Kiss the Girls (1997)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Gary Fleder

Writers (WGA):

James Patterson (novel)
David Klass (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A detective is searching for a deadly collector. His only hope is the woman who got away.

Plot:

Police hunting for a serial killer are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Serial Killer | Casanova | Kidnapping | Police

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Dr. Alex Cross
Ashley Judd	...	Dr. Kate McTiernan
Cary Elwes	...	Det. Nick Ruskin
Alex McArthur	...	Det. Davey Sikes
Tony Goldwyn	...	Dr. William 'Will' Rudolph
Jay O. Sanders	...	FBI Agent Kyle Craig
Bill Nunn	...	Det. John Sampson
Brian Cox	...	Chief Hatfield, Durham P.D.
Richard T. Jones	...	Seth Samuel
Roma Maffia	...	Dr. Ruocco
Jeremy Piven	...	Henry Castillo, LAPD
Gina Ravera	...	Naomi Cross
William Converse-Roberts	...	Dr. Wick Sachs
Helen Martin	...	Nana Cross
Tatyana Ali	...	Janell Cross (as Tatyana M. Ali)
Mena Suvari	...	Coty Pierce (as Mena A. Suvari)
Heidi Schanz	...	Megan Murphy
Rick Warner	...	Sgt. Willard
Billy Blanks	...	Kickboxing Instructor
Dianna Miranda	...	Jennifer
Mary Major	...	TV Reporter
Melinda Renna	...	TV Reporter
Angel Harper	...	Reporter
Alan Wilder	...	Reporter
Dan Cashman	...	Reporter
Patrick Thomas O'Brien	...	Reporter (as Patrick T. O'Brien)
Brenda Kincaid	...	Reporter
Lonnie McCullough	...	Reporter
Larry Cedar	...	Reporter
Tresha Rodriguez	...	Reporter
Caroline Case	...	Reporter
Loanne Bishop	...	Kate's Nurse
Tim Ahern	...	LAPD Sergeant
W. Earl Brown	...	Locksmith
Brian Brophy	...	Swim Team Manager
Michael Cutt	...	FBI Agent at Hospital (as Michael J. Cutt)
Meta Golding	...	Beautiful Girl
Sadie Stratton	...	Beautiful Girl (as Sadie Kratzig)
Brandi Andres	...	Beautiful Girl
Dana Seltzer	...	Beautiful Girl (as Dana Atwood)
Justina Vail Evans	...	Beautiful Girl
Nichole McAuley	...	Beautiful Girl
Tricia Vessey	...	Woman at Nepenthe Bar
John Cothran Jr.	...	FBI Agent at Lair
Robert Peters	...	FBI Agent on Robe
Jill Callahan	...	Female Reporter in Durham
Nancy Yee	...	Chinese Grandmother
Christina Ma	...	Chinese Mother
David Cowgill	...	Chief Resident
Weston Blakesley	...	Bellman
Joe Inscoe	...	Large Cop
Deborah Strang	...	Dianne Wainford
Robert Overmyer	...	Competitive Swimmer
Boise Holmes	...	Basketball Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Backman	...	Competitive Swimmer (uncredited)
Tony Donno	...	Eathen, Kickboxer (uncredited)
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Vickie Cross (uncredited)
Jack Kyle	...	Competitive Swimmer (uncredited)
Tracey Walter	...	Clerk in Bookstore (uncredited)

Directed by
Gary Fleder

Writing credits (WGA)
James Patterson		(novel)
David Klass		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Brown	....	producer
C.O. Erickson	....	executive producer
Joe Wizan	....	producer
Steve Wizan	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Mark Isham

Cinematography by
Aaron Schneider

Film Editing by
Armen Minasian
Harvey Rosenstock
William Steinkamp

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Jane Shannon-Smith

Production Design by
Nelson Coates

Art Direction by
Joseph A. Hodges		(as Joseph Hodges)

Set Decoration by
Linda Lee Sutton

Costume Design by
Abigail Murray

Makeup Department
Deena Adair	....	hair stylist: Mr. Freeman
Jeff Hamilton	....	makeup artist
Michael Hancock	....	makeup artist: Mr. Freeman
Dugg Kirkpatrick	....	hair stylist (as Doug Kirkpatrick)
Leonard MacDonald	....	special makeup effects (as Lennie MacDonald)
Frances Mathias	....	supervising hair stylist: Mr. Freeman
Ben Nye Jr.	....	makeup artist
Ashlee Petersen	....	special makeup effects department head
Dave Snyder	....	special makeup effects assistant
Sandra S. Orsolyak	....	assistant makeup artist: North Carolina (uncredited)
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens technician (uncredited)

Production Management
C.O. Erickson	....	unit production manager (as C.O. "Doc" Erickson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Trey Batchelor	....	second assistant director
Nancy Blewer	....	second second assistant director (as Nancy Blewer-Mahaffey)
Rick Bota	....	second unit director
Michael Alan Kahn	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Michael Allen)
Daniel Orozco	....	dga trainee
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	second unit director (as Charles Picerni Jr.)
David K. Riebel	....	second assistant director: second unit (as David Riebel)
Michael Zimbrich	....	first assistant director
David W. Rose	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Hawley Anderson	....	assistant property master
Peter Battistelli	....	construction coordinator: Durham, North Carolina (as Pete Battistelli)
Rick Bioni	....	assistant property master (as Richard J. Bioni)
Brian Bird	....	art department coordinator
Rick Chinelli	....	set dresser
Alex Ferguson	....	property person: Durham, North Carolina (as Alex L. Ferguson)
Barry Franenberg	....	property master (as Barry L. Franenberg)
Lisa Goldsmith	....	set dresser
Hugh Hanna	....	propmaker foreperson
James LaBarge	....	lead person (as Jim LaBarge)
Randlett King Lawrence	....	construction foreperson (as Randlett K. Lawrence)
David B. Long	....	propmaker foreperson
Tracy A. Morris	....	set dresser
Paul Penley	....	set dresser
R.A. Tony Poland	....	set dresser (as Tony Poland)
Burton Rencher	....	art director: North Carolina
Anthony Samuel Saso	....	labor foreperson
'Polar Bear' Shaw	....	lead person: Durham (as Stewart 'Polar Bear' Shaw)
R. Lucas Stewart	....	propmaker foreperson (as Lucas Stewart)
Eric Troop	....	set dresser
Chris Vail	....	assistant property master (as Christopher Vail)
Jason Wolf	....	assistant property master
Douglas Womack	....	construction coordinator (as Douglas A. Womack)
Ralph Woollaston	....	general foreperson: Durham, North Carolina
Mark Lambert Bristol	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Jeff Brown	....	greens coordinator (uncredited)
Frank M. Fleming	....	set dresser (uncredited)
James Harper	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Phillip A. Henry	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Brian Kontz	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
P.K. MacCarthy	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Timothy O'Brien	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Gerald Sullivan	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicholas R. Allen	....	boom operator (as Nicholas Allen)
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
David Bartlett	....	supervising sound editor
Michael J. Benavente	....	sound editor
Pamela Bentkowski	....	supervising foley editor
Jeff Clark	....	sound editor
David B. Cohn	....	sound editor (as David Cohn)
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
John Dunn	....	sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	foley editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Darrell Hanzalik	....	adr editor (as Darrel Hanzelik)
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Spike Allison Hooper	....	assistant sound editor (as Spike Allison)
Susan Kurtz	....	sound effects editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Paul O'Bryan	....	assistant sound editor
Lee Orloff	....	sound mixer
Thomas A. Payne	....	cable person (as Tom Payne)
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer (as Randy K. Singer)
Renee Tondelli	....	adr supervisor
Bill Ward	....	assistant sound editor
David Williams	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Dave Williams)
Kerry Dean Williams	....	dialogue editor (as Kerry Williams)
Zack Davis	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jackie Caydam	....	administrator: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Joe Colwell	....	prosthetic effects: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
David Dupuis	....	conceptual designer: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Janet Evaschuck	....	foam technician: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Taishiro Kiya	....	conceptual designer: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Leon Laderach	....	project supervisor: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Paul Oberst	....	special effects foreperson
John Peyser	....	special effects coordinator
Michael Schorr	....	special effects coordinator: Durham, North Carolina (as Mike Shore)
Sean Taylor	....	production coordinator: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Matt Ullman	....	production assistant: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc.
Claude Bouchard	....	key special effects aerial rigger (uncredited)
Sam Greenmun	....	stunt weapons constructor (uncredited)
Josh Hayes	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Tom Mahoney	....	digital compositor: main title (uncredited)

Stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunts
Sandy Berumen	....	stunt double: Kate
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunt double: Cross (as Jophery Brown)
Tony Donno	....	stunts
Tabby Hanson	....	stunts
Norman Howell	....	stunts
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Picerni	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts (as Jimmy N. Roberts III)
Erik Rondell	....	stunts
Jennifer Watson-Johnston	....	stunts (as Jennifer Watson)

Camera and Electrical Department
Patric J. Abaravich	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Rick Bota	....	director of photography: second unit
David Boyd	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Bill Brummond	....	Steadicam operator
Dwight Campbell	....	chief lighting technician (as Dwight D. Campbell)
Andrew Casey	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Durham, North Carolina
R. Adam Chambers	....	rigging gaffer
Daniel Galiardi	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Daniel G. Galiardi)
Joseph Gallagher	....	assistant camera: "b" camera, Durham, North Carolina (as Joseph E. Gallagher)
Alec Hirschfeld	....	camera operator: second unit
Marc Hirschfeld	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Marc D. Hirschfeld)
Scott Johnson	....	camera technician: Wescam, second unit
Walter 'T.J.' Johnson	....	grip (as Walter 'Tom' Johnson)
Richard Kuhn	....	second company grip
Michael Lyon	....	electrician
Rexford L. Metz	....	camera operator: Wescam, second unit (as Rex Metz)
Rexford L. Metz	....	director of photography: second unit (as Rex Metz)
Ben Noble	....	second company grip: second unit
David Noble	....	first company grip: second unit
Simone Perusse	....	best boy electric
Terry Pfrang	....	first assistant camera
Keith Pickett	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Steve Powers	....	camera coordinator: Wescam, second unit
Thom Ryan	....	first assistant Steadicam (as Tom Ryan)
Darrell B. Sheldon	....	dolly grip
Scott Toland	....	electrician
Mark Volpe	....	grip
Kevin Wadowski	....	first company grip
Bo Webb	....	second assistant camera: Durham, North Carolina
Dietmar Wendelin	....	dolly grip
Kimberly Wright	....	still photographer
Sumi Yang	....	camera loader
Harry Zimmerman	....	second assistant camera
Geoff Gann	....	electrician (uncredited)
Ben D. Griffith Jr.	....	grip (uncredited)
Ron Kunecke	....	night light operator (uncredited)
Christopher J. Lama	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michael Starkey	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
R. Michael Stringer	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Michael Tolochko	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Dayna Polehanki	....	casting assistant
Alex Wald	....	casting associate (as Alex Rosenberg)
Mercedes Kelso	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul Lopez	....	costume supervisor: men (as Paul H. Lopez)
Alan Martin	....	set costumer
Jennifer Day Young	....	set costumer
Valerie Zielonka	....	costume supervisor: women
Lois DeArmond	....	costume illustrator (uncredited)
Alice Powell	....	seamstress (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Christopher S. Capp	....	assistant film editor (as Chris Capp)
Tony Ciccone	....	first assistant editor
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Armen Minasian	....	additional film editor
Joe Mosca	....	assistant film editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Debra L. Tennant	....	assistant film editor (as Debbie Tennant)

Music Department
Peter Afterman	....	music supervisor
Dick Bernstein	....	music editor (as Richard Bernstein)
Larry Blank	....	additional orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Janice Hayen	....	music preparation
Stephen Krause	....	music mixer
Stephen Krause	....	music recordist
Ken Kugler	....	conductor
Ken Kugler	....	orchestrator
Cindy O'Connor	....	music preparation (as Cindy O'Conner)
Michael K. Bauer	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Elizabeth Wendel	....	associate music supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Howard Brady Davidson	....	transportation coordinator
Gary Paulsen	....	transportation captain
Linda Pickett	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car (uncredited)
Robert Gaskill	....	driver: Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
Charlie Wright	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Carmen Avila	....	assistant auditor (as Carmen C. Avila)
Ray Blanchard	....	production assistant
Steven M. Boyd	....	assistant auditor
Leigh Bragassa	....	production assistant: Durham, North Carolina
Caroline Case	....	assistant: Mr. Fleder
Robert Colicci	....	production assistant
David Curtis	....	production assistant: Durham, North Carolina (as David 'DC' Curtis)
Park Dietz	....	technical advisor (as Park Dietz M.D. Ph.D.)
Reva Grantham	....	craft service: Durham, North Carolina
Corey Gray	....	assistant: Ms. Judd
Vick Griffin	....	location manager: Durham, North Carolina (as Vic Griffin)
Patrick Guzzo	....	production assistant
Cindy Hochman	....	production coordinator (as Cynthia Hochman Price)
Derek Hurd	....	craft service
Kevin Jackson	....	production assistant (as Kevin M. Jackson)
Michael G. Jefferson	....	production assistant: second unit
Susan Gail Kass	....	production assistant: Durham, North Carolina
Erin Kaufman	....	assistant production coordinator: additional photography
Kyle Kaufman	....	production assistant
Rick Kelly	....	production assistant: second unit
Kelly King	....	production assistant: Durham, North Carolina
Jennifer Kunishima	....	assistant: Mr. Wizan
David Lea	....	martial arts instructor (as Dave Lea)
Robert A. Levine	....	unit publicist
Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax	....	script supervisor (as Elizabeth Ludwick)
James McCabe	....	location manager (as James M. McCabe)
Trina Mitchum	....	assistant: Mr. Elwes
Denise Mora	....	assistant auditor
Judd Nissen	....	assistant production coordinator
Eileen A. O'Donnell	....	legal clearances
Lou Phillips	....	production auditor (as Louis B. Phillips)
Quentin Pierre	....	assistant: Mr. Freeman
Keith Popely	....	production assistant
John Rash	....	assistant auditor
Brian Regalot	....	assistant: Mr. Elwes
David M. Rodriguez	....	assistant auditor
Steve Aaron Schultz	....	production secretary
Jonathan Silver	....	title designer
Michael D. Starks	....	craft service (as Michael Dewayne Starks)
Brad Sykes	....	production assistant
Gian Temperilli	....	production assistant
Michael Triandafils	....	production assistant
Diane Ward	....	assistant production coordinator: Durham, North Carolina
Burton L. Warner	....	production assistant
Doris Wood	....	assistant: Mr. Brown
Kurt Zelnak	....	production assistant: Durham, North Carolina
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services (uncredited)
Gary DeGalla	....	location manager (uncredited)
Jack E. Herman	....	extras set coordinator (uncredited)
Kate Miller	....	assistant location manager: North Carolina (uncredited)
David Thornsberry	....	additional location manager (uncredited)
Mark Walbaum	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Leon Watkins	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Rysher Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1997-1998) (Non-USA) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (1998) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (Finland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1997) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1998) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• Cinema International (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Odeon Video (????) (Greece) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2001) (France) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (200?) (Italy) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Pioneer (1999) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Yorin (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Pacific Titles & Optical
• Steve Johnson's XFX (special prosthetic make-up)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Ken and Art's Catering  caterer: durham, north carolina crew
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Paramount Pictures  digital sound editing
• The Cast Supper  catering
• Wescam USA  wescam cameras provided by

MPAA:

Rated R for terror, violence and language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #34956) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 (TV version) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Brazil:14 | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Bell Tower, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Campus officials at the University of North Carolina refused to agree to allow filming on campus in Chapel Hill because of the subject matter of the film. Hence the only UNC-Chapel Hill campus scenes are the flyover shots.

Goofs:

Continuity: While Kate is performing surgery, the earpiece of her protective glasses is seen on the outside of her surgical cap. In the next shot, the earpiece is tucked under the cap.

Quotes:

Alex Cross: Got something for you.
[shows Naomi a violin]
Alex Cross: Ta-da!
Naomi Cross: What happened to the strings?
Alex Cross: New strings for new music.
Naomi Cross: Thank you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in High Crimes (2002)

Soundtrack:

I Want To Hug You

Good story combined with stellar acting

There were a few things that I really liked about this movie.

1.) Ashley Judd. She did a magnificent job in the role as Dr. Kate McTiernan. She played a smart, strong woman that remained tough and intelligent even when she was afraid and in danger, and at the same time she wasn't a super woman that had no weakness.

2.) The plot. Mystery/crime movies can get redundant, but I think the plot in this one was edgy enough to be a cut above the rest.

3.) The ebb and flow of the movie. As Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) did more uncovering you found out more. The pace was just right. It didn't go to slow so as to bog down and get boring, but it wasn't so fast so as to skip over important details and character development.

4.) Morgan Freeman. Does this guy ever go wrong? I don't think I have yet to see him in a movie of which I said: "Morgan what are you doing?". He is as class as they come with regards to acting.

I genuinely enjoyed this movie. I was captivated from beginning to end. There was plenty of suspense and mystery. The movie kept you guessing without giving anything away. All the lead actors did a wonderful job. Bravo.