Hearts of Fire
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| Hearts of Fire | |
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| Directed by | Richard Marquand |
| Produced by | Doug Harris Jennifer Miller Iain Smith |
| Written by | Joe Eszterhas |
| Starring | Bob Dylan Rupert Everett Fiona (singer) |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Editing by | Sean Barton |
| Distributed by | Lorimar Productions |
| Release date(s) | 1987 (USA) |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Hearts of Fire was a 1987 film starring Bob Dylan. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [1] Originally written by Scott Richardson, the screenplay was rewritten by Joe Eszterhas because the studio felt that Richardson was, in their eyes, a "baby writer" and not experienced enough to take on the responsibility of a starring vehicle for Dylan.
Dylan is rumored to have threatened a lawsuit to keep the resulting rewrite by Eszterhas from being made and it is also regarded as the film that "killed Richard Marquand", who directed Return of the Jedi of Star Wars fame and died of a stroke the same year.
The film "tanked" in the theaters and only enjoyed a run of approximately two weeks.
Bob Dylan in a recent interview reportedly only did this movie, quote, "For the money".[citation needed].
In 1987, Columbia released the Hearts of Fire soundtrack. The soundtrack is notable for being the official release of three Bob Dylan recordings, a John Hiatt cover of "The Usual," a Dylan original called "Night After Night," and an alternate recording of "Had a Dream About You Baby." Dylan released two different recordings of "Had a Dream About You Baby", the first on the Hearts of Fire soundtrack, and the second on "Down in the Groove", his 1988 album.
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