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The Mission

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

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The Mission

September 6, 1986
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Cast (20)

Robert De Niro
Rodrigo Mendoza
Jeremy Irons
Father Gabriel
Ray McAnally
Cardinal Altamirano
Aidan Quinn
Felipe Mendoza
Liam Neeson
Father John Fielding
Cherie Lunghi
Carlotta
Chuck Low
Don Cabeza
Bercelio Moya
Indian Boy
Sigifredo Ismare
Witch Doctor
Daniel Berrigan
Sebastian
Carlos Duplat Sanjuan
Portuguese Commander
Fred Melamed
Don Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
Rolf Gray
Un jeune jésuite
Tony Lawn
Père Provincial
Asuncion Ontiveros
Le chef indien
Alejandrino Moya
Le lieutenant
Fred Melamed
Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)

Crew (107)

Directing

Salvatore Basile
Assistant Director
Gerry Toomey
Second Assistant Director
Pat Rambaut
Continuity
Bill Westley
First Assistant Director
Kevin Westley
Additional Second Assistant Director
Roland Joffé
Director
Uberto Pasolini
Third Assistant Director

Writing

Robert Bolt
Original Story
Robert Bolt
Screenplay

Production

David Puttnam
Producer
Fernando Ghia
Producer
Barrie Melrose
Production Supervisor
Philip Kohler
Location Manager
Judi Bunn
Production Coordinator
David Nichols
Location Manager
Hazel Crombie
Accountant
Christine Hoy
Assistant Accountant
Felipe López Caballero
Executive Producer
Brian Harris
Production Accountant
Iain Smith
Associate Producer
Susie Figgis
Casting
Alejandro Azzano
Executive Producer
Marija Sargent
Assistant Accountant
Pamela Wells
Unit Manager
John Sargent
Production Accountant

Sound

Nick Moore
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Clive Winter
Sound Mixer
Christopher Ackland
Sound Editor
Daryl Jordan
Assistant Sound Editor
Martin Evans
Dialogue Editor
Trevor Rutherford
Sound Engineer
Michael Parkinson
Assistant Sound Editor
Allan Brereton
Boom Operator
Ian Fuller
Sound Editor
Bill Rowe
Sound Mixer
Ennio Morricone
Conductor
Ennio Morricone
Orchestrator
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Lionel Strutt
ADR Mixer
Maxwell Pryce
Music Director

Art

John King
Art Direction
Jack Stephens
Set Dresser
Norman Dorme
Supervising Art Director
George Richardson
Art Direction
Stuart Craig
Production Design
Jack Carter
Construction Manager
Terry Wells Jr.
Property Master
Richard Morrison
Title Designer
Peter Melrose
Art Direction

Camera

Robin Vidgeon
Second Unit Director of Photography
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Mike Roberts
Camera Operator
Mark Moriarty
Clapper Loader
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Eamonn O'Keeffe
Focus Puller
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Jeremy Gee
Focus Puller
Jan Pester
Second Unit Director of Photography
Tom McDougall
Clapper Loader
Felipe Aljure
Assistant Camera
Tom Taylor
Clapper Loader

Costume & Make-Up

Paula Gillespie
Key Hair Stylist
Stephanie Kaye
Hairstylist
Ken Lintott
Makeup Artist
Thomas Casterline
Wardrobe Master
Elaine Bowerbank
Hairstylist
Magdalen Gaffney
Makeup Artist
Uliva Pizzetti
Wardrobe Assistant
Wendy Rawson
Hairstylist
Anna Orazi
Wardrobe Master
Sallie Evans
Makeup Artist
Adriana Mattiozzi
Seamstress
Geraldine Jones
Hairstylist
Giovanni Viti
Wardrobe Master
Enrico Sabbatini
Costume Design
Tommie Manderson
Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Vic Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Ann Tasker
Unit Publicist
Steve Crawley
Special Effects
Martin Gant
Special Effects Technician
Peter Skehan
Special Effects Technician

Editing

Jim Clark
Editor
Tony Tromp
Assistant Editor
Bryan Oates
First Assistant Editor

Lighting

Stewart Monteith
Electrician
Peter Bloor
Gaffer
Eddie Knight
Best Boy Electric
Dave Ridout
Electrician
Frank Sheeky
Electrician
Billy Merrell
Electrician
Paul Borg
Electrician
John Barry
Electrician

Visual Effects

Peter Hutchinson
Special Effects Supervisor