Bliss (1997)

Director:

Lance Young

Writer:

Lance Young (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Love is only the beginning.

Plot:

Joseph and Maria are married for six months and Maria still has never had an orgasm with her husband...

Plot Keywords:

Ecstasy | Orgasm | Sex | Doctor | Spooning Sexual Position

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	Joseph
Sheryl Lee	...	Maria
Terence Stamp	...	Baltazar
Casey Siemaszko	...	Tanner
Spalding Gray	...	Alfred
Leigh Taylor-Young	...	Redhead
Lois Chiles	...	Eva
Blu Mankuma	...	Nick
Ken Camroux	...	Hank
Pamela Perry	...	Dottie
Eli Gabay	...	Carlos
Molly Parker	...	Connie
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Doctor
Merrilyn Gann	...	Motel Woman
Gillian Barber	...	Therapist
Peter Kelamis	...	Neighbor
Norman Armour	...	Patient
David Glyn-Jones	...	Priest
Quincy Welch	...	Boy
Carson Welch	...	Boy
Serena Bodnar	...	Girl
Kristin Lehman	...	Scope / Steps Woman
Akesh Gill	...	Therapy Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jennifer-Juniper Angeli	...	Tanner's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Directed by
Lance Young

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lance Young		written by

Produced by
Matthew O'Connor	....	executive producer
Allyn Stewart	....	producer
Lisa Towers	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Cinematography by
Mike Molloy

Film Editing by
Allan Lee

Casting by
Glenn Daniels

Production Design by
David Fischer		(as David Lloyd Fischer)
John Willett

Art Direction by
William Heslup
Eric Norlin

Set Decoration by
Barry Kemp
Mary-Lou Storey

Costume Design by
Heidi Ross
Jori Woodman

Makeup Department
James D. Brown	....	hair stylist (as James Brown)
Marianne Coates	....	assistant makeup artist
Rosalina Da Silva	....	makeup artist
Gina Sherritt	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Essy Niknejad	....	post-production supervisor
Lisa Towers	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Hardy	....	assistant director
Carl Mason	....	trainee assistant director
Shirley-Anne Parsons	....	second assistant director (as Shirley Parsons)
Roger Scott Russell	....	third assistant director (as Roger Russell)
Carie Wallis	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Sandy Arthur	....	set decoration buyer
David Asmodeus	....	assistant property master
Frank Bodeck	....	set dresser
Nicole Chorney	....	set decoration buyer
Janet Clark	....	assistant set decorator
Diarmuid Conway	....	on-set dresser (as Dermuid Conway)
Grant Cotterall	....	scenic carpenter
Sean DeSalliers	....	laborer
Debbie Erhardt	....	assistant property master
R.D. 'Luther' Fairbairn	....	property master
Daniel Frisk	....	laborer
Erik Gerlund	....	assistant set decorator
Frank Haddad	....	head greensman
Dan Hanen	....	lead man
Jennifer Hill	....	property buyer
Ed Jensen	....	set dresser
Alex Kameniczky	....	draftsman (as Alexander Kameniczky)
P.K. MacCarthy	....	storyboard artist
Malcolm MacLean	....	paint coordinator
Francis Mallette	....	scenic painter
Sam McMaster	....	construction foreman
Tony Moscovitch	....	scenic carpenter
Gillian Murray	....	set decoration buyer
Michael Nemirsky	....	draftsman
Jan Reeves	....	painter foreman
Grace Rourke	....	scenic artist
Jenny Seinen	....	scenic painter
Brian Shell	....	construction coordinator
Macleod Sinclaire	....	on-set dresser
Peter Sysoev	....	scenic painter
Ray Taylor	....	lead man
Elmar Theissen	....	lead painter
Bart Uphill	....	scenic painter
Peggy Allen Winslow	....	greens person
James Purvis	....	lead dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound editor
Marc Chiasson	....	adr editor
Mark Cookson	....	sound editor
Serge Djang	....	foley artist
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Ezra Dweck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert W. Glass Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Steve Hollenbeck	....	sound editor (as Steven Hollenbeck)
Dessie Markovsky	....	sound designer
Dessie Markovsky	....	supervising sound editor
Michael McGee	....	sound
T.A. Moore Jr.	....	foley mixer (as Thomas A. Moore Jr.)
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Iain Pattison	....	adr group recordist
Mark Seagraves	....	adr editor
Xavier Sol	....	sound editor
Brent D. Winter	....	sound editor
Kris Fenske	....	assistant dialogue editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mark Mentiply	....	special effects assistant
Jak Osmond	....	special effects first assistant
Randy Shymkiw	....	special effects coordinator
Scott R. Treliving	....	special effects rigger (as Scott Treliving)
Keith Wardlow	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Ken Hayward	....	digital artist
Christine Petrov	....	digital compositing artist
Gary Walker	....	digital compositing supervisor (as Gary L. Walker II)
Bruce Woloshyn	....	digital compositing artist

Stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunt coordinator
Jim Dunn	....	stunt double: Craig Sheffer
Jacob Rupp	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sarah Baldwin	....	remote head technician
Jim Barber	....	rigging grip
Fraser Boyle	....	best boy
Richard Buckmaster	....	lamp operator
Cory Budney	....	camera trainee
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	Steadicam operator (as Steve Campanelli)
John Clothier	....	Steadicam operator
John Clothier	....	camera operator
Chris Cochrane	....	generator operator
Barry Donlevy	....	gaffer
Attila Fritz	....	camera trainee
David Goyer	....	lamp operator
Stewart Hadley	....	gaffer
Brenda Haggerty	....	second assistant camera
R.K. Hill	....	key grip
Pierre Hubert	....	dolly grip
Christina Kasperczyk	....	second assistant camera
John Kuchera	....	dolly grip (as Brent J. Kuchera)
Doug Lavender	....	second assistant camera
Vince Laxton	....	rigging gaffer
Alan Markfield	....	still photographer
Richard G. Mason	....	underwater camera operator (as Richard Mason)
Nathaniel Massey	....	Steadicam operator
Blair McDonald	....	best boy
Klaus Melchior	....	video playback operator
Cam North	....	first assistant camera
Sam Osborne	....	first assistant camera
Tobias A. Schliessler	....	additional photographer (as Tobias Schliessler)
Trig Singer	....	camera operator
Vince Uytdehaag	....	generator operator (as Vincent Uytdehaag)
Mark Willis	....	grip
Darren Wong	....	grip
Michael Wrinch	....	focus puller

Casting Department
Stuart Aikins	....	casting: Canada
Sandra Couldwell	....	extras casting
Michael Greer	....	casting: USA
William Haines	....	casting associate: Canada
Candace S. McPherson	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tess Brummitt	....	set costumer (as Teresa Brummitt)
Jennifer Grossman	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Gay Black	....	negative cutter
Bonni Devlin	....	assistant editor
Bruce Giesbrecht	....	first assistant editor
Caroline Hardon	....	first assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Nancy Elizabeth McKenzie	....	post-production coordinator (as Nancy McKenzie)
David Orr	....	color timer

Music Department
Marta Boberska	....	musician: soprano
Krzesimir Debski	....	composer: additional music
Krzesimir Debski	....	conductor: Sinfonia Varsovia
Krzesimir Debski	....	musician: violin
Krzesimir Debski	....	orchestrator
Andrzej Jagodzinski	....	musician: piano
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	....	music producer
Christopher Kennedy	....	music editor
Pawel Losakiewicz	....	musician: violin solos
Jacek Urbaniak	....	musician: flute
Zbigniew Zbrowski	....	orchestra contractor
Richard Ziegler	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Dave Bowe	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Colette Aubin	....	second assistant production coordinator
Paul Barkin	....	location scout
Bill Burns	....	location scout
Lynda Chapple	....	location scout
Dixie Cutler	....	unit publicist
Ian Doig	....	animal trainer
Mark Dumas	....	animal coordinator (as Mark Wiener-Dumas)
Truddi Forrest	....	choreographer (as Trudi Forrest)
Gisele Fredette	....	craft service (as Giselle Fredette)
Janice Frome	....	location manager
Philip Fuldauer	....	assistant production coordinator
Benjamin Glenday	....	stand-in
Anne Gordon	....	fly wrangler
Jake Klein	....	assistant: Sheryl Lee
Christine Lalande	....	script supervisor
Matreya Langton	....	stand-in
Doreen Marlor	....	dance instructor
Colin McCarthy	....	assistant location manager (as Colin L. McCarthy)
Wayne McDonell	....	location scout
Nancy Elizabeth McKenzie	....	second assistant production coordinator (as Nancy McKenzie)
Bernadette Meyers	....	location scout
Tim Moshansky	....	location scout
Julia Neville	....	production coordinator
Stephanie Rossel	....	script supervisor
Lizzie Scheck	....	assistant: Allyn Stewart
Gwyn E. Shipman	....	assistant location manager (as Gwyn Shipman)
Simon St. Laurent	....	opticals: Film Opticals
Mary Anne Waterhouse	....	production accountant (as Mary Anne McCarthy)
Patricia D. Williams	....	assistant production accountant

Production Companies

• Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation
• Stewart Pictures
• Triumph Films

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films (????) (France) (theatrical)
• Triumph Films (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Video (????) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Cinema Research (optical effects)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures

Other Companies

• Gastown Post and Transfer  video
• Northern Lights Equipment Inc.  grip and electrical equipment
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Turbosound  sound services

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic sex scenes with strong sex-related dialogue, and for language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | Germany:16 | Mexico:C | Spain:18 | USA:NC-17 (original cut) | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation

sublime

I see this movie on TV...For three times. I was touched. It is a masterpiece...

I am a psychotherapist and first I am a soul and a woman. I would recommended " Bliss " to my patients. I am sure that only special people can really feel this movie.

I felt every touch between Joseph and Maria. First time when I see it, I was fall in love with Craig Sheffer. His performed was exceptionally also the Sheryl Lee performed. It is rich in sensuality and emotions.

I cannot find the right words...This movie are worth watching. Moreover, feel it! I will try to find more movies like this one. However, I think it does not exist.