Melvin and Howard (1980)

Original title	Melvin and Howard
Swedish release title	Melvin och Howard

Director	Jonathan Demme
Screenplay	Bo Goldman
Producer	Art Linson Don Phillips
Production Manager	Terence Nelson
Director of Photography	Tak Fujimoto
Music	Bruce Langhorne
Production Designer	Richard Sawyer Toby Carr Rafelson (as Toby Rafelson)
Film Editor	Craig McKay Nancy Kanter (biträdande)
Production Mixer	David M. Ronne
Assistant Director	Don Heitzer (förstaassistent) Carol Jean Smetana (andrassistent) Wally Wallace (andrassistent)
Second Unit Director	Evelyn Purcell
Continuity	Paul Tinsley
Special Effects	Karl Miller
Research	Sherry Seeling
Associate Producer	Terence Nelson
Casting	Michael Chinich Loril McKeehan
Camera Operator	Gary B. Kibbe (as Gary Kibbe)
Still Photographer	Elliot Marks
Assistant Cameraman	Tony Palmieri Eugene Earle
Gaffer	Mel Maxwell Dusty Huber Keith Pallant Pat Thompson Tony Grillo
Key Grip	Tom Ramsey George Schrader Dwayne Redlin Tom Lamont Dick Sullivan
Music Editor	Rich Harrison
Set Decorator	Bob Gould
Painter	Bert Rotter
Propman	Doug Madison Gary Fettis
Costume Designer	Eddie Marks Nancy McArdle
Make-up Supervisor	Dorothy Pearl
Hair Stylist	Toni Walker
Construction Coordinator	Walton Hatfield
Assistant Film Editor	Karen Stern
Sound Editor	Lou Cerborino Angelo Corrao Peter C. Frank Maurice Schell Bill Scharf (assistent) Joan Cameron (assistent) Cindy Kaplan (assistent) Marc S. Shaw (assistent)
Re-recording Mixer	Tom Fleischman (as Thomas Fleischman)

Paul Le Mat	Melvin Dummar
Jason Robards	Howard Hughes
Mary Steenburgen	Lynda Dummar, Melvins fru
Elizabeth Cheshire	Darcy Dummar, Melvins och Lyndas dotter
Chip Taylor	Clark Taylor, Lyndas fästman
Michael J. Pollard	Little Red, Melvins arbetskamrat
Denise Galik-Furey (as Denise Galik)	Lucy
Gloria Grahame	Mrs. Sisk, Lyndas mamma
Elise Hudson	Rocky, sångerskan som tävlar i TV-programmet "Easy Street"
Robert Ridgely	Wally "Mr Love" Williams, ledare för TV-programmet "Easy Street"
Charles Napier	Ventura
Jack Kehoe	Jim Delgado
Pamela Reed	Bonnie, senare Mrs. Dummar
Jason Ball	ene i paret The Bait Brothers
Darrell Devlin	andre i paret The Bait Brothers
Charlene Holt	Mrs. Worth, mjölkkund
Rick Lenz	Duane Edwards, Melvins advokat
Gary Goetzman	Fred Smith, Melvins kusin
Dabney Coleman	domare Keith Hayes
Joseph Ragno	advokat Harvey Maxwell
John Glover	advokat Freese
Melvin E. Dummar	mannen i kassan på busstationen
Gene Borkan	första Go-Go-klubbägaren
Lesley Margret Burton	go-godansös
Wendy Lee Couch	go-godansös
Marguerite Baierski	go-godansös
Janice King	go-godansös
Deborah Ann Klein	go-godansös
Theodora Thomas	go-godansös
Susan Peretz	ägarinnan till vigselkapellet
Robert Wentz	fredsdomaren som viger Melvin och Lynda
Hal Marshall	Hal
Naida Reynolds	kvinnligt bröllopsvittne
Herbie Faye	manligt bröllopsvittne
Sonny Davis	George, mjölkutkörare
Brendan Kelly	Ralph, mjölkutkörare
Danny Tucker	Pete, mjölkutkörare
Shirley Washington	Debbie, patient
Cheryl Smith	Ronnie, patient
Danny Dark	presentatör av TV-programmet "Easy Street"
Linda Cardoso	flicka i TV-programmet "Easy Street"
Melissa Prophet	flicka i TV-programmet "Easy Street"
Garrie Kelly	flicka i TV-programmet "Easy Street"
John Thundercloud	Chief Thundercloud
Martine Beswick	fastighetsmäklaren
Melissa Williams	Sherry Dummar, Bonnies dotter
Antony Alda	Terry, Bonnies son
James Lyle Strong	kund på bensinstationen
John Levin (as John M. Levin)	journalist
Kathleen Sullivan	journalist
Jack Verbois	rånaren utanför bensinstationen
Robert Reece	Lyndas nye make
Charles Horden	utmätningsman
Joseph Walker jr.	tredje advokaten

Production Company	Universal City Studios Inc.
	A Linson/Phillips Demme Production
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Cinema International Corporation	1981
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	Cinema International Corporation	1981

Censorship number	122092
Date	1981-02-04
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2605 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 430-410-400-455-480-430 = 2605 meter.

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Technicolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2600 meter
Length in minutes	95 min

Release in Sweden	1981-05-04	Filmstaden 4	Stockholm	Sweden	95 min
TV showing	2001-10-16	TV3		Sweden
	2001-12-29	TV3		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2018-02-20	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-02-20
FIAF showing	2018-03-11

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Composer	Russell Smith
Lyrics	Russell Smith
Singer	Amazing Rhythm Aces

Original title	Downtown
Composer	Danny Whitten
Lyrics	Danny Whitten
Performed by	Crazy Horse

Original title	Fortunate Son
Composer	John Fogerty	(1969)
Lyrics	John Fogerty	(1969)
Performed by	Creedence Clearwater Revival

Original title	Gone Dead Train
Composer	Jack Nitzsche
	Russ Titelman
Performed by	Crazy Horse

Original title	Hard Way To Go
Composer	Van McCoy
Lyrics	Van McCoy
Performed by	Daniel Dean Darst

Original title	Hello Walls
Composer	Willie Nelson
Lyrics	Willie Nelson
Performed by	Faron Young

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Composer	Richard Willis	(1850)
Lyrics	Edmund H. Sears	(1850)
Performed by	Ray Conniff

Original title	Love Can't Hold a Ramblin' Man
Composer	Daniel Dean Darst
	Mark Sherrill
Performed by	Daniel Dean Darst

Original title	My Kingdom for a Car
Composer	Phil Ochs
Lyrics	Phil Ochs
Singer	Phil Ochs

Original title	San Antonio Rose
Composer	Bob Wills	(1940)
Lyrics	Bob Wills	(1940)
Singer	Bob Wills

Original title	Satisfaction
Composer	Mick Jagger	(1965)
	Keith Richards	(1965)
Lyrics	Mick Jagger	(1965)
	Keith Richards	(1965)
Performed by	The Rolling Stones

Original title	Shake the Ground
Composer	Jason Ball
	Darrell Devlin
Performed by	The Bait Brothers = Jason Ball & Darrell Devlin

Original title	She's About a Mover
Composer	Doug Sahm
Lyrics	Doug Sahm
Performed by	Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet

Original title	Steel Guitar Rag
Composer	Merle Travis
	Cliffie Stone
	Leon McAuliffe
Performed by	Buddy Emmons

Original title	Tennessee Stud
Composer	Jimmy Driftwood
Lyrics	Jimmy Driftwood
Singer	Eddy Arnold

Original title	The Windmills of Your Mind
Composer	Michel Legrand	(1968)
Lyrics	Alan Bergman	(1968)
	Marilyn Bergman	(1968)
Performed by	Henry Mancini and His Orchestra

Original title	Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Composer	Ray Henderson	(1926)
Lyrics	Mort Dixon	(1926)
Singer	Jason Robards
	Paul Le Mat

Original title	The Hawaiian War Chant
Composer	Leleiohaku prins av Hawaii	(1936)
	Johnny Noble	(1936)
Lyrics	Ralph Freed	(engelsk text 1936)

Original title	Six Days on the Road
Composer	Earl Green
	Carl Montgomery
Lyrics	Earl Green
	Carl Montgomery
Singer	Paul Le Mat	(här med ny text)

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Melvin and Howard (1980)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2593

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Cutting continuity
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	8
Slides	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck