Singles (movie)
| Singles | |
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 The apartment building that was used as the main set for Singles | |
| Directed by | Cameron Crowe |
| Written by | Cameron Crowe |
| Produced by | Cameron Crowe Richard Hashimoto |
| Starring | Bridget Fonda Campbell Scott Kyra Sedgwick Matt Dillon |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto Ueli Steiger |
| Edited by | Richard Chew |
| Music by | Paul Westerberg |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $18,471,850 |
Singles is a 1992 romantic comedy-drama movie. It was written and directed by Cameron Crowe. The movie stars Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, and Matt Dillon. The movie was distributed by Warner Bros. studios.
Singles tells the story of the romantic lives of a group of young Gen X'ers in Seattle, Washington, during the 1990s grunge music scene. Most of the characters live in a block of apartments. A sign in front of the building advertises "Singles" for rent (single bedroom apartments for one or two people).
Singles got positive reviews from the critics. It was released on September 18, 1992.
Cast
[change | change source]- Bridget Fonda – Janet Livermore
- Campbell Scott – Steve Dunne
- Kyra Sedgwick – Linda Powell
- Sheila Kelley – Debbie Hunt
- Jim True-Frost – David Bailey
- Matt Dillon – Cliff Poncier
- Bill Pullman – Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
- James LeGros – Andy
- Ally Walker – Pam
- Tom Skerritt – Mayor Weber
- Jeremy Piven – Doug Hughley
- Eric Stoltz – the mime
- Tim Burton – Brian
- Peter Horton – Jamie
The movie includes cameos from popular bands in the Seattle music scene, such as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Eddie Vedder, all in Pearl Jam, appear as members of Matt Dillon's band Citizen Dick. Their parts were made when Pearl Jam was still named Mookie Blaylock and had not yet released an album.
Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell has a cameo as the guy who comes out from his apartment to listen to a very loud car stereo. He also appears in a later scene with Soundgarden playing their song "Birth Ritual". The members of Alice in Chains also appear in the movie as a bar band, playing their songs "It Ain't Like That" and "Would?".
Production
[change | change source]The movie was made at some popular places around Seattle. It includes scenes at Pike Place Fish Market, Gas Works Park, Capitol Hill, and Jimi Hendrix's grave at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton. The coffee shop that is in many scenes is the now-closed OK Hotel. The apartment building is on the northwest corner of the intersection of East Thomas Street and 19th Ave East.[1]
Most of Matt Dillon's wardrobe in the movie belonged to Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament.[2]
Ament made up a list of 'pretend' song titles for the fictional band, Citizen Dick. Chris Cornell then wrote songs for the movie using those titles, and "Spoonman" was one of them. An early acoustic version of the song was made. It can be heard in the background during a scene of the movie. Citizen Dick's song name "Touch Me, I'm Dick" is a parody on the song "Touch Me, I'm Sick" by the Seattle band, Mudhoney.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ↑ "'Singles' secrets 'Singles' secrets -- Slo-mo the VCR to catch the movie's inside jokes". Entertainment Weekly. 5 May 1993. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Singles on IMDb
- Singles at AllMovie
- Singles at Box Office Mojo
- Singles at Rotten Tomatoes