THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX An Oscar 2009 winner!

Director: Uli Edel (Last Exit To Brooklyn, Christiane F)

A Cast of Stars:
Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others, The Good Shepard), Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run), Johanna Wokalek (Aimee and Jaguar) and Bruno Ganz (The Reader, Downfall). The film is directed by Uli Edel (Last Exit To Brooklyn, Christiane F) and was written and produced by Bernd Eichinger (2005 Academy Award nominee Downfall), based on the book by and in consultation with Stefan Aust.

PLOT: A lengthy history of the far-left terrorist group that shocked Germany from 1968 onwards. Their search is for a life we can all embrace, their method is what we instinctively reject.

Guilt is not on the side of violation of law and order in this film. The guilty are those who make the laws, who enforce the law in this conflict ridden post WWII Germany. The war of the concerned courageous citizens, is unrelenting as the viewer watches the interactions of the group who go into banks to rob and into buildings to bomb, to steal, to plunder what they need to further their "cause".

Their cause is to bring to the attention their agenda of Stop the War in Vietnam, stop killing innocent citizens. But what do they embrace?

There is an invisible line between those who kill and those who don't. A gun is not requisite equipment in every one's wardrobe. This makes the free wielding of this object of murder, in a seemingly quiet domestic environment disturbing, not easy to understand. But then, that is the point of the film; To bring to our attention the thoughts, the ways of Revolutionaries who we might not know and can't understand. After the full experience of two and a half hours of The Beeder Meinhof Complex, one can not continue to think we are all knowing, all caring, all right.

This is not a summer evening's casual date flick. It is a provocative and brilliant creation that will remain in the viewers mind.

Whether or not we want to remember, we will.


LindaZises
WBAI Women's Collective
Criticalwomen@blogspot.com

AWAY WE GO: Cast/crew of many and Commentary

At the Top of the Heap,

Directed by Sam Mendes.
With John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Carmen Ejogo.


Commentary: This is an-on-the road and in-the-air film;
the journey of an expectant couple as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.

For me the introduction of the main couple as being of "mixed" race was not very important. "The black women wasn't very black. Was she?"

(fuzzy wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy wuzzy, was he?)

Many asked pointed questions on content, on photo shoots, that seemed out of character and without apparent purpose, during the Sam Mendes's Q&A surprise appearance at last night's showing of Away We Go.
For me the most telling photo shot was of two women in a bathtub without benefit of a view of the tub nor the women's bodies. Just heads talking at a weird angle.

Sam Mendes answered with curt, unapologetic comments that spoke louder than what he said, more defensive than intelligent.

It isn't just that this film lacks clarity in detail as much as the disappointment in a film less than Great done by a Great film maker.

Sam Mendes is guilty of trying to multi-task, of doing Revolutionary Road and AwayWeGo in overlapping sequences and this doesn't work in life, nor in film.

His cast is competent, with noteworthy performance by the minor characters rather than the stars. Done by another director, this attempt at vacuous new age comedy wouldn't make it to the main screen audience.

What is pointedly missing is any reference to gay marriages, to gay couples who are getting married, or not: all who are fighting for the right to do so; This couple would have been appropriate since the new age couple on screen did not want to join the ranks of the married. The omission of gays on screen compromised the scope, the content of the film and suggested that maybe homophobia is not dead, not on the screen even with this rich army of workers/craft persons of note.


Maybe one film at a time is a better way to go even if you are the great Sam Mendes

When you know your film might not be a financial success, you repay the cast and crew with an appearance in the credits. Here goes. (as presented on screen)

Actors
John Krasinski Burt
Maya Rudolph Verona
Allison Janney Lily
Jim Gaffigan Lowell
Jeff Daniels Jerry
Catherine O'Hara Gloria
Carmen Ejogo Grace
Melanie Lynskey Munch
Chris Messina Tom
Paul Schneider Courtney
Maggie Gyllenhaal LN
Josh Hamilton Roderick
Tory Woody Carrie


PLOT
Writers
Dave Eggers Screenplay


Producers
Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda Executive Producer
Pippa Harris Executive Producer
Edward Saxon Producer
Sam Mendes Producer
Marc Turtletaub Producer
Peter Saraf Producer

Camera, Film & Tape
Carlos Omar Guerra 1st Assistant A-Camera
Sebastian Almeida 2nd Assistant A-Camera
Francois Duhamel Still Photographer
Edward Rodriguez 1st Assistant B-Camera
Debbie Stampfle 2nd Assistant B-Camera
Joe Gawler Digital Intermediate Colorist (New York) (Deluxe)
John Potter (III) Video Master Colorist (New York) (Deluxe)
Steven Bodner Jr Dailies Colorist (New York) (Deluxe)
Jeff Hocken Dailies Project Manager (New York) (Deluxe)
Kevin Krout Dailies Colorist Assist (New York) (Deluxe)
Tod Boyle 2nd Assistant Camera (Colorado)
Ed Nessen Additional 1st Assistant Camera (Arizona)
Meg Kettell Additional 2nd Assistant Camera (Arizona)
Stephen Whitcomb Camera Loader (Arizona)
Sarah Sher Twenty-four Frame Playback (Arizona)
April Ruane Crowley Camera Loader (Florida)
David Pultz Color Timer
Ellen Kuras Director of Photography
Patrick Capone 2nd Unit Director of Photography (Arizona) (Florida)
Peter Agliata B Camera Operator
Chris Norr Additional B Camera Operator (Arizona)
Josh Zientarski Additional Video Assist (Arizona)

Editors
Janet Gaynor (III) 1st Assistant Editor
Jen Choi Editorial Assistant
James Cohen (II) Assistant Editor (Film Dailies)
Andrew Buckland (II) Assistant Editor (Film Dailies)
Sarah Flack Editor

Casting
Ellen Lewis Casting
Debra Zane Casting
Megan Rafferty Casting Associate (Ellen Lewis Casting)
Geoffrey Miclat Casting Associate (Ellen Lewis Casting)
Tannis Vallely Casting Associate (Debra Zane Casting)
Shayna Markowitz Casting Assistant (Debra Zane Casting)
Grant Wilfley Extras Casting
Melissa Braun Extras Casting Associate
Helen McCready Extras Casting (Arizona) (Helen Wheels Productions)
Lori S. Wyman Extras Casting (Florida)

Executives
Matthew Plouffe Creative Executive
David Gerson Studio Executive (Focus Features)

Production Management
Jayne-Ann Tenggren Script Supervisor
David Bausch Production Supervisor
Jennifer Lane (IV) Post-Production Supervisor
Alexis Wiscomb Post-Production Supervisor
Pamela Bertini 1st Assistant Production Coordinator
Sarah Crofts Location Assistant
Justin Rosini Location Assistant
Demian Resnick Location Assistant
Kate Eisemann Location Assistant
Cathy Jeffries Production Manager (Visual Effects/Mr. X Inc.)
Jesh Krishna Murthy Project Manager (Visual Effects/Mr. X Inc.)
Brooke C. Johnson Production Supervisor (Colorado)
Kelly Helstrom Production Supervisor (Arizona)
Denton Hanna Location Scout (Arizona)
Elayne Schneiderman Production Supervisor (Florida)
Julie Ann Grasso Assistant Production Coordinator (Florida)
Chelsey Cary Assistant Production Coordinator (Florida)
Jeff Rollason Location Assistant (Florida)
Marcel Pinkowski Location Assistant (Florida)
Leah Sokolowsky Location Scout (Florida)
Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda Unit Production Manager
Anita Sum Production Coordinator
Lisa Matsukawa Production Coordinator (Arizona)
Lisa A. Martin Production Coordinator (Florida)
Bernie Cassar Production Coordinator (Leesburg)
Timothy Bird (II) 1st Assistant Director
Jennifer Truelove 2nd Assistant Director
matthew mason 2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Keith A. Jones Additional 1st Assistant Director (Arizona)
Tyson Bidner Location Manager
Kat Donahue Assistant Location Manager
Michael Grosky Assistant Location Manager
Jean Chien Location Manager (Colorado)
Jean Chien Location Manager (Arizona)
Jason Sallee Assistant Location Manager (Phoenix)
Jennifer Radzikowski Location Manager (Florida)
Sandra Woodward Assistant Location Manager (Florida)
Susanne Ragnarsson Assistant Location Manager (Florida)
John Garrett (III) Assistant Location Manager (Florida)

Art Department
Rachel Short Model Builder
Kelly Solomon Art Department Coordinator
Erica Torres Art Department Production Assistant
Katherine M. Szilagyi Assistant Set Decorator
Chris Vogt Lead Dresser
Ruth Deleon On Set Dresser
Robert Vogt Set Dresser
Kelly Canfield Set Dresser
Kevin Mahon Set Dresser
Richard Oeser Set Dresser
Alexander Gorodetsky Head Painter
Christopher Weiser Paint Foreman
Victor Morales Scenic Artist
Steve Rosenzweig Scenic Artist
George Kousoulides Scenic Artist
Quang Nguyen Scenic Artist
Jennifer Buturla Scenic Artist
Amy Safhay Head Greensman
Ginny Walsh Greens Foreman
Gregg Singer Leadman (Arizona)
Rosa Palomo Art Department (Florida)
Nicholas Scott Assistant Art Director (Florida)
Nel Hernandez Art Department Production Assistant (Florida)
Karen Virgin Buyer (Florida)
Elizabeth Boller Art Department Coordinator (Florida)
Frank A. Raffa Jr Lead Dresser (Florida)
Emilio Saez Set Dresser (Florida)
Orlando Castro Set Dresser (Florida)
Jeremy Read Set Dresser (Florida)
Michael Calabrese Set Dresser (Florida)
Michael D. Fitzgerald Set Dresser (Florida)
Chris Alicea Jr On-Set Dresser (Florida)
Julian Mercado Painter (Florida)
Jeffrey Harris (II) Painter (Florida)
Cary Whitaker Greensman (Florida)
Robert Welch (II) Greensman (Florida)
Ben F. Lowe III Greensman (Leesburg)
John Balling Head Scenic Artist (Florida)
Lucy Weber Scenic Painter (Florida)
Dean F. Janik Scenic Artist (Florida)
Henry Dunn Art Director
Charles E. McCarry Assistant Art Director
Miguel Lopez-Castillo Assistant Art Director
Lauren Fitzsimmons Assistant Art Director
Jess Gonchor Production Designer
Lydia Marks Set Decorator
Sarah Sprawls Assistant Set Decorator (Arizona)
Kevin Kropp Assistant Set Decorator (Florida)

Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup
Timothy R. McKelvey Set Costume Supervisor
Janna Notick Key Costumer
Sandi Figueroa Key Costumer
Askia Won-Ling Jacob Key Costumer
Trenee Clayton Set Costumer
Adam Watt Costume Production Assistant
Mary Aaron Key Makeup
Judi Cooper-Sealy Department Head Hair Stylist
Beatrice DeAlba Department Head Hair Stylist
Belinda Anderson Key Hair Stylist
Joseph Cigliano Set Costumer (Arizona)
Maggie McFarland Additional Costumer (Arizona)
Jeffrey Sacino Additional Hair Stylist (Arizona)
Dana Vargas Additional Hair Stylist (Arizona)
Lynette Bernay Key Costumer (Florida)
Heather Holmes Set Costumer (Florida)
Carolyn Finlayson Seamstress (Florida)
Sahar Halabi Costume Assistant (Florida)
Carol Raskin-Smalling Additional Hair Stylist (Florida)
Caridad Collazo Additional Hair Stylist (Florida)
Gunnar Swanson Additional Hair Stylist (Florida)
John Dunn Costume Designer
Sharon Globerson Assistant Costume Designer
Michele Paris Department Head Make-up Artist
Felice Diamond Makeup Artist (Florida)

Sound
Scott Millan Rerecording Mixer
Paul Hsu Rerecording Mixer
Brian Wittle Boom Operator
Branka Mrkic-Tana Dialogue Editor
Ruth Hernandez (II) ADR Editor
Marissa Littlefield ADR Editor
Jamie Baker Foley Editor
George A. Lara Foley Mixer (C5, Inc.)
Marko Costanzo Foley Artist (C5, Inc.)
Mark Desimone ADR Mixer (Soundtrack F/T)
Bobby Johanson ADR Mixer (Sound One Corp.)
David Boulton (III) ADR Mixer (Sound One Corp.)
Michael Miller (XIII) ADR Mixer (P.O.P. Sound)
Beauxregard Neylon ADR Recordist (Soundtrack F/T)
Mike Howells ADR Recordist (Sound One Corp.)
Brian Gallagher ADR Recordist (Sound One Corp.)
Courtney Bishop ADR Recordist (P.O.P. Sound)
Sondra James ADR Voice Casting (Soundtrack F/T)
Mike Poppleton Assistant Sound Editor
Dave Corcoran Apprentice Sound Editor
Paul Hsu Supervising Sound Editor
Benjamin Patrick Production Sound Mixer
Bret Johnson Mix Technician
Bob Chefalas Mix Technician
Paul Banks Tirone Mix Technician
Dan Wesson Sound Utility
Nicolas Carbone Additional Sound Utility

Music
Alexi Murdoch Music
Christine Bergren Music Legal and Clearances
Jim Dunbar Music Coordinator
Guy Fletcher Song ("The Good Times")
Alexi Murdoch Song ("All My Days")
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer ("All My Days")
Alexi Murdoch Song (“Blue Mind”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“Blue Mind”)
Roger Odell Song (“Night Birds”)
William Sharpe Song (“Night Birds”)
Shakatak Song Performer (“Night Birds”)
Endless Boogie Song (“Steak Rock”)
Endless Boogie Song Performer (“Steak Rock”)
Alexi Murdoch Song (“Song For You”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“Song for You”)
Antonio Vivaldi Song (“The Four Seasons Spring Violin Concerto In E. Allegro”)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Song Performer (“The Four Seasons Spring Violin Concerto In E. Allegro”)
Gabriel Francisco Song (“Sin Tu Amor”)
Gabriel Francisco Song Performer (“Sin Tu Amor”)
Alexi Murdoch Song (“Towards The Sun”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“Towards The Sun”)
Alexi Murdoch Song (“Breathe”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“Breathe”)
Liquid Mind Song Performer (“Teach Me To Whisper")
Vashti Bunyan Song (“Diamond Day”)
The Stranglers Song Performer (“Golden Brown”)
Jean-Jaques Burnel Song (“Golden Brown”)
Hugh Cornwell Song (“Golden Brown”)
Jet Black Song (“Golden Brown”)
Dave Greenfield Song (“Golden Brown”)
George Harrison Song (“What Is Life”)
George Harrison Song Performer (“What Is Life”)
Richard Rodgers Song (“So Long, Farewell”)
Oscar Hammerstein II Song (“So Long, Farewell”)
Robert Brammer Song (“H.A.P.P.Y.”)
Winston Hislop Song (“H.A.P.P.Y.”)
Clint Eastwood Song Performer (“H.A.P.P.Y.”)
Winston Hislop Song Performer (“H.A.P.P.Y.”)
Shelton Brooks Song (“Some Of These Days”)
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks Song Performer (“Some of These Days”)
Bob Dylan Song (“Meet Me In The Morning”)
Bob Dylan Song Performer (“Meet Me In The Morning”)
Noel Gonzales Song (“Hercules Theme”)

Song Performer (“Hercules Theme”)
Lou Reed Song (“Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ ”)
The Velvet Underground Song Performer (“Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ ”)
Sylvia Gordon Song (“Let’s Finish (Sinden remix)”)
Deantoni Parks Song (“Let’s Finish (Sinden remix)”)
Graeme Sinden Song (“Let’s Finish (Sinden remix)”)
Kudu Song Performer (“Let’s Finish (Sinden remix)”)
Bob Dylan Song (“Mr. Tambourine Man”)
Alexi Murdoch Song (“Wait”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“Wait”)
Alexi Murdoch Song (“The Ragged Sea”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“The Ragged Sea”)
Alexi Murdoch Song (“Orange Sky”)
Alexi Murdoch Song Performer (“Orange Sky”)
Randall Poster Music Supervisor
Annette Kudrak Music Editor (C5, Inc.)

Choreography
Cynthia Onrubia Choreographer
Harrison Beal Assistant Choreographer

Visual Effects & Animation
Robert J. Scupp Special Effects Coordinator
Edward A. Ioffreda Graphic Designer
Sarah McMurdo Visual Effects Producer (Mr. X Inc.)
Daniel Mizuguchi Sequence Lead (Mr. X Inc.)
Matt Glover Visual Effects Coordinator (Mr. X Inc.)
Aaron Weintraub Pipeline Supervisor (Mr. X Inc.)
Thai Son Doan Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Mathieu Archambault Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Barb Benoit Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Danny Duchesneau Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Dominik Bochenski Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Andrew Nguyen Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Wayne Brinton Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Kevin Quatman Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Rob Del Ciancio Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Marco Polsinelli Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Sebastien Veilleux Digital Compositor (Mr. X Inc.)
Hubert Chan 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Chris De Souza 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Jason Edwardh 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Jason Gougeon 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Jessica Nolet 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Matt Ralph 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Dominic Remane 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Jim Su 3-D Artist (Mr. X Inc.)
Isabelle Langlois Digital Effects Producer (Mr. X Inc.)
Sarah Barber Visual Effects Coordinator (Mr. X Inc.)
cheyenne bloomfield Visual Effects Producer (Mr. X Inc.)
Glenn Allen Visual Effects Producer (Brainstorm Digital)
Richard Friedlander Visual Effects Producer (Brainstorm Digital)
Dan Cayer Digital Compositor (Brainstorm Digital)
Ella Boliver Digital Compositor (Brainstorm Digital)
Jacob Robinson Digital Intermediate Editor (New York) (Deluxe)
Darrell R. Smith Digital Intermediate Coordinator (New York) (Deluxe)
Jonathan Sanden Digital Intermediate Assistant (New York) (Deluxe)
Jack Lewars Digital Intermediate Assistant (New York) (Deluxe)
Chris Mackenzie Smoke Artist (New York) (Deluxe)
Markus Janner Scanner & Recorder (New York) (Deluxe)
Duck Grossberg Data Wrangler (New York) (Deluxe)
Molle DeBartolo QC Lead (New York) (Deluxe)
David Chai Engineer (New York) (Deluxe)
Tim Mullen Engineer (New York) (Deluxe)
Bruce E. Merlin Special Effects Coordinator (Florida)
Dennis Berardi Visual Effects Supervisor (Mr. X Inc.)
Eric J. Robertson Visual Effects Supervisor (Brainstorm Digital)
Matt Schofield Digital Matte Painter (Mr. X Inc.)

Physical Effects
Ricou Browning Stunt Coordinator (Water Safety)

Engineering, Electrical & Grips
John Nadeau Chief Lighting Technician
Tom Potoskie Best Boy Electric
Sean McCardell Rigging Best Boy Electric
Jim Ferris Genny Operator
John Gilgar Base Camp Genny Operator
Bruce Jordan Rigging Grip
Michael Gallart Shop Electric
Patrick Fontana (II) Shop Electric
David Knoblock Electric (Arizona)
Cory R. Starr Electric (Arizona)
Gary Ryan Best Boy Electric (Florida)
Gary Hirt Genny Operator (Florida)
Reynaldo Guimet Electric (Florida)
James Seckel Electric (Florida)
Nicolas Donadio Electric (Florida)
Scott L. Gordon (II) Rigging Electric (Florida)
Raymond Orraca Rigging Electric (Florida)
Earl Perque Jr Rigging Grip (Florida)
Todd E. Wood Rigging Grip (Florida)
Jorge Parra Rigging Grip (Florida)
William F. Boone III Rigging Grip (Leesburg)
Dennis Gamiello Key Grip
Matt Stelling Key Grip (Colorado)
Edward W. Lowry Dolly Grip
Ben Kanegson B Dolly Grip (Florida)
Brendan Quinlan Best Boy Grip
Anthony Gamiello (II) Best Boy Rigging Grip
Mitch Stelling Best Boy Grip (Colorado)
Marty Miller Best Boy Grip (Arizona)
Matthew J. Errico Best Boy Grip (Florida)
Danny Mallory Best Boy Grip (Leesburg)
Jamie Klein Best Boy Rigging Grip (Florida)
Glen Engels Grip
Christopher Gamiello Grip
Richard Dowgin Key Construction Grip
Alonso Parra Grip (Arizona)
Jay Coolidge Grip (Arizona)
Keith Karidis Grip (Arizona)
Michael P. Fredrickson Grip (Arizona)
Fred Gibson Grip (Arizona)
Chris Estrada Grip (Florida)
Chris Young (II) Grip (Florida)
Marvin J. Haven Grip (Leesburg)
Bill Losh Grip (Leesburg)
John E. Mulier Grip (Leesburg)
Chris Lombardozzi Rigging Gaffer
Kai Morbey Rigging Best Boy (Florida)

Construction
Martin Bernstein Construction Coordinator
Mike Melchiorre Construction Foreman
Isaac Cohen Shop Craftsman
David Hill (II) Shop Craftsman
James Harris (IV) Construction Coordinator (Florida)
James P. Crapser Construction Foreman (Florida)
Doug Winters Carpenter (Florida)
John R. Salemi Construction Electrician (Florida)
Paul A. Burnett Construction Production Assistant (Florida)


Publicity
Rob Harris Unit Publicist


Accounting
Ginny Reilly 1st Assistant Accountant
Kelly O Bier 2nd Assistant Accountant
Sara Gagliardi 2nd 2nd Assistant Accountant
Patricia Porter Payroll Accountant
Diana Ascher Post-Production Accountant
Trevanna Post Post-Production Accountant
Maureen Higgins 1st Assistant Accountant (Arizona)
Alonzo Nevarez Payroll Accountant (Arizona)
Marc Siegel Accounting Clerk (Arizona)
Jamie Horwitz 1st Assistant Accountant (Florida)
Vicki Pearlman 2nd Assistant Accountant (Florida)
Leena Ogle Payroll Accountant (Florida)
Alex Puma Accounting Clerk (Florida)
Mike Phillips (IX) Head Physical Production & Finance (Big Beach)
Richard Mancuso Production Accountant

Craft Services
Gregory Cuozzo Chef (Gourmet to U)
Anthony Torre Chef (Gourmet to U)
Peter Marschark Craft Services Chef (J&P Craft)
Jason Acevedo Craft Services Chef (J&P Craft)
Joseph Decongilio Craft Services Chef (J&P Craft)
Savanna Johnson Craft Service (Colorado)
Marie Randall Craft Service (Arizona)
Buddy Devingo Caterer (Florida)
Carmen Devingo Catering Assistant (Florida)
Marc H. Katz Craft Service (Florida)
Mack McKelvey Craft Service Assistant (Florida)
Derek Dion Craft Service Assistant (Florida)
Matthew Kelley Craft Service Assistant (Leesburg)


Props
Graylan Franklin Assistant Props (Florida)
Brian Luehring Gang Boss (Florida)
Daniel Stacy Prop Maker (Florida)
Dennis J. Harris Prop Maker (Florida)
William Bricker Prop Maker (Florida)
Michael Charboneau (II) Prop Maker (Florida)
Paul Damien Prop Maker (Florida)
Brian P. Harris Prop Maker (Florida)
Tom Allen (IV) Property Master
Eric Cheripka Assistant Property Master
Ann L. Edgeworth Assistant Property Master
Keith Mosca Assistant Property Master (Arizona)
Shawn W. Logue Assistant Property Master (Florida)
Kim Pierce Assistant Property Master (Florida)

Legal
Jackie Eckhouse Legal Services

Consultants & Advisors
Jerome Butler Dialect Coach
Andy Potvin Dolby Sound Consultant

Below The Line
Daniele Melia Assistant (to Mr Saraf)
Justin Bell Assistant (to Mr Saxon)
Eric Papa Assistant (Ms Winkler Ioffreda)
Julie Blumenthal Assistant (to Mr Mendes)
Scott Foster (II) Key Set Production Assistant
Dan Gloeckner Set Production Assistant
Nick Schepisi Set Production Assistant
Dana Zolli Set Production Assistant
Michelle Dianne Mehn Set Production Assistant
Jose Tejada (II) Parking Coordinator
David Laurentin Parking Coordinator
Kristopher Keefe Transportation Captain
Kevin Keefe Transportation Co-Captain
Dennis O'Grady Driver
Mark Whittaker Driver
Richard Presutti Driver
Douville Junot Driver
Robert Lansing Driver
Gary O Connell Driver
Chris Defeo Driver
Laurie Gershon Product Placement
Dennis Steele Transportation Captain (Colorado)
Stephen H. Davenport Picture Car Driver (Colorado)
Todd Helman Driver (Colorado)
Georgia Cox Film Runner (Colorado)
Dan Romero (II) Transportation Coordinator (Arizona)
Jim Alfonso Transportation Captain (Arizona)
Hal W. Gibson Driver Captain (Arizona)
Curtis Randoll Driver (Arizona)
Charlie Carpenter Driver (Arizona)
Leonard Suppes Driver (Arizona)
Wesley S. Bloom Driver (Arizona)
Rick Currens Driver (Arizona)
Steve Wagner Driver (Arizona)
Fred Davis Driver (Arizona)
Monty Lira Driver (Arizona)
Lee Nashold Driver (Arizona)
David Teasley Driver (Arizona)
Steven W. Polon Driver (Arizona)
Steve Buring Driver (Arizona)
Robert Chookhachian Driver (Arizona)
Rick Purdy Driver (Arizona)
Elmer Malits Driver (Arizona)
Sidney Highsmith Driver (Arizona)
Lynn Ashby Driver (Arizona)
John Schramm Driver (Arizona)
Pat Larkin Driver (Arizona)
Seville Michelle Anastos Key Office Production Assistant (Florida)
Benjamin Velez Production Intern (Florida)
Mario Xavier Set Production Assistant (Florida)
Daniel C. Garcia Set Production Assistant (Florida)
Justin Browning Marine Coordinator (Florida)
Jon Bergholz (II) Transportation Captain (Florida)
Danny P. Taylor Transportation Co-Captain (Florida)
Rodney Thorpe Driver (Florida)
Craig Hofstrand Driver (Florida)
Danny Dusch Driver (Florida)
David Hamilton (II) Driver (Florida)
David Bostic Driver (Florida)
Pirty Lee Jackson Driver (Florida)
Manuel Cuevas Driver (Florida)
Michael Ware Driver (Florida)
Vincent King Driver (Florida)
Richard Andresen Driver (Florida)
Robert R. Grandin Driver (Florida)
Adam Cincannon Driver (Florida)
Joe T. Griffin Driver (Florida)
Antonio M. Galindo Sr Driver (Florida)
Vickie Robison Driver (Florida)
Cara Sachse Driver (Florida)
Michael Cannestro Driver (Florida)
Ron Parsell Driver (Florida)
Patricia Mathis Driver (Florida)
Robert E. Byrd Driver (Florida)
Anthony Abbruzzese Driver (Florida)
Larry Craig Driver (Florida)
John H. Stephens Driver (Florida)
Jack Belcher Driver (Florida)
Garvin Adams Driver (Florida)
David Zydorski Driver (Florida)
Don Baer Driver (Florida)
Randy Warbritton Driver (Florida)
Leslie M. Hughes Driver (Florida)
Freddy Figueredo Set Medic (Florida)
Lisa Bullard Set Medic (Florida)
Frank Fernandez (II) Driver (Florida)
Vivian Enfinger Set Medic (Leesburg)
kamen velkovsky Location Production Assistant
Safia Siad Production Assistant (Mr. X Inc.)
Tommy Gervais Production Assistant (Mr. X Inc.)
Keith Price Set Production Assistant (Colorado)
Erica Mckee Production Assistant (Florida)
Adam Gonzales Production Assistant (Florida)
Brian Burger Location Production Assistant (Florida)
Benjamin Velez Location Production Assistant (Florida)
Mishelle Laborde Transportation Production Assistant (Florida)

Other Crew
Ashley Kravitz Clearance Services (Ashley, Inc.)
Emma Wiking Music Clearances
David Vodicka Music Clearances

Worldwide Distributors
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) Theatrical Distributor (Scandinavia)
Focus Features Theatrical Distributor
A-Film Distribution (Netherlands) Theatrical Distributor (Belgium and Netherlands)
Hollywood Classic Entertainment (Czech Republic) Theatrical Distributor (Czech Republic)
Odeon S.A. (Greece) Theatrical Distributor (Greece)
BIM Distribuzione Distribution Rights (Italy)
Senator Filmverleih Distribution Rights (Germany)
Mars Distribution Distribution Rights (France)
Paradise Film Distribution Company (Russia) Distribution Rights (Russia)
Serenity Entertainment International Distribution Rights (Taiwan)
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group Distribution Rights (Switzerland)
ProRom Distribution Rights (Romania)

Other Companies
C5, Inc. Post-Production Sound Editorial Facility
Pop Sound ADR Record Facility
Sound One ADR Recorder Facility
Soundtrack Group ADR Recording Facilities
AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Provider
Sloss Law Office Legal Services Provider
Ashley, Inc. Clearance Services Provider
Grant Wilfley Casting Extras Casting
Debra Zane Casting Casting Services
Gourmet To U Catering Services
J & P Craft Craft Services
Mr. X Inc. Digital Visual Effects Provider
Brainstorm Digital Additional Visual Effects Provider
Deluxe Digital Intermediate Provider
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Pivotal Post
Wayno s Catering
Starr Pass Catering
Scarlet Letters
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HD Avids Provider

Catering Services Provider (Phoenix)

Catering Services Provider (Tuscon)

Main and End Titles


Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective

The Baby Formula: Food for Thought

Director: Alison Reid
Writer Richard Beattie
starring:
Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock, Rosemary Dunsmore, Roger Dunn, Jessica Booker

Genre: Comedy

Plot: two women elect to have babies without insertion of a man's sperm. It is all "x" chromosomes.

Commentary: when men are not involved in the reproduction of the species, when sperm is artificial then the consequences remain unknown for years, generations to come.

What are we doing messing with the DNA and RNA, the foundation of human life.

This is the frightening question that looms quietly but intensely in this film, with the genre tag of "Comedy". All the love displayed, the personalities that support this abnormal construction of human life, is a sad commentary on our collective inability to think of consequences to seemingly banal events.

For me, these women, pregnant without benefit of a man's sperm exemplify science gone awry.

Is this a film worth seeing? You decide. It represents a slim line between the horror film of today and this award wining "comedic" entertainment.

Release date July 10, 2009


Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective

UNDER OUR SKIN

a documentary film by Andy Abrahams Wilson

It takes more than a subject that begs to be known to create a documentary worth spending time and money to see.

This documentary, UNDER OUR SKIN is a case in point. The subject is riveting but it can be presented in a myriad ways given our present state of technological vehicles for comunication. So why pick the documentary with all the seemingly requisite ingredients, that in this case, do not bring to life the plight of human susceptibility to the ever growing incidence of Lyme disease.

There is a robotic nature to this film making it somewhat less than enjoyable. The narrator's voice is drone like, lulling the viewer into a quasi comatose state. The images of the afflicted people, the feature of this documentary appear inserted into the script without creativity, without regard to the artistry of documentary creation. This is a sorry state when the issue of Lyme disease, it's failure to attract national attention looms so large.

Perhaps the next go around for this inportant subject will produce more gripping results.

Opens July 10,2009
New YOrk City IFC Center

Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective
criticalwomen@blogspot.com

UNMISTAKEN CHILD: UNMITIGATED LOVE

A documentary film by Nati Baratz

WINNER - Special Jury Award at 2009 Full Frame Festival

WINNER - Best Documentary Feature - 2009 RiverRun Film Festival

This documentary is best viewed in a theater with a full screen to present to its best advantage the beauty of Napal, of India, of the world from whenst the Lama of India preside.

This is a film that shows the selection process of the child who is deemed the reincarnation of the recently departed Lama: how the child is found, taken from its parents to live in a monestery, the care, and love afforded him by his diciple-in-charge, his "Big Uncle"

What fascinated me is the evidence of such intense unmitigated love of this selected child; the process involved in taking him from a rural, unsophisticated limited world into the highest eschelons of Buddhism.

I fell instantly in love with the Big Uncle and you will too even though the religion makes no sense to me, a western woman raised in an atheist home

but then this interaction of cultures is confronted by us all almost daily when we call American Express, or Sprint or any of the American based companies in search of help. It is to India we are often directed to get assistance with our "sophisticated" way of life.


A beautiful, rich documentary to be cherished.


Linda Z
WBAI WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE

Film opens in New York at Film Forum on Wednesday JUNE 3

National Release will follow in June / July

Seraphine: The discovery of a woman artist

Martin Provos: Director

This film forms the basis for rich discussion on the feminist movement and how we have failed to educate the general public on the ill treatment of Western women even or most obviously under the guise of being charitable.

The film illustrates state of the art in cinematic excellence, in the ability to present every frame as if it is a piece of fine art in itself.
But the subject matter is so distorted in favor of men, the prejudicial workings of a man's mind, and the harmful appeal of women's fantasy life that it detracts from the otherwise fine aspects of the film.

Seraphine is a middle age woman in her forties who has been living on her own, making money and painting in her free time. She calculates to a fraction of a franc how much money she needs for her maintenance, how much to charge per tasks. She sets about to make ends meet and she does just that. She has mastered the rudiments of her world.

Along comes a "famous " man, a man on a shining white horse and undermines her, makes her appear not just in the narrative of the film but the film Director continues this prejudicial impression by showing her "child like" visage above her work as if she is a child, a grown one, a super talented one but a child with an almost vacuous face, titled towards the sky because her only understanding of her world is that she is not entirely of this world.

But Seraphine is an adult. She lives intellectually alone, has little to do with other people. One can almost count the number of words she utters in her entire life time, if this rendition of her life is to be believed. Does this mean that no attempt need be made to uncover her strengths, her truths beyond the obvious?

The art dealer on the white horse takes away Seraphine's ability to determine without benefit of his help what art supplies she needs, how much money she needs to live on and whether or not she is to continue in her chosen line of work. In the process of thinking he is elevating her into a more dignified position in society he is taking away her personal dignity and substituting his notion of who and what she should be.

And then he fails. Without apology. He can not deliver on what he promised, assured her would be hers. He and his sister insinuate this is all beyond her comprehension because it involves world events of catastrophic capitalistic failures world wide and they respond to her by treating her even more like a child, "she simply can not understand it is deemed beyond her comprehension. But is financial difficulty of any type truly beyond Seraphine's comprehension or is it more accurately stated as being beyond the comprehension of this gentlemen of former "means".

What Seraphine can not understand, and what he is not saying, is how profoundly he has failed. That he took her dignity, her world, destroyed it to make her into something less than competent and then failed to provide the essentials for her to be sustained in his artificially constructed parasitic Paradise.

This film is a tragedy with all the underpinnings of appeal to the male dominated world and the middle upper class way of thinking of the poor, the menial domestic worker viewed yet again as inferior, rather than as intelligent; The lower class is seen as incapable of understanding anything beyond the immediate even if they are gifted artists.

To place this woman, who has so little substantive interaction with others, into an Asyllum, an institution overly crowded by people starved for interaction is a CRIME.

This film is a tragedy, a painful unfolding of how cruelly we treat one another not out of malice but from our arrogant ignorance.

I recommend it be seen as the basis of a discussion on who we are and how we can communicate better more charitably towards one another.


LindaZises
WBAI Women's Collective
CriticalWomen@blogspot.com

WHAT GOES UP: The Making of our Heroes

Jonathan Glatzer Director

Writers:
Jonathan Glatzer (writer)
Robert Lawson (writer)

Steve Coogan, Josh Peck, Hilary Duff and Molly Shannon

Set as a quiet background, a seemingly unobtrusive event, is the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. Add to that the images not discussed of the school teacher, Sam Calailucci's plummet to his death off a roof top. Then add the humor that only young "misfit" teenagers can muster juxtaposed against the too well established adult world and what do you have, WHATgoesUP

What stays down on earth is our creation of heroes in our midst.
WHATgoesUP is the story of the reported Babbitt(Steve Coogan) obsessed by the death(suicide) of a local hero. He is reassigned to the New Hampshire hometown of the doomed teacher Charitia McAuliffe(an old college buddy) and soon to be suicide victim.

Two suicides, one failed shuttle with resounding heroic effects and youth confronting the advent of life in the troubled adult world.
And this is a comedy, a seemingly light hearted film for those who see films for the pleasure rather than the message to be learned or understood

My hero is the film maker who dared to go beyond the Judeo-Christian ethics and morality with which we are too familiar and accept too readily its limitations on our ability to live our lives as we want. He replaces this time hononred guide to a "good life" with a discussion of Socrates, as the true hero in our midst.


Suicide victims do not go to hell and ABORTION is shown, (the first time I have seen it in a main stream film) without dire consequences. The teenage girl( Molly Shannon ) is accompanied not by her parents and not with their consent or knowledge but by a girlfriend ( Hilary Duff), someone with true compassion and understanding of the necessity of the procedure.

And Molly Shannon's character survives! She becomes a hero, a mature young adult whose wisdom is well worth listening to.

I recommend this film because of the quiet, amusing and convincing way it presents highly charged ideas. My only regret is that the film makers didn't have the abundance of finacial backing to make this film an exravaganza of robust detail. They seem to have spent their limited funds on quality acting rather than expensive and elaborate sets.

Who can fault that!

LindaZises
WBAI Women's Collective
Criticalwomen@blogspot.com

Downloading Nancy : Self mutilation and more

Johan Renck: Director

Writer: Pamela Cuming, Lee Ross
Cast: Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus Sewel, Amy Brenneman

This film is not for everyone. In all probability it will not make huge profit at the box office. However, it explores a subject of real dimension that promises to grow in proportion as the Internet continues to dominate our lives, our ability and means of interacting with one another.

This is a story told with exceptional acting and palatable insidious pain as the viewer is forced to see another way towards liberation from inner tormoil.
Nancy addresses her pyschological pain by inflicting physical pain of increasing intensity upon her body. She deems a sharp razor a requisite item to be thrown into her pocket book cosmetic bag when she leaves the house.

With grueling precision Downloading Nancy depicts Nancy's progress towards liberation in the execution of a plan established on the Internet with a man committed administering her pain and ultimate demise; this time without use of the computer. In the process they go beyond their 'plan' into the realm of 'normal' human interaction that we are all familiar with.

There is a pivotal moment captured in the image of the 'man in the bath tub'.

During the course of my viewing experience I have seen (as you probably have) well over one hundred scenes of an adult in a bathtub with or without benefit of bubble bath. But Christopher Doyle offers an aerial view of the man, the bathtub, the surrounding ceramic that takes the banal and elevates this familiar image into breathtaking visual moment.

For me this visual transformation captures the essence of the film: there is nothing shown that we do not know but to know this human process in search of easement of psychological pain through the eyes of Downloading Nancy's creators is an entirely new and awesome experience.

Downloading Nancy might be a first brutally honest film on self mutilation but I am confident it won't be the last.

Release Date: June 5, 2009 (Limited)

Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Colective

Jerichow: Black Cloud Rising

Director: Christian Petzold


Cast: Benno Fürmann ... Thomas
Nina Hoss ... Laura
Hilmi Sözer ... Ali Özkan


Although many Americans live with the guilt or jubilation from the dropping of the Hiroshima bomb that resulted in an en masse destruction of civilian life, Jerichow brings that event into clear focus with the use of three characters, (two men and a woman), moving slowly into the depth of their lives, fueled by the progressive almost predictable interactions.

At its core Jerichow is an achievement of the impossible: to bring world level events of War, of the ngredients of climate change into the human everyday experience of ordinary people. This film, like none I have ever seen, talks to me about the world of destruction, of the black cloud that is us and also hovers over us, whether we see it or not.

Jerichow isn't for everyone but everyone who sees it will applaud it as one of the great moments in film.

Opens May 15, 2009 in New York City: Fim Forum

German subtitles

Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective

Jane Harmen, follow-up on my April 23,2009 blogspot.

U.S. to Drop Spy Case Against Pro-Israel Lobbyists
A New York Times follow up on the Jane Harmen article posted earlier

Although it was my intention to bring to light the misuse of an attractive Caucasian woman in politics, this New York Times May 2, 2009 article points to a lot more going on than the undisclosed wiretapping (seemingly without provocation) of one California politician of note

(this is a snipit of the whole)

By NEIL A. LEWIS and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: May 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — A case that began four years ago with the tantalizing and volatile premise that officials of a major pro-Israel lobbying organization were illegally trafficking in sensitive national security information collapsed on Friday as prosecutors asked that all charges be withdrawn.

The investigation of Mr. Rosen and Mr. Weissman also surfaced recently in news reports that Representative Jane Harman, a California Democrat long involved in intelligence matters, was overheard on a government wiretap discussing the case. As reported by Congressional Quarterly, which covers Capitol Hill, and The New York Times, Ms. Harman was overheard agreeing with an Israeli intelligence operative to try to intercede with Bush administration officials to obtain leniency for Mr. Rosen and Mr. Weissman in exchange for help in persuading Democratic leaders to make her chairwoman of the House Intelligence Committee.

Ms. Harman has denied interceding for Mr. Rosen and Mr. Weissman, and has expressed anger that she was wiretapped. She is to be among the featured speakers at the Aipac conference next week.

Over government objections, Judge Ellis had also ruled that the defense could call as witnesses several senior Bush administration foreign policy officials to demonstrate that what occurred was part of the continuing process of information trading and did not involve anything nefarious. The defense lawyers were planning to call as witnesses former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Stephen J. Hadley, the former national security adviser; and several others. Government policy makers indicated they were clearly uncomfortable with senior officials’ testifying in open court over policy deliberations.

The government’s motion to dismiss said the government was obliged take a final review of the case to consider “the likelihood that classified information will be revealed at trial, any damage to the national security that might result from a disclosure of classified information and the likelihood the government would prevail at trial.”