Sea of Love

Sea of Love (1989)

Timing: 1:53 (113 min)

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Release date

1989-09-15

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures

Genre

Crime, Drama, Romance, Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$19 000 000

Revenue

$110 879 513

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Director

Harold Becker

Actors

Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Larry Joshua, John Spencer
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Scenario

Richard Price

Producer

Martin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller

Operator

Ronnie Taylor

Composer

Artist

Audition

Mary Colquhoun, Stuart Aikins

Editing

David Bretherton
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• Novelist Richard Price wrote the screenplay for this film with Dustin Hoffman in mind, but he demanded too many changes to the film's dramatic foundation, and therefore the lead role ultimately went to Al Pacino.
• Despite the film being set in New York, filming took place in Toronto.
• A documentary about the film's creation (included on the DVD) recounts that in the scene where Al Pacino's character tries to woo Ellen Barkin on 5th Avenue, the man who rudely shoved the actor was a random passerby. This episode was not in the script at all. But Pacino's improvisation was so good that director Harold Becker decided to leave the filmed scene unchanged.
• Filming took place from May 23rd to September 7th, 1988.
• Richard Price wrote the screenplay for this film with Dustin Hoffman in mind, but Hoffman demanded too many changes to the dramatic foundation of the picture, and as a result, the lead role went to Al Pacino.
• A documentary film about the history of the film's creation (included on the DVD) recounts that in the scene where Al Pacino's character tries to court Ellen Barkin on 5th Avenue, the man who roughly pushed the actor was a random passerby. This episode was not in the script at all. But Pacino's improvisation was so good that director Harold Becker decided to leave the filmed scene unchanged.
• Al Pacino was persuaded to star in this film by Diane Keaton, with whom he was having a romantic relationship at the time. Al Pacino was still reeling from the failure of Hugh Hudson's adventure drama 'Revolution' (1985) and was unsure about continuing his acting career. Considering he was on the verge of bankruptcy, had tax problems, and practically financed David F. Wheeler’s drama 'Local Stigmatic' (1990) himself, Al Pacino agreed and it proved to be a good decision.