The Good Son
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Cast & Crew
Jack Gill
Wendy Crewson
Jerry Detitta
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Mark Stefanich
Macaulay Culkin
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Synopsis
In this suspense thriller a 12-year-old boy goes to live with relatives after his mother's death and comes under the influence of his malevolent cousin.
Cast
Wendy Crewson
Jerry Detitta
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Mark Stefanich
Macaulay Culkin
Andria Hall
Bobby Huber
Susan Hopper
Jacqueline Brookes
Elijah Wood
Keith Brava
Guy Strauss
Quinn Culkin
Ashley Crow
Rory Culkin
Jerem Goodwin
David Morse
Crew
Suzy Abbott
Jim Adler
Deborah Aquila
Dorothy Aufiero
Heidi August
Joni Avery
Rick Avery
Gregory J Barnett
Gail Barringer
Clay Bartholomew
Ken Bates
Bill Beard
Bob Becchio
Carlos Bermudez
Elmer Bernstein
Emilie A Bernstein
Elisha Birnbaum
Sue Blainey
Stan Bochner
Harry Peck Bolles
Richard Boris
George Bowers
Steve Boyd
Nick Brett
Rolland M. Brooks
Cheryl M Broussard
Gary Burritt
Tony Campenni
Janet Campolito
Jay Cannold
Anthony Cappello
Lon Caracappa
Richard L Carden
Richard L Carden
Debbie Lee Carrington
Phillip V Caruso
Andrew Casey
Mike Cassidy
Kimberly Catalano
Lou Cerborino
Richard P. Cirincione
Peter C Clarke
Almarie Clifford
Beth Cohen
David D. Collins
K.c. Colwell
Eddie Conna
Elizabeth Crane
David Crone
Stephen Lee Davis
Sandy De Crescent
Anna Delanzo
Antonio Deleon
George Detitta Jr.
Marjorie Deutsch
Gerald Donlan
Thomas Doran
Twentieth Century Draperies
Kathy Durning
Stuart Emanuel
Christopher Epper
Tempest S Farley
Michael Fauntleroy
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Harriet Fidlow
Glory Fioramonti
Ray Fisher
Ken Fitzgibbons
Tom Fleischman
Frank Fleshman
Jimmy Flynn
Cynthia Flynt
Andy Gill
Danny Gill
Jack Gill
Anne Gordon
Joseph A Graham
Debbie Greg
Tony Grocki
Bill Groom
David Gulick
Andy Harris
Laurel Harris
Gene Harrison
Kerry Hayes
Donald G Helderle
Phil Hetos
Debbie Holbrook
Sheri Hooper
Susan Hooper
Jeff Howery
Bobby Huber
Colette Irving
Eli Irving
Al Jacques
Diane Jessup
Charlene Joyce
Thomas Kane
Jason Kasperski
David Katz
Richard King
Henry Kingi
Sarah E. Knowles
Scott Koenig
Kenneth M Kroll
Kevin Kubota
Marilee Lear
Andre Leavitt
Louie Lefande
Julie Lichter
John Lindley
John Lindley
James Macdonald
Barry Malawski
Bernadette Mazur
Larry Mccarron
Stan Mcclain
Larry Mcconkey
Cassy Mcevoy
Ian Mcewan
Kristy Mcgill
Sandra Mcneil
Steve Mcnulty
Elizabeth Miller
Leigh A Miller
Kris Moran
Kris Moran
Len Morganti
Matt Morris
Margo Myers
James H Nau
Peter Nauyokas
John M Neal
Keith Neely
Larry Nicholas
Peter Norman
Anne O'brien
Billy O'brien
Bitty O'sullivan-smith
Timothy O'toole
Noon Orsatti
Raquel Osborne
Mary Ann Page
Francesca Paris
Stanley Pasay
Frederic Perrin
Jonathan Pessin
Juliet Polcsa
Arthur Pottie
Ashleigh Powell
Kim Quam
Pam Ranger
Ronald H Raschke
Barbara Ravis
Spiro Razatos
Van Redin
Brian Ricci
Stephen R Ricci
Paul Richards
Marc Rogers
Daniel Rogosin
Joseph Ruben
David Rudolph
Dan Runyon
Julio Salazar
Jackie Savetsky
Bob Schneig
Jane Shannon
Doron Shauly
Jerry Siegel
Kurt L Smith
Rusty Smith
Jay Sparks
Gregory Speed
Ira Spiegel
Gary Stanek
Stuart Stanley
Don Steele
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
Madi Stein
Eric Swanek
Ezra Swerdlow
Samantha Z Timmerman
Susumu Tokunow
Robert Topol
Neil Trifunovich
Tony Trotta
Derrick Tseng
Anthony F Veader
Donna Vega
Roger J. Vernon
Monica Von Huene
David Wahnon
Dan Wallin
Barth W Ward
William M Weberg
Jamie Weidenhorn
Earl Wiggins
Michael L. Williams
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Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
Elmer Bernstein, who was not related to Leonard Bernstein, was born on August 4, 1922, in New York City. He displayed a talent in music at a very young age, and was given a scholarship to study piano at Juilliard when he was only 12. He entered New York University in 1939, where he majored in music education. After graduating in 1942, he joined the Army Air Corps, where he remained throughout World War II, mostly working on scores for propaganda films. It was around this time he became interested in film scoring when he went to see William Dieterle's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), a film whose score was composed by Bernard Herrmann, a man Bernstein idolized as the ideal film composer.
Bernstein, who originally intended to be a concert pianist and gave several performances in New York after being discharged from military service, decided to relocate to Hollywood in 1950. He did his first score for the football film Saturday's Hero (1950), and then proved his worth with his trenchant, moody music for the Joan Crawford vehicle Sudden Fear (1952). Rumors of his "communist" leanings came to surface at this time, and, feeling the effects of the blacklist, he found himself scoring such cheesy fare as Robot Monster; Cat Women of the Moon (both 1953); and Miss Robin Caruso (1954).
Despite his politics, Otto Preminger hired him to do the music for The Man With the Golden Arm, (1955) in which Frank Sinatra played a heroin-addicted jazz musician. Fittingly, Bernstein used some memorable jazz motifs for the film and his fine scoring put him back on the map. It prompted the attention of Cecil B. De Mille, who had Bernstein replace the ailing Victor Young on The Ten Commandments (1956). His thundering, heavily orchestrated score perfectly suite the bombastic epic, and he promptly earned his first Oscar® nod for music.
After The Ten Commandments (1956), Bernstein continued to distinguish himself in a row of fine films: The Rainmaker (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Some Came Running (1958), The Magnificent Seven (a most memorable galloping march, 1960); To Kill a Mockingbird (unique in its use of single piano notes and haunting use of a flute, 1962); Hud (1963); earned a deserved Academy Award for the delightful, "flapper" music for the Julie Andrews period comedy Thoroughly Modern Mille (1967), and True Grit (1969).
His career faltered by the '80s though, as he did some routine Bill Murray comedies: Meatballs (1980) and Stripes (1981). But then director John Landis had Bernstein write the sumptuous score for his comedy Trading Places (1983), and Bernstein soon found himself back in the game. He then graced the silver screen for a few more years composing some terrific pieces for such popular commercial hits as My Left Foot (1989), A River Runs Through It (1992) and The Age of Innocence (1993). Far From Heaven, his final feature film score, received an Oscar® nomination for Best Score in 2002. He is survived by his wife, Eve; sons Peter and Gregory; daughters Emilie and Elizabeth; and five grandchildren.
by Michael T. Toole
Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
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Released in United States Fall September 24, 1993
Released in United States on Video March 2, 1994
Macaulay Culkin reportedly received between $5 and $6 million for his role.
Macaulay Culkin reportedly received between $5 and $6 million for his role.
Began shooting November 19, 1992.
Project was originally set to start production November 1991 with Michael Lehmann as director.
Completed shooting March 25, 1993.
Released in United States Fall September 24, 1993
Released in United States on Video March 2, 1994