The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 88 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Lija Productions / Universal Pictures
Executive Producer: Jane Wagner
Producer: Hank Moonjean
Associate Producers: Katy Emde, Barry R. Parnell
Unit Production Manager: Rowe Wallerstein

SCRIPT
Script: Jane Wagner
Novel: Richard Matheson

DIRECTION
Director: Joel Schumacher
1st Assistant Director: Katy Emde
2nd Assistant Director: Emmitt-Leon O'Neil

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Bruce Logan
Camera Operators: Gary B. Kibbe, Gregg Heschong
Assistant Camera: Jud Kehl
2nd Assistant Camera: Roger De Marr
Gaffer: Brink Brydon
Electricians: Dennis DiCristina, Richard Engel
Best Boy: Bob Mundell
Key Grip: Jerry Deats
Grips: Steve Gage, Buzz Jochheim, George Campain, Jim Haboush
Stills: Richard Robinson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jeff Gourson
Additional Film Editor: John Farrell
Assistant Film Editors: Bette Cohen, Gary Rosen, Jeff Freeman

MUSIC
Music: Suzanne Ciani
Music Editor: Kenneth Hall

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Albert Marrone
Sound: John Kean
Boom Operator: Fred Miller
Re-Recordist: Robert L. Hoyt
Sound Editor: Roger Sword
Dialogue Loop Editor: Paul Wittenberg
Sound Effects Editor: John Stacy
Sound System: Westrex Recording System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Ve Neill
Hair: Evelyn Trimmer, Lorraine Roberson
Wig Makers: Craig Reardon, Josephine Turner
Costume Designer: Roberta Weiner
Costume Supervisors: Ron Caplan, Stephani Colin, Sheila Mason, Stanley Erickson

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Sidney Creator / Designer: Rick Baker
Special Make Up Effects: Rick Baker, Greg Cannom, Mike McCracken
Hair Technician: Sylvia Nava

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: David Kelsey, Bruno Van Zeebroeck, Guy Faria, Kevin Pike, Roy Arbogast
On Stage Front Projection Technician: Rob Maine
Mold Maker: Steven Spencer

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects Supervisor: Bruce Logan
Process Coordinator: Don Hansard
Title Designer: Phill Norman
Optical Effects: Universal Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Assistant Art Director: James Shanahan
Set Decorator: Jennifer Polito
Property Masters: Bill Dietz, Floyd Farrington, Reggie Peirce
Construction Coordinator: Gareth Davies
Stand-By Painter: Mike Mikita
Production Illustrator: Sherman Labby
Graphic Artist: Mike Hamilton
Sculptor: Yarek Alfer

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Terry Terrill
Production Assistant: Mario Rongstad
Executive Assistant To Lily Tomlin: Jody Sibert
Assistant To Producer: Richard Liebegott
Assistant To Rick Baker: Elaine Baker
Production Secretary: Pamela Smith
Secretary To Executive Producer: Julie Harding
Transportation Captains: Dale Lattimer, Rod White
Unit Publicist: Stanley Brossette

STUNTS
Stunts: Hank Hooker, Steven Hal Lambert, Ann Chatterton, Hugh Hooker, Marneen Fields, Rita Egleston, Stefan Gudju
Stunt Advisor: Bobby Bass

CASTING
Casting: Anita Dann

CAST
Lily Tomlin (Pat Kramer/Judith Beasley)
Charles Grodin (Vance Kramer)
Ned Beatty (Dan Beame)
Henry Gibson (Dr. Eugene Nortz)
Elizabeth Wilson (Dr. Ruth Ruth)
Mark Blankfield (Rob)
Maria Smith (Concepcion)
Pamela Bellwood (Sandra Dyson)
John Glover (Tom Keller)
Nicholas Hormann (Logan Carver)
James McMullan (Lyle Parks)
Shelby Balik (Beth Kramer)
Justin Dana (Jeff Kramer)
Richard A. Baker (Sidney)
Mike Douglas (himself)
David Marsh (jogging neighbour)
Karen Knapp, Mary McCusker, Betty McGuire, Maria O'Brien, Julie Payne, Randolph Powell, David Rupprecht, Donovan Scott, Charles Woolf (neighbours)
John Achorn, Martin Ferrero, Ron House, Will Knox, Mitch Kreindel, Nancy Lenehan, Holly McCarver, Mimi Seton, Alan Shearman, Joe Spano, Ron Vernan, Diz White, Grace Woodard (guards)
Jacki King (herself)
Macon McCalman (Dr Atkins)
Dick Wilson (store manager)
Sally Kirkland (store cashier)
Pat Ast, Dorothy Andrews, June Sanders (customers)
Jonathan Prince (bag boy)
Terry McGovern (cheese demonstrator)
Betty Beaird (woman executive)
Irene De Bari (Spanish soap opera actress (as Irene De Bari)
Dante D'André (Spanish soap opera actor)
Todd Everett, Joseph Hardin (policemen)
Gary Goetzman, M.E. Loree, Robert Phelps, Glenn Robards (newscasters)
James Beach, Dick McGarvin (interviewers)
Julie Brown, Janice Carroll (TV commercial actresses)
Annie Knight (kitchen worker)
Kevin Brando, Randy Morton (neighbourhood children)
Ari Zeltzer (boy with gun)
Mitzi Hoag (Vance's secretary)
Albert Marotta, Tommy McLoughlin, Jan Stuart Schwartz, Richmond Shepard, Mitchel Young-Evans (toys)
Frank Delfino
Bruce Logan
Richard B. Walker

PLOT SUMMARY

Housewife Pat Kramer is exposed to a combination of household chemicals that cause her to start shrinking. As she struggles to keep her family together, she becomes the target of a group plotting to take over the world.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Video Distributor: MCA
Laserdisc Distributor: MCA

Australia
Rating: G

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

1981
Fantafestival, Portugal
Best Actress (Lily Tomlin) - winner

1982
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Motion Picture: Fantasy or Comedy: Family Enjoyment - nominated
Best Young Motion Picture Actress (Shelby Balik) - nominated

1981
January
30: USA – theatrical release

June
1: Sweden – theatrical release

2001
January
21: France – television broadcast

2007
November
12: USA - television broadcast (on Encore)

Lily Tomlin has a little problem...

Apua, kutistun - Finnish title
Die Unglaubliche Geschichte der Mrs K - West German title

REMAKE OF
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

SEE ALSO
King Kong (1933)

films based on books, children, christmas, dolls houses, elevators, genetic engineering, kidnapping, miniaturization, remakes, secret headquarters, showers, telephones

Last Updated: 1 March, 2009