Heartbeeps (1981)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 79 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Universal Pictures
Executive Producer: Douglas Green
Producer: Michael Phillips
Associate Producer: John Hill
Unit Production Managers: Don Roberts, Ronald G. Smith

SCRIPT
Script: John Hill
Catskill's Jokes: Henny Youngman

DIRECTION
Director: Allan Arkush
1st Assistant Director: Don Zepfel
2nd Assistant Director: Dean Stephen Lyras

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Charles Rosher Jr
Camera Operator: Paul M. Pollard
1st Assistant Camera: Louis A. Niemeyer
2nd Assistant Camera: Joseph Cosko Jr
Gaffers: Don Nygren, Joe Pender
Best Boy: Bob Mundell
Key Grip: Billy Simpson
2nd Grip: Leo Huntsman
Dolly Grip: George Triandos
Stills: Marcia Reed
Colour Timer: Robert Raring

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Tina Hirsch
Apprentice Editors: Rob Yamamoto, Dale Mishkin
Post-Production Coordinator: Tom Finan
Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett

MUSIC
Music: John Williams
Catskill's Drums: Ed Shaughnessy
Song Performed By: Kat Mandu (The Break)
Orchestrator: Herbert W. Spencer
Score Mixer: John Neal
Music Editor: Kenneth Hall
Assistant Music Editors: Carol Oblath, Cassandra Helas

SOUND
Sound Designer: Colin Mouat
Sound Recordist: Al Florence
Production Sound Mixer: Jim R. Alexander
Re-Recording Mixers: Roger Heman, Phil Flad, Rex Slinkard
Boom Operator: Pat Clark
ADR Editors: Tally Paulos, Gil Hudson
Phil's Voice Editing: Kenneth Karman
Sound Effects: Sound FX Inc
Sound Effects Assistant: John Larsen
Effects Synthesizer: Jack Manning

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Concept Artists: Mike McCracken, James Kagel, Ziggy Geike
Make Up For Aqua: Zoltan Elek
Make Up For Val: Vince Prentice
Hair: Ora T. Green
Costume Designer: Madeline Graneto
Costume Supervisors: Alex D'Alessio, Grace Kuhn, Lorry Richter
Bernadette Peters' Costumes: Theadora Van Runkle

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Stan Winston

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Albert Whitlock
Additional Special Effects: John Stirber
Mechanical Effects Supervisors: Whitey Krumm, Bud Ewing
Phil Designers: Jamie Shourt, Robbie Blalack
Phil's Remote Operators: Gregg Jensen, Mike Lanteri, Dayton Osmond, Kevin Pike
Catskill's Remote Operators: Mel Arnold, Bruce Fox, Jack Manning
Crimebuster Remote Operator: Richard D. Galbraith
Phil's Remote Operator: Dayton Osmond
Robot Effects Liaison: Bob Sturgis

VISUAL EFFECTS
Matte Photographers: Bill Taylor, Dennis Glouner
Matte Crew: Henry Schoessler, Mark Whitlock
Main Title Montage: Intralink Film Graphic Design
Titles and Opticals: Universal Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John W. Corso
Set Designer: Gene Nohlman
Set Decorator: Marc E. Meyer Jr
Property Master: Michael C. Milgrom
Painter: Burt Rotter
Sketch Artist: Bill Major
Greensmen: Bill Cowan, Frank Mitchell

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Katherine Wooten
Location Auditor: Bruce Ehrlich
Production Assistant: Susan Goldberg
Secretary to Allan Arkush: Sandi Smolker
Secretary to Michael Phillips: Susan J. Harris
Transportation Captain: Don Owens
Unit Publicist: Kimberley Coy
Animals Provided By: Steve Martin's Working Wildlife
Animal Trainer: Marc Weiner
Craft Service: Michael Martinez, Paul Martia Sr

LOCATIONS
Locations: Santa Cruz, California, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunts: Buff Brady, Kerrie Cullen, Greg Elam, Hill Farnsworth, Lila Finn, Tom Friedkin, Julie Ann Johnson, Wayne King, Bill McIntosh, Faith Minton, Conrad Palmisano, Regis Parton, Mary Peters, Diane Peterson, Debby Porter, Ross Reynolds, Fred Scheiwiller, Greg Walker

CASTING
Casting: William Batliner, Anita Dann

CAST
Andy Kaufman (Val)
Bernadette Peters (Aqua)
Randy Quaid (Charlie)
Kenneth McMillan (Max)
Melanie Mayron (Susan)
Christopher Guest (Calvin)
Richard B. Shull (factory boss)
Dick Miller (factory watchman)
Kathleen Freeman (helicopter pilot)
Mary Woronov (party house owner)
Paul Bartel, Ann Wharton (party guests)
Barry Diamond (firing range technician / Catskill)
Stephanie Faulkner (firing range technician)
Jeffrey Kramer (party butler robot)
Irene Forrest, Karsen Lee Gould (party maid robot)
David Gene LeBell (forklift driver robot)
Jerry Garcia (voice of Phil)
Jack Carter (voice of Catskill)
Ron Gans (voice of Crimebuster)

PLOT SUMMARY

Household robots Val and Aqua develop emotions and fall in love. Realising that their life of domestic service isn't for them, they decide to run away together.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Pictures
Video Distributors: MCA

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: PG

AWARDS

1982
Academy Awards, USA
Best Makeup (Stan Winston) - nominated

TIMELINE

1981
December
19: USA – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

WANTED - Be on the lookout for this gang of misfit robots

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Batidas de Coração - Portugese title
Herzquietschen - West German title
Ruostumatonta rakkautta - Finnish title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Variety 23 December 1981 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.168
credits, review

Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume III pp.122-123
credits

KEYWORDS

androids, the future, robots

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009