The Sheltering Sky
A woman's dangerous and erotic journey...
Country
Production
Budget
$25 000 000
Box office
$2 075 084
Director
Actors
Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Jill Bennett, Timothy Spall, Eric Vu-An, Amina Annabi, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Sotigui Kouyaté, Tom Novembre
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jeremy Thomas, William Aldrich
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Gianni Silvestri
Audition
Celestia Fox, Juliet Taylor
Editing
Gabriella Cristiani
Whole Team (15)
Whole Team (15)
Short description
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
What's left behind the scenes
- Paul Bowles, the author of the novel on which the film is based, remained extremely dissatisfied with the work of director Bernardo Bertolucci.
- American writer Paul Bowles, author of the novel "The Sheltering Sky," on which the film is based, appears in the film's finale as the narrator.
- Judy Davis turned down the role of Kit, which she later greatly regretted. Davis played a character partially based on Jane Bowles in David Cronenberg's film "Naked Lunch."
- In 1964, Robert Aldrich announced that his next film after "Phoenix" would be "The Sheltering Sky" based on the book by Paul Bowles. Director Nicholas Roeg also wanted to adapt the novel.
- Natasha Richardson wrote to Bernardo Bertolucci asking for the role of Kit.
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