The Big Chill

The Big Chill (1983)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

6.866/10
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6.718/10
1943

7.1/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1983-09-30

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$8 000 000

Revenue

$56 200 000

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Director

Lawrence Kasdan

Actors

Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, Don Galloway, James Gillis
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Scenario

Producer

Michael Shamberg, Lawrence Kasdan, Marcia Nasatir

Operator

John Bailey

Composer

John Fogerty

Artist

Audition

Wallis Nicita

Editing

Carol Littleton
All team (25)

• Kevin Costner played the role of the deceased Alex, but almost all of the footage with his participation was cut during editing: he appears at the beginning of the film in a coffin.
• Before filming began, the director housed the actors together, and they spent several days communicating and getting into their roles.
• The film's credits do not list a composer: the director assembled a unique soundtrack of songs from the 60s, which became extraordinarily popular among radio stations, suddenly remembering hits from twenty years ago.
• Harold (Kevin Kline) hums the main musical theme from the film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), composed by John Williams, in one scene. The screenplay for the film was written by Lawrence Kasdan, who also directed it.
• Harold (Kevin Kline) hums the main musical theme from the film "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), composed by John Williams, in one scene. The screenplay for the film was also written by Lawrence Kasdan, the director of this film.