Film Credits
Directed by
James Chressanthis
Produced by
Zachary W. Kranzler
Kian Soleimanpour
Tony Frere
James Chressanthis
Executive Producers
Jimmy Conroy II
Dr. David B. Kaminsky
Editor
Elisa Bonora
Cinematographer
Anka Malatynska
Co-Executive Producers
Art Monterastelli
Maboobeh Soleimanpour
Co-Producer
Elisa Bonora
Associate Producer
Ashley Wells Lewis
Historical Consultant
Bob Fisher
Producer - Post Production
Michael Raimondi
Post Supervisors
Zachary W. Kranzler
Ryan R. Moos
Original Music by
Jeff Kite
Michael Feldman
Music Supervisor
Josh Marc
Music Clearances
Tracy Lynch-Sanchez
Additional Cinematographers
James Chressanthis, ASC
Ed Gutentag
Melissa Holt
Zoltán Honti
Christopher Windsor Johnson
Tarina Reed
First Assistant Camera
Patrick Blanchet
Second Assistant Camera
Paul Rodriguez
Digital Imaging Technician
Jay Nefcy, SOC
Production Sound
George Flores
Mary Jo Devenney
John Middlekoop
Assistant Editors
Zimo Huang
Neil Jariwala
Tom Runquist
Jim Tanguay
Online Editors
Don Burt
Dirk Carlson
Colorist
Ed Rowin
Smoke Artist
Rick Trader
Research
Michael Carvaines
Elias Christeas
Stephanie Dubov
Production Assistant
Shant Kalenderian
Post Production Assistant
Edward Hewitt, Jr.
Laboratory Services by
Deluxe - Hollywood
Kodak Cinelabs - Hungary
Laser Pacific - Hollywood
Offline by
Union Editorial
Online by
CCI Digital
Title Design by Superfad
Legal Counsel Donaldson & Callif
Archival Film Clips
1978 Oscar Telecast courtesy of
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Budapest Cinematography Master Class
Courtesy of Vilmos Zsigmond
Frances Camera Tests
Courtesy of Graeme Clifford
Hungarian Revolution footage
Courtesy of National Archives
Laszlo Kovacs - Heritage Series Interview
Courtesy of International Cinematographers Guild
Revolt in Hungary
Courtesy of BBC Worldwide
Vilmos on trampoline and “Bolden” set
Courtesy of Dan Pritzker
Still Photographs
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Jordano Bonora
Douglas Kirkland
Audrey Kovács
Tamas Mack
Peter Sorel
Crayton Smith
Ron Vidor
Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
Film Excerpts
“Psycho A Go Go”
Al Adamson
“Winter Kills”
AVCO Embassy Pictures
“The Savage Seven”
Dick Clark and Richard Rush
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
“Easy Rider”
“Five Easy Pieces”
“Ghost Busters”
“Images”
“Obsession”
“Radio Flyer”
Columbia Pictures
“Blow Out”
Filmways Pictures
“The Thrill Killers”
Arch Hall, Sr., George J. Morgan, and Ray Dennis Steckler
“Blood of Ghastly Horror”
Independent International Pictures
“Wild Guitar”
Nicholas Merriwether and Ray Dennis Steckler
“Alex in Wonderland”
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
“The Ghost and the Darkness”
“Intersection”
“Paper Moon”
“Sliver”
“Targets”
Paramount Pictures
“Mondo Mod”
Peter Perry
“Citizen Kane”
RKO Radio Pictures
“The Sadist”
L. Steven Snyder and James Landis
“Hells Angels on Wheels”
Joe Solomon and Richard Rush
“The Incredibly Strange Creatures
Who Stopped Living and Became
Mixed Up Zombies”
Ray Dennis Steckler
“My Best Friend’s Wedding”
TriStar Pictures
“Cinderella Liberty”
“The Rose”
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
“F.I.S.T.”
“Heaven’s Gate”
“The Last Waltz”
“New York, New York”
United Artists
“The Long Goodbye”
United Artists/Lion’s Gate Films
“The Black Dahlia”
“The Deer Hunter”
“Frances”
“The Hired Hand”
“The Last Movie”
“The River”
“The Sugarland Express”
Universal Pictures
“Copycat”
“Deliverance”
“The Dangerous World of Deliverance”
“McCabe & Mrs. Miller”
“Miss Congeniality”
“Scarecrow”
“The Witches of Eastwick”
Warner Bros. Pictures
Music
“Black Grease”
Written and Performed by The Black Angels
Published by Death Song Publishing (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Light In The Attic Records
“God Bless America”
Written by Irving Berlin
Published by Irving Berlin Music Company
“Happy Birthday To You”
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill
Published by Summy-Birchard Company
“Love Fades”
Written by James Massie
Performed by Amnesty
Published by Pebble Toss Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Now Again Records, LLC & James Massie
“Mannish Boy”
Written by Mel London, Ellas McDaniel, McKinley Morganfield
Performed by Muddy Waters featuring Robbie Robertson and The Band
Published by Arc Music Corp. (BMI), Watertoons Music (BMI)
and Lonmel Publishing, Inc. (BMI) admin by Bug
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
“Seven Days To Tahiti”
Written by Stanley Applebaum
Performed by J.J. Johnson
Published by Songs Music Publishing, LLC o/b/o Ram Island Songs (ASCAP)
and Jodi Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of RCA Victor
“Sevens”
Written by Rob Mazurek
Performed by Chicago Underground Trio
Courtesy of Thrill Jockey Records
“St. George’s Dragon”
Written by Kenny Hakansson, Bengt Linnarsson and Pelle Ekman
Performed by Baby Grandmothers
Published by Psychedelic Sorcery Music
Courtesy of Now Again Records, LLC & Subliminal Sounds
“Strange Things Are Happening Every Day”
Written by Sister Rosetta Thorpe
Performed by Fern Jones
Published by Regent Music Corp. (BMI)
Courtesy of Numero Group
Special Thanks
American Society of Cinematographers
Arri
Robin L. Becker
Larry Bridges
Creative Communications Services
Jack Cooperman, ASC
Sebastian Copeland
Cyril Drabinsky
Michael Frick
Bob Harvey
Don Henderson
Dennis Hopper
David Huering
James Kellahin
Kodak
Klaudia Kovács
Mole-Richardson
Mophonics
Ryan O’Neal
Panavision
Larry Parker
Phil Radin
Red Car
Eric Rodli
Ed and Murphy Romano
Jonny Romano
Sandra Ruch
Leon Silverman
Sparks Ltd. Hungary
Morgan Spurlock
Jens Sturup
Franz Weiser
Beverly Wood
Shawn Wolfe
Judy Wolff
Michael Zakula
Fiscal Sponsor
International Documentary Association
Additional credits are available from ITVS
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