Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990) (V)

Directors:

Michele Ferrone
David Fincher
(more)

Release Date:

13 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Music

Plot Keywords:

Dance Music | Title Directed By Female | Music Video | Urban Setting | Pop Music

Cast

Madonna	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danny Aiello	...	Papa (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
Cameron Alborzian	...	(segment "Express Yourself")
Erica Bell	...	Herself (segment "Lucky Star") (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
Luis Camacho	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Keith Carradine	...	Boyfriend (segment "Material Girl")
Christopher Ciccone	...	Himself (segment "Lucky Star")
Oliver Crumes Jr.	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Donna DeLory	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Chris Finch	...	Dancer
Salim Gauwloos	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Jose Guitierez	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Niki Harris	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Victor Ho	...	(video "Material Girl")
Felix Howard	...	Kid (segment "Open Your Heart")
John Leguizamo	...	Friend of Boyfriend (segment "Borderline")
Leon	...	Innocent Man / Saint (segment "Like a Prayer")
Debi Mazar	...	Herself (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
Alex McArthur	...	Boyfriend (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
Regan Patno	...	Blonde dancer (segment "Material Girl")
Mailon Rivera	...	Himself (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
Kevin Alexander Stea	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue" / "Vogue MTV Awards Performance")
Gabriel Trupin	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Gustav Vintas	...	Prison Wardon (segment "Express Yourself")
Tony Ward	...	Merman (segment "Cherish")
Carlton Wilborn	...	Voguer (segment "Vogue")
Robert Wuhl	...	Pitch Man (segment "Material Girl")
Benicio Del Toro	...	Kid sitting on car (segment "La Isla Bonita") (uncredited)
Louie Louie	...	Boyfriend (segment "Borderline") (uncredited)
Sharon Oreck	...	Woman in clown costume (segment "Material Girl") (uncredited)
Daniel Louis Rivas	...	Kid sitting on stairs (segment "Secrets") (uncredited)

Directed by
Michele Ferrone		(video "Borderline") (as Michelle Ferrone)
David Fincher		(videos "Express Yourself", "Oh Father" and "Vogue")
James Foley		(video "Papa Don't Preach")
Mary Lambert		(videos "Like a Virgin", "Material Girl", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer")
Bruce Logan		(video "Borderline")
Jean-Baptiste Mondino		(video "Open Your Heart")
Arthur Pierson		(video "Lucky Star")
Herb Ritts		(video "Cherish")

Produced by
Simon Fields	....	producer (video "Like a Virgin")
Gregg Fienberg	....	producer (video "Express Yourself")
Glenn Goodwin	....	producer (video "Lucky Star")
Mary Lambert	....	producer (video "Borderline")
David Naylor	....	producer (videos "Papa Don't Preach", "Open Your Heart" and "La Isla Bonita")
Victoria Niles	....	producer (videos "Oh Father" and "Vogue") (as Vicki Niles)
Sharon Oreck	....	producer (videos "Material Girl", "Papa Don't Preach", "Open Your Heart", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Prayer" and "Cherish")

Cinematography by
King Baggot		(segment "Burning Up")
Jordan Cronenweth		(segment "Oh, Father")
Andrea Dietrich		(segment "Borderline")
Wayne Isham		(segment "Lucky Star")
Pascal Lebègue		(video "Vogue)
Mark Plummer		(video "Express Yourself")
Steven Poster		(video "Like a Prayer") (as Steven B. Poster)
Peter Sinclair		(segment "Like a Virgin")

Production Design by
Jeff McManus

Art Direction by
Jeri Heiden

Production Management
Budd Tunick	....	production manager

Art Department
Jeri Heiden	....	designer
John Heiden	....	designer

Sound Department
Derek Sample	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Meisel	....	photographer
Herb Ritts	....	still photographer

Music Department
Jellybean Benítez	....	music producer
Jason Corsaro	....	music engineer
Paulinho Da Costa	....	musician: percussion
Bernard Edwards	....	musician: bass
Bruce Gaitsch	....	musician: electric guitar
Siedah Garrett	....	background vocals
Edie Lehmann	....	background vocals
Billy Meyers	....	music arranger: strings (as Billy Meyers)
Jonathan Moffett	....	musician: drums
Lenny Pickett	....	musician: saxophone
John Putnam	....	musician: acoustic guitar
Nile Rodgers	....	music production
Tony Thompson	....	musician: drums
David Williams	....	musician: guitar

Other crew
Jimmy Bralower	....	drum programmer
Smith Wordes	....	assistant choreographer

Distributors

• Warner Reprise Video (worldwide) (DVD)
• Warner Music (1990) (Finland) (VHS)

Other Companies

• MTV Networks  provided courtesy of: Madonna's performance of "Vogue" (from MTV's 1990 Video Music Awards)
• O Pictures Inc.  videos "Like a Prayer" and "Cherish"
• Propaganda Films  video "Oh, Father"

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Stereo (QSound)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | UK:PG | New Zealand:PG

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode (#4.15)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Express Yourself

Madonna: She put the "M" in MTV

While Madonna is, without a doubt, one of the most defining icons of recent popular culture, her rise to success could not have been achieved without the advent of the music video industry. Madonna IS the video music artist. In the early 80's, with the future of the recording industry in question, record execs desperately needed a product that would add visibility and credibility to the music being produced. Faced with a critical and popular backlash against disco, country, and pop rock, the only solution seemed to be radio contests and prolific DJ's. Yet even this solution fell short until a little television series, run on Nickelodeon Television, achieved status as a channel all its own--Music Television (MTV). MTV came on the air in August, 1981. Now, record execs and music video execs alike realized the "gift" they had been given--music videos could provide vision to music and offer audiences a face behind the names heard singing on the radio. And indeed it did just that as artists like Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, and Madonna profited both financially and socially from this new art form that had emerged. (I might add that those economically shaken record companies profited too!)

But of the four artists mentioned, one especially used the video music medium to her advantage, artistically and culturally . . . Madonna. Her first few videos, "Lucky Star," "Burning Up," and "Borderline," helped her establish an image behind the club-based hits she was putting out. In fact, many believed Madonna was a black singer prior to seeing her perform on MTV in these videos. I might add that these videos all appeared shortly after MTV's first anniversary (it is a "marriage" still in existence after nearly 20 years). But it was not until the release of the video for "Like A Virgin," coupled with her memorable wedding dress-bedecked slinking on the stage of the First Annual MTV Video Music Awards, that Madonna rocketed herself to superstardom. Not to be boxed into any given image, this iconic chameleon transformed herself, her videos, and ultimately music videos in general. From her Marilyn Monroe homage in "Material Girl" to her Metropolis-based turn in "Express Yourself," Madonna has set the standard for music video as an art form and means of expression. In doing so, she has given credibility to herself not only as a musician, but more importantly as an artist. Therefore, I give this collection of videos a 10 out of 10, although some in the collection lack the visual and artistic qualities of what many consider to be "great," all in the their own way have had an influence on MTV, the music industry, Madonna, and most importantly, pop culture.

For a collection of Madonna's videos in the Nineties, see "Madonna: The Video Collection, 93-99."