I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 99 mins (Germany - cut version)     100 mins
Length: 2816 metres
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Panavision
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby     SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Corporation / Mandalay Entertainment / Summer Knowledge LLC
Executive Producer: William S. Beasley
Producers: Stokely Chaffin, Erik Feig, Neal H. Moritz
Production Supervisor: Sharyn Shimada-Huggins
California Unit Production Supervisor: Steve Dayan
Unit Production Manager: William S. Beasley
California Unit Production Coordinator: John Kreidman
Assistant Production Coordinators: Beth A. Bargas, Belinda S. Baker

SCRIPT
Script: Kevin Williamson
Novel: Lois Duncan

DIRECTION
Director: Jim Gillespie
2nd Unit Director: Steve Mirkovich
1st Assistant Director: Louis D'Esposito
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Robert Girolami
2nd Assistant Director: Marianne M. Scanlon
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Stephen LoNano

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Denis Crossan
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Tom Priestley
Camera Operator: Joseph C. D'Alessandro
B Camera Operators / Steadicam: Larry McConkey, Mark Van Loon
California Unit B Camera Operator: Michael Santy
California Unit Underwater Camera Operator: Mike Thomas
California Unit Aerial Camera Operator: David B. Nowell
Steadicam Operator: Mike Smith
1st Assistant Camera: Paige Thomas
2nd Assistant Camera: Michael H. Repeta
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: John Perkinson
Additional Assistant Camera (Bodega Bay): Jan Ruona
California Unit Underwater Assistant Camera: Jay Heron
Chief Lighting Technician: Mick McNeely
2nd Unit Chief Lighting Technician: Thomas Lynn Dodson
Assistant Chief Lighting Techician: Jack McCollum
California Unit Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Medel Ramos
Lighting: Michael Meier (uncredited)
Gaffer: Lynn Dodson
Electricians: Ben Noble, Dan Jones, Kahlil Fadel, Mark A. Lewis
Best Boy Electric: Jack McCollum
Key Grip: Mark J. Rainsford
2nd Unit Key Grip: David Noble
Grips: Ben D. Griffith Jr, Dalton Hendrix, Jim Cote
Best Boy Grip: Eric Jones
California Unit Best Boy Grip: Robert J. McCann
Dolly Grip: Bret Straughn
Stills: James Bridges
Colour Timer: David Orr
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Camera Dollies: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment
Lab: Technicolor

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Steve Mirkovich
1st Assistant Editor: Timothy Alverson
Assistant Editor: Timothy Alverson
Associate Editor: William Yeh
Apprentice Editor (NC): Brian Day
Apprentice Editor (CA): Michael Mirkovich
Post-Production Supervisor: Nancy Kirhoffer
Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
Editing Systems Provided By: Eagle Eye Digital

MUSIC
Music: John Debney
Additional Music:
Music Performed By: The Band of HM Royal Marines (Portsmouth)
Additional Music Arranger: Peter Heming (Portsmouth)
Songs: Joe South (Hush), Jim Seals, Dash Crofts (Summer Breeze), B. Holland, K. Wasserman (D.U.I.), Green Apple Quick Step (Kid), John Lennon, Paul McCartney (Hey Bulldog), Rick Miller (My Baby's Got The Strangest Ways), The Din Pedals (Waterfall), Oran Thorton, Trevor Thorton (One Hundred Days), Goatboy (Great Life), Alex Callier, Raymond Geerts, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Pierre Henry (2Wicky), Adam Cohen, Phil Roy (Don't Mean Anything), Charkes Zimmerman, Alfred Miles, George Lottman, Domenico Savino (Anchors Aweigh), Christy Schnabel, Jerry DiRicenzo (Forgotten Too), Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittler (Wake Up Call), John Philip Sousa (Stars and Stripes Forever), George M. Cohan (You're a Grand Old Flag), H. Ledbetter (Where Did You Sleep Last Night), Arthur Freed, Nicio Herb (Beautiful Girl), Ultra Naté, Lem Springsteen, John Ciafone (Free), Dean Pitchford, Michael Gore (Fame), Lisa Blue Fasman (On the Wings of Tomorrow)
Songs Performed By: Type O Negative (Summer Breeze), Barry Fast (Summer Breeze), Kula Shaker (Hush), The Offspring (D.U.I.), Green Apple Quick Step (Kid), Toad The Wet Sprocket (Hey Bulldog), Southern Culture On The Skids (My Baby's Got The Strangest Ways), The Din Pedals (Waterfall), Flick (One Hundred Days), Goatboy (Great Life), Hooverphonic (2Wicky), Adam Cohen (Don't Mean Anything), The Band of the Grenadier Guards (Anchors Aweigh), Ugly Beauty (Forgotten Too), Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Wake Up Call), West Brunswick High School Band (America the Beautiful, Stars and Stripes Forever, You're a Grand Old Flag), Lead Belly (Where Did You Sleep Last Night), Bing Crosby (Beautiful Girl), Ultra Naté (Free), Jennifer Bland (Fame), Lisa Blue Fasman (On the Wings of Tomorrow)
Songs Arranged By: Barry Fast (Summer Breeze), John Kimon (America the Beautiful), Eric Colvin (Fame)
Orchestrators: Brad Dechter, Jeff Atmajian, Frank Bennett, Don Nemitz
Music Supervisor: Alex Steyermark
Executive Music Consultant: Budd Carr
Scoring Engineer: John Richards
Music Editor: Tom Carlson
Synthesizing Mixer: Mick Stern
Music Contractor: Sandy De Crescent
Music Recording At: Todd-AO Recording Studios
Music Mixing At: Signet Sound
Music Preperation: Joanne Kane Music Services

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Robin Johnston, Art Schiro
Sound Mixer: Carl Rudisill
Boom Operator: C. Douglas Cameron
Re-Recording Mixers: Matthew Iadarola, Gary Gegan
Supervising Sound Editors: Michael Hilkene, C.T. Welch
Sound Editing: Dimension Sound
1st Assistant Sound Editor: Douglas Parker
2nd Assistant Sound Editors: Kent Forbes, James Morioka, Alexandra Hawkinson
Apprentice Sound Editor: Pernell Salinas
ADR Recordist: Diane Linn
ADR Mixer: Ann Hadsell
ADR Editor: Petra Bach
Dialogue Editor: Gaston Biraben
Special Sound Effects Recordist: Ken J. Johnson
Sound Effects Editors: Odin Benitez, Brian Risner, Greg Schorer
Foley Artists: Ellen Heuer, Michael Broomberg
Foley Recordist: Don Givens
Foley Mixer: Marilyn Graf
Foley Editor: John O. Wilde
Cable Person: Daniel Giannattasio
Post Production Sound: Todd-AO Studios

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Bonita DeHaven
Make Up: Linda Kamp
California Unit Assistant Make Up: Kris Ravetto
Key Hair: Lisa Marie Rosenberg
Hair: Judith H. Bickerton
California Unit Assistant Hair: Mariann Ybarra-Williamson
Costume Designer: Catherine Adair
Costume Supervisor: Pauline White
Key Costumer (LA): Yvonne Kubis
Set Costumer: Vanessa Jenik

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Prosthetics: Matthew W. Mungle, Jamie Kelman

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: John D. Milinac
California Unit Special Effects: Stanley Blackwell
Special Effects Leadperson: William A. Purcell Jr
Special Effects Foreman / Welder: Michael Scorr
Special Effects Set Leadperson: Michael J. Hudson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles and Opticals: Cinema Research Corporation

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Gary Wissner
Art Director: John J. Rutchland III
Assistant Art Director: Alan Hook
Set Designers: Andrew Menzies, Alan Hook
Set Decorator: James Edward Ferrell Jr
California Unit Set Decorator: Chris Spellman
On-Set Dresser: Scott A. Lawson
Set Dresser: Jeffrey A. Hughes (uncredited)
Property Master: Richard Waldrop
Assistant Property Master: Doug White
Buyer: Cynthia M. LaJeunesse
Propmaker Foremen: Gary W. Lang, Barry Spencer
Property Maker: Richard Whitney
Construction Foreman: Walker Daniel Kiser Jr
California Unit General Construction Foreman Dale DeStefani
Paint Foreman: Barry Kootchin
Illustrator: Marc Vena
Mill Shop Foreman: Rufus D. Best Sr
Lead Greensman: Zachary M. H. Boozer
Lead Man: Stephen C. Peterman
California Unit Lead Person: Richard E. Brown

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Christine Moore
Accountant: Gregor Wilson
Assistant Accountants: Pamela Williamson, Derek Ellis
Post Production Accountant: Henry Cornelissen
Key Set Production Assistant: Chad Graves
Set Production Assistants: David Curtis, Erik Whitestone
California Unit Key Production Assistant: Mark Hager
Production Assistant (Wilmington): Savannah Barnes
Production Assistant (Southport): Douglas R. Jones
Assistant to Neal H. Moritz: Melisa Kashiwahara
Assistant to Erik Feig: Dhana Rivera
Assistant to Stokely Chaffin: Sean O'Keefe
Transportation Coordinator: Shane Summers
Transportation Captain: David Frederick
California Unit Transportation Captain: Domiciano Rodriquez
Transportation Co-Captain: Johnnie R. Peterson
California Unit Transportation Co-Captain: Gregory Nutt
Picture Car Coordinator: Jesse A. Smith
Marine Coordinator: Captain Jeff Johnson
Boat Boss: Woody Richardson
California Unit Helicopter Pilot: Alan Purwin
Craft Service: April H. Grantham
California Unit Craft Service: James W. Wilhelm
Catering: Ken & Art's Catering
California Unit Catering: Angel's Catering
Unit Publicist: Patricia Story
Publicists: Beth Bromley, Cara White, Pat Story
Completion Guarantee: International Film Guarantors Inc

LOCATIONS
Locations: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA, Jenner and Timber Cove area, California, USA, New Brunswick, Canada, Southport, North Carolina, USA
Location Manager: Louis F. DiFelice
Assistant Location Managers: Kelley Finn, Ryan Schaetzle

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Wilmington North Carolina Film Commission, Sonoma County Film Commission

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Freddie Hice
Stunts: Lisa Dempsey, Dustin Meier, Bob Brown, Bob MacDougall, John Meier, Erin Ricotti Hice, Troy Robinson, James Schwartz, Randy Johnson

CASTING
Casting: Mary Vernieu
Casting Director(NC): Craig Fincannon
Casting Associate: Anne McCarthy
Extras Casting: Marty Cherrix
Extras Casting Assistant: Amy E. Cherrix
ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris

CAST
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Julie James)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Helen Shivers)
Ryan Phillippe (Barry Cox)
Freddie Prinze Jr (Ray Bronson)
Muse Watson (Benjamin Willis / fisherman)
Bridgette Wilson (Elsa Shivers)
Anne Heche (Melissa Egan)
Johnny Galecki (Max)
Stuart Greer (Officer)
J. Don Ferguson (MC)
Deborah Hobart (Mrs James)
Mary McMillan (Mrs Cox)
Rasool J'Han (Deb)
Dan Albright (Sheriff)
Lynda Clark (pageant official)
Shea Broom (contestant 1)
John Bennes (old man)
Jennifer Bland (contestant 2)
William Neely (Hank)
Jonathan Quint (David Egan)
Richard Dale Miller, Mary Neva Huff, David Lee Hartman (band members)
Patti D'Arbanville (Mrs Shivers - uncredited)
Johnna Jalot (party guest - uncredited)

Stand-In For Freddie Prinze Jr: Sam Feuer
Stand-In Sarah Michelle Gellar: Adryenn Ashley (uncredited)
Stand-In: Scott B. Robinson (uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

On the fourth of July, four teenagers accidentally hit a man on the road. Believing him to be dead and fearful of police involvement, they decide to dump the body in the sea, but are horrified when the "corpse" revives and, in panic, they complete the job and kill him. One year later, the group start receiving ominous messages telling them "I know what you did last summer" and a hook wielding maniac begins picking them off..

Frankly, who gives a damn what this sorry bunch of losers did last summer? Predictable and formulaic, with dreadful performances and uninspired direction, I Know What You Did Last Summer was nontheless a huge hit, chiefly on the back of the success of Wes Craven's superior Scream (1996). It revealed Scream scriptwriter's supposed talent for "irony" as just a desire to slavishly retread the teen slashers of his youth without actually adding anything new and director Jim Gillespie runs out of ideas pretty quickly and instead concentrates on Love Hewitt's breasts, which easily give the best performance in the film - a trait taken to ludicrous extremes by director Danny Cannon in the unbelievably bad sequel, the predictably titled I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Video Distributor: LK-TEL

Australia
Theatrical Distributor: Roadshow Film Distributors
Video Distributor: Roadshow Entertainment Video

France
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Constantin Film
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (26478)

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: TriPictures S.A.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Entertainment
video release (Entertainment in Video (EVS1252)
DVD Distributor: Entertainment in Video (EDV9019)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment
Video Distributor: Columbia TriStar
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (23926), Columbia / Tristar (02692)
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (23929), Columbia/Tristar (02539)

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: MA

Belgium
Rating: KNT

Chile
Rating: 14

Finland
Rating: K-16

France
Rating: -12

Germany
Rating: 16 (cut version), 18 (uncut version)

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

Mexico
Rating: B

Netherlands
Rating: 16

New Zealand
Rating: R16

Norway
Rating: 15

Portugal
Rating: M/16

Spain
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

Switzerland
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: 15 (video release), 18 (theatrical release)

USA
Rating: R (for strong horror violence and language)

1998
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, USA
Top Box Office Films (John Debney) - winner

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Favorite Female Newcomer (Jennifer Love Hewitt) - winner
Favorite Supporting Actress: Horror (Sarah Michelle Gellar) - winner
Favorite Actor: Horror (Freddie Prinze Jr) - nominated
Favorite Actress: Horror (Jennifer Love Hewitt) - nominated
Favorite Supporting Actor: Horror (Ryan Phillippe) - nominated

International Horror Guild, USA
Best Movie - nominated

MTV Movie Awards, USA
Best Breakthrough Performance (Sarah Michelle Gellar) - nominated

Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress (Jennifer Love Hewitt) - nominated

1997
October
17: USA - theatrical release

November
27: Australia - theatrical release

December
10: Thailand - theatrical release
12: UK - theatrical release

1998
January
8: Hong Kong, Singapore - theatrical release
9: Denmark - theatrical release
14: Spain - theatrical release
22: Argentina - theatrical release
23: Norway - theatrical release
28: France - theatrical release
30: Bulgaria - theatrical release
31: Israel - theatrical release

February
6: Finland, Iceland, Poland - theatrical release
11: Belgium - theatrical release
12: New Zealand - theatrical release
25: Switzerland (French speaking region) - theatrical release
26: Slovakia - theatrical release
27: Mexico - theatrical release

March
5: Netherlands - theatrical release
13: Slovenia, Switzerland (German speaking region) - theatrical release
19: Germany - theatrical release
20: Estonia - theatrical release
24: USA - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (23926)), DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (23929))
27: Brazil - theatrical release

April
3: Portugal - theatrical release
5: Kuwait - theatrical release
9: Hungary, Sweden - theatrical release

June
6: Japan, South Korea - theatrical release
16: USA - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (02539))

August
4: USA - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (02692))

October
16: Turkey - theatrical release

November
2: UK - video release (Entertainment in Video (EVS1252)

1999
May
21: UK - DVD release (Entertainment in Video (EDV9019))

2002
March
19: UK - television broadcast (on Film Four)

June
21: UK - television broadcast (on Film Four / Film Four Plus 1)

October
26: USA - television broadcast (on OUCC19)

If you're going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.

Someone knows their secret, someone knows they're scared, and someone knows what they did last summer.

Someone's got a hook to wield...

Eu Sei O Que Voces Fizeram No Verao Passado - Brazilian title
Ich weiß, was Du letzten Sommer getan hast - German title
Jag vet vad du gjorde förra sommaren - Swedish title
Koszmar minionego lata - Polish title
Last Summer - Japanese title
Le pacte du silence - French Canadian title
Sé lo que hicísteis el último verano - Spanish title
Sé lo que hicieron el verano pasado - Mexican title
Sei o Que Fizeste no Verao Passado - Portugese title
So cosa hai fatto - Italian title
Souviens-toi... l'été dernier - French title
Tiedän mitä teit viime kesänä - Finnish title
Tudom, mit tettél tavaly nyáron - Hungarian title

SEQUEL
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

SEE ALSO
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Joy Ride (2001)
Scary Movie (2000)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)
Suspicions (1995)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001)

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.29 no.6/7 (November 1997) pp.14-15 (USA)
illustrated article (Director Jim Gillespie on the latest 'scream' from writer Kevin Williamson by William Wilson Goodson Jr)

Cinema April 1998 p.82 (Hungary)
review (by Eric Stahl)

Empire January 1998 p.40 (UK)
review (by Darren Bignell)

Empire August 1998 p.123 (UK)
review (by Ian Freer)

Film Review January 1998 p.20 (UK)
review (by Ian Calcutt)

Premiere February 1998 p.37 (France)
review (by Christophe Carriere)

Total Film January 1998 p.96 (UK)
review (by David Wend)

Total Film August 1998 p.96 (UK)
review (by Andrew Sumner)

NEWSPAPERS

A Capital 3 April 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazuna)

Correio da Manha 3 April 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Vitoriano Rosa)

Diário de Notícias 3 April 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Eurico De Barros)

Diário de Notícias, DNmais 4 April 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Joao Antunes)

Diário de Notícias, DNmais 7 November 1998 (Portugal)
review (by Joao Antunes)

Svenska Dagbladet 9 April 1998 (Sweden)
review (Godmodigt by Jan Söderqvist)

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Last Updated: 25 August, 2009