The Tie That Binds (1995)

Director:

Wesley Strick

Writer (WGA):

Michael Auerbach (written by)

Release Date:

8 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Janie's been adopted by the perfect couple. With their help she can find a new life. If her real parents don't find her first.

Plot:

John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Daryl Hannah	...	Leann Netherwood
Keith Carradine	...	John Netherwood
Moira Kelly	...	Dana Clifton
Vincent Spano	...	Russell Clifton
Julia Devin	...	Janie
Ray Reinhardt	...	Sam Bennett
Barbara Tarbuck	...	Jean Bennett
Ned Vaughn	...	Officer David Carrey
Kerrie Cullen	...	Female Police Officer
Bob Minor	...	Male Police Officer
George Marshall Ruge	...	Detective Frank Mercer
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Detective #2
Laura Lee	...	Aide
Marquis Nunley	...	Boy Russell
Jenny Gago	...	Maggie Hass
Carmen Argenziano	...	Phil Hawkes
Cynda Williams	...	Lisa-Marie Chandler
Bruce A. Young	...	Gil Chandler
Jack Johnson	...	Boy in Restaurant
Melanie MacQueen	...	Waitress
Laurie Latham	...	Alex
Willie Garson	...	Ray Tanton
Greg Collins	...	Bartender
Dana Gladstone	...	Dr. Bradford
Jesse Hays	...	Boy in School
Andrea Sandahi	...	Tina
Chris Ellis	...	Security Guard #1
Coleen Maloney	...	Security Guard #2
Shawn Rowe	...	Ogre's Wife
Melissa Hays	...	Princess
Steve Rosenbaum	...	The Ogre
Suzanne Krull	...	The Fox
Kevin Bourland	...	Man in Range Rover
Taylor Allbright	...	Girl in Schoolyard
Gene Lythgow	...	Detective Lorenz
Lynn Wanlass	...	Nurse
Kenny Alexander	...	Officer Wright
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elke Larson	...	Twin Girl at Orphanage (uncredited)
Kylie Larson	...	Twin Girl at Orphanage (uncredited)
Benjamin Mouton	...	Father in Restaurant (uncredited)

Directed by
Wesley Strick

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Auerbach		(written by)

Produced by
Jon Brown	....	executive producer
Robert W. Cort	....	executive producer
Ted Field	....	executive producer
David Madden	....	producer
Patrick Markey	....	producer
John Morrissey	....	producer
Katherine Orrison	....	associate producer
Susan Zachary	....	producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Bobby Bukowski

Film Editing by
Michael N. Knue

Casting by
Marci Liroff

Production Design by
Marcia Hinds

Art Direction by
Bo Johnson

Set Decoration by
Don Diers

Costume Design by
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
Fríða Aradóttir	....	key hair stylist
Jean Ann Black	....	makeup artist
John Blake	....	assistant makeup artist
Bonnie Clevering	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Geno Escarrega	....	post-production supervisor
Karen Hughes	....	production supervisor
Patrick Markey	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Addington	....	second assistant director
John Cameron	....	first assistant director
Patrick Markey	....	second unit director
Conte Matal	....	second second assistant director
John Moio	....	second unit director
Eric Small	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Jeff Balsmeyer	....	storyboard artist
Tighe Barry	....	set dresser
Walter Cahall	....	assistant art director
William K. Dolan	....	set dresser
Susan Mina Eschelbach	....	additional set decorator
Tracy Farrington	....	property master
Robert Loyal Good	....	assistant property master
Robert E. Knight	....	set painter
Charles R. Lipscomb	....	lead man
Marc Meisels	....	lead man
Barbara Mesney	....	set designer
Jon P. Mooers	....	on-set dresser
Steve Morey	....	construction coordinator
David J. Negron	....	storyboard artist
Rich Rohrer	....	art department
Laurie Stevens	....	art department coordinator
Kim Wong	....	special photography props
Michael Wright	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
George Baetz	....	boom operator
Bobbi Banks	....	adr editor
Bruce Bell	....	foley mixer
Brian Best	....	apprentice sound editor
Robert Eber	....	sound mixer
David Farmer	....	sound editor
David Farmer	....	sound effects editor
Robert Friedman	....	foley artist
Frank A. Fuller Jr.	....	supervising foley editor (as Frank Fuller)
Ginger Geary	....	foley artist
Tim Song Jones	....	sound transferer
Lee Lemont	....	supervising adr editor
Robert J. Litt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony Milch	....	sound editor
Jay Nierenberg	....	supervising sound editor
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Saunders	....	adr mixer
Janelle Showalter	....	assistant adr editor
Roger V. Stevenson	....	boom operator
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donald L. Warner Jr.	....	sound editor
Aaron D. Weisblatt	....	first assistant sound editor
Bernard Weiser	....	sound editor
Steven D. Williams	....	supervising sound editor
Donald C. Rogers	....	technical director of sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jeff Denes	....	special effects assistant
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Peter Donen	....	optical effects consultant

Stunts
Derek Barton	....	stunts
Phil Culotta	....	stunts
Laura Dash	....	stunt double
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt double: Moira Kelly
Debbie Evans	....	stunts (as Debbie Evans Leavitt)
Donna Evans	....	stunts
Donna Garrett	....	stunts
Nick Hermz	....	stunts
Larry Holt	....	stunts
Steven Lambert	....	stunts
John Moio	....	stunt coordinator
Tom Morga	....	stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts (as Debbie Lynn Ross)
Fred Scheiwiller	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts
Victoria Vanderkloot	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Benson	....	aerial director of photography
Nils Benson	....	camera loader
Erik L. Brown	....	first assistant camera
Robin Brown	....	camera operator
Joseph V. Cicio	....	steadicam assistant
Kenny Davis	....	dolly grip
Sam Emerson	....	still photographer (as Sam Young Emerson)
Jack English	....	gaffer
Erik A. Erichsen	....	electrician
Robert K. Feldmann	....	key grip
Gene Hara	....	electrician
D.J. Harder	....	second assistant camera (as David J. Harder)
Irv Katz	....	grip
Christopher Lyons	....	best boy electric
Willie Mann	....	grip
Scott McInteer	....	cable trainee
Steven R. Morales	....	electrician
David W. Nims	....	rigging key grip
Boris Price	....	camera loader
Christian Silver	....	rigging key grip
Charles Smith	....	best boy grip
Chris Squires	....	director of photography: second unit
Chris Squires	....	steadicam operator
Chris Thornton	....	grip
Stephen Thorp	....	electrician

Casting Department
Lisa S. Beasley	....	extras casting
Rebecca C. Crespi	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Pat McCorkle	....	casting: New York
Shawne Rowe	....	casting assistant
Melissa M. Thomas	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pikke Allen	....	key costumer
Carol Lupo	....	additional costumer
Patia Prouty	....	set costumer
Joan Thomas	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Mary Blee	....	apprentice editor
Gloria Kaiser	....	color timer
Sharon McGeeney	....	negative cutter
Tim Pedegana	....	post-production associate
Rick Scheil	....	post-production assistant
Erin Scully	....	post-production coordinator
Neil Eric Wenger	....	associate film editor

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	scoring mixer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Stephan R. Goldman	....	music supervisor
Brian Masterson	....	score mixer
Craig Pettigrew	....	music editor
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator
Bill Whelan	....	music contractor
Brian Williams	....	music designer

Transportation Department
Jerry Smith	....	driver
Don Tardino	....	transportation coordinator
Thomas Vilardo	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Nellie Adami	....	set production assistant
Susan Ahulii	....	craft service
Ralph Bertelle	....	production assistant
Richard J. Brewer	....	assistant: Mr. Cort
Sara Burton	....	assistant location manager
Janet Costner	....	assistant location manager
Theresa Curtin	....	assistant: Mr. Markey
Rita Lisa Danao	....	production assistant
Susan R. Ellis	....	production coordinator
J.J. Geary	....	craft service
Denise Giddens	....	assistant production coordinator
Dori Greenberg	....	production assistant
Ira Halberstadt	....	production executive
Thomas Johnston	....	script supervisor
Scott Kroopf	....	senior production executive
Bruce Lawhead	....	location manager
Patty MacDonald	....	assistant: Mr. Cort
Lana Morgan	....	assistant: Ms. Hannah
Jim Procanik	....	payroll accountant
Mandy Safavi	....	assistant: Mr. Strick
Elizabeth Schulze	....	production assistant
Paige Smith	....	assistant: Mr. Madden
Wendy Urlik	....	photogrophy consultant
Suzanne Welch	....	assistant: Mr. Field

Production Companies

• Hollywood Pictures
• Interscope Communications
• Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sogepaq Distribución (Spain)

Special Effects

• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (greenscreen compositing) (digital compositing, painting)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong terror/violence, and for language and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Iceland:16 | Japan:R | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Janie's hands, when she extracts the knife from her pocket

A good, suspenseful, and emotional movie.

I liked this movie. The directing was excellent and he used shades of red to produce enchantment around that cute little girl Julie Devin. Moira Kelley looked like a motherly angel and her husband was somewhat corny, but attractive and very fatherlike. Hannah sure has changed from Splash where she looks much more older yet she still shows a style and insecurity in her character. Hannah's character is presented as someone that is not completely evil, yet her muscular rowdy husband appears to be the real headmaster of their brutal plans. The violence in the movie isn't graphic and the love between Moira and Julie is wonderfully established. Hannah is silky smooth and appears to really fit the role of a dirty, insecure woman. I liked the way the movie made many connections of the theme like mother like daughter(also father) and the scenes when Julie used violence was quite surprising, humorus, and actually thrilling. The movie wasn't the greatest thriller, yet the characters, performances, and scenes showed talent and I was satisfied with the rental.