Waking the Dead
Brief Synopsis
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It is 1972. Young Coast Guard officer Fielding Pierce is passionately drawn to Sarah Williams, an idealistic activist. She becomes his great love, and he becomes hers: "We will never be apart," Sarah writes him, in a letter. But, in 1974, fate brutally intervenes when Sarah is murdered in a car-bomb
Cast & Crew
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Keith Gordon
Director
Billy Crudup
Fielding Pierce
Jennifer Connelly
Sarah Williams
Hal Holbrook
Isaac Green
Ed Harris
Jerry Carmichael
Janet Mcteer
Caroline Pierce
Film Details
Also Known As
Fantome de Sarah Williams, Le, Le Fantome de Sarah Williams
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Romance
Release Date
2000
Production Company
BFL Canada; Bf Lorenzetti & Associates; Computercafe, Inc.; Digital Film Works Inc; Joanne Camacho; Magic Films & Video Works; Pacific Title & Art Studio; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; R C Baral & Company Inc.; The Saul Zaentz Film Center; Title House, Inc.; Tomandandy; Travel Corps
Distribution Company
Gramercy Pictures/USA Films; Gramercy Pictures; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; SND-Groupe M6; Usa Films; Usa Home Entertainment; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 43m
Synopsis
It is 1972. Young Coast Guard officer Fielding Pierce is passionately drawn to Sarah Williams, an idealistic activist. She becomes his great love, and he becomes hers: "We will never be apart," Sarah writes him, in a letter. But, in 1974, fate brutally intervenes when Sarah is murdered in a car-bombing. By 1982, Pierce, now a successful county D.A in Chicago, lives well with his socialite girlfriend, Juliet Beck. Juliet's uncle, Isaac Green, is Fielding's mentor. The governor hand-picks Fielding to run for a Congressional seat. Fielding will soon have everything he's strived for... except his lost love. Suddenly, he becomes consumed by memories, and then visions, of Sarah. Fielding's sister Caroline lends personal and professional support, but his life begins to unravel. Is Fielding losing his sanity, or is Sarah still alive? As the past floods into the present, Fielding struggles to focus on what is, and what was most important to him.
Director
Keith Gordon
Director
Cast
Billy Crudup
Fielding Pierce
Jennifer Connelly
Sarah Williams
Hal Holbrook
Isaac Green
Ed Harris
Jerry Carmichael
Janet Mcteer
Caroline Pierce
Bill Haugland
Tv Newsman At Bombing
Nelson Landrieu
Francisco Higgens
Ivonne Coll
Gisela Higgens
Maxine Guess
Danny'S Receptionist
Paul Hipp
Danny Pierce
Lawrence Dane
Governor Kinosis
Robert Harding
Tv Newman No 2
Molly Parker
Juliet Beck
Larry Marshall
Angelo Bertelli
Don Jordan
Minister With Bertelli On Tv
Caroline Sabourin
Little Sarah Look-Alike
Stanley Anderson
Fielding'S Father
Patricia Gage
Fielding'S Mother
John Carroll Lynch
Father Mileski
Bruce Dinsmore
Tony Dayton
Mimi Kuzyk
Adele Green
Tony Calabretta
Sonny Marchi
Walter Massey
Otto Ellis
Norris Domingue
Congressman At Isaac'S Party
Dean Hagopian
Policitian At Isaac'S Party
Bernard Behrens
Father Stanton
Philip Williams
Al
Sharon Washington
Kelly
Ranee Lee
Woman From Fielding'S Campaign
Zod Sakellaropoulo
'Sarah' In Caroline'S Flashback
Scott Spencer
Man With Sarah In Flashback
Alan Fawcett
Reporter At Restaurant
Leah Pinsent
Reporter From Fielding'S Past
Karina Iraola
Seny
Marco Ledezma
Gustavo
Walt Macpherson
Sarah'S Father
John Walsh
Protest Leader Outside Sarah'S Funeral
Vlasta Vrana
Priest At Sarah'S Funeral
Sandra Oh
Kim
Rafael Petardi
One Of The Kids Who Mug Fielding
Leonardo Fuica
One Of The Kids Who Mug Fielding
Qariy Hendrickson
One Of Kids Who Mug Fielding
Sandra Caldwell
Concerned Mom From Letter
Justin Bradley
Adopted Kid From Letter
Richard Hicks
Young Man From Letter
Ed Cambridge
Old Man From Letter
Nina Plaseckyi
Performer
Crew
Erik Ajduk
Assistant Director Trainee
Manny Albam
Song ("Sunset Serenade")
Kim Alepin
Camera Trainee
Badar Ali Khan
Vocals
Renee April
Costume Designer
Carole Arpin
Assistant Property Master
Daniel Auclair
Unit Manager
Lysandre Auger
Production Assistant
Rasha Ayouby
Other
Ilinca Cynthia Balaban
Assistant Accountant
Patrick Baleen
Swing Gang
Joanne Baril
Wardrobe Technician
Francois Baron
Production Assistant
Sophie Beasse
Head Dresser
Marie Bellemare
Assistant Wardrobe Extras
Mark Berger
Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Alain Bernard
Assistant Unit Manager
Jocelyn Bertrand
Grip
Mikey Bertrand
Key Grip
Leslie Bloome
Foley Artist
Murielle Blouin
Breakdown/Specialized Wardrobe Technician
Blanche Boileau
Costume Supervisor
Josée Boisvert
Wardrobe Mistress Extras
Rejean Bouchard
Other
Marie-jose Bourassa
2nd Assistant Director
Anthony Bourgoin
Swing Gang
Julie Breton
Casting Assistant
Andre Brochu
Head Carpenter
Anne Brosseau
Production Coordinator
Eric Brunet
Swing Gang
Stephane Byl
Billy Crudup Stand-In
David Byrne
Song Performer ("Help Me Somebody")
David Byrne
Song
Joanne Camacho
Production Insurance Provider (Bf Lorenzetti & Associates)
Frank Canonica
Supervisor
Yin Cantor
Sound Effects Recordist
Lori Carson
Song Performer ("Snow Come Down")
Lori Carson
Song
Frederic Chamorro
Swing Gang
Jean-francois Chapadeau
Other
Yann Cleary
Sound Trainee
Ross Clydesdale
Casting (Toronto)
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio
Sound Effects Editor
Ben Conrad
Foley Mixer
Barbara Costan
Special Thanks
Denis Côté
Swing Gang
Emanuel Cote-pension
Swing Gang
Alana Cymerman
Assistant Location Manager
Sylvie Dagenais
Cast Dresser
Francois Daignault
Steadicam Operator
David Daugherty
Special Thanks
Tobin John De Lacca Davis
Assistant Sound Editor
Mark Joseph De Coste
Tailor
Beatrice De Lempdes
Extras Makeup
Marc Desjardins
Scenic Artist/Painter
Jean-marc Devirieux
Other
Angela Di Marzio
Wardrobe Swing Gang
Robert Dillon
Screenwriter
Patrick Dodd
Dialogue Editor
Bernie Dresel
Drums
Claudette Duff
1st Assistant Editor (Montreal)
Johanne Dumoulin
Scenic Artist/Painter
Griffin Dunne
Special Thanks
Denis Dupont
Boom Operator
Mwp Editorial
Editorial Services Provider
Brian Eno
Song
Brian Eno
Song Performer ("Help Me Somebody")
Marco Fania
Driver
Malcolm Fife
Foley Editor
Gaetan Fluet
Craft Service
Grant Foerster
Other
Jodie Foster
Executive Producer
Bob Fredrickson
Color Timer
Peter Gabriel
Song Performer ("Mercy Street")
Peter Gabriel
Song
Eames Gagnon
Rigging Best Boy
Sylvie Gagnon
Extras Dresser
Anne Galea
Head Decorator
Pedro B. Gandol
1st Assistant Director
Mala Ganguly
Vocals
Dominic Gaucher
Backdrop Artist
Michael D Gay
Assistant Editor (Los Angeles)
John Gendron
Driver
Martin Gendron
Assistant Art Director
Anna Geyer
Other
Philippe Gilbert
Production Assistant
Michel Girard
Other
Nicolas Godbout
Swing Gang
Keith Gordon
Screenwriter
Keith Gordon
Producer
Dominique Gosselin
Assistant Decorator
Marc-andre Goyer
Production Assistant
Steve Gray
Song ("Pretty As A Picture")
Jennifer-lys Grenier
Extras Dresser
Rachel Griffin
Special Thanks
Bernard Guay
Production Assistant
Richard Hicks
Casting
Robert Hoffman
Post-Production Supervisor
Leah Holmes
Post-Production Accountant (R C Baral & Company)
Maxime Imbeau
Grip
Lorraine Jamison
Unit Publicist
Pierric Jouvante
Other
Rick Kahn
Other
Keith Kerr
Grip
Stuart Kleinman
Producer
Annika Krausz
Assistant (To Linda Reisman)
Marie-claude L'heureux
Art Department Coordinator
Marie-france Labbe
Assistant Wardrobe Extras Fittings
Francois Labrie
Driver
Bruno Lahaye
Property Master
Simon Lahaye
Set Decorator
Louis-rene Landry
Other
Louise Lapointe
Other
Martin Lapointe
Extras Hair
Lizane Lasalle
Makeup
Diane Leblanc
Seamstress
James Lebrecht
Sound Effects Designer
Meg Lefauve
Special Thanks
Diane Legris
Props Buyer
Patrick Legualt
Production Assistant
Carl Lessard
Assistant Property Master
Jean Levasseur
Other
Martine Leveille
Extras Hair
John Lewin
Rigging Gaffer
Irene Litinsky
Unit Production Manager
Irene Litinsky
Co-Producer
Steve Mac
Other
Kenneth Mackenzie
Best Boy Grip
Chris Marshall
Song ("Piano In The Dark")
Donal Mccormack
Driver
Chris Mcgeary
Music Editor
David Mckeown
Stunt Coordinator
Bruce Miller
1st Assistant Accountant
Jeremy Milton
1st Assistant Editor (Los Angeles)
Kristina Misiunas
Score Producer
Joni Mitchell
Song
Joni Mitchell
Song Performer ("A Case Of You")
Margaret Mitchell
Special Thanks
Jean Morin
Assistant Art Director
Florence Mourez
Extras Casting
David Nichols
Pre-Production Design Consultant
John Nutt
Supervising Sound Editor
Margie O'malley
Foley Artist
Dan Olmsted
Other
Johanne Paiement
Key Hairdresser
Jean-marie Paquet
Other
David Parker
Re-Recording Mixer
Lily Partheniou
Production Accountant
Jim Pasque
Foley Recordist
Stella Paulin
Other
Josee Pellerin
Extras Makeup
Nathalie Picard
Script Supervisor
Frankie Pine
Music Supervisor (Polygram Filmed Entertainment)
Caroline Poirier
Assistant (To Costume Designer)
Nathalie Poulin
Location Assistant
Martin Protat
Other
Lison Proulx
Seamstress
Max-pol Proulx
Production Assistant
Michel Proulx
Other
Michael Prupas
Production Legal Counsel (Heenan Blaikie/Montreal)
Martin Quittenton
Song ("Maggie May")
Patrick Rainville
Production Assistant
Lyne Rancourt
Assistant Decorator
Linda Reisman
Producer
Tom Richmond
Director Of Photography
Frank Rinella
Foley Mixer
Bill Rivard
Special Effects Coordinator (Les Productions De L'Intrigue)
Raymond Rivard
Grip
Pina Rizzi
Hairdresser
Michel Robert
Offic Runner
Amy Robinson
Special Thanks
Lucie Robitaille
Casting (Montreal)
Kris Rogers
Assistant Decorator
Howard Rosenoff
Production Legal Counsel (Heenan Blaikie/Montreal)
Patrick Rousseau
Sound Mixer
Zod Sakellaropoulo
Production Designer
Jeff Scott
Other
Takashi Seida
Set Photographer
Julie Shapiro
Other
Judy Sharinger
Other
Sarah Shetter
Post-Production Assistant (To Keith Gordon)
Steve Shurtz
Special Thanks
G Sigrist
Song ("Classy Evening")
Diane Simard
Key Makeup Artist
Naresh Sohal
Song ("The Flame")
Dawn Soler
Music Supervisor (Polygram Filmed Entertainment)
Scott Spencer
Source Material (From Novel)
Daniel Sperry
Dolby Sound Consultant
Michfle St-arnaud
Location Manager
Jim Stevens
Assistant (To Billy Crudup)
Rod Stewart
Song
Rod Stewart
Song Performer ("Maggie May")
Brigitte Tanguay
Other
Dominique Theriault
Assistant Wardrobe Extras
Dandy Thibaudeau
3rd Assistant Director
Andree Tremblay
Seamstress
Eric Turenne
Swing Gang
Joelle Turenne
Set Decorator
Chantale Valade
Jennifer Connelly'S Stand-In
Normand Viau
Gaffer
Film Details
Also Known As
Fantome de Sarah Williams, Le, Le Fantome de Sarah Williams
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Romance
Release Date
2000
Production Company
BFL Canada; Bf Lorenzetti & Associates; Computercafe, Inc.; Digital Film Works Inc; Joanne Camacho; Magic Films & Video Works; Pacific Title & Art Studio; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; R C Baral & Company Inc.; The Saul Zaentz Film Center; Title House, Inc.; Tomandandy; Travel Corps
Distribution Company
Gramercy Pictures/USA Films; Gramercy Pictures; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; SND-Groupe M6; Usa Films; Usa Home Entertainment; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 43m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring March 24, 2000
Limited Release in United States March 24, 2000
Released in United States on Video September 26, 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States March 2000
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 2-12, 2000.
Completed shooting April 6, 1998.
Began shooting February 4, 1998.
Released in United States Spring March 24, 2000
Limited Release in United States March 24, 2000
Released in United States on Video September 26, 2000
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States March 2000 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 2-12, 2000.)
