Summer Lovers (1982)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Writer:

Randal Kleiser

Release Date:

16 July 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

They Spent a Summer of Love - to the Sounds of 'Chicago'

Plot:

A young American couple go to the Greek islands for the summer and are dazzled by the beauty and the uninhibited people surrounding them...

Plot Keywords:

Implied Sex | Beautiful Woman | Binoculars | Cinema | Sea

Cast

Peter Gallagher	...	Michael Pappas
Daryl Hannah	...	Cathy Featherstone
Valérie Quennessen	...	Lina (as Valerie Quennessen)
Barbara Rush	...	Jean Featherstone
Carole Cook	...	Barbara Foster
Hans van Tongeren	...	Jan Tolin
Lydia Lenosi	...	Aspa
Vladimiros Kiriakidis	...	Yorghos (as Vladimiros Kiriakos)
Carlos Rodríguez Ramos	...	Cosmo
Rika Dialina	...	Monica
Andreas Filippides	...	Andreas (as Andreas Filippidis)
Peter Pye	...	Joe Saunders
Janis Benjamin	...	Trish Saunders
Victor T. Salant	...	John
Brigitte Perbandt	...	Anna
Henri Behar	...	Movie Director
Steven Fazekas	...	Bob
Jane Moder	...	Jane
Hilary Shepard	...	Camp Fire Girl (as Hillary Shapiro)
Nadia Fahmi	...	Camp Fire Girl
Richard Montgomery	...	Boy at Camp Fire
Ann Coleman	...	French Girl on Yacht
François Manceaux	...	Archeologist
Marilyn Giardino	...	Woman at Hotel
Stavros Kaplandis	...	Desk Clerk

Directed by
Randal Kleiser

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Randal Kleiser

Produced by
Joel Dean	....	executive producer
Mike Moder	....	producer

Original Music by
Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by
Timothy Galfas

Film Editing by
Robert Gordon

Casting by
Barbara Claman
Eleanor Ross

Production Design by
Bruce Weintraub

Set Decoration by
Ann Coleman

Makeup Department
Katia Despotidou	....	makeup artist
Robert Redding	....	makeup artist
Garafalia Strataki	....	hair stylist
Jim Gillespie	....	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Salvatore Billitteri	....	post-production supervisor
Michael S. Glick	....	supervising production manager
Aspa Lambrou	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stavros Kaplanidis	....	second assistant director
Stavros Konstandarakos	....	second assistant director
Mike Moder	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dimitris Plivouris	....	property master (as Mimis Plivouris)

Sound Department
Kevin F. Cleary	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Cox	....	sound effects (as Jim Cox)
Nikos Despotidis	....	sound mixer (as Nicos Despotidis)
Mimis Kimouliatis	....	boom operator (as Mimis Kimoliatis)
Dessie Markovsky	....	dialogue editor
William L. McCaughey	....	sound re-recording mixer (as William McCaughey)
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Emile Razpopov	....	sound effects editor
Howard S. Wollman	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Howard Wollman)
William Hooper	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jeffrey Kleiser	....	special optical effects: EFX Unlimited (as Jeff Kleiser)
Andrea D'Amico	....	optical effects: EFX Unlimited (uncredited)

Stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt woman

Camera and Electrical Department
John Burke	....	gaffer (as Jack Burke)
Peter Lyons Collister	....	aerial photographer
Peter Lyons Collister	....	director of photography: second unit
Roger G. Jans	....	still photographer (as Roger Jans)
Sifis Koundouros	....	second assistant camera
Dimitris Papakonstadis	....	director of photography: Greece
Pernell Youngblood Tyus	....	first assistant camera (as Pernell Tyus)
Peter Wagner	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ernest Misko	....	costume supervisor
Diana Yannapoulou	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Bill Berry	....	negative cutter
Dennis Galling	....	assistant editor
Dolly Gordon	....	associate editor (as Dolly Fendel Gordon)
Scott Hancock	....	assistant editor
Tom Shaffer	....	color timer
Takis Yannopoulos	....	assistant editor (as Takis Yannapoulos)

Music Department
Jim Cypherd	....	score recording engineer
Phil Davis	....	score synthesizer
Terri Fricon	....	music supervisor (as Terry Fricon)
Gary Jones	....	music supervisor
Rosalie Winkler Karalekas	....	music consultant
Leslie Whitfield	....	music editor
Thomas Vicari	....	score recordist: main titles (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Jeffrey R. Clark	....	transportation captain
Peter Forbes	....	driver
John Gott	....	driver

Other crew
Janis Benjamin	....	production coordinator
Amy Bloch	....	production assistant
Steven Fazekas	....	production assistant
Mark M. Frederick	....	production assistant
Jeff Freedman	....	merchandising coordinator
Marilyn Giardino	....	script supervisor
Diana Lambrinou	....	production secretary
Brian Lindquist	....	creative consultant
Victor T. Salant	....	auditor
Harry Stein	....	assistant to producer
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter pilot

Production Companies

• Filmways Pictures

Distributors

• Filmways Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (video)
• Orion Pictures Corporation
• Roadshow Home Video

Also Known As:

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (1998) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 (original rating) (cut) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) (uncut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Crete, Greece

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Trivia:

Darryl Hannah's character remarks, "I use to dream I was a mermaid." Two years later Darryl Hannah starred as a mermaid in Splash (1984).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Cathy and Michael arrive at the villa, Cathy has a band-aid on her left arm between the elbow and the outer edge of her arm. This is seen when Michael knees her in the butt. When Cathy picks up the shower head and pretends it is a telephone the band-aid is missing. But when she walks outside with Michael, the band-aid reappears.

Quotes:

Lina:Jealousy doesn't show how much you love someone, it shows how insecure you are.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O.C.: The Accomplice (#2.10)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Sea Cave

Sweet Classic about Mange a Trois on perfect summer isle

This is a wonderful movie- described by many as an escapist fantasy, but letter perfect in it's depiction of the awkward relationship of European-adventuring couple Gallagher + Darryl Hannah in her most resplendent role (Rent this one-she is nude in 60% of it and have no idea how they pared it down for AMC), the difficult mechanics of a 3-way relationship, the sexual politics of the steamy Greek Isles, the carefree tentative joy of gorgeous twenty somethings on the loose in paradise.

The location on the fabled Greek Island of Santorini (Thera) is breathlessly beautiful- it was annihilated in 1600 BC in a titantic volcanic explosion that wiped out the whole Eastern Med, and probably the source of Atlantis legends- 10 years later ('92) I visited (maybe subconciously from the movie) and still think it's the most beautiful place in the world- 1000 ft. cliffs with 10 stories of whitewashed interconnected blue-roofed buildings in a brilliant white strip along the top (town of Fira), black sand beaches on outer side, 2500 ft central mountain w Roman/Hellenistic/Dorian acropoli, entire intact buried Minoan city (Acrotiri-prominently featured) with 3 story bldgs and gorgeous color frescos- a Pompei that's twice as old, central volcano in the middle of grotto, impossibly aquamarine Agean, 7000 years of habitation. I blew through 5 36-exp rolls of film in the first day and burnt myself right through 30 SPF though it was March (the sun reflects off the whitewashed bldgs), which was a nice change from the Russian winter I'd just endured. The Greek Isles are sybaritic mating Shangri-La's for Europeans, packed with spectacular slick semi-naked Euro women (mostly Mikinos).

Valerie is a sweetheart too, a slightly flaky French waif with huge sad haunting eyes- maybe she knew she only had 7 years left. The relationship is driven more by the women than Gallagher, as often really happens. I accidentally saw it in Chicago at the near end of an exhausting 4 mo. cross country expedition (with Officer + a Gentleman-hell of a twin bill) and was really moved by it, or rather the incredible Hannah, whom I instantly and totally loved. Think Jackie Kennedy made a bad mistake banning JFK Jr from marrying her- his life would have been far more fulfilled with this magnificent sweetheart than with the hard eyed Bissette, who reportedly demanded he wait for her sister and take off for Martha's Vinyard 1 1/4 hours later than he wanted, into the deadly dusk.

This movie uses songs more perfectly than almost any movie I can think of- "I'm so excited", "Everbody needs a little time away"- Chicago, at just the appropriate points. Do check it out- exp. the video, because the un-self conscious unaffected unenhanced Hannah is unequaled, and the movie is a sweet libertine gem. -------------------------------------------- Mike Hammerschlag