Deal Of The Century
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.
Cast & Crew
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William Friedkin
Director
Chevy Chase
Eddie Muntz
Sigourney Weaver
Mrs Devoto
Gregory Hines
Ray Kasternak
Vince Edwards
Frank Stryker
William Marquez
General Cordosa
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.
Cast
Chevy Chase
Eddie Muntz
Sigourney Weaver
Mrs Devoto
Gregory Hines
Ray Kasternak
Vince Edwards
Frank Stryker
William Marquez
General Cordosa
Eduardo Ricard
Colonel Salgado
Richard Herd
Lyle
Graham Jarvis
Babers
Wallace Shawn
Harold De Voto
Randi Brooks
Ms Della Rosa
Ebbe Roe Smith
Bob
Richard Libertini
Masaggi
J W Smith
Will
Carmen Moreno
Woman Singer
Charles Levin
Dr Rechtin
Pepe Serna
Vardis
Wilfredo Hernandez
Rojas
John Davey
Pilot On Screen
Miguel Pinero
Molino
Maurice Marsac
Frenchman
Joe E. Ross
Russian Translator
Jonathan Terry
Gaylord
Robert Cornthwaite
Huddleston
Gwil Richards
1st Baptist
Tony Plana
Chicano Man
Betty Cole
2nd Baptist
John Hancock
Baptist Minister
Helen Martin
3rd Baptist
Eddie Hice
Bagman
David Haskell
Rockwell Official
Ray Manzarek
Charlie Simbo
David Hall
Rick Pendo
Alex Colon
Street Robber
John Reilly
Swan
James Staley
Jwt Associate
Stephen Keep
Promoter
Louis Giambalvo
Freddie Muntz
Robert Alan Browne
Man From Grumman
Bradford English
Man From Mcdonnell Douglas
Jim Ishida
Masaggi'S Aide
Michael Yama
Masaggi'S Aide
Judy Baldwin
Luckup Hostess
Jan Mcgill
Luckup Hostess
Frank Lugo
Station Wagon Driver
Loyda Ramos
Chicano Woman
John Stinson
Helicopter Reporter
Janet Louise Smith
Woman In Commercial
Jesus Carmona
Accordionist
Judith Baldwin
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
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, 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