Human Desires (1997) (V)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Ellen Earnshaw

Writer:

Todd Smith (writer)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

looks CAN kill

Plot:

Alicia Royale is a fashion mogul who decides to have a large pajama themed party as a promotion for her new line of clothing...

Plot Keywords:

Swimming | Private Investigator | Swimming Pool | Film Starts With Sex | Ex Cop

Cast

Shannon Tweed	...	Alicia Royale
Christian Noble	...	Dean Thomas
Dawn Ann Billings	...	Zoe Taylor
Ashby Adams	...	Miles Royale
Peggy Trentini	...	Julia
Duke Stroud	...	Roddy Daniels
G.W. Stevens	...	Peter Holden
Lisa Nohea	...	Melinda
Stack Pierce	...	Smokey
Victor Campos	...	R.C. Rubio
Stoney Jackson	...	Vic
Christopher Maleki	...	Bartender
Chris St. James	...	Man
J.J. Mantia	...	Woman

Directed by
Ellen Earnshaw

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Todd Smith		writer

Produced by
Marc L. Greenberg	....	executive producer (as Marc Greenberg)
Marc Laurence	....	producer
Mookie Rubin	....	producer
Shannon Tweed	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Ed Korvin		(as Edward D. Korvin)

Cinematography by
Carl Oakwood

Film Editing by
Jeremy Kasten

Casting by
Michael A. Candela

Production Design by
Gil Allen

Art Direction by
John Richardson
John Richardson

Costume Design by
Leesa-Rae Sandoval

Makeup Department
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	key hair stylist (as Cristina Patterson)
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	key makeup artist (as Cristina Patterson)
Marguerite Sehr-Cooper	....	assistant makeup artist (as Marguerite Sehr)
Stella Tzanidakis	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Brody Hooper	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Clint Canada	....	first assistant director
Brody Hooper	....	first assistant director
Rob Lundsgaard	....	second second assistant director
Calvin Starnes	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Wendy Allen	....	additional set dresser
Gary Bennett	....	swing
Andi Brittan	....	on-set dresser
Matthew Hurst	....	art coordinator
Julie Prujan	....	property master
John Stone	....	swing
Joe Warnett	....	leadman

Sound Department
Tony Cannella	....	sound effects
Lorita de la Cerna	....	foley recordist
Bino Espinoza	....	adr recordist
Bino Espinoza	....	sound re-recording mixer
Julie Garren	....	adr assistant
Bryant Grizzell	....	boom operator
David Kitchens	....	sound supervisor
Greg Louden	....	foley artist
Rick Owen	....	foley artist
Ken Skoglund	....	dialogue editor
Ken Skoglund	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Sula-Goff	....	adr assistant
Gary Sula-Goff	....	foley artist
Don Summer	....	production sound mixer

Stunts
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	....	stunt coordinator (as Dean Ferrandini)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dwayne Barr	....	key grip
Eric S. Boland	....	gaffer (as Eric Boland)
Lani Eblen	....	additional camera loader
Taryn Freitas	....	additional second assistant camera
Owen Hablutzel	....	additional electrician
Wm. Terrell Hasker	....	dolly grip (as Terrel Hasker)
Danny Hernandez	....	electrician (as Daniel Hernandez)
Polo Largadain	....	additional grip
Joseph LaStrape III	....	best boy (as R. Joseph LaStrape)
Peter Levermann	....	additional grip
Jason Libretta	....	additional assistant camera
Brent Marks	....	electrician
Keith Ogier	....	additional assistant camera
Howard Rosenberg	....	still photographer
Kyle Schmierer	....	electrician
Charles Schner	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael J. Selph	....	first assistant camera (as Michael Selph)
Don Steinberg	....	additional assistant camera (as Donny Steinberg)
Jeff Stewart	....	additional electrician
Paul Toomey	....	second assistant camera
Jeanine Tropiano	....	camera loader
Mario A. Veloso	....	best boy grip (as Mario Veloso)

Casting Department
Sheila Thompson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deybe Lisbe	....	on-set wardrobe
Edward Reno Hibbs	....	on-set wardrobe (as Eddie Hibbs)
Karen A. Skidmore	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Karen Skidmore)

Transportation Department
James Meech	....	transportation captain (as James W. Meech)
James Meech	....	transportation coordinator (as James W. Meech)
John Montegnal	....	driver
Victoria Montegna	....	driver (as Vicki Montegna)
Bernie E. Rivera	....	driver: honeywagon

Other crew
Tony Arias	....	production assistant
Nadine Bass	....	script supervisor
Eda Bierman	....	script supervisor (as Eda S. Bierman)
Derek Capper	....	production assistant
R. Blaine Currier	....	production consultant
Delanna Ellis Dillard	....	craft service (as Delanna Ellis)
Tanya George	....	location manager
Brian Lavelle	....	production assistant
John Nguyen	....	assistant accountant (as John L. Nguyen)
Julie Ochipinti	....	production assistant
Alicia Valdez	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Magic Hour Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Magic Hour Pictures
• Sony Pictures Video

Other Companies

• All Star Catering  catering
• B/G/L Post Inc.  titles
• Juniper Post  sound post-production
• Juniper Studios  audio post-production services
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative assembly
• Second to None  security

Also Known As:

Indecent Behavior 4 (Philippines: English title) (theatrical title) (USA)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Singapore:R(A) | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Company:

Magic Hour Pictures

lots of sex, little plot; reasonably good acting, but boring

Starts off with a sex scene, of which there were eight total I think, three of them in the first half hour. The movie really comes to a standstill with them, so they should have done some talking during those scenes to dispose of some exposition! Or maybe some split-screen action.

Anyway, the plot is that at a fashion pajama party, one of the models trying to win a contract is found dead in the pool. An alcoholic ex-cop private investigator is hired by a friend of the model to investigate it as a murder when the police decide it was a suicide. The whole PI investigation is really stale, right from the "you don't want to hire me" to the end. The head of security at the party is an ex-cop friend of the PI, and the PI also has a friend still in the department.

The ending didn't make too much sense to me. He might as well as never been hired in the first place.