A River Runs Through It Into a Heart of Darkness

A River Runs Through It Into a Heart of Darkness
Premiere date	January 11, 2015
Run time	11:18
Starring	Mike Tyson Norm Mcdonald Rachel Ramras Jim Rash Hugh Davidson James Hong
Music composed by	Walker Martin
Writer(s)	Hugh Davidson
Storyboard artist(s)	Chris Berkeley Doug Murphy Chris Rutkowski
Director(s)	Ethan Spaulding
Animation director(s)	Seong-Goo Jo
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"A River Runs Through It Into a Heart of Darkness" is the sixth episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries season one. It aired on January 11, 2015 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Hugh Davidson, and directed by Ethan Spaulding.

Mike is contacted by a Nicaraguan businessman to help him convince the indigenous people in turning up their land for an ambitious canal project.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mike Tyson	Himself
Marquess of Queensberry	Jim Rash
Yung Hee Tyson	Rachel Ramras
Pigeon	Norm Macdonald
Wang Jing	James Hong
Sandra Sanchez
Sergio Sanchez	Hugh Davidson

Organizations

• Mike Tyson Mystery Team

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Nevada
      • Las Vegas
        • Tyson residence
    • Florida (mentioned)
  • China
  • Korea (mentioned)
  • Central America
    • Nicaragua
    • Panama (mentioned)
      • Panama Canal (mentioned)
      • Managua (mentioned)
  • Arctic Circle (mentioned)
  • Mexico (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Marie Clare
• The Economist (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Mystery Mobile (indirectly mentioned)

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2014.

Music

The music was composed by Walker Martin, who is uncredited.

Crew credits

• Producer: Hugh Davidson
• Consulting producers: Mike Tyson, Lee Stimmel
• Line producer: Susan Ward
• Assistant production manager: Leslie Granger
• Character designers: Dusty Abell, Dou Hong
• Background designers: Robert Harand, Cameron Thompson
• Background painter: Bill Dunn, Jeff Palm
• Prop designer: Robert J. Dever
• Color stylist: Shawnee Holt
• Storyboard artists: Chris Berkeley, Doug Murphy, Chris Rutkowski
• Editor: Dave Mendel
• Timer: Kent Butterworth, Brian Hogan
• Animation checker: Charlene Moncrief
• Effects animators: Matthew Girardi, Brett Hardin
• Animation services by Digital eMation
  • Animation director: Seung-Goo Jo
  • Layout artist: Sang-Il Shim
  • Model checkers: Mijung Kim, Jae-Hee Oh
  • Key animators: Seogi Kang, Bong-guen Kim, Seungwoo Yang, Gangro Lee, Sungchan Lee, Seungkyung Lee, Seyung Jung
  • Background director: Soon-Yi Heo
  • Color stylist: Yong Ahn
  • Final checker: Pilmook Chae
  • CG animators: Eddie Jaeil Byun, Hongsun Yoon
  • Compositors: Jangho Park, Kyungsoo Choi
  • Production staff: Scarlet Sookyung Kim, Hyungjoo Jun, Eunyung Nam, Agatha Sarim Kim, Alex Eunsun Park, Daniel Jung-Ah Kim
• Online editor: Gabriel Thorburn
• Supervising dialogue/ADR editor: Mark A. Keatts
• Dialogue/ADR editors: Kelly Foley Downs, Mike Garcia, Patrick J. Foley
• Post production manager: Matt Singer
• Recording machine operators: Jeff O. Collins, Sarah Baluch
• Recording facilities: Digital Insight Recording, Lotus Post, Warner Bros. Post Production Services
• Post production audio services: Margarita Mix
• Production administrator: Candi Purugganan
• Production support: Cher Bentley, Tina Fallah, Tamara Miles, Celeste Moses, Kira Tirimacco, Renee Toporzysek
• Casting administrator: Liz Carroll
• Executive in charge of music: Niki Sherrod
• Production accountants: Yadira Davis, Luisa Guzman, Debbie Lindquist, Maral Simonian, Athena Wingate
• Business and legal affairs: Lori Blackstone, Sharmalee Lall, Rebecca Mathany, Bonnie Negrete, Joulene St. Catherine
• Production supervisor: Bobbie Page
• Production manager: Ed Adams
• Executive producers for Williams Street: Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo
• Executive in charge for Williams Street: Big Leopard
• Executive in charge of production: Peter Girardi
• Executive producer: Sam Register

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 11, 2015 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• Yung was homeschooled.
• Pigeon's real name is revealed to be Richard, and he can read Chinese.
• The real Mike appears in the end credits, standing on a chair so he will be listened to.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 20, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases Mike Tyson Mysteries: Season One on DVD.