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Revenue: $14,375,181
Budget: $51,000,000
Profit: - $-36,624,819
Movie Details
Tag Line: Telling the truth can be dangerous business.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 5
Release Date: May 15, 1987
Rating: 1987-05-15
Run Time: 1h 47m
Original Language: English
Website: Link
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures , Delphi V
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Synopsis
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Crew
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Directing | Director |
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Elaine May
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Second Assistant Director |
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Marcia Gay
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James W. Skotchdopole
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Louis D'Esposito
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Third Assistant Director |
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Lee Cleary
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Assistant Director |
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Ahmed Hatimi
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Second Unit First Assistant Director |
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Ken Rudnick
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Stefan Zürcher
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Second Second Assistant Director |
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Ahmed Boulane
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First Assistant Director |
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Don French
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Second Unit Director |
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Michael D. Moore
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Script Supervisor |
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Karen Hale Wookey
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Production | Producer |
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Warren Beatty
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Casting |
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Noel Davis
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Jeremy Zimmermann
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Howard Feuer
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Location Manager |
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Jeff Stolow
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Mohamed Benhmamane
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Production Accountant |
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Lucille Smith
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Jak King
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Production Assistant |
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George Bamber
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Khadija Alami
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Maggie Kusik
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Production Supervisor |
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Denise O'Dell
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Production Manager |
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Stefan Zürcher
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Assistant Location Manager |
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Rick Dallago
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Producer's Assistant |
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Chris Brancato
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Sue Leibman
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Accountant |
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Ken Ryan
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Associate Producer |
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David L. MacLeod
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Nigel Wooll
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Unit Production Manager |
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G. Mac Brown
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
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Dave Grusin
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Songs |
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Paul Williams
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Elaine May
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Music Coordinator |
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John Strauss
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Sound |
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John Strauss
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Sound Editor |
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Neil L. Kaufman
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Louis Bertini
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Ira Spiegel
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Anthony J. Ciccolini III
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Bruce Kitzmeyer
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ADR Editor |
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Brad Fuller
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Assistant Sound Editor |
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Susan M. Wagner
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Dan Korintus
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Richard King
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Music Editor |
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Stuart Stanley
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Alex Steyermark
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Michael Berenbaum
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Apprentice Sound Editor |
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Lois Bellucci
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Brian Katkin
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Yaffa Lerea
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Boom Operator |
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Donald Banks
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Foley Artist |
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Marko Costanzo
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Foley Mixer |
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George A. Lara
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Music Consultant |
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Michael James Jackson
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Music Producer |
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Michael James Jackson
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Music Programmer |
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Michael A. Levine
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Sound Mixer |
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Ivan Sharrock
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Supervising Sound Editor |
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Michael Kirchberger
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Lee Dichter
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Camera | Director of Photography |
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Vittorio Storaro
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Still Photographer |
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Keith Hamshere
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Andrew D. Schwartz
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Kerry Hayes
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Key Grip |
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Tom Prate
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Steadicam Operator |
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Nicola Percorini
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Grip |
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Mauro Pezzotti
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Additional Photography |
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Peter Anderson
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Paul Beeson
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Assistant Camera |
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Adam Dale
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Riccardo Umetelli
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Camera Operator |
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Steve Parker
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Enrico Umetelli
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First Assistant Camera |
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Giuseppe Alberti
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Second Assistant Camera |
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Fabio Zamarion
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Editing | Editor |
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Richard P. Cirincione
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William Reynolds
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Stephen A. Rotter
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Associate Editor |
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William S. Scharf
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Assistant Editor |
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Richard Friedlander
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William Kruzykowski
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Joseph Gutowski
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J. Kathleen Gibson
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Crew | Stunts |
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John Hayden
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Peter Bucossi
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George Marshall Ruge
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Denise Amirante
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Konrad Sheehan
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Stunt Coordinator |
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Victor Magnotta
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Charge Scenic Artist |
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Bruno Robotti
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Cableman |
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Linda Murphy
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Special Effects Technician |
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Garth Inns
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Terence J. Cox
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Brian Lince
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Carpenter |
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Joseph S. Alfieri
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Manny Sanchez
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Special Effects |
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Tim Willis
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Title Graphics |
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Chris F. Woods
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Video Assist Operator |
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Marco Carosi
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Additional Music |
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Bahjawa
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Gary Anderson
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Gary Anderson
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Animal Wrangler |
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David J. McMillan
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Carrie Park
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Corky Randall
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Fess Reynolds
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Paul 'Sled' Reynolds
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Bill Rivers
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Pilot |
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Marc Wolff
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Post Production Supervisor |
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Kerry Orent
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Writing | Writer |
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Elaine May
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Art | Art Direction |
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Peter Childs
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Bill Groom
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Victoria Paul
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Set Decoration |
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Jim Erickson
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Steven J. Jordan
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Alan Hicks
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Set Buyer |
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Brian Read
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Set Dresser |
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Adil Abdelwahab
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Art Department Coordinator |
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Elaine O'Donnell
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Dressing Prop |
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Dave Midson
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Production Design |
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Paul Sylbert
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Property Master |
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Bill Coggon
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Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
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Zineb Bendoula
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Barry Richardson
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Wardrobe Supervisor |
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Abdelkrim Akallach
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Rosemary Burrows
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Wardrobe Assistant |
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Hassan Taghriti
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Costume Design |
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Anthony Powell
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Makeup Artist |
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Robert Jiras
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Alan Boyle
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Lighting | Electrician |
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Lance Shepherd
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Stefano Marino
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Gaffer |
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Sal Martorano
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Giuseppe Meloni
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Filippo Cafolla
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Visual Effects | Special Effects Supervisor |
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George Gibbs
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Visual Effects |
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George Muhs
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Mark Wolf
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Matte Painter |
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Mark Sullivan
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