Ratings
Financials
Revenue: $3,200,000
Budget: $600,000
Profit: + $2,600,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: Life out of balance
Status: Released
Average Rating: 8
Release Date: Apr 27, 1983
Rating: NR
Run Time: 1h 26m
Original Language: English
Website: Link
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: IRE Productions , Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education , American Zoetrope
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Synopsis
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
Main Cast
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Production | Executive Producer |
Francis Ford Coppola
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Producer |
Godfrey Reggio
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Associate Producer |
Alton Walpole
Lawrence Taub
Mel Lawrence
Roger McNew
T. Michael Powers
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Philip Glass
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Music |
Philip Glass
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Sound Effects |
Randy Thom
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Steve Maslow
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Writing | Screenplay |
Michael Hoenig
Godfrey Reggio
Ron Fricke
Alton Walpole
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Idea |
Guy Debord
Jacques Ellul
Ivan Illich
David Monongye
Leopold Kohr
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Directing | Director |
Godfrey Reggio
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Ron Fricke
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Assistant Camera |
David Brownlow
Robert Hill
Roger McNew
Neil Bockman
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Grip |
Robert Palmer
Dean Alatzas
Roy Hememnez
Mark Muich
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Additional Photography |
Louie Schwartzberg
Christine Gibson
Hillary Harris
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Still Photographer |
Phillip Harrington
Karl Kernberger
Wayne V. McGee
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Editing | Editor |
Ron Fricke
Alton Walpole
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Negative Cutter |
Gary Burritt
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Department | Role | Name |