Five Corners (1987)

Director:

Tony Bill

Writer:

John Patrick Shanley

Release Date:

11 September 1987 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Friends last forever. Goodness is its own reward. ...And there ain't no Indians in the Bronx.

Plot:

Young psychotic man returns to neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks young lady he previously tried to rape and young man who protected her...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Psychotic | Mirror | Attempted Rape | Equality

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Linda
Tim Robbins	...	Harry
Todd Graff	...	Jamie
John Turturro	...	Heinz
Michael R. Howard	...	Murray
Pierre Epstein	...	George
Jery Hewitt	...	Mr. Glascow
Rodney Harvey	...	Castro
Daniel Jenkins	...	Willie
Elizabeth Berridge	...	Melanie
Cathryn de Prume	...	Brita
Carl Capotorto	...	Sal
Jose Soto Jr.	...	Boy in Pet Store
Kathleen Chalfant	...	Mrs. Fitzgerald
John Seitz	...	Sullivan
Anthony Powers	...	Cop
Jack McGee	...	Desk Sergeant
Gregory Rozakis	...	Mazola
Rose Gregorio	...	Mrs. Sabantino
Mike Starr	...	Bartender
Kit Le Fever	...	Esther
Jerome Collamore	...	Old Man in Bar
Bill Cobbs	...	Man in Coffee Shop
Frances Foster	...	Waitress
Eriq La Salle	...	Samuel Kemp
Ray Aranha	...	Arthur
David Brisbin	...	Plainclothesman
Robert Lempert	...	Neighborhood Person
Keith Reddin	...	Neighborhood Person
Pepe Douglas	...	Policeman
Dann Florek	...	Policeman
Alex Kramarevsky	...	Policeman
Tom Kudlek	...	Policeman (as Thomas Kudlek)
Mike Lisenco	...	Policeman
Regis Mullavey	...	Policeman
Frank Patton	...	Policeman
James Ryan	...	Policeman
Campbell Scott	...	Policeman
Joel Segal	...	Policeman
Victor Slezak	...	Policeman
Richard Thomsen	...	Policeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mews Small		(as Mary Small)

Directed by
Tony Bill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Patrick Shanley

Produced by
Tony Bill	....	producer
George Harrison	....	executive producer
Michael McDonnell	....	associate producer
Forrest Murray	....	producer
Denis O'Brien	....	executive producer
John Patrick Shanley	....	associate producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Fred Murphy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andy Blumenthal

Casting by
Douglas Aibel		(as Doug Aibel)

Production Design by
Adrianne Lobel

Set Decoration by
Linda Ekstrand

Costume Design by
Peggy Farrell

Makeup Department
Jean-Paul Davis	....	hair stylist
Leslie Fuller	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Nan Bernstein Freed	....	assistant unit production manager (as Nan Bernstein)
J. Boyce Harman Jr.	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Ingber	....	second assistant director
Gina Maria Leonetti	....	dga trainee
Timothy J. Lonsdale	....	assistant director
Tomaz Remec	....	additional second assistant director
Joel Segal	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fred Chalfy	....	leadman
John M. Dwyer	....	property master (as John Dwyer)
Martha Fishkin	....	property assistant
Edward L. McMillan	....	set constructor (as Edward L. McMillan Jr.)
Thomas Hudson Reeve	....	set dresser
Sonja Roth	....	set dresser
Raymond M. Samitz	....	construction coordinator
Robert Topol	....	master scenic artist

Sound Department
Ben Anderson	....	sound transferer: Magno Sound
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Daly	....	sound mixer
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley sound effects (as Gary Heckler)
Pieter Hubbard	....	sound editor
Roxanne Jones	....	sound editor
Jimmy Ling	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Mason	....	assistant sound engineer
Dean Okrand	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Phillips	....	supervising sound editor
John Phillips	....	assistant sound editor
Rose Rosenblatt	....	synchronizer
Hal Sanders	....	sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley sound effects
Maggi Travis	....	boom operator
Mike Warner	....	sound editor
Vincent Zabaly	....	sound transfer

Special Effects by
William D. Harrison	....	special effects
Dan Kirshoff	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Clay Marsh	....	optical line up

Stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts (as Billy Anagnos)
Brenda DeYoung	....	stunts
John Hayden	....	stunts
Don Hewitt	....	stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator
Jery Hewitt	....	stunts
Kay Kimler	....	stunts
Gary Tacon	....	stunts
Suzanne E. Vaucher	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres	....	best boy (as Robert Andres)
Richard Crudo	....	Steadicam assistant (as Richard P. Crudo)
Catherine Delattre	....	still photographer
William Farber	....	best boy
Ken Ferris	....	camera operator
Mark Kahn	....	electrician
Pamela Katz	....	second assistant camera
Jeremy Knaster	....	electrician
Tom Kudlek	....	dolly grip (as Thomas Kudlek)
Bill Laberge	....	electrician
Todd MacNicholl	....	rigging grip
Constantine Makris	....	camera operator
Gary Martone	....	grip
John McElwain	....	grip
William Moore	....	rigging electrical best boy
Bill O'Leary	....	rigging gaffer (as William O'Leary)
Charles Quinlivan	....	grip
Rick Raphael	....	Steadicam operator
Joseph Rivers	....	camera operator
Marc Rogers	....	gaffer
Dustin Smith	....	key grip
Susan Starr	....	assistant camera
Jeffery J. Tufano	....	assistant camera (as Jeff Tufano)
Scott Williams	....	electrician
Zachary Winestine	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting
Crystal Huntington	....	casting assistant
Donna Morong	....	casting associate (as Donna Jacobson)
Joy Todd	....	extras casting
April Webster	....	casting: Los Angeles

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Denise Andres	....	wardrobe supervisor
Barbara Hause	....	wardrobe assistant (as Barbara J. Hause)

Editorial Department
Claudia Hoover	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Richard Bonynge	....	conductor: "Lakmé"
Ray Cooper	....	score producer
James Newton Howard	....	score producer
Sara Sheranian	....	assistant music editor (as Sara L. Sheranian)
Terrible Ted	....	music editor
Robby Weaver	....	score engineer (as Robbie Weaver)

Transportation Department
Bill Curry Jr.	....	transportation coordinator
Irv Gooch	....	period car coordinator
Dennis Salomone	....	assistant transportation coordinator (as Dennis Salamone)

Other crew
Eugene Allen	....	parking coordinator
Robert Baker	....	production assistant
Helen Buck Bartlett	....	assistant: Tony Bill (as Helen Bartlett)
Eva Z. Cabrera	....	script supervisor
Barbara Callahan	....	production assistant
Craig Cannold	....	assistant production accountant
John Chaiken	....	production assistant
Gregory Choa	....	parking coordinator
Dan Collins	....	production assistant
David Dreishpoon	....	craft service
Sharon Gaskins	....	assistant production office coordinator
Tom Gorai	....	assistant location coordinator
Esther Gordon	....	production assistant
Linda Hanrahan	....	dog handler
Charles Hunt	....	production assistant
Molly Klein	....	production assistant
Ron Magill	....	penguin handler
Artie Malesci	....	supplier: penguins
Michelle Morrissey	....	production office coordinator (as Michelle Weinberg)
Joseph Pierson	....	location coordinator
Alison R. Rosenzweig	....	promotions coordinator (as Alison Rosenzweig)
Larry Rudolph	....	production assistant
Jennifer Ruscoe	....	production assistant
Peggy Siegal	....	publicist
Kate Smith	....	assistant to producers
Gerrit van der Meer	....	production auditor
Chris Watts	....	production assistant

Thanks
Jack Gilford	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Cineplex-Odeon Films
• HandMade Films

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Cannon Video (1988) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Cannon Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Cascadia Entertainment (2000s) (Canada) (DVD)
• Cineplex-Odeon Films (1988) (USA)
• Criterion Collection, The (1997) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Direct Source (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Front Row Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• MGM/UA Home Video (1992) (USA) (video)
• Sony Pictures Television (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• United American Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Special Effects Unlimited

Other Companies

• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Culinary Connection  catering
• Donna Motors  period cars
• Filmtrucks  location services
• General Camera Corporation  camera equipment (as General Camera)
• Magno Sound  sound transfers
• Market Street Sound  sound services
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  post-production facilities (as Todd-AO/Glen Glenn)

Also Known As:

"5 Corners" - USA (video box title)

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:95 min (Ontario)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Australia:M | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cineplex-Odeon Films

Trivia:

Marisa Tomei auditioned for the role of Linda.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Set in 1964, when Linda talks on her home phone with Heinz, the phone handset is clearly seen to have a modular plug connection to its cord. The now-popular modular plugs were not introduced until much later in the 70's.

Quotes:

Melanie:[after sniffing glue] I'm flyin', man! I'm flyin'!

Soundtrack:

Funky Soul

Excellent drama

Set in 1964 Bronx, the film starts off great with the Beatles "In My Life" and just keeps getting better.

A psycho Heinz (John Turturro) is released from prison and goes after the woman Linda (Jodie Foster) who put him there. Harry (Tim Robbins) and James (Todd Graff) try to protect her. Then there's the man that "sells" his girlfriend and her friend to two guys. And there's people being shot with arrows...

This got some noteriety in it's 1988 release because its writer, John Patrick Shanley, had just won the Oscar for "Moonstruck". But this film disappeared without a trace after that. That's a shame because it's a fantastic movie.

The script is sharp and believable with three-dimensional characters and ALL the performances are great. Direction by Tony Bill is perfect...he gets a real feel for the era and captures it on screen. It's also interesting to see Tim Robbins before he hit it big. Engrossing from beginning to end...a must see!

There's so many great lines in this movie! But a particular standout is "Someone murdered our teacher, so we have the day off. Want to go for a ride?"