"Quantum Leap" (1989) TV series 1989-1993

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Creator:

Donald P. Bellisario
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

26 March 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Scientist Sam Beckett finds himself trapped in time--"leaping" into the body of a different person in a different time period each week.

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Amnesia | Hologram | Alternate History | Experiment Gone Wrong

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 37 nominations

Cast

Scott Bakula	...	Dr. Sam Beckett / ... (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Dean Stockwell	...	Admiral Al Calavicci (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Deborah Pratt	...	Ziggy / ... (38 episodes, 1989-1993)

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Series Directed by
James Whitmore Jr.		(15 episodes, 1989-1993)
Joe Napolitano		(12 episodes, 1990-1992)
Michael Zinberg		(9 episodes, 1989-1992)
Alan J. Levi		(4 episodes, 1989-1992)
Gilbert M. Shilton		(4 episodes, 1989-1990)
Michael W. Watkins		(4 episodes, 1990-1991)
Christopher T. Welch		(4 episodes, 1990)
David Hemmings		(3 episodes, 1989-1993)
Andy Cadiff		(3 episodes, 1989-1991)
Aaron Lipstadt		(3 episodes, 1989)
Scott Bakula		(3 episodes, 1991-1992)
Debbie Allen		(2 episodes, 1991-1993)
Bob Hulme		(2 episodes, 1992)
John Cullum		(1 episode, 1990)
Rob Bowman		(unknown episodes)
Paul Brown		(unknown episodes)
Stuart Margolin		(unknown episodes)
Chris Ruppenthal		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Donald P. Bellisario		(97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Deborah Pratt		(17 episodes, 1989-1993)
Paul Brown		(10 episodes, 1989-1991)
Chris Ruppenthal		(7 episodes, 1989-1992)
Tommy Thompson		(7 episodes, 1990-1992)
Beverly Bridges		(5 episodes, 1990-1992)
Richard C. Okie		(4 episodes, 1992-1993)
Robert Wolterstorff		(3 episodes, 1989-1990)
Scott Shepherd		(3 episodes, 1989)
Robin Bernheim		(3 episodes, 1992-1993)
Paul M. Belous		(2 episodes, 1989-1990)
John Hill		(2 episodes, 1989)
Nick Harding		(2 episodes, 1990)
Paris Qualles		(2 episodes, 1991-1992)
Danielle Alexandra		(unknown episodes)
Toni Graphia		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Donald P. Bellisario	....	executive producer / associate producer (96 episodes, 1989-1993)
Deborah Pratt	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer / ... (48 episodes, 1989-1993)
Harker Wade	....	producer / supervising producer (48 episodes, 1989-1993)
Jeff Gourson	....	co-producer / associate producer (43 episodes, 1989-1991)
Paul Brown	....	co-producer (36 episodes, 1989-1991)
Chris Ruppenthal	....	producer / co-producer (36 episodes, 1989-1991)
David Bellisario	....	associate producer (23 episodes, 1989-1990)
Jimmy Giritlian	....	associate producer (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Michael Zinberg	....	co-executive producer (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Robert Wolterstorff	....	supervising producer (18 episodes, 1989-1990)
Paul M. Belous	....	supervising producer (11 episodes, 1989-1990)
John Hill	....	supervising producer (6 episodes, 1989)
Scott Shepherd	....	supervising producer (4 episodes, 1989-1990)
Robin Bernheim	....	producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Chas. Floyd Johnson	....	co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Richard C. Okie	....	supervising producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Scott Ejercito	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Joanne Oboyski	....	assistant associate producer (unknown episodes)
Tommy Thompson	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Velton Ray Bunch		(36 episodes, 1989-1993)
Mike Post		(24 episodes, 1989-1990)
Jerry Grant		(10 episodes, 1989-1990)

Series Cinematography by
Michael W. Watkins		(32 episodes, 1989-1991)
Robert D. McBride		(9 episodes, 1991-1992)
Roy H. Wagner		(6 episodes, 1989)
Henry M. Lebo		(4 episodes, 1989)
Bradley B. Six		(3 episodes, 1990)
Robert Primes		(unknown episodes, 1992-1993)

Series Film Editing by
Mario Di Gregorio		(9 episodes, 1989-1990)
Jon Koslowsky		(9 episodes, 1990-1991)
Alan L. Shefland		(8 episodes, 1989-1990)
Ron Rutberg		(8 episodes, 1989)
Robert E. Pew		(8 episodes, 1990-1991)
M. Edward Salier		(7 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jerry Temple		(6 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jerry U. Frizell		(4 episodes, 1991)
Gary Griffin		(3 episodes, 1989-1990)
Lawrence S. Breslow		(3 episodes, 1989)
Ken Dennis		(2 episodes, 1989)
George R. Rohrs		(2 episodes, 1989)
Alec Smight		(2 episodes, 1990)
Craig Holt		(unknown episodes)
Michael Stern		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Ellen Lubin Sanitsky		(37 episodes, 1989-1991)
Melissa Skoff		(5 episodes, 1989)
Ken Carlson		(3 episodes, 1989)

Series Production Design by
Cameron Birnie		(35 episodes, 1989-1991)

Series Art Direction by
Peg McClellan		(30 episodes, 1989-1990)
Cameron Birnie		(10 episodes, 1989)

Series Set Decoration by
Robert L. Zilliox		(46 episodes, 1989-1991)

Series Costume Design by
Jean-Pierre Dorléac		(46 episodes, 1989-1991)
Jacqueline Saint Anne		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Stephen Gautier	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1989)
Virginia Kearns	....	hair stylist (1 episode, 1989)

Series Production Management
Ronald R. Grow	....	unit production manager (36 episodes, 1989-1991)
Paul Cajero	....	unit production manager (9 episodes, 1989)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Brooks Mendel	....	second assistant director (28 episodes, 1989-1991)
Ryan Gordon	....	first assistant director (18 episodes, 1989-1991)
Paul Sirmons	....	first assistant director (15 episodes, 1989-1991)
Robert Villar	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (7 episodes, 1989)
James Dillon	....	key second assistant director / second assistant director (6 episodes, 1989)
Kate Yurka	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1991)
Tom Connors	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1989)
Mark Hansson	....	dga trainee (5 episodes, 1989)
Bruce Humphrey	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1989)
Kevin Corcoran	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1991)
Lewis Stout	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1991)
John Slosser	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Scott Nifong	....	assistant property master (6 episodes, 1989)
Peter Bankins	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Kurt V. Hulett	....	lead man (unknown episodes)
Evan Jacobs	....	specialty props (unknown episodes)
Douglas Miller	....	specialty props (unknown episodes)
John Riley	....	specialty props (unknown episodes)
George Tuers	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Jon Warren	....	specialty props (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Paul B. Clay	....	supervising sound editor / sound editor (38 episodes, 1989-1991)
Mark Hopkins McNabb	....	sound mixer (38 episodes, 1989-1991)
Rick Bozeat	....	sound effects editor (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Barry Thomas	....	sound mixer (8 episodes, 1991)
Ronald L. Collins	....	sound mixer (6 episodes, 1989)
Sam Gemette	....	sound editor (6 episodes, 1989)
Victor B. Lackey	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1989)
James LaRue	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1990)
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1991)
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
Beau Biggart	....	adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Alfred J. Carranza	....	assistant sound editor (unknown episodes)
Richard Coleman	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)
Bob Costanza	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Tom Gerard	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
William Hooper	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
William Jacobs	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Peter Reale	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Lisa Shaw Phillips	....	assistant sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Brian Q. Kelley	....	effects editorial (1 episode, 1990)

Series Visual Effects by
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	visual effects still photographer (1 episode, 1989)
Mark Burnett	....	visual effects video assistant (unknown episodes)
Roger Dorney	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Scott Milne	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
William Powloski	....	effects animator (unknown episodes)
Joseph Yanuzzi	....	assistant editor: Apogee, Inc. (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunt coordinator (44 episodes, 1989-1991)
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt double (3 episodes, 1992)
Kenny Bates	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Nick Brett	....	stunt rigger (unknown episodes)
Laura Dash	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Harold 'Hal' Frizzell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steven Ito	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Terry James	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Kelso	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Barbara Anne Klein	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Shawn Lane	....	stunt double: John Snyder (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Joseph Michael Roth	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Neil Summers	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jill Terashita	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Joseph T. Terranova	....	lighting technician (56 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ron Newburn	....	lighting technician (22 episodes, 1991-1992)
Randall Burak	....	gaffer (18 episodes, 1990-1993)
Robert Ivener	....	dolly grip (8 episodes, 1989)
Dale Alexander	....	key grip (6 episodes, 1989)
Ralph Gerling	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Matt Ramirez	....	first assistant camera / photographer: second unit (unknown episodes)
Robert Schoenhut	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Sheryl Roberts	....	casting assistant (10 episodes, 1989-1990)
Debi Manwiller	....	casting associate (4 episodes, 1989)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
David Rawley	....	costume supervisor (46 episodes, 1989-1991)
Donna Roberts	....	costume supervisor (46 episodes, 1989-1991)
Jerry Herrin	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes, 1993)
Katina Le Kerr	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Kim Myer	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Bruce Gorman	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Robert Hudson	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Jim Thomson	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Mike Post	....	composer: theme music (25 episodes, 1990-1993)
Donald Woods	....	music editor (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Tom Gleason	....	music editor (16 episodes, 1989-1990)
Mark Green	....	music editor (4 episodes, 1989)
Susan Mick	....	music editor (4 episodes, 1989)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1990)

Series Other crew
Winnie Rich	....	script supervisor (31 episodes, 1989-1990)
Tommy Thompson	....	executive story editor (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Paul Brown	....	executive story editor (5 episodes, 1989)
Deborah Arakelian	....	executive story consultant (4 episodes, 1989)
Frank Catalano	....	adr artist (2 episodes, 1989)
Bret Culpepper	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Jill Gable	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Betty Green	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Carolyn Hayes	....	production auditor (unknown episodes)
Steve Hinton	....	pilot (unknown episodes)
Beth Humphreys	....	legal supervisor (unknown episodes)
Harriet Margulies	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Yvonne Yaconelli	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Belisarius Productions
• Universal TV

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1989-1993) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004-) (USA) (DVD)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1990-1999) (UK) (TV) (BBC 2)
• Independent Television Corporation (ITV) (2006-) (UK) (TV) (syndication)
• Sci Fi (2008) (Japan) (TV)
• TV2 (1999-) (Hungary) (TV)
• TV3 (1999-????) (Estonia) (TV)
• Universal Pictures (2006-) (Germany) (DVD)
• WoWow (1992-1993) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• MFX  visual effects

Runtime:

60 min (97 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Iceland:12 (some epiosodes) | Iceland:L (some epiosodes) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/6

Filming Locations:

Big Sky Ranch - 4927 Bennett Road, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Trivia:

Sam leaped into the year 1958 eight different times, which made it the most leaped into year during Quantum Leap's entire run.

Goofs:

Continuity: The episode "What Price Gloria?", the first episode Sam leaps into a woman, suggests that Al sees Sam as the person Sam has leaped into since he is checking him out. However, later in the series, in the episode "The Wrong Stuff" he leaps into a chimp. It's obvious that Al can see Sam as Sam since Al can understand what he's saying.

Quotes:

Al: If we knew the unknown, the unknown wouldn't be unknown.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Three Moons Over Milford: Pilot (#1.1)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Prologue (Saga Sell)

Another great show with an ultimate goal

I have stated before that I admire shows that have an ultimate goal. Not all of these shows work.You must have characters that people will care about and add a compelling storyline.Quantum Leap does this.Sam Beckett,as you always hear in the show's opening credits,leaps from life to life hoping to right what once went wrong.This is done somewhat reluctantly as Sam is always hoping that the next leap takes him home, to be himself again.Appearing to Sam frequently would be Al,his only outlet to reality,played with charm by Dean Stockwell.The show kept you guessing.Where would Sam(Scott Bakula)go next? Would he be male,female,an adult,a child,white,black,etc? What would be the unfortunate situation he is to correct? When will he get home? This was one of the best shows of the early nineties.