Spies Like Us (1985)

Released: 1985-12-06 Duration: 1hr 42min

Genres: Comedy Adventure

Rating 6.2

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With spies like these, who needs enemies?

Overview

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Production Companies

AAR Films

Warner Bros. Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$22,000,000.00
Revenue	$60,088,980.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	1.6749

Directed By

John Landis

Crew

Director
John Landis

Executive Producer
Bernie Brillstein

Screenplay
Dan Aykroyd

Editor
Malcolm Campbell

Screenplay
Babaloo Mandel

Producer
George Folsey Jr.

Special Effects
Brian Johnson

Original Music Composer
Elmer Bernstein

Director of Photography
Robert Paynter

Screenplay
Lowell Ganz

Producer
Brian Grazer

Animal Wrangler
Greg Powell

Stunts
Greg Powell

Animal Coordinator
Greg Powell

Sound Mixer
Ivan Sharrock

Camera Operator
Chic Anstiss

Camera Operator
John Palmer

Boom Operator
Donald Banks

Third Assistant Director
Nick Heckstall-Smith

Second Unit Director
David Garfath

Matte Painter
Ray Caple

Assistant Art Director
Jim Morahan

Second Assistant Director
Gareth Tandy

Focus Puller
David Budd

Second Unit Director of Photography
Brian West

Sound Assistant
David Motta

Casting
Marion Dougherty

First Assistant Director
Dusty Symonds

Grip
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse

Set Dresser
Hugh Scaife

Focus Puller
Ted Deason

Construction Manager
John Paterson

Grip
Tony Turner

Casting
Debbie McWilliams

Sound Editor
Samuel C. Crutcher

Makeup Artist
Pauline Heys

Makeup Artist
Frank Griffin

Makeup Artist
Linda DeVetta

Sound Editor
Jerry Stanford

Assistant Editor
Andrew MacRitchie

Gaffer
John May

Sound Editor
Larry Carow

Production Accountant
Janet L. Wattles

Stunt Coordinator
Paul Weston

Supervising ADR Editor
Larry Singer

Hairdresser
Stephanie Kaye

Assistant Editor
Pattye Rogers

Sound Editor
Richard C. Franklin

Assistant Editor
Margaret Adachi

Hairdresser
Carole Bennett

Supervising Sound Editor
Charles L. Campbell

Wardrobe Supervisor
Sue Wain

Assistant Editor
Anna Ksiezopolska

Assistant Editor
Lisa Zeno Churgin

Still Photographer
Keith Hamshere

Sound Editor
Chuck Neely

Unit Publicist
Susan d'Arcy

Sound Editor
Howard Neiman

ADR Editor
Alan L. Nineberg

Negative Cutter
Donah Bassett

Unit Production Manager
Dan Allingham

First Assistant Director
David Sosna

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson

Orchestrator
Christopher Palmer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo

Color Timer
Bob Noland

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass

Stunts
David Forman

Thanks
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Stunts
Michael DeLuna

Production Coordinator
Pam Cornfeld

Stunts
Jason White

Stunts
Malcolm Weaver

Stunts
Peter Brace

Stunts
Lex Milloy

Stunts
Terry Forrestal

Stunts
Stuart Fell

Thanks
Max Landis

Stunts
B.J. Worth

Stunts
Terry Cade

Stunts
Nick Wilkinson

Stunts
Rocky Taylor

Stunts
Ken Buckle

Stunts
Colin Skeaping

Stunts
Clive Curtis

Stunts
Alan Chuntz

Stunts
Gerard Naprous

Location Manager
Peter Elford

Associate Producer
Leslie Belzberg

Script Supervisor
Pamela Carlton

Associate Producer
Sam Williams

Location Manager
Stuart Neumann

Costume Design
Deborah Nadoolman Landis

Production Supervisor
Dan Allingham

Production Design
Peter Murton

Location Manager
Nigel Goldsack

Production Design
Terry Ackland-Snow

Production Manager
Claude Hudson

Line Producer
Mohamed Seddik Bouabid

Music Editor
Kathy Durning

Production Manager
John Palmer

Location Manager
Rufus Andrews

Production Coordinator
Marlene Butland

Supervising Art Director
Terry Ackland-Snow

Unit Manager
Christopher Knowles

Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Ksanznak

Camera Operator
Kenneth J. Withers

Visual Effects Supervisor
Derek Meddings

Visual Effects Producer
Jim Michaels

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