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Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1989)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Go To:  Actors Directors Producers Camera, Film & Tape Editors Sound Music Engineering, Electrical & Grips Accounting Below The Line Other Crew Worldwide Distributors Other Companies Actors Thelonious Sphere Monk Himself Nellie Monk Herself Charlie Rouse Himself Teo Macero (II) Himself Harry Colomby Himself Barry Harris (II) Himself Tommy J. Flanagan Himself Thelonious Sphere Monk Himself Bob Jones Himself Ben Riley Himself Larry Gales Himself Baroness Nica DeKoenigswarter Herself Phil Woods (II) Himself Johnny Griffin (II) Himself Ray Copeland Himself Jimmy Cleveland Himself Samuel E. Wright Back to Top Directors Charlotte Zwerin Director Back to Top Producers Clint Eastwood Executive Producer Charlotte Zwerin Producer Bruce Ricker Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Joan Churchill (II) additional Photography Stuart Math additional Photography Nica DeKoenigswarter stills Larry Banks chief Lighting Technician (additional film crew) William P. Gottlieb stills Francis Paudras stills Herman Leonard stills (F Paudras Archive) Bob Parent stills (F Paudras Archive) Don Schlitten stills Frank Driggs Collection stills John P. Johnson stills (Ebony Magazine) Meredith Collins stills (Brown Brothers) Christian Blackwood Director of Photography Bob Fiore Camera Operator (additional film crew) Back to Top Editors Bernadine Colish Assistant Editor Noelle Penraat negative cutter Charlotte Zwerin Editor Back to Top Sound Nina Schulman Sound Editor Tom Fleischman sound rerecording mixer Petur Hliddal additional Sound Peter G. Miller additional Sound Alexandra Baltarzuk additional Sound Mike Karas additional Sound Rudy Van Gelder Sound (additional film crew) Roger Phenix Sound (additional film crew) Back to Top Music Thelonious Sphere Monk Music ("Evidence" "Rhythm-a-Ning" "'Round Midnight" "Well, You Needn't" "Green Chimneys" "Blue Monk" "Trinkle Trinkle" "Ugly Beauty" "Ask Me Now" "Just a Gigolo" "Crepescule With Nellie" "We See" "Oska T" "Epistrophy" "Ruby, My Dear" "I Mean You" "Off Minor" "Pannonica" "Boo Boo' Birthday" "Misterioso" "Monk's Mood") Thelonious Sphere Monk Music Performer ("On the Bean" "'Round Midnight" "Trinkle Trinkle" "Ask Me Now" "I Should Care" "Monk's Mood") Dick Hyman Music Dick Hyman Music Performer (under narration) Charlie Rouse tenor saxophonist (Thelonius Monk Octet and Thelonius Monk Quartet) Phil Woods (II) alto saxophonist (Thelonius Monk Octet) Johnny Griffin (II) tenor saxophonist (Thelonius Monk Octet) Ray Copeland trumpeter (Thelonius Monk Octet) Larry Gales bassist (Thelonius Monk Octet and Thelonius Monk Quartet) Ben Riley drummer (Thelonius Monk Octet and Thelonius Monk Quartet) Walter Thomas Music ("On the Bean") Coleman Hawkins (II) Music ("I Mean You") Coleman Hawkins (II) Music Performer ("On the Bean") Cootie Williams Music ("'Round Midnight") Bernie Hanighen Music ("'Round Midnight") John Coltrane (II) Music ("Trinkle Trinkle") John Coltrane (II) Music Performer ("Monk's Mood") Irving Caesar (II) Song ("Just a Gigolo") Leonaello Casucci Song ("Just a Gigolo") Sammy Cahn Song ("I Should Care") Alex Stordahl Song ("I Should Care") Paul Weston Song ("I Should Care") Kenny Clarke Song ("Epistrophy") Jimmy McHugh Song ("Don't Blame Me") Dorothy Fields (II) Song ("Don't Blame Me") Harry Warren Song ("Lulu's Back in Town") Al Dubin (II) Song ("Lulu's Back in Town") Art Fitch Song ("Sweetheart of All My Dreams") Kay Fitch Song ("Sweetheart of All My Dreams") Bert Lowe Song ("Sweetheart of All My Dreams") Nica DeKoenigswarter song supplier ("Lulu's Back in Town" "Pannonica") Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Mike Karas Electrician (additional film crew) Chris Rosen Key Grip (additional film crew) Mike Karas Grip Back to Top Accounting Anthony Sclafani Production Accountant Back to Top Below The Line Lynn Piasecki Production Assistant Kent Blocher Production Assistant Kate Hirson Production Assistant Ruth Bird Production Assistant Jay Keuper Production Assistant Richard Woodward Production Assistant Peter Keepnews Production Assistant Jason Ricker Production Assistant Back to Top Other Crew Tommy J. Flanagan pianist Barry Harris (II) pianist Charlie Rouse additional Thanks Jimmy Cleveland trombonist (Thelonius Monk Octet) Nica DeKoenigswarter Special Thanks Doreen Elliott transcriber (interviews) Irwin Young opticals David Chertok additional Thanks David Chertok archival film footage Michael Chertok archival film footage Kiyoshi Koyama archival film footage (Japan) Francis Paudras additional Thanks Nellie Monk Special Thanks (Mrs Thelonius Monk) Barbara Monk Special Thanks Thelonious Sphere Monk Special Thanks Marion White Special Thanks (nee Monk) Alonzo White Special Thanks Thomas Monk Sr Special Thanks Thomas Monk Jr additional Thanks Pamela Bendich additional Thanks R. Franklin Brown additional Thanks Harry Colomby additional Thanks Stanley Crouch (II) additional Thanks Michael Cuscuna additional Thanks Michele Darmon additional Thanks Berit DeKoenigswarter additional Thanks Lynn Emmolo additional Thanks Elliott Erwitt (II) additional Thanks Harlene Freezer additional Thanks Bob Jones additional Thanks Willie Jones (II) additional Thanks Ralph Kaffel additional Thanks Susan Lacy (II) additional Thanks Bruce Lundvall additional Thanks Dan Morgenstern additional Thanks Michael Phillips (IV) additional Thanks Debbie Reinberg additional Thanks Kirk Roberts additional Thanks Don Sickler additional Thanks Daihei Shiohama additional Thanks Tim Timpanaro additional Thanks Melvin Zalel additional Thanks Lynda Hansen additional Thanks Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Video Distributor Roadshow Films Pty Ltd Theatrical Distributor (Australia) Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Theatrical Distributor Back to Top Other Companies Michael Blackwood Productions film extract Sound One Corporation sound rerecording facilities Van Gelder Studios sound recording facilities DuArt Film and Video film processing Film Collection archival film footage CBS News archival film footage INA-France archival film footage Monk Family stills Institute For Jazz Studies stills New York Foundation for the Arts additional thanks National Endowment For the Arts funding Warner Bros. Pictures International Distribution Sales (USA/ France/ international sales) Back to Top