Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)

Director:

Robert Greenwald

Writer:

Ernest Thompson (writer)

Release Date:

23 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Some people fall in love, some people step in it.

Plot:

Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam...

Plot Keywords:

Human Relationship

Cast

Don Johnson	...	Wiley Boon
Susan Sarandon	...	Sandra Boon
Jeff Daniels	...	Sam Manners
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Adie Nims
Kate Reid	...	Pearne Manners
Justin Henry	...	Kyle Boon
Holly Marie Combs	...	Debs Boon
Heather Coleman	...	BJ Boon
Matthew Wohl	...	Dick Merezini
Steven Stabler	...	Wayne Rodemeyer
Laurie Corbin	...	Claire Norton
Lanie Conklin	...	Danielle Johnson
Jack McDonald	...	Peter Barrett
Frits Momsen	...	Joe Canecki
Stephen Robert Moorhead	...	Bobby Canecki
Paul Schnabel	...	Policeman
Jerrilyn Miller	...	Ellen Becker
Heather Driscoll	...	Sherry Rooney
Anna Groskin	...	Student
Mary Carol Magazini	...	Lois Clarent
Meghan A. Brooks	...	Mouse
Mark Brooks	...	Tom Sechrist
Leticia Leahy	...	Eunice Wimert
Jack Huges	...	Rawson Mason
Samuel Kaufman	...	Teenager
Jonathan Murad	...	Teenager
Todd Ludy	...	Teenager
Seth Feeley	...	Teenager
Tyrone Shaw	...	The Throbulators
Daniel Coane	...	The Throbulators
Jerry Highter	...	The Throbulators
Kathleen Coane	...	The Throbulators
Cecil Xavier	...	Late Hours
Juan Smith	...	Late Hours
Austin Bowen	...	Late Hours
Sinclair Hodge	...	Late Hours
Patrick Rogers	...	Late Hours
Al Cerullo	...	Helicopter Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Perkins	...	Guest at new years dance (uncredited)
Bernie Sanders	...	Bernie (uncredited)
Bryce Guy Williams	...	Bus Driver (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Greenwald

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ernest Thompson		writer

Produced by
Robert Greenwald	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Lurie	....	producer
Gabrielle Mandelik	....	executive co-producer
Bruce S. Pustin	....	associate producer
Lauren Weissman	....	executive co-producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Tak Fujimoto

Film Editing by
Janet Bartels-Vandagriff		(co-editor)
Robert Florio

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
James Allen

Set Decoration by
Robin Peyton
Lynn Smart

Costume Design by
Bobbie Read

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup department co-head (as Allan Apone)
Joseph Coscia	....	hair stylist
Nick Troiano	....	hair stylist
Allen Weisinger	....	makeup artist (as Allen Weisenger)
Jay Cannistraci	....	makeup artist: Don Johnson (uncredited)

Production Management
Nan L. Bernstein	....	production manager
Denny Salvaryn	....	unit production manager: re-shoots
Ted Zachary	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rob Corn	....	second assistant director (as Robert L. Corn)
Allan F. Nicholls	....	first assistant director (as Allan Nichols)

Art Department
Suzy Abbott	....	painter
Gary J. Brink	....	props
Bonnie Christensen	....	assistant set dresser
Paul W. Gorfine	....	painter
Robert LaPrell	....	construction coordinator (as Robert Guy LaPrell)
Peg McClellan	....	illustrator
Kenneth Milfred	....	leadman
Anthony Paronelli	....	painters supervisor
William F. Reynolds	....	property master

Sound Department
Jeremy J. Gordon	....	sound editor (as Jeremy Gordon)
Michael Hilkene	....	sound editor
Frank Howard	....	sound editor
David J. Hudson	....	sound mixer
Val Kuklowsky	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Lindemann	....	sound editor
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound mixer
Patrushkha Mierzwa	....	boom operator
John Oettinger	....	sound editor
Terry Porter	....	sound mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
John O. Wilde	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Layne Robinson	....	special effects
W. Wayne Walser	....	special effects supervisor (as Walter Wayne Walser)

Stunts
Bobby J. Foxworth	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Hymes	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mitchell Amundsen	....	first assistant camera
John Beymer	....	camera operator
John Denney	....	lighting: "Musco"
Angelo Di Giacomo	....	first assistant camera
Christopher Duskin	....	second assistant camera
M.C. Maxwell	....	gaffer
John C. Moulds	....	camera operator
John T. Ramsey	....	key grip
James M. Reeves	....	electrician
Rebel Schunke	....	grip
Chuck Sharp	....	second electrician (as Charles W. Sharp)
Roger Spurgeon	....	lighting: "Musco"
Tim Staubs	....	assistant key grip
Michael Stone	....	camera operator
Dianna Taylor	....	director of photography: second unit
Porter Versfelt III	....	grip
William M. Weberg	....	grip
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Yonit Hamer	....	extras casting: Florida
Marilyn Wright	....	extras casting: Vermont

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kristy Moore Aitken	....	costumer
Carlane Passman	....	wardrobe: women
Gregory B. Peña	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
David Codron	....	apprentice editor
Cindy Finch	....	assistant editor
Julie Janata	....	assistant editor (as Julie E. Janata)
Patricia Kudish	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Kathy Durning	....	additional music editor
Richard Gibbs	....	music arranger
Philip Giffin	....	orchestrator
Debbie Gold	....	music supervisor
Jim Weidman	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Larry Crenshaw	....	transportation captain: Florida
Herried S. Robinson	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Judy Bauer	....	assistant accountant
Jim Bigham	....	liaison agent: Florida
Renee Bodner	....	script supervisor
Dennis Brobst	....	snow advisor
Dominique Bruballa	....	production accountant
Steve Crider	....	editing best boy
Huw Davies	....	location manager (as T. Huw Davies)
Rita Duffey	....	assistant location manager
Gladen Pell Foss	....	parade coordinator
Lee Holden	....	assistant location manager
Gregory B. Peña	....	set supervisor
Ralph Perkins	....	foreman: Vermont
Bruce S. Pustin	....	production administrator
Bruce S. Pustin	....	production controller
Judith Rheiner	....	unit publicist
Debra Sicilian	....	editing best-boy
Stuart Wein	....	foreman: Florida

Production Companies

• Brightstar Films
• Chestnut Hill Productions
• ML Delphi Premier Productions

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:S | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Brightstar Films

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During one of the balcony shots a second camera crew can be seen shooting the reverses.

Booooooring!

"Sweet Hearts Dance" is about a two couples...one married, one not. Beyond that there's little worth mentioning. Although the film sports a good cast and is an okay production, it is a movie in need of a story as it wanders from chapter to chapter exploring the vicissitudes of a quartet of people who are probably much less interesting that yourself. In a word....boring.