Losing Isaiah (1995)

Director:

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writers (WGA):

Seth Margolis (novel)
Naomi Foner (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 marzo 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Who decides what makes a mother?

Plot:

The natural and adoptive mothers of a young boy are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle.

Plot Keywords:

Racist | Mother Son Relationship | Parenthood | Poignant | Babysitting

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Very thoughtful and fair

Cast

Jessica Lange	...	Margaret Lewin
Halle Berry	...	Khaila Richards
David Strathairn	...	Charles Lewin
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Eddie Hughes
Daisy Eagan	...	Hannah Lewin
Marc John Jefferies	...	Isaiah
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Kadar Lewis
Joie Lee	...	Marie
Regina Taylor	...	Gussie
LaTanya Richardson	...	Caroline Jones
Jacqueline Brookes	...	Judge Silbowitz
Donovon Ian H. McKnight	...	Amir
Rikkia A. Smith	...	Josie
Paulette McDaniels	...	Ethel
Velma Austin	...	Rehab Leader
Glenda Starr Kelly	...	Group Leader
Joan Kohn	...	Toby Fredericks
Patrick Clear	...	Bill Fredericks
Gabriella Santinelli	...	Heidi
Mike Bacarella	...	Liquor Store Clerk
Mike Houlihan	...	Liquor Store Cop #1
John Beasley	...	Garbage Man
James 'Ike' Eichling	...	Garbage Man
James F. Tillett	...	Intern
John Judd	...	Paramedic
Cheryl Hamada	...	ER Nurse
Jackie Taylor	...	ER Nurse
Valerie Shull	...	Mrs. Ianelli
Laura Cerón	...	NICU Woman
Jackie Samuel	...	NICU Nurse
Deanna Dunagan	...	Dr. Goldstein
Mike Nussbaum	...	Dr. Jamison
Margaret Travolta	...	Sandra Harris
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.	...	Alley Junkie
Jaqueline Fleming	...	File Cabinet Girl
Sibyl Offutt	...	Tenement Woman
Greg Hollimon	...	Tenement Man (as Gregory Hollimon)
Rick Worthy	...	Alley Man
Torrence W. Murphy	...	Alley Man
Crystal Barnes	...	Inmate
Sheila-Marie Robinson	...	Inmate
La Taunya Bounds	...	Inmate
Tamara Rutledge	...	Inmate
Valeri Ross	...	Day Care Teacher
Jacqueline Williams	...	Day Care Worker
Ora Jones	...	Day Care Woman
Nicholas Foster	...	Boy at Swings
Thomica Laquice Simmons	...	Neighbor Girl
Evan Lionel	...	Paramedic #2
Jennifer Crystal	...	Park Nanny
Matthew Brennan	...	School Play Boy Singer
Denise Aguilar	...	School Play Singer
Christy Lombardi	...	School Play Singer
Hector Matos	...	School Play Singer
Stephanie Mullin	...	School Play Singer
Daniel Nudelman	...	School Play Singer
Elbert Pagan Jr.	...	School Play Singer
Kate Tash	...	School Play Singer
Chris Tossing	...	School Play Singer
Jonathan Rivera	...	School Play Cymbals Player
Karen Luehne	...	School Play Pianist
Brian Friedopfer	...	School Play Duck
Paul Jorjorian	...	School Play
Jim Minton	...	Lawyer
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Trae Ireland	...	Neighbor Boy
Antonio Polk	...	Uncle Tyrone
Michael Anthony Williams	...	Various

Dirigida por
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Seth Margolis		(novel)
Naomi Foner		(screenplay)

Producida por
Kimberly Brent	....	associate producer
Naomi Foner	....	producer
Hawk Koch	....	producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
Sharon Owyang	....	associate producer

Música original por
Mark Isham

Fotografía por
Andrzej Bartkowiak

Montaje por
Harvey Rosenstock

Casting
Aleta Chappelle

Diseño de producción por
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall

Dirección artística
William Arnold

Decorados
Jay Hart

Diseño de vestuario por
Mary Malin

Departamento de maquillaje
Matiki Anoff	....	makeup artist
Art Anthony	....	special makeup effects
Lun Yé Hodges	....	key hair stylist
Paul LeBlanc	....	hair stylist: Ms. Lange (as Paul Leblanc)
Carol Meikle	....	hair stylist: Ms. Berry
Dorothy J. Pearl	....	makeup artist: Ms. Lange

Dirección de producción
Ronald G. Smith	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Bettiann Fishman	....	second assistant director
Stefanie Moore	....	second second assistant director
Stephanie Moore	....	second second assistant director
Ellen H. Schwartz	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fred Apolito	....	propmaker
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	construction estimator (as Dawn Ascher)
Mary A. Brady	....	set dressing buyer
D. Kelly Cummins	....	assistant property master
Edward England	....	construction coordinator (as Ed England)
Michael D. Gianneschi	....	set dresser
Dick Hansen	....	on-set dresser
Gary Happ	....	carpenter foreman
Cydney M. Harris	....	set designer
Aaron C. Holden Jr.	....	set dresser
Brick Mason	....	production illustrator
Carson E. Mayne	....	set dresser
Carlos Medina Jr.	....	greensperson
Kimberly K. Miller	....	art department coordinator
Mark Peltzer	....	property master
Joel Prihoda	....	lead man
Paul Stanwyck	....	head painter
Robert R. Volpe	....	property master: Chicago
Suzan Wexler	....	set designer
Tim Wilp	....	painter (as Timothy Wilp)
Anthony Joseph Fatigato	....	painter (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Ulrika Akander	....	dialogue editor
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anne Couk	....	first assistant sound editor
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Susan Dudeck	....	supervising sound editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Tammy Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Alison Fisher	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley supervisor
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Allan Hartz	....	adr editor (as Allen Hartz)
Kurt Kassulke	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound effects editor
Tom Nelson	....	sound mixer
Jeffrey R. Payne	....	foley editor
Daniel Richter	....	boom operator (as Daniel J. Richter)
Carin Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kim Secrist	....	sound effects editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Frank Smathers	....	sound editor
Beth Sterner	....	supervising sound editor
Renee Tondelli	....	adr editor (as Renée Tondelli)
Bill Ward	....	assistant sound editor
Daryl Ziemke	....	cable person (as Daryl C. Ziemke)
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Don Riozz McNichols	....	special effects (as Donald Rio McNichols)
Tom Ryba	....	special effects coordinator (as Thomas P. Ryba)

Especialistas
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator
Ken Moreno	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Art Bartels	....	key grip: Chicago
Sam Bertone	....	lighting technician (as Sam A. Bertone Jr.)
James Blanford	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Jim Blanford)
Alphonse Blumenthal	....	chief lighting technician: Chicago
Chris Centrella	....	key grip
Eugene F. Crededio	....	rigging gaffer (as Eugene Crededio)
Gerrit Dangremond	....	camera operator
Fred Folmer	....	grip
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer
Michael Gershman	....	camera operator
Mikael Glattes	....	first assistant camera
Chris Haarhoff	....	steadicam operator
William E. Hedenberg	....	aerial camera operator
Amy Hergoth	....	film loader (as Amy Herguth)
John Hudecek	....	dolly grip
Robert Krzeminski	....	lighting technician
Ted Lichtenheld	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Anthony J. Lullo	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Donald E. Miller	....	second company grip
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Hope A. Nielsen	....	film loader
William R. Nielsen Jr.	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
William R. Nielsen Jr.	....	second assistant camera
Walter J. Piers	....	grip
James Ritchie	....	lighting technician
Andrew B. Walzer	....	video assist operator
William Ward	....	chief lighting technician
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video engineer

Casting Department
Leigh French	....	voice casting
Sandra Grand	....	casting assistant
Shaunda G. Jones	....	casting assistant (as Shaunda Jones)
Karen Peake	....	extras casting
Regina Prokop	....	extras casting assistant
Fred Saas	....	first extras casting assistant
Johnny White	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gloria Coffey-Sharrieff	....	set costumer
Susan Kaufmann	....	costume supervisor
JoAnn Lam	....	costumer: Ms. Lange
Gail McMullen	....	assistant costume designer
Ellen Ryba	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Julie Rogers	....	first assistant editor
Nicole Schubert	....	assistant film editor
Nicholas C. Smith	....	additional editor

Music Department
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Charles Martin Inouye	....	music editor
Christopher Kennedy	....	music editor: source
Stephen Krause	....	music recordist
Stephen Krause	....	scoring mixer
Ken Kugler	....	orchestrator
Bill Pearson	....	music engineer
Timothy R. Sexton	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
George DiLeonardi	....	transportation coordinator
Timothy J. Maxwell	....	transportation captain

Otros miembros del equipo
Jacolyn Baker	....	location manager
Margaret Bedolla	....	assistant production office coordinator
Betsy Bottando	....	assistant location manager
Christopher J. Brown	....	production assistant
Dru Anne Carlson	....	script supervisor
Demetra Diamantopoulos	....	assistant location manager
Will Gatlin	....	craft service
Bonnie C. Harrison	....	production assistant
Peter Hollocker	....	production assistant
Lisa Knudson	....	assistant production auditor
Emmanuel Lariviere	....	production assistant
Paige Litz	....	assistant: Ms. Foner
Elton MacPherson	....	production auditor (as Elton L. Macpherson)
Mark Mamalakis	....	assistant location manager
Kelli McCormack	....	assistant: Ms. Foner
Charles Mcdonald	....	title designer
Leslie Mikol	....	production assistant
Lisa J. Olin	....	production associate
Cynthia Oliphant	....	production assistant
Margaret J. Orlando	....	production office coordinator
Brian C. Pawlowski	....	production assistant
Maurice Ross	....	production assistant
Lapacazo M. Sandoval	....	unit publicist (as Lapacazo Sandoval)
Sheena A. Spearman	....	production assistant
Michael Alan Stein	....	production assistant
Moira Michiels	....	extras coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Pictures

Other Companies

• Columbia Records  soundtrack
• Howard A. Anderson Company  titles and opticals

También conocida como:

Corazones rasgados (Argentina) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for drug related material and brief strong language.

Duración:

111 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #33118) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | UK:15 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

In between takes, a make-up girl accidentally scratched Halle Berry's corneas while applying eye drops, resulting in much pain and missed work for Ms. Berry.

Quotes:

Rehab Leader: [as Khaila suddenly bursts into tears] Khaila, what is it? What's wrong?
Khaila Richards: I killed him.
Rehab Leader: What?
Khaila Richards: My baby. I killed my baby. I threw him in the trash can.

Soundtrack:

Gimme My Props

Very thoughtful and fair

I hesitated in seeing this movie for a long time because I knew that, whatever the outcome, I would be unsatisfied. However, I am willing to admit that I was wrong and the movie is a fairly accurate account of unconditional love and by the end, I was in tears. Fine acting all around.