| Night Shift | |
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 Night Shift movie poster |
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| Directed by | Ron Howard |
| Produced by | Brian Grazer |
| Written by | Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
| Starring | Michael Keaton Henry Winkler Shelley Long Clint Howard |
| Music by | Burt Bacharach (score & songs) Carole Bayer Sager (songs) David Foster (song) |
| Cinematography | James Crabe |
| Editing by | Robert James Kern Mike Hill Daniel P. Hanley |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | July 30, 1982 |
| Running time | 105 min. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York New York) is an American Screenwriter, Television writer, and Television Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949 in New York City) is an American writer Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American Golden Globe Award winning Actor, director, producer Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award -winning American film, stage Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor. Burt Bacharach (ˈbækəræk born May 12, 1928) is an American Pianist and Composer. Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8 1947) is an American Lyricist, Songwriter and Singer. David Walter Foster, OC, OBC, LLD (born November 1, 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Mike Hill, ACE (born 1952 in Omaha Nebraska) is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Daniel P Hanley, ACE (born 1955 is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Gross revenue | $23,600,000 (USA) |
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Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film, one of Ron Howard's earliest directorial efforts. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton. Happy Days is an American Television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 to 1984 on ABC. Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American Golden Globe Award winning Actor, director, producer Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Also appearing are Shelley Long, Richard Belzer, and (as usual for Ron Howard films) Clint Howard. Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award -winning American film, stage Richard Jay Belzer (born August 4, 1944) is an American stand up comedian, Writer, and Actor, perhaps best known for Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor.
Kevin Costner has a brief scene as "Frat Boy #1", and Shannen Doherty appears as a Girl Scout. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971) is an American Actress and Television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather
Plot
Chuck (Winkler), formerly a successful stockbroker, has found a refuge from the ulcer-inducing Wall Street rat race in his job as an attendant at the New York City morgue. His displeasure at being "promoted" to night shift supervisor to make room for his boss's nephew is exacerbated by the irrational exuberance of Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski (Keaton), his new coworker. However, both men are inspired by the plight of Chuck's neighbor, Belinda (Long), to apply Chuck's M. B. A. education and Bill's entrepreneurial spirit to open a call girl service with headquarters at the morgue. A call girl or escort is a Sex worker who (unlike a street walker) is not visible to the general public
Soundtrack
The movie's opening theme song was "Night Shift" by Quarterflash. Quarterflash was an American rock group formed in Portland Oregon in 1980 The closing theme song, "That's What Friends Are For," was written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. " That's What Friends Are For " is a 1982 song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager and introduced by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack Burt Bacharach (ˈbækəræk born May 12, 1928) is an American Pianist and Composer. Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8 1947) is an American Lyricist, Songwriter and Singer. The song was performed by Rod Stewart in the film. Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently It was later covered by Dionne Warwick & Friends (Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Elton John); the cover version became a Billboard Grammy Award-winning #1 hit and raised millions for AIDS causes. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Gladys Maria Knight, "The Empress of Soul" (born May 28, 1944) is a seven-time Grammy Award -winning American Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Other songs heard in the film include "You Really Got Me" by Van Halen and a live version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones, taken from the 1977 live album Love You Live. " You Really Got Me " is a rock Song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band The Kinks. Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 " Jumpin' Jack Flash " is a song by English Rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, released as a single in 1968 Love You Live is a double Live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1977
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