Talking
Heads Filmography
This document lists material on film and video in which the work
of members of Talking Heads, together or seperately, is to be seen
or heard. The smallest snatch of sound, or the briefest sighting,
has been taken as sufficient to justify an entry - attempting to
make the coverage as wide as possible.
The list, however, is certainly far from complete and your suggestions
for additions and corrections are urgently sought. These will be
gratefully received and fully creditted on future editions of this
document. Sending information will thus provide both your passport
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information so far - and, in advance, to everyone who will do so
in the future.
Entries within sections are in alphabetic order
SECTION 1
: VIDEO PROMOS
- Talking Heads
- David Byrne
- Tom Tom Club
- Jerry Harrison
- The Heads
SECTION 2 : MOVIES
- Talking Heads
- David Byrne
SECTION 3 : LIVE
- Talking Heads
- David Byrne
- Tom Tom Club
- The Heads
SECTION 4 : TV PROGRAMMES
- Talking Heads
- David Byrne
- Jerry Harrison
- Tina Weymouth
SECTION 5 : FILM SOUNDTRACKS
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SECTION 1: VIDEO PROMOS - Talking Heads
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TITLE: And She Was
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Jim Blashfield & Melissa Marsland
YEAR: 1985
RUNNING TIME: 3:28
DIRECTOR: Jim Blashfield
COMMENTS: Also included in the compilation
'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: Blind
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 4:15
DIRECTOR: Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel
COMMENTS: "Version 3 (no cpr - no 'vote')" Comments refers to
different versions of this video -some with and some
without political messages.
TITLE: Burning Down the House
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1982
RUNNING TIME: 3:39
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Also included in the compilation
'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: Crosseyed & Painless
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1981
RUNNING TIME: 5:36
DIRECTOR: Toni Basil
COMMENTS: Also included in the compilation
'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: The Lady Don't Mind
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Alan Kleinberg
YEAR: 1985
RUNNING TIME: 3:28
DIRECTOR: Jim Jarmusch
COMMENTS: Concept by Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth. Only
still-camera shots were used. Also included in
the compilation 'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: Lifetime Piling up
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Compilation of previous Talking Heads video promos
TITLE: Love for Sale
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: June Petersen
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 3:14
DIRECTOR: David Byrne & Melvin Sokolsky
COMMENTS: Concept by David Byrne. Also included in the
compilation 'Storytelling Giant'. A slightly
different version appears in the movie 'True Stories'
TITLE: (Nothing but) Flowers
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Once in A Lifetime
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1981
RUNNING TIME: 3:24
DIRECTOR: Toni Basil & David Byrne
COMMENTS: Concept by David Byrne. Also included in
the compilation 'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: Road to Nowhere
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Tina Silvey
YEAR: 1985
RUNNING TIME: 4:52
DIRECTOR: David Byrne & Stephen R. Johnson
COMMENTS: in custom picture sleeve. Includes rolling
credits at end, normally omitted
TITLE: Road to Nowhere
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Tina Silvey
YEAR: 1985
RUNNING TIME: 4:00
DIRECTOR: David Byrne & Stephen R. Johnson
COMMENTS: Also included in the compilation
'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: Stay up Late
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Sandy McLeod & Michael Maslow
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 3:41
DIRECTOR: Ted Bafaloukos
COMMENTS: Concept by Chris Frantz. Also included in
the compilation 'Storytelling Giant'
TITLE: Swamp
COUNTRY: UK (?)
PRODUCED BY: Channel 4 (?)
YEAR: 1983
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Released in Asia/Australia only.
[unconfirmed:] Taken from the Channel 4 documentary
`Once in A Lifetime`
TITLE: This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1983
RUNNING TIME: 3:44
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Notice the lack of instruments for Chris Frantz and
Jerry Harrison in the second part of the video.
Features home-video footage from the Byrne and Frantz
families. Also included in the compilation 'Storytelling
Giant'
TITLE: Wild Wild Life
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Karen Murphy
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 3:37
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Slightly different to the version which appears in the
film 'True Stories'. Also included in the compilation
'Storytelling Giant'
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SECTION 1: VIDEO PROMOS - David Byrne
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TITLE: America is Waiting (by: David Byrne & Brian Eno)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1981
RUNNING TIME: 3 mins
DIRECTOR: Bruce Conner
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Angels
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Back in the Box
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Dirty Old Town
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Shot during the Rei Momo tour concerts in
Belgium and the Netherlands
TITLE: Don't Fence Me in
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1990
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Included in the video 'Red, Hot and Blue'
TITLE: E.P.K. (Electronic Press Kit) 'Feelings'
COUNTRY: Switzerland (?)
PRODUCED BY: Warner Bros. Switzerland
YEAR: 1997
RUNNING TIME: 6:06
DIRECTOR: ?
COMMENTS: Parts of interview + fragments of 'Miss America' video
Comes as part of 'Compilation 1527'
TITLE: Girls on My Mind
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Warner Bros Records
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 3:04
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Hanging Upside Down
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: K.C. FLIGHTT : Planet E.
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Cameo appearance by David Byrne in hiphop outfit.
Record samples 'Once in A Lifetime'
TITLE: Make Believe Mambo
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 5 mins.
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Miss America
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Ethan Wolvek
YEAR: 1997
RUNNING TIME: 4:37
DIRECTOR: Robert Jason
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: She's Mad
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Sire Records
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 3:38
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Computer animation by Pacific Data Images
TITLE: Waters of March (with Marisa Monte)
COUNTRY: Brasil
PRODUCED BY: Alex Gabassi
YEAR: 1996
RUNING TIME: 3 mins.
DIRECTOR: Nelson Enohata
COMMENTS: Part of the TV special 'Red, Hot + Rio'
RELATED:
TITLE: JORGE BEN : Umbabarauma
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 3:25
DIRECTOR: Susan Young
COMMENTS: Animated video to promote Beleze Tropical (Brazil
Classics 1) compiled by David Byrne. Music by
Jorge Ben. Included on 5" Video CD with Japanese-
only boxset of 'Ilé Aiyé'.
TITLE: FUN BOY THREE : The More That I See
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Cameo appearance by David Byrne as weatherman
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SECTION 1: VIDEO PROMOS - Tom Tom Club
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TITLE: Call of the Wild
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Don't Say No
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Genius of Love
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: Cucumber Studios
YEAR: 1981
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel
COMMENTS: Cartoon
TITLE: The Pleasure of Love
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: Cucumber Studios
YEAR: 1982
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel
COMMENTS: Cartoon
TITLE: Suboceana (Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1990
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Time to Bounce
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Rocky Morton
YEAR: 2001
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: Rocky Morton/Julian Tranquille
COMMENTS: Released as DVD-single, together with "Genius of Love" in 2001
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SECTION 1: VIDEO PROMOS - Jerry Harrison
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TITLE: Five Minutes (by: Bonzo Goes to Washington)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Kickstart
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Man With a Gun
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Rev it up
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: One of the kids in the video is Jerry Harrison's
son
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SECTION 1: VIDEO PROMOS - The Heads
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TITLE: Damage I've Done
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1996
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: Kevin Donovan
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Don't Take my Kindness for Weakness
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1996
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: Don Letts & Rick Elgood
COMMENTS: -
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SECTION 2: MOVIES - Talking Heads
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TITLE: The Rock Rebels
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: Video Gems
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Included video promo for 'Once in A Lifetime'.
Reissue of Rock Revolution (qv)
TITLE: the Rock Revolution
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: Guild Home Video
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Included video promo for 'Once in A Lifetime'.
Reissues as Rock Rebels (qv)
TITLE: Stop Making Sense (original film version)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Palace Pictures
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 88 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: Recorded live at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood,
December 1983 (during four concerts).
Cinema version does not contain the songs Cities,
Big Business, I Zimbra - which are present on the
video
TRACKS: Psycho Killer; Heaven; Thank You for Sending Me An
Angel; Found A Job; Slippery People; Burning Down
the House; Life During Wartime; Making Flippy Floppy;
Swamp; What A Day That Was; Naive Melody (This Must
Be the Place); Once in A Lifetime; Genius Of Love
[Tom Tom Club]; Girlfriend Is Better; Take Me to the
River; Crosseyed And Painless.
TITLE: Stop Making Sense (special edition)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Palace Pictures
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 99 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: Recorded live at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood,
December 1983 (during four concerts). "Special edition :
contains songs not in the original movie : Cities, Big
Business, I Zimbra".
TRACKS: Psycho Killer; Heaven; Thank You for Sending Me An Angel;
Found a Job; Slippery People; Cities; Burning Down the
House; Life During Wartime; Making Flippy Floppy; Swamp;
What A Day That Was; Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place);
Once in A Lifetime; Big Business / I Zimbra; Genius Of Love
[Tom Tom Club]; Girlfriend Is Better; Take Me to the River;
Crosseyed And Painless.
TITLE: Storytelling Giant (video only)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Picture Music International
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 51:20
DIRECTOR: David Byrne ... [et al.]
COMMENTS: Ten promo videos, linked by stories told by a series of
'real people'.
TRACKS: Once in A Lifetime (3:24); Wild Wild Life (3:37); Stay up
Late (3:41); Crosseyed & Painless (5:36); Burning Down the
House (3:39); And She Was (3:28); This Must Be the Place
(3:44); Lady Don't Mind (3:28); Love for Sale (3:14); Road
to Nowhere (4:00).
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SECTION 2: MOVIES - David Byrne
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TITLE: April 16, 1989
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 2:30
DIRECTOR: David Byrne & David Wild
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Between the Teeth
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Warner Music Vision
YEAR: 1993
RUNNING TIME: 71 mins
DIRECTOR: David Byrne & David Wild
COMMENTS: Concert film of David Byrne's 1992 `monster in
the mirror` world tour. Recorded live at the Count
Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ, Halloween 1992.
TRACKS: Well (original song by Captain Beefheart); (Nothing
but) Flowers; Girls on my Mind; Mr Jones; Something
Ain't Right; Life During Wartime; Women vs Men; Hanging
Upside Down; Lie to me; She's Mad; Blind; Make Believe
Mambo; And She Was; Buck Naked; Road to Nowhere.
TITLE: the Catherine Wheel
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: BBC-TV & Catherine Wheel Inc
YEAR: 1982
RUNNING TIME: 90 mins
DIRECTOR: Twyla Tharp
COMMENTS: Twyla Tharp's ballet choreographed to David Byrne's
music. 90 minutes video includes a 20 minutes 'making
of...' documentary made by the BBC.
TRACKS: Light Bath; His Wife Refused; Ade; Walking; Two
Soldiers; Under the Mountain; Dinosaur; the Red House;
Wheezing; Eggs in a Briar Patch; Poison; Cloud Chamber;
Black Flag; My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks);
Combat; Leg Bells; the Blue Flame; Big Business; Dense
Beats; Five Golden Sections; What A Day That Was; Big
Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open); Light Bath.
TITLE: Checking out
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: Virgin
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 95 mins
DIRECTOR: David Leland
COMMENTS: David Byrne acts the part of a bartender; costume design
by
Adelle Lutz
TITLE: Heavy Petting
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Fossil Films
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 80 mins
DIRECTOR: Obie Benz
COMMENTS: David Byrne is one of the interview subjects - talking
about
his early sexual experiences (about 5 mins)
TITLE: Ile Aiye (the House of Life)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: KTCA / Signals
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 47:08
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Documentary about the Candomble religion and its rituals,
filmed in the Bahia region of Brazil. David Byrne does not
appear in this movie.
TITLE: Lulu on the Bridge
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Capitol Film
YEAR: 1998
RUNNING TIME: 103 min
DIRECTOR: Paul Auster
COMMENTS: Features David Byrne and Lou Reed. Costumes by Adelle
Lutz
TITLE: Red, Hot & Blue
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1990
RUNNING TIME: 70 mins.
DIRECTOR: the Red, Hot & Blue foundation
COMMENTS: Includes introduction by David Byrne and video promo for
his cover version 'Don't Fence Me in'
TITLE: Survival Guide (aka Trying Times)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1985
RUNNING TIME: 25 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: David Byrne & Rosanna Arquette star in the pilot episode
of
PBS TV comedy anthology series Trying Times. An original play
for television, written by Beth Henley
TITLE: True Stories trailer
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 3 mins.
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Appears on various videocassettes to promote 'True
Stories' in the video rental stores
TITLE: True Stories
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Columbia / Cannon / Warner
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 89 mins
DIRECTOR: David Byrne
COMMENTS: Songs are sung by the actors from the movie. Adelle
Lutz = Fashion show designer. Quoted running time is
3 mins longer than that quoted for the video
TRACKS: Radio Head; Wild Wild Life; Dream Operator (instrumental
version); Puzzlin' Evidence; Love for Sale; Hey Now;
Papa Legba; People Like Us; City Of Dreams (instrumental
version)
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SECTION 3: LIVE - Talking Heads
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TITLE: Late night with David Letterman
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1983
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: 'Burning Down the House' and 'I Zimbra'
TITLE: Live in Italy
COUNTRY: Italy
PRODUCED BY: RAI Uno
YEAR: 1981
RUNNING TIME: 65 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TRACKS: Psycho Killer; Stay Hungry; Cities; I Zimbra; Drugs;
Take Me to the River; Crosseyed And Painless; Life
During Wartime; Houses in Motion; Born Under Punches;
the Great Curve.
TITLE: Live UK performance
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1979
RUNNING TIME: 8:08
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: Air [3:59]; Life During Wartime [4:09].
TITLE: Montreux Jazz Festival, 9 July 1982
COUNTRY: France
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1982
RUNNING TIME: 76 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Featuring the Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison
TRACKS: Psycho Killer; Cities; Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide
Open); Once in A Lifetime; Mind; My Big Hands (Fall
Through the Cracks); Big Business / I Zimbra; Swamp;
Slink [Jerry Harrison]; Houses in Motion; What A Day
That Was; Life During Wartime; Take Me to the River
TITLE: Old Grey Whistle Test
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1978 (January, 31)
RUNNING TIME: 8 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: 'Psycho Killer' often used as promo video
TRACKS: Psycho Killer; Don't Worry About the Government
TITLE: Old Grey Whistle Test
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1979
RUNNING TIME: 8 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: Air; Life During Wartime.
TITLE: Rockpalast (aka 'Live in Germany' aka 'Rockpop')
COUNTRY: Germany
PRODUCED BY: ZDF
YEAR: 1980
RUNNING TIME: 45 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Music also released on bootleg LP 'Talking Heads &
Rhythm Section'
TRACKS: Psycho Killer; Cities; I Zimbra; Once in A Lifetime;
Animals; Crosseyed And Painless; Life During Wartime;
the Great Curve.
TITLE: Saturday Night Live
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Saturday Night Live
YEAR: 1978
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TRACKS: Take Me to the River; Artists Only.
TITLE: Saturday Night Live
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Saturday Night Live
YEAR: 1979 (February 10th)
RUNNING TIME: 8 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TRACKS: Take Me to the River; I Zimbra.
TITLE: Saturday Night Live
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: NBC
DATA: November 3, 1984
RUNNING TIME: 90 min episode
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Features "SNL Fashion Report with David Byrne". Rich Hall
imitating David Byrne and parodying Life During Wartime and
Once in a Lifetime. (Episode hosted by Michael McKean)
TITLE: Stop Making Sense
COMMENTS: See 'Movie' section
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SECTION 3: LIVE - David Byrne
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TITLE: Acoustica (aka Live in Italy)
COUNTRY: Italy
PRODUCED BY: Acoustica ...
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 50 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Broadcasted on Italian music television
TRACKS: Soundcheck; A Long Time Ago; God's Child; My Love
Is You; And She Was; Girls on My Mind; This Must
Be the Place; Sad Song; Gypsy Woman; Once in A Lifetime;
Angels; Psycho Killer; Buck Naked.
TITLE: Between the Teeth
COMMENTS: See 'films' section
TITLE: Danford Music Hall, Toronto. 18/6/94
COUNTRY: Canada
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 120 mins.
DIRECTOR: none
COMMENTS: Bootleg audience recording
TRACKS: A Long Time Ago; Tiny Town; God's Town; My Love Is You;
Girls on My Mind; Finite Alright; And She Was; This Must
Be the Place; Crash; Lillies Of the Valley; Don't Worry
About the Government; Sad Song; Ready for This World;
Strange World; Selfmade Man; Back in the Box; Moonlight
in Glory; Once in A Lifetime; Angels; You & Eye; Buck
Naked; Psycho Killer; Love Goes to Building on Fire;
Would You Need It ?; Life During Wartime.
TITLE: DAS! Music Special
COUNTRY: Germany
PRODUCED BY: West3
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 45 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview (dubbed in German) + acoustic live concert
TRACKS: Dirty Old Town; Road to Nowhere; Running [ie. Buck] Naked;
Rockin' in the Free World; Girls on My Mind.
TITLE: Intruders at the Palace [Part 2] : a benefit for the
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Cambridge Theatre, London
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 77:05 (David Byrne's part is around 50 mins -rest by
Hugo
Largo and Durutti Column)
DIRECTOR: Kriss Rusmans
COMMENTS: Includes the Knee Plays with David Byrne & Les Miserables
Brass Band
TRACKS: Tree; in the Upper Room; the Sound Of Business; Social
Studies; Where the Sun Never Goes Down; Theadora Is Dozing;
Admiral Perry; I've Tried (Things to Do); in the Future;
I Bid You Goodnight
TITLE: Later With Jools Holland
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 29:20
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Includes interview with David Byrne and fragment of 'Psycho
Killer' (1978)
TRACKS: Angels; Buck Naked; God's Child
TITLE: Later With Jools Holland
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1997 (first aired: may 10, 1997)
RUNNING TIME: 10:00
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TRACKS: Daddy go Down; Dance on Vaseline
TITLE: Late show with David Letterman
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: NBC / Worldwide Pants
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: Hal Gurney
TRACKS: Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)
TITLE: Late Night with David Letterman
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: NBC / Worldwide Pants
YEAR: October 28, 1986
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: DB just pushed True Stories and showed the book. Maybe he
had somebody
come out in the grass suit.
TITLE: Rei Momo Tour
COUNTRY: Finland
PRODUCED BY: Finnish TV
YEAR: 1990
RUNNING TIME: 20 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: Mr. Jones; Dirty Old Town; Women vs. Men; Burning
Down the House.
TITLE: Saturday
Night Live
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Broadway Video / NBC
DATE: November 18, 1989
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: 'Dirty Old Town' and 'Loco de Amor'
TITLE: Sessions at West 54th Street 1997
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: PBS
DATE: 1997
RUNNING TIME: 50 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: Feelings tour + interview snippets
TITLE: Sessions at West 54th Street 1999
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: PBS
DATE: 1998 (recorded) 1999 (broadcasted)
RUNNING TIME: 25 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: David Byrne & the Balanescu Quartet
TITLE: The Tonight Show
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: NBC
DATE: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: The Cowboy Mambo, Burning Down the House
TITLE: The Tonight Show (with Johnny Carson)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: NBC
DATE: (ca. Rei Momo)
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: DB and the band did one song, and DB was interviewed briefly.
TITLE: Unplugged : 10000 Maniacs (video version)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: MTV
YEAR: 1993
RUNNING TIME: 90 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: David Byrne joins Natalie Merchant for three songs
TRACKS: (with David Byrne:) Dallas, Let the Mystery Be +....
TITLE: Unplugged : 10000 maniacs (broadcasted version)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: MTV
YEAR: 1993
RUNNING TIME: 45 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Only one song with David Byrne appears in the TV
version of the Unplugged session ('Dallas')
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SECTION 3: LIVE - Tom Tom CLub
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TITLE: From Motormouth
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 5:52
DIRECTOR:
COMMENTS: Rehearsals at Borderline Club, London
TITLE: Genius of Love
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Palace Pictures
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 5 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: From the movie 'Stop Making Sense'
TITLE: Genius of Love + Shock the World
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Live performance given at a London Charity
Concert
TITLE: Ibiza Festival
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: Super Channel
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
TRACKS: Don't Say No.
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SECTION 3: LIVE - The Heads
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TITLE: Hanging Out
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: MTV Europe
DATE: Dec. 3, 1996
RUNNING TIME: 9 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Played 'Damage I've Done' and 'Punk Lolita'
TITLE: Late Show with David Letterman
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Worldwide Pants
DATE: Oct 28, 1996
RUNNING TIME: 60 minute episode, appeared in one segment.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Played 'Damage I've Done'
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SECTION 4: TV PROGRAMMES - Talking Heads
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TITLE: The CBGB's Tapes
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: New York / New Music
YEAR: 1977
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Includes 'Psycho Killer'
TITLE: In The Spotlight: Bonnie Raitt Road Tested
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: PBS
YEAR: 1995
RUNNING TIME: 2 hrs total, ~4 min of Talking Heads material
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Features live cover of "Burning Down the House." Broadcast
on
American Public Broadcasting Service, and available as
a video. BDtH segment also featured on enhanced CD-Rom/single.
TITLE: [Live in a US club]
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1979
RUNNING TIME: 11:13
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Has accompanying commentary
TRACKS: Psycho Killer [5:41]; Pulled up [0:55]; Air [2:06];
Life During Wartime [2:31].
TITLE: Lifestyles of the Ramones
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Warner Reprise Video
YEAR: 1990
RUNNING TIME: 58 mins
DIRECTOR: George Seminara
COMMENTS: Video collection with some interviews thrown in. Includes
exclusive interviews with Tina Weymouth (30 secs), Chris
Frantz (20 secs) and Jerry Harrison (15 secs) about touring
with the Ramones.
TITLE: Once in a lifetime
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: Channel 4
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 68:53
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Includes material from the Wembley Arena Concert of 1982
TRACKS: Life During Wartime; Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open);
Once in A Lifetime; Mind; Big Business; I Zimbra; Slippery
People; Psycho Killer; My Big Hands (Fall Though the Cracks);
Swamp; What A Day That Was; Crosseyed And Painless.
TITLE: Rock Family Trees (Episode: New York Punk)
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1995
RUNNING TIME: 49:42
DIRECTOR: David Jeffcock
COMMENTS: Based on Pete Frame's rock family trees. Includes section
on Talking Heads, with interviews with David Byrne and
Tina Weymouth
TITLE: Rock Video Special
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 20 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Promo videos + comments
TITLE: The South Bank Show (aka UCLA Special)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1979
RUNNING TIME: 36 mins.
DIRECTOR: Frank Dunlop
COMMENTS: Interviews + live recordings + unique rehearsal footage
TRACKS: (all partial):the Big Country; Who Is It ?; Psycho Killer;
Pulled up; Animals; Air; Life During Wartime.
TITLE: Stop Making Sense interview
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 60 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview with David Byrne plus songs from the film
'Stop Making Sense'
TITLE: Talking Heads' Naked by Eric Griffiths
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 29:27
DIRECTOR: James Marsh
COMMENTS: Programme in the series Review
TITLE: Talking Heads' Naked by Eric Griffiths
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 12:42
DIRECTOR: James Marsh
COMMENTS: Shortened version of a programme in the
series Review, originally of length 29:27
TITLE: The history of Rock & Roll, episode 9: 'punk'
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Quincy Jones Productions
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 60 mins. each episode
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: B/W footage of 3-piece Talking Heads performing
'Psycho Killer' in CBGB's
TITLE: Time Tunnel (by Living Colour)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Sony (catalog #SONY R-1811)
YEAR: 1991?
RUNNING TIME: ?
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Features live cover of "Memories Can't Wait"
TITLE: Twenty Years of Rolling Stone
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Rolling Stone Magazine
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 120 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Featuring Talking Heads (for about 5 minutes)
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SECTION 4: TV PROGRAMMES - David Byrne
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TITLE: An Evening with Luuk
COUNTRY: Sweden
PRODUCED BY: -
DATE: 1997
RUNNING TIME: 9 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview + fragment of `Miss America` video
TITLE: CNN Headline News
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: CNN
DATE: June 20, 1994
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: "News" story w/ brief interview clips + clips of "Angels"
and
"Back in the Box" videos.
TITLE: Forest rehearsal
COUNTRY: Germany
PRODUCED BY: ZDF
YEAR: 1991
RUNNING TIME: 5 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview with David Byrne + producer of the
Forest (dubbed in German)
TITLE: 120 Minutes
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: MTV
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: under a minute
COMMENTS: A station ID where he says "This is David Byrne. If there's
anyone in the room right now, then you're watching 120 Minutes."
TITLE: In conversation with Jonathan Demme
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 15 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Intruders at the Palace - rehearsals
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1985
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Kippevel
COUNTRY: Netherlands
PRODUCED BY: VARA
YEAR: 1990
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview in London
TITLE: Max Headroom show
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1987
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview
TITLE: Rapido
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 5 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: About 'Rei Momo'
TITLE: Rhythms of the World, Programmes 1 & 2
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 60 mins each
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Programmes in the Arena series with introductions
(approximately 5 mins each) by David Byrne
TITLE: Self-interview (about 'Stop Making Sense')
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Self-interview (about 'Stop Making Sense')
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: David Byrne
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Dubbed in Italian
TITLE: Space Ghost Coast to Coast (episode #15: "Fire Drill")
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Cartoon network
YEAR: 1996
RUNNING TIME: Approx. 15 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: One episode contains interview (?) with David Byrne
TITLE: Two Moon July
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Tom Bowes
YEAR: 1987
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: TV special featuring David Byrne
TITLE: Uh-Oh interview
COUNTRY: the Netherlands
PRODUCED BY: NOS Laat
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Uh-Oh interview
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: MTV Europe
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins.
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: -
TITLE: Video Jukebox
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 12:05
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview + promo extracts
TITLE: the Vision Thing
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 10 mins + ?
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Interview with Sheena McDonals
TITLE: Visions of Heaven & Hell
COUNTRY: -
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: DB appears in episode `Selling the Future`
TITLE: Wired
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: reshowed as Rewired (1989)
TITLE: Without Walls. Art is Dead - Long Live TV
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECOTR: -
COMMENTS: -
Related:
TITLE: Zap Mama
COUNTRY: Germany
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 4 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Dubbed interview with Zap Mama about their deal
with Luaka Bop
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SECTION 4: TV PROGRAMMES - Jerry Harrison
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TITLE: Rapido
COUNTRY: UK
PRODUCED BY: BBC
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: 5 mins
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Features Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne
TITLE: 120 Minutes
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: MTV
DATE: May 28, 90
RUNNING TIME: 120 Minutes
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Tina and Jerry were amongst the guests on an episode saluting
Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Blondie.
TITLE: (Hyundai tv commercial)
COUNTRY: Australia
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Features female vocalist covering Jerry Harrison's Rev It
Up
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SECTION 4: TV PROGRAMMES - Tina Weymouth
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TITLE: Politically Incorrect
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Comedy Central
DATE: 1996
RUNNING TIME: 30 minute episode
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: One of four guest on a panel.
TV appearance by Tina and Jerry
TITLE: 120 Minutes
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: MTV
DATE: May 28, 90
RUNNING TIME: 120 Minutes
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Tina and Jerry were amongst the guests on an episode saluting
Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Blondie.
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SECTION 5: FILM SOUNDTRACKS/TV PROGRAMS
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TITLE: Airheads
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: 20th Century Fox
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 92 mins
DIRECTOR: Michael Lehmann
COMMENTS: Includes Wheezing, from Catherine Wheel, by David Byrne
TITLE: Alive From Off-Center (TV Series)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: PBS
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: David Byrne composed theme tune
TITLE: The Animals Film
COUNTRY: UK/USA
PRODUCED BY: Blue Dolphin
YEAR: 1981
RUNNING TIME: 136 mins
DIRECTOR: Victor Schonfeld & Myriam Alaux
COMMENTS: Includes 'Mind'
TITLE: Basquiat
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1996
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Contains cover of `I'm Not in Love` by The Toadies
TITLE: Blue in the Face
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Miramax
YEAR: 1995
RUNNING TIME: 81 mins
DIRECTOR: Wayne Wang and Paul Auster
COMMENTS: Includes `God's Child` (duet of David Byrne with Selena)
and
`Happy Suicide` by David Byrne and 'La casa' by Mi Barrio,
co-written by DB. All three songs available on the Luaka Bop
soundtrack album of the film. Score compiled by David Byrne
and Yale Evelev
TITLE: Bright Lights, Big City
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: UIP
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 107 mins
DIRECTOR: James Bridges
COMMENTS: Includes phrase from Crosseyed And Painless. Does not have
any Talking Heads music in the film or on the soundtrack
TITLE: Civil Action
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1998
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: The "Stop Making Sense" version of "Take me to the River"
is
played during the end credits of this John Travolta film.
TITLE: Cool Runnings
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Buena Vista
YEAR: 1993
RUNNING TIME: 98 mins
DIRECTOR: Jon Turteltaub
COMMENTS: Includes cover of Wild Wild Life by Wailing Souls
TITLE: Cross My Heart
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Universal
YEAR: 1987
RUNNING TIME: 96 mins
DIRECTOR: Armyan Bernstein
COMMENTS: Includes contributions by David Byrne & Chris Frantz
TITLE: Dead End Kids: A story of nuclear power
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Ikon
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 90 mins
DIRECTOR: JoAnne Akalaiti
COMMENTS: Film version of stage play by JoAnne Akalaite, acted by
Mabou Mines Theatrical Company with music by David
Byrne & Philip Glass
TITLE: Down and out in Beverly Hills
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 103 mins
DIRECTOR: Paul Mazursky
COMMENTS: Film opens with 'Once in a Lifetime' (live version from
'Stop Making Sense') but this song does not appear on
the soundtrack album
TITLE: Eek! the Cat
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: FOX TV / Nelvana / Savage Studios
YEAR: 1995
RUNNING TIME: 30 min
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: In the episode "Try Harder", the title character sings
a few lines from Life During Wartime.
TITLE: Flying Blind (TV series)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1992
RUNNING TIME: 25 mins. per episode
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: David Byrne's 'A million miles away' as themesong. Pilot
episode used TH's "And She Was" as theme.
TITLE: Heat And Sunlight
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Snowball / New Front Alliance
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 98 mins
DIRECTOR: Rob Nilsson
COMMENTS: Music taken from 'My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts' by
David Byrne & Brian Eno
TITLE: Immediate Family
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Columbia
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 95 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Kaplan
COMMENTS: Includes 'Creatures Of Love'
TITLE: The King of Comedy
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: 20th Century Fox
YEAR: 1983
RUNNING TIME: 109 mins
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese
COMMENTS: Includes 'Swamp' by Talking Heads. Also on the soundtrack
album
TITLE: The Last Emperor
COUNTRY: China / Italy
PRODUCED BY: Columbia
YEAR: 1987
RUNNING TIME: 163 mins
DIRECTOR: Bernardo Bertolucci
COMMENTS: Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto (9 tracks), David Byrne (5 tracks)
&
Cong Su (4 tracks). Won Golden Globe & Academy Award
TRACKS: (by David Byrne:) Main Title Theme (the Last Emperor); Picking
A Bridge; Bed; Wind, Rain & Water; Paper Emperor.
TITLE: Little Monsters
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 100 mins
DIRECTOR: Richard Alan Greenberg
COMMENTS: Includes 'Road to Nowhere' by Talking Heads
TITLE: Look Who's Talking
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Columbia Tri-Star
YEAR: 1989
RUNNING TIME: 96 mins
DIRECTOR: Amy Heckerling
COMMENTS: Includes 'And She Was' by Talking Heads
TITLE: The Long Kiss Goodnight
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Forge / New Line Cinema
YEAR: 1996
RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes
DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin
COMMENTS: Soundtrack features Tom Tom Club's Many Rivers to Cross
TITLE: Married to the Mob
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Rank
YEAR: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 104 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: "Music by David Byrne"; includes 'Devil, Does Your
Dog Bite ?' by Tom Tom Club and 'Time Bums' by Ziggy
Marley & the Melody makers (produced by Frantz/Wey-
mouth). David Byrne did musical arrangements and co-
composed openingstune, which is not on the soundtrack
album.
TITLE: Muppets Tonight (TV Series)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Jim Henson Production
YEAR: 1996
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Includes Kermit the frog performing 'Once in a Lifetime'.
Kermit even wears the big suit. Episode hosted by Whoopi
Goldberg
TITLE: Northern Exposure (TV Series)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: Michael Fresco
COMMENTS: Includes This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) by Talking
Heads in the first episode of the sixth season ("Dinner
at 7:30").
TITLE: Palmetto
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: 1998
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Features David Byrne's `Miss America` during the end titles
TITLE: Philadelphia
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Columbia / TriStar
YEAR: 1993
RUNNING TIME: 125 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: Includes cover version of Heaven by Q. Lazzarus (song is
not on the soundtrack album)
TITLE: POV (=Point of View, American documentary series on PBS)
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: -
YEAR: -
RUNNING TIME: -
DIRECTOR: -
COMMENTS: Includes 'Mr. Jones' by Talking Heads as theme song
TITLE: Reality Bites
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: UIP
YEAR: 1994
RUNNING TIME: 99 mins
DIRECTOR: Ben Stiller
COMMENTS: Includes 'Road to Nowhere' by Talking Heads
TITLE: Revenge of the Nerds
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: 20th Century Fox
YEAR: 1984
RUNNING TIME: 90 mins
DIRECTOR: Jeff Kanew
COMMENTS: Includes 'Burning Down the House' by Talking Heads
TITLE: Risky Business
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Columbia / EMI / Warner
YEAR: 1983
RUNNING TIME: 99 mins
DIRECTOR: Paul Brickman
COMMENTS: Includes 'Swamp' by Talking Heads
TITLE: Siesta
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Palace Pictures
YEAR: 1987
RUNNING TIME: 97 mins
DIRECTOR: Mary Lambert
COMMENTS: Includes 'Spanish Taboo' & 'Claire's Run' (aka. 'Challenge
of the Love Warriors') by Tom Tom Club
TITLE: The Simpsons
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Fox?
YEAR: ?
RUNNING TIME: 25 mins
DIRECTOR: Matt Groenig
COMMENTS: Lisa Simpson mentions David Byrne as one of the many `nerds`
that have influenced world life.
The Itchy and Scratch cartoon Bart and Lisa watch that episode
is called "Burning Down the Mouse".
TITLE: Something Wild
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Rank
YEAR: 1986
RUNNING TIME: 114 mins
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme
COMMENTS: Includes 'Loco de Amor' by David Byrne & Celia Cruz,
'Cherokee Chief' by Jerry Harrison & 'Ever Fallen in Love'
by Fine Young Cannibals (produced by JH). All three songs
appear on the soundtrack album as well. Adelle Lutz & Emma
Byrne (DB's mother) act
TITLE: Times Square
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Columbia / EMI / Warner
YEAR: 1980
RUNNING TIME: 113 mins
DIRECTOR: Allan Moyle
COMMENTS: Includes 'Life During Wartime' by Talking Heads
(song also on 2LP soundtrack album)
TITLE: Truman Show
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY:
YEAR: 1998
RUNNING TIME:
DIRECTOR:
COMMENTS: "Once in a Lifetime" was used in the original theatrical
trailers
for "The Truman Show". It does not, however, appear in the film, or
on its
soundtrack album.
TITLE: Until the End of the World (aka. Bis ans Ende der Welt)
COUNTRY: Germany / France / Australia
PRODUCED BY: Entertainment
YEAR: 1991
RUNNING TIME: 158 mins
DIRECTOR: Wim Wenders
COMMENTS: Includes 'Sax & Violins' - which is also on the soundtrack
album. Adelle Lutz acts
TITLE: Virtuosity
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: Paramount
YEAR: 1995
RUNNING TIME:
DIRECTOR: Brett Leonard
COMMENTS: Soundtrack album includes the Heads' 'No Talking Just
Heads', with vocals by Deborah Harry.
TITLE: Waking the Dead
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY:
YEAR: 2001
RUNNING TIME:
DIRECTOR:
COMMENTS: Includes 'Help me Somebody' by Eno/Byrne
Song is not featured on the soundtrack album
TITLE: Wall Street
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY: UKFD
YEAR: 1987
RUNNING TIME: 126 mins
DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone
COMMENTS: Includes 'This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)' by
Talking Heads + 'America is Waiting' & 'Mea Culpa' by
David Byrne & Brian Eno; Adelle Lutz acts
TITLE: Wonderbuys
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCED BY:
YEAR: 2000
RUNNING TIME:
DIRECTOR:
COMMENTS: Trailer includes "This Must be the Place"
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