| White Nights | |
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| Directed by | Taylor Hackford |
| Screenplay by | James Goldman Eric Hughes Nancy Dowd (uncredited) |
| Story by | James Goldman |
| Produced by | William S. Gilmore Taylor Hackford |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | David Watkin |
| Edited by | Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Color process | Metrocolor |
Production company | Delphi IV Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Russian |
| Budget | $10–20 million[1] |
| Box office | $42.2 million[2] |
White Nights is a 1985 American musical drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini.[3][4] It was choreographed by Twyla Tharp. The title refers to the sunlit summer nights of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), the setting for the majority of the film, situated just a few degrees below the Arctic Circle.
The film is notable both for the dancing of Hines and Baryshnikov and for the Academy Award-winning song "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie in 1986, as well as "Separate Lives" performed by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin and written by Stephen Bishop (also nominated). The film was the international film debut of Isabella Rossellini[1] and Taylor Hackford met his future wife, Helen Mirren, during filming.[5]
- ^ a b White Nights at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ White Nights at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Canby, Vincent (November 22, 1985). "BARYSHNIKOV IN 'WHITE NIGHTS,' TALE OF TWO DEFECTORS". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- ^ Benson, Sheila (November 22, 1985). "'Nights': Accent On Defection". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ^ Nancy Griffin (September 20, 2006). "Mirren, Mirren on the Wall". AARP The Magazine. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2010.