fraser music preparation Pat Takahashi music preparation Janice Ginsberg music clearance Charles Shavers Song ("Undecided") Sid Robin Song ("Undecided") The Ray Gelato Giants Song Performer ( Undecided ) Mae Boren Axton Song ( Heartbreak Hotel ) Tommy Durden Song ( Heartbreak Hotel ) Elvis Presley Song ( Heartbreak Hotel ) Mack Gordon (II) songs ( You ll Never Know (I ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo You Make Me Feel So Young Serenade in Blue ) Harry Warren songs ( You ll Never Know (I ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo Serenada in Blue ) Christopher S. Brooks song producer ( You ll Never Know (I ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo You Make Me Feel So Young Anastasia A Certain Smile On the Good Ship Lollipop Serenade in Blue ) David Heckendorn Song Performer ("You'll Never Know" "You Make Me Feel So Young" "Anastasia" "A Certain Smile" "On the Good Ship Lollipop" "Serenade in Blue") Josef Myron Song ("You Make Me Feel So Young") Jerry Leiber (II) Song Jerry Leiber (II) song producer ( If Teardrops Were Kisses ) Mike Stoller (II) Song Mike Stoller (II) song producer ( If Teardrops Were Kisses ) The Robbins Song Performer ( If Teardrops Were Kisses ) Arthur Venosa Song ("Little Star") Vito Picone Song ("Little Star") The Elegants Song Performer ( Little Star ) Huddie Ledbetter Song Huddie Ledbetter Song Performer ("Goodnight Irene") John A. Lomax Song ("Goodnight Irene") Paul Francis Webster (II) songs ( Anastasia A Certain Smile ) Alfred Newman Song ( Anastasia ) Sammy Fain (II) Song ( A Certain Smile ) Billy Hill Song ( Glory of Love ) The Angels Song Performer ( Glory of Love ) Ervin DiFosco Song ("Been So Long") Anthony Thomas (II) Song ("Been So Long") Richard Travis Jr Song ("Been So Long") James B. Willingham Jr Song ("Been So Long") The Pastels (II) Song Performer ( Been So Long ) Sidney Clare Song ( On the Good Ship Lollipop ) Richard Whiting Song ( On the Good Ship Lollipop ) Michael Kamen Song Michael Kamen song producer ( On Springfield Mountain ) Tara MacLean Song Tara MacLean Song Performer ( On Springfield Mountain ) Christopher S. Brooks Music Supervisor Graham Sutton Music Editor Michael Connell Music Editor Stephen Lotwis Music Editor Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Jim Fredburg (II) Special Effects Coordinator Back to Top Physical Effects Fiona Adamo Jackson Stunt Player Mic Rodgers Stunt Player Joe Box Stunt Player Jim Stephen Stunt Player Christina Fetters Stunt Player Tim Trella Stunt Player Denney Pierce Stunt Player Chris Tuck Stunt Player James B G Ricketts Stunt Player Shane Dixon Stunt Coordinator John A. Moio Stunt Coordinator Michael Runyard Stunt Coordinator Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Eric Blum Electrician (Petaluma unit) Zachary Love Electrician (Petaluma unit) Dennis Gehringer Electrician (Petaluma unit) Bobby Huber Key Grip Stuart M. Abramson rigging key grip John W. Murphy Dolly Grip Scott Hillman Best Boy Grip Jeffrey A. Johnson Grip Richard Uva Grip Kent Alexander Grip Edward Filian Grip Gary Gill Grip (Petaluma unit) Patrick Figueroa Grip (Petaluma unit) Mark Shankel Grip (Petaluma unit) Michael Molnar Grip (Petaluma unit) Patrick Murray Gaffer Richard Smock Rigging Gaffer Stephen Johnstone best boy electric Rick Maddux best boy electric Back to Top Construction Chris Snyder (II) Construction Coordinator John Moore (III) Construction Foreman Stephen A. Gindorf Construction Foreman Larry Salter head paint foreman Hugo Herrera construction greensman Donald E. Kerns Construction Coordinator (Petaluma unit) Craig Mohagen assistant construction coordinator (Petaluma unit) John C. Kaput construction mechanic (Petaluma unit) Charles Ray (II) construction mechanic (Petaluma unit) Michael C. Acker construction mechanic (Petaluma unit) Back to Top Publicity Peggy Mulloy Unit Publicist Back to Top Accounting Mayda Renizzi-Holt Assistant Accountant Mary Jane Faris accounting assistant Brenda L. Morris payroll accountant Stacy Layne Kramer construction accountant Ken Ryan Production Accountant Back to Top Craft Services Teddy Yonenaka Craft Service Sam Arroyo Craft Service Tom Judt Craft Service (Petaluma unit) Back to Top Props Stuart Rankine 2nd assistant props Peter Bankins Property Master Alberto Christiano Lombardo Assistant Property Master Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Tony Carter water technical advisor Back to Top Below The Line Justin C. Green apprentice editor Tony Salazar labor foreman Billy G. Arter Transportation Coordinator Eddie Wirth Transportation Captain Stanley R. Webber Transportation Captain Toni Vanness Transportation Co-Captain A. J. Marcantonio Assistant (to Pat O'Connor & Janet Meyers) Suzy Barbieri Assistant (to Karen Kehela) Dan Sullivan (II) Assistant (to Brian Grazer) Matt Bilski Assistant (to Jack Cummins) Holly Henrich Office Assistant Shannon Halwes Office Assistant Michelle R. Muir Office Assistant Delmer Totten Set Production Assistant Woody Schultz Set Production Assistant Mark C. Smith Set Production Assistant Patrice Arter set medic Rick Shuster Helicopter Pilot George A. Cassell II Office Assistant (Petaluma unit) Mike Rivo Office Assistant (Petaluma unit) Dennis Ward Transportation (Petaluma unit) Christopher Desmond medic coordinator (Petaluma unit) Back to Top Other Crew John Glaeser cableperson Randy Alderson electric Carl A. Vidnic electric E. Christopher Reed electric David Whithham electric Steve Baer draper Gary Gagliardo general foreman William Gideon location foreman Marvin Church plaster foreman Alan James (II) paint foreman Ken E. Jones (II) painter Thomas Olson painter Grant Osborn painter Ross A. Anderson painter James Paniagua tool man Hank Giardina stand-by painter Robert Cardillo on-set greensman Julio Salazar picture car coordinator Randy L. Thiedeman picture car mechanic Ron Tavalaro location projection Harry Niedzwetzki on-set greensman (Petaluma unit) Elizabeth Tullis paint foreman (Petaluma unit) Tracy Boyko painter (Petaluma unit) E. Janell Cornforth painter (Petaluma unit) Sandra Howell painter (Petaluma unit) Bret J. Reyer painter (Petaluma unit) Brian Rothstein painter (Petaluma unit) G. Scott Tye water safety coordinator (Petaluma unit) Billy Hansard projected effects Back to Top Worldwide Distributors 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Video Distributor 20th Century Fox Theatrical Distributor Back to Top Other Companies Medusah hair department head Todd-AO sound recording facilities Pinewood Shepperton post-production facilities Messenger Associates Casting extras casting Mario s Catering catering Beau Bonneau Casting extras casting Pacific Title & Art Studio titles and opticals Searchworks archival footage research Archival Films Inc archival footage supplier Hollywood Center Studios, Inc. special thanks State of California special thanks County & City of Los Angeles special thanks City of La Verne special thanks City of Petaluma special thanks City of Healdsburg Film Committee special thanks Film Institute of Northern California/Rafael Film Center special thanks Santa Rosa High School special thanks University of the Pacific special thanks Marin County special thanks Solano County special thanks Sonoma County special thanks Unforscene Music soundtrack Panavision, Ltd. cameras and lenses provider Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. camera cranes and dollies provider HEI projected effects Back to Top