Deal Of The Century


1h 38m 1983

Brief Synopsis

Arms dealer, Eddie Muntz is attempting to sell war planes to a South American dictator, but in order to that, his girlfriend has to sleep with the dictator and his friend has to be convinced to do one more killing.

Film Details

Also Known As
Oss fifflare emellan
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1983
Production Company
Pacific Title & Art Studio; Warner Bros. Pictures
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Synopsis

Arms dealer, Eddie Muntz is attempting to sell war planes to a South American dictator, but in order to that, his girlfriend has to sleep with the dictator and his friend has to be convinced to do one more killing.

Crew

Jon Avnet

Executive Producer

Craig Bassett

Assistant Editor

Albert Bettcher

Camera Operator

Bill Bowling

Other

Paul Brickman

Executive Producer

Paul Brickman

Screenwriter

Willie Burton

Sound; Sound Recording Mixer

Tim Chisolm

Production Associate

Kerry Colonna

Visual Effects Enhancement Supervisor

J. Fred Coots

Song ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town")

Nikki Costa

Song Performer ("Someone To Watch Over Me")

Mack David

Song ("Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White")

Joe Day

Special Effects

Alan Disler

1st Assistant Camera

Terence A. Donnelly

Assistant 2nd Unit Director (2nd Unit)

Stephen Hunter Flack

Sound Effects Editor Supervisor

Seth Flaum

Assistant Editor

Jamie Freitag

Assistant Director

Chuck Gaspar

Special Effects

George Gershwin

Song ("Someone To Watch Over Me")

Ira Gershwin

Song ("Someone To Watch Over Me")

Dizzy Gillespie

Song ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town")

Rocco Gioffre

Matte Artist

Richard Goddard

Set Decorator

Betty Abbott Griffin

Script Supervisor

Frank Griffin

Makeup

Warren Hamilton

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Hoder

Original Music

Jere Huggins

Editor

Ned Humphreys

Editor

J Paul Huntsman

Editor Supervisor (Dialogue)

Dream Quest Images

Matte Art

Clydene Jackson

Song Performer ("Shine")

Michael Kelly

Visual Effects Editor

Richard Kline

Dp/Cinematographer

Richard Kline

Director Of Photography

Nancy Klopper

Casting

Dan Lerner

Other

Bruce Logan

Special Optical Effects

Bruce Logan

Optical Effects Director 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)

Jacques Larue Louiguy

Song ("Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White")

Bill Malley

Production Designer

Mark Mangini

Sound Effects Editor

Cynthia Morrow

Lyrics ("Shine")

Andrew G Patterson

Dialogue Editor

Rita Riggs

Costumes

Laurie Riley

Wardrobe

Arthur B. Rubinstein

Song ("Shine")

Arthur B. Rubinstein

Music

David Salven

Associate Producer

David Salven

Other

David Salven

Unit Production Manager

Keith Shartle

Production Coordinator

Bud Smith

Editor Supervisor

Liza Stewart

Wardrobe

Steve Tisch

Executive Producer

Abby Treloggin

Music Editor

Julia Waters

Song Performer ("Shine")

Maxine Waters

Song Performer ("Shine")

Maxine Waters-willard

Song Performer

Rick Whitgield

Video Operator

Bud Yorkin

Producer

Film Details

Also Known As
Oss fifflare emellan
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1983
Production Company
Pacific Title & Art Studio; Warner Bros. Pictures
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Articles

Gregory Hines, 1946-2003


Gregory Hines, the lithe, elegant entertainer who trilled audiences on stage, film and television, died of cancer on August 9 in Los Angeles. He was 57.

Born Gregory Oliver Hines on February 14, 1946, in New York City, he began taking dance lessons at age three and by the time he was six he and his brother Maurice were performing jazz tap at Harlem's Apollo Theater. By 1954, Hines was already on Broadway when he joined the cast of the Broadway musical The Girl in Pink Tights. He then spent the next 20 years perfecting the craft and art of tap dancing as he toured with his brother and father Maurice Sr. in a nightclub circuit act called "Hines, Hines and Dad", before he left in 1973 to form a rock band called Severance in Southern California.

Itching to put his dancing shoes on again, Hines made it back to New York a few years later and in 1978, scored his first Broadway success with Eubie, and earned a Tony nomination. With his vitality, charm and grace, Hines became one of the leading lights on Broadway for the next few years, as exemplified by two more Broadway hits in Comin' Uptown (1980) and Sophisticated Ladies (1981), for which he received two more Tony nominations for his performances.

His charismatic presence made him natural for films, and he notched his first film role as a last minute replacement for Richard Pryor in Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I (1981), where he immediately displayed his sharp comic abilities. Other solid roles followed over the next decade: an unorthodox coroner in Michael Wadleigh's urban thriller Wolfen (1981); a nightclub dancer in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984); an American defector to the Soviet Union in Taylor Hackford's overheated melodrama White Nights (1985); a wise-cracking cop in Peter Hyam's Running Scared (1986), and as the fast-talking con artist Goldy in Bill Duke's underrated A Rage in Harlem (1991).

He returned to Broadway in 1992 for his biggest triumph, a portrayal of Jelly Roll Morton, the famed jazz composer, in Jelly's Last Jam and earned a Tony Award in the process. A few more film appearances came in the '90's, most memorably in Forest Whitaker's Waiting to Exhale (1995), but Hines found a new lease on his career when he appeared on the small screen. He played a single father in a fine, if short-lived sitcom The Gregory Hines Show (1997-98); was popular as Ben Doucette, a love interest for Grace in the hugely popular show Will & Grace for two seasons (1999-2001); and received strong critical notice for his moving take as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the television film Bojangles (2001) that he also produced. His last televised appearance was in June 2002, when he co-hosted the Tony Awards with Bernadette Peters. In addition to his father and brother, he is survived by his fiancee Negrita Jayde; a daughter, Daria Hines; a son, Zach; a stepdaughter, Jessica Koslow; and a grandson.

by Michael T. Toole
Gregory Hines, 1946-2003

Gregory Hines, 1946-2003

Gregory Hines, the lithe, elegant entertainer who trilled audiences on stage, film and television, died of cancer on August 9 in Los Angeles. He was 57. Born Gregory Oliver Hines on February 14, 1946, in New York City, he began taking dance lessons at age three and by the time he was six he and his brother Maurice were performing jazz tap at Harlem's Apollo Theater. By 1954, Hines was already on Broadway when he joined the cast of the Broadway musical The Girl in Pink Tights. He then spent the next 20 years perfecting the craft and art of tap dancing as he toured with his brother and father Maurice Sr. in a nightclub circuit act called "Hines, Hines and Dad", before he left in 1973 to form a rock band called Severance in Southern California. Itching to put his dancing shoes on again, Hines made it back to New York a few years later and in 1978, scored his first Broadway success with Eubie, and earned a Tony nomination. With his vitality, charm and grace, Hines became one of the leading lights on Broadway for the next few years, as exemplified by two more Broadway hits in Comin' Uptown (1980) and Sophisticated Ladies (1981), for which he received two more Tony nominations for his performances. His charismatic presence made him natural for films, and he notched his first film role as a last minute replacement for Richard Pryor in Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I (1981), where he immediately displayed his sharp comic abilities. Other solid roles followed over the next decade: an unorthodox coroner in Michael Wadleigh's urban thriller Wolfen (1981); a nightclub dancer in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984); an American defector to the Soviet Union in Taylor Hackford's overheated melodrama White Nights (1985); a wise-cracking cop in Peter Hyam's Running Scared (1986), and as the fast-talking con artist Goldy in Bill Duke's underrated A Rage in Harlem (1991). He returned to Broadway in 1992 for his biggest triumph, a portrayal of Jelly Roll Morton, the famed jazz composer, in Jelly's Last Jam and earned a Tony Award in the process. A few more film appearances came in the '90's, most memorably in Forest Whitaker's Waiting to Exhale (1995), but Hines found a new lease on his career when he appeared on the small screen. He played a single father in a fine, if short-lived sitcom The Gregory Hines Show (1997-98); was popular as Ben Doucette, a love interest for Grace in the hugely popular show Will & Grace for two seasons (1999-2001); and received strong critical notice for his moving take as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the television film Bojangles (2001) that he also produced. His last televised appearance was in June 2002, when he co-hosted the Tony Awards with Bernadette Peters. In addition to his father and brother, he is survived by his fiancee Negrita Jayde; a daughter, Daria Hines; a son, Zach; a stepdaughter, Jessica Koslow; and a grandson. by Michael T. Toole

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Released in United States Fall November 4, 1983

Released in United States Fall November 4, 1983