stars:
Hugh Dancy, Rose Byre, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker with Amy Iring and Peter Gallagher.
Hold on to your hat, secure your seat belt, the film "Adam" breaks with tradition. Imagine a main stream film, Fox Searchlight films where the women are Not the essentially irrelevant characters who appear when a need to show the otherwise perfect man mess up because of Her, the Bad one , the woman otherwise kept out of the viewer's awareness.
In Adam the women are the driving message vehicles opposing the men who have so much trouble making it in this world.
The pivotal moment is encapsulated in the concept of "the lie": the big lie, the little lie. In this film "the lie" is one and the same. When untruth is celebrated all bets are off, is the unspoken message that cries out to the viewers loud and clear.
Lies of omission (secretive extra marital affairs) and lies of convenience and lies in business, financial irregularities seem to hold equal weight in this less than exciting film.
Adam is message driven, without benefit of a hint at character change. That is not to be confused with change of behavior. Behavior, the human ability to learn, is amply shown, is actually the overt message of the film. But in this day and age with all the technological advancement in film making, with all the great ways of telling a compelling story, Adam falls so short of interesting that the audience was restless and even I had trouble crying at the film's end.
The one outstanding moment was the on scream appearance of Amy Irving. Her professional achievement was on a par with the reigning Queen of film, Meryl Streep. Too bad she was given a minor role. Imagine if the film had used a "mature" woman rather than a young, lost soul to carry the message forward?
Adam, is a lesson in not to lie, not to omit, not to manipulate and to be emotionally honest. A lesson none of us in today's world will learn no matter how much we believe in its importance.
It just ain't real.
Linda Zises
Criticalwomen@blogspot.com
WBAI Women's Collective
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
A Memory Revisited:
Have we forgotten Raymond Velez from the Bronx, the politician the then New York City Mayor Ed Koch called "the poverty pimp". Have we forgotten that Espada Jr. has a history, a decade of being elected on the Democratic ticket because... that is where the votes are and once elected to the State Senate, switching to the Republican side because... that is where the money is?
I met Raymond Velez in early 1970's. He was a short, full breasted, wider than tall man, whose head sat on his shoulders without apparent need of a neck.
He presided with his arms wide perched on a dais awaiting the moment when his voice, his pearls of wisdom would be heard on air. Radio at its finest.
I was working for the City of New York and had, at his insistence, written a grant proposal. I was also pregnant, in my ninth month when Raymond sent his "boys " to my New York City office to learn the fate of our effort to get him more federal money.
I had my feet slightly raised as I sat in my desk chair His "boys" surrounded me. When the fatal piece of paper upon which a rejection of our request for money was plainly stated and read aloud by me, the assembled men erupted into fierce yelling, complaining, gesturing. I sat up, uncomfortably erect or as erect as I could given my physical state and said, ""It's not my fault". When that failed to calm the clamor in the room, I became more agitated. That's when i pulled rank. "Get out of my office"", I yelled "Out, Out!" and as I stood up with great difficulty the men dispersed. All except one. He was a slender man who stood quietly while his fellow travelers ran away.
"From where I come, men don't treat pregnant women this way" he said. Please, let me drive you home".
I did.
It was a quiet trip, no words seemed necessary in the wake of so many That was on a Friday. On Monday morning January 3, in the beginning moments of a fierce snow storm, I delivered my second son.
Linda Z(ises)
criticalwomen@blogspot.com
I met Raymond Velez in early 1970's. He was a short, full breasted, wider than tall man, whose head sat on his shoulders without apparent need of a neck.
He presided with his arms wide perched on a dais awaiting the moment when his voice, his pearls of wisdom would be heard on air. Radio at its finest.
I was working for the City of New York and had, at his insistence, written a grant proposal. I was also pregnant, in my ninth month when Raymond sent his "boys " to my New York City office to learn the fate of our effort to get him more federal money.
I had my feet slightly raised as I sat in my desk chair His "boys" surrounded me. When the fatal piece of paper upon which a rejection of our request for money was plainly stated and read aloud by me, the assembled men erupted into fierce yelling, complaining, gesturing. I sat up, uncomfortably erect or as erect as I could given my physical state and said, ""It's not my fault". When that failed to calm the clamor in the room, I became more agitated. That's when i pulled rank. "Get out of my office"", I yelled "Out, Out!" and as I stood up with great difficulty the men dispersed. All except one. He was a slender man who stood quietly while his fellow travelers ran away.
"From where I come, men don't treat pregnant women this way" he said. Please, let me drive you home".
I did.
It was a quiet trip, no words seemed necessary in the wake of so many That was on a Friday. On Monday morning January 3, in the beginning moments of a fierce snow storm, I delivered my second son.
Linda Z(ises)
criticalwomen@blogspot.com
Friday, June 26, 2009
A Walk to Beautiful: DVD
Director/Producer Mary Olive Smith
An Engel Entertainment production in association with NOVA
Filmed in Ethiopia
The setting is beautiful, breathtaking. the hardship endured by the native women excruciating to see, to learn about and their illness is unimaginable for those who have never seen it nor smelled an incontinent woman
Imagine being a five to ten year old girl, married. Imagine getting pregnant and giving birth at 13 or 14 years of age. Imagine being in labor not for 24 hours but for a week because the birthing canal is too small to enable the fetus passage. Imagine the damage to your body, the puncture of the thin wall between the birthing canal and the blather.
Imagine the reversal of all you know about and feel about being toilet trained, about being part of a civilized, loving nurturing community. Imagine being ostracized, having to live in a separate space from everyone, Imagine being totally alone, rejected, at thirteen, fourteen years of age. That is the plight ,the central premise of the film Walk to Beautiful:. a six mile or more lonely walk in search of help.
But it isn't only in Ethiopia. I was a social worker in Sunset Park Brooklyn when a young woman's 's brother brought her to my office. Everyone in the vicinity ran from where we sat, she by the side of my desk.
The brother said, everything in the house is ruined. Every chair, the sofa. she can't go outside and we can't live with her in the house. The smell coming from her person was overpowering.
But it wasn't the first time I had smelled the sustained odor of urine.
The hallway in the then poverty stricken Harlem were my training ground for walking up and down the long flight of stairs with that order filling my nostrils. But I learned, as did my fellow workers, to breath without smelling, without gaging or being overly repulsed. Even the smell of feces is a human order. We are not as clean nor sweet as we might like to think
As she sat by my desk one of the fellow workers started to wash the floor near us with strong smelling ammonia which i found more distasteful than her odor and i experienced the commotion that her very presence brought to the fore. with trepidation.
How could I help her? I racked my brain to find something to say, My task was to decathex the embarrassment of her condition to allow this distraught adult brother to take her to the hospital for help. She was convinced her condition was beyond medical intervention.
From the depth of my personal ignorance I looked at her and I thought, sex. Tell me about your sex life i said. Have you had sex, did you enjoy it. And her face lit up. We were two woman sitting next to each other, one the surviver of two normal child births , the other a long suffering victim of a sexual event beyond her control What we had in common was our state of being a woman. And in that moment of our shared essence she found the courage to seek help.
Brooklyn is an ugly industrialized city. We have so much civilized help available and so much knowledge of what to do, when, but the pathos that this woman instilled in me, albeit many many years ago is part of my knowledge base, my understanding of the travails of womanhood that I thankfully do not have to endure.
That doesn't mean that we should live in ignorance. This film must be seen, must be part of our experience our knowledge of the perils of being adults because there is such a compelling base for empathy that it enriches our consciousness, the core of our being.
I recommend this beautiful, compelling, documentary and encourage everyone to imagine the odor, the horror with which each afflicted woman and those close to her must endure.
Linda Z
WFCC
WBAIWomen's Collective
An Engel Entertainment production in association with NOVA
Filmed in Ethiopia
The setting is beautiful, breathtaking. the hardship endured by the native women excruciating to see, to learn about and their illness is unimaginable for those who have never seen it nor smelled an incontinent woman
Imagine being a five to ten year old girl, married. Imagine getting pregnant and giving birth at 13 or 14 years of age. Imagine being in labor not for 24 hours but for a week because the birthing canal is too small to enable the fetus passage. Imagine the damage to your body, the puncture of the thin wall between the birthing canal and the blather.
Imagine the reversal of all you know about and feel about being toilet trained, about being part of a civilized, loving nurturing community. Imagine being ostracized, having to live in a separate space from everyone, Imagine being totally alone, rejected, at thirteen, fourteen years of age. That is the plight ,the central premise of the film Walk to Beautiful:. a six mile or more lonely walk in search of help.
But it isn't only in Ethiopia. I was a social worker in Sunset Park Brooklyn when a young woman's 's brother brought her to my office. Everyone in the vicinity ran from where we sat, she by the side of my desk.
The brother said, everything in the house is ruined. Every chair, the sofa. she can't go outside and we can't live with her in the house. The smell coming from her person was overpowering.
But it wasn't the first time I had smelled the sustained odor of urine.
The hallway in the then poverty stricken Harlem were my training ground for walking up and down the long flight of stairs with that order filling my nostrils. But I learned, as did my fellow workers, to breath without smelling, without gaging or being overly repulsed. Even the smell of feces is a human order. We are not as clean nor sweet as we might like to think
As she sat by my desk one of the fellow workers started to wash the floor near us with strong smelling ammonia which i found more distasteful than her odor and i experienced the commotion that her very presence brought to the fore. with trepidation.
How could I help her? I racked my brain to find something to say, My task was to decathex the embarrassment of her condition to allow this distraught adult brother to take her to the hospital for help. She was convinced her condition was beyond medical intervention.
From the depth of my personal ignorance I looked at her and I thought, sex. Tell me about your sex life i said. Have you had sex, did you enjoy it. And her face lit up. We were two woman sitting next to each other, one the surviver of two normal child births , the other a long suffering victim of a sexual event beyond her control What we had in common was our state of being a woman. And in that moment of our shared essence she found the courage to seek help.
Brooklyn is an ugly industrialized city. We have so much civilized help available and so much knowledge of what to do, when, but the pathos that this woman instilled in me, albeit many many years ago is part of my knowledge base, my understanding of the travails of womanhood that I thankfully do not have to endure.
That doesn't mean that we should live in ignorance. This film must be seen, must be part of our experience our knowledge of the perils of being adults because there is such a compelling base for empathy that it enriches our consciousness, the core of our being.
I recommend this beautiful, compelling, documentary and encourage everyone to imagine the odor, the horror with which each afflicted woman and those close to her must endure.
Linda Z
WFCC
WBAIWomen's Collective
Monday, June 22, 2009
UPTOWN: a Brian Ackley film
Stars:
Chris Riquinha, Meissa Hampton, Derek MAllister, Deirdre Herlihy
This film feels like a conversation, a long drawn out story with an ending tacked on that is less than credible. The problem with the film is the role in which the woman finds herself, listening to a husband who has grown estranged within the short year and a half of their marriage. However, at the request of her husband, she puts on hold, or maybe ends her new friendship because...well, that is the unanswered question.
Uptown is about the preciousness of intimacy; how it is so difficult to establish, so hard to maintain. We are living in an overcrowded world where pleasure comes only occasionally directly from those we see, live with and talk to on a phone. With the internet, the tech messages, the music blasting while we try to connect, connecting is what we need most but are most likely to fail at.
True to the problems of today. True to life. This film goes on and on when maybe we want to turn away, look elsewhere but that is exactly what we do in life and shouldn't.
Watching Uptown might brings us all back to what it means to be human; to feel, to think, without props, without all that noise.
Linda zises
WBAI Women's Collective
Chris Riquinha, Meissa Hampton, Derek MAllister, Deirdre Herlihy
This film feels like a conversation, a long drawn out story with an ending tacked on that is less than credible. The problem with the film is the role in which the woman finds herself, listening to a husband who has grown estranged within the short year and a half of their marriage. However, at the request of her husband, she puts on hold, or maybe ends her new friendship because...well, that is the unanswered question.
Uptown is about the preciousness of intimacy; how it is so difficult to establish, so hard to maintain. We are living in an overcrowded world where pleasure comes only occasionally directly from those we see, live with and talk to on a phone. With the internet, the tech messages, the music blasting while we try to connect, connecting is what we need most but are most likely to fail at.
True to the problems of today. True to life. This film goes on and on when maybe we want to turn away, look elsewhere but that is exactly what we do in life and shouldn't.
Watching Uptown might brings us all back to what it means to be human; to feel, to think, without props, without all that noise.
Linda zises
WBAI Women's Collective
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Father's Day 2009
1
you stand as tall and straight as I remember
you sit hunched over the chess board
but you don't laugh anymore.
and your partners
the ones who'd line up watching, waiting their turn
you were the guru of the park, the chess player supreme. Have you lost your knack,
the brilliance of you calm mind.
Has the world around you changed because the world changes or are you the catalyst
I wonder as you approach, slowly, looking quietly at me, assessing the damage of a year's time
you approach wearing a cap, you never wore a cap, not all of last summer when you came home with me
and we laughed seemingly all night about nothing and everything
you stand in front of me, now, your head slightly bent to look at me eye to eye and I smell you
so loud, so clearly, so unmistakably.
Oh, I say the sound of shock or is it pity permeating the air around us.
You are homeless.
11
I don't want fame nor fortune
I want to fade into the background, of time, of life
I want to see, without being seen
I want to be invisible and I am
I am
until that light goes off
rage, anger come to the fore
and I explode
In a moment of uncontrollable essence, I am
who
I am
who I don't want to be
I am
the product of my parents; my mother who knew only anger/rage/discipline to a fault
my father with his sharp biting mind and withdrawn presence
I am no different
only modified
111
Barren
void of a vehicle to offer
my wealth/
my wisdom/
my stories
where do I place the knowledge of my
forefathers
the knowledge of my life
as it pulls me ever forward into
a bodiless entity
a whiff of wanton black smoke
ascending
1V
I've said it all before
I said
come play with me
but I didn't mean it
I said walk softly on tip toe
but i didn't know what tip toe meant
I said that I love you
but I didn't understand
that love is a feeling
indestructible
because
I don't
Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective
you stand as tall and straight as I remember
you sit hunched over the chess board
but you don't laugh anymore.
and your partners
the ones who'd line up watching, waiting their turn
you were the guru of the park, the chess player supreme. Have you lost your knack,
the brilliance of you calm mind.
Has the world around you changed because the world changes or are you the catalyst
I wonder as you approach, slowly, looking quietly at me, assessing the damage of a year's time
you approach wearing a cap, you never wore a cap, not all of last summer when you came home with me
and we laughed seemingly all night about nothing and everything
you stand in front of me, now, your head slightly bent to look at me eye to eye and I smell you
so loud, so clearly, so unmistakably.
Oh, I say the sound of shock or is it pity permeating the air around us.
You are homeless.
11
I don't want fame nor fortune
I want to fade into the background, of time, of life
I want to see, without being seen
I want to be invisible and I am
I am
until that light goes off
rage, anger come to the fore
and I explode
In a moment of uncontrollable essence, I am
who
I am
who I don't want to be
I am
the product of my parents; my mother who knew only anger/rage/discipline to a fault
my father with his sharp biting mind and withdrawn presence
I am no different
only modified
111
Barren
void of a vehicle to offer
my wealth/
my wisdom/
my stories
where do I place the knowledge of my
forefathers
the knowledge of my life
as it pulls me ever forward into
a bodiless entity
a whiff of wanton black smoke
ascending
1V
I've said it all before
I said
come play with me
but I didn't mean it
I said walk softly on tip toe
but i didn't know what tip toe meant
I said that I love you
but I didn't understand
that love is a feeling
indestructible
because
I don't
Linda Zises
WBAI Women's Collective
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Stoning of Soraya M
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Cyrus Nowrasteh’s film, “The Stoning of Soraya M,” is the story of the stoning of an innocent woman because her husband of twenty years wanted to have another wife, a child bride 14 years old.
Judging from the name of the film I would have turned away, and said, I know things are bad for women in the world where religious fundamentalism is the rule of the land. But something made me take the leap of faith and watch as Soraya M. is killed, murdered by the people she grew up with; her friends, her family, her neighbors. and her own children.
The landscape consisted of a barren view of a primitive town, all authentic. built on dirt and stones. Stones everywhere, all sizes, shapes, gathered by male children for use in the bloody execution.
Soraya M's her father was forced to join with the rule of the town's people, her father asked to throw the first stone. With stone like stoic expressions, her children were also told to throw the second, the third stone. Later they brought down in tears.
The lone voice of her Aunt as she tried to defy the powers of the town's governing body and failed was heard throughout the film. Her effort applauded, her failure to save her neice a sorriful but predictable outcome
Whenthe film ended, the tears were pouring uncontrollably from my eyes. My identification with Soraya more than I had expected.
Maybe we don't stone women to death in this country but we don't embrace the woman who tries to leave her husband, her marriage, when he doesn't agree to her demand for change.
This is an important film, a film to force us to re-evaluate from whence we came and how far we have or have not come in all these many years.
Linda Z
WBAI Women's Collective
Cyrus Nowrasteh’s film, “The Stoning of Soraya M,” is the story of the stoning of an innocent woman because her husband of twenty years wanted to have another wife, a child bride 14 years old.
Judging from the name of the film I would have turned away, and said, I know things are bad for women in the world where religious fundamentalism is the rule of the land. But something made me take the leap of faith and watch as Soraya M. is killed, murdered by the people she grew up with; her friends, her family, her neighbors. and her own children.
The landscape consisted of a barren view of a primitive town, all authentic. built on dirt and stones. Stones everywhere, all sizes, shapes, gathered by male children for use in the bloody execution.
Soraya M's her father was forced to join with the rule of the town's people, her father asked to throw the first stone. With stone like stoic expressions, her children were also told to throw the second, the third stone. Later they brought down in tears.
The lone voice of her Aunt as she tried to defy the powers of the town's governing body and failed was heard throughout the film. Her effort applauded, her failure to save her neice a sorriful but predictable outcome
Whenthe film ended, the tears were pouring uncontrollably from my eyes. My identification with Soraya more than I had expected.
Maybe we don't stone women to death in this country but we don't embrace the woman who tries to leave her husband, her marriage, when he doesn't agree to her demand for change.
This is an important film, a film to force us to re-evaluate from whence we came and how far we have or have not come in all these many years.
Linda Z
WBAI Women's Collective
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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
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
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
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
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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
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
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