White Nights

White Nights (1985)

Released: 1985-11-22 Duration: 2hr 16min
Genres: Drama Thriller
Rating 6.7
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.

Overview

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
New Visions

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $42,160,849.00
Original Language en
Popularity 0.50625625

Directed By

Taylor Hackford

Crew

Director of Photography
David Watkin
Original Music Composer
Michel Colombier
Director
Taylor Hackford
Screenplay
James Goldman
Screenplay
Eric Hughes
Additional Writing
Nancy Dowd
Associate Producer
Bill Borden
Casting
Nancy Klopper
Production Design
Philip Harrison
Art Direction
Richard Dawking
Art Direction
Malcolm Middleton
Art Direction
Austen Spriggs
Set Decoration
Joanne Woollard
Choreographer
Roland Petit
Music Supervisor
Phil Ramone
Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Executive In Charge Of Production
Denis Holt
Camera Operator
Freddie Cooper
Costume Design
Evangeline Harrison
Production Manager
Neville C. Thompson
Assistant Director
Ray Corbett
Second Assistant Director
Kieron Phipps
Third Assistant Director
Tony Aherne
Location Manager
Peter Elford
Location Manager
Bernard Hanson
Continuity
Lissa Ruben
Production Coordinator
Mo Coppitters
Accountant
Gerald C. Wheatley
Production Assistant
Carrie Stein
Production Assistant
Jeff Conroy
Assistant Art Director
Stuart Rose
Construction Manager
Syd Nightingale
Continuity
Harold Michelson
Additional Photography
John Harris
Focus Puller
Mike Connors
Clapper Loader
Shane O'Neill
Grip
Ray Hall
Still Photographer
Murray Close
Projection
Roy Moores
Video Assist Operator
Bob Bridges
Sound Mixer
Clive Winter
Boom Operator
Dushko Indjic
Playback Coordinator
Trevor Rutherford
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ron Beck
Wardrobe Master
Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Assistant
Ken Crouch
Makeup Artist
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Madeleine Masters
Hairdresser
Barry Richardson
Chief Lighting Technician
Maurice Gillett
Best Boy Electric
Alan Barry
Property Master
George Ball
Standby Property Master
Denis Hopperton
Standby Property Master
Peter Benson
Standby Carpenter
Leslie Butterfield
Standby Rigger
Mel Sansom
Standby Painter
Bill Fisher
Associate Editor
Deveril Goodman
Assistant Editor
Rick Meyer
Assistant Editor
Valerie Lesser
Assistant Editor
Peter Culverwell
Assistant Editor
Karl F. Steinkamp
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom McCarthy Jr.
Sound Editor
Don S. Walden
Sound Editor
Joseph Holsen
Supervising ADR Editor
Doreen A. Dixon
ADR Editor
Jay Kamen
Supervising Music Editor
Curt Sobel
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo
Music Consultant
Jules Chaikin
Color Timer
Ron Lambert
Aerial Coordinator
Jeff Hawke
Aerial Director of Photography
Frank M. Holgate
Aerial Camera
Gregory J. Schmidt
Special Effects
Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects
Ian Wingrove
Special Effects
Garth Inns
Location Casting
Paula Gilmore
Production Manager
Anja Harjula
Unit Manager
Juhani Jotuni
Assistant Director
Matti Ollila
Production Coordinator
Johanna Kärävä
Production Manager
Maria do Carmo Moser
Assistant Director
José de Sá Caetano
Casting
Noel Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Brayham
Stunts
Romo Gorrara
Stunts
Dave Holland
Title Designer
Dan Perri
Producer
Taylor Hackford
Additional Photography
Kenneth J. Withers

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