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MOVIE

The Sheltering Sky

1990

138 minutes (2 hrs 18 mins)

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Bernardo Bertolucci

Starring

Debra Winger · John Malkovich · Campbell Scott · Jill Bennett · Timothy Spall · Eric Vu-An

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 12th December 1990

Germany release: 25th October 1990

Austria release: 26th October 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 30th Nov '90
Debut position: 4
Highest position: 3
Debut gross: £393 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 7

US box office

Box Office debut: 14th Dec '90
Debut position: 14
Highest position: 14
Debut gross: $82.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

30 Nov, 1990
4

7 Dec, 1990
3

14 Dec, 1990
7

21 Dec, 1990
10

28 Dec, 1990
8

4 Jan, 1991
6

11 Jan, 1991
11

US box office

14 Dec, 1990
14

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£844.1 Thousand

US total gross
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$1.1 Million

Global total gross
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Bernardo
Bertolucci

Director

Role

Bernardo Bertolucci

Directed By

John
Malkovich

Timothy
Spall

Actor

Character

Debra Winger

Kit

John Malkovich

Port

Campbell Scott

Tunner

Jill Bennett

Mrs Lyle

Timothy Spall

Eric Lyle

Eric Vu-An

Belqassim

Amina Annabi

Mahrnia

Philippe Morier-Genoud

Captain Broussard

Sotigui Kouyate

Abdelkader

Tom Novembre

French Immigration Officer

Mohamed Ben Smail

Smail

Kamel Cherif

Ticket Seller

Mohammed Afifi

Mohamed

Brahim Oubana

Young Arab

Carolyn De Fonseca

Miss Ferry

Veronica Lazar

Nun

Rabea Tami

Blind Dancer

Nicoletta Braschi

French Woman

Samiri Menouer

Bus Driver

Keltoum Alaoui

Woman in Hotel du Ksar

Mohamed Ixa

Caravan Leader

Ahmed Azoum

Young Tuareg

Alghabid Kanakan

Young Tuareg

Gambo Alkabous

Young Tuareg

Sidi Kasko

Young Tuareg

Azahra Attayoub

Belqassim's Wife

Maghnia Mohamed

Belqassim's Wife

Oumou Alghabid

Belqassim's Wife

Sidi Alkhadar

Little Sidi

Paul Bowles

Narrator

Mouss Zouheyri

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