Music Box (1989)
December 22, 1989Release Date
Music Box (1989)
December 22, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jessica Lange
Ann Talbot
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mike Laszlo
Frederic Forrest
Jack Burke
Donald Moffat
Harry Talbot
Lukas Haas
Mikey Talbot
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Georgine Wheeler
Mari Törőcsik
Magda Zoldan
J.S. Block
Judge Silver
Sol Frieder
Istvan Boday
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Melinda Kalman
Michael Rooker
Karchy Laszlo
Magda Szekely Marburg
Judit Hollo
Costa-Gavras
Director
Joe Eszterhas
Writer
Felix Shuman
James Nathanson
Michael Shillo
Geza Vamos
Irwin Winkler
Producer
George Pusep
Vladimir Kostav
Philippe Sarde
Composer
Mitchell Litrofsky
Sandy Lehman
Patrick Blossier
Cinematographer
Albert Hall
Mack Jones
Joële Van Effenterre
Editor
Pam Dixon
CastingDirector
Joe Guzaldo
Joe Dinofrio
Tibor Kenderesi
Pal Horvath
Mary Goldberg
CastingDirector
Jeannine Oppewall
ProductionDesigner
Christiana Nicola
Marie
Ned Schmidtke
Dean Talbot
Larry Brandenburg
John Staley
Margo Winkler
Irma Kiss
Ralph Foody
Pawn Broker
György Emőd
Andra Nagy
Hal W. Polaire
Executive Producer
Michael Polaire
Production Manager
Rob Cowan
First Assistant Director
Erica Rogalla
Set Decoration
Art Anthony
Makeup Artist
Steve LaPorte
Makeup Artist
Rita Salazar
Costume Design
Pierre Gamet
Sound Mixer
Gérard Lamps
Sound Mixer
Bernard Chaumeil
Boom Operator
Nelson McCormick
Associate Producer
Billy Byers
Orchestrator
Billy Higgins
Location Manager
Aaron Holden
Property Master
Jeanne Caliendo
Assistant Director / Second Assistant Director
Sioux Richards
Script Supervisor
William B. Fosser
Set Designer
Harry Rabinowitz
Conductor
Catherine d'Hoir
Sound Effects Editor
William Flageollet
Sound Mixer
Katya Chelli
Dialogue Editor
Deborah K. Dee
Hairstylist
Gábor Ujházy
Unit Manager
Jean-Pierre Lelong
Foley Artist
Zade Rosenthal
Still Photographer
Dick Oakes
Gaffer
Tyler Osman
Construction Foreman
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Mark Mamalakis
Assistant Location Manager
Anne-Marie Leduc
Assistant Editor
Mario Melchiorri
Foley Artist
Jerry Turnage
Hairstylist
Gina Panno
Set Costumer
Steven Hiller
First Assistant Camera
David M. Russell
Dolly Grip
Aaron C. Holden Jr.
Assistant Property Master
Gerrit Dangremond
Camera Operator
Hubert Bougis
Orchestrator
Harriet Fidlow
ADR Editor
Joel Prihoda
Leadman
Dennis De La Mata
Best Boy Grip
John Hudecek
Key Grip
Judi Rosner
Production Coordinator
Peter Donoghue
Best Boy Electric
Cathy Newport-Logan
Costume Supervisor
Kris Jorgensen
Costume Supervisor
Joann Turnpaugh Lam
Costumer
Karen Carter-Lynch
Second Second Assistant Director
David Clapham
Post Production Supervisor
Robert F. Kocourier
Production Accountant
Louise Bublitz Larson
Assistant Production Coordinator
Charlene Norman
Production Secretary
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$6,263,883
Filming LocationsChicago, United States of America · Budapest, Hungary
Genres
Wiki.
Music Box is a 1989 film by Costa-Gavras that tells the story of a Hungarian-American immigrant who is accused of having been a war criminal. The plot revolves around his daughter, an attorney, who defends him, and her struggle to uncover the truth.
The film was written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Costa-Gavras. It stars Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat and Lukas Haas. The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.It is loosely based on the real life case of John Demjanjuk.
According to Joe Eszterhas's book, Hollywood Animal, Eszterhas wrote the screenplay for Music Box almost ten years before learning, at age 45, that his father, Count István Esterházy, had concealed his wartime involvement in Hungary's Fascist and militantly racist Arrow Cross Party. According to Eszterhas, his father "organized book burnings and had cranked out the vilest anti-Semitic propaganda imaginable.": 201 After this discovery, he severed all contact with his father, never reconciling before István's death.
Eszterhas had given his father a copy of the script to read before the movie was made, never thinking that his life would soon reflect his art.