Color of Night (1994)

Popularity:

Down 34% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Director:

Richard Rush

Writers (WGA):

Billy Ray (story)
Matthew Chapman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

28 September 1994 (France)

Genre:

Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Love can be murder

Plot:

A color-blind psychiatrist Bill Capa is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that Capa begins having intense sexual encounters with.

Plot Keywords:

Patient | Therapy | Psychologist | Suicide | Hitchcockian

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	Bill Capa
Jane March	...	Rose
Rubén Blades	...	Martinez
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Sondra
Scott Bakula	...	Bob Moore
Brad Dourif	...	Clark
Lance Henriksen	...	Buck
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Casey
Andrew Lowery	...	Dale
Eriq La Salle	...	Anderson
Jeff Corey	...	Ashland
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Michelle
Shirley Knight	...	Edith Niedelmeyer
John Bower	...	Medical Examiner
Avi Korein	...	Bouncer
Steven R. Barnett	...	Cop #1
Roberta Storm	...	Receptionist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erick Avari	...	Cabbie (uncredited)
Lena Banks	...	Mrs. Capa on picture (uncredited)
Rachel Wagner	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Rush

Writing credits (WGA)
Billy Ray		(story)
Matthew Chapman		(screenplay) and
Billy Ray		(screenplay)

Produced by
Buzz Feitshans	....	producer
David Matalon	....	producer
Andrew G. Vajna	....	executive producer
David Willis	....	co-producer
Carmine Zozzora	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Dominic Frontiere

Cinematography by
Dietrich Lohmann

Film Editing by
Jack Hofstra
Thom Noble		(uncredited)

Casting by
Wendy Kurtzman

Production Design by
James L. Schoppe

Art Direction by
Gary A. Lee		(supervising art director)
Jack Morrisey

Set Decoration by
Cynthia McCormac

Costume Design by
Jacqueline G. Arthur

Makeup Department
Carrie Angland	....	makeup artist: Leslie Ann Warren
Jeri Baker	....	hair stylist
John Blake	....	key makeup artist
Michèle Burke	....	makeup designer
Eloisa De Laurentiis	....	makeup assistant
Jeffrey S. Farley	....	makeup effects lab technician
Lynda Gurasich	....	hair stylist: Mr. Willis
Michael Mills	....	makeup artist
Jeremy Swan	....	makeup artist
Kaori N. Turner	....	body makeup artist (as Kaori Turner)
Michael White	....	hair designer

Production Management
Terry Collis	....	production manager
John G. Wilson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pamela Cederquist	....	dga trainee
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: second unit
Nunzio Fazio	....	second second assistant director
Vicki Jackson-Lemay	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Vicki LeMay)
Thompson O'Sullivan	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Tommie O'Sullivan)
Carla Reinke	....	second assistant director (as Carla McCloskey)
Jack Frost Sanders	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ken Abraham	....	set dresser
Sergio Albarran	....	painter
Michael Alvarado	....	plasterer
Salvador Anaya	....	plasterer
Taylor Black	....	set dresser
Max E. Brehme	....	set dresser (as Max Brehme)
Ray Christl	....	propmaker
Gary Clark	....	paint foreman
Dale DeStefani	....	propmaker
Elixandro Diaz Jr.	....	plasterer
Roger Dudley	....	propmaker foreman
David Espinoza	....	propmaker
Billy Frank	....	lead man
Ron Frazier	....	propmaker foreman
Gene Fukuzawa	....	propmaker
Michael Gates	....	painter
Joanna Gilliam	....	set dresser
William Hams Jr.	....	propmaker
Chris Hams	....	propmaker
William Hams	....	construction coordinator
James Harne	....	propmaker
Oluf Hartvigson	....	assistant art director
Bill Iiams	....	construction coordinator
Mary Janson	....	painter
Jeffery J. Jenkins	....	paint foreman
Jeffrey Jenkins	....	painter
Tedd Keith	....	propmaker
Albert Kenders	....	painter
Gary F. Kieldrup	....	assistant property master (as Gary Kieldrup)
David Wayne Lamb	....	propmaker (as David Lamb)
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser
Lawrence D. Lira	....	drapery
Sydney Z. Litwack	....	set designer
Dave Margolin	....	painter
Mike McNeilly	....	artist
Peter Mikkanpoince	....	painter
Craig Muller	....	propmaker
Henry Munoz	....	propmaker foreman
Marti Olson	....	painter
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master
Hope M. Parrish	....	assistant property master (as Hope Parrish)
Richard Peters	....	general foreman
Joseph Peterson	....	propmaker
Randy Provencio	....	propmaker
Mark Rasmussen	....	propmaker foreman
Nancy Restuccia	....	art department coordinator
Dennis Riewerts	....	drapery
Carl Robarge	....	plasterer
Marvin Salsberg	....	propmaker
Vito San Filippo	....	on-set dresser
Jay Schmidt	....	painter
James R. Shumaker	....	set dresser
Tomas B. Sierra	....	propmaker
Armando Soliz	....	plasterer
George Stuart Jr.	....	painter (as George Stuart)
Mark Sylbert	....	propmaker
Joanna Venezky	....	set dresser
Ralph Votaw	....	propmaker (as Ralph Votaw Jr.)
Timothy Wetklow	....	propmaker
William Wheaton	....	labor foreman
Chris Zimmerman	....	stand-by painter
Kevin Coyle	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer (as Jim Ashwill)
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
James Beshears	....	sound effects editor
Bob Bowman	....	assistant sound editor
Barney Cabral	....	sound editor
Simon Coke	....	sound effects editor
Jeff Courtie	....	adr mixer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Christine Danelski	....	foley editor
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer (as Bob Deschaine)
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	adr editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor
Sukey Fontelieu	....	adr editor
Scott Ganary	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Martin Gershin	....	sound effects editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Sarah Goldsmith	....	dialogue editor (as Sarah Rothenberg Goldsmith)
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Philip A. Hess	....	sound effects editor
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Trevor Jolly	....	supervising sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Constance A. Kazmer	....	adr editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
David Kelson	....	sound mixer
Lou Kleinman	....	adr editor
Mark R. La Pointe	....	dialogue editor
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor
Judson Leach	....	adr assistant
Catt LeBaigue	....	dialogue editor
Horace Manzanares	....	adr assistant
Dessie Markovsky	....	sound consultant
Glenn T. Morgan	....	co-supervising sound designer
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Dan O'Donnell	....	foley artist
Michelle Pazer	....	assistant sound editor
Jeena M. Phelps	....	adr assistant
Vic Radulich	....	dialog editor
Emile Razpopov	....	sound consultant
Susan Ritter	....	assistant sound editor
Douglas J. Schulman	....	boom operator
Frank Smathers	....	sound effects editor
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound designer
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor
Sean Tajkowski	....	additional sound
Jeff Watts	....	adr supervisor
Kim Waugh	....	additional sound
Randy Young	....	additional sound

Special Effects by
Peter Albiez	....	special effects
Darin Bouyssou	....	lab technician
Garry Elmendorf	....	special effects (as Gary Elmendorf)
Terry W. King	....	special effects coordinator
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects
Eric Roberts	....	special effects
Tom von Badinski	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Lisa Aycock	....	digital artist
Jil-Sheree Bergin	....	visual effects producer
Feliciano di Giorgio	....	junior technical director
Chow Emrich	....	digital artist
John V. Fante	....	visual effects camera
Caleb J. Howard	....	technical director
Dan Janowski	....	digital artist
Brian Jennings	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Kanfer	....	digital artist
Mark A. Lasoff	....	digital supervisor (as Mark Lasoff)
Don Lee	....	digital compositor
Candace Lewis	....	digital artist
Gray Marshall	....	digital artist
Terrence Masson	....	digital artist
Barbara McCullough	....	visual effects production manager
Price Pethel	....	digital supervisor
Steve Switaj	....	motion control operator
Cari Thomas	....	visual effects coordinator
Milos Twilight	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
James Valentine	....	rotoscope supervisor
Robert Wait	....	visual effects editor
Kieran Woo	....	production controller: Digital Domain
Floyd Casey	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Scott Schneider	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Scott Annand	....	stunts
Noby Arden	....	stunts (as Noby-Arden Kreisch)
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts
Gary Baxley	....	stunts
Phil Chong	....	stunts
Jimmy Lynn Davis	....	stunts
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunts
Keith Graham	....	stunts
Joe Greblo	....	stunts
Richard Grigsby	....	stunts
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts
Terry Jackson	....	stunt double: Bruce Willis
Gary Kent	....	stunts: Hollywood
Kay Komler	....	stunts
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunts
Hannah Kozak	....	stunt double: Jane March :
Gary Littlejohn	....	stunts
Cotton Mather	....	stunts
Robert J. Morton	....	stunts
William Morts	....	stunts (as Billy Morts)
Carol Neilson	....	stunts
Walter Robles	....	stunts
Jolie Mitnick Salter	....	on-set stunts
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt double: Scott Bakula
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts
Merritt Yohnka	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Norman Ash	....	lamp operator
Wayne Baker	....	underwater assistant camera
Jeff Beebe	....	key grip: second unit
Mike Brooker	....	grip: second unit
Stephen Brooks	....	generator operator
Richard Brooks Burton	....	gyrosphere technician: aerial unit
John P. Cleveland	....	best boy grip
John J. Connor	....	director of photography: second unit
John T. Connor	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
John T. Connor	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as John Connor Jr.)
James 'Spud' Danicic	....	additional second assistant camera
Garry Davis	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Kevin Dean	....	grip
Jon Falkengren	....	dolly grip (as John Falkengren)
Anthony Gaudioz	....	camera operator
Carl R. Gibson Jr.	....	rigging grip (as Carl Gibson Jr.)
Terry Graves	....	camera loader: second unit
Willie J. Gray	....	rigging electrician
Dennis Green	....	dolly grip
Donald Haflich	....	rigging electrician
Dennis Harper	....	key grip
Dennis Scott Harper	....	grip
Kenji Inouye	....	grip: second unit
Joe Kudlack	....	grip
Trevor Loomis	....	film loader
J. Steven Matzinger	....	second assistant camera
Russell McElhatton	....	third camera operator: second unit (as Russ McElhatton)
Annie McEveety	....	Steadicam assistant (as Anne McEveety)
Charlie McIntyre	....	rigging gaffer (as Charles McIntyre III)
George Mooradian	....	director of photography: second unit
Mark Moore	....	camera department supervisor
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Evan Nesbitt)
Nicholas P. Nizich	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Michael K. O'Melia	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
Michael K. O'Melia	....	electrician: second unit
Jane O'Neal	....	still photographer
Jerome Pondella	....	rigging electrician
Brennan Price	....	lighting technician (as Brennan L. Price)
Scott J. Prophet	....	grip (as Scott Prophet)
Ronald J. Pure Jr.	....	lamp operator (as R. Joseph Pure Jr.)
Liz Radley	....	video supervisor
George Richmond	....	second assistant camera
Calmar Roberts	....	first assistant camera (as Cal Roberts)
Pete Romano	....	underwater photographer
Tony Rush	....	video assist operator (as Anthony Rush)
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Steve Shank	....	second camera operator: second unit
John 'Skids' Skidmore	....	lamp operator (as John Skidmore)
Cricket Sloat	....	lamp operator
Lynn Smith	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Donald Stanford	....	rigging electrician
James R. Tynes	....	chief lighting technician
Raymond Van Holtan	....	generator operator (as Ray Van Holten)
Konstantin von Krusenstiern	....	second assistant camera
H. Mark Vuille	....	gaffer: second unit
John Wright	....	rigging electrician (as John D. Wright)
Elizabeth Ziegler	....	Steadicam operator
John Zirbel	....	lamp operator

Casting Department
Carol Goldwasser	....	casting associate
Jill Greenberg	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria DeKay	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Victoria deKay)
Georgia Fletcher	....	costumer
Susan Lichtman	....	costumer: Mr. Willis
Caroline B. Marx	....	costumer
Jim O'Daniel	....	costumer: men
Dana Peterson	....	set costumer
Jerry Ross	....	costumer
Teresa Willis	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Christopher S. Capp	....	first assistant film editor
Luis Colina	....	associate editor
Adam C. Frank	....	assistant editor
Penny Lee Hallin	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
David Hill	....	assistant editor
Jimmy Hill	....	assistant editor (as Jim Hill)
Terry Hubbard	....	assistant editor
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Lynn Leonhard	....	assistant editor
Humberto Luna-Gallardo	....	assistant editor
Mark Perzely	....	assistant editor
Steve Schoenberg	....	associate editor

Music Department
Brent Brooks	....	assistant music editor
David Campbell	....	arranger, orchestrator, conductor
Dennis Dreith	....	conductor
Dennis Dreith	....	orchestrator
Dominic Frontiere	....	conductor
Eric Harryman	....	music supervisor
Edward Karam	....	orchestrator
Robin Katz	....	music editor
Barry Levine	....	music supervisor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
John Beal	....	composer: trailer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Michael Altunez	....	transportation captain
Reed Cohan	....	transportation captain
Daniel Quick	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Gregory Bartlett	....	assistant location manager
Gina Brockett	....	animal trainer
Jim Brockett	....	animal trainer
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Mr. Vajna
Michael Burnett	....	puppeteer: animatronic snake puppet
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Paul Conti	....	key computer graphics playback engineer
Melissa K. Cooper	....	production coordinator (as Melissa Cooper)
Beverly Cusack	....	assistant accountant
Jeanie Daniels	....	payroll accountant
Eduardo De La Grana	....	assistant production accountant
Dino De Laurentiis	....	production assistant
Stephen J. Eads	....	associate: Mr. Willis (as Stephen Eads)
Jenifer Galvez	....	production assistant
Jennifer Good	....	production coordinator
Bruce Gray	....	sculpture art provided by
Aaron J. Green	....	production assistant
Barry Gremillion	....	location manager
Bryan Hanna	....	photo double: Bruce Willis
Charlie Hesse	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach: Ms. March
Tracy L. Kettler	....	director's assistant
Avi Korein	....	assistant: Mr. Willis
Ann Meceda	....	assistant: Mr. Vajna
Michael Menzies	....	production accountant
Maud Nadler	....	assistant: Mr. Matalon
M. Michelle Nishikawa	....	production assistant
Katrina Oost	....	stand-in: Ms. March
Dan Perri	....	title designer: main titles
Beverly Raymond	....	production assistant
Claude Roberts	....	assistant: Mr. Rush
Stan Safford	....	craft service
David Schwartz	....	craft service
Loren Shertzer	....	assistant: Mr. Willis
Bruce Somers	....	assistant location manager
Robert Squire	....	assistant: Mr. Zozzora
Julie Stein	....	set medic
Jeffrey Stephan	....	stand-in: Mr. Willis
Barbara Thaxton	....	script supervisor
Andrew G. Vajna	....	presenter
Lucas Van Alen	....	production assistant
Eric Von Arx	....	location assistant: New York
Louise Weber	....	assistant: Mr. Willis
Robert R. Willis	....	unit publicist
Chris Winn	....	craft service
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator

Production Companies

• Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
• Hollywood Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (1994) (UK) (theatrical)
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1994) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Scotia International Filmverleih (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Constantin-Filmverleih (1995) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Film Office (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• Guild Film Distribution (1994) (UK) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (1995) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (1994) (Japan) (theatrical)
• BMG Video (1998) (Germany) (DVD)
• Gativideo (1995) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Guild Home Video (1995) (UK) (VHS)
• Hollywood Pictures Home Video (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (199?) (USA) (TV)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Nea Kinisi Video (1995) (Greece) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment (1995) (Australia) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Cinesite (digital film service)
• Digital Domain (special visual effects)
• Pacific Title (optical effects)
• Spectrum Effects

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance services
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman Equipment  camera cranes and dollies (as Chapman - L.A.)
• Chemical Bank  financial services
• Cineflight  helicopters
• Cinesite  digital film services
• Credit Lyonnais Bank (Nederland) N.V.  production financing
• Filmtrucks  grip and electric equipment
• Filmtrucks  grip equipment
• International Film Guarantors  completion guaranty
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Lightworks (II)  editorial equipment
• Mercer Titles & Optical Effects Ltd.  title opticals
• Mercer Titles & Optical Effects Ltd.  titles and opticals
• Mercury Records  soundtrack
• National Philharmonic Orchestra  score performed by (as National Philharmonic Orchestra of London)
• Otto Nemenz International  cameras provided by (as Otto Nemenz)
• REN-Mar Studios  stages (as Renmar Studios)
• Reeltime Creative  trailer music
• Soundelux  sound editing
• Todd-AO Digital Images  digital film services
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  sound re-recorded at

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language

Runtime:

121 min | USA:140 min (director's cut) | Argentina:133 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Australia:R18+ | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 (director's cut) | Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Norway:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #33274)

Filming Locations:

11400 Olympic Boulevard, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

Although this film was a box office flop, this film did very well in home video market; according to Billboard magazine, this film was even one of the Top 20 most-rented films in 1995.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the first car chase, the passenger's side of the red car slams into a truck while the driver's side is shown unscratched. In the following close-up shot of the car, the driver's side is show severely damaged. But in the next shot the damage is gone.

Quotes:

Dr. Bill Capa:In the what-I-wait-for department, you're it baby.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Rain

An odd choice for Bruce Willis...

Knowing nothing about this movie before I saw it, I have to admit that it surprised me with its plot-twists...but looking back, I should have known better! That's the great thing about trashy movies: you can have a high time while it's playing, knowing you'll hate yourself the next day (and that you'll never have to watch the thing again). Bruce Willis is a psychiatrist troubled by a patient's suicide; he goes to stay with a friend and...to give any more away would be criminal! Suffice it to say, Bruce is nude in this one, and it's a long-held sequence that gives star-peepers what they've paid for. I didn't think the sex scenes were terrifically charged, but you gotta hand it to Willis: he takes a chance here and shows his courage. Yet there are times when he has question marks all over his face, as if to ask, "what's a nice box-office star like me doing in a piece like this?" ** from ****