Year of the Comet (1992)

Regisseur:

Peter Yates

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

William Goldman (written by)

Premierendatum:

24. April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Romanze | Komödie

Werbezeile:

A comedy about romance and other perilous adventures.

Plot:

An extremely rare bottle of wine (bottled during the appearance of the Great Comet of 1811) is discovered...

Plot Keywords:

Search | Chateau | Secret Formula | Lake | Wine Cellar

Nutzerkommentare:

A Beautiful Lass in Beautiful Scenery

Besetzung

Penelope Ann Miller	...	Margaret Harwood
Tim Daly	...	Oliver Plexico
Louis Jourdan	...	Philippe
Art Malik	...	Nico
Ian Richardson	...	Sir Mason Harwood
Ian McNeice	...	Ian
Tim Bentinck	...	Richard Harwood (as Timothy Bentinck)
Julia McCarthy	...	Landlady
Jacques Mathou	...	Doctor Roget
Arturo Venegas	...	Luis
Chapman Roberts	...	John
Nick Brimble	...	Jamie
Andrew Robertson	...	Scottish Farmer
Shane Rimmer	...	T.T. Kelleher
Nicholas Ward Jackson	...	Snobbish Wine Taster
Wilfred Bowman	...	Spiros Nivanos

Regie
Peter Yates

Buch (WGA)
William Goldman		(written by)

Produktion
Alan Brown	....	executive producer
Phil Kellogg	....	executive producer
Nigel Wooll	....	producer
Peter Yates	....	producer

Originalmusik
Hummie Mann

Kamera
Roger Pratt

Schnitt
Ray Lovejoy

Casting
Noel Davis
Pam Dixon
Jeremy Zimmerman

Szenenbild
Anthony Pratt

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
Desmond Crowe
Chris Seagers

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Stephanie McMillan

Kostüme
Marilyn Vance

Maske/Frisuren
Elaine Bowerbank	....	hair stylist: second unit
Elaine Bowerbank	....	makeup artist: second unit
Naomi Donne	....	key hair stylist
Naomi Donne	....	key makeup artist
Sally Sutton	....	hair stylist
Sally Sutton	....	makeup artist

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Jean-Pierre Avice	....	production manager: France
Denise O'Dell	....	production supervisor
Jeffrey Stott	....	production manager

Regieassistenten
Murray Ashton	....	assistant director: France
Gerry Gavigan	....	first assistant director
Ian Hickinbotham	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mic Rodgers	....	second unit director
Paul Taylor	....	second assistant director
Richard Whelan	....	second assistant director: second unit

Ausstattung (Stab)
Terry Apsey	....	construction manager
Martin Asbury	....	storyboard artist
Dennis Bosher	....	draughtsman
Ray Campbell	....	stand-by painter
Darryl Carter	....	stand-by carpenter
Stephen Dobric	....	draughtsman (as Steven Dobric)
Peter Hancock	....	property master
Robert Hill	....	chargehand stand-by propman
Damien Lanfranchi	....	art director: France
Steven Lawrence	....	draughtsman
Paul Lay	....	stand-by stagehand
Steve Macdonald	....	stand-by propman (as Steve MacDonald)
Phillipe Mazauric	....	property buyer: France
John Mcgregor	....	supervising carpenter (as John McGregor)
Dave Midson	....	chargehand dressing propman (as David Midson)
John Moore	....	dressing propman
John New	....	hod carpenter
Ron Newvell	....	hod rigger (as Ronald Newvell)
Brian Read	....	buyer
Eric Regan	....	hod painter
James Stachini	....	hod stagehand
Don Taylor	....	hod plasterer (as Donald Taylor)
Danae Yamalaki	....	art department runner
Adrian Start	....	supervising painter (uncredited)

Ton Stab
Tony Bell	....	sound assistant
Stephen Butler	....	dialogue editor
William Butler	....	adr editor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Hart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carole A. Kenneally	....	assistant sound editor
David Sharpe	....	assistant sound editor
Don Sharpe	....	supervising sound editor
Doug E. Turner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ken Weston	....	sound mixer

Spezialeffekte
Peter Fern	....	special effects technician
George Gibbs	....	special effects supervisor
Trevor Neighbour	....	special effects technician
Andy Williams	....	special effects technician
Joss Williams	....	special effects technician
Terence J. Cox	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Dawson	....	special effects administrator (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Stanley W. Sayer	....	matte photography consultant
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: CFC (uncredited)
Mark Nelmes	....	digital visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Gerry Crampton	....	stunts
Simon Crane	....	stunts
David Cronnelly	....	stunts
Dorothy Ford	....	stunts
Sarah Franzl	....	stunts
Eddie Kidd	....	stunts
Tom Lucy	....	stunts
Gary Powell	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Weston	....	stunts
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter stunt pilot

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Fred Brown	....	electrician
Stuart Bunting	....	grip: second unit
Sean Connor	....	clapper loader: second unit
Clive Coote	....	still photographer
Adam Dale	....	aerial camera operator
Jonathan Earp	....	clapper loader
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Stephen Finch	....	electrician (as Steve Finch)
Alan Grosch	....	generator operator
Simon Hume	....	focus puller: second unit
Jean-Marie Lopez	....	gaffer: France
John Marzano	....	focus puller: helicopter unit
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Lester Mills	....	stand-by rigger
David Morgan	....	focus puller
Mike Proudfoot	....	camera operator
Peter Robinson	....	camera operator: second unit
Peter Robinson	....	steadicam operator
James Swanson	....	camera mount technician
Tony Turner	....	key grip
Toby Tyler	....	electrician

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Rosemary Burrows	....	costume supervisor
Philip Rainforth	....	wardrobe master
Pat Williamson	....	wardrobe mistress

Schnitt (Stab)
Simon Harris	....	first assistant editor
Xavier Loutreuil	....	second assistant editor
Phillip Storch	....	post-production runner
Eddie Wilder	....	color timer
Toby Yates	....	second assistant editor

Musik (Stab)
Ruth Bird	....	assistant music editor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Scott Grusin	....	music editor
Rick Riccio	....	score mixer

Transporte
Roy Clarke	....	driver
Garry Clark	....	driver
Dave Manning	....	driver
Billy Turner	....	driver

Restlicher Stab
Ray Adams	....	labratory consultant
John Bernard	....	location manager: France
Frederick Bovis	....	location manager: France (as Frederic Bovis)
Gilles Castera	....	assistant location manager: France
Diane Christian	....	accounting assistant
Nikki Clapp	....	script supervisor
Laurence Coutaud-Garnier	....	production coordinator: France
Susan d'Arcy	....	publicist (as Sue d'Arcy)
Sarah Dean	....	accounting assistant
Christy Dimmig	....	production coordinator
Patricia Freebery	....	assistant: Peter Yates
Brough Gurney-Randall	....	wine consultant
Marie-Noelle Hauville	....	accountant: France
Deborah Houtsma	....	post-production accountant (as Deborah K. Houtsma)
Henriette Marello	....	caterer: France
Melvyn Master	....	wine consultant
Rachel Neale	....	location manager
Stephen North	....	helicopter engineer
Laragh O'Dell	....	production secretary
David Paris	....	helicopter pilot
Catherine Rae Purves	....	production coordinator (as Catherine Purves-Statham)
Paul Shersby	....	location manager
Demetra Stamus	....	production assistant
Amanda Stevens	....	production runner
Brady Thomas	....	production assistant
Samantha Thomas	....	assistant to producer
Joyce Turner	....	production coordinator
John Wall	....	production accountant
Sue Wall	....	assistant production accountant
Julia Waye	....	key set production assistant
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter pilot
Annie Wotton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Kevin Phelan	....	unit projectionist: Prominent Studios (uncredited)
Duncan Prentice	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Chris Warren	....	video coordinator (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Castle Rock Entertainment
• New Line Cinema

Verleihfirmen

• Columbia Pictures
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (video)

Spezialeffekte

• Computer Film Company, The (CFC)

Weitere Firmen

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Midnite Express  couriers
• Pacific Title  titles

Alternativ:

Jahr des Kometen, Das (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

91 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

France

Firma:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Dies und das:

William Goldman's first original screenplay since Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Seinfeld: The Movie (#4.14)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

(I JUST NEED A PICK AXE TO BREAK YOUR) HEART OF STONE

A Beautiful Lass in Beautiful Scenery

This film is seen by quite a few people as a bit of a turkey but I liked it very much. One other correspondent said he watched it for Ian Richardson and Nick Brimble but my main reason for watching it was Penelope Ann Miller (as with Other People's Money). She's just gorgeous and the scene where Timothy Daly says "the first time I saw you I wanted to sleep with you" touched a chord with me. She's the epitome of the beautiful heroine. I'm a bit of a munro-bagger and have climbed a few of the mountains in the background of a few scenes in this film. Hummie Mann produced some nice celtic music for the Scottish scenes. It puzzles me though how Timothy Daly's character could remain so fit looking despite consuming vast quantities of beer (so addicted he'd brink a can of Bud in a sauna). I admit it could have been better given the vast assemblage of talent involved in it but Penelope Ann Miller brightens up the worst turkey.