The Usual Suspects opening

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  • 00:00 - black screen, no music

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    The Usual Suspects opening

  • 00:02 - MGM logo - diegetic sound of lion roaring

  • 00:09 - Fade out to black

  • 00:14 - Non-diegetic soundtrack music starts - black screen still

  • 00:20 - Fade in - credit - ‘POLYGRAM FILMED ENTERTAINMENT AND SPELLING FILMS INTERNATIONAL PRESENT’

    This first credit is for the production company. The text is white, simple, bold and slightly taller than normal, and the background is black.

  • 00:24 - Credit fade out

  • 00:26 - Credit fade in - ‘A BLUE PARROT/BAD HAT HARRY PRODUCTION’

  • 00:29 - Credit fade out

  • 00:30 - Fade in - shot of water at night, with streaks of light across - begin to pan across

  • 00:32 - Fade in credit over image - ‘BRYAN SINGER’S FILM’

  • 00:35 - Fade credit out

  • 00:38 - Fade credit in - ‘THE USUAL SUSPECTS’

  • 00:42 - Fade credit out - pan continues

  • 00:44 - Fade in actor credit - ‘STEPHEN BALDWIN’

  • 00:47 - Fade credit out

  • 00:49 - Fade in actor credit - ‘GABRIEL BYRNE’

  • 00:51 - Fade credit out - pan continues

  • 00:53 - Fade in actor credit - ‘CHAZZ PALMINTERI’

  • 00:56 - Fade credit out

  • 00:58 - Fade in actor credit - ‘KEVIN POLLAK’

  • 01:00 - Fade credit out - pan continues

  • 01:02 - Fade in actor credit - ‘PETE POSTLETHWAITE’

  • 01:04 - Fade credit out

  • 01:06 - Fade in actor credit - ‘KEVIN SPACEY’

  • 01:09 - Fade credit out - pan continues

  • 01:10 - Fade in credit - ‘ALSO STARRING SUZY AMIS’

  • 01:13 - Fade credit out

  • 01:15 - Fade in also starring credit - ‘GIANCARLO ESPOSITO’

  • 01:17 - Fade credit out

  • 01:19 - Fade in credit - ‘BENICIO DEL TORO’

  • 01:22 - Fade credit out

  • 01:23 - Fade in credit - ‘DAN HEDAYA’

  • 01:26 - Fade credit out

  • 01:28 - Fade in credit - ‘CASTING BY FRANCINE MAISLER, C.S.A’

  • 01:31 - Fade credit out

  • 01:32 - Fade in credit - ‘MUSIC BY JOHN OTTMAN’

  • 01:35 - Fade credit out

  • 01:37 - Fade credit in - ‘COSTUME DESIGNER LOUISE MINGENBACH’

  • 01:39 - Fade credit out

  • 01:41 - Fade credit in - ‘PRODUCTION DESIGNED BY HOWARD CUMMINGS’

  • 01:44 - Fade credit out

  • 01:46 - Fade credit in - ‘EDITED BY JOHN OTTMAN’

  • 01:48 - Fade credit out - pan is still continuing

  • 01:50 - Fade credit in - ‘DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL’

  • 01:53 - Fade credit out

  • 01:54 - Fade credit in - ‘CO-PRODUCER KENNETH KOKIN’

  • 01:57 - Fade credit out

  • 01:59 - Fade in layered credits - ‘EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ROBERT JONES/HANS BROCKMANN/FRANCOIS DUPLAT/ART HORAN’

  • 02:02 - Fade out credit

  • 02:03 - Fade in credit - ‘WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE'

  • 02:06 - Fade credit out

  • 02:08 - Fade in credits - ‘PRODUCED BY BRYAN SINGER/MICHAEL MCDONNELL'

  • 02:11 - Fade credit out - fade to black

  • 02:12 - Fade in credit - ‘DIRECTED BY BRYAN SINGER’

  • 02:15 - Fade credit out onto black screen

  • 02:18 - Fade in caption - 'San Pedro, California - last night’

  • 02:22 - Fade caption out

  • Changing shots

    Most of the credits change within three seconds, and are always on the right side of the screen. The changing credits are similar to the other mob films I have analyzed, in the fact that they are white and bold text.