The Thorn Birds (1983)


The Thorn Birds
Release Date27 March 1983
TaglineDesire. Passion. Scandal.
GenreRomance, Drama
CountryUSA
Australia
Filming LocationsBig Sky Ranch - 4927 Bennett Road, Simi Valley, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The Thorn Birds is a television mini-series broadcast on ABC between 27 and 30 March 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Richard Kiley, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham, Philip Anglim and Jean Simmons. It was directed by Daryl Duke and based on a novel by Colleen McCullough.


Cast and Crew


Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese

Luke O'Neill

Bob Cleary

Alastair MacQueen

Mary Carson

Fiona 'Fee' Cleary

Anne Mueller

Luddie Mueller

Philip Anglim
Dane O'Neill

John Friedrich
Frank Cleary

Stephen W. Burns
Jack Cleary

Bill Morey
Angus MacQueen

Miss Carmichael

Mrs. Smith

Rainer Hartheim

Paddy Cleary

Justine O'Neil 

Harry Gough

Stuart Cleary

Sarah MacQueen

Chard Hayward
Arne Swenson

Director

Daryl Duke

Writer

Carmen Culver

Colleen McCullough

Lee Stanley

Producer

Irving Paul Lazar
associate producer

Edward Lewis
executive producer

Stan Margulies
producer

David L. Wolper
executive producer

Lee Stanley
co-producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Bill Butler

Editor

Carroll Timothy O'Meara

Robert F. Shugrue

Casting Director

Lynn Stalmaster

Production Designer

Robert MacKichan

Art Director

Robert MacKichan

Set Decorator

Jerry Adams

Costume Designer

Travilla

Makeup Department

Del Acevedo
makeup artist

Lee Crawford
hair stylist

Marina Hart
hair stylist

Sharleen Rassi
hair stylist

Production Manager

Henry Kline
unit production manager

George Taylor
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James Gardner
first assistant director

Warren Gray
second assistant director

Eric Jones
second assistant director

Art Department

Victor E. Petrotta Sr.
property master

Ray Pedler
scenic artist

Sound Department

Richard Wagner
sound

Don Crosby
sound effects editor

Al Kajita
sound effects editor

Larry Kaufman
sound effects editor

Alan Potter
sound effects editor

Special Effects

Doug Hubbard
special effects

Visual Effects

David Stipes
visual effects

Stunts

Carol Daniels
stunt double: Barbara Stanwyck, Rachel Ward

Kim Kahana
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Colin J. Campbell
gaffer

Dave Friedman
still photographer

Adam Glick
set lighting technician

To Lee
camera assistant trainee

Johnny Walker
first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Thomas S. Dawson
costume: men

Donna Roberts
costume supervisor: women

Jerry Herrin
costumer

Music Department

Jay Alfred Smith
music editor

composer: song "Anywhere the Heart Goes"

Other Crew

Emmanuel Vouniozos
on-set technician

technical advisor

Anne Warner
script supervisor

Elise Ganz
studio teacher

Carol Green
unit publicist

Production Company

David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions
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Edward Lewis Productions
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Warner Bros. Television
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Distributor

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

TV1

Warner Home Video
,

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vídeo

Miscellaneous

Toni Howard & Associates
casting






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