Vibes (1988)


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Vibes
Release Date05 August 1988
US Box Office$2,000,000
TaglinePut your hands on our hands and feel the... VIBES.
GenreFantasy, Mystery, Adventure, Comedy
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsEcuador
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Adventure
ThemesCons and Scams
TagsCity, Con/scam, Forbidden Love, Gold, Investigation, Mountains, Murder, On The Road, Psychic, Supernatural Forces, Wild Goose Chase

Vibes is a comedy film released in 1988 starring pop icon and singer Cyndi Lauper, actor Jeff Goldblum, actor Julian Sands and legendary actor Peter Falk. It was directed by Ken Kwapis. The movie is about Sylvia, a ditzy psychic, and Nick, her equally odd psychic friend and their trip into the Ecuadorian Andes to find the "source of psychic energy".


Cast and Crew


Cast

Sylvia Pickel

Nick Deezy

Doctor Harrison Steele

Googy Gress
Ingo Swedlin

Harry Buscafusco

Burt Wilder

Ramon Bieri
Eli Diamond

Consuelo

Ronald G. Joseph
Carl

Hercules Vilchez
Juan

Jerry Vichi
Baseball Man

Leo V. Finnie III
Monty Man

Ray Stoddard
Dr. Scott

Harvey J. Goldenberg
Lyle

Tom Henschel
Dr. Drake

Susan Bugg
Dr. Silver

Rodney Kageyama
Dr. Harmon

Dr. Weiner

Steven Scott
Dr. Thompson

Joseph V. Perry
Dave

Busboy

Eugene

Bill McCutcheon
Mr. Van Der Meer

Jennifer Balgobin
Gloria

Hillary

Fernando Verdugo
Bellhop

Aharon Ipalé
Alejandro De La Vivar

Robert Covarrubias
Waiter

Darryl Henriques
Ricardo

Elvira De Val
Nurse

Ronald Paul Ramirez
Hotel Clerk

Director

Writer

Deborah Blum

Lowell Ganz
,

Babaloo Mandel
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Producer

Deborah Blum
producer

Tony Ganz
producer

Raymond Hartwick
co-producer

executive producer

Kate Long
associate producer

David Wolff
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

John Bailey
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Editor

Carol Littleton
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Casting Director

Shani Ginsberg

Production Designer

Richard Tom Sawyer
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Art Director

Gregory Pickrell
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Set Decorator

George R. Nelson
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Costume Designer

Ruth Myers
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Makeup Department

Betty DeStefano
hair stylist

Alan Friedman
makeup artist

Norma Lee
hair stylist

Peter Wrona Jr.
makeup artist: New York

Production Manager

Jorge Gundin
production manager: Ecuador

Raymond Hartwick
unit production manager

Bruce Nalepinski
unit production manager: New York

Luis A. Sartor
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Alan B. Curtiss
first assistant director

Brian Fong
dga trainee

Jerry Leeds
first assistant director: New York

B. Thomas Seidman
second assistant director

Art Department

Shelly Bartolini
scenic artist: New York

Mike Carrillo
assistant property master

Tom Cranham
illustrator

Dennis DeWaay
construction coordinator

Steven E. Fegley
construction foreman

Louis S. Fleming
property master

Eugene Gurlitz
art director: New York

David F. Klassen
set designer

Donald Krafft
lead man

John A. Mileski
stand-by painter

John Cassel
propmaker

Victor M. Shannon
plasterer

Sound Department

George H. Anderson
sound editor

Kevin Barlia
assistant sound editor

Beth Bergeron
adr editor

John S. Coffey
boom operator

Lisa Dorney
assistant sound editor

Dennis Drummond
supervising sound editor

Carol A. Ellison Fleming
assistant sound editor

Carl Fischer
boom operator

Richard Bryce Goodman
production sound mixer

Craig Harris
special sound processing

Doug Hemphill
sound re-recording mixer

Roxanne Jones
sound editor

Bobbe Kurtz
supervising adr editor

Cindy Marty
sound editor

Christy Richmond
assistant sound editor

Jeff Rosen
sound editor

Paul A. Sharpe
sound re-recording mixer

Edward F. Suski
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Allen Hall
special effects coordinator

Gary L. Karas
special effects foreman

Visual Effects

Yarek Alfer
sculptor

visual effects producer

Adam Hill
modelshop crew: Boss Films

Neil Krepela
effects director of photography, visual effects supervisor

Wayne Baker
first assistant camera operator: Boss Films

Philip Crescenzo
visual effects: technical supervisor

Jim Cody Harrington
grip: effects photography

Dennis Michelson
visual effects editor

Chris Regan
optical supervisor

Michael Van Himbergen
visual effects coordinator

Stunts

Joni Avery
stunts

Rick Avery
stunts

Hank Baumert
stunts

John Branagan
stunt coordinator, stunts

Charlie Brewer
stunts

Charles Croughwell
stunts

Andy Epper
stunts

Debby Lynn Ross
stunts

Patrick J. Statham
stunts

Gregg Smrz
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Dennis Agee
assistant camera

Lou Barlia
camera operator

Daniel Ducovny
director of photography: New York

Michael M. Krevitt
key grip

Joe Laune
best boy electric

Bruce McBroom
still photographer

Larry McConkey
panaglide operator: Ecuador

Ronald W. McLeish
gaffer

Michael Raspa
second assistant camera

George R. Schrader
dolly grip

Donald E. Thorin Jr.
first assistant camera

Gil Valle
best boy grip

Richard Walden
additional camera operator

Susan Walsh
panaglide assistant: Ecuador

Casting Department

Amy Grgich
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

John Boxer
costume designer: New York

Norman A. Burza
costumer: men

Marilyn Matthews
costumer: women

Marisa Urruti
costume designer: Ecuador

Editorial Department

Donah Bassett
negative cutter

Lisa Zeno Churgin
first assistant film editor

Michele Conliffe
post-production assistant

Raúl Dávalos
assistant film editor

Phil Downey
color timer

Ed Stabile
assistant editor

Music Department

Jim Henrikson
music editor

Claudio Jacome
music consultant: Andean music, Ecuador

conductor, orchestrator

Shawn Murphy
scoring mixer

Transportation Department

Dan Anglin
transportation coordinator

Luis Sartor
transportation manager: Ecuador

John M. Woodward
transportation captain

Other Crew

B.J. Bjorkman
script supervisor: New York

Frank DeMichelis
craft service

tango choreographer

Regina Gruss
publicist

Sondra Lee
consultant to Mr. Kwapis

Shari Leibowitz
production coordinator

Tom Malanga
production auditor

Soomi Marano
production office coordinator: New York

Murray Miller
location manager

Debbie Nodella
assistant auditor

Tim Pedegana
production assistant

Dan Perri
title designer

Anne Rapp
script supervisor

Luis Rodriguez
translator

Eric Schwab
location manager: Ecuador

Salvatore Carino
production assistant

Production Company

Imagine Films Entertainment
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Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Effects

Boss Film Studios
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Miscellaneous

Cinema Research
titles and opticals

D. Bassett & Associates
negative cutting

Variety Cinema Catering
catering