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Einbender Male Diner Laurent Schwaar Restaurant Manager Patrick Price Maitre d Michael Arnon Waiter Jay Karnes Kevin's Lawyer Back to Top Directors John Schlesinger Director Back to Top Writers Thomas Ropelewski screenplay Tom Ropelewski Screenplay Mel Bordeaux Screenwriter Back to Top Producers Gary Lucchesi Executive Producer Ted Tannebaum Executive Producer Lewis Manilow Executive Producer Tom Rosenberg Producer Leslie Dixon Producer Linne Radmin Producer Marcus Viscidi Co-Producer Richard Wright (VII) Co-Producer Meredith Zamsky (II) Associate Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Mark R. Jackson 1st assistant photographer Kirk Bloom 2nd assistant photographer Scott Ronnow film loader Ron Batzdorff still photographer Michael Yope assistant chief lighting technician Mike Milliken Color Timer Elliot Davis Director of Photography John Nuler Camera Operator Back to Top Editors Brett Carroll 1st Assistant Editor Steve Moe Assistant Editor Mildred Iatrou Morgan Dialogue Editor Kimberly Lowe Voight Dialogue Editor Theresa Repola Mohammed negative cutter Peter Honess Editor Back to Top Casting Mali Finn Casting Emily Schweber Casting Associate Lindsey Hayes Kroeger casting assistant Kevin Kelly (II) casting assistant Rich King Extras Casting (Axium Casting) Barbara Harris (II) Voice Casting Back to Top Production Management James McQuaide Post-Production Supervisor Barbara Tuss Script Supervisor Emily Crupper set decorating clearances Winnie Cheng Post-Production Coordinator Elizabeth Qually Post-Production Coordinator Jennifer Conroy Assistant Production Coordinator Joel Sinderman Location Scout Leann Emmert Location Assistant Chee Ho Location Assistant Ruby Stillwater DGA Trainee Marcus Viscidi Unit Production Manager Richard Wright (VII) Unit Production Manager Michele A. Carmel Production Coordinator Peter Kohn 1st Assistant Director Scott Andrew Robertson 2nd Assistant Director Gary Romolo Fiorelli second 2nd assistant director Boyd Wilson Location Manager Kristin C. Dehnert Assistant Location Manager Larry Ring (II) Assistant Location Manager Jack R. Tate Assistant Location Manager Back to Top Art Department Aimee Rousey Art Department Coordinator Aimee Levine art department assistant Michael P. Casey Lead Person Brook Bacon Set Dresser James Buckley Set Dresser Carl Cassara Set Dresser Kevin Chambers Set Dresser Jim Gmuer Set Dresser Donald Kaeding Set Dresser Mark Travis Little Set Dresser Greg Lynch Set Dresser David J. Mitchell Set Dresser Steve Pfauter Set Dresser Tom Power Set Dresser Nick Raymond Set Dresser David Lazan Art Director Noelle King Set Designer Barbara Mesney Set Designer Randy Wilkins Set Designer Howard Cummings Production Designer Jan Bergstrom Set Decorator Lisa Penaranda set decorating coordinator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Michael Lorenz assistant make-up artist Susan Germaine supervising Hair Stylist Lyndell Quiyou Madonna's hairstylist Pinky Cunningham assistant hairstylist Michelle Kurpaska Costume Supervisor Michael J. Long Costume Supervisor Kimberly Adams-Galligan Assistant Costume Designer Gilbert S. Hernandez supervising Set Costumer Marina Marit Madonna's costumer Ellie Aitken costume consultant to Madonna Zabel Novbarian seamstress Ruth Myers Costume Designer Mary Burton supervising Makeup Artist Sarah Monzani Madonna's makeup artist Back to Top Sound Randy Johnson (V) Boom Operator Mark C. Grech 2nd Boom Operator Brian T. Best Sound Effects Editor Steve Mann (II) Sound Effects Editor Steven F. Nelson Sound Effects Editor Becky Sullivan ADR Supervisor Bob Beher foley supervisor David Wolowic 1st Assistant Sound Editor Bradley Clouse Assistant Sound Editor Marc Deschaine ADR assistant Dean Humphreys re-recording facilities Terry Rodman re-recording facilities Eric Thompson (III) Foley Mixer Joan Rowe Foley Artist Sean Rowe Foley Artist Terry Rodman supervising Sound Editor Douglas Axtell Sound Mixer John Richards recorder & remixer Gary Blufer additional Sound Effects Daniel R. Chavez sound effects coordinator John Michael Fanaris sound effects coordinator Back to Top Music Gabriel Yared Music Gabriel Yared Orchestrations Gabriel Yared orchestra conductor Stephane Moucha Orchestrations Graham Walker (II) music production supervisor Liz Schrek music production coordinator Kirsty Whalley synthesizer programming & realisation Allan Jenkins synthesizer programming & realisation Isobel Griffiths orchestra contractor Rolf Wilson orchestrator leader Dave Roach saxophone solos Brendan Power harmonica solos Chris Cawte guitar Clem Clempson (II) guitar John Parricelli guitar Andy Pask bass guitar Paul Clarvis percussion Dave Jordan Music Coordinator Robin Urdang music consultant Andrew Dorfman Song Andrew Dorfman Song Performer ("A Simple Toon" "At the Fair") Aida Bredou Song ("Boom Boom Ba") David Sullivan Song ("Boom Boom Ba") Metisse Song Performer ("Boom Boom Ba") Manu Chao (II) Song Manu Chao (II) Song Performer ("Bongo Bong") Irving Berlin songs ("They Say It's Wonderful" "Steppin' Out With My Baby") Ethel Merman Song Performer ("They Say It's Wonderful") Bruce Yarnell Song Performer ("They Say It's Wonderful") The Comrads Song The Comrads Song Performer ("The Comrads") Carly Simon Song ("Haven't Got Time for the Rain") Jacob Brackman Song ("Haven't Got Time for the Rain") Stan Watson Song Stan Watson Song Performer ("Can't Stop") Donelle McNeil Song ("Can't Stop") Don McLean Song Don McLean Song Performer ("American Pie") Paul French Song Paul French Song Performer ("In Flight Music") Tim Kellett Song ("Miracle") Robin Taylor-Firth Song ("Miracle") Olive (II) Song Performer ("Miracle" "I'm Not in Love") Fred Astaire Song Performer ("Steppin' Out with My Baby") Graham Gouldman Song ("I'm Not in Love") Eric Stewart Song ("I'm Not in Love") Walter Donaldson Song ("My Blue Heaven") George Whiting Song ("My Blue Heaven") Nicola Hitchcock Song ("This Life") Saul Freeman Song ("This Life") Mandalay Song Performer ("This Life") Shelly Peiken Song ( Don t Make Me Love You ( till I m Ready) ) Todd Chapman Song ("Don't Make Me Love You ('till I'm Ready)") Christina Aguilera Song Performer ("Don't Make Me Love You ('till I'm Ready)") Moby Song Moby Song Performer ("Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad") Joanna Stevens Song ("Swayambhu") David Norland Song ("Swayambhu") Solar Twins Song Performer ("Swayambhu") Francis Silkstone Song ("Jamuna") Graham Philip D'Ancey Song ("Samacand Alap & Gat") Ralph Blane (II) Song ("Trolley Song") Hugh Martin Song ("Trolley Song") Judy Garland Song Performer ("Trolley Song") A. Cato Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") T. Findlay Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") E. Record Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") Q. Joseph Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") J. Yancey Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") A. Muhammad Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") K. Fareed Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") M. Taylor (II) Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") S. Swallow Song ("If Everybody Looked the Same") Groove Armada Song Performer ("If Everybody Looked the Same") Beth Orton Song Beth Orton Song Performer ("Stars All Seem to Weep") Madonna Song Madonna Song Performer ( American Pie ) Madonna Song Performer ( Time Stood Still ) William Orbit Song ("Time Stood Still") Happy Walters Music Supervisor Gary Jones (II) Music Supervisor Andrew Dorfman Music Editor Back to Top Choreography Kim Blank Choreographer Andre Fortin dance assistant Tara Nicole dance assistant Stephen Smith (II) dance assistant Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Jason Sweers Graphic Designer Ron Trost Special Effects Coordinator Christopher Nelson (II) Special Effects Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips John Buckley chief Lighting Technician Jeffrey A. Cook (II) Lighting Technician Bill W. Fine Lighting Technician Johnny Fine Lighting Technician Doug Keegan Lighting Technician Christopher Lama Lighting Technician Mazi Mitchell Lighting Technician Bruce Pearn Lighting Technician Robert Dilley additional Lighting Technician Michael Amorelli rigging chief lighting technician Ismael Gonzalez rigging lighting technician Marc Marino rigging lighting technician Robert Redner rigging lighting technician Gihan Seneviratne rigging lighting technician David Pearlberg dolly grip operator Richard Mall 1st company Grip Greg Fausak 2nd company Grip Thomas Crawford (II) Grip Arron Felton Grip John Joseph Minardi Grip John Seravic Grip Kenny Carceller rigging 1st company grip Kirt Leroux Harding 2nd company rigging grip Pasquale Attanasio rigging grip Thornton Bayliss rigging grip Otto Emilio Betancourt rigging grip Rand R. Vargas rigging grip Back to Top Construction Joseph Ondrejko Construction Coordinator Back to Top Publicity Sandy O Neill Unit Publicist Back to Top Accounting Colleen Nybo Post-Production Accountant Tiffany Reinhard 1st Assistant Accountant Nicky Craft payroll accountant Douglas E. Hansen production financing provider (Paribas Entertainment Finance Group) John Milan production financing provider (Paribas Entertainment Finance Group) John H. Parker Production Accountant Back to Top Props Robert Loyal Good props assistant Randall C. Engle propmaker foreperson Rob Garlow propmaker foreperson Tracy Farrington Property Master John Sweeny Assistant Property Master Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Mary McCusker (II) acting coach (for Malcolm Stumpf) Bobbin Bergstrom Medical Advisor Kimberly Flynn yoga consultant Noah Williams yoga consultant Larry Ginsberg family law consultant Richard Gould-Saltman family law consultant Dianna Gould-Saltman family law consultant James Wright Dolby consultant Michael Mendelsohn financial consulting provider (Patriot Advisors) Back to Top Below The Line Peter Kwong (II) Post-Production Assistant Larry Ballard set medic Paul E. Stroh Transportation Coordinator Robert Chestnut Transportation Captain Scott Fichter Assistant (to John Schlesinger) Gary K. Shaw Assistant (to John Schlesinger) James Anderson (II) Assistant (to Tom Rosenberg) Bella Honess Assistant (to Tom Rosenberg) Grant Grabowski Assistant (to Richard S Wright) Janey Bergam Assistant (to Rupert Everett) Steven F. Beaupre Production Assistant Rebecca Bentjen Production Assistant Scott Brown (III) Production Assistant Ellen Curry Production Assistant Matthew Hirsch Production Assistant Lisa Mantoux Production Assistant Mike R. Manzo Production Assistant Christopher Palmer Production Assistant Devon Sedlacek Production Assistant Back to Top Other Crew Don Goodman (II) drapery foreman Deborah J. Chesebro production secretary Marc A. Klutznick production secretary Tom Hrupcho paint foreperson Kevin Mangan greensperson Carolyn Crimley studio teacher Dujo Topic chef (Tony's Food Service) Robert L. Benun Special Thanks Christine Buckley Special Thanks Elizabeth Schimmel special thansk Jim Goodkind Special Thanks Colette Barber Special Thanks Lucy Jones Special Thanks Peter Fielder Special Thanks Chantel Brouiges Special Thanks Martin Anscombe Special Thanks Alan Watts (II) Special Thanks Joley Nian Special Thanks Anna Molinari Special Thanks (Blumarine) Vivienne Tam Special Thanks Wilke Rodriguez Special Thanks Roland Martin "Fishing with Roland Martin" clip provider (TNN)) Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Special Thanks ("thank you Sri K Pattabhi Jois for illuminating the teaching of yoga") Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Paramount Home Entertainment Video Distributor Paramount Pictures Theatrical Distributor Medusa Film Theatrical Distributor (Italy) Gaumont Buena Vista International Theatrical Distributor (France) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International Theatrical Distributor (United Kingdom) Back to Top Other Companies Class A Special Effects Inc special effects provider Soundstorm sound editing facilities Todd-AO post-production sound facilities Abbey Road Studios recording facilities Lansdowne Recording Studios, London remixing facilities (London)) Dakota Music Services music copying (London)) Rich King Casting extras casting Black Nexxus, Inc. technical consultant CAST Security Inc set security Sully's Crew cast security Tony s Food Services caterer Ashfield Film & Video dailies telecine transfer Howard Anderson Company titles and opticals No Prisoners 3DFX visual effects provider Entertainment Partners payroll services provider Sessions Payroll Management Inc payroll services provider Near North Insurance Brokerage of California Inc insurance provider International Film Guarantors completion guaranty provider Paribas Entertainment Finance Group production financing provider Patriot Advisors financial consulting provider DH Gang special thanks Blinde Optics special thanks Adidas Entertainment special thanks Blumarine special thanks Bhindi Jewellers special thansk Old Navy special thanks Wolford special thanks House of Chloe selected costumes for Madonna Energy Film Library stock footage Miss Universe LP Production Credit ("1998 Miss Universe Pageant" clip provider) TNN Productions Production Credit ("Fishing with Roland Martin" clip provider) Paramount Pictures scenes from ("Terrytoons" clip provider) Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. camera and cranes and dollies provider Eastman Kodak film stock Lakeshore International Distribution Sales (international) Back to Top