The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)

Director:

Stan Dragoti

Writers:

Francis Veber (screenplay) and
Yves Robert (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 July 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Plot:

A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Shoe | Surveillance | Red Shoes | Spy

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Richard Harlan Drew
Dabney Coleman	...	Cooper
Lori Singer	...	Maddy
Charles Durning	...	Ross
Carrie Fisher	...	Paula
Edward Herrmann	...	Brown (as Ed Herrmann)
James Belushi	...	Morris (as Jim Belushi)
Irving Metzman	...	Virdon
Tom Noonan	...	Reese
Gerrit Graham	...	Carson
David L. Lander	...	Stemple
Ritch Brinkley	...	Hulse
Frank Hamilton	...	Edgar
Dortha Duckworth	...	Natalie
David Ogden Stiers	...	The Conductor
Julius Carry	...	CIA Agent (as Julius J. Carry III)
Stephen Bradley	...	CIA Agent
Art LaFleur	...	CIA Agent
Richard McGonagle	...	CIA Agent (as Richard F. McGonagle)
George Martin	...	Senate Chairman
Patricia Gaul	...	Mrs. Brown
Charles Levin	...	CIA Dentist
Dan Resin	...	Man in Car
Tom Rayhall	...	Sergeant at Arms
Victoria Carroll	...	Receptionist
Mark Robman	...	Dentist
Charles Walker	...	Reporter
David Selburg	...	Reporter
Lisa Raggio	...	Reporter
Ivy Bethune	...	Female Patient
Richard Clark	...	Cab Driver (as C. Richard Clark)
Tom Chiu	...	Dickie
Damita Jo Freeman	...	Waitress
Jeff Ware	...	Prof. Chermenko
Noel De Souza	...	Officer on Dock
Dan Ziskie	...	Young American (as Daniel Ziskie)
Sam Sako	...	Dock Worker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pamela Clay	...	Friendly Young Girl (uncredited)
Joe Dooley	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Stan Dragoti

Writing credits
Francis Veber		(screenplay "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire") and
Yves Robert		(screenplay "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire")
Robert Klane

Produced by
Victor Drai	....	producer
Xavier Gélin	....	associate producer
Jack Frost Sanders	....	associate producer (as Jack Sanders)
William W. Wilson	....	associate producer (as Bill Wilson)

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Richard H. Kline

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown
Bud Molin

Casting by
Dianne Crittenden

Production Design by
Dean Edward Mitzner		(as Dean E. Mitzner)

Set Decoration by
Anne D. McCulley

Costume Design by
William Ware Theiss

Makeup Department
Ora Green	....	hair stylist (as Ora T. Green)
Byrd Holland	....	makeup artist
Bob Mills	....	makeup supervisor (as Robert J. Mills)
Marina Pedraza	....	head hair stylist
Ric Sagliani	....	makeup artist (as Ric G. Sagliani)

Production Management
Henry Kline	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William S. Beasley	....	first assistant director (as William Beasley)
Alan B. Curtiss	....	second assistant director
Regina Gordon	....	additional second assistant director (as Regina L. Gordon)
Duncan Henderson	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Duncan S. Henderson)
Max Kleven	....	second unit director
Christopher Ryan	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Chris Ryan)

Art Department
Cameron Birnie	....	set designer
Everett Olson	....	construction coordinator
Richard M. Rubin	....	property master
Tom Southwell	....	production illustrator
Dianne Wager	....	assistant art director
Kenneth L. Westcott	....	lead man (as Ken Westcott)

Sound Department
Don J. Bassman	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Don Bassman)
Garrie Bolger	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willie D. Burton	....	sound mixer (as Willis D. Burton)
Kevin F. Cleary	....	sound re-recording mixer
David M. Ice	....	sound editor
Lenny Jennings	....	sound editor
Hal Sanders	....	sound editor
Richard Sperber	....	sound editor (as Richard A. Sperber)
Bill Voigtlander	....	adr editor (as William Voigtlander)
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Andy Rovins	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Alan E. Lorimer	....	special effects coordinator
Mike Berro	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Bruno Van Zeebroeck	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Sandy Berumen	....	stunts
Brad Bovee	....	stunts
Betsy Clark	....	stunts
Laurie Creach	....	stunts
Wally Crowder	....	stunt coordinator
Wally Crowder	....	stunts
Rawn Hutchinson	....	stunts
David LeBell	....	stunts
Kathleen O'Haco	....	stunts
Hutch Parker	....	stunts
Carol Rees	....	stunts
Roger Richman	....	stunts (as Roger M. Richman)
Pat Romano	....	stunts (as Patrick Romano)
John-Clay Scott	....	stunts
Tommie Sikes	....	stunts
Mark Yerkes	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth Adams	....	key grip: second unit (as Kenneth A. Adams)
Sidney Ray Baldwin	....	still photographer (as Sidney R. Baldwin)
Albert Bettcher	....	camera operator
Richmond G. Cogswell	....	video assist operator
M. Todd Henry	....	assistant camera (as Michael Todd Henry)
David Morton	....	best boy
Jack Priestley	....	camera operator: second unit
Robert Sordal	....	key grip (as Robert L. Sordal)
John D. Todd	....	gaffer: second unit
Gary R. Wostak	....	gaffer
Mara Kurtz	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Louis Niemeyer	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Ilene Starger	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon Iris Crall	....	costumer: women
Jered Green	....	costumer: men (as Jered E. Green)
Thalia C. Macarthur	....	costume supervisor (as Thalia Macarthur)

Editorial Department
Roger Greene	....	assistant editor
Scot Scalise	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor
Michael Masser	....	composer: love theme
Ken Runyon	....	music editor
Armin Steiner	....	score mixer
James B. Campbell	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Doering	....	musician (uncredited)
Thomas Newman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Skip Wilson	....	transportation coordinator
Gina August	....	driver (uncredited)
Dean E. Mason	....	transportation captain (uncredited)

Other crew
Pete Emmet	....	unit publicist
Cherie Franklin	....	dialogue coach
Todd Grodnick	....	video consultant
Larry K. Johnson	....	script supervisor
Richard S. Kaufman	....	violin coach (as Richard Kaufman)
James Koehler	....	auditor (as Jim Koehler)
Lloyd Nelson	....	script supervisor: second unit
Susan Pond	....	assistant: Stan Dragoti
Pinki Ragan	....	production coordinator
Binnie Ruben	....	location manager: Los Angeles
Art Scholl	....	helicopter pilot
Lisa M. Violé	....	assistant: Victor Drai
Michael Wallace	....	location manager: Washington D.C. (as Mike Wallace)
Gary Weddington	....	assistant auditor

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox Video (1987) (Belgium) (video)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Other Companies

• Halston Enterprises  gowns for Lori Singer
• Inter Video  24 frame video playback
• R/Greenberg Associates  titles

Also Known As:

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG (certificate #27447) | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 (re-rating) (uncut) (2004) | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

3331 O Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

In the opening credit sequence when the orchestra is tuning up, the cellos play during Lori Singer's credit. Ms. Singer plays the cello in real life.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Morris is taking a pee and the bathroom door swings shut the "dead" agent hanging on the back of the door lifts his head and looks at Morris.

Quotes:

[after having all his teeth yanked out without anesthetic]
Reese:[slurringly] Do you have some aspirin?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Castle: Slice of Death (#3.20)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Love Theme

Great Sunday-afternoon viewing

OK, it's not the most brilliant piece of art in the world, but neither is it the turkey that the video guides make it out to be. It's a cute spy-cliché spoof with good performances from Hanks, Durning, Coleman, Belushi, Herrman and particularly Tom Noonan as the deadpan Agent Reese. Super music by Thomas Newman (one of his first scores), an elegant string of sight gags featuring Belushi and a couple of corpses, and a sweet ending scene more than make up for the underlying silliness of the plot and a handful of flatly delivered lines. Good to watch on a Sunday afternoon when you need to occupy your mind, but not TOO much.