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Apr 17, 2017 - 5:08 PM
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In 1986's UNDER THE CHERRY MOON, Prince plays a gigolo named "Christopher Tracy," and former Time member Jerome Benton plays his partner, "Tricky." Together, the pair swindle wealthy French women. Prince directed the film, taking over from original director Mary Lambert over "creative differences". Because the production was filming in Europe, it did not come up against the Director's Guild of America, which has rules against firing a director in favor of a lead actor. Although Michael Ballhaus shot the film in color, it was released in black and white. Prince and his group, The Revolution, provided the score, which was released by Paisley Park/Warner Bros. under the title "Parade."
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Apr 18, 2017 - 4:07 PM
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For Steve Kloves, in his feature film directorial debut, Ballhaus shot THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS. Principal photography began 5 December 1988 in Los Angeles, CA, which stood in for Seattle, WA. Locations included the Ambassador Hotel, where the famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub was used for several scenes. The Ambassador was shuttered soon after filming was completed there. The Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the Variety Arts Theatre, a piano showroom in Pasadena, CA, and a deli located in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles were also used. Filming for the 1989 release took place over two months.
Michael Ballhaus received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography for THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS. He lost to Freddie Francis for GLORY.
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Apr 18, 2017 - 4:25 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Back in his fourth film with Martin Scorsese, Ballhaus shot 1990's GOODFELLAS. The 11 May 1989 Los Angeles Herald-Examiner reported that filming was underway in New York City. Locations included Astoria, Queens, where young Henry’s (Ray Liotta) Brooklyn neighborhood and the Airline Diner were shot. Cargo buildings at the John F. Kennedy Airport stood in as the site of the Air France and Lufthansa heists, and in Manhattan, the Hawaii Kai restaurant on Broadway doubled as Sonny Bunz’s (Tony Darrow) “Bamboo Lounge.” For the three-minute tracking shot which introduces the Copacabana nightclub on 60th Street, the site was slightly altered, with a makeshift wall that was added and removed within the same shot, allowing for a more convoluted pathway through the back of the nightclub. New Jersey locations included the Palisades Parkway and Fort Lee. Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, Prospect Park, the city of New Rochelle, and the Catalina Beach Club at Atlantic Beach were also filmed. The completion of principal photography was announced in the 10 August 1989 Hollywood Reporter. Barry Sonnenfeld took over as cinematographer for the last few days of filming, as Michael Ballhaus had to leave to shoot POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE.
When Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco ("Karen") filmed the scene where Karen points a gun in Henry's face, during one take, Liotta threw Bracco off the bed, and the gun flew out of Bracco's hand and hit Michael Ballhaus in the head. Even with that, Ballhaus said that the scene when Henry walks across the street to beat Karen's neighbor in the face, with the butt of his gun, was the most violent scene that he felt he had ever filmed in his career.
Michael Ballhaus was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for GOODFELLAS. He lost to Vittorio Storaro for THE SHELTERING SKY.
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