Director:
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Daniel Kleinman (original Ahoy' footage, uncredited) Prince Albert Magnoli ([[Paisley Park Studios footage, uncredited)
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Writers =
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Producers = Robert Cavallo (Producer) Tim Clawson (Assistant producer) Steven Fargnoli (Producer) Simon Fields (Co-producer)
Joseph Ruffalo (Producer)
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Production = Warner Bros.
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Music = Prince
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Genre = Concert Film MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Runtime = 85 minutes
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Technical = Country: USA Language: English Sound Mix: Dolby Color: Technicolor Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
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Distributors = Warner Bros. (1987)
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Previous year = 1986
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Previous image = Image:FilmUnderTheCherryMoon-movieposter.jpg
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Previous film = Film: Under The Cherry Moon
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Previous film name = Under The Cherry Moon
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Next year = 1989
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Next image = Image:FilmGraffiti_bridge-movieposter.jpg
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Next film = Film: Graffiti Bridge
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Next film name = Graffiti Bridge
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Introduction = Sign O' The Times is a 1987 concert film depicting the Sign O' The Times Tour, starring and directed by Prince.
Originally conceived to be filmed a the end of the tour in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium, most of the shots in the film are actually re-shot at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, MN, where the concert film was lip-synced to audio recorded in Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Production
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Synopsis = The film is pretty much a straightforward showing of a Sign O' The Times Tour concert, with some scenes and vignettes interspersed to add a narrative. It follows the standard format of the tour although some songs from the concerts have been omitted.
Culled from a standard set the songs featured in the film comprise Sign O' The Times, Play In The Sunshine, Little Red Corvette, Housequake, Slow Love, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, Hot Thing, Now's The Time, U Got The Look, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Forever In My Life / It, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night and The Cross, with the last two songs switched in sequence from how they were performed in concert.
Added is a rendition of U Got The Look (before If I Was Your Girlfriend), which was not part of the standard set, but instead for the purpose of a promotional video in Paris, before the film was conceived.
Girls & Boys (following Housequake), Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, 1999 (following If I Was Your Girlfriend) and Kiss (following Forever In My Life) are missing from the film.
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Cast = * Prince - Himself
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Crew =
Production
Music
Cinematography
Film Editing
- Steve Purcell - (as Steve Percell)
Production Design
Makeup Department
Production Management
- Arnaud Esterez - unit manager
- Cheri Hunter - post-production supervisor
- Jeffrey Mason - production manager
- Victoria Niles - production manager
- Clément Sentilhes - assistant unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Betsy Bangs - second assistant director
- Randy Carter - first assistant director
- Fred Eisenlohr - second assistant director
- Scott McCullough - second second assistant director
- Selannie Tyc - second assistant director
Art Department
- Scott Duncan - props
- Joel Lang - assistant art director
- John McGraw - stage designer
- Laila Schirrmeister - property master
Sound Department
- Nicholas Atkins - turbosound technician
- Harald Danker - db sound technician
- Geert De Bruin - assistant sound engineer
- Robin Fox - sound technician
- Eddie Garcia - assistant sound engineer
- Roger Harding - turbosound technician
- William Head - db sound technician
- Michiel Hoogenboezem - assistant sound engineer (as Michiel Hoogenbosem)
- Tim Jordan - assistant sound engineer
- Mike Kloster - assistant sound engineer
- Gregg Landaker - re-recording mixer
- Sandy MacRae - playback recordist
- Steve Maslow - re-recording mixer
- Robert Nichols II - sound recordist
- Gary Ritchie - re-recording mixer
- Susan Rogers - sound recording engineer
- Gary Sanguinet - monitor mixer
- Joe Schiff - assistant sound engineer
- Mick Staplehurst - turbosound technician
- Terry Wilson - assistant sound engineer
- Billy Youdelman - re-recording mixer
Camera and Electrical Department
- William Adie - lighting technician
- Kenneth C. Barrows - assistant camera
- David Beazley - lighting technician
- Leroy Bennett - lighting designer
- Dustin Blauvelt - assistant camera
- Donald Burghardt - second assistant camera: "a" camera
- Peter Currier - lighting technician
- David Dorr - rigger
- Milo Durben - grip
- Rick Favazzo - crane technician: Louma crane
- Dennis A. Frank - electrician
- Laurel Glowecki - lighting technician: Vari*Lite
- Paul Hughen - assistant camera
- Victor Korte - dolly grip
- Dan Lutz - electrician
- Ed Maloney - best boy electric
- Marc Margulies - assistant camera
- Joe R. Marquette Jr. - camera operator
- Michael R. Marquette - assistant camera
- Gary Massey - lighting technician
- Jeff Mateer - lighting technician
- Aidan McCabe - lighting technician: Vari*Lite
- Robert McKinney - rigger
- Rick Meyer - video playback
- Edward Monahan - rigger
- John C. Morgan - lighting technician: Vari*Lite (as John Morgan)
- Chris Moseley - second assistant camera
- Mac Mosier - light operator: Vari*Lite
- Jalal Pashandi - second assistant camera
- Reinhart 'Rayteam' Peschke - gaffer
- J. Michael Popovich - key grip (as Mike Popovitch)
- Greg Potter - second assistant camera
- Matthew Quast - playback operator
- Milan Rakic - lighting technician
- Steven Rusling - lighting technician
- Larry Sweet - best boy grip
- Joseph F. Valentine - camera operator
- Andrew Watson - lighting technician: Vari*Lite
- Jerry Watson - additional photographer / camera operator
- John Wyer - lighting technician
- Jeff Zimmerman - camera operator
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Elizabeth Dorr - wardrobe supervisor
- Helen Hiatt - wardrobe assistant
- Lisa Jordan - wardrobe assistant
- Martha O'Connor - wardrobe assistant
- Bevla Reeves - wardrobe assistant
- Patrick Wilson - wardrobe assistant
Editorial Department
- Dan Blevin - additional editor
- Dave Blum - additional editor
- Kelvin Duckett - additional editor
- Bob Jenkis - additional editor
- Ellen Murphy - negative cutter
- David Pincus - additional editor
- Teresa Race - post production office assistant
- Fred Raimondi - additional editor
- Charley Randazzio - additional editor
- Judy Reidel - associate editor
- D.D. Stenehjem - assistant editor
- Jeff U'ren - additional editor
- Don Wilson - additional editor
Location Management
- Joel Thingvall - location wrangler
Music Department
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OtherCrew =
Other crew
- Mark Adelman - road manager
- Sheryl Appleton - script supervisor
- Hucky Austin - tour security
- Victoria Ayres - assistant: Prince
- Joel Bernstein - guitar technician
- Rebecca Boss - production secretary
- Terri Brook - production assistant
- Wendy Brooks - assistant to production manager
- Clayton Burton - tour security
- Lyle Centola - stage manager
- Spencer Churchill - tour accountant
- Neal Countryman - palomar crane operator
- Gilbert Davison - security director
- Peter Gauchi - house security
- Steven Gilbard - stage manager
- Sal Greco - maintenance engineer
- Gwendolyn Gwyn - assistant to tour manager
- Susan Hale - assistant: Mr. Fargnoli
- Michael Z. Hanan - art direction for vignettes
- ppDavid Hogan]] - director, "u got the look" sequence
- Donald Johnson - keyboard technician
- Karen Krattinger - assistant: Prince
- Matthew Larson - band technician
- Alan Leeds - tour manager
- Leslie Lehr - production coordinator (as Lesli J. Lehr)
- Bradley Marsh - drum technician
- Scott McCullough - production assistant
- Rebecca K. Mostow - assistant: Mr. Cavallo
- Fred Moultrie - business manager
- Michael Oakvik - tour security
- Robert Paster - assistant: Prince
- Donald Peake - tour accountant
- Joanne Rabune - production accountant
- Ann Richman - production accountant
- Robyn Riggs - publicist
- David Rule - keyboard technician
- Michael Soltys - guitar/bass technician
- Pamela Starks - assistant: Mr. Fields
- Patricia Wright - assistant: Mr. Ruffalo
- Tony Knoss - production runner assistant (uncredited)
- Gary F. Spradling - production assistant and intern (uncredited)
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