Crazy Love


1h 32m 2007

Brief Synopsis

The tale of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psyc

Film Details

Also Known As
Love Is in the Air, Untitled (Burt and Linda Pugach project), Untitled (Burt and Linda Pugash project)
MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Release Date
2007
Distribution Company
Magnolia Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 32m

Synopsis

The tale of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of Burt and Linda Pugach, which shocked the nation during the summer of 1959. Burt, a 32 year-old married attorney and Linda, a beautiful, single 20 year-old girl living in the Bronx had a whirlwind romance, which culminated in a violent and psychologically complex set of actions that landed the pair's saga on the cover of endless newspapers and magazines.

Crew

Steve Alcott

Music

Manny Alvarez

Cinematographer

Eddie Amaro

Driver

Jim Anderson

Sound

Joan Baird

Assistant

Jake Bandman

Associate Producer

Jeff Barry

Song

Brad Bergbom

Sound

Chris Botti

Music

Edie Brickell

Song Performer

Caryne Briskin

Music

Eugene Briskin

Music

John Cariddi

Music

Billy Childs

Music

Brian Chin

Music Supervisor

Buddy Clark

Song Performer

Russ Colombo

Song

Con Conrad

Song

Doug Cuomo

Music

Doug Cuomo

Original Music

Lisa Daly

Animator

Tammy Douglas

Sound

Gladys Du Bois

Song

Michelle Dunn

Consultant

Marlies Dwyer

Rights & Clearances

Evelyn Espinosa

Accountant

Richard J Ferraris

Song

Brian Finney

Animator

Andrew Friedman

Production Assistant

Dan Fulton

Assistant Sound Editor

Fabian Garcia

Makeup

Fabian Garcia

Hair

Manny Garcia

Sound

Libby Geist

Associate Producer

Gordon Gottlieb

Music

Michelle Grainger

Song

Ellie Greenwich

Song

Marlena Grzaslewicz

Sound Editor

Ken Hassler

Music

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Song Performer

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Song

Tony Hayes

Song

Wolfgang Held

Cinematographer

David Hocs

Sound

Laurel Howard

Apprentice

Bashiri Johnson

Music

Norman Kaye

Song

Amy Kessler

Assistant Editor

Julianne Kim

Accountant

Dan Klores

Screenplay

Dan Klores

Producer

Thomas Kodros

Consultant

Andy Kris

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Patrick Lau

Post-Production

Jack Lawrence

Song

Jerry Leiber

Song

Dennis Linde

Song

Julie London

Song Performer

Manfred Mann

Song Performer

Eydhe Marie Martinez

Makeup

Eydhe Marie Martinez

Hair

Johnny Mathis

Song Performer

Clyde Mcphatter

Song Performer

Mary Ann Mcsweeny

Music

Eddie Miller

Song

John Miller-monzon

Coproducer

John Miller-monzon

Researcher

Noora Niskanen

Assistant Editor

Ray Noble

Song Performer

Eddie O'connor

Sound

Annie Outerbridge

Apprentice

James William Pebworth

Song

Esther Phillips

Song Performer

Michel Polnareff

Song

Doc Pomus

Song

Elvis Presley

Song Performer

David Pultz

Color Timer

J. Ralph

Original Score

Claudia Raschke

Cinematographer

Anthony Regusis

Music

William Rexer

Cinematographer

Chuck Rio

Song

William Rivera

Song

Don Robertson

Song Performer

Don Robertson

Song

William Robinson Jr.

Song

Rob Roth

Animation Director

Keith Shapiro

Coordinator

Jonathan Shukat

Assistant

Mort Shuman

Song

Trevor Sias

Animator

Claudette Sierra

Consultant

Leroy Simms

Driver

Phil Spector

Song

Ira Spiegel

Sound Editor

Berry Stainback

Song

Fisher Stevens

Producer

Dan Stevenson

Production Assistant

Jason Stoff

Animator

Mike Stoller

Song

Billy Swan

Song

Deb Szczepkowski

Assistant Editor

Brian Tasker

Production

Gary Teller

Music

Tai Uhlmann

Animation Supervisor

Marco Valentin

Animator

Paul Vazquez

Recording Engineer

Steve Wadey

Song

Max Warmflash

Post-Production

Robert Warmflash

Post-Production Supervisor

Rich White

Cinematographer

Mike Winton

Production Assistant

Frank Wolf

Music Scoring Mixer

Frank Wolf

Music Engineer

Mia Wu

Music

Don Wyllie

On-Line Editor

Robert Yount

Song

David Zieff

Coproducer

David Zieff

Editor

Roseanna Zweig

Assistant

Film Details

Also Known As
Love Is in the Air, Untitled (Burt and Linda Pugach project), Untitled (Burt and Linda Pugash project)
MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Release Date
2007
Distribution Company
Magnolia Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 32m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the 2007 award for Best Documentary by the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC).

Winner of the award for Best Documentary at the 2007 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States January 2007

Released in United States June 8, 2007

Released in United States on Video October 16, 2007

Released in United States Summer June 1, 2007

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Documentary) January 25-February 4, 2007.

Based on life story of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss aka Linda Pugach.

Magnolia Pictures acquired North American distribution rights (excluding television) to the film for a reported mid-six figure sum at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Documentary) January 25-February 4, 2007.)

Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 18-28, 2007.)

Released in United States Summer June 1, 2007

Released in United States June 8, 2007 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video October 16, 2007