Explorers/Credits

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Paramount Pictures Presents
An Edward S. Feldman Production
"Explorers"
Associate Producer: Tom Jacobson
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic
Special Make-Up Effects by: Rob Bottin
Edited by: Tina Hirsch, A.C.E.
Production Designed by: Robert F. Boyle
Director of Photography: John Hora
Executive Producer: Michael Finnell
Written by: Eric Luke
Produced by: Edward S. Feldman and David Bombyk
Directed by: Joe Dante

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"Explorers"
Starring: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Dick Miller, Leslie Rickert, James Cromwell, Dana Ivey, Bobby Fite, Meshach Taylor, John P. Navin Jr., Brooke Bundy, Taliesin Jaffe
Casting by: Susan Arnold
Unit Production Manager: Tom Jacobson
First Assistant Director: Pat Kehoe
Second Assistant Director: Carol Green
Visual Effects Supervisor: Bruce Nicholson
Visual Effects Coordinator: Ralph Winter
Alien Spaceship Sequence Edited by: John Wright
Art Director: Frank Richwood
Set Decorator: George R. Nelson
Costume Designer: Rosanna Norton
Script Supervisor: Kathlerine Wooten
Second Unit Director/Second Unit Director of Photography: Jack Cooperman, A.S.C.
Additional Photography: Charles Correll, A.S.C.
2nd Second Assistant Director: Eric Wall
Sound Effects by: Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editors: John Dunn, David Stone, Bonnie Koehler, Warren Hamilton, Solange
A.D.R. Editors: Steve Purvis, Nick Korda
Music Editor: Kenneth Hall
Orchestrations by: Brad Dechter, Henry Mancini, Arthur Morton, Patrick Russ
Additional Orchestrations by: Chris Boardman, Shirley Walker
Additional Music by: John Debney
Music Performed by: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Score Recorded at: Eastwood Scoring Stage
Music Recording Mixer: Bruce Botnick
Music Engineer: Greg Fulginiti
Music Consultant: James Getzoff
Music Production Services: The Walt Disney Music Library · Dominic Fidelibus, Booker White
Music Contracting by: DeCrescent Music Contracting Services · Sandy De Crescent
Orchestra Contractors: Carl Fortina, Michael Markman, Ken Watson
Music Preparated by: Jo Ann Kane Music Service · Mark Graham
Music Preparation: Tom Brown, Jim Hoffman, Steven L. Smith
Concertmaster: Bruce Dukov
Music Staging: Shigeyuki Fukasawa, Hidetake Kanoe
Score Created and Produced at: Walt Disney Music Studio
Musicians: Robert Adcock, Ronald Cooper, Ernest Ehrhardt, Christine Ermacoff, Paula Hochhalter, Barbara Hunter, Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, Armen Ksalikian, Frederick Seykora & Harry Shlutz · Cello, Murray Adler, Arnold Belnick, Jacquline Brand, Franklyn d'Antonio, Bonnie Jean Douglas, Assa Droi, Harris Goldman, Endre Granat, Sheldon Sanov, Haim Shtrum, Paul Shure, Vicki Sylvester, Mari Tsumura & John Wittenberg · Violin, Denyse Buffum, Pamela Goldsmith, Alan Harshman, Myra Kestenbaum, Janet Lakatos, Mike Nowak, David Schwartz, Ross Shub, Linn Subotnick · Viola, Tom Boyd & John Winter · Oboe Soloists, Don Cristlieb, Norman Herzburg · Bassoon, Vince De Rosa, David Duke, Arthur Maebe, Brian O'Connor, Richard Perissi, Gale Robinson, Henry Sigismonti, James Thatcher · French Horn, Bob DiVall, Mario Guarneri, Boyde Hood, Malcolm McNab, Roy Poper & Tony Terran · Trumpet, George Doering · Instrumental, Steve Edelman & Milton Kestenbaum · Bass, Dominick Fera & Gary Gray · Clairnet, Ralph Grierson & Alan Pasqua · Keyboards, Gayle Levant & Dorothy Remsen · Harp, Tommy Morgan · Harmonica, Richard Nash, Phillip A. Teele & Lloyd Ulyate · Trombone, Emil Richards & Steve Schaeffer · Percussion, Ethmer Roten, David Shostac, Sheridon Stokes & Louise Di Tullio · Flute
Production Sound Mixer: Ken King
Boom Man: Douglas Vaughan
Cable Man: David Schneider
Re-Recording Mixers: Robert J. Litt, Michael Minkler, Elliot Tyson
Re-Recording Recordist: Walter A. Gest
Camera Operator: Eric Anderson
First Assistant Cameraman: Norman Cattell
Second Assistant Cameraman: Alfredo Sepulveda
Still Photographers: Robbie Robinson, Larry Barbier
Chief Lighting Technician: Randy Glass
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Joseph W. Cardoza Jr., Lloyd Gowdy
Key Grip: Peter Wagner
Grip Best Boys: Michael Liakos, Al Contreras
Dolly Grip: Peter Breen
Special Effects Coordinator: Robert MacDonald Sr.
Special Effects Foreman: Dennis Petersen
Stunt Coordinator: Bill Couch
Stunt Pilot: Art Scholl
Construction Coordinator: Philip Read
Construction Foreman: Sabino Ferullo
Set Designers: Dan Maltese, Eugene C. Nollman II, Les Gobruegge, Donald High
Production Illustrator: Thomas W. Lay Jr.
Property Master: Charles T. Tomlinson
Assistant Property Master: Michael Blaze
Leadman: Larry McGuire
Swing Gang: Paul Marco
Paint Foreman: Ronald Esposito
Painter: Robert Misetich
Standby Painter: Louis Frederico
Greensman Foreman: Rubin Andreatta, Frank Mitchell
Women's Costumer: Shari Feldman
Men's Costumer: Dallas Dornan
Make-Up Supervisor: Scott Eddo
Hairstylist: Paul Abascal
Location Manager: Michael Meehan
Transportation Coordinator: Eddie Lee Voelker
Transportation Captain: Dan Marrow
Animal Coordinator: Ray Berwick
Animal Handler: Steve Berens
Assistant Editors: Saul Saladow, Kathy Virkler
Apprentice Editors: Scot Scalise, Markus Schaub
Sound Effects Assistant Editors: John P., Janet F. Mason, Robert Rootenburg, Lisa Gilbert
Sound Effects Recordist: Doug Hemphill
Foley Supervisor: Solange
Foley by: John Roesch
Post Production Sound Services: Weddington Productions Inc.
Mixed at: Sprocket Systems · A Division of Lucasarts Entertainment Company
Assistant to Messrs, Dante, Finnell & Winter: Betty Moos
Assistant to Mr. Jacobson: Mauri Blumenfeld
Office Assistant: Lisa Kearsley
Production Accountant: Sandra Rabins
Assistant Accountant: Dennis Park
Unit Publicist: Hilary Clark
Research Assistant: Alan Hoffman
Casting Associates: Junie Lowry, Amanda Mackey
Casting Assistant: Marcy Carriker
Extras: Central Casting
Welfare Teachers: Carol Gans, Rhona Gordon-Jepsen
Video Supervision: Hal Landaker
Video Technician: Joe Unsinn III
Process Supervision: Bill Hansard Sr.
Process Coordinator: Bill Hansard Jr.
Negative Cutting: White Gloves Inc.
Titles: Kaleidoscope Film Effects
Opticals: Universal Optical & Title
"Starkiller" Visual Effects: The L.A. Effects Group Inc.
Visual Effects Produced at: Industrial Light & Magic ~ Marin County, California
- Director of Visual Effects Photography: Don Dow
- Visual Effects Art Director: Nilo Rodis
- Matte Painting Supervisor: Michael Pangrazio
- Model Shop Supervisor: Ease Owyeung
- Animation Supervisor: Bruce Walters
- Supervising Stage Technician: Pat Fitzsimmons
- Visual Effects Editor: Michael Gleason
- Production Coordinator: Chrissie England
- General Manager, ILM: Warren Franklin
- Visual Effects Cameramen: Selwyn Eddy III, Mike Owens, Patrick Sweeney
- Assistant Cameramen: Peter Daulton, Toby Heindel, Patrick McArdle, Patrick Turner
- Assistant Art Director: Phill Norwood
- Optical Camera Operators: James Lim, Don Clark, James Hagedorn, Chris Regan
- Optical Line-Up: Tom Rosseter, Ralph Gordon, Ed Jones, Brad Kuehn
- Modelmakers: Barbara Affonso, Bill Beck, Bill George, Jeff Mann, Claudia Mullaly, Wesley Seeds, Larry Tan, Marc Thorpe
- Assistant Matte Artist: Sean Joyce
- Matte Camera Supervisor: Craig Barron
- Matte Photography: Wade Childress, Paul Huston
- Visual Effects Animators: Ellen Lichtwardt, Barbara Brennan, Jack Mongovan, Jay Riddle, Peggy Regan
- Assistant Editors: Michael Moore, Terence Peck
- Stage Coordinator: Ed Hirsh
- Stage Technicians: Ted Moehnke, Dick Dova Spah, Bob Finkley III, Carl Assmus, Lance Brackett, Dave Childers, Joe Fulmer, John McLeod, Mike Speakman, Peter Stolz
- Character Miniature Supervisor: Dave Sosalla
- Character Miniature Crew: Anthony Laudati, Robert Cooper
- Equipment Supervisor: Michael MacKenzie
  - The Third Dream Sequence is Lovingly Dedicated to the memory of Edward Peter Hrish.
Alien Characters by: Rob Bottin Productions
- Project Coordinator: Richard White
- Head Sculptor: Henry Alvarez
- Lead Special Make-Up Artist: Vincent Prentice
- Staff Shop Supervisor: Gunnar Ferdinanson
- Mechanical Effects Supervisor: Ed Felix
- Special Make-Up Artist: Zoltan Elek
- Production Assistant: Mike Sorrentino
- Lab Technician Supervisor: Ed Branson
- Lab Cosmetic Supervisor: Becky Ochoa
- Crew: Max Alvarez, Jim Clark, Nick Delchev, Kathy Elek, Alex Felix, Laura Filip, Tammy Fites, Eddie Garcia, Sheri Koskie, Dan Martens, Bob Means, Ricardo Medina, Dennis Pawlik, Patrick Philbin, Art Pimentel, Steve Prentice, Tom Prosser, Ernie Shelton, Gordon Sietz, Wayne Strong, Michico Tawaga, Jackie Tichenor, Willy Whitten
Computer Graphic Dream Simulations and Visual Displays by: Omnibus Computer Graphics Center Inc. · J.C. Pennie, Art Durinski, Doug MacMillan, Harold Buchman, Michiko Suzuki, John S. Howard, Michael Kory
Cast:
(in order of appearance)
- Ben Crandall - Ethan Hawke
- Mrs. Crandall - Mary Kay Place
- Wolfgang Müller - River Phoenix
- Steve Jackson - Bobby Fite
- Steve Jackson's Gang - Bradley Gregg, Georg Olden, Chance Schwass
- Lori Swenson - Amanda Peterson
- Nasty Kid at School - Danny Nucci
- Darren Woods - Jason Presson
- Mrs. Müller - Dana Ivey
- Ludwig Müller - Taliesin Jaffe
- Mr. Müller - James Cromwell
- Science Teacher - Brooke Bundy
- Girl in Classroom - Tricia Batholome
- Darren's Teacher - Eric Luke
- Starkiller - Robert Picardo
- Starkiller's Girlfriend - Karen Mayo-Chandler
- Starkiller's Girlfriend's Father - Robert F. Boyle
- Couple at Drive-In - John P. Navin Jr., Mary Hillstead
- Snack Bar Patron - John Forker
- Snack Bar Girl - Simone Blue
- Gordon Miller - Meshach Taylor
- Charlie Drake - Dick Miller
- Wak - Robert Picardo
- Neek - Leslie Rickert
- Wak and Neek's Father - Robert Picardo
Stunt Players: Bradley Alan, Janet S. Brady, Jerry Brutsche, Doc D. Charbonneau, William Couch Jr., Bob Herron, Lane Leavitt, Patricia Madigan, Bennie Moore, Gary Morgan, Alex Plasschaert, Kim Washington, Mike Washlake, Jesse Wayne
Special Vocal Effects: Frank Welker, Fred Newman, Joanie Gerber, Belinda Balaski, Roger Behr, Roger Peltz, Neil Ross, Marilyn Schreffler, Bill Ratner, Jane Kean, Robert Holt, Jay Stewart
Special Thanks to: Mary Kay Place
Songs
- "All Around the World"
  - by: R. Blackwell and M. Millet
  - Performed by: Little Richard
  - Courtesy of Speciality Records, Inc.
- "This Boy Needs to Rock"
  - by: Jack Blades and Brad Gillis
  - Performed by: Night Ranger
  - Courtesy of Camel/MCA Records, Inc.
- "Less Than Perfect"
  - by: Gene Stashuk and Michael Becker
  - Courtesy of Red 7
  - Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
- "The Construction"
- "Sticks and Stones"
- "No Air
- "The Bubble"
- "First Flight"
- "Free Ride"
- "Fast Getaway"
- "She Likes Me"
- "Have a Nice Trip"
  - Composed and Conducted by: Jerry Goldsmith
- "Space Movie"
  - Composed and Conducted by: Alexander Courage
- Additional Compositions by: Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, Winston Sharples, Leith Stevens
Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Available in the U.S. on MCA Records and Tape, and in Canada and the U.K. on Island Records and Tapes
Digital Keyboards by Yamaha
"I Love Lucy" film clips courtesy of Viacom Enterprises
Special Thanks to Frank and Caroline Mouris for the use of "Frank Film"
The producers wish to thank: The Sonoma County Film/Video, Commission and the people of Petaluma, California, for their hospitality and cooperation.
Camera and Lenses by Panavision®
Color by Technicolor®
Dolby Stereo™ In Selected Theatres
Approved No. 27780 Motion Picture Association of America
This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of I.A.T.S.E.-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
Co-Produced by Industrial Light & Magic
The persons and events in this motion picture are frictitious. Any similarity to actual persons or events is unintentional. This motion picture is protected under laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prossecution.

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