Only You (1994)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Norman Jewison

Writer (WGA):

Diane Drake (written by)

Release Date:

7 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A love story written in the stars

Plot:

Destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) believes that two soul-mates can be united if they find each other. From the Ouija board...

Plot Keywords:

Italy | Sister In Law | Soul Mate | Ouija Board | Love

Cast

Marisa Tomei	...	Faith
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Peter Wright
Bonnie Hunt	...	Kate
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Giovanni (as Joaquim De Almeida)
Fisher Stevens	...	Larry
Billy Zane	...	The False Damon Bradley
Adam LeFevre	...	Damon Bradley
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Dwayne
Siobhan Fallon	...	Leslie
Antonia Rey	...	Fortune Teller
Phyllis Newman	...	Faith's Mother
Denise Du Maurier	...	Dwayne's Mother
Tammy Minoff	...	Young Faith
Harry Barandes	...	Young Larry
Jessica Hertel	...	Young Kate
Rick Applegate	...	TWA Gate Attendant
Marc Field	...	TWA Gate Attendant
Bob Tracey	...	Foot Patient
Gianfranco Barra	...	Danieli Concierge
Barbara Cupisti	...	Anna
Sergio Pierattini	...	Pension Waiter
Giovanni Di Benedetto	...	Pension Concierge
Domenica Pane	...	Le Sirenuse Concierge (as Domenico Pane)
Fiorenzo Fiorentini	...	Old Man
Francesco Romei	...	Flower Vendor
Buck Herron	...	Man with Medallion
Amanda Lohman	...	Girl at Pool
Shari Summers	...	Woman with Suede Boots
Cristina Moglia	...	Information Desk Attendant (as Cristina Formichi Moglia)
Mattia Sbragia	...	Alitalia Pilot
Fausto Lombardi	...	Alitalia Gate Attendant
Sonia Martinelli	...	Alitalia Gate Attendant
Simona Ferraro	...	Alitalia Gate Attendant (as Simona Ferraro Chartoff)
Renato Scarpa	...	Alitalia Gate Attendant
Salvatore Loriga	...	Alitalia Gate Attendant
Sissy Grover	...	Alitalia Flight Attendant (as Diane Jones)
James Sampson	...	Saxophone Player
Claudio Padovan	...	Boat Driver
K.J. Roberts	...	Airport Security Guard
Gregory Gibson Kenney	...	State Police Officer (as Gregory Gibson Kenny)
Anthony Dileo Jr.	...	Taxi Driver (as Antone Di Leo)
Jaclyn Urso	...	Girl at the Carnival
Jessica Merlin	...	Girl at the Carnival
Bethany Smocer	...	Girl at the Carnival
Gina Maria Trello	...	Girl in Classroom
Victor Buhler	...	Waiter at Party
Dina Morrone	...	Shoe Show Announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Timothy Butts	...	Man at Party (uncredited)
Robert DiDonato	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Mary Martin	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ezio Pinza	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Jewison

Writing credits (WGA)
Diane Drake		(written by)

Produced by
Robert N. Fried	....	producer
Michael Jewison	....	associate producer
Norman Jewison	....	producer
Charles Mulvehill	....	producer
Cary Woods	....	producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman

Cinematography by
Sven Nykvist		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stephen E. Rivkin		(as Stephen Rivkin)

Casting by
Howard Feuer

Production Design by
Luciana Arrighi

Art Direction by
Maria-Teresa Barbasso		(as Maria Teresa Barbasso)
Stefano Maria Ortolani		(as Stephano Ortolani)

Set Decoration by
Ian Whittaker

Costume Design by
Milena Canonero

Makeup Department
Joanne Gair	....	makeup artist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Fabrizio Sforza	....	makeup artist
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Laura Fattori	....	production supervisor
Stephen Lim	....	unit production manager
Roberto Malerba	....	production manager: Italy

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Brandt	....	first assistant director
Francesca Fuschini	....	second second assistant director: Italy
Dean Garvin	....	second second assistant director: Pittsburgh
Marco Pettini	....	second assistant director: Italy
W. Thomas Snyder	....	second assistant director (as Tom Snyder)
Glen Trotiner	....	second second assistant director: Pittsburgh

Art Department
Carlo Avvisato	....	propman
Marcantonio Borghese	....	art department assistant
Pat Buckley	....	art department coordinator
Chris Call	....	property master: Pittsburgh
Teresa Darosy	....	construction buyer
Gianni Fiumi	....	property master (as Giovanni Fiumi)
Thomas J. Garrigan	....	assistant property master: Pittsburgh (as Thomas Garrigan)
Megan Graham	....	assistant art director: Pittsburgh
Eva Kamienska-Carter	....	draftsman
Kenneth J. Kellers	....	set dresser
Gary Kosko	....	art director: Pittsburgh
Antonio Murer	....	prop man
Bernadino Nardoni	....	construction coordinator (as Bernardino Nardoni)
Ralph Roger Pivirotto	....	leadman: Pittsburgh (as Ralph Pivirotto)
Gregory Puchalski	....	scenic artist
Gregory Puchalski	....	signwriter
Alessandra Querzola	....	set decorator: Italy
Catherine Stanton	....	set dresser: Pittsburgh
Diana Stoughton	....	set decorator: Pittsburgh
Louis P. Taylor	....	construction coordinator: Pittsburgh (as Louis Taylor)
Marco Trentini	....	assistant art director
Eric 'Sprocket' Uporsky	....	property assistant
Mimi Wyeth	....	art department production assistant
Eileen Garrigan	....	charge scenic (uncredited)
Mary O'Brien	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Alessandro Santucci	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tony Bell	....	boom operator
Tom Bjelic	....	assistant sound editor (as Thomas Bjelic)
David Boulton	....	adr recordist
Ross Carter	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Currie	....	sound editor
David Evans	....	sound editor
John Fundus	....	boom operator: Pittsburgh
Mark Gingras	....	assistant sound editor
James A. Gore	....	foley assistant (as James Gore)
Wayne Griffin	....	supervising sound editor
John Laing	....	sound editor
Bruce Lange	....	sound editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr recordist (as Tom O'Connell)
Michael O'Farrell	....	supervising sound editor
Dino Pigat	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vittorio Tabacchini	....	cable person
Ken Weston	....	production sound mixer
Don White	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Dennis Dion	....	special effects supervisor: Pittsburgh

Visual Effects by
Simon St. Laurent	....	optical composites (uncredited)
Mark Tureski	....	optical effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richmond L. Aguilar	....	chief lighting technician (as Rich Aguilar)
Paola Barbaglia	....	second assistant camera
Lucas Bielan	....	second assistant camera
Bobby Brown	....	second assistant camera: Pittsburgh
Aldo Colanzi	....	key grip
Bruno Colanzi	....	dolly grip
Jeff Cronenweth	....	first assistant camera
Michael Ginsburg	....	still photographer: Pittsburgh
Kevin Jewison	....	camera operator
Gene Kearney	....	key grip: Pittsburgh
Emilio Lari	....	still photographer
Fernando Massaccesi	....	chief lighting technician
Mario Massaccesi	....	electrical best boy
W. Russell McCormack	....	electrical best boy: Pittsburgh (as Russ McCormack)
Anastas N. Michos	....	Steadicam operator: Pittsburgh (as Tass Michos)
Nicola Pecorini	....	Steadicam operator
Nick Tallo	....	best boy grip: Pittsburgh
Charles W. Wayt	....	dolly grip: Pittsburgh (as Chuck Wayt)
Jon D. Morrison	....	set lighting electrician (uncredited)
Ethan Phillips	....	electrician (uncredited)
Keith Seymour	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Staci A. Blagovich	....	extras casting: Pittsburgh (as Staci Blagovich)
M. Rosaria Caracciolo	....	extras casting
Rinaldo Durante	....	extras casting
Rita Forzano	....	casting: Italy
Canice Kennedy	....	casting: Pittsburgh
Aroldo Mogiani	....	extras casting
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting
Shaila Rubin	....	casting: Italy
Meredith Tucker	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ezio Maria Bruno	....	costumer
Nicoletta Ercole	....	costume supervisor
Marilyn Matthews	....	costume supervisor: Pittsburgh
Daniel Orlandi	....	costumer: Pittsburgh

Editorial Department
David Antoniuk	....	post-production assistant
Ray Boniker	....	second assistant film editor (as Raymond Boniker)
Mark Ginsberg	....	color timer
Darren T. Holmes	....	first assistant editor: film (as Darren Holmes)
Lee Michael Searles	....	first assistant film editor
Dawn M. Stoliar	....	second assistant film editor (as Dawn Stoliar)
Joe Violante	....	consultant: Technicolor
Liberata Zocchi	....	second assistant film editor
Tom San Martin	....	negative matcher (uncredited)
Arnold Shuster	....	negative matcher (uncredited)
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher (uncredited)
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher (uncredited)

Music Department
Bill Abbott	....	music editor
Dick Lewzey	....	music scoring mixer
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Byron Pierotti	....	transportation coordinator
Marc Scott	....	transportation captain: Pittsburgh
Wayne Stone	....	transportation coordinator: Pittsburgh

Other crew
Jessica Abrams	....	assistant production coordinator: Pittsburgh (as Jessica L. Abrams)
Cecilia Alvarenga	....	production office coordinator
Francesco Barieri	....	production assistant
Gaia Bianchi di Lavagna	....	production secretary
Lisa Bradley	....	production office coordinator: Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Broden	....	assistant: Mr. Jewison
Valentina Cervi	....	assistant: Mr. Downey
Egidio Coccimiglio	....	set trainee
Sally Collings	....	assistant: Ms. Tomei
John 'JR' Craigmile	....	assistant accountant
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	location manager (as Fabio Massimo Dell'Orca)
Robert Edgar	....	production secretary: Pittsburgh
Joe Everett	....	unit publicist
Mario Francini	....	location manager
Gabrielle Geier	....	production assistant: Pittsburgh
Luca Greco	....	production assistant
Rachel Griffiths	....	script supervisor
Laurie A. Hoover	....	production assistant: Pittsburgh (as Laurie Hoover)
Karen Hoyson	....	assistant location manager
Eric Kornick	....	production assistant: Pittsburgh
David H. Kramer	....	adr loop group (as David Kramer)
Annie Loeffler	....	location manager: Pittsburgh
Christian Lucidi	....	production assistant
Fabio Mancini	....	unit consultant: Italy
Margo Myers	....	assistant accountant
Luigi Piscacane	....	production assistant
Rosanna Roditi	....	location manager
Paolo Rosada	....	production assistant
Alessandro Sambuco	....	production assistant
Burton Sharp	....	adr loop group
Francesca Silvestri	....	production assistant
Matthew Sirianni	....	production assistant: Pittsburgh
Enzo Sisti	....	accountant
Carey Smith	....	production assistant: Pittsburgh
Catherine Smith	....	production secretary
Lucille Smith	....	production accountant (as Lucille Masone Smith)
Daniele Tiberi	....	production accountant
Tavin Marin Titus	....	assistant: Mr. Mulvehill (as Tavin Marin)
Taylor Turzanski	....	post-production accountant
Lynda Van Damm	....	production accountant
Vito Colazzo	....	location manager (uncredited)
Maria Fiorito	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Marcello Lanza	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Nancy Beth Orr	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures (presents)
• Fried/Woods Films (producer)
• Yorktown Productions (producer)

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1999) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• All Star Motion Picture Catering  catering: Pittsburgh
• Allegheny County Department of Aviation  special thanks
• Columbia Records  soundtrack
• Film Effects  titles and opticals
• Film House  post production facilities
• Hotel Covo Dei Saraceni  special thanks (as Hotel Covo Del Saraceni)
• Hotel Danieli  special thanks
• Hotel Le Sirenuse  special thanks
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Pennsylvania Bureau of Motion Picture & Television Development  special thanks (as Pennsylvania Film Bureau)
• Pittsburgh Film Office  special thanks
• Pittsburgh International Airport  special thanks
• Random House  courtesy of ("You Who Never Arrived" by Rainer Maria Rilke ©1981)
• T.A.B.  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Faith (USA) (working title)
Him
Just in Time

Runtime:

115 min | Finland:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | South Korea:15 | USA:PG (NO. 33081) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago Studio City - 5660 W. Taylor Street, Austin, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Bridget Fonda was the original choice for the female lead.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Faith and Kate on their way to Rome are having lunch beside the street, they drink white wine out of a bottle labelled as Chianti. In Tuscany only red wines can be labelled as Chianti.

Quotes:

Faith Corvatch: Why couldn't we just have arranged marriages in America?
Kate Corvatch: Yeah, at least you could spend the rest of your life blaming your parents instead of yourself.

Movie Connections:

Features General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sloe Gin Fizz

Only Downey

I thought Downey was wonderful in this movie! He is so romantic! And sweet. He will do anything to show how much he loves Faith (Tomei); even set her up with her soulmate! Robert Downey, Jr was the real star of this film. I was mesmerized by him whenever he was on camera, and when he wasn't, I kept wondering when he would be back!

Credit to Marisa Tomei as well! She does a great job playing Faith, a woman who follows her 'soulmate' to Italy only to find her true love. Tomei is very pretty in the film and I love the red dress she wears when first meeting Peter (Downey). Some of her best acting comes at the end, when she realizes her feelings and rushes to tell him.

The only bad thing about the movie is that Downey does not appear until 45 minutes into the movie! Did it have to be that long? I know of a few scenes that they could have cut. Other than that, the movie is great. Watch it with someone you love, or even your soulmate.