Before Sunrise (1995)


Before Sunrise
Release Date27 January 1995
Budget$2,000,000
US Box Office$5,000,000
TaglineJump on and live a Eurorail journey you will never forget!
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUSA
Austria
Switzerland
Filming LocationsVienna, Austria
LanguageEnglish, German, French
Sound MixDolby SR
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy
Niche GenreComedy Drama
MoodStrictly Speaking, In the Mood for Love
ThemesBrief Encounters, Vacation Romances, Americans Abroad, Twentysomething Life
TonesTalky, Witty, Understated, Stylish, Wistful, Poignant, Literate, Reflective
TagsAttraction, Conversation, Encounter, Europe, Generation X, Love, Romance, Stranger, Student, Train [locomotive]

Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse (Ethan Hawke), a young American, and Céline (Julie Delpy), a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and getting to know each other.


Cast and Crew


Andrea Eckert
Wife on Train

Husband on Train

Karl Bruckschwaiger
Guy on Bridge

Tex Rubinowitz
Guy on Bridge

Erni Mangold
Palm Reader

Dominik Castell
Street Poet

Haymon Maria Buttinger
Bartender

Harald Waiglein
Guitarist in Club

Bilge Jeschim
Belly Dancer

Kurti
Percussionist

Hans Weingartner
Cafe Patron

Liese Lyon
Cafe Patron

Peter Ily Huemer
Cafe Patron

Otto Reiter
Cafe Patron

Hubert Fabian Kulterer
Cafe Patron

Branko Andric
Cafe Patron

Constanze Schweiger
Cafe Patron

John Sloss
Cafe Patron

Alexandra Seibel
Cafe Patron

Georg Schöllhammer
Cafe Patron

Christian Ankowitsch
Cafe Patron

Wilbirg Reiter
Cafe Patron

Barbara Klebel
Musician on Boat

Wolfgang Staribacher
Musician on Boat

Wolfgang Glüxam
Harpsichord Player

Man Sleeping on Train

Paul Poet
Guy in Bar

Director

Producer

Gregory Jacobs
associate producer

Wolfgang Ramml
co-producer

Gernot Schaffler
co-producer

John Sloss
executive producer

Anne Walker-McBay
producer

Ellen Winn Wendl
co-producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Lee Daniel

Editor

Sandra Adair
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Casting Director

Alycia Aumuller
-

Judy Henderson
-

Production Designer

Florian Reichmann
-

Costume Designer

Florentina Welley
-

Makeup Department

Karen Dunst
makeup artist, hair stylist

Production Manager

Bernhard Schmatz
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

John Buche
second assistant director

E. Otto Sperl
first assistant director

Art Department

Maria Bluemel
stand-by props

Max Space
art department assistant

Michael Suchy
property master

Mark Lambert Bristol
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Wayne Bell
sound effects editor

Stan Ginsel
assistant sound editor

Douglas Greenfield
stereo consultant: Dolby

Tom Hammond
supervising sound editor

Steve Jaszkowiak
foley mixer

Ossama Khuluki
foley artist

Paul Koronkiewicz
boom operator

Christopher Moriana
foley artist

Charles W. Ritter
dialogue editor

Larry Seyer
sound re-recording mixer

Russ Smith
assistant sound editor

Reilly Steele
adr mixer

Thomas Szabolcs
sound mixer

Todd Toon
foley editor

Patrick Giraudi
foley editor

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Alexander
Steadicam operator

Walter Bednarik
dolly grip

Gabriela Brandenstein
still photographer

Phillip Grausam
electrician

Matthias Grunsky
clapper loader

Susanne Habitzel
best girl electric

Roland Heinrich
grip

Thomas Horváth
second electric

Gero Lasnig
gaffer

Francesco Lorusso
grip

Heinz Menschik
first assistant camera

Thomas Öhl
electrician

Bernd Pfingstmann
third electric

Clark Walker
second assistant camera

Casting Department

Chloe Ernst
casting associate: New York

Robyn Levinson
casting assistant

James Pantone
casting associate: Los Angeles

Lisa Pantone
casting associate: Los Angeles

Regina Schlagnitweit
casting: Austria

Birgit Sturm
extras casting: Vienna People

Editorial Department

Barbara Albert
assistant editor

Peter Fahrngruber
avid consultant

Sheri Galloway
second editor

Mo Henry
negative cutter

Steve Johnson
colorist

Bob Kaiser
color timer

Eric A. Lewy
first assistant editor

Christine Radovanov
assistant editor

Music Department

Arlene Fishbach
music consultant

Transportation Department

Michael Hopfgartner
transportation captain

Stegan Stein
driver: trailer

Other Crew

Catherine Bauer
production assistant

Uli Halbritter
production coordinator

Jeff Hill
publicity: Clein+White

Philipp Kaiser
location assistant

Alexander Kleinszig
key production assistant

Kurt Werner 'Mingo' Krusche
location manager

Avi Levy
production accountant

Karol Martesko
co-production liaison

Morgan Miles
assistant production accountant

Axl Newrkla
set location manager

Andrea Nunner
accountant: Austria

Chris Paton
unit publicist: DDA London

Monika Petrillo
script supervisor

Hans Weingartner
production assistant

Reini Weissensteiner
set production assistant

Susanne Wouk
set production assistant

Thanks

Wolfgang Ainberger
we wish to thank

Karen Arikian
we wish to thank

Manfred Bartunek
we wish to thank

Ivan Bigley
we wish to thank

Arie Bohrer
we wish to thank

Laura Duda
we wish to thank

Courtney Eldridge
we wish to thank

Jürgen Forster
we wish to thank

Walter Galosch
we wish to thank

Leonhard Gmür
we wish to thank

Robyn Gray
we wish to thank

Stefan Grissemann
we wish to thank

Alexander Horwath
we wish to thank

John Hunt
we wish to thank

Heather McGrath Jacobs
we wish to thank

David Jewell
acknowledgment: poem "Delusion Angel" written by

Alan Jones
we wish to thank

Gudrun Kampl
we wish to thank

Constanze Kargl
we wish to thank

Lynn Keller
we wish to thank

Kurt Kren
we wish to thank

Doris Krumpl
we wish to thank

Shirley Linklater
in memory of: my grandparents

Amy Lowrey
we wish to thank

Peter Muhr
we wish to thank

Vesna Muhr
we wish to thank

Jim Osborne
we wish to thank

Katharina Pirker
we wish to thank

Bernhard Praschl
we wish to thank

Ulla Rapp
we wish to thank

Christa Reeh
we wish to thank

Stefan Ruul
we wish to thank

Maria Schmidt
we wish to thank

Franz Schwartz
we wish to thank

Heinz Skala
we wish to thank

Philipp Teuchtler
we wish to thank

I.D. Lila Von Schwarzenberg
we wish to thank

Dagmar Wagner
we wish to thank

Fritz Wagner
we wish to thank

Peter Wallner
we wish to thank

Heinz Wendl
we wish to thank

Cornelia Zweigert
we wish to thank

Production Company

Castle Rock Entertainment

Detour Filmproduction

Filmhaus Wien Universa Filmproduktions

Sunrise Production
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Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Distributor

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Columbia Pictures

Concorde-Castle RockTurner

Filmayer

Fox-Warner

Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International

Columbia TriStar Home Video
,

Columbia TriStar
,

LK-TEL Vídeo

LK-TEL

Warner Home Vídeo

Miscellaneous

Austin Recording Studio
re-recording facility

Austrian Airlines
we wish to thank

City of Vienna, The
we wish to thank

Clein + White
publicity

Curtis Brown Associates
used by permission of

Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)
unit publicist

Digital Sound and Picture
foley recorded at

Frederick's
caterer

Kunsthaus Wien
we wish to thank

Listo Film
negative processing and dailies

Mayor's Office of the City of Vienna, The
we wish to thank

Milan Records
soundtrack published by

Moody Hall Madrigals
we wish to thank

Ottakringer
we wish to thank

Pacific Title
opticals and titles

Sloss Law Office
legal services

Sound One
adr recorded at

Soundcrafter
sound post-production

Technicolor
prints by

Texas Motion Picture Service
we wish to thank

Vienna Film Financing Fund
this film received financial support from

Vienna People
extras casting

Vienna Tourist Bureau
we wish to thank

Zomba Music Services
we wish to thank

Österreichische Bundesbahn (ÖBB)
we wish to thank






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