Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

Released: 1987-02-27 Duration: 1hr 35min

Genres: Drama Romance

Rating 6.9

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Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone.

Overview

A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.

Production Companies

Hughes Entertainment

Paramount Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$18,553,948.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	17.657

Directed By

Howard Deutch

Crew

Director
Howard Deutch

Music Supervisor
Tarquin Gotch

Unit Production Manager
Ronald Colby

Additional Hairstylist
Bren Plaistowe

Sound Editor
Kimberly Harris

Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Dobie

Boom Operator
Steve Bowerman

Production Coordinator
Nanette Siegert

Casting Assistant
Ruth Lambert

Second Assistant Camera
Robert Samuels

Location Manager
Douglas E. Stoll

Camera Operator
Michael Gershman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson

Hairstylist
Marina Pedraza

Sound Editor
Julia Evershade

Sound Mixer
David MacMillan

Camera Operator
Albert Bettcher

Leadman
Ed Brown

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass

Special Effects Coordinator
Louis R. Cooper

Second Assistant Director
Bryan Denegal

Dolly Grip
O.T. Henderson

Unit Production Manager
Jerry A. Baerwitz

First Assistant Director
Jerry Ziesmer

Associate Editor
Seth Flaum

Chief Lighting Technician
Calvin Maehl

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo

Music Editor
Dan Carlin Sr.

First Assistant Camera
Aaron Pazanti

Assistant Property Master
Richard Leon

Location Manager
Robin Citrin

Assistant Editor
Richard Alderete

ADR Supervisor
James Beshears

Foley Supervisor
Pamela Bentkowski

Transportation Coordinator
Dan Marrow

Color Timer
Robert Raring

Sound Editor
David Pettijohn

Sound Editor
Gary Wright

Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald

Assistant Sound Editor
Devon Heffley Curry

Executive Producer
Ronald Colby

Executive Producer
Michael Chinich

Producer
John Hughes

Script Supervisor
Pamela Alch

Costume Design
Marilyn Vance

Editor
M. Scott Smith

Set Decoration
Linda Spheeris

Still Photographer
Joyce Rudolph

Casting
Judith Weiner

Writer
John Hughes

Director of Photography
Jan Kiesser

Art Direction
Gregory Pickrell

Editor
Bud S. Smith

Production Design
Josan F. Russo

Stunts
Dana Dru Evenson

Property Master
Edmund E. Villa

Stunts
Erik Cord

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