The Dark Side of the Sun (film)
The Dark Side of the Sun | |
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Directed by | Božidar Nikolić |
Written by | Andrew Horton Nikola Jovanović Željko Mijanović |
Produced by | Anđelo Aranđelović Mile Citaković Susan Haken Duško Mihailov Boris Nitchoff |
Starring | Brad Pitt Guy Boyd Milena Dravić |
Cinematography | Bozidar Nikolić |
Edited by | Petar Jakonić |
Music by | Vojislav Kostić Kornelije Kovač |
Distributed by | Avala Film Cinequanon Pictures International Inc |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Countries | United States Yugoslavia |
Language | English |
The Dark Side of the Sun is a 1988 American-Yugoslavian drama film directed by Božidar Nikolić and stars Brad Pitt in his first leading role, as a young man in search of a cure for a rare and deadly skin disease.
Director Božidar Nikolić picked Brad Pitt out of 400 candidates for the main role. Brad Pitt was very happy for the pick and was only paid $1,523 for seven weeks of filming in 1988.[1] The movie was released directly-to-video in 1997.[2]
Plot[]
Rick is a young American who suffers from a rare skin disease that prevents him from exposing himself to any kind of light, especially sunlight, and is mostly seen as an expert motorcyclist, entirely clad in leather. After having tried several cures without success, his father takes him to a village in Yugoslavia where they meet a healer, who is supposed to save him. But the treatment does not work and when a young American actress falls for him Rick decides to forget about his illness and enjoy life, feeling the sun on his skin for the first time. The disease takes its course but his father understands the choice he made.[3]
Cast[]
- Brad Pitt as Rick Clayton
- Guy Boyd as Walter Clayton
- Milena Dravić as Emily Clayton
- Nikola Jovanović as Spake
- Cheryl Pollak as Frances
- Gorica Popović as Nina
- Stole Aranđelović as Vidar (the healer)
- Constantin Nitchoff as Ed
- Sonja Savić as Alan's Girl
Home media[]
A Region 4 PAL DVD was released in Australia by the budget label under licence from Screen Media.
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External links[]
- 1988 films
- English-language films
- 1980s romantic drama films
- 1990s romantic drama films
- American films
- American romantic drama films
- 1997 films
- Yugoslav films
- Serbian films
- Films about diseases
- Films set in Montenegro
- Films shot in Montenegro
- Yugoslav romantic drama films
- Serbian romantic drama films
- 1988 drama films
- 1997 drama films
- Films set in Yugoslavia