Ladyhawke (1985)


Ladyhawke
Release Date27 March 1985
Budget$20,000,000
TaglineCURSED FOR ETERNITY...No force in Heaven will release them. No power on Earth can save them. [UK Theatrical]
GenreAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCampo Imperatore, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track, Dolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure
MoodFantastic Reality
ThemesHeroic Mission, Star-Crossed Lovers, Curses and Spells, Supernatural Romance, Knights and Ladies
TonesAtmospheric, Passionate, Bittersweet, Lyrical, Gentle, Fanciful, Humorous
TagsBishop, Curse, Enchantment, Knight, Medieval, Pickpocket, Prison Escape, Quest, Rescue, Shapeshifter, Sword And Sorcery, Thief, Tragic Love

Ladyhawke is a 1985 fantasy film directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film marked the second 20th Century Fox film to be co-produced and co-released by Warner Bros.. The first was The Towering Inferno; this time Warner got the U.S. distribution rights for the film and Fox the European and international rights.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Phillipe Gaston

Father Imperius the Monk

Bishop of Aquila

Marquet

Giancarlo Prete
Fornac

Loris Loddi
Jehan

Alessandro Serra
Mr. Pitou

Charles Borromel
Insane Prisoner

Massimo Sarchielli
Innkeeper

Nicolina Papetti
Mrs. Pitou

Russel Case
Lieutenant

Donald Hodson
Guard on Cart

Gregory Snegoff
Cart Driver

Gaetano Russo
Guard in the Cell

Rod Dana
Guard at the City Gate

Stefano Horowitzo
Bishop's Bodyguard

Paul Tuerpe
Guard

Venantino Venantini
Bishop's Secretary

Marcus Beresford
Acolyte

Valerie O'Brian
Peasant Girl

Nanà Cecchi
Bishop's Woman

Elettra Baldassarri
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Omero Capanna
Francesco

Giovanni Cianfriglia
One of Fornac's Men

Giuseppe Marrocco
Prete

Paolo Merosi
Acolyte

Jurgen Morhofer
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Bishop's Guard

Director

Writer

Edward Khmara
,

Michael Thomas

David Webb Peoples

Producer

Harvey Bernhard
executive producer

producer

Original Music

Andrew Powell
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Cinematographer

Vittorio Storaro
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Editor

Casting Director

Marion Dougherty
-

Production Designer

Wolf Kroeger
-

Art Director

Ken Court
-

Giovanni Natalucci
-

Costume Designer

Nanà Cecchi
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Makeup Department

Iole Cecchini
hair stylist

Gilda De Guilmi
hair stylist

Giancarlo Del Brocco
key makeup artist

Rita Innocenzi
assistant hair stylist

Gilberto Provenghi
makeup artist

Alfredo Tiberi
makeup artist

Production Manager

Gerald Morin
unit manager

Mario Pisani
production manager: Italy

Anthony Waye
production manager: UK

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

second unit director

Peter Bennett
second assistant director

Terry Madden
second assistant director

Ken Rudnick
assistant director: second unit, New York

Mauro Sacripante
second assistant director

Luciano Sacripanti
first assistant director: Italy

Anthony Waye
first assistant director

Art Department

Elio Altamura
property master

Stephen Altman
set dresser

Maria-Teresa Barbasso
draftswoman

Nello Cappelli
propman

Mariangela Capuano
draftswoman

Lucio De Domenico
draftsman

Giuseppe Fatale
production prop buyer

Ennio Meloni
construction labor

Bernadino Nardoni
construction coordinator

Angelo Santucci
set dresser

Romolo Siani
stand-by painter

Sound Department

Rick Alexander
sound re-recording mixer

Bud Alper
sound

Brydon Baker III
boom operator

Neil Burrow
sound editor

Gordon Davidson
sound editor

Les Fresholtz
sound re-recording mixer

Robert G. Henderson
supervising sound editor

Matthew C. May
assistant sound editor

Alan Robert Murray
supervising sound editor

Vern Poore
sound re-recording mixer

Rod Rogers
assistant sound editor

Larry Singer
adr editor

Chester Slomka
sound editor

Brooke H. Ward
assistant sound editor

Special Effects

Eros Bacciucchi
special effects assistant

Norman Baille
special effects technician

John Brown
special effects technician

Jerry Ciantar
special effects technician

Daniel Dark
special effects technician

Tony Dunsterville
special effects technician

John Morris
special effects senior technician

John Richardson
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects

Roy Carnon
visual concepts artist

Rich Champa
optical camera operator

Peter Donen
additional visual effects supervisor

Mimi Everett
optical layout

Vincent Giordano
animation cameraman

Richard Greenberg
visual effects designer

Joel Hynek
optical photography supervisor

Bill Lattanzi
visual effects assistant editor

Yevgeny Mamut
optical camera operator

Robert Mrozowski
animation supervisor

Scott Nicholas
optical camera operator

Stuart Robertson
optical effects supervisor

James Szalapski
chief visual effects cameraman

Joseph Wallikas
optical camera operator

Stunts

Monica Ciprari
stunts

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
stunts

Richard Graydon
stunt coordinator

Sergio Mioni
stunt coordinator: Italy

Stefano Maria Mioni
stunts

Angelo Ragusa
stunts

Marco Stefanelli
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Giuseppe Alberti
first assistant camera

Paola Barbaglia
clapper loader

Federico Bruno
second camera operator

Filippo Cafolla
gaffer

Roberto Gengarelli
second camera assistant operator

Vincent Giordano
animation camera operator

Emilio Lari
still photographer

Alfredo Marchetti
key grip

Enrico Umetelli
camera operator

Riccardo Umetelli
clapper loader

Alberico Novelli
electrician

Animation Department

Robert Mrozowski
animation supervisor

Casting Department

Francesco Cinieri
casting: Italy

Mary Selway
casting: London

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Adriana Mattiozzi
wardrobe seamstress

Elisabetta Montaldo
wardrobe assistant

Gloria Musetta
wardrobe coordinator

Pasqualino Sindici
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Giorgio De Vincenzo
assistant editor: Italy

Geno Escarrega
second assistant editor

Seth Flaum
assistant editor

Mark Pierce
editor trainee

Dallas Puett
assistant editor

Michael Thau
second assistant editor

Russ Woolnough
first assistant editor

Music Department

Ian Bairnson
musician: guitars

Richard Cottle
musician: keyboards

Stuart Elliott
musician: drums

Donald Harris
music editor

music score producer, music recording engineer

David Paton
musician: bass guitar

Andrew Powell
orchestrator, musician: keyboards, conductor

Eric Prince
music copyist

Tony Richards
music recording engineer

Alan Snelling
music recording engineer

Eric Tomlinson
music recording engineer

Robert Fernandez
scoring mixer

Christopher Flick
assistant music editor

Transportation Department

Nando Cartucci
transportation

Antonio Condello
unit driver

Franco Di Tivoli
unit driver

Aldo Proietti
unit driver

Antonio Savini
transportation manager

Remo Ubertini
unit driver

Other Crew

Manuela Estrella Beeloo
horse trainer

Roberto Bessi
assistant to executive producer: Italy

Pino Butti
production assistant

Sergio Casadei
horse wrangler: Italy

Luisa Cutri
production secretary

Carlo Del Marro
assistant accountant

Alberto De Stefani
cashier

Bruna Percecchi Di Spirito
caterer

Hunt Downs
unit publicist

Walter Fiordelmondo
production assistant

Maria Fiorito
payroll clerk

Gary Gero
hawks & wolves trainer

Judith Goodman
executive assistant to Richard Donner: Italy

Richard Graydon
horse master

William Hobbs
fight arranger

Lynne Bell Kelser
executive assistant to Harvey Bernhard: USA

Karen Kovacevich
executive assistant: Lauren Shuler

Jennie Lew Tugend
executive assistant: Richard Donner, USA

Manolo Luppichini
video system technician

consultant

Aroldo Mogiani
crowd marshall

Ron Oxley
animal trainer

Larry Payne
hawks & wolves trainer

Gina Pietralunga
production secretary

Adriano Pischiutta
blacksmith foreman

assistant to producers

Giuliano Principato
production assistant

Stefano Priori
assistant accountant

Marco Valerio Pugini
unit runner: Italy

Elaine Schreyeck
script supervisor

Cheryl Shawver
hawks & wolves trainer

Enzo Sisti
accountant

Catherine Smith
assistant to producers: Italy

Aldo Spina
assistant to producers: Italy

Melanie Tanz
assistant to producers

Artur Tarry
production accountant

Jenny Wykes
unit nurse

Giovanni Lovatelli
production runner

Anselmo Parrinello
location manager

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Hachette-Fox Distribution

CBSFox Video

Encore Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Abril Vídeo

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

Warner Home Video
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Special Effects

RGreenberg Associates

Miscellaneous

Abbey Road Studios
music recorded at

Cinema Research
additional optical effects, end titles

Costumi d'Arte
wardrobe

Fratelli Cartocci S.r.l.
transportation

Giuseppe Peruzzi, Rome
wardrobe

RGreenberg Associates
main titles

Atlantic Records
soundtrack






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