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The Bridges of Madison County (Original title)
Date: 1995 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Production company billing: ©1995. Warner Bros. [opening logo] Warner Bros. Pictures - a Time Warner Entertainment company Warner Bros. presents an Amblin/Malpaso production [end] Distributed by Warner Bros. Author: Warner Bros. Dolby/DTS Colour by Technicolor [2.35:1] MPAA: 33820 Country of First Publication: United States of America
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Robert James Waller. Set in Madison County, Iowa. Tells the story of the secret romance between an Italian housewife and a professional photographer, who is on an assignment to photograph the county's Roseman and Holliwell covered bridges. Told in flashbacks from a letter found by her children years later.Synopsis: Film about a secret romance of an Italian war bride. Told in flashbacks from a letter found by her children years later.

Genre:
Romance

Subjects:
Photographers, Bridges
Releases
Date: 02 June 1995Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby / DTS (sound)Runtime: 134 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (121)
©/Author: Warner Bros., Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Production Company: Malpaso Company, Presents/Distributed by: Warner Bros., Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, Associate Producer: Tom Rooker, Associate Producer: Michael Maurer, Production Associate: Adam Bernhard, Production Associate: B. Ted Deiker, Production Associate: Erich Moeller, Production Associate: Kara Sjoblom, Production Associate: Channing Work, Production Associate: Gillian Wynn, Unit Production Manager: Jim Behnke, Production Accountant: Jeffrey Kloss, Assistant Production Accountant: David Romano, Roselyn Winward, Location Manager: Ken Haber, Production Secretary: Lisa A. Becker, Assistant Production Secretary: Jason McGatlin, Assistant to Clint Eastwood: Melissa Rooker, Assistant to Kathleen Kennedy: Matt Freeman, Assistant to Meryl Streep: Maggie Pierson, Assistant Director (1st): Bill Bannerman, Assistant Director (2nd): Robert Lorenz, Script Supervisor: Cate Hardman, Casting by: Ellen Chenoweth, Casting Assistant: Gabby Leff, Extras Casting: James Axotis, Michelle Vanderpool-kohrs, Screenplay by: Richard LaGravenese, Based on the novel by: Robert James Waller, Director of Photography: Jack N. Green, Camera Operator: Stephen S. Campanelli, Steadicam Operator: Stephen S. Campanelli, 1st Assistant Camera: William Coe, 2nd Assistant Camera: John A. Waldo, Chief Lighting Technician: Colin J. Campbell, Assistant Lighting Technician: Frank Scheidbach, Rigging Gaffer: Frankie R. Jimenez Jr, Key Grip: Dicky Deats, Best Boy Grip: Michael E. Matteson, Dolly Grip: Jerry C. Deats, Still Photographer: Ken Regan, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Steve Riley, Special Effects Consultant: John Frazier, Special Effects: Joe Pancake, Special Effects: Francis Pennington, Special Effects: Jeff Denes, Edited by: Joel Cox, Assistant Film Editor: Michael Cipriano, Assistant Film Editor: Patrick Flannery, Don Roth, Production Designed by: Jeannine Oppewall, Art Director: William Arnold, Assistant Art Director: Charles W. Breen, Set Decorator: Jay Hart, Property Master: Edward Aiona, Assistant Property Master: Michael Sexton, Construction Co-ordinator: Edward England, Construction Foreman: Tyler Osman, Standby Painter: Ricky Riggs, Costume Designer: Colleen Kelsall, Men's Set Costumer: Kelly Lindquist, Women's Set Costumer: Deedee Montesanto, Wardrobe Supervisor: David Davenport, Make-up Artist: Mike Hancock, Meryl Streep's Make-up/Hair: J. Roy Helland, Hairstylist: Carol O'connell, Titles and Opticals by: Pacific Title, Colour Timer: Bob Putynkowski, Colour by: Technicolor, Filmed in: Panavision, Negative Cutting: Mo Henry, Music by: Lennie Niehaus, Music Editor: Donald Harris, Scoring Mixer: Bobby Fernandez, Music Consultant: Bruce Ricker, Sound Mixer: Willie D. Burton, Boom Operator: Marvin Lewis, Cable: Kevin Boyd, Re-recording Mixer: Les Fresholtz, Re-recording Mixer: Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Supervising Sound Editor: Alan Robert Murray, Supervising Sound Editor: Bub Asman, Assistant Sound Editor: Kimberly Nolan, Assistant Sound Editor: Darrin Martin, Assistant Sound Editor: Madeleine Swift, Greg Thompson, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Lucy Coldsnow-smith, Dialogue Editor: Joey Ippolito, Dialogue Editor: Constance A. Kazmer, Dialogue Editor: George Anderson, Dialogue Editor: Jayme Parker, Sound Effects Editor: Gary Krivacek, Sound Effects Editor: Mike Dobie, Sound Effects Editor: Samuel C. Crutcher, Sound Effects Editor: John Morrisey, Sound Effects Editor: James J. Klinger, ADR Supervisor: Dick Friedman, Foley Supervisor: Scott D. Jackson, Foley Editor: Neil Burrow, Foley Editor: Butch Wolf, Foley Editor: Patrick Bietz, Stunts: Pauline Arthur, Stunts: Shelley Phillips, Craft Service: Linda Mason, Caterer: Tony's Food Service, All Original Music Compositions ©1985: Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, WB Music Corp., Soundtrack on: Malpaso Cassettes and CDs, Technical Consultant: Ken Regan, Transportation Co-ordinator: Keith Dillin, Transportation Captain: Gene Biernot, Edited on: AVID Film Composer, Animal Trainer: Paul Calabria, Helicopter Pilot: James Gavin, Unit Publicist: Marco Barla
Cast (36)
Clint Eastwood (Robert Kincaid), Meryl Streep (Francesca Johnson), Annie Corley (Carolyn Johnson), Victor Slezak (Michael Johnson), Jim Haynie (Richard), Phyllis Lyons (Betty), Debra Monk (Madge), Sarah Kathryn Schmitt (young Carolyn), Chris Kroon (young Michael), Richard Lage (lawyer), Michelle Benes (Lucy Redfield), Alison Wiegert (child 1), Brandon Bobst (child 2), Pearl Faessler (wife), R.E. "Stick" Faessler (husband), Tania Mishler (waitress 1), Billie McNabb (waitress 2), Art Breese (cashier), Lana Schwab (saleswoman), Larry Loury (UPS driver), James Rivers, Mark A. Brooks, Peter Cho, Eddie Dejean Sr, Jason C. Brewer, Kyle Eastwood (James Rivers Band), George Orrison, Ken Billeter, Judy Trask, David Trask, Edna Dolson, Dennis McCool, Michael C. Pommier, Jana Corkrean, M. Jane Seymour, Karla Jo Soper (cafe patron)