Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991)

Director:

Charles Finch

Writers:

Yolande Turner (written by) &
Charles Finch (written by)

Release Date:

19 June 1993 (South Korea)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The truth won't lie still forever.

Plot:

A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion. |

Plot Keywords:

Mansion | Writer | Murder | Singing Telegram | Boy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dylan McDermott	...	Bruce Simmons
Charles Finch	...	Evan Best
Sharon Stone	...	Serena Black
Ron Karabatsos	...	Stan Reeb
Tom Sizemore	...	Eddie Hale
Mary Woronov	...	Woman Tourist
David Q. Combs	...	Man Tourist
Vanna Bonta	...	Serena's Secretary
Elizabeth Whitcraft	...	Serena's Secretary (as Liza Whitcraft)
Phoebe Stone	...	Little Girl
Shawne Rowe	...	Telegram Clown
Richard Zavaglia	...	Detective Clifton
Jillian McWhirter	...	Dol Whitney
Brett Cullen	...	John Whitney
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danitza Kingsley	...	Mother and children 1rst victims (uncredited)
William Edward Lewis	...	Short Man (uncredited)
Stephen Polk	...	Donald (uncredited)
Greg Robbins	...	Homicide Detective (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Finch

Writing credits
Yolande Turner		(written by) &
Charles Finch		(written by)

Produced by
Nadia Alsharif	....	associate producer
Charles Finch	....	co-producer
Kimba Hills	....	associate producer
Paul Mason	....	executive producer
Edward T. Parmalee	....	associate producer (as Edward T. Parmelee)
Michael Rothschild	....	associate producer
Mario Sotela	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Mancina
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by
Miles Cook		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Gene M. Gamache
B.J. Sears

Casting by
Kimba Hills

Production Design by
Eve Cauley

Art Direction by
Lisa Snyder

Set Decoration by
Anthony Stabley

Costume Design by
Lynn Pickwell

Makeup Department
R. Christopher Biggs	....	special makeup effects artist
Valentina Knox	....	assistant hair stylist
Valentina Knox	....	assistant makeup artist
Janine Rath	....	makeup assistant (as Janine Rae Rath)
Gwyne Redner	....	hair stylist
Tricia Sawyer	....	key hair stylist
Tricia Sawyer	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Avi Kleinberger	....	production manager (as Avraham Klienberger)
Pamela Reis	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bruce Franklin	....	first assistant director
Alexandra Guzman	....	second second assistant director
Andrew C. Keeter	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Sharon Barnebey	....	paint foreman
James R. Barrows	....	plaster sculptor
Gabi Blitz	....	paint intern
Joe Boswell	....	art department intern
Annie Buckley	....	art department assistant
Matthew Burger	....	greensman
Dominique Cady	....	set dresser
Michael A. Capps	....	construction foreman
Brandi Cracraft	....	art department assistant
Rebecca C. Crespi	....	art department assistant (as Rebecca Crespi)
Sherry Dreizen	....	assistant property master
George Ferganchick	....	carpenter foreman
Christopher P. Garr	....	construction coordinator
John Garr	....	propmaker
Peter Gum	....	set dresser
Brian Hamilton	....	decorating assistant
Mike Henderson	....	carpenter
Jonathan R. Hodges	....	property master (as Jonathan Hodges)
Chris Hopkins	....	foam sculptor (as Chris C. Hopkins)
Graham Jones	....	set dresser intern
Lisa Keller	....	set designer
Leon A. Leigh	....	metal sculptor
David Zen Mansley	....	painter (as David Mansley)
Rex Martin	....	propmaker
Ondi McMaster	....	set dresser
Robert Newman	....	specialist painter
Dennis Orton	....	assistant art director
Mona Personius	....	assistant set decorator
Mona Personius	....	leadperson
John J. Rasmussen	....	on-set dresser
William Stevens	....	construction production assistant
Kathy Stewart	....	prop assistant
Simon Thaler	....	art department production assistant

Sound Department
Mark Allen	....	dialogue editor
Paul Aronoff	....	foley recordist
Brad Blake	....	foley recordist
Ricardo Broadus	....	assistant sound editor
Virgil Cleminitine	....	sound mixer
Jonathan Fuh	....	boom operator
Patrick M. Griffith	....	supervising sound editor
Glenn E. James	....	boom operator
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound recording engineer (as Stanley Johnston)
William B. Johnston	....	sound technical coordinator
Gerry Lentz	....	sound recording engineer
Dean Minnerly	....	foley artist
Robert Muchnicki	....	foley artist (as Rob Muchnicki)
Derrick Perkins	....	digital sound designer (as Derrick C. Perkins)
Derrick Perkins	....	sound recording engineer (as Derrick C. Perkins)
Christopher B. Reeves	....	adr editor (as Chris Reeves)
Christopher B. Reeves	....	dialogue editor (as Chris Reeves)
John Reiner	....	adr recordist
Scott Sanders	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Smyles	....	production sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Roscoe Fowler	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Clay Boss	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Anthony L. Bracy	....	electrician
Robert Joe Brown	....	additional grip (as Robert Joe 'Moe' Brown)
Michael A. Broz	....	first assistant camera
Eric Cortez	....	electrician
Cicero De Moraes	....	best boy electric
Robert E. Eras	....	electrician (as Robert Eras)
Buck Evans	....	electrician (as 'Buck' Evans)
Rory Flynn	....	still photographer
Bob Hall	....	first assistant camera
D.J. Harder	....	second assistant camera
Steven Kline	....	additional focus puller
Danny Kuchuck	....	electrician
Don Mann	....	best boy grip
Andy 'Eagle' Padilla	....	rigging grip (as Andy Padilla)
Jack Palinkas	....	key grip
Jason Palinkas	....	extra grip
Monty Rowan	....	camera operator
Joe A. Salamdino	....	crane grip
Joe A. Salamdino	....	dolly grip
Michael Seaman	....	electrician (as Mike Seaman)
Brian Soden	....	additional grip (as Brian 'Boomer' Soden)
Glenn 'Bubba' Steward	....	extra grip
Suzanne Tenner	....	still photographer
Vance Trussell	....	consultant: lighting
Stewart White	....	crane grip
Stewart White	....	dolly grip
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Shawn Lewis	....	extras casting
Gus Long	....	extra casting: minors, Kid Casting
Shawne Rowe	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hector Duran	....	wardrobe assistant
Eduardo Lucero	....	wardrobe assistant
Mickey McDermott	....	wardrobe assistant
Tina Nail	....	assistant costumer
Catherine Weaver	....	wardrobe supervisor
Bill Whitten	....	hat designer

Editorial Department
Jaime Oria	....	editing intern
Glenn Suffern	....	negative cutter
John Watson	....	associate editor

Music Department
Jay Rifkin	....	music producer
Michael Wetherwax	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Joseph Aroesti	....	driver (as Joe Aroesti)
Jerry Cormier	....	driver
Ronald Wm. Cowan	....	driver
Michael Doggett	....	transportation coordinator
Tom Gilhooley	....	driver (as Thomas Gilhooley)
D.J. Harder	....	driver: camera truck
Charles D. Hindman	....	driver (as Charles Hindman)
Mark A. Melillo	....	transportation captain (as Mark A. Mellilo)
Robert G. Raitt	....	driver
Michael David Speedie	....	driver: honeywagon

Other crew
Thomas D. Adelman	....	production coordinator
David A. Bennett	....	office production assistant
Jim Brockett	....	animal trainer
Mark A. Correll	....	stand-in
Ned Eisenberg	....	set production assistant
Halima Fielding	....	script supervisor
Matthew Finn	....	office production assistant
Steve Gates	....	craft service
Tracy Gilbert	....	assistant to director
Marvin Graham	....	shotmaker operator
Dennis Grisco	....	animal wrangler
John Loveless	....	chapman crane operator
David Lust	....	unit publicist
Lucy Mardonovich	....	assistant accountant (as Lucy Mardonovich-Fernandez)
Edward T. Parmalee	....	location manager (as Edward T. Parmelee)
Bobbie Plotkin	....	production travel
Gregory Plotkin	....	office production assistant: New York
Baron Ray	....	stand-in
Donald E. Robinson	....	assistant location manager: New York
Vince Rotonda	....	office production assistant
Scott Rudolph	....	medic
Robert Sandler	....	set production assistant
Teresa A. Trout	....	production secretary
Jennifer Willoughby	....	office production assistant: Phoenix
Kenneth Mancebo	....	production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Sotela Pictures

Distributors

• August Entertainment (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• MCP Sound & Media AG (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (Germany) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Chanel  wardrobe: Sharon Stone
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  lab
• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  titles and opticals (as CFI/EFX)
• Dale C. Olson & Assoc.  publicity
• Film Finances  completion bond
• Great Northwest Catering  catering (as Great Northwest Catering)
• Kid Casting  minor extra casting
• Nationwide Talent Casting  extras casting
• Palinko's Grip & Truck Rentals  grip equipment
• Producers Financial Associates  production accounting
• The Sound Guys Inc.  sound re-recording facilities
• Third Street Sound  sound transfers

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R | UK:15 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15

Company:

Sotela Pictures

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Big Money Rustlas (2010)

This one sneaks up on you

Sure, it's slow on action, but what atmosphere! I really enjoyed this movie the first time around, when I wasn't really paying attention, so I watched it a couple more times on cable. This was the first movie where I had really seen Tom Sizemore and known who he was, and he was absolutely chilling. I thought the interplay between Sizemore's menacing character and McDermott's kind of confused, innocent character was a lot of fun. Poor Dylan. He had no idea what he was getting into when he let that guy into his house, did he? I think the Sharon Stone sequences looked kind of tacked on - not that she didn't brighten up the screen - and I agree with other comments that the plot could have been tightened up, but overall I find it a haunting, very entertaining movie that should have gotten a lot more attention than it did at the time of its release. It didn't show up on cable until several years later. I liked it so much I picked up a copy on eBay and would highly recommend it to anyone who likes creepy suspense films.