Some Kind of Wonderful - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Timing:
1:35 (95 min)
6.842/10
447
447
6.973/10
2400
2400
7/10
37000
37000
Film crew
Director
Producer
Executive Producer
Michael Chinich
Executive Producer
Ronald Colby
Executive Producer
Writer
Casting
Judith Weiner
Casting
Editor
Bud S. Smith
Editor
M. Scott Smith
Editor
Art Direction
Gregory Pickrell
Art Direction
Costume Design
Marilyn Vance
Costume Design
Stunts
Production Design
Josan F. Russo
Production Design
Set Decoration
Linda Spheeris
Set Decoration
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Unit Production Manager
Ronald Colby
Unit Production Manager
Jerry A. Baerwitz
Unit Production Manager
Second Assistant Director
Bryan Denegal
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Jan Kiesser
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Michael Gershman
Camera Operator
Albert Bettcher
Camera Operator
Property Master
Edmund E. Villa
Property Master
Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Dobie
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Pamela Alch
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Marina Pedraza
Hairstylist
Special Effects Coordinator
Louis R. Cooper
Special Effects Coordinator
Still Photographer
Joyce Rudolph
Still Photographer
Associate Editor
Seth Flaum
Associate Editor
Sound Mixer
David MacMillan
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Chief Lighting Technician
Calvin Maehl
Chief Lighting Technician
Boom Operator
Steve Bowerman
Boom Operator
Assistant Editor
Richard Alderete
Assistant Editor
Transportation Coordinator
Dan Marrow
Transportation Coordinator
Location Manager
Robin Citrin
Location Manager
Douglas E. Stoll
Location Manager
Dolly Grip
O.T. Henderson
Dolly Grip
Assistant Property Master
Richard Leon
Assistant Property Master
Leadman
Ed Brown
Leadman
Music Supervisor
Tarquin Gotch
Music Supervisor
Casting Assistant
Ruth Lambert
Casting Assistant
Foley Supervisor
Pamela Bentkowski
Foley Supervisor
Music Editor
Dan Carlin Sr.
Music Editor
First Assistant Camera
Aaron Pazanti
First Assistant Camera
Additional Hairstylist
Bren Plaistowe
Additional Hairstylist
Production Coordinator
Nanette Siegert
Production Coordinator
ADR Supervisor
James Beshears
ADR Supervisor
Second Assistant Camera
Assistant Sound Editor
Devon Heffley Curry
Assistant Sound Editor
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Sound Editor
Gary Wright
Sound Editor
Kimberly Harris
Sound Editor
Julia Evershade
Sound Editor
David Pettijohn
Sound Editor
Color Timer
Robert Raring
Color Timer
What's left behind the scenes
- At the beginning of the film, Mary Stuart Masterson herself plays the drums. In a 1988 interview, she jokes that she has been haunted by the same nightmare for years – drum lessons.
- The film is named after the song of the same name, “Some Kind of Wonderful,” written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and first performed by The Drifters in 1961. In 1987, a cover version by The Blow Monkeys was released, which could have appeared on the film's soundtrack, but for unknown reasons, it did not.
- John Hughes wrote the role of Keith specifically for Eric Stoltz.
- Initially, Martha Coolidge was to direct the film. At Coolidge’s suggestion, actress Kim Delaney was to play Amanda Jones, and Kyle MacLachlan was to play Hardy Jenns. All three were fired at the last moment when Howard Deutch took over as director.
- On Eric Stoltz’s advice, John Hughes and Howard Deutch hired Lea Thompson for the role of Amanda.
- The school scenes were filmed during the summer vacation of 1986.
- Lea Thompson felt she wasn't beautiful enough for the role of Amanda. In a press release, she noted: 'A lot in Amanda’s life depended on her appearance, and I can’t say that everything happens the same way in my life—so I tried to show her inner beauty.'
- During the filming of the movie, director Howard Deutsch met actress Lea Thompson, although at the time the actress was having an affair with Eric Stoltz, however, two years later Thompson and Deutsch got married.
- Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson had been friends long before filming began, and in fact, it was Stoltz who persuaded Lea to take on the role of Amanda Jones—at that time, the actress was very upset about the failure and negative reviews of her previous work in the film 'Howard the Duck'.
- Real houses were used for filming the homes of the main characters – most of them are located close to each other. When Amanda and Shane drive Keith home, Amanda explains how to get to his house from hers – following her instructions, you can actually get from one house used in the filming to the other.
- Most of the bullies during their time serving their sentence were played by football players from local schools – these guys were chosen because they were much larger and looked somewhat intimidating against the actors.
- Marta Coolidge was originally the director of the film. At Coolidge's suggestion, Kim Delaney was to play Amanda Jones, and Kyle MacLachlan was to play Hardy Jens. All three were fired at the last moment when Howard Deutsch took the director's chair.
- The film is named after the song of the same name, “Some Kind of Wonderful,” written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and first performed by The Drifters in 1961. In 1987, a cover version by The Blow Monkeys was released, which could have appeared on the film's soundtrack, but for unknown reasons, it didn't.
- Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson were friends long before filming began, and in fact, it was Stoltz who persuaded Lea to take on the role of Amanda Jones – at that time, the actress was very upset about the failure and negative reviews of her previous work in “Howard the Duck.”
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