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The Mean Season

Year:

1985

Duration:

103 min

Genres:

Crime | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Phillip Borsos

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1985-02-15

Filming Locations: Dade County, Florida, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $1,560,591 (USA) (18 February 1985)

Gross: $4,349,446 (USA) (24 March 1985)

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard Jordan

Kurt Russell

Malcolm Anderson

Mariel Hemingway

Christine Connelly

Richard Masur

Bill Nolan

Richard Bradford

Phil Wilson

Joe Pantoliano

Andy Porter

Andy Garcia

Ray Martinez

Rose Portillo

Kathy Vasquez

William Smith

Albert O'Shaughnessy

John Palmer

Himself

Lee Sandman

Harold Jacoby

Dan Fitzgerald

Carl Mason

Cynthia Caquelin

Ruth Lowenstein

Fred Ornstein

Warren Phillips

Fritz Bronner

Peter Peterson

Mike DeRienzo

Everett Durfee

Michael Clay

Ray Sloane

Fred Buch

John Burrows

Bruce McLaughlin

Leonard Pridmore

Robert Apte

SWAT Commander

Marshall B. Gage

SWAT Commander

Rodney Barretto

SWAT Commander

Jill Beach

Channel 7 Anchorwoman

Peter Lundquist

Channel 7 Reporter

Connie Hicks

Channel 10 Reporter

Bill Rutherford

Channel 6 Reporter

George Rudolph

WGBS Radio Newsman

Robert Small

Bill Crawford

Nancy Duerr

TV Newswoman

Mark Fields

Reporter

Tim Minton

Reporter

Mary Lou Simo

Reporter

Tamara Jones

Sarah Hooks

Joan Murphy

Mrs. Hooks

Richard Liberty

Mr. Hooks

Paul Nagel

Jogger

Morris Zuckerman

Mr. Stein

Lillian Zuckerman

Mrs. Stein

Ann Browning

Victim in Matheson Hammock Park

Jennifer Browning

Victim's Infant

Robert Gwaltney

Psychiatrist

Christine Page

Elementary School Teacher

Joshua Segal

Schoolboy

Raymond Forchion

Newsroom Reporter (uncredited)

Bobby Harwell

Man in Office Greeting Malcolm (uncredited)

David Joseph Martinez

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The production during principal photography filmed in the actual "Miami Herald" newsroom between the hours of 10:30 pm and 6:30 am.

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The scorching trumpet solos performed during the Main Title music composed by the legendary Lalo Schifrin were done by Chuck Findley. Herb Alpert, another legendary jazz trumpet player, is featured in the score.

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The name of the newspaper that Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell) worked for was "The Miami Journal".

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Goofs

Anderson misspells "apparent" as "apparrent" on his word processor, and leaves it uncorrected. This may only be a character error, but it's odd considering he's a potential Pulitzer-winning journalist.

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Malcolm and Christine have an argument at a restaurant, and Christine leaves. Malcolm waits to pay the bill then leaves. He sees the message "TOOK A CAB" written in the condensation on the windshield. This was supposedly written by Christine when she left, but at the beginning of the scene, before she leaves, we see a shot of the car with the message already written in the windshield.

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"Kidnapped" is misspelled (as "Kidnaped") in the Miami Journal headline the day after Delour takes Malcolm's girlfriend.

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Quotes

Alan: For the most part, good behavior goes unnoticed. Oh nevermind, what do you care?

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Christine: I've gotten so far away that leaving is just a formality, Malcolm.

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Alan: Have you ever noticed the older you get the smaller you become?

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