Jade (1995)

Director:

William Friedkin

Writer (WGA):

Joe Eszterhas (written by)

Release Date:

13 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Some women have secret fantasies. Some women have secret lives.

Plot:

A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an attempt on his life, he goes on heartbroken because evidence point to the woman he still loves.

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Blackmail | Prostitution | Adultery | Prostitute

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

David Caruso	...	David Corelli
Linda Fiorentino	...	Trina Gavin
Chazz Palminteri	...	Matt Gavin
Richard Crenna	...	Gov. Lew Edwards
Michael Biehn	...	Bob Hargrove
Donna Murphy	...	Karen Heller
Ken King	...	Petey Vesko
Holt McCallany	...	Bill Barrett
David Hunt	...	Pat Callendar
Angie Everhart	...	Patrice Jacinto
Kevin Tighe	...	Dist. Atty. Arnold Clifford
Robin Thomas	...	Mr. Green
Jay Jacobus	...	Justin Henderson
Victoria Smith	...	Sandy
Drew Snyder	...	Executive
Bud Bostwick	...	Justin Henderson's brother
Darryl Chan	...	Tommy Joy
Graham Cowley	...	Deputy Coroner
Nellie Cravens	...	Governor's secretary
Ron Ulstad	...	Kyle Medford
Allen Gebhardt	...	Forensic man
Garrett Griffin	...	Police officer
Julian Hill	...	Forensic
Buddy Joe Hooker	...	Assistant District Attorney
Bobby Bass	...	Assistant District Attorney
Sandy Berumen	...	Assistant District Attorney (as Sandra Berumen)
Arthur Johnson	...	Cop
Paul Schlotfeldt	...	Cop
Rene Charles LaPrevotte	...	Cop
John Loftus	...	Cop
Tom Walsh	...	Cop
Howard Weathersby	...	Cop
Kevin Whitfield	...	Cop
John Wyman	...	Cop
Mini Mehra	...	Resident
Nicholas Tarvid	...	Pilot
Harold Morrison	...	Co-Pilot
William Piletic	...	Priest
Olimpia Saravia	...	Maid
Tina J. Spangler	...	Secretary
Isaac Spivey	...	Homeless man
Kenneth Tigar	...	Corporate man
Bill Tolliver	...	Medical Examiner
James Edward Veurink	...	Executive
Victor Wong	...	Mr. Wong
Ron Yuan	...	Technician
Peter Duchin	...	Black & White Ball orchestra leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dick Ziker	...	Assistant District Attorney (as Richard Ziker)
Mary Christina Brown	...	Young Girl in Chinatown Parade (uncredited)
Bob Dini	...	Society Dancer (uncredited)
Jeff Scott	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Talmadge	...	Lawyer (uncredited)

Directed by
William Friedkin

Writing credits (WGA)
Joe Eszterhas		(written by)

Produced by
Gary Adelson	....	producer
Craig Baumgarten	....	producer
Robert Evans	....	producer
George Goodman	....	co-producer
William J. MacDonald	....	executive producer
Catherine Meyers	....	field producer: EPK
Joe Eszterhas	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Andrzej Bartkowiak

Film Editing by
Augie Hess

Casting by
Ronnie Yeskel

Production Design by
Alex Tavoularis

Art Direction by
Charles William Breen		(as Charles Breen)

Set Decoration by
Gary Fettis

Costume Design by
Marilyn Vance

Makeup Department
Bruce Barlow	....	special makeup effects artist
Michael Laudati	....	makeup artist
Charlotte Parker	....	hair stylist (as Charlotte Gravenor)
Gail Rowell-Ryan	....	hair stylist
Robert Ryan	....	makeup artist
Chris Walas	....	special makeup effects

Production Management
George Goodman	....	production manager
Charles Skouras III	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Newt Arnold	....	assistant director
Jay Guerra	....	dga trainee
Hilbert Hakim	....	second second assistant director
Eric Jones	....	second second assistant director
Ron Kinwald	....	additional second assistant director
Robin R. Oliver	....	assistant director
Thomas Schellenberg	....	second second assistant director (as Tom Schellenberg)

Art Department
Kirsten Anderson	....	construction accountant
Scott M. Anderson	....	assistant property master
Kristin Argue	....	drapery
Ashley Burnham	....	art department coordinator
Christopher Carlson	....	set dresser
John Chichester	....	set designer
Dale DeStefani	....	general foreman
Stephen J. Gardner	....	props assistant: San Francisco
Robert C. Goldstein	....	set designer
Bruce Harris	....	propmaker
Kurt V. Hulett	....	lead man
Mark Knapton	....	propmaker
Jeffrey Kushon	....	lead person
John Lister	....	set dresser
Doni McMillan	....	set dresser
Barbara Munch	....	set decorator: San Francisco
James J. Murakami	....	assistant art director (as James Murakami)
Scott Newell	....	carpenter: San Francisco crew
Maureen Osborne	....	set dresser
Fred Paulsen	....	set dresser
Tom Southwell	....	production illustrator
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	production illustrator
Christopher Woodworth	....	lead scenic
Stephanie Ziemer	....	buyer
Stephanie Ziemer	....	set decorator: Los Angeles

Sound Department
Bill Baldwin	....	assistant sound editor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pamela Bentkowski	....	supervising foley editor
Sandy Berman	....	sound designer
Sandy Berman	....	supervising sound editor
James Beshears	....	supervising adr editor
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor (as Damon D. Cohoon)
Matt Colleran	....	transfer recordist
Kay Colvin	....	utility sound
Richard Corwin	....	dialogue editor
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	supervising dialogue editor
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Tammy Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Kirk Francis	....	sound mixer
Cameron Frankley	....	sound editor
Avram D. Gold	....	adr editor
Galen Goodpaster	....	first assistant sound editor
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Michael Herbick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Denise Horta	....	adr editor
Stephen Janisz	....	adr editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey R. Payne	....	foley editor (as Jeff Payne)
Lisa Peters	....	assistant sound editor (as Lisa M. Peters)
Carin Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound designer
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Frank Smathers	....	foley editor
Greg Stacy	....	sound effects editor
Mike Szakmeister	....	sound effects editor
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	apprentice sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects coordinator
Michael Meier	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Michael Wick	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gregory D. Liegey	....	visual effects composite artist
Richard Ivan Mann	....	visual effects producer: Hollywood Digital
James Valentine	....	rotoscope supervisor

Stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts
Dave Bartholomew	....	stunts
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunts
Eddie Braun	....	stunts
Jeff Brockton	....	stunts
Ron Burke	....	stunts
Michele Burkett	....	stunts
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
William H. Burton Jr.	....	stunts (as Bill Burton Jr.)
Rocky Capella	....	stunts
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts
Lauro Chartrand	....	stunts
Alisa Christensen	....	stunts (as Alisha Christensen)
Wally Crowder	....	stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts
Steve M. Davison	....	stunts
Lisa Dempsey	....	stunts
Annie Ellis	....	stunts
Andrew D. Graham	....	stunt performer
Greg Harris	....	stunts
Dana Hee	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunts
Billy Hank Hooker	....	stunts (as William H. Hooker)
Buddy Joe Hooker	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Hooker	....	stunts
Randall Huber	....	stunts
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Thomas J. Huff)
Jeff Imada	....	stunts
Joel Kramer	....	stunts
Brad Lackey	....	stunts
Kevin Larson	....	stunts
Daniel Lee	....	stunts (as Danny Lee)
Will Leong	....	stunts (as Willy Leong)
Billy D. Lucas	....	stunts (as Billy Lucas)
Johnny Martin	....	stunts
Gary McLarty	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts (as John C. Meier)
Jeff Mosley	....	stunts
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunts
Ralph W. Odum	....	stunts
Shane K. Odum	....	stunts
Shawn Odum	....	stunts (as Shawn K. Odum)
Gerald Okamura	....	stunts
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Steve C. Porter	....	precision driver
Don Pulford	....	stunts
Rex Reddick	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunts (as Patrick Romano)
R.A. Rondell	....	stunts
C. Porter Steve	....	precision driver
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Danny Wynands	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Steven Ito	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Koyama	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tim Meredith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Toy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie L. Watkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Scott Wilder	....	stunt double: David Caruso (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock	....	first assistant camera
Eric Amundsen	....	assistant camera: San Francisco
Chris Blauvelt	....	second assistant camera
Jonathan Doff	....	video assist operator
Joseph Emanuele	....	electrician
Randy Feemster	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Patrick Figueroa	....	grip: San Francisco unit crew
Robin P. Knight	....	key grip
Jay Laws	....	lighting technician
Gregory Lundsgaard	....	Steadicam operator (as Greg Lundsgaard)
Gregory Lundsgaard	....	additional camera operator (as Greg Lundsgaard)
Michael E. Matteson	....	key rigging grip
Gary McClendon	....	lamp operator: San Francisco crew
Vern Nobles	....	first assistant camera
Michael Scott	....	camera operator
Terry Sullivan	....	lamp operator: San Francisco crew
Kevin Thompson	....	electrician
Paul Wilkowsky	....	grip
Gregory Collis	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
J. Michael Davis	....	pre-rig grip (uncredited)

Animation Department
Ken Rudolph	....	animator: main titles

Casting Department
Nancy Hayes	....	extras casting
Nancy Hayes	....	local casting
Stephanie Holbrook	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mitchell Ray Kenney	....	set costumer
Lisa Lovaas	....	assistant costume designer
Kelly Porter	....	key set costumer
Frankie Ritacco	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Jon Altschuler	....	assistant editor
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer (as Robert Kaiser)
Darrin Navarro	....	assistant editor
Paul Villasenor	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Jim Henrikson	....	supervising music editor
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
Joe E. Rand	....	music editor
Ron Aston	....	musician: percussion programming (uncredited)
Dan Goldwasser	....	soundtrack producer (uncredited)

Other crew
Scott M. Anderson	....	asst. prop master
Kelley Baker	....	assistant accountant
B.J. Bjorkman	....	script supervisor
Tony Gee	....	production assistant
Michael Greggans	....	stand-in: Chas Palminteri
Mark Hager	....	production secretary
Eric Fox Hays	....	production assistant
Joseph Keawkalaya	....	production assistant
Eric Klosterman	....	location scout
Robert Lamkin	....	caterer
Greg Lazzaro	....	location manager
Ellen Lent	....	location manager: San Francisco (as Ellen Winchell)
Jennifer Lung	....	location assistant
Tamara Maellaro	....	key set medic
Laurie Noll	....	location manager: San Francisco
Laurie Noll	....	location scout
Elaine Patarini	....	location assistant
Stefanie Pleet	....	location manager: San Francisco
Francesca Prada	....	location coordinator
Laurence Starkman	....	title designer
Ramona Sánchez-Waggoner	....	accountant
Paul Taglianetti	....	video coordinator
Ken Twohy	....	production assistant
Christa Vausbinder	....	production coordinator
Jeanine Wilson	....	first assistant accountant
Cynthia Yee	....	location assistant
Ted Yonenaka	....	craft service
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator
Denise Blasor	....	adr (uncredited)
Danny Del Toro	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Saisie M. Jang	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Mitchell Nyberg	....	set coordinator (uncredited)
Danny Rivera	....	photo double (uncredited)
Danny Rivera	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• United Paramount Network (UPN) (2000) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Cinéma International Corporation (CIC) (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Lions Gate Films (USA)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• United International Pictures (UIP)

Special Effects

• Chris Walas (special makeup effects)
• Cinesite (Hollywood) (digital visual effects) (as Cinesite)
• Hollywood Digital (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• J.L. Fisher  camera cranes and dollies
• La-La Land Records  score album released by (limited edition)
• Lacy Street Production Center  sound stages
• Nina Saxon Film Design  main and end titles designed by
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  opticals
• Paramount Studios  digital sound editing (as Paramount Pictures)
• Reeltime Creative  trailer music
• Ronnie Yeskel Casting  casting
• Video Image  video and graphic displays

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly afterviews of murder victims, violence, language and strong scenes of aberrant sexuality

Runtime:

95 min | USA:107 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | USA:R (certificate #33482) | Singapore:PG (video rating) (cut) | Singapore:R(A) | USA:Unrated (home video version) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Canada:R | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Italy:VM18 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Linda Fiorentino initially turned down the script because she didn't want to play a prostitute. She changed her mind when her character was changed through rewrites.

Goofs:

Continuity: The blood stains on the black Ford Thunderbird's headlights change repeatedly between shots during the chase.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Matt Gavin:Trina, the next time we make love, you introduce me to Jade.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ray Liotta/The Donnas (#28.10)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Excerpts from 'Le Sacre Du Printemps'

Sprung Rites

I think this may have been successful in its day, simply because of the sex. There is the appearance of some sex acts on the screen presented in a couple voyeuristic contexts, but I think the target was a much deeper appeal: a whole world driven by insatiable, conventionally deviant female sex drive. The writer had previously cashed in with this idea and Hollywood chose to try again but with a real director.

This formula isn't just about sex, its about turning the noir mechanics on its head. Noir depends on an outside fate that arbitrarily throws strangers together in situations that are designed for and controlled by the values of watching, outside the world of the action.

Here, everyone knows each other beforehand. There are essentially no strangers. The driving force is supernatural as in noir, but it is rooted in and owned by the people we see. Its simple sexual desire, lust.

The story is ordinary, the sex unconvincingly simulated. Even the automotive stunts are limp. There's some craft in how it is put together visually though, enough to keep me engaged.

But there is one remarkable feature. The score is hypnotizing. It is bicameral, both halves based on prototypical themes. The male theme: lustful, uncontrollable and apt to be violent is from (almost directly) Stravinski's Rite of Spring. Its wildly erotic, threatening, dangerous. The female side (until the end that is) is a Celtic anthem, soft, passive, receptive, drifting.

I do not ever recall something so directly cast, so borrowed and yet so effective. I saw this close to a film (Duel at Diablo) where the score was literally canned bits from old movies and the dialog all dubbed). This part is fun, and much more tantalizingly erotic than what you will see.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.