The Shadow (1994)

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers (WGA):

Walter B. Gibson (character The Shadow from stories)
David Koepp (written by)

Release Date:

1 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The Shadow Knows!

Plot:

In 30's New York City, the Shadow battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan, who is building an atomic bomb.

Plot Keywords:

City | Bomb | Invisibility | The Shadow | Radio

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Alec Baldwin	...	Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
John Lone	...	Shiwan Khan
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Margo Lane
Peter Boyle	...	Moe Shrevnitz
Ian McKellen	...	Dr. Reinhardt Lane
Tim Curry	...	Farley Claymore
Jonathan Winters	...	Barth
Sab Shimono	...	Dr. Tam
Andre Gregory	...	Burbank
Brady Tsurutani	...	Tulku
James Hong	...	Li Peng
Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad	...	Wu
Joseph Maher	...	Isaac Newboldt
John Kapelos	...	Duke Rollins
Max Wright	...	Berger
Aaron Lustig	...	Doctor
Ethan Phillips	...	Nelson
Sinoa Loren	...	Singer (as Sinoa)
Rudolph Willrich	...	Waiter
Verlon Edwards	...	Waiter
Wesley Mann	...	Bellboy
Joe D'Angerio	...	English Johnny (as Joe d'Angerio)
Larry Joshua	...	Maxie
Larry Hankin	...	Taxi Driver
Brian Khaw	...	Tibetan Kidnapper
Nathan Jung	...	Tibetan Kidnapper
Al Leong	...	Tibetan Driver
Gerald Okamura	...	Tibetan Passenger
Fred Sanders	...	Cop
Alix Elias	...	Woman in Taxi
Abraham Benrubi	...	Marine Guard
Steve Hytner	...	Marine Guard
Lily Mariye	...	Mrs. Tam
Patrick Fischler	...	Sailor
Jeff Cahill	...	Sailor
John L. Weaver	...	Sailor
Kate McGregor-Stewart	...	Mrs. Shrevnitz
Michael Hadge	...	Inmate
Roland Brown	...	Inmate
Kraig Kishi	...	Mongol
Garret Sato	...	Mongol
James Lew	...	Mongol
Woon Young Park	...	Tibetan Kidnapper / Mongol (as Woon Park)
Leo Lee	...	Mongol
Jen Sung	...	Mongol (as Jen Sung Outerbridge)
Al Goto	...	Mongol
Billy Wong	...	Mongol
Toshishiro Obata	...	Mongol
Darryl Chan	...	Mongol
Stuart Quan	...	Mongol
Dan Koji	...	Mongol
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Mongol
James Taenaka	...	Cranston Guard (as James Katsuyuki Taenaka)
Bruce Locke	...	Cranston Guard
Anzu Lawson	...	Concubine (as Cristina Lawson)
Tera Tabrizi	...	Concubine
Donna Lew	...	Concubine
Chi-en Telemaque	...	Concubine
Kathy Lee Doherty	...	Chinese Woman
Raul Reformina	...	Chinese Man
James Alan	...	Paper Boy
Linda Atkinson	...	Madam
Keith A. Wester	...	Radio Announcer
Frank Welker	...	Phurba (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phillip Borsos	...	Duke Rollins (uncredited)
Kacee DeMasi	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Barry Dennen	...	Tulku (voice) (uncredited)
Lee Grossman	...	Feature (uncredited)
Robert Trebor	...	Harried Man in Taxi (uncredited)

Directed by
Russell Mulcahy

Writing credits (WGA)
Walter B. Gibson		(character The Shadow from stories)
David Koepp		(written by)

Produced by
Martin Bregman	....	producer
Michael Bregman	....	producer (as Michael Scott Bregman)
Willi Bär	....	producer
Patricia Churchill	....	associate producer
Rolf Deyhle	....	executive producer
Louis A. Stroller	....	executive producer
Stan Weston	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Stephen H. Burum

Film Editing by
Beth Jochem Besterveld
Peter Honess

Casting by
Mary Colquhoun

Production Design by
Joseph C. Nemec III

Art Direction by
Jack Johnson
Dan Olexiewicz
Steven Wolff

Set Decoration by
Garrett Lewis

Costume Design by
Bob Ringwood

Makeup Department
Bridget Bergman	....	hair stylist
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup
Shirley Crawford	....	hair stylist
Jene Fielder	....	body makeup
Carl Fullerton	....	makeup artist
Nina Kent	....	additional makeup artist
Candace Neal	....	key hair stylist
Rick Provenzano	....	hair stylist
Janine Rath	....	hair stylist (as Janine Rae Rath)
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil	....	makeup artist
Ronnie Specter	....	key makeup artist
Todd Tucker	....	special makeup effects artist
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects crew: Cannom Creations
Todd Kleitsch	....	special makeup effects assistant (uncredited)

Production Management
Patricia Churchill	....	production manager
Kathleen M. Courtney	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	executive in charge of production
Helene Mulholland	....	post-production supervisor
Cordy Rierson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis D'Esposito	....	first assistant director
Jono Oliver	....	second second assistant director
Douglas S. Ornstein	....	second assistant director
Jason Roberts	....	dga trainee
Dick Ziker	....	second unit director
Michael L. Holland	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Tony Belmonte	....	drapery foreman
Steve Callas	....	construction coordinator
Donald E. Chafey Jr.	....	set dresser (as Don Chafey)
Michael R. Driscoll	....	set dresser
Jack Forwalter	....	set dresser
Scott C. Garrett	....	assistant draper
Sean Hargreaves	....	illustrator
Chuck Herrmann	....	property assistant
Gordon Huggins	....	paint foreman
Gary Isbell	....	set dresser
Allan Johnson	....	propmaker
Mike Kaluta	....	artwork
Sean Langdon	....	set dresser
William J. Law III	....	set designer
Tony Leonardi	....	stand-by painter
Mark Lindemuth	....	set constructor
Mark A. Mancinelli	....	laborer foreman
Peter Olexiewicz	....	construction foreman
Vlad Pelinovschi	....	labor foreman
William H. Phen Jr.	....	propmaker gangboss
Michael Possert	....	model maker (as Mike Possert)
Peter Ramsey	....	production illustrator (as Peter A. Ramsey)
Carmen Roderique	....	art department assistant
Christopher S. Ross	....	production illustrator
Michael Schmidt	....	set dresser
Carl J. Stensel	....	set designer
Jason Sweers	....	graphic designer
Robert L. Thompson	....	construction foreman
James E. Tocci	....	set designer
Robert Webb	....	construction foreman (as Robert M. Webb)
Mike Wells	....	general foreman
Dean Wilson	....	assistant property master
Mark Woods	....	lead person
Christopher Woodworth	....	lead scenic
John Zemansky	....	property master
Michael Denering	....	lead scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
John Benson	....	sound effects editor
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Weldon Brown	....	adr mixer
Zane D. Bruce	....	foley artist
Jeff Bushelman	....	dialogue editor
Damon Cohoon	....	apprentice sound editor
Blake R. Cornett	....	assistant sound editor
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
David R. Finkelstein	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Mark C. Grech	....	utility sound technician
Allen Hartz	....	supervising adr editor
Shelley Rae Hinton	....	adr editor (as Shelley Hinton)
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Richard King	....	sound effects editor
Phillip Linson	....	foley editor (as Phil Linson)
Larry Mann	....	dialogue editor
Courtenay Marvin	....	first assistant sound editor
Martin Maryska	....	supervising sound editor
Ron Meredith	....	assistant sound editor
Lauren Palmer	....	adr editor
E. Jeane Putnam	....	dialogue editor
Alexandra Root	....	adr assistant
Timothy P. Salmon	....	boom operator
Yôko Seto	....	assistant sound editor
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Bruce Stubblefield	....	adr editor
Donald Sylvester	....	foley editor
Keith A. Wester	....	production sound mixer
Christopher Edward Wilding	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound effects editor
Karen G. Wilson	....	dialogue editor
Bradford Cox	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Nash Michael	....	foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects
Larry W. Bowman	....	special effects
Albert Delgado	....	special effects supervisor
Robert L. Johnson	....	special effects
Gary L. Karas	....	special effects
Kelly Kerby	....	special effects
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects
Jeff Pepiot	....	special effects
Ken Pepiot	....	special effects coordinator
Gintar Repecka	....	special effects foreman
Mark Yuricich	....	special effects
Roland Blancaflor	....	special effects technician: Cannom Creations (uncredited)
Steve Cotroneo	....	special effects props: lead sculptor, fabricator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mimi Abers	....	digital film compositor
Isa Alsup	....	CG supervisor
Tim Angulo	....	miniature photography
Tim Angulo	....	visual effects director of photography: The Chandler Group
W.L. Arrance	....	cg and digital film artist
Lysette Ashford	....	cg and digital film artist
Tricia Henry Ashford	....	visual effects executive producer
Don Baker	....	mc/efx supervisor
Craig Barron	....	special visual effects supervisor
Les Bernstien	....	motion control supervisor
Beth Block	....	cg and digital film artist
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	digital optical supervisor
Bonnie Boyd	....	digital film software
Betzy Bromberg	....	optical supervisor
Clay Budin	....	cg and digital film artist
Richard Bugge	....	digital film scanning and recording
Mark Casey	....	software and engineering support
Wade Childress	....	matte camera operator
Terry Clotiaux	....	miniature production supervisor
Ephraim Cohen	....	software and engineering support
Richard L. Cohen	....	optical camera (as Richard Cohen)
William S. Conner	....	optical
Gary Crandall	....	optical effects coordinator
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer: SVSI
Erik Dehkhoda	....	title artist
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	executive in charge of production: Matte World
Syd Dutton	....	special visual effects
David Emerson	....	optical supervisor
Christopher Evans	....	matte artist supervisor
Nancy Evans	....	cg and digital film artist
Michael Grover Forster	....	model maker: Stetson Visual Services (as Mike Forster)
Charlotte Francis	....	cg and digital film artist
Mark Franco	....	digital film compositing executive producer
Mark Franco	....	visual effects executive producer: The Post Group
R.C. David Freund	....	model maker
Joel Friesch	....	model maker
Joe Gareri	....	digital film executive producer
James M. Goodman	....	CG supervisor
Caroleen Green	....	matte artist
Brian Griffin	....	digital supervisor
Michael L. Griffin	....	optical line-up supervisor
Todd Hall	....	optical
Don Hansard	....	projection scenes
Gene Hightower	....	digital film software
Charles R. Hoffman III	....	software and engineering support
Christer Hokanson	....	visual effects editor
John Huneck	....	motion control operator
Ian Hunter	....	chief model maker
Leslie Huntley	....	visual effects producer
Jeff Hutchison	....	optical effects coordinator
Hiroshi 'Kan' Ikeuchi	....	model maker
Arthur Jeppe	....	digital film recording supervisor: RGA/LA
Ron Kallsen	....	cg and digital film artist
Laurel Klick	....	digital film supervisor
Peter Kuran	....	additional visual effects producer
Kevin Kutchaver	....	digital animation
Alan Lasky	....	cg and digital film artist
Jeffrey A. Leake	....	model maker: Stetson Visual Services (as Jeff Leake)
Lynn Ledgerwood	....	matte effects
Curt Lundgren	....	digital film scanning and recording
Bob Lyss	....	digital compositor
Robert Lyss	....	cg and digital film artist
Lisa Mann	....	optical
Richard Ivan Mann	....	visual effects producer: The Post Group
Fumi Mashimo	....	digital animation
Leilani McHugh	....	optical line-up
Rich McKay	....	camera assistant
Rich McKay	....	matte camera operator
Carmen M. Miller	....	visual effects coordinator
Stanley Miller	....	optical camera
Bret Mixon	....	roto supervisor
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	visual effects first assistant camera
Luc G. Nicknair	....	visual effects first assistant camera
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
Nancy Oppenheim	....	cg and digital film artist
Michael Pangrazio	....	special visual effects supervisor
Richard Patterson	....	digital supervisor
Edie Paul	....	digital film compositor
Steven T Puri	....	visual effects producer
Renee Rabache	....	lead miniature painter
Chris Regan	....	digital effects supervisor
Bernard Joseph Patrick Reilly	....	optical line-up
Linda Renaud	....	I/O manager
Paul Rivera	....	digital compositor
Stuart Robertson	....	visual effects supervisor: RGA/LA
Jim Rothrock	....	digital film software
Olivier Sarda	....	digital compositor
Alison Savitch	....	visual effects producer
Alison Savitch	....	visual effects supervisor
Jon Savitch	....	visual effects assistant
Mark Sawicki	....	matte photography
Jennifer Lee Scheer	....	digital film software
Emily Scher	....	cg and digital film artist
Paula Schneider	....	model maker
Scott Schneider	....	model maker
Dennis Schultz	....	model maker
Rod Schumacher	....	CGI and digital film artist
Chris Simmons	....	model maker
Chris Sjoholm	....	software and engineering support
Karen Skouras	....	digital film recording
Robert Spurlock	....	miniature effects
Peter Sternlicht	....	digital film compositor
Mark Stetson	....	miniature effects supervisor
Sandra Stewart	....	model maker (as Sandy Stewart)
Daryll Strauss	....	digital film software
Robert Stromberg	....	matte artist
Greg Stuhl	....	miniatures: Greg Jein, Inc.
David Stump	....	matte photography
Catherine Sudolcan	....	production manager: Illusion Arts
John E. Sullivan	....	matte photography
John E. Sullivan	....	visual effects technician
Tully Summers	....	miniature sculptor
Greg Tagawa	....	optical
Bill Taylor	....	special visual effects
John Tostado	....	digital film compositor
David Tucker	....	optical camera operator
Tara Handy Turner	....	computer systems supervisor
Bill Villareal	....	digital film facility supervisor
Mark Voelpel	....	CG supervisor
Mitch Wade	....	digital film software
Christopher Walsh	....	computer graphic and digital film artist
Mary E. Walter	....	visual effects technician
Paul Wang	....	cg and digital film artist
Gene Warren III	....	effects camera assistant
Gene Warren Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Christopher Warren	....	motion control operator
David S. Williams Jr.	....	optical photography
George Willis	....	model maker
Dana Yuricich	....	on-stage model crew chief
Enid Tihanyi Zentelis	....	digital animation
Peter Plevritis	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts
Kenny Bates	....	stunts
Lon Boutin	....	stunts
Michael T. Brady	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts
William H. Burton	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts
Steve M. Davison	....	stunts
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Gary Epper	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Billy Hank Hooker	....	stunts
Buddy Joe Hooker	....	stunts
Norman Howell	....	stunts
Scott Hubbell	....	stunts
Henry Kingi	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Don Pulford	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunt rigger
Ron Stein	....	stunts
Philip Tan	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator
Dana Hee	....	stunt double: Penelope Ann Miller (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Rick A. Benedetto	....	best boy electric
Alan S. Blauvelt	....	first assistant camera
Dustin Blauvelt	....	camera operator
Mike J. Campbell Jr.	....	best boy rigging grip
Dwight Campbell	....	gaffer
Henry Charleston	....	rigging electrician
Paul Cheung	....	electrician
Bruce Chimerofsky	....	grip
Keith Claridge	....	key grip
John P. Cleveland	....	grip
Joseph Cosko Jr.	....	Steadicam second assistant camera
James B. Crawford	....	gaffer
Daniel Duggan	....	grip
John Dumas	....	rigging grip
Carlos M. Gallardo	....	dolly grip
Patrick James Grosswendt	....	gaffer
Gordon Hayes	....	electrician
Michael Ronald Heath	....	grip
John Higbie	....	assistant camera
John T. Kennedy	....	rigging electrician
Jimmy Keys	....	best boy rigging electric
Scott C. Keys	....	rigging electrician
Scott Kidner	....	electrician
Robert King	....	rigging electrician
Michael Laws	....	rigging gaffer
Raymond Michels	....	rigging grip
Paul Murphey	....	video assist operator
Arthur Najera	....	grip
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer (as Ralph Nelson Jr.)
Ron Newburn	....	rigging electrician
Tom O'Halloran	....	second assistant camera
Mark O'Kane	....	Steadicam operator
Ron Peebles	....	best boy grip
Frank Peterson	....	rigging grip
Víctor Pérez	....	electrician
Brian Sata	....	rigging grip
David Sherman	....	grip
Larry Shuler	....	grip
Stephen Shultz	....	key rigging grip
Todd R. Smith	....	key grip
Alfred E. Smithey	....	rigging grip
Bruce D. Spellman	....	key grip
Robert E. Stuard	....	Steadicam first assistant camera
O'Shana Walker	....	best boy electric
David Washburn	....	assistant camera
Brian T. White	....	electrician

Casting Department
David Anthony	....	extras casting
Joseph Cerami	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Rick Montgomery	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Baker	....	specialty costumer
Myron Baker	....	costumer
Debra Beebe	....	key costumer: women (as Debra Caliva Beebe)
Linda Booher-Ciarimboli	....	specialty costumer (as Linda Booher Ciarimboli)
Jon Boyden	....	costumer
Dorothy Bulac	....	specialty costumer
Karyn Fields	....	costumer (as Karyn A. Fields)
Randy Gardell	....	assistant costume designer
Ellen Gross	....	costumer
David Mayreis	....	costumer
Ruggero Peruzzi	....	special costumes
Eric H. Sandberg	....	costume supervisor
Phyllis Thurber-Moffit	....	costume textile artist
Bill Tiegs	....	key costumer: men

Editorial Department
Mary Jochem Besterveld	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Audrey Evans	....	assistant editor
Eric Lea	....	assistant editor
Gina Lombardo	....	assistant editor
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer
Cynthia Nicolella	....	post-production assistant
Jeff Zacha	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jellybean Benítez	....	music supervisor
Bruce Botnick	....	score mixer
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Dennis Dreith	....	composer: additional music
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Chris Tergesen	....	music engineer
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer

Transportation Department
Claudia Anglin	....	driver
Dan Anglin	....	transportation coordinator
Richard Austin	....	driver
George Bess	....	driver
Duard Wayne Binkley	....	driver
Jack R. Campbell	....	driver
Reed Cohan	....	driver
Richard B. Darling	....	driver
James M. Dunne	....	driver
Jerry Gordon	....	driver
Bill Gray	....	driver
Donald S. Harback	....	driver
Donald Kellogg	....	driver
Fred Liberman	....	driver
Donald Linder	....	driver
Calvin Masoner	....	driver
Mitch Masoner	....	transportation co-captain
Ardie McLaughlin	....	transportation co-captain
Tony Monzo	....	driver
Al Ochoa	....	driver
Richard Padgett	....	driver
Sandra Powell	....	driver
Charles Ramirez	....	driver
Sandra Thomason	....	driver
Don Van Stry	....	driver
Leslie Webb	....	driver
David N. Williams	....	driver

Other crew
Deborah Ambrosino	....	milliner
Karen L. Angelli	....	production secretary
Elizabeth Beloff	....	title designer
Christine Bonnem	....	location manager
Mark Brown	....	unspecified assistant
Steve Cohen	....	production assistant
Kathleen M. Courtney	....	production coordinator
Jeanie Daniels	....	payroll accountant
Linda Dunn	....	unspecified assistant
Terry Dunn	....	assistant production accountant
Jeff Fisher	....	production assistant
Billy A. Fox	....	location scout
Joseph Francis	....	creative supervisor
Tim Gonzales	....	craft service
Carissa Green	....	choreographer
Teddy M. Haggarty	....	stand-in
Mark Hardin	....	mc programmer
Leah Holmes	....	post production accountant
Paul Isham	....	production assistant
J. Jefferie Johnston	....	assistant accountant
Douglas Jones	....	assistant accountant
Kato	....	production assistant
Lisa Kelly	....	production coordinator
Saffron Kenny	....	production coordinator
Michael Klawitter	....	production executive
Lisa Knaggs	....	production coordinator
Chris Loudon	....	technical assistant
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	production accountant (as Dianne Cheek Blasco)
Geni Marino	....	unspecified assistant
Martin Matzinger	....	production coordinator
Justine Maurer	....	production assistant
Jonathan McGarry	....	production assistant
Seth Miller	....	production assistant
David Mirsky	....	insect wrangler
Jenny Montalbano Hind	....	production assistant
Gregory Mowry	....	manufacturing foreperson
Lori J. Nelson	....	post-production scheduler
Morris Pliskow	....	auditor
Diane Puhalla	....	cutter/filler foreperson
Mary S. Ramirez	....	production assistant
Linda Renaud	....	technical assistant
Ray Rodgers	....	technical assistant
Sari Rosen	....	production coordinator
June Samson	....	script supervisor
Lapacazo M. Sandoval	....	unit publicist
Judah L. Schiller	....	production assistant
Leslie Schor	....	production coordinator
Stayc Smith	....	production assistant (as Stacey L. Smith)
Tim Sprague	....	svsi coordinator
Susan Stone	....	assistant production coordinator
Tony Swatton	....	helmet maker
Arlene Trainoff	....	production assistant
Peter Underkoffler	....	technical assistant
Aaron Valdez	....	stage manager
Gene Warren III	....	production assistant
John L. Weaver	....	unspecified assistant
Andrea Wertheim	....	production assistant
Dale Wibben	....	manufacturing foreperson
Laura Williams	....	set auditor
Gretchen Witte	....	production assistant
Glenn Zoller	....	production assistant
Steve Karnes	....	weapons armorer (uncredited)
Marshal Silverman	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Daniel Wheatcroft	....	studio executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Bregman/Baer Productions

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (Non-USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (UK) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1995) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (1990s) (Australia) (VHS)
• Cinéma International Corporation (CIC) (1995) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Koch Media (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1997) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Nordisk Film (2000) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Pioneer (1995) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Video (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2003) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Chandler Group Visual Effects
• Composite Components Company
• Fantasy II Film Effects
• Howard Anderson Company, The
• Hunter/Gratzner Industries
• Illusion Arts
• Lumeni Productions
• Matte World Digital
• Pacific Titles & Optical
• Post Group, The
• R/Greenberg Associates (West)
• Stetson Visual Services Inc.
• Visual Concept Engineering (VCE)

Other Companies

• Arista Records  soundtrack
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence

Runtime:

108 min | Canada:93 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:K-14 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Germany:12 (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

James Luceno wrote a novelization of this film. He references other adventures of the Shadow from the pulps. He also references the Shadow's true identity of Kent Allard from the pulps (in the pulps, the Shadow only impersonated Lamont Cranston). He also has scene where Shiwan Khan taunts the Shadow by pointing out that his apparatus for fighting crime came from his opium and heroin wealth.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Margo Lane arrives to rescue The Shadow from the water tank, a distant shot shows no water leaking out of the bullet holes Farley Claymore made. But when she's right by the door, water can clearly be seen leaking out.

Quotes:

Lamont Cranston:Do you have *any* *idea* who you just kidnapped?
Tulku:Cranston; Lamont Cranston.
Lamont Cranston:You know my real name?
Tulku:Yes. I also know that for as long as you can remember, you struggled against your own black heart and always lost. You watched your sprit, your very face change as the beast claws its way out from within you. You are in great pain, aren't you?
[Cranston leaps at the Tulku, who magically vanishes and reappears]
Tulku:You know what evil lurks in the hearts of men, for you have seen that evil in your own heart. Every man pays a price for redemption; this is yours.
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Referenced in Todd McFarlane: Chapter & Verse (1998) (V)

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Lullaby of Broadway

A misunderstood gem

This movie got poor-to-middling reviews when it was released in 1994 but I still hold out hope that it eventually gets its proper respect in TV and Cable reruns, because it's a terrificly entertaining film. Maybe it just takes a certain frame of mind or background to enjoy this movie, but I absolutely love it and frequently go back to it when I want to see how a dark, edgy, and FUN movie is done right.

Alec Baldwin is excellent as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. Baldwin has never achieved the commercial sucess many predicted for him and this movie perhaps shows why; Baldwin doesn't play a straight protagonist. The movie begins with Cranston as a hedonistic warlord in China and then jumps to his reformed Shadow persona is 1930's New York, and it is Baldwin's performance, which teeters between serious and funny, nice and cruel, that bridges the gap.

Russell Mulcahy and crew did an excellent job creating a 1930's-noir feel to the picture. One of my friends complained that the movie sets were "too obviously fake", I think he missed the point. They re-created the feel of a 1930's movie set, not the 1930's itself!

The movie is a bit campy at times but thankfully maintains the dark edge of the Shadow character, who has no qualms about killing or maiming his opponents (hey, this guy was a bloodthirsty killer in his previous life, you think he's going to forget how to use that power when he changes sides?). John Lone does a nice job as the Shadow's opposite number, Shiwan Khan. The supporting cast is excellent as well (Jonathon Winters, Ian McKellan, Tim Curry) with perhaps the exception of Penelope Ann Miller, whose character and performance were rather annoying, but I can live with it.

Overall I give this movie a BIG thumbs up and recommend it to anyone that enjoys fun movies. I've gotten a mixed reaction from friends I've recommended it to but I think this is the kind of movie where if you like it all, you'll love it.