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Brenda Starr (1989)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: AM/PM Entertainment / New World Pictures / Tribune
Entertainment
Executive Producers: Alana H. Lambros, John D. Backe
Producer: Myron A. Hyman
Associate Producers: Michael Tadross, Peggy Lamont
Production Manager: Michael Tadross
Production Coordinator: Roberta Morris
SCRIPT
Script: Noreen Stone, James David Buchanan, Jenny Wolkind
Story: Noreen Stone, James David Buchanan
DIRECTION
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Assistant Directors: David C. Anderson, Alan Hopkins
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Freddie
Francis
2nd Assistant Camera: Denise Brassard
Electrician: Richard Speed
Best Boy Electric: David Houlle
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Mark Melnick
Apprentice Editor: Daniel Craven
MUSIC
Music: Johnny Mandel
Songs: Kashif, Brian Morgan, Shelley Scruggs (Fiesta With My Love);
Frederick Logan, James Shannon (The Missouri Waltz)
Songs Performed By: Yogi Lee (Fiesta With My Love)
Songs Produced By: Kashif, Brian Morgan and Shelley Scruggs for The
New Music Group Inc (Fiesta With My Love)
SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Thomas Brandau
Boom Operator: Jerome R. Vitucci
Supervising Sound Editor: David A. Whittaker
Sound Editor: Marvin Walowitz
Sound Utility: Sharon Smith Holley
Foley Supervisor: Solange S. Schwalbe
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Carla White
Make Up: Ruthy Savin, Toni Trimble, Terri Trupp
Hair: Victor DeNicola, Ruthy Savin
Costume Designer: Peggy Farrell
Brooke Shield's Costumes: Bob Mackie
Wardrobe Supervisor: Helen P. Butler SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Guy Faria, Michael P. Stipe DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John J. Lloyd
Art Directors: Tim Boxell, Michael Brunsfeld, William Groshelle, Steven
Schwartz
Set Decorators: William Anderson, Craig K. Brown, Michael E. Campbell,
Norman C. Dulaney, Audie Gibson, Christy Richards, Ana Berta Vazquez,
Richard A. Villalobos
Property Masters: Michael De Silva, Dan Kirshoff
OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan
Assistant Accountant: Tony Trimarco
Executive Consultant: Teri Shields
Production Assistants: Beth Elliot, Dylan Hopkins, George Pinto, Juan
E. Hernandez, Lindsey Jory, Peter Liebgold, Scott Peyton, Tammie Noelle
Connolly
Publicist: Brad Stephens
LOCATIONS
Locations: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Location Managers: Gary M. Miller, Robin Roberts
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Victor Paul
Stunt Double: Gene Harrison
CASTING
Casting: Denise Carol, Pat McCorkle, Zoraida Sanjurjo López
CAST
Brooke Shields (Brenda Starr)
Timothy Dalton (Basil St John)
Tony Peck (Mike Randall)
Diana Scarwid (Libby Lipscomb)
Nestor Serrano (Jose)
Jeffrey Tambor (Vladimir)
June Gable (Luba)
Charles Durning (Francis I. Livright)
Kathleen Wilhoite (Hank O'Hare)
John Short (Pesky Miller)
Eddie Albert (Chief Maloney)
Mark von Holstein (Donovan O'Shea)
Henry Gibson (Professor Gerhardt Von Kreutzer)
Ed Nelson (President Harry S. Truman)
Tom Aldredge (the fake Captain Borg)
Matthew Cowles (the real Captain Borg)
Avner Eisenberg (Carlos The Magnificent)
Mary Lou Rosato (Esperanza)
Rex Pierson (Boris)
David Efron (Mischa)
Dario Carnevale (a young guide from India)
Sergio Pereira (a young Portugese taxi driver)
Antoni Corone (Karl)
Joshua Sussman (Carl)
Reathel Bean (The Globe editor)
Robert Weil (Gus)
Pola Miller (the gypsy fortune teller)
Tod Booth (reporter 1)
George Marshall Ruge (reporter)
Cyndi Vicino (nurse)
Steve Tiger (chief of the Agape natives)
Carmen Jovet (San Juan saleslady)
Ramon Saldana (Spanish policeman)
Carlos A. Martir (petshop owner)
William Agosto (street vendor)
Antonio Fabrizio (cargo plane pilot)
Bob Noble (maitre d')
Robert Ellis Miller
Stephen P. Murray (man in blue suit)
PLOT SUMMARY
Struggling comic strip artist Mike is amazed
when his creation, Brenda Starr, comes to life and, upset by how little
Mike seems to appreciate her, leaves the strip. In desperation, Mike
draws himself into the strip and finds himself in the worldof Brenda
Starr where the plucky reporter has gone to Amazon in search of a
scientist who has created a secret formula which allows him to create
cheap fuel from water.
AVAILABILITY
Germany
Video Distributor: Highlight Video
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Triumph Releasing Corporation (1992)
Video Distributor: Columbia TriStar
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV 10927)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
Rating: PG
TIMELINE
1989
July
20: West Germany – theatrical release
1992
April
15: USA – theatrical release
1993
December
28: Finland – television broadcast
1999
December
7: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV 10927))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Brenda Starr - Stjärnreportern –
Swedish title
Brenda Starr - tähtireportteri - Finn television
title
Brenda Starr l'avventura in prima pagina - Italian
title
O Perigo É a Minha Profissão –
Portugese title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
Brenda Starr (1976)
Brenda Starr (1986)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cinema 15 June 1989 (Germany)
Review (by Marina Helb)
NEWSPAPERS
A Capital, Guia TV 29 June 1990 (Portugal)
review (by Pedro Do Vale) KEYWORDS
amazon, artists, comic into film, comics, jungles, reporters, scientists
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