Hush (1998)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Jonathan Darby

Writers (WGA):

Jonathan Darby (story)
Jonathan Darby (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

6 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Don't Breathe A Word

Plot:

Helen is the young girlfriend of good-looking Jackson Baring. When Helen gets pregnant and marries Jackson...

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | New York City | Dead Father | Female Psychopath | Horse Riding

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jessica Lange	...	Martha Baring
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Helen Baring
Johnathon Schaech	...	Jackson Baring
Nina Foch	...	Alice Baring
Debi Mazar	...	Lisa
Kaiulani Lee	...	Sister O'Shaughnessy
David Thornton	...	Gavin
Hal Holbrook	...	Dr. Franklin Hill
Richard Lineback	...	Hal Bentall
Richard Kohn	...	Clayton Richards
Faith Potts	...	Georgina Richards
Tom Story	...	Priest
Jolene Carroll	...	Church Warden
Jacob Press	...	Usher
Joe Inscoe	...	Doctor
Catherine Shaffner	...	Nurse
Lenny Steinline	...	Paramedic
Rick Gray	...	Banker
Tom Holmes	...	Auctioneer
Owen Valentine	...	Official
Ricardo Miguel Young	...	Policeman
Woody Robertson Jr.	...	Policeman
Charles Thomas Baxter	...	Racing Enthusiast
Jayne Hess	...	Nursing Home Nun
Sarah Elspas	...	Helen's Baby
Rebecca Elspas	...	Helen's Baby
Jacob Elspas	...	Helen's Baby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Diandra Newlin	...	ER Patient (uncredited)
Rob 'Captain Rob' Robinson	...	Truck Driver (uncredited)

Directed by
Jonathan Darby

Writing credits (WGA)
Jonathan Darby		(story)
Jonathan Darby		(screenplay) and
Jane Rusconi		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ginny Nugent	....	co-producer
Douglas Wick	....	producer

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
Andrew Dunn

Film Editing by
Lynzee Klingman
Robert Leighton
Dan Rae

Casting by
Billy Hopkins
Heidi Levitt

Production Design by
P. Michael Johnston		(as Michael Johnston)
Thomas A. Walsh

Art Direction by
James F. Truesdale		(as James Truesdale)

Set Decoration by
Michael Seirton

Costume Design by
Ann Roth

Makeup Department
Vivian Baker	....	key makeup artist
Linda De Andrea	....	hair stylist: Ms. Lange
Tony Gardner	....	special makeup effects: Alterian Studios
Mary Hedges Lampert	....	key hair stylist (as Mary Lampert)

Production Management
Richard J. Gelfand	....	unit production manager (as Richard Gelfand)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kristin Cameron	....	second second assistant director
Rick Clark	....	second second assistant director
Carla Corwin	....	first assistant director
Tom Davies	....	first assistant director (as Thomas Davies)
Anthony D'Esposito	....	second assistant director (as Anthony F. D'Esposito)
Debra Kent	....	second assistant director
Rusty Mahmood	....	dga trainee
Linda Montanti	....	first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Richard Blankenship	....	construction coordinator
Michael D. Harrell	....	set dresser
Andrea Levine	....	assistant property master
Robert A. Remer	....	scenic artist (as Rob Remer)
Bob Renna	....	set dresser
Michael Sarley	....	storyboard artist
Easton Michael Smith	....	set designer
Chris Ubick	....	property master
Tim Y. Wetzel	....	assistant property master
Robert Blasi	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Clifford D. Eubank	....	gangboss (uncredited)
Susanna Glattly	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Thierry Labbe	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Christopher Neely	....	lead man (uncredited)
Bob Renna	....	buyer (uncredited)
Richard Salinas	....	painter (uncredited)
Steven Samanen	....	graphic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Acord	....	cable person
John H. Arrufat	....	dialogue editor (as J.H. Arrufat)
Pamela Bentkowski	....	foley editor (as Pam Bentkowski)
Sandy Berman	....	supervising sound editor
Ann Ducommun	....	assistant sound editor (as Ann Ducommun-Ingram)
Terry Fiyalko	....	dialogue editor (as Terri Fiyalko)
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	supervising adr editor (as Jere Harding)
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Sarah Jacobs	....	foley artist
Stephen Janisz	....	adr editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Jay Meagher	....	production sound mixer
Mark Pappas	....	foley supervisor
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Perry	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Smith	....	boom operator (as Randall J. Smith)
David Williams	....	sound effects editor
Chris Winter	....	assistant sound editor
Gary Wright	....	foley editor
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Werner Hahnlein	....	special effects (as Werner H. Hahnlein)
Kevin Hannigan	....	special effects
David P. Kelsey	....	special effects coordinator
Wesley Wofford	....	special makeup effects: Alterian Studios
Josh Hayes	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Stunts
David Barrett	....	stunts (as Dave Barrett)
Michael E. Boyle	....	stunts (as Mike Boyle)
Diane Branagan	....	stunts
John Branagan	....	stunts
Linda Fetters	....	stunts (as Linda Fetters-Howard)
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Howell	....	stunts
Maria R. Kelly	....	stunts
Donal Oldaker	....	stunts
Rex Peterson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric D. Andersen	....	additional photographer
Monica Barrios-Smith	....	camera loader (as Monica Barrios Smith)
John Cambria	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Patrick Capone	....	camera operator
Robert Gray	....	key grip
Patrick James Grosswendt	....	chief lighting technician (as Pat Grosswendt)
Alec Hirschfeld	....	director of photography: second unit
Scott Howell	....	best boy grip
Peter Iovino	....	still photographer
William R. Mayberry	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Erich Roland	....	camera operator
Mike Schwake	....	dolly grip
Allan D. Smith	....	second assistant camera
John Verardi	....	first assistant camera (as John F. Verardi)
Jeff Amaral	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jack Chouchanian	....	grip (uncredited)
Dan Jones	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jay Kemp	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Greg Martin	....	grip (uncredited)
Joseph D. Urbanczyk	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Ann Goulder	....	casting associate: New York
Elizabeth Marx	....	extras casting
Monika Mikkelsen	....	casting associate: Los Angeles

Costume and Wardrobe Department
JoAnn Lam	....	costumer (as Jo Ann Lam)
Iris Horta Lemos	....	costumer
Donna Maloney	....	costume supervisor (as Donna M. Maloney)
Keriann Yohler	....	costumer
Boyd Miles	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Alan Edward Bell	....	first assistant film editor
Adam Boome	....	first assistant film editor (as Adam Boone)
Babette Dickerson	....	assistant editor
Andrew Dickler	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Cecilia Hyoun	....	assistant editor (as Ceci Hyoun)
Odis McKinney	....	assistant editor (as Otis Mckinney)
Bob Putynkowski	....	color timer
Jan Wesley	....	first assistant film editor
John Scott Cook	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
W.H. Auden	....	composer: song "As I Walked Out One Evening"
Thomas Milano	....	supervising music editor
Pete Anthony	....	conductor (uncredited)
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Tanya Noel Hill	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Jim Honeyman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
David Reynolds	....	conductor (uncredited)
David Reynolds	....	score coordinator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Fulton 'Greg' Gilson	....	transportation captain (as Fulton G. Gilson)
Tom Mawyer	....	transportation captain (as Thomas M. Mawyer)
Raymond Michael Shannon	....	transportation co-captain
Tony Barattini	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Rebecca Albert	....	assistant location manager (as Rebecca A. Albert)
Herbert W. Ankrom	....	production assistant
Charles Thomas Baxter	....	location manager (as Charles T. Baxter)
Wendy Block	....	technical advisor
Michael Boyle	....	boss wrangler
Kathleen Callahan	....	craft service (as Kathleen M. Callahan)
Edward Cass	....	assistant: Ms. Nugent (as Ted Cass)
Robert G. Endara II	....	assistant production coordinator
Candace Kraft Gegenberg	....	assistant: Mr. Darby
Katie Gilbert	....	production coordinator
Kimberly A. Goode	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Gruber	....	production assistant
Heather S. Jenkins	....	production assistant
Jennifer Kelsey	....	production assistant
Lindsay Kelsey	....	production assistant
Michael R. Kern	....	assistant accountant (as Michael Kern)
Matt Lamb	....	production assistant
Cricky Long	....	assistant: Mr. Wick
Nita Long-Mawyer	....	boss wrangler
Mikael Manoukian	....	production assistant
Richard Needham	....	production assistant
Sheri Reeves	....	assistant accountant
Robert Rhine	....	unit publicist
Nancy Safran	....	assistant: Mr. Wick
Amanda Segel Marks	....	production secretary (as Amanda Segel)
Cheryl A. Stone	....	production accountant (as Cheryl Stone)
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor
Jeanne Boisineau	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Susan Ehrhart	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Elizabeth Hatrick	....	assistant: Jonathan Darby (uncredited)
Kris Fullan Martinez	....	production coordinator: re-shoots (uncredited)

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (1998) (worldwide) (all media)
• TriStar Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Net5 (2002) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Sat.1 (Germany) (TV)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (2005) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• Alterian (make-up effects)

Other Companies

• Loop Troop  adr
• Pacific Title/Mirage  titles and opticals
• Picture Mill, The  main titles
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound services
• Todd-AO Studios  re-recording
• Tomkats Catering  catering

Also Known As:

Bloodline (USA) (working title)
Kilronan (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sensuality and brief strong language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34338) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:16 | Mexico:B | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Helen goes to the barn and finds the locket in the drawer, Martha catches her. When Helen hears Martha, she closes her hand around the locket above the open drawer. In the next shot, every drawer in the dresser is closed.

Quotes:

Martha Baring: Get up! You think you're an alley cat, dropping its litter by the side of the road?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)

Soundtrack:

As I Walked Out One Evening

Could have been a Hot B-movie!!

Everybody should just relax and enjoy watching a red hot, middle aged Momma's sexual jealousy over her beautiful daughter in law. The photography was great, loved the rural location (without the stupid horses), and Gwyneth and Jessica look as good as they ever have. The problem is that the director tried too hard for believability, and that resulted in a very average, plodding, sometimes laughably bad movie. If they had taken it over the top, like what you find in good novels, (torture, perversion), then we would have had a classic.

Its a shame they held back because Jessica and Gwyneth looked amazing. Who cares if their performances weren't great? Their screen presence made up for it. They were ripe for a deliciously violent, twisted older woman/younger woman B-movie and the director blew it. (Check out Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek in "Carrie." They set the standard for over the top, twisted mother-daughter action.)