DESERT HEARTS
FILM CREDITS




CAST

Helen Shaver  as  Vivian Bell
Patricia Charbonneau  as  Cay Rivvers
Audra Lindley  as  Frances Parker
Andra Akers  as  Silver
Dean Butler  as  Darrell
Gwen Welles  as  Gwen
James Staley  as  Art Warner
Katie La Bourdette  as  Lucille
Alex McArthur  as  Walter
Tyler Tyhurst  as  Buck
Denise Crosby  as  Pat
Antony Ponzini  as  Joe
Brenda Beck  as  Joyce
Sam Minsky  as  Best Man
Patricia Frazier  as  Change Girl
Sheila Balter  as  Roadside Waitress
Tom Martin  as  Red Cap
Joan Mankin  as  Casino Waitress
Frank Murtha  as  Minister
Dave Roberts  as  Lon
Bob Blankman  as  Croupier
Ron Fisher  as  Drunk Gambler
Gene Skaug  as  Announcer
Jeffrey Tambor  as  Jerry (uncredited)
Donna Deitch  as  Hungarian Gambler




Producer and Director  -  Donna Deitch

Screenplay  by  Natalie Cooper
(Initial Draft  by  Donna Deitch)

Casting  -  Tim Flack
Associate  -  Jeff Oshen
Co-Producer  -  Cami Taylor
Associate Producer  -  Carol Jefferies
Costume Designer  -  Linda Bass
Editor  -  Robert Estrin
Production Designer  -  Jeannine Oppewall
Director of Photography  -  Robert Elswit

First Assistant Director  -  George Perkins
Second Assistant Director  -  Whitney Hunter
Script Supervisor  -  Benita Brazier
Location Manager  -  Michael "Doc" Dill
Location Coordinator  -  Shirley Dale
Assistant to the Director  -  Claudia Stevens
Art Director  -  David Brisbin
Set Decorator  -  Rosemary Brandenburg
Assistant Set Decorator  -  Thierry Verrier
Set Dressers  -  Kim Di Lonardo
           -  Bill Welch
Lead Person  -  Susan Emshwiller
Art Department Assistant  -  Eric Higgins
Cay's Pottery  by  Leslie Thompson

Property Master  -  Trisha Gallaher
Assistant Property Master  -  Lisa De Alva

First Assistant Cameraman  -  Marty Layton
Second Assistant Cameraman  -  Mitch Marcus
Gaffer  -  John Zumpano
Key Grip  -  Steve Smith
Grip  -  Kirk Peterson
Best Boy/Grip  -  Curtis Bradford
Electricians  -  Ron Fisher
                         -  Peter Etchets
Best Boy/Electrician  -  Steve Crawford

Extra Casting: Reno  -  Sally Lear

Still Photographers  -  Jane O'Neal
                               -  David Lear

Production Sound Mixer  -  Austin McKinney
Boom Man  -  Jack M. Nietzsche

Make-Up  -  Richard Arrington
Assistant Make-Up  -  Susie De Santo
Second Assistant Make-Up  -  Virginia Jacobson

Hair Stylist  -  John Morand

Assistant Costumers  -  Marina Spadafora
                         -  Reanon Rusk
Location Assistant Costumer  -  Marjorie Gleed

Assistant Editor  -  Sandra Adair
Apprentice Editor  -  Linda Fitzwater

Loop Group  -  Leigh French

Sound Effects  -  J'S Fine Art, Inc.
                         -  Roberta Doheny
                     -  Beth Bergeron
               -  Alia Kahn
                 -  Lars Nelson
Sound Mix  -  John Brasher
                         -  Roberta Doheny

Payroll Services  -  System One
Production Controller  -  Marsha Koff
Post Production Accountants  -  Ronnie Morris
                                                 -  Robert Vossler
Production Associate  -  Coni Lancaster
Production Coordinator  -  Geralyn Miller
Production Assistants  -  Karen Geiger
                                           -  Jeffrey Jacobsen
                                             -  Patricia McGuire
                                           -  Elizabeth Pinkul
                                   -  Vance Watt

Legal Counsel, Entertainment  -  Linda Lichter
Legal Counsel, Securities  -  David Wexler
                                   -  Don Karl
Producer's Rep.  -  Jeff Dowd
Transportation Coordinator  -  Hollywood Studio Vehicles,
                               Fred Culbertson

Transportation Co-Captain  -  Chick Elwell
Maxi Van Driver  -  Mark Messina
Honeywagon Driver  -  Marv Davenport
Driver  -  Fernando Geronimo

Caterers  -  Kay Corning
                       -  Gordon Corning
Cook/Driver  -  Michael Barton
Craft Services  -  Vincent Onkin

Stand-Ins  -  Shirley Barnhart
             -  Russel Cusick
         -  Terry Perez
                 -  Cameron Shilly
                   -  Patricia Yeckley
Title Design  -  Louise Kollenbaum

Titles and Opticals  -  Pacific Title

Release Prints  -  MGM Laboratory
Dailies  -  Monaco Labs, Inc.

Music Consultant  -  Robert Estrin
Music Supervision  -  Terri Fricon and Gay Jones
                                       Fricon Entertainment Co, Inc.





MUSIC

"Leavin' On Your Mind"
performed by Patsy Cline
courtesy of MCA Records

"Rave On"
performed by Buddy Holly
courtesy of MCA Records

"Amigos Guitar"
performed by Kitty Wells
courtesy of MCA Records

"Get Rhythm"
performed by Johnny Cash
courtesy of Sun International Corporation

"Blue Moon"
performed by Elvis Presley
courtesy of RCA Records

"Be Bop A Lula"
performed by Gene Vincent
courtesy of Capitol Records

Sergei Prokofiev
"March" from the "Suite For Three Oranges"
courtesy of Everest Records

"Wondering"
performed by Webb Pierce
courtesy of Shelby Singleton Enterprises, Inc.

"Crazy"
performed by Patsy Cline
courtesy of MCA Records

"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold"
performed by Elvis Presley
courtesy of RCA Records

"Honky Tonk Man"
performed by Johnny Horton
courtesy of CBS Records

"Gone"
performed by Ferlin Husky
courtesy of Capitol Records

"He'll Have To Go"
performed by Jim Reeves
courtesy of RCA Records

"Treasure Of Love"
performed by Clyde McPhatter
courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
by arrangement with Warner Special Projects

"Old Cape Cod"
performed by Patti Page
courtesy of Polygram Records, Inc.

"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
performed by Kitty Wells
courtesy of MCA Records

"Cry"
performed by Johnnie Ray
courtesy of CBS Records

"I Wished On The Moon"
performed by Ella Fitzgerald
courtesy of RCA Records

(written for the film)
"Lookin' For Someone To Love"
music and lyrics by Steve Ferguson
performed by Andra Akers




PRODUCER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

All Her Investors
First Interstate Bank of Reno
The City of Reno Nevada
State of Nevada Highway Patrol Division
Park Wedding Chapel
Parker's Western Cloths
Pick Hobson's Riverside Hotel and Casino
Big Canyon Ranch, Herb Capurro
Nevada Motion Picture Division, Bob Hirsch
Pyramid Lake Piaute Indian Tribe
The National Endowment for the Arts




FILM DEDICATION

To J.B.




FILM COPYRIGHT

© 1985, Desert Hearts Productions




ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTOR

The Samuel Goldwyn Company



CURRENT DISTRIBUTOR

Wolfe Video




STORY

Based on the novel
Desert of the Heart
© 1964 by Jane Rule
Originally Published in Toronto by Macmillan Canada
Niaid Press Edition with Desert Hearts Commemorative Cover Published in 1985
ISBN: 0-930044-73-8



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