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Blood and Wine (Original title)
Dates: 1996 (Copyright), 07 March 1997 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Bob Rafelson

Synopsis: Wine merchant Alex Gates is getting old and is trapped in a boring marriage. Victor Spansky, a safecracker, offers him the opportunity of stealing a valuable necklace. They pull it off but Gates' wife accidently comes into possession of the jewellry. Gates finds himself pursuing his own wife.

Genre:
Crime
Credits (92)
Production Company: Blood and Wine Productions, Production Company: Marmont Productions, Production Company: Recorded Picture Company, Production Company: Majestic Films, Executive Producer: Chris Auty, Executive Producer: Bernie Williams, Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Co-producer: Hercules Bellville, Co-producer: Noah Golden, Associate Producer: Kathleen Courtney, Associate Producer: Terry Miller, Production Executive (RPC): Alexandra Stone, Production Associate: Maggie McMonagle, Unit Production Manager: Bernie Williams, Production Supervisor: Kathleen Courtney, Production Co-ordinator: Elayne Schneiderman, Location Manager: Valerie Schields, Post-production Supervisor: Michael J. Harker, Post-production Co-ordinator: Eric Bergman, 2nd Unit Director: George Bud Davis, Assistant Director (1st): Terry Miller, Assistant Director (2nd): Michael Viglietta, Kevin Williams, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Melanie M. Grefé, Script Supervisor: Dug Rotstein, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Ilene Pickus, Casting: Dianne Crittenden, Casting (Associate): Barbara Collins, Casting (Florida): Lori S. Wyman, Screenplay: Nick Villiers, Screenplay: Alison Cross, Story: Nick Villiers, Bob Rafelson, Director of Photography: Newton Thomas Sigel, Director of Photography (2nd Unit): Michael McGowan, Camera Operator: Michael McGowan, Camera Operator (2nd Unit): Gordon Miller, Special Effects Supervisor: Rick Jones, Animatronic Shark: Jim Henson's Creature Shop, JHCS (Creative Supervisor): David Barrington Holt, JHCS (Project Manager/Lead mechanic): Guy Himber, JHCS (Mold Department Supervisor): Phil Jackson, Editor: Steven Cohen, Production Designer: Richard Sylbert, Set Decorator: William Kemper Wright, Storyboard Artist: Marc Baird, Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming, Key Make-up Artist: Manlio Rocchetti, Make-up Artist: Linda V. Melazzo, Jay Cannistraci, Key Hairstylist: Joy Zapata, Hairstylist: Donna Battersby Greene, Title Design: Deborah Ross Film Design, Opticals: Pacific Title, Music: Michal Lorenc, Original Score Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Conductor: Tadeusz Karolak, Orchestrations: Steven Scott Smalley, Orchestrations: Curt Sobel, Orchestrations: Michal Lorenc, Music Producer: Curt Sobel, Score Producer: Michal Lorenc, Curt Sobel, Music Supervisor: Peter Afterman, Music Recording: Tadeusz Meczkowski, Music Mixer: Armin Steiner, Sound Design: Leslie Shatz, Sound Mixer: Peter J. Devlin, Re-recording Mixer: Leslie Shatz, Rick Hart, Dialogue Editor: Sukey Fontelieu, Doug Murray, Sound Effects Editor: Chuck Michael, ADR (Mixer): Gregg Steele, ADR (Recordist): Tami Treadwell, Loop Group: Custom Looping, Leigh French, Foley (Artist): Margie O'Malley, Marni Moore, Foley (Editor): Malcolm Fife, Stunt Co-ordinator: Bud Davis, Stunts: Jennifer Badger, Stunts: Tom Bahr, Stunts: Chick Bernhardt, Stunts: Danny Downey, Stunts: Beau Gibson, Stunts: Cort Hessler, Stunts: Artie Malesci, Stunts: Lynn Salvatori, Stunts: Bill Scharpf, Marine Co-ordinator: Tom Bahr
Cast (21)
Jack Nicholson (Alex Gates), Stephen Dorff (Jason), Jennifer Lopez (Gabriella), Judy Davis (Suzanne Gates), Harold Perrineau Jr (Henry), Michael Caine (Victor Spansky), Robyn Peterson (Dina), Mike Starr (Mike), John Seitz (Frank), Mark Macaulay (guard), Dan Daily (Todd), Marta Velasco (Gabriella' cousin), Thom Christopher (1st jeweller), Mario Ernesto Sánchez (Artie (fishing ace)), John Hackett (gas station attendant), Hector Montano (Gabriella's grandfather), Vanessa L. Hernandez (Cuban little girl), Carmen López (head nurse), Antoni Corone (Caribbean Club bartender), Jim Torres Towers (father of Gabriella's cousin), Glice Montano (Gabriella's grandmother)