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The Rainbow Thief (1990)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1990
Running Times: 87 mins
Format: colour/35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Burrill Productions/Rink Anstalt
Executive Producers: Johannes Weineck, Alexander Salkind (uncredited),
Pierre Spengler (uncredited)
Producer: Vincent Winter
SCRIPT
Script: Berta Domínguez D.
DIRECTION
Director: Alejandro
Jodorowsky
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ronnie Taylor
Gaffer: Alan Martin
Best Boy: Gary Cross
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Mauro Bonanni
MUSIC
Music: Jean Musy
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Barbara Kidd
Wardrobe Master: Alan Flyng
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects: Effects Associates Ltd
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Didier Naert, Alexandre Trauner
OTHER CREW
Unit Driver: Mark Davies (uncredited)
LOCATIONS
Locations: Gdañsk, Poland
CAST
Peter O'Toole (Prince Meleagre)
Omar Sharif (Dima)
Christopher Lee
(Uncle Rudolf)
Francesco Romano (Marcus)
Jude Alderson (Hortensia)
Brigitte Barclay, Carolyn Cortez, Debbie Ferrari, Amanda Jane Forbes,
Rachel Garley, Kirsten Imrie, Marion Turner (Rainbow girls)
David Boyce (clown)
Jane Chaplin (Lady Jane)
Brian Conway, Tom Hibbert, Kate Versey (ambulance attendants)
Peter Dennis (Winter)
Joanna Dickens (Ambrosia)
Berta Domínguez D. (Tiger Lily)
Edward Donovan (Rolf)
Linzi Drew (Madame Rainbow)
Ian Dury (bartender)
Chris Greener (Caesar)
Kay Hamilton (Miss Fenwick)
Brian Hibbard (Madame Claire)
Stephen Jenn (Michelle)
Sheila Keith (Bernadette)
Andy McEven (Barker)
Declan Mulholland (Pug)
Ken Parry (Snow)
Ian Ricketts (Casket)
Jean-Yves Tual (Colonel Heywood)
AVAILABILITY
USA
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
Rating: R (for some nudity) TIMELINE
1994
January
19: France – theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
You can just live. Or you can live it up.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Il ladro dell'arcobaleno - Italian title
Le voleur d'arc-en-ciel - French title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
In Camera Summer 1990 p.5 (UK)
credits, note
Positif no.357 (November 1990) p.59 (France)
review
Première February 1994 p.52 (France)
review (by Eric Libiot)
Screen International no.747 (10 March
1990) p.6 (UK)
note
Screen International no.749 (24 March
1990) p.25 (UK)
credits
Screen International no.777 (6 October
1990) p.29 (UK)
review
Variety 5 November 1990 p.74 (USA)
credits, synopsis, review
KEYWORDS
dwarves, floods, prostitution, sewers, thieves
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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