The Mean Season

The Mean Season (1985)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Release date

1985-02-15

Country

United States

Production

Turman-Foster Company, Orion Pictures, David Foster Productions

Genre

Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$0

Revenue

$4 349 446

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Director

Phillip Borsos

Actors

Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Richard Bradford, Joe Pantoliano, Andy García, Rose Portillo, William Smith, Lee Sandman
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Scenario

Producer

David Foster, Lawrence Turman

Operator

Frank Tidy

Composer

Lalo Schifrin

Artist

Audition

Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins

Editing

Duwayne Dunham
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• The film was based on John Katzenbach's 1982 novel, which had not yet been published at the time (he is credited as a screenwriter). The material landed on the desk of producer David Foster, who suggested adapting it into a screenplay. The novel was only published after this.
• While preparing for the role of journalist Malcolm Anderson, actor Kurt Russell spoke extensively with Edna Buchanan, a journalist for the Miami Herald, and Tim Chapman, a photographer from the same publication.
• Kurt Russell's character is based on John Katzenbach, the author of the novel that served as the screenplay's literary source. Katzenbach himself once worked at the Miami Herald.
• In one of the scenes, an actual SWAT team from the Miami Police Department appears on screen. Many scenes were filmed inside the Miami Police Department building.
• Robert Wise was originally offered to direct the film, but he left the project shortly before filming began. According to some sources, he intended to make the film in black and white.