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Angel Heart (Original title)
Date: 02 January 1987 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Alan Parker

Synopsis: New York, 1955, Harry Angel is a seedy private eye who is hired by a mysterious businessman to find a musician who apparently did not fulfill the terms of his contract. Angel's search leads him to New Orleans and danger.

Genres:
Detective drama, Horror

Subjects:
Devil, Voodoo, New Orleans
Releases
Date: 1987not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10179 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (98)
©: Carolco International N.V., A Winkast production: Winkast, A Union production: Union, Executive Producer: Mario Kassar, Executive Producer: Andrew Vajna, Produced by: Alan Marshall, Produced by: Elliott Kastner, Associate Producer: Robert Dattila, Production Executive: Dan Mark, Unit Production Manager: Michael Nozik, Production Supervisor: Simon Bosanquet, Production Office Co-ordinator: Ingrid Johanson, Unit Co-ordinator: Mary Richards, Location Manager (NY): Jonathan Filley, Location Manager (New Orleans): Clayton Townsend, Location Co-ordinator (New Orleans): David Ross McCarty, Production Assistant (New Orleans): Mary Shelton, David Dempsey, Production Assistant (NY): Julie Bloom, Production Assistant (NY): Jill Greenberg, Production Assistant (NY): Charles M. Lum, Chris Chandler, Production Assistant (New Orleans): Mark Sarver, Production Assistant (New Orleans): Felix Oliver, Mark Hutto, Production Assistant (NY): Christian Faber, Production Assistant (New Orleans): Leeann Stonebreaker, Production Assistant (NY): Dana Robin, Production Assistant (New Orleans): Wayne Clapion, Production Assistant (NY): David Massar, Production Assistant (New Orleans): Woody Sempliner, Jay Lempart, Production Assistant (NY): Maureen Kleinman, Grant Reid, Assistant Director: Nina Kostroff, First Assistant Director: Ric Kidney, Second Assistant Director: Sarah M. Brim, Casting by: Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins, Extras Casting: Isabelle Kramer, Extras Casting: Rick Landry, Screenplay by: Alan Parker, Based on the novel 'Falling Angel' by: William Hjortsberg, Director of Photography: Michael Seresin, Camera Operator: Michael Roberts, Camera Operator: Michael Levine, Steadicam Operator: Larry McConkey, Special Effects Supervisor: J.C. Brotherhood, Special Effects Assistant: Russell Berg, Edited by: Gerry Hambling, Production Designer: Brian Morris, Art Director: Kristi Zea, Art Director: Armin Ganz, Set Decorator (NY): Robert J. Franco, Set Decorator (New Orleans): Leslie Pope, Lead Set Dresser: John Dwyer, Set Dresser: Michael Benson, Lead Set Dresser: Scott Rosentock, Set Dresser: Martha Fishkin, Set Dresser: Anthony Baldasare, Draughtsman (NY): Dan Davis, Draughtsman (New Orleans): Warren Clymer, Scenic Artist: John Kelly, Scenic Artist: Richard A. Ventre, Scenic Artist: Roger Dietz, Costume Designer: Aude Bronson Howard, Wardrobe Supervisor: Elin Bjorkman, Barbara Hause, Chief Make-up Artist: David Craig Forrest, Make-up: Carla White, Special Make-up Effects: Robert Laden, Title Design: Peter Govey, Opticals: Camera Effects, Original Music by: Trevor Jones, Musician (Saxophones): Courtney Pine, Music Recording: Paul Hulme, Choreography: Louis Falco, Sound Recording: Danny Michael, Sound Re-recording: Robert J. Litt, Sound Re-recording: Elliot Tyson, Sound Re-recording: Steve Maslow, Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph, Sound Effects Editor: William Trent, Foley: Jean-Pierre Lelong, Stunt Co-ordinator: Harry Madsen, Stunt Player: Shirley Walker, Stunt Player: Felix Mauras, Stunt Player: Roy Thomas, Stunt Player: Webster Whinery, Stunt Player: Joy Hooper, Stunt Player: Perry Nichols, Stunt Player: Franklyn Scott, Stunt Player: Jeff Ward, Stunt Player: Bufort McClerkins, Andy Duppin, Horse wrangler: Corky Randall, Animal Trainer: Steve Mcauliff
Cast (62)
Mickey Rourke (Harry Angel), Robert De Niro (Louis Cyphre), Lisa Bonet (Epiphany Proudfoot), Charlotte Rampling (Margaret Krusemark), Stocker Fontelieu (Etham Krusemark), Brownie McGhee (Toots Sweet), Michael Higgins (Doctor Fowler), Elizabeth Whitcraft (Connie), Eliott Keener (Sterne), Charles Gordone (Spider Simpson), Dann Florek (Winesap), Kathleen Wilhoite (nurse), George Buck (Izzy), Judith Drake (Izzy's wife), Gerald Orange (Pastor John), Peggy Severe (Mammy Carter), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Deimos), David Petitjean (baptism preacher), Rick Washburn (Cajun heavy), Neil Newlon (2nd Cajun heavy), Oakley Dalton (Big Jacket), Yvonne Bywaters (Margaret's maid), Loys T. Bergeron (Mike), Joshua Frank (Toothless), Karmen Harris (Harlem mourner), Nicole Burdette (Ellie), Kendell Lupe (oyster Cajun 1), Percy Martin (oyster Cajun 2), Viola Dunbar (concierge), Murray Bandel (bartender), Jarrett Narcisse (Epiphany's child), Ernest Watson (oyster bar saxophonist), Rickie Monie (oyster bar pianist), Sugar Blue (Toots Sweet Band harmonica), Pinetop Perkins (Toots Sweet Band piano), Deacon John Moore (Toots Sweet Band lead guitar), Richard Payne (Toots Sweet Band double bass), W. Alonzo Stewart (Toots Sweet Band drums), Lillian Boutte (Toots Sweet Band vocalist), Joel Adam, Darrel Beasley, Stephen Beasley, Jerome Reddick (tap dancer), Louis Freddie Kohlman, Stephen Kenyatta Simon, Curtis Pierre, Kufaru Aaron Mouton (voodoo drums), Roselyn Lionheart (voodoo musician), Marilyn Banks, Lula Elzy, Francesca J. Ridge, Hope Clarke, Oscar Best, Sarita Allen, Noel Jones, Valerie Jackson, Greer Goff, Arlena Rolant, Karen Davis, Shirleta Jones, Mark Taylor (voodoo dancer), Panama Francis