Maniac - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Maniac"
Maniac (1980)
Timing:
1:28 (88 min)
6.417/10
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6.104/10
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6.3/10
22000
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Andrew W. Garroni
Producer
Executive Producer
Andrew Intrater
Executive Producer
Jason Lustig
Executive Producer
Editor
Larry Marinelli
Editor
Stunt Coordinator
Makeup Artist
Candace Clements
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Jay Chattaway
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Andrew W. Garroni
Unit Production Manager
Associate Producer
John Packard
Associate Producer
Second Assistant Director
William Adams III
Second Assistant Director
Nelia Bacmeister
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Robert Lindsay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Robert Lindsay
Camera Operator
Property Master
Nick Ward
Property Master
Gary Martin
Property Master
Script Supervisor
Janine Stover
Script Supervisor
Deborah Ledendecker
Script Supervisor
Still Photographer
Steven Hirsch
Still Photographer
Bobbi Leigh Zito
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Gary Rich
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Stephen Andrew
First Assistant Director
Thanks
Gasper Damanti
Thanks
Dan Sanberg
Thanks
Michael Zilkha
Thanks
Screenplay
C.A. Rosenberg
Screenplay
Assistant Editor
James Proser
Assistant Editor
Key Grip
Robert K. Feldmann
Key Grip
Carpenter
Thomas Costabile
Carpenter
Richard Behrens
Carpenter
Story
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Gaffer
Kevin Jones
Gaffer
Rod Schumacher
Gaffer
Colorist
Andrew Drapkin
Colorist
Production Assistant
Jason Lustig
Production Assistant
Arthur Blum
Production Assistant
Jim Harte
Production Assistant
Janie Heath
Production Assistant
Jerry Sykes
Production Assistant
Unit Publicist
Edward Perchaluk
Unit Publicist
Production Coordinator
Debi Zimmerman
Production Coordinator
Scenic Artist
Marla Schweppe
Scenic Artist
Second Assistant Camera
Luke Walter
Second Assistant Camera
Assistant Sound Editor
Clinton C. Elliot
Assistant Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Erno Sephy
Sound Editor
Sound Effects
Sanford Rackow
Sound Effects
Dolby Consultant
George Schowerer
Dolby Consultant
Negative Cutter
Irving Rathner
Negative Cutter
Assistant Camera
Jim Canatta
Assistant Camera
Makeup Effects
Project Manager
Bill Tayman
Project Manager
Production Office Coordinator
Cecilia Verardi
Production Office Coordinator
Laura Little
Production Office Coordinator
Debi Zimmerman
Production Office Coordinator
Assistant Grip
Christine Forrest
Assistant Grip
Wardrobe Designer
Candace Clements
Wardrobe Designer
What's left behind the scenes
- A week after filming the murder of a prostitute in a hotel, a real murder occurred in the same room, with a prostitute as the victim.
- According to director William Lustig and the screenwriter, who also played the lead role of Joe Spinell, the film's creators did not always have permission to film locations in New York. Some scenes had to be shot quickly and the crew had to flee the scene before the police arrived.
- Porn actresses were used in the roles of victims and in some minor roles, such as Abigail Clayton. They were chosen specifically to reduce the film's production costs.
- Special effects artist Tom Savini used the same mannequin in the exploding head scene that had been repeatedly used in George A. Romero's horror film *Dawn of the Dead* (1978). Savini called this mannequin Boris. After filming, Boris was so saturated with fake blood and smeared with fake innards that it was decided to "retire" him – that is, lock him in the trunk of a car (which was a car from the shotgun scene) and sink the car in a river.
- The film ends with a shot of a headless corpse. This is the body of Jason’s mother (played by Betsy Palmer) from Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 horror film *Friday the 13th*. Some footage was borrowed from Dario Argento’s horror film *Inferno* (1979).
- The film's original budget was $48,000, with $6,000 provided by Joe Spinell (he had received $10,000 for recent work in William Friedkin's thriller *Cruising* in 1980), $12,000 borrowed from producer Andrew W. Garroni, and the remainder ($30,000) from director William Lustig (money earned from adult films). All three invested this money in shares, and during filming, their combined contribution increased in value to $135,000. The rest (about $200,000, bringing the total enough to complete filming) was provided by British producer Judd Hamilton, who in return demanded that his then-wife, Caroline Munro, be cast in the film (she subsequently played Anna D’Antoni).
- While filming *Maniac*, Joe Spinell was simultaneously filming, among other projects, the action film *Nighthawks* (1981) by Bruce Malmuth and Gary Nelson, work on which had begun even before filming with William Lustig was finished. For *Nighthawks*, Spinell played a high-ranking New York City police officer, for which he got a short haircut and shaved off his mustache. Therefore, for filming some scenes of *Maniac*, the actor had to wear a wig and fake mustache.
- Joe Spinell was serious about making a sequel to this film with director Buddy Giovinazzo. They even shot a 10-minute reel called "Mr. Robbie." Several years later, funding issues were resolved, and the project was close to entering pre-production, but in 1989, Spinell unexpectedly passed away, and the sequel was never made.
- The scene where Tom Savini's character is killed had to be filmed in one take, so Savini decided he would pull the trigger himself. The actor later admitted that shooting a mannequin with his own face was rather strange.
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