Matinee (1993)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1993
Running Times: 99 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Renfield Productions / Universal Pictures
Producer: Michael Finnell
Co-Producer: Pat Kehoe
Unit Production Manager: Pat Kehoe
Production Coordinator: Dana Williams
Assistant Production Coordinator: Margo Carol Hunt

SCRIPT
Script: Charlie Haas
Story: Jerico Haas, Charlie Haas

DIRECTION
Director: Joe Dante
1st Assistant Director: Donald P.H. Eaton
2nd Assistant Director: Cynthia A. Potthast
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Molly M. Mayeux

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Hora
Camera Operator: Bill Asman
Steadicam Operator: John Corso
1st Assistant Camera: Norm Cattell
2nd Assistant Camera: Anthony J. Realmuto
Camera Loader: Rusty Burrell
Gaffer: Pierre Roseman
Electricians: Martin Rudder, Robert 'Fod' Reedy Jr, C. Scott Wilkerson, Mike 'Gobo' Gallagher
Best Boy Electric: Robert S. Scott
Key Grip: Edward J. Knott Jr
Grips: James P. Crapser, Luke Halpin
Dolly Grip: Joe Mast
Best Boy Grip: Kevin Tomas Knott
Key Rigging Grip: Casey Osborne
Stills: Dean Williams
Video Supervisor: Bob Morgenroth
Video Playback: E=mc²
Colour Timer: Michael George
Colour: DeLuxe
Lab: Continental Film Laboratories, Miami, USA

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Marshall Harvey
Assistant Editors (Florida): Annie L. Wiggington, Gaston Santiso
Assistant Editor (Los Angeles): David Reale
Apprentice Editor (Los Angeles): Jim Schulte
Negative Cutter: Kevin Henry

MUSIC
Music: Jerry Goldsmith; Herman Stein (uncredited)
Songs: Hugo Peretti, Albert Stanton, George David Weiss, Luigi Creatore (The Lion Sleeps Tonight, based on a song by Solomon Linda and Paul Campbell); Gerry Goffin, Carole King (Loco-Motion); Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance); Johnny A. Smith (Walk, Don't Run); Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer (My Boyfriend's Back); Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent (The End Of The World); Lee Pockriss, Lyn Duddy (Johnny Angel); Buck Ram (The Great Pretender)
Songs Performed By: The Tokens (The Lion Sleeps Tonight); Little Eva (Loco-Motion); Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance); The Challengers (Walk, Don't Run); The Angels (My Boyfriend's Back); Skeeter Davis (The End Of The World); Shelley Fabares (Johnny Angel); The Platters (The Great Pretender)
Arranger: Dick Jacobs
Orchestrator: Alexander Courage
Conductor: Dick Jacobs
Score Recordist / Mixer: Bruce Botnick
Music Editor: Kenneth Hall
Music Copyist: Jo Ann Kane
Orchestra Contractor: Sandy DeCrescent

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Howard Warren
Boom Operator: Scott Warren
Re-Recording Mixer: Jim Bolt, Andy D'Addario, Rick Alexander
Supervising Sound Editors: Mark Mangani, George Simpson
Sound Editors: David A. Whittaker, Julia Evershade, Warren Hamilton Jr
Assistant Sound Editors: Denise Cochran, Josephine Nericcio, Oscar Mitt
Group ADR Coordinator: Mickie McGowan
ADR Mixer: Doc Kane
ADR Editor: Curt Shulkey
Special Sound Effects: John Pospisil
Sound Effects Librarian: Steve Lee
Foley Recordist: Sandra Garcia
Foley Artists: Ellen Heuer, Joan Rowe
Foley Mixer: Marilyn Graff
Foley Editors: John J. Carr, Rick Mitchell
Cable Person: Dana Carufel
Sound Transfer: Dave Moreno, Matthew C. Beville
Re-Recorded At: Universal Studios Sound Facilities
Sound Editing: Weddington Productions
ADR and Foley Recorded At: Buena Vista Sound

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Rodger Jacobs
Make Up: Selena Evans Miller
Key Hair: Kathe Swanson
Hair: Ronald Scott
Costume Designer: Isis Mussenden
Assistant Costume Designer: Michelle Skoby
Costume Supervisor: M.A. Worobec
Set Costumers: Kelly Webb, Laureen Jacques
Seamstress: Ana Munguia

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Creature Effects Shop Supervisor: Matt J. Britton
Mechanical Coordinator: Jim Fredburg
Assistant Mechanical Coordinator: Michael N. Arbogast
Mechanical Effects Technician: Mark Koivu
Mant / Ant Designer: James Mcpherson
Ant Sculptor / Painter: Bruce S. Fuller
Mant Creature Crew: Johnnie Saiko Espiritu, Jose Fernandez, Bill Sturgeon, Brandon Seifert, Brent Baker, Camilla Henneman, Carolyn Oros, Chuck Crisafulli, Dorothy R. Duder, Heidi Snyder, J.M. Kenny, Jurgen Heimann, Matt J. Britton, Mike Jolley, Sally Ray

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Michelson
Visual Effects Production Manager: Mike Chambers
Visual Effects Director of Photography: Bill Neil
Mant Electricity Animation: Fantasy II Film Effects
Cave Painting Sequence Animator: Mauro Maressa
Assistant Cameraman: Miniature Effects: Raphael Sloane
Titles: R/Greenberg Associates Inc
Mant Trailer Titles: Bret Mixon
Opticals and Optical Compositing: Pacific Title
Process Compositing: Hansard

Miniature Effects Unit
Miniature Effects: Stetson Visual Services Inc; The Chandler Group; Warner Drive Warehouse
Miniature Effects Supervisors: Mark Stetson, Robert Spurlock
Production Coordinators: Laura Lang, Mike Chambers
Key Mechanical Designer: Tom Quinn
Chief Modelmaker: Ian Hunter
Key Modelmakers: Scott Schneider, Tom Griep
Pyrotechnic Supervisor: Joe Viskocil
Gaffer: M. Pierre Cane
Grips: Don Robinson, Keith Claridge, Tom Shaughnessey
Production Assistant: Mark Johnson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Steven Legler
Art Director: Nanci B. Roberts
Set Designer: Stephen Alesch
Set Decorators: Eric Weiler, Frederick C. Weiler
Property Master: Adam Silverman
Assistant Property Master: Gregory Scott Pfeifer
Buyer: Rick Fojo
Prop Assistant: Jane Wymore
Construction Coordinator: Wm. Volker
Lead Scenic Artist: Amy Parsons
Standby Painters: William F. Gambill, Barbara Anne Bock
Illustrator: Barbara Anne Bock
Art Department Assistant: Tiffany Cowsill
Leadman: Bill Cimino
Swing Gang: Nicklas Farrantello, Norman Dulaney, Tom Beck, Curtis Carlin, Kevin Long

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Kathy Zatarga
Production Accountant: Michael D. Roberts
Assistant Accountants: Joan Egan-Rechter, Steve Elliott
Production Associate: Betty Moos
Production Assistants: John G. Karliss, Scott Stevenson
Assistant to Joe Dante and Mike Finnell: Craig Titley
Transportation Coordinator: Denny Caira
Transportation Coordinator (Florida): Kevin Craig
Transportation Coordinator (Los Angeles): Derek Raser
Driver: Bruce Callahan
Unit Publicist: Susan Steinlauf
Catering: Michelson Food Services Inc
Craft Service: Marilyn Tillman
Dialect Coach: Allyn Partin
First Aid: Vivian Welch
Military Advisor: Colonel George E. Palmer
Studio Teachers: Desiree Jones, Steve Elster
Extras Coordinator: Andrea Jordon

LOCATIONS
Locations: Key West, Florida, USA; Cocoa, Florida, USA
Studio: Universal Studios Florida
Location Manager: Heather Farrington Gaetano
Location Manager (Key West): Patricia Madiedo
Assistant Location Manager: Marsha Groome

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Rick Baker

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Smolek
Stunts: Greg Anderson, Janet Elder, Steve Hart, Debbie Kahana, Kim Kahana, Larry Nicholas, Felipe Savahge, Brewster Sears, Kimberly Turvey, Tommy Turvey, Amy Wilder, Danny J. Yates, Joshua Zolin

CASTING
Casting: Gretchen Rennell
Casting (Florida): Melvin Johnson
Casting (UK): Simone Reynolds
Extras Casting: Stevie Lynn
Casting Assistant (Los Angeles): Donnalyn Greenbaum
Casting Assistant (Florida): Kimberly Stephenson

CAST
John Goodman (Lawrence Woolsey)
Cathy Moriarty (Ruth Corday / Carole)
Simon Fenton (Gene Loomis)
Omri Katz (Stan)
Lisa Jakub (Sandra)
Kellie Martin (Sherry)
Jesse Lee (Dennis Loomis)
Lucinda Jenney (Anne Loomis)
James Villemaire (Harvey Starkweather)
Robert Picardo (Howard)
Jesse White (Mr Spector)
Dick Miller (Herb)
John Sayles (Bob)
David Clennon (Jack)
Lucy Butler (Rhonda)
Georgie Cranford (Dwight)
Nick Bronson (Andy)
Cory Barlog, George Carson, Joe Gonzalez (Stan's friends)
Belinda Balaski (Stan's mom)
Charles Haas (Mr Elroy)
Mark McCracken (Mant / Bill)
Archie Hahn (shopping cart star)
Naomi Watts (shopping cart starlet)
Chris Stacy (gas station attendant)
Allison McKay, Glenda Chism (teachers)
Aaron Stormer (kid near Andy)
Lana Bucciarelli ('Eew!' girl)
Richard Rossomme (Shredded Wheat man)
D. Christian Gottshall (store clerk)
Bernard Blanding, Dennis Neal (soldiers)
Luke Halpin (man in crowd)
Eulan Middlebrooks (young man in crowd)
Elizabeth Dimon (theatre cashier)
Shane Obedzinski (bleeding kid)
Summer-Healy Chapin (balcony full kid)
James Scott Hess (kid in floor seat)
Shawn Edward Watkins (kid next to Mr Elroy)
Danny Hanemann (man outside theatre)
Jesse Zeigler (kid in line)
Andy Isaacs (faint kid)
Joe Candelora (fireman)
Steve Zurk (cop)
Mary Moriarty (lady in line)
John Paul Lehman (Marine guard)
Jacob Witkin (Dr Diablo)
Tracy Roberts (screaming woman)
Marc Macaulay (shopping cart crook)
Timothy Bass, Jeff Breslauer (movie theater actors)
Molly Conole, Peggy O'Neal, Colette Piceau (movie theater actresses)
Steve DuMouchel, Kurt Smildsin, Michael T. Kelly (mob actors)
Ike Pappas (newscaster)
Brett Rice (voice of Gene's dad)
Kevin McCarthy (general (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

Flamboyant film producer Lawrence Woolsey plans to open his latest science fiction B-movie Mant in a small town in Florida just as panic over the Cuban missile crisis grips the community. Woolsey, ever the showman, thinks he can turn the crisis to his advantage.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Joe Dante harks back to his mentor Roger Corman as well as the great showman William Castle in this affectionate spoof of 50s and 60s B-movies and the way they were marketed. He also takes a sidelong look at the Cold War paranoia that gripped the States in the early 1960s which provides the film with some historical and social colour. Goodman is excellent as B-movie producer Lawrence Woolsey, the kids are less irritating than usual and Dick Miller turns up again. Lots of fun, especially the wonderful film-within-a-film, Mant.

AVAILABILITY

Germany
DVD Distributors: Cine Plus

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Laurenfilm S.A.

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Guild

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Pictures
Video Distributors: MCA / Universal Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors; MCA / Universal Home Video (41548); MCA / Universal Home Video (41481)
DVD Distributors: Image Entertainment (ID 4288 USDVD)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

AWARDS

1993
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Silver Raven (Joe Dante) - winner

TIMELINE

1993
January
29: USA – theatrical release

July
Day Unknown: UK - theatrical release
7: USA - laserdisc release (MCA / Universal Home Video (41548); 41481))
28: France – theatrical release

December
3: Spain – theatrical release

1998
July
29: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 4288 USDVD))

2001
February
1: Germany - DVD release (Cine Plus)

2006
February
2: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 2 (shown twice))
6: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6 (shown twice))
14: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 8 (shown twice))
23: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6 (shown twice))
26: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 2 (shown twice))

March
3: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 4 (shown twice))
9: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 8 (shown twice))
12: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6 (shown twice))
15: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 2 (shown twice))
21: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 4 (shown twice))
27: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 8 (shown twice))

April
6: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 2 (shown twice))
17: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 4 (shown twice))
26: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6 (shown twice))
29: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 4 (shown twice))

May
4: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6 (shown twice))
8: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 8 (shown twice))
12: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 4 (shown twice))
17: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 8 (shown twice))

POSTER TAGS

Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Kinopaniikki - Finnish title
Matinee - Die Horrorpremiere - German title
Matinée - French Canadian title
Päiväleffa - Finnish title
Panique sur Florida Beach - French title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

SEE ALSO
The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
The Alligator People (1959)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1956)
Beginning of the End (1957)
The Brain Eaters (1959)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Un chien andalou (1929)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Dracula (1958)
The Fly (1958)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Frankenstein (1931)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Killers from Space (1954)
London After Midnight (1927)
Night of the Eagle (1962)
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Son of Flubber (1963)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Tarantula (1955)
Them! (1954)
This Island Earth (1955)
The Tingler (1959)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965)
The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side April 1993 pp.61-64 (UK)
illustrated article

Première August 1993 p.21 (France)
review (by Alain Bouzy)

Studio July / August 1993 p.14 (France)
review (by Gabrielle Devernon)

Variety 8 June 1992 p.13 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror (2nd edition) p.485
credits, review

KEYWORDS

bomb shelters, cinemas, the cold war, the cuban missile crisis, film-in-film, helicopters, movie theaters, switchblades

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009