Manhunter (1986)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1986
Running Times: 119m/115m/120m
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

DIRECTION

Director: Michael Mann

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: De Laurentis Entertainment Group/Red Dragon Productions S.A.
Executive Producer: Bernard Williams
Producer: Richard Roth
Unit Production Managers: Bernard Williams, Peter McIntosh
Production Co-Ordinators: Jane Bartelme, Julie Oberdorfer, Niki Hegart
Assistant Production Co-Ordinator: Kay Joyner

SCRIPT
Script: Michael Mann
Novel: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

DIRECTION
1st Assistant Director: Herb Gains
2nd Assistant Directors: Nathalie Vadim, Michael Waxman
2nd Unit Director: Gusmano Cesaretti
Visual Consultant: Gusmano Cesaretti
DGA Trainee: Adam Merims

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Dante Spinotti
Camera Operators: Enrico Lucidi, Michael Mann
Steadicam Operator: Randy Nolan
Camera Assistants: Bob Hall, Neal Mills Forney III
Focus Puller: Marco Sacerdoti
Gaffers: John C. Ferguson, Carlo Vinciguerra
Electricians: Claudio Froliano, Mario Polermi, Bill Pieper, Steve Perry, Scott Davis
Rigging Electricians: Tim Woods, Davis Jambs
Chief Grip and Rigging Co-Ordinator: Bobby Huber
Grips / Riggers: Stephen Graves, Dennis Zoppe
Dolly Grip: Carlo Campana
Key Grip: Maurizio Micalizzi
Grips: Ettore Micalizzi, Mauro Diamanti
Best Boy / Grip: Jim Harrington
Best Boy: Mark Moore
Generator Operator: Jay Howler
Stills: Gusmano Cesaretti
Cameras and Lenses: Joe Dunton Cameras Ltd
Stock: Eastman Film

EDITING
Post Production Supervisor: Don Kurt
Editor: Dov Hoenig
Assistant Editor: Richard D. Keefe
2nd Assistant Editor: Dan Engstrom

MUSIC
Music: Michael Rubini; The Reds
Music Editor: George A. Martin
Songs: Michael Rubini (Graham's Theme); Kitaro (Seiun); Klaus Schulze (Freeze); David Allen, Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh (Evaporation); David Allen, Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Carl Marsh (Coelecanth; The Big Hush); Severs Ramsey, Gary Putman, Curt Lichter, Gregory Markel (Strong As I Am); Doug Ingle (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda); Michael Becker, Gene Stashuk (Heartbeat); The Reds (Lector's Cell; Leed's House)
Songs Performed By: Michael Rubini (Graham's Theme); Kitaro (Seiun); Klaus Schulze (Freeze); Shriekback (Evaporation; Coelecanth; The Big Hush); The Prime Movers (Strong As I Am); Iron Butterfly (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda); Red 7 (Heartbeat); The Reds (Lector's Cell; Leed's House)
Songs Publishers: Sound Design Music Inc (Seiun); P.O.E.M. Musikverlag (Freeze); EMI Music Publishing (Evaporation); Point Music (Coelecanth; The Big Hush); Island Music / Bad Basket Music (Strong As I Am); Cotillion Music / Ten East Music and Iron Butterfly Inc (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda); Colgems-EMI Music / And She Said Music (Heartbeat)
Music Engineer: Greg Fulginiti (uncredited)

SOUND
Sound Mixer: John Mitchell
Boom Operator: Keith Pamplin
Sound Recording: Bob Glass, Don Digirolamo
Sound Assistant: Tom Passmore
Re-Recording Mixer: Buzz Knudson
Supervising Sound Editor: Robert R. Rutledge
Sound Editors: Scott A. Hecker, John A. Larsen, Bob Newian, George H. Anderson, Susan M. Dudeck, Michael J. Benavente, Charles E. Smith, Jay Wilkinson, David A. Arnold, Steve Born
Dolby Stereo Consultant: Jim Fitzpatrick
Looping Editor: J. Paul Huntsman
Recorded At / Post Production Services: Todd A.O. Glen Glenn
Sound Services: Blue Light Sound

MAKE UP AND COSTUME DESIGN
Chief Make Up: Stefano Fava
Assistant Make Up: Sharon Iison (?) Reed
Hair: Kareen Boursier
Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood
Assistant to Costume Designer: John A. Dunn
Wardrobe Supervisor: Ursula Schraeder, Bill Campbell
Wardrobe Assistants: Susie Money, Hartsell Taylor, Jennifer Bryan
Wardrobe Buyer: Tom McKinney

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Designs: John Caglione Jr, Doug Drexler
Special Make Up Lab: Neal Martz

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Joseph Digaetano III
Special Effects Assistants: R.J. Holman, Larry Daniel Reid
Titles and Opticals: Pacific Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Mel Bourne
Art Director: Jack Blackman
Assistant Art Directors: Dean Taucher, Charles McCarry, Julie Piakanis
Propmaster / Standby: Mickey Pugh
Propmaster / Dressing: Charles Stewart
Set Dressers: Tristan Bourne, David Brace, John Kretchmer, Joan Travis
Assistant Set Decorator: Steve Davis
Assistant Property: Linda Kiffe
Concept Artist: Joseph Bernard
Draftswoman: Dawn Snyder
Head Scenic Artist: Dean Taucher
Scenic Artist: Brian Stoltz
Construction Co-Ordinator: Tony Dunne
Supervising Carpenter: Jim Hill
Shop Foreman: Jeep Stapleton

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: June Randall
Animal Trainer: David Meeks
Weapons Expert: Jim Zubiena
Transportation Captains: Howard Davidson, Allan D. Hamilton
Interpreter: John Alarimo Jr
Publicist: Andy Marx
Assistants to Mann: Judith M. Worth, Theresa Curtin
Assistant to Williams: Ron Lynch
Production Assistant: Tristam S. Bishop
Location Office Secretary: Cindy Gray
Secretaries to Mann: Steven Holmes, Christine Baer, Randee Lynne Jensen
Auditor: Patrick A. Howell
Assistant Auditor: Jane Rayleigh
Post Production Auditor: Marianne Scanlon
Publicity: Rogers and Cowan
Advertising Concepts: Dyer / Khan
Insurance: Great Northern Brokerage Corp NY
Travel Arrangements: Beverley Cherep

LOCATIONS
Locations: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Washinton DC, USA; St Louis, Missouri, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Florida, USA; Wilmington, USA
Location Managers: Elaine Smith (Atlanta); Stuart A. Neumann (Washington DC); Steve Roberts (St Louis); Mike Malone (Chicago); Maria Chavez (Florida); Robert Giardini, Shiho Ito (Wilmington)

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Bud Davis
Stunts: Bud Davis, Chuck Hart, Don Pulford, Bernard Johnson, Dennis Scott, Deborah Shuckman, Mike Haines, Larry Madlin

CASTING
Casting: Timmermann
Additional Casting: Mark Fincannon
Extra Casting: Marc Bass

CAST

William L. Petersen (Will Graham)
Kim Greist (Molly Graham)
Joan Allen (Reba)
Brian Cox (Dr Hannibal Lektor)
Dennis Farina (Agent Jack Crawford)
Stephen Lang (Freddie Lounds)
Tom Noonan (Francis Dollarhyde)
David Seaman (Kevin Graham)
Benjamin Hendrickson (Dr Chilton)
Michael Talbott (Geehan)
Dan Butler (Jimmy Price)
Michele Shay (Beverly Katz)
Robin Moseley (Sarah)
Paul Perri (Dr Sidney Bloom)
Patricia Charbonneau (Mrs Sherman)
Bill Cwikowski (Ralph Dandridge)
Alex Neil (Eileen)
Norman Snow (Springfield)
Jim Zubiena (Spurgen)
Frankie Faison (Lt Fisk)
Garcelle Beauvais (young woman housebuyer)
Joanne Camp (mother on plane)
David Allen Brooks (Mr Leeds)
Lisa Ryall (Mrs Leeds)
Chris Elliott (Zeller)
Gary Chavaras (guard)
Chris Cianciolo (attendant)
Ken Colquit (husband housebuyer)
Ron Fitzgerald, Dennis Quick (storage guards)
David Meeks (Dr Warfield)
Sherman Michaels (technician)
Robin Trapp, Lisa Winters (secretaries)
Daniel T. Snow (State Trooper)
Cynthia Chvatal (airport waitress)
King White (SWAT man)
Mickey Lloyd (Atlanta detective)
Dawn Carmen (child on plane)
David Fitzsimmons (Bill)
Robert A. Burton (doctor)
Steve Hogan (helicopter pilot)
Mickey Pugh (Lear Jet technician)
Kin Shriner (Mr Sherman)
John Posey (Mr Jacobi)
Kristin Holby (Mrs Jacobi)
Greg Kelly, Brian Kelly, Ryan Langhorn (Jacobi boys)
Hannah Caggiano, Lindsey Fonora (Sherman children)
Jason Frair, Bryant Arrants, Christopher Arrants (Leeds children)
Melvin Clark, Renee Ayala, Dana Dewey, Stephen Hawkins, Leonard Johnson, Keith Pyles, Michael Russell, Michael Vitug, Pat Williams, Charles Yarbaugh (SWAT team members)
Bill Smitrovich (Lloyd Bowman)
Peter Maloney (Dr Dominick Princi)
Michael D. Roberts (the runner)

Former FBI investigator Will Graham has retired after a harrowing encounter with serial-killer Dr Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecktor. But he is drawn out of his idyllic new life by the rampages of a new killer, The Tooth Fairy, who is slaughtering whole families at the time of the full moon. As he closes in on the killer, Graham is forced to confront his greatest fears and seek the help of Lecktor. The killer, meanwhile, has found his next victims... (Full Synopsis)

A stunning blend of high-tech police procedural and serial-killer thriller, this cool, almost icy exploration of the very thin dividing line between the forces of law and the forces of madness is head and shoulders above its over-rated follow ups, The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001). Atmospheric, disturbing and often quite terrifying, it remains one of Mann's best films.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Recorded Releasing
Video Distributor: BMG

USA
Theatrical Distributor: DEG

Germany
Rating: 18

Norway
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

1987
April
22: France - theatrical release

1991
August
4: UK - television broadcast

1999
June
22: Sweden - television broadcast

September
25: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

June
5: UK television broadcast (on Film4)

2006
August
4: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
6: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
12: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London

Enter the mind of a serial killer... you may never come back.

Just you and me now, sport.

Manhunter - frammenti di un omicidio - Italian title
Red Dragon - shooting title
Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter
Red Dragon: The Return of Hannibal Lector - US TV title
Roter Drache - West German title

REMAKE
Red Dragon (2002)

SEQUELS
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal (2001)

SEE ALSO
Hannibal Rising (2007)

SEE ALSO
Free Enterprise (1998)

PERIODICALS

American Cinematographer vol.82 no.2 (February 2001) p.136 (USA)
illustrated article

American Cinematographer vol.82 no.5 (May 2001) pp.14,16 (USA)
DVD review

Cinefantastique vol.22 no.2 (October 1991) pp.4-5, 60 (USA)
illustrated article

City Limits no.386 (23 February 1989) p.11; 19 (UK)
illustrated interview with Michael Mann (author not credited); illustrated review (by Kim Newman)

Continuum vol.22 no.3 (June 2008) pp.341-352 (Australia)
article

Empire November 1998 p.139-140 (UK)
illustrated review

Empire no.123 (September 1999) p.138 (USA)
DVD review

Empire no.168 (June 2003) p.146 (UK)
illustrated dvd review

Fangoria no.201 (April 2001) p.66 (USA)
illustrated dvd review

Fangoria no.226 (September 2003) p.60 (USA)
dvd review

Film Review no.623 (October 2002) pp.30-35 (USA)
illustrated article

Film Review Special no.42: Psycho pp.6-11; 27-57; 90 (UK)
illustrated article; illustrated article; illustrated dvd review

Films and Filming no.412 (February 1989) p.34,35 (UK)
illustrated credits, review (by Ian Johns)

Hollywood Reporter vol.288 no.37 (17 September 1985) p.16 (USA)
credits

Hollywood Reporter vol.293 no.12 (8 August 1986) pp.3, 35 (USA)
review (by Dennis Fischer)

Journal of Popular Film & Television vol.34 no.3 (Autumn 2006) pp.123-129 (USA)
illustrated article

Literature/Film Quarterly vol.31 no.1 (2003) pp.10-16 (USA)
illustrated article, bibliography

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.56 no.661 (February 1989) p.51-53 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Premiere April 1987 p 8 (France)
review (by Stella Molitor)

Premiere vol.17 no.9 (June 2004) p.36 (USA)
illustrated interview

Radio Times vol.270 no.3528 (3 August 1991) p.26 (UK)
illustrated article, review

Radio Times 25 September-1 October 1999 p.65 (UK)
credits, synopsis

Screen International no.516 (28 September 1985) p.1 (UK)
note (De Laurentiis buys Embassy Pictures by B.J. Franklin)

Screen International no.519 (19 October 1985) p.394 (UK)
credits

Screen International n509 (10 August 1985) p.10 (UK)
production note (MGM/UA sets $175m for production in fiscal 1986 by anon)

Screen International no.576 (29 November 1986) p.1 (UK)
note

Shivers no.68 (August 1999) pp.30-33 (UK)
illustrated article

Sight and Sound vol.11 no.11 (November 2001) p.64 (UK)
DVD review

Time Out no.912 (10 February 1988) p.34 (UK)
review (by Waldo); interview with Michael Mann

Time Out no.965 (15 February 1989) pp.20-21 (UK)
illustrated review by Geoff Andrews, illustrated interview with Michael Mann

Time Out no.966 (22 February 1989) p.33 (UK)
illustrated review (by Geoff Andrews)

Variety 13 August 1986 p.11 (USA)
credits, review (by Cort)

Variety 5 February 2001 p.40 (USA)
illustrated synopsis, review

Video Watchdog 13 pp.24-35 (USA)
illustrated article (by Tim Lucas)

NEWSPAPERS

Evening Standard 5 June 2000 p.53 (UK)
illustrated review (Film of the Night by Nigel Pizey)

BOOKS

The BFI Companion to Crime p.218
short review

blindness, police, serial killers

Last Updated: 19 March, 2010