FILM FACTS
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1978
Running Times: 91 mins [Australia, USA] 93 mins [Argentina, Netherlands]
Format: Metrocolor 35mm
Ratio: Panavision [anamorphic] 2.35:1
Sound: mono Dolby [re-release]
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Falcon Films
Executive Producers: Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad
Producer: Debra Hill, John Carpenter [uncredited]
Associate Producer: Kool Lusby
Production Manager: Don Behrns
SCRIPT
Script: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
DIRECTION
Director: John Carpenter
Assistant Director: Rick Wallace
2nd Assistant Director: Jack De Wolf
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Dean Cundey
Camera Operator: Ray Stella
Assistant Camera: Fred Victar
2nd Assistant Camera: Krishna Rao
Key Grip: Dylan Shephard
Grip: Walt Hill
Gaffer: Mark Walthour
Electrician: Reed Freeman
Best Boys: Steve Mathis, Josh Miller
Stills: Kim Gottlieb
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Charles Bornstein, Tommy Wallace
MUSIC
Music: John Halloween
Song Performed By: Blue Oyster Cult [Don't Fear The Reaper]
Orchestrations: Dan Wyman
Music Recording: Peter Bergren, Sound Arts
Music Mixer: Peter Bergren
Music Co-Ordinator: Bob Walters
SOUND
Supervising Sound Editor: William Stevenson
Sound Mixer: Tommy Causey
Re-Recording: Samuel Goldwyn Studios
Boom Operator: Joe Brennan
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Erica Ulland
Wardrobe: Beth Rodgers
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Opticals: MGM
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Tommy Lee Wallace
Assistant Art Director: Randy Moore
Titles: MGM
Set Decorator: Craig Stearns
Property Master: Craig Stearns
Set Painter: Richard Girod
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Louise Jaffe
Production Assistants: Barry Bernardi, Paul Fox
LOCATIONS
Locations: North Hollywood, California, USA; Pasadena, California, USA; Rosemead, California, USA; South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, California, USA; South Pasadena, California, USA
STUNTS
Stunts: Jim Winburn
CAST
Donald Pleasence [Dr Sam Loomis]
Jamie Lee Curtis [Laurie Strode]
Nancy Loomis (real name: Nancy Kyes) [Annie Brackett]
P.J. Soles [Lynda]
Charles Cyphers [Sheriff Leigh Brackett]
Kyle Richards [Lindsey Wallace]
Brian Andrews [Tommy Doyle]
John Michael Graham [Bob]
Nancy Stephens [Marion Chambers]
Arthur Malet [graveyard keeper]
Mickey Yablans [Richie]
Brent Le Page [Lonnie Elamb]
Adam Hollander [Keith]
Robert Phalen [Dr Wynn]
Tony Moran [Michael Myers aged 21]
Will Sandin [Michael aged 6]
Sandy Johnson [Judith Myers]
David Kyle [Judith's boyfriend]
Peter Griffith [Laurie's father]
Nick Castle [The Shape]
John Carpenter [voice of boyfriend on phone - uncredited]
George O'Hanlon [uncredited]
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The starring character Nick Castle played the first Michael Myer, "The Shape," and Tony Moran played the twenty-one year-old "Michael Myer" and Jim Winburn, "stunt double for Michael Myer."
One of the unsung heroes of "Halloween 1978" is Don Behrn, the production manager and a long time friend of Debra Hill, John Carpenter and me, Jim Winburn.
What would John Carpenter do if Dean Cundey director of photography and Ray Stella the first camera operator wasn't on the film? Well, John of course would gotten another camera crew. But Dean Cundey at that time was one of the best independent cameramen in the business, plus he had all his equipment.
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