White Nights

Director: Taylor Hackford

Overview

The fancy footwork and star appeal of Gregory Hines as Raymond, an exiled American, and the powerful grace of Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai, a defector, combine with a great production design to carry this otherwise thinly-stretched tale of intrigue. With a stellar supporting cast (Isabella Rossellini as Raymond's wife, Helen Mirren as Nikolai's lover, and Jerzy Skolimowski, the Polish director, as a wily KGB agent), the film has a few excellent moments. Nikolai has defected from the former USSR some time in the past. While on a trip, his plane spectacularly crashes on a runway in Siberia. Trapped in the country he had escaped, he is brought to stay with Raymond, an American who defected during the Vietnam war. Nikolai desperately wants to get out of the country, but the Russians have other plans.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2006
UPC:	0043396159037
Original Release:	1985
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	2:16:00
Sales rank:	2,311

Special Features

Commentary by director Taylor Hackford; Pas de deux - The Making White Nights

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mikhail Baryshnikov	Nikolai "Kolya" Rodchenko
Gregory Hines	Raymond Greenwood
Jerzy Skolimowski	Col. Chaiko
Helen Mirren	Galina Ivanova
Geraldine Page	Anne Wyatt
Isabella Rossellini	Darya Greenwood
John Glover	Wynn Scott
Stefan Gryff	Capt. Kirigin
William Hootkins	Chuck Malarek
Shane Rimmer	Ambassador Smith
Florence Faure	Ballerina - Death
Nancy Klopper	Actor
Susannah Morley	Journalist in Opera House
Sergei Rousakov	KGB Agent
Mark Sinden	Charles
Elisa Tornqvist	Journalist at Consulate House
Michael Petrovich	Helicopter Pilot
David Savile	Pilot
Ian Liston	Co-pilot
Benny Young	Flight Engineer
Hilary Drake	Stewardess
Megumi Shimanuki	Stewardess
Daniel Benzali	Dr. Asher
Maria Werlander	Child Ballerina
Galina Pomerantzeva	Dvornik
Alexander Naumov	KGB #2
Maryam D'Abo	French Girlfriend
Josephine Buchan	Caroline
Helene Denbey	Bess
Jiri Stanislav	Chaiko's Driver
Edward Ochagavia	KGB Agent
Marc Michalsky	KGB Agent
Andreas Markos	Escamilla

Technical Credits

Taylor Hackford	Director,Producer
Mikhail Baryshnikov	Choreography
Stephen Bishop	Songwriter
Bill Borden	Associate Producer
Michel Colombier	Score Composer
Richard Dawking	Art Director
Nancy Dowd	Screenwriter
William S. Gilmore	Producer
James Goldman	Original Story,Screenwriter
Martin Gutteridge	Special Effects
Philip Harrison	Production Designer
Evangeline Harrison	Costumes/Costume Designer
Eric Hughes	Screenwriter
Garth Inns	Special Effects
Madeline Masters	Makeup
Malcolm Middleton	Production Designer
Roland Petit	Choreography
Phil Ramone	Musical Direction/Supervision
Lionel Richie	Songwriter
Neville Smallwood	Makeup
Austen Spriggs	Art Director
William Steinkamp	Editor
Frederic Steinkamp	Editor
Twyla Tharp	Choreography
David Watkin	Cinematographer
Ian Wingrove	Special Effects
Clive Winter	Sound/Sound Designer
Joan Wollard	Set Decoration/Design

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- White Nights
1. Start [9:58]
2. The Flight to Japan [5:23]
3. Norilsk Air Defense Base [6:34]
4. "There's a Boat Leaving for NY" [4:43]
5. Chaiko Comes on Business [4:45]
6. Nikolai Meets the Greenwoods [4:42]
7. Raymond's Story [7:36]
8. The Mines [2:25]
9. Raymond Apologizes [5:08]
10. Home After Eight Years [3:22]
11. "My Love Is Chemical" [5:10]
12. Galina Ivanova [6:12]
13. Shower Exit [7:16]
14. Decadent Dinner Interruption [4:24]
15. At the Kirov With Galina [6:20]
16. Wynn Scott [3:32]
17. "People Have Got to Move" [7:33]
18. "Separate Lives" [4:15]
19. "Prove Me Wrong" [4:54]
20. In Galina's Office [2:43]
21. A Last Look at the Kirov [2:21]
22. "Snake Charmer" [3:00]
23. Out on a Limb [7:47]
24. Off to Meet Scott [3:20]
25. In Pursuit [1:04]
26. The Embassy Gates [3:58]
27. Even Exchange [3:48]
28. "Say You, Say Me" [4:00]

Menu

Disc #1 -- White Nights
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   Audio Set Up
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   Special Features
      Audio Commentary With Taylor Hackford: On
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      Pas De Deux: Making White Nights
      Previews
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   Previews
      White Nights
      Rent
      West Side Story
      80's Hits
      Cirque Du Soleil on DVD
      The Company
      Center Stage
      Dance With Me
      Tap
      Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School