Night Shift (film)
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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 |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | July 30, 1982 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film, one of Ron Howard's earliest directorial efforts. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton in his film debut. Also appearing are Shelley Long, Richard Belzer, and (as usual for Ron Howard films) Clint Howard.
Kevin Costner, has a brief scene as "Frat Boy #1", and Shannen Doherty appears as a Girl Scout.
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.
[edit] Soundtrack
The movie's opening theme song wa "Night Shift" by Quarterflash. The closing theme song, "That's What Friends Are For," was written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. The song was performed by Rod Stewart in the film. 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.
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 bootleg album Brussels Affair 1973.
[edit] Promotion
Howard appeared on Saturday Night Live to promote the film and was mock-interviewed by Eddie Murphy. Murphy asked "you made a film about pimps and there's no black people in it? I don't know whether to thank you or punch you in the mouth."
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