Koyaanisqatsi - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Koyaanisqatsi"
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Timing: 1:26 (86 min)
Koyaanisqatsi - TMDB rating
7.885/10
777
Koyaanisqatsi - Kinopoisk rating
8.161/10
11902
Koyaanisqatsi - IMDB rating
8.2/10
44000

Actors and characters

Photo Ed Asner #10752Photo Ed Asner #10753Photo Ed Asner #10754Photo Ed Asner #67254

Ed Asner

Ed Asner
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Pat Benatar #279162Photo Pat Benatar #279163Photo Pat Benatar #320417

Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar
Character Self
Photo Johnny Carson #98762

Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Dick Cavett #2167

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Marilyn Chambers #58815Photo Marilyn Chambers #58816

Marilyn Chambers

Marilyn Chambers
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Sammy Davis Jr. #81329Photo Sammy Davis Jr. #81330Photo Sammy Davis Jr. #81331

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Lou Dobbs #92380

Lou Dobbs

Lou Dobbs
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Linda Ellerbee #123121

Linda Ellerbee

Linda Ellerbee
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Peter Sellers #86688Photo Peter Sellers #86689Photo Peter Sellers #86690Photo Peter Sellers #86691

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers
Character Self (archive footage)
Photo Thomas Dolby #163054Photo Thomas Dolby #163055Photo Thomas Dolby #163056Photo Thomas Dolby #316210

Thomas Dolby

Thomas Dolby
Character Self (archive footage)

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film 'Koyaanisqatsi' took 6 years to create. 3 years were spent on filming. The remaining three years were spent by Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass on writing the music for the film, editing, and fitting them together.
  • Godfrey Reggio initially wanted to invite Philip Glass as the composer for the film. He reached out to Glass through mutual acquaintances, but the composer stated, “I don’t write music for films.” However, after much persuasion and a special private screening of a trial montage of the film using Glass's music, he finally agreed to write the soundtrack. This resulted in the composer's first commercial success, and he subsequently wrote the music for all subsequent films in the 'Katsi' trilogy.
  • Reggio initially wanted to insert an authentic, difficult-to-interpret symbol into the credits, but then decided that no one would understand or appreciate it.
  • Philip Glass conditionally divided the film into 12 roughly equal parts and wrote an individual musical theme for each. When Reggio saw and heard the final result, he was horrified by such pragmatism and re-edited the film so that the visuals would match the sound.
  • Initially, the rights to the film belonged to Francis Ford Coppola's film company, American Zoetrope. When the company went bankrupt, the rights passed to PolyGram. But PolyGram didn't last long either. Now the rights belong to MGM.
  • There is one scene in the film depicting a mountain range. It was given to the director by MacGillivray-Freeman Films. It's a scene left over from the filming of 'The Shining' (1980).

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