SOUTHLAND TALES
PRODUCTION
NOTES
27 April 2006
CAST:
Boxer
Santaros…………………………………………………………… DWAYNE
JOHNSON
Roland Taverner/Ronald Taverner………………………………………. SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT
Krysta Kapowski/Krysta Now………………………………….............. SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
Zora Charmichaels……………………………………………………….. CHERI OTERI
Fortunio Balducci………………………………………………………… WILL
SASSO
Vaughn Smallhouse……………………………………………………… JOHN
LARROQUETTE
Bart Bookman……………………………………………………………. JON
LOVITZ
Bing Zinneman…………………………………………………………... TODD
BERGER
Dion Werner/Dion Element……………………………………………… WOOD HARRIS
Dr. Inga Von Westphalen/Marion Card………………………………….. BETH GRANT
Cyndi Pinziki…………………………………………………………….. NORA DUNN
Baron Von Westphalen…………………………………………………… WALLACE SHAWN
Teri Riley………………………………………………………………… LISA
K. WYATT
Veronica Mung/Dream…………………………………………………... AMY POEHLER
Private Pilot Abilene……………………………………………………... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Serpentine………………………………………………………………... BAI
LING
Nana Mae Frost…………………………………………………………... MIRANDA
Simon Theory……………………………………………………………. KEVIN
SMITH
Madeline Frost Santaros…………………………………………… …… MANDY
Martin Kefauver…………………………………………………………. LOU
TAYLOR PUCCI
WRITER/DIRECTOR: RICHARD KELLY
PRODUCED BY: SEAN McKITTRICK
BO HYDE
MATTHEW
RHODES
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: BILL JOHNSON
JIM
SEIBEL
KATARINA
K. HYDE
OLIVER
HENGST
JUDD
PAYNE
DIRECTOR OF
PHOTOGRAPHY: STEVEN POSTER, ASC
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: ALEXANDER HAMMOND
EDITED BY: SAM BAUER
COSTUMER DESIGNER: APRIL FERRY
MUSIC BY: MOBY
The city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster.
SOUTHLAND TALES is an epic story set over the course of three days that
culminate in a massive 4th of July celebration.
A large ensemble cast of characters
includes Boxer Santaros (Dwayne
Johnson), an action star stricken with amnesia, Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an adult film star developing
her own reality television project, and Roland
Taverner (Seann William Scott), a
4/25/2006
This is the way the world ends.
This is the way the world
ends.
This is the way the world
ends.
Not with a bang but a
whimper.
--T.S. Eliot
The conclusion of T.S.
Eliot’s 1925 poem “The Hollow Men” has been altered for satirical effect in
SOUTHLAND TALES, a comedic spin on the apocalypse, as it should occur in the
great city of
I have always been obsessed
with this whole apocalypse thing… and trying to decipher the encrypted
symbolism in the book of Revelations
is enough to give anyone a headache. A friend once remarked that there is a
legitimate debate among religious scholars that the book of Revelations was written while the
Apostle John was under the influence of hallucinatory mushrooms. Go figure.
Another friend sent me a
very disturbing link to a story about something called “American Hiroshima”.
Apparently this is one of many planned terrorist attacks that Al-Quaeda has in
the works. This is the one where they smuggle nuclear weapons (purchased by
Osama bin Laden from the Russian mafia) over the Mexican border into
Sounds like the apocalypse
to me. Where would we go from here?
These are the sordid tales
of what happens next… how it all comes crashing down. In the alternate future
of SOUTHLAND TALES, the war machine is running out of gas, and there is no
alternative. Alternative fuel, that is.
Global warming may indeed be
the “whimper” that T.S. Eliot foretold. Perhaps our destiny is to slowly drown
ourselves into oblivion.
Southland
Tales will take you down that other road. The one that ends
with a “bang”. What if there is a path to end all suffering, and hidden
somewhere along the way there exists a primer? A primer that could help us
extinguish this great big mess of a planet once and for all. Quick and
painless.
Well, I shouldn’t say
“quick”. According to me it takes 2 hours and 31 minutes to explain how the
world ends. I’m sorry that it isn’t shorter, but it had to be this way.
There is no alternative.
Alternative fuel, that is.
Until one day… when a
mysterious German corporation arrives in the Southland with a kick-ass new
formula. A cure for our sickness…
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
“It’s a comedy about the end
of the world,” states writer/director Richard Kelly. But summing up SOUTHLAND
TALES as merely a comedy is a bit of a simplification. Like Kelly’s debut
feature, the critically-acclaimed 2001 cult favorite Donnie Darko, the film almost defies categorization. SOUTHLAND
TALES might be part comedy, part action satire, part thriller, part drama and
even part musical, but it is definitely all
one thing: the singular vision of Richard Kelly.
“It’s
a Richard Kelly film. I think that’s the best way to describe it,” explains
Seann William Scott, who plays twins Ronald and Roland Taverner in the film.
“Even with DONNIE DARKO, I think everyone has their own interpretation of what
it’s about. And I think the same will go for this movie.”
The origins of SOUTHLAND TALES
Kelly first began writing
this apocalyptic ensemble piece, set against the backdrop of a 2008 Fourth of
July celebration in LA, in 2001, shortly after DONNIE DARKO premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and had left without a
domestic distributor (Newmarket Films would eventually release the film that
fall). “We were re-cutting and going through this struggle and pressure and I
was really frustrated and angry. And I felt like my career was probably over,
or ending, or in the process of ending because our movie didn’t get picked up
and it didn’t seem like it was going to,” recalls Kelly. “And I wanted to write
something about
Kelly
wrote the initial draft of SOUTHLAND TALES in about three weeks before showing
it to his producing partner Sean McKittrick. “I gave it to Sean and he
immediately called me and said, ‘We have to go get drunk,’” remembers Kelly.
“And we went and got drunk at Hinano, this bar in
The
original draft of the script featured several characters who would make it into
the final incarnation, including Boxer Santoros, the action star stricken with
amnesia played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson; Ronald and Roland, a cop and his
twin brother, played by Scott; and Zora Carmichaels, the steroid-induced
neo-marxist played by Cheri Oteri. What began as a futuristic satire of
“In
subsequent years, 9/11 happened and then the Patriot Act and the war in
New
characters were added to the ensemble including the key role of Krysta Now, an
adult film star developing her own reality project. Sarah Michelle Gellar was
cast, against type, as Krysta, and believes that the film ultimately became “a
love letter and a hate letter to
As
both a love and hate letter to
“But
I think that any movie about
While
LEBOWSKI and DEADLY took place in the present, however, SOUTHLAND TALES needed
to create a futuristic world on an independent budget. “I always hoped that
this would be in the league of something like BRAZIL or BLADE RUNNER, not that
it’s as futuristic as BLADE RUNNER or as design-heavy as BRAZIL, in the
attention to detail, and what, I hope, is a really great visual accomplishment
in terms of the production design and cinematography,” says Kelly. “But, to do
all that stuff with 30 days and not too much money is a real challenge.”
To
face the challenge, Kelly assembled a skilled below-the-line team including
cinematographer Steven Poster, costume designer April Ferry, and production
designer Alexander Hammond, all of whom the director worked with on DONNIE
DARKO. To compose the film’s score, Kelly turned to award-winning contemporary
music artist Moby.
Despite
the month-long shooting schedule and budgetary constraints, Gellar believes
there was a genuine camaraderie on set. “Everyone was so enthused to be here,”
the actress believes. “Obviously people were not, including crew members,
making what they’re used to making. It was a very, very tight schedule. But we
had some of the best people in the business. All of these people were here
because they loved it.”
One
of the real challenges for the SOUTHLAND TALES crew and cast was that many of
the scenes and visual concepts imagined by Kelly weren’t necessarily in the
script. “I hope that visually and with the editing and the music, when
audiences see the film all put together, that it will make a lot more sense on
screen than it does on the page. Because of some of the ways in which we’ve had
to physically make this film, the script got pared down to 90 pages. But the
movie we made is not 90 pages long.”
The
editing of the script and Kelly’s desire to re-insert scenes during shooting
was often a daunting experience for the actors. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson jokes
that he even began to give up on fully comprehending the final product. “I’ve
been close to this project now and close to Richard for over a year, and I
stopped trying to completely understand everything that’s happening in the
movie because there’s so many stories that are taking place, all which, by the
way, wind up being connected. So I thought the best thing for me to do is to
completely understand and have my interpretation of Boxer Santaros—where he
comes from, where he wants to go, what he believes in and things like that.
Because there are a lot of things that only Richard Kelly could tell you.”
“I think that it is probably overwhelming,” Kelly
agrees, “in the sense that the script, to the actors, is probably a little
confusing and, what is it all about in the end? I think it’s about where our
country is going, our current dilemma when you’re talking about alternative
fuel, terrorism, our civil liberties being taken away from us, and the
potential effects of environmental degradation on human behavior, neurological
responses, global warming. You know, there’s a lot going on here.”
Casting SOUTHLAND TALES
For
a movie that deals with so many current, hot-button issues, it might seem
surprising that Kelly has cast the film with actors known primarily for their
roles in television and film comedies, and the lighter side of pop culture in
general. In addition to Johnson and Scott, who previously starred together in
the 2002 action comedy THE RUNDOWN, Kelly also cast pop superstar Justin
Timberlake, actress/singer Mandy Moore, “Night Court” star John Larroquette,
CLERKS director Kevin Smith, and well-known “Saturday Night Live” alumni Cheri
Oteri, Jon Lovitz, Amy Poehler and Nora Dunn in pivotal roles.
“It
just so happens that ‘Saturday Night Live’ has cultivated, in my opinion, some
of the funniest people ever in the entertainment business. And I think if you
can do improv and sketch comedy, and you can do it really, really well, I’m
convinced you can do anything else. I think if you have that ability, you can
be an extraordinary dramatic actor. You can be trained to do anything as long
as you’re given the script and the direction to do so.”
Scott believes that Kelly’s willingness to cast
against type is part of the reason why so many actors want to work with him.
“It’s great that a guy who has so much excitement surrounding him has given a
bunch of us an opportunity to be in something exciting like this,” he says. “I
mean, I love seeing Jon Lovitz or Cheri Oteri and a lot of great comedic actors
doing something really different.”
Scott
was the first actor to come on board with Kelly and the star, perhaps best
known for his role in the AMERICAN PIE series, relished the challenges of
playing two completely different characters.
“It’s been really fun for me to be a part of a movie like this,” states
Scott. “I don’t really know what I’m doing with comedy so much. When I moved
out to
The
actor was a huge fan of DONNIE DARKO and had specifically sought Kelly out. In
the meeting, Scott recalls, “he [Richard] brought up the project and even
though it didn’t make a whole lot of sense the first time I read it, it didn’t
matter to me because I also had the opportunity to go to pitch meetings with
him while he was trying to get the movie financed. I was able to see that he
knew every single moment and that they all [existed] for a reason.”
“No
one else could have played the twins better than Seann,” believes Kelly. “He’s
got great comedic timing, some of the best timing I’ve ever seen and he gives a
very restrained performance in this, much more subtle, yet really pretty
amazing in the sense of defining who these characters are.”
Like
Scott, Gellar’s performance as Krysta Now, porn star and entrepreneur, is a
departure from her much-admired starring roles in TV’s “Buffy the Vampire
Slayer” and THE GRUDGE, although it didn’t start out that way. “I wasn’t
originally playing Krysta and was actually jealous of the character and had
spoken to Richard,” remembers Gellar. “It was only later when we decided I
would indeed play Krysta.”
“Richard’s
a free-thinker who thinks outside the box,” continues Gellar. “And I think,
unfortunately now,
“I’ve
always been a fan of hers,” admits Kelly. “And she’s one of the smartest girls
I’ve ever met. She’s taken a lot of risks to do this, to play a porn star and,
you know, to do something that’s provocative is pretty ballsy of her.”
For
the role of Boxer Santaros, Kelly only envisioned one actor in the part. “We
could not have made this film without ‘The Rock.’ He was born to play this
role. No one else could’ve played it better than him. He’s probably one of the
most talented people I’ve ever worked with. He listens, he can adapt. He’s so
directable. And it comes from coming out of wrestling. He was always acting up
there.”
“When I sat down with Richard, I loved the fact that
he had the balls to make this type of movie. Not only that but to write this
type of script,” remembers Johnson. “It’s like, well, how did he think of that?
And there’s so much involved with Richard and his vision and how he sees the movie
and how he wants to shoot it. And he had his plan very precise with his actors
in mind.”
Scott
was thrilled to be reunited with his RUNDOWN co-star, although in a somewhat
different vein. “It’s been a blast working with Dwayne. I was really excited about
it, and it’s just the beauty of being in this business, having the opportunity
to work with someone you’ve had such a good time with before. And he’s
hilarious. You know, in THE RUNDOWN, I was the guy who was the “Chatty Cathy”
and just talking in his ear and he was like the quiet, stoic guy and now it’s
changed a little bit. And he’s like kind of the crazy, funny guy and I’m like
the quiet guy. So, it’s really hard to keep a straight face ‘cause he’s really
funny in this movie.”
Bringing
out the comedy in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and the more serious side of Seann
William Scott is the kind of image-altering that Kelly prides himself on as a
filmmaker. “I feel like there’s a real pop art value to what we’re doing in the
sense that we’ve cast a lot of actors who are usually associated with pop
culture,” he explains. “With ‘The Rock’ and Sarah and Seann and a lot of the
supporting cast coming from either ‘Saturday Night Live’ or sketch comedy or
improv, and having started in action films or teen comedies or horror films, we
have people who have muscles that they haven’t flexed yet and maybe haven’t had
the opportunities to really show what extraordinary actors they are.
“It’s
great for me to take people from that environment and put them into a new one,
and yet I get the benefit of having their charisma and their pop value
associated with what is essentially an art film. This is a very big, dense
tapestry of ideas. And it’s a very political film, I think, hopefully in a way
that is not grating or a soapbox. And these are all tremendous actors.”
“I
think if Richard told me that his next project was going to be a rendition of
the Yellow Pages, I probably would be the first one signed on for ‘N’ through
‘T,’” adds Gellar. “I think that he’s so open and he has so many great ideas
and he’s willing to try anything. And if it doesn’t work, he moves on. He’s not
married to anything. It was a lot of improv. On the day [of shooting], he’s
constantly coming up with not just new lines, but incredibly huge, new scenes.”
Kelly
recalls that some of the actors were helpful in coming up with their own
material as well, particularly Amy Poehler and Wood Harris, who play Dream and
Dion Element, respectively, in the film. “With Amy and Wood, I came up to them
and I said, ‘Okay, you’re gonna do a monologue about Seann William Scott’s
character not having a bowel movement or urinating in six days. He believes
that’s wrong and there’s something fundamentally against God. You believe that
he’s evolved to a higher spiritual consciousness, and that’s a good thing. And
you’re gonna have an argument about it.’”
Kelly
remembers, “And they [Poehler and Harris] go off to their trailers and they
write this thing and they come back and just knock it out of the park…and it
was some of the funniest stuff, I think, in the movie. And when you have talent
like that, that can write their own and rewrite their own dialogue, and you
don’t take advantage of that, I think you’re making a mistake.”
Gellar,
for one, enjoyed the sense of improv on set. “I love just coming up with
something on the fly,” the actress notes. “You know, sometimes a line looks
good on the page, and then you say it and somehow it doesn’t work, or it
doesn’t seem right. And everyone’s had so much input into their characters and
their storyline.”
The shit hits the fan
The variety of acting
backgrounds and techniques that Kelly employs in SOUTHLAND TALES might be
unconventional but are perhaps ultimately appropriate for a film commenting on
the unnerving political mood of a current and futuristic
And
that, Kelly says with a smile, is the best way to sum up this Richard Kelly
vision that just about no one else involved with the film can seem to sum up:
“It’s about the shit hitting the fan on the Fourth of July weekend.”
ABOUT
THE CAST
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
has solidified his position among
Johnson is currently shooting his starring role in the science -fiction thriller SOUTHLAND TALES for famed writer/director Richard Kelly (DONNIE DARKO). This film is made up of an eclectic and all-star cast also co-starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean William Scott.
Johnson recently wrapped
production on GRIDIRON GANG, in which he plays a correctional facility counselor
who forms a football team of young criminals. The film is based on a true story
and is being directed by Phil Joanou. GRIDIRON GANG is set for release on
September 15th, 2006 and has already been deemed SONY’S big hit for next fall.
Johnson will next be seen
starring in his fourth movie with Universal titled DOOM. This film, based on the video game trilogy by
the same name, is the first time we will see Johnson as a true villain. He will play ‘Sarge,’ the dark, disturbed,
and most unforgiving member of the team whose purpose is to maintain order in
the Universe. DOOM will be released on
October 21st.
Johnson was last seen
co-starring with an all-star cast in MGM’s BE COOL. The sequel to GET SHORTY
and directed by F. Gary Gray. Johnson co-stars with John Travolta, Uma Thurman,
and Vince Vaughn in a role that allows him to further expand his repertoire by
playing a gay bodyguard who is also an aspiring singer. Johnson received rave reviews and critical acclaim
for his performance.
Johnson was recently seen in
MGM’s remake of WALKING TALL which co-stars Johnny Knoxville and Neal
McDonough. He plays the role of sheriff
‘Chris Vaughn’ who comes back to his hometown after serving in the Army, only
to find it corrupted. This version,
inspired by the original ‘Buford Pusser’ story, is about one man’s fight to
stand up to injustice and save both his family and the town that he loves so
dearly. WALKING TALL not only enjoyed
great box office success, but also has climbed the charts making it one of the
top selling DVD’s.
Before that, Johnson was
seen starring in Universal’s THE RUNDOWN.
Peter Berg helmed this action/comedy starring Johnson, Sean William
Scott (AMERICAN PIE), Rosario Dawson, and Christopher Walken. THE RUNDOWN
further exemplifies Johnson’s action hero status with the die-hard action
sequences and his undeniable screen presence.
THE RUNDOWN opened #1 at the box office opening weekend, and was
critically acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Ebert &
Roeper.
Born in
After his March 2000
appearance on “Saturday Night Live” (surprising many with his strength in the
comedic ring and garnering the show’s highest rating that year), Johnson was
cast by director Stephen Sommers in THE MUMMY RETURNS, which to date has
grossed more than $400 million worldwide.
Once again Johnson parlayed his natural charisma into box-office gold,
not only safeguarding the MUMMY franchise, but also pushing it to a new
level. His character was so well
received by Universal executives during dailies that they quickly planned a
film based on his character, THE SCORPION KING.
Dwayne Johnson resides in
An actor with a penchant for delivering memorable performances, Seann William
Scott continues to impress audiences with an impressive slate of upcoming
projects.
Scott can currently be seen in the highly anticipated feature film
version of the popular 80's television series THE DUKES OF HAZZARD. Directed by
Jay Chandrasekhar and co-starring Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Willie
Nelson and Burt Reynolds, the raucous comedy follows the exploits of the iconic
DUKES characters led by Scott as 'Bo Duke,' with cousin 'Luke' played by
Knoxville and 'Daisy' played by Simpson. " THE DUKES OF HAZZARD is
scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on August 5th, 2005.
Scott recently wrapped production on Craig Gillespie's MR. WOODCOCK
opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Susan Sarandon for New Line Cinema. The film centers on a young man (Scott), who
returns to his hometown to stop his mother (Sarandon) from marrying the high
school gym teacher (Thornton) who made life a living hell for him and many of
his classmates.
Scott just began production on Richard Kelly's SOUTHLAND TALES opposite
Sarah Michelle Gellar and The Rock for Universal. SOUTHLAND TALES is a musical/comedy set in
2008 where a three-day heatwave in
Taking the reins behind the camera as well as in front of it, Scott has
an exclusive first-look production deal with Universal, in which he will act
and produce films under his own banner, Identity Films.
Films already in development under the Identity Films banner include
THE OPTIMIST for New Line Pictures. Scott will also star in the film about a
man who is born without the gene for unhappiness. However, his perspective
changes when he falls in love with a cynical reporter. Identity Films is also
scheduled to produce a remake of the 2001 French romantic comedy GREGOIRE MOULIN
AGAINST HUMANITY in which Scott will
also star in. In addition, the company is developing THE UNTITLED CAMP
PROJECT. The film focuses on a slacker (to be played by Scott) who applies for
a job as a summer camp counselor so he can relive his youthful glory days of
panty raids and food fights. Unfortunately, since his glory days the camp has
become a haven for young brainiacs who've come for intellectual growth.
Scott was last seen in Universal's hit action thriller THE RUNDOWN with
The Rock, Rosario Dawson and Christopher Walken. Directed by Peter Berg, the
film followed the mis-teaming of the son of an underworld kingpin and the
kingpin's retrieval expert to retrieve a priceless artifact in the depths of
the Amazon.
Previously, he starred opposite Chow Yun-Fat in MGM's BULLETPROOF MONK
as a street-wise pickpocket mentored by a Tibetan martial arts master. He also
returned to the big screen as his teen comedy classic 'Stifler' character for
the final installment of the AMERICAN PIE trilogy, "American
Wedding." The hit comedy brought the popular characters together one last
time for Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle's (Alyson Hannigan) wedding. In
addition, Scott had a scene-stealing cameo in the hit comedy OLD SCHOOL
opposite Will Ferrell.
In the summer of 2001, Scott appeared as 'Stifler' in the box office
hit AMERICAN PIE 2. The film premiered
as the largest box office opening ever for an R-rated film, eventually grossing
over $300 million dollars worldwide. In
addition to an unforgettable cameo in Miramax's JAY AND SILENT BOB, Scott also
appeared in the DreamWorks sci-fi comedy EVOLUTION, directed by Ivan Reitman
and co-starring Julianne Moore, David Duchovny and Orlando Jones.
Other film credits include the initial installment of Universal's popular
AMERICAN PIE comedies, AMERICAN PIE, directed by Chris and Paul Weitz, Todd
Phillips' ROAD TRIP, with Breckin Meyer and Amy Smart, the smash comedy hit
DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR? opposite Ashton Kutcher; and New Line Cinema's thriller
FINAL DESTINATION. In addition, he co-hosted the 2003 MTV Movie Awards with
Justin Timberlake.
Determined and accomplished are two words that best describe Golden
Globe nominee SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR. Beginning her career as a child actress, Gellar
has remained a leader on the road of success.
A veteran of television, theater and the big screen, Gellar recently
wrapped production for Focus Features Revolver, a film about a successful young
businesswoman who starts having nightmares about a young woman who was murdered
25 years ago. She is currently filming the musical comedy, SOUTHLAND TALES for
director Richard Kelly. SOUTHLAND TALES is an ensemble piece set in the
futuristic landscape of
Gellar is best known for her role as ‘Buffy Summers’ in “Buffy the
Vampire Slayer.” She wrapped her seventh
and final season of the critically acclaimed drama in May of 2003. Recently, Gellar seen in Columbia Pictures’
smash hit thriller THE GRUDGE. The film is the English-language version of the
Japanese thriller Ju-On about a curse that befalls someone who dies in the grip
of a powerful rage.
Gellar was recently seen as the lovable ‘Daphne’ in the Warner Bros’
sequel SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED, the sequel to the first blockbuster
hit. Gellar starred in the tremendously
successful I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and the blockbuster hit SCREAM
2. She won a 1998 Blockbuster Award for
Best Supporting Actress for her role in SUMMER and was nominated for a 1998 MTV
Movie Award for her role in SCREAM 2.
Gellar also starred opposite Ryan Phillippe in CRUEL INTENTIONS, which
earned her two MTV Awards; Best Actress, and Best On-Screen Kiss. Furthermore, Gellar co- hosted the 2002 MTV
Movie Awards with Jack Black, garnering the highest ratings in the show’s
history. Gellar also been seen on the
big screen for James Toback’s HARVARD MAN, which premiered last year at the
Cannes International Film Festival.
Gellar’s career in the world of entertainment has spanned nearly 22
years - quite a feat for a young woman. She won an Emmy in 1994 for her role on
the ABC daytime drama “All My Children” and completed classes at the High
School for the Performing Arts in
Her credits include; television “An Invasion of Privacy” (CBS/MOW), “A
Woman Named Jackie” (CBS/Mini-Series), and “All My Children” (ABC); film FUNNY
FARM (Warner Bros.), OVER THE BROKLYN BRIDGE (Cannon Films) and HIGH STAKES
(Vidmark); theater Jake’s Women opposite Matthew Broderick at Circle in the
Square, and The Widow Claire at the Old Globe Theatre.
Gellar has also participated in much off-screen work as a volunteer for
many charitable organizations. She is an
advocate for breast cancer awareness and participated in Ford’s 2003 ‘Tied to
the Cause’ campaign benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Sarah was also an honoree at this year’s Young
Survivors Coalition. She has donated her
time and talent to the ‘Make-a-Wish Foundation’ and has spent time in the
A
An actress known for the boundless creativity that goes into her
flawlessly detailed characters, Cheri
Oteri is branching beyond her acclaimed work on “Saturday Night Live”
with several roles in feature films.
Oteri appeared on “Saturday Night Live” for five seasons. She is probably best known for her portrayal
of Arianna, the female half of the
Spartan Spirit Cheerleader Squad. As
well as Cass Van Ry, the dense and
shallow co-host of the fictional talk show “Morning Latte”. Oteri’s other popular characters include:
Rita, the self-appointed mayor of her street who polices local neighborhood
children, and the prescription-addled Colette Reardon. Her hysterical
impressions of Barbara Walters and Judge Judy have both been “Cheered” by
TV Guide. Other memorable impersonations include Mariah Carey, Melissa Rivers,
Jennifer Lopez and Ross Perot.
Cheri’s SNL characters were celebrated this year with a BEST OF CHERI OTERI
special on SNL.
In addition to her acclaimed work on “Saturday Night Live” Oteri
received an Emmy nomination for the memorable guest starring appearance on the
hit NBC situation comedy series, “Just Shoot Me” as the inept but perky
secretary, Cindy. Most recently she
guested opposite Larry David on “Curb your Enthusiasm.”
Oteri is currently developing a comedy with JJ Abrams.
Oteri was seen in SCARY MOVIE directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans. She also
appeared in LIAR, LIAR opposite Jim Carrey, SMALL SOLDIERS, INSPECTOR GADGET,
LOVE & SEX and DUMB AND DUMBERER. Upcoming films include SMILE shot on
location in
Prior to joining “Saturday Night Live” Oteri was a member of the Los
Angeles-based improv/sketch comedy group, The Groundlings.
A native of
Born to
Italian immigrants in the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada, Will Sasso grew up
loving sketch comedy, thanks in part to an older brother who allowed him to
stay up past his bedtime, encouraging him to watch “SCTV,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Monty
Python’s Flying Circus.” With his
mind thus warped, Sasso decided at an early age to become a comedic actor. At
15 he snagged his first agent and began to land roles in television and film.
By the time he moved to Los Angeles at age 21, he had starred in five seasons
on the gritty Canadian drama, “Madison,” which won over 40 international awards and allowed him to hone his
acting and improvisational skills as the quirky but down to earth Derek
Wakaluk.
Sasso starred for five
seasons on the Fox hit sketch comedy show, “Mad TV.” As one of its most
featured members, he kept audiences entertained with an extensive variety of
characters and sketch concepts, among these his offbeat caricatures of Bill
Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Robert DeNiro, Steven Seagal, Randy Newman and
Kenny Rogers, as well as the accident prone handyman, Paul Timberman – his own
creation. After a successful tenure with the show, which had begun in 1997,
Sasso decided to leave the Saturday night staple in 2002 to expand the scope of
his unique brand of comedy.
Moviegoers remember Sasso
from his roles in over twenty five feature films, including BEST IN SHOW,
directed by Christopher Guest, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, with Kirsten Dunst and
Denise Richards, and BEVERLY HILLS NUNJA, starring the late Chris Farley. More
recently he completed work on A MIGHTY WIND, also directed by Guest, BAD BOY,
starring Dennis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley, and THE HOT CHICK, starring Rob
Schneider and produced by Adam Sandler -- with whom he had worked on HAPPY
GILMORE.
Sasso
has added a couple more accolades to his career with a television development
deal at Disney’s Touchstone Television for ABC and a feature film deal to
write, produce and star in his own cinematic vehicle for Radar Pictures,
entitled “Box Office Gross.”
In his spare time, Sasso likes to return home to
VAUGHN SMALLHOUSE – John
Larroquette
A four-time Emmy winner for “Best Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series,” Larroquette is best known to television audiences as
'Assistant District Attorney Dan Fielding,' a role he played on NBC's “Night
Court” during the show’s eight season run. He also starred in the NBC comedy
series, “The John Larroquette Show” where he was nominated for an Emmy Award in
the show’s second season.
Larroquette has recently been teaming up with the Hallmark Channel for
the family comedy “Wedding Daze,” in which John plays the loving, frantic
father of the bride which ran on The Hallmark Channel in the fall of 2004. Larroquette then went on to star in Hallmark
Channel’s mystery movie franchise, “McBride.” Larroquette plays the lead role of “Jim
McBride,” a charismatic, modern-day “Perry Mason.” “McBride” follows in the prolific mystery
movie footsteps of creator and executive producer Dean Hargrove who created and
executive produced some of television’s most memorable mysteries “Jake and the
Fat Man,” “Father Dowling Mysteries,” and was the executive producer of “Perry
Mason” and “Columbo.” “McBride’s” franchise is set to air one of it’s numerous
movie installments on Janaury 14, 2005, with Larroquette helmed as director of
one of the four two-hour “McBride” movies.
In 2004, Larroquette starred in the NBC sitcom, “Happy Family” with actress
Christine Baranski. The actors portrayed
aspiring “empty-nesters” who encounter difficulty when their grown children
refuse to leave the parents’ home.
In Summer 2002, Larroquette wrapped production on the popular film
series, BIG PAW: BEETHOVEN 5 about a large, crime-stopping St. Bernard named
“Beethoven.” The Universal Pictures film also stars Faith Ford and
Daveigh Chase.
That same year, Larroquette returned to the stage with a starring role
in Neil Simon’s “Oscar and Felix: a New Look at the Odd Couple.” In this
updated version of the Tony Award winning play “The Odd Couple”, Larroquette
played the role of the slovenly sportswriter, Oscar, opposite Joe Regalbuto as
Felix. The play was performed at the Geffen Playhouse in
Larroquette won his fifth Emmy in 1998 as a guest-star in two episodes
of the television drama, “The Practice.” He portrayed a homosexual who
murdered his lover and recently reprised this role in the 2001-2002
season. Larroquette was also seen in another dramatic role in Showtime's
“The Defenders,” a courtroom drama based on a series that ran from 1961-1965 on
CBS. Larroquette portrayed a man who was charged with murder for killing
his daughter's rapist.
In 2001, Larroquette starred in two television movies as a father
figure; in Showtime’s drama “Walter and Henry” opposite James Coburn and Kate
Nelligan, produced by Norman Jewison and directed Daniel Petrie Sr.; and Fox
Family Channel’s “Till Dad Do Us Part,” reuniting him with Markie Post.
Larroquette also hosted A & E Network’s, 22-episode series called
“The Incurable Collector.” As a passionate collector himself, each
episode features aficionados from across the
In NBC’s 10-hour mini-series, “The 10th Kingdom,”
Larroquette starred opposite Diane Wiest, Camryn Manheim and Ann Margret in the
fantas, live-action saga.
In January 2000, Larroquette played the title character
in the CBS mid-season comedy, “Payne,” with JoBeth Williams. The series
was a remake of the British comedy, “
On the big screen, Larroquette starred in Warner
Bros.’ RICHIE RICH opposite Macauley Culkin, where he played the comedic
villain who kidnaps Richie's parents. Larroquette’s flair for comedy helped
bring to life the long-running success of Harvey Comics strip.
In 1989, fans saw a different side of
Larroquette's abilities when he stepped onstage in “Happy Jack.” He played
a reflecting working-class husband in this two-character drama opposite his
wife, actress Elizabeth Larroquette. Written by John Godber, directed by Ron
Link and produced by Catalina and Portfilm Productions, “Happy Jack” received
several Dramalogue nominations.
Film audiences saw Larroquette give a
delightfully zany performance as a fictional
Born and raised in
He first indulged his interest in acting at a
small
In television, Larroquette won recurring roles in
“Doctor's Hospital” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep.” He also starred in the
fact-based telefilm “Conflicted” and hosted an episode of “Saturday Night
Live.”
Larroquette's film credits include co-starring
roles in Blake Edwards’ BLIND DATE, as well as SUMMER RENTAL, STRIPES, CHOOSE
ME, STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK, ALTERED STATES, CAT PEOPLE, and
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE.
Larroquette executive produced and starred in the
NBC movie-of-the-week “One Special Victory.” The story focused on an
insensitive real estate salesman whose life develops meaning when he is
committed to coach a group of developmentally disabled adults.
Larroquette splits his time between
Grant, best known for her roles in over 60 feature films including
DONNIE DARKO, SORDID LIVES, SPEED, MATCHSTICK MEN, THE ROOKIE, RAIN MAN and TO
WONG FOO, just completed shooting the features RUNNING WITH SCISSORS starring
Annette Bening, written and directed by Ryan Murphy for TriStar and THE HOUSE
OF USHER directed by Hayley Cloake, produced by Boyd Hancock. Grant also
co-stars with Allison Janey, Cheryl Hines and Jason Ritter in OUR VERY OWN,
directed by Cameron Watson, which premieres at the
In television Beth has recently recurred on “Malcolm in the Middle,”
“Yes, Dear,” “Everwood” and “King of the Hill” and was a regular on “Delta,”
“Five Houses” and “ Maximum Bob,” directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Her
hundreds of guest star appearances include “Friends,” “X-Files,” “Angel,” “CSI”
and “Six Feet Under.”
Grant's many starring roles in theatre include world premieres by
prominent playwrights Horton Foote, Romulus Linney, Maya Angelou and Del Shores.
Last year Grant was the recipient of a Los Angeles Ovation award, the Drama
Critics Circle Award and the Garland award for lead actress in a play for “The
Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife” by Del Shores.
CYNDI PINZIKI – Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn played for five seasons on “Saturday Night Live,” where she
created and wrote The Pat Steven’s Show, whose famous guest stars included
Oprah Winfrey, Jimmy Breslin, and John Lithgow as Margaret Thatcher. Her send up of soap opera diva Linda Dano
made the popular sketch “Attitudes” a hilarious “SNL” staple, featuring such
stars as John Malkovich and Christopher Walken.
Her portrayal of lounge lizardess Liz Sweeney of the singing Sweeney
Sisters has been mimicked by fans for years.
After five years of late night pandemonium, Nora played lesbian
television producer Norma Lear in NBC’s prime time drama “Sisters” for three
seasons. She has weaved effortlessly
between comedy and drama in memorable supporting roles such as the flamboyant,
blasphemous Adriana Cruz in David Russell’s chic anti-war epic THREE KINGS.
That performance garnered her praise and attention, prompting Peter Travers to
write that she was “finally given the chance to show her chops as an actress.”
She continues to show her chops in films such as Gary Fleder’s drama
RUNAWAY JURY with John Cusack and Gene Hackman, as the straight-laced
boozer/juror Stella Hulic; New Line’s LAWS OF ATTRACTION, opposite Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore as
a glitzy judge from Scarsdale whose Judge Judy tactics cause a split in the
stars’ already stressed marriage.
Dunn has begun to carve a presence in independent features as well,
appearing in Finn Taylor’s CHERISH as a raggedly overworked attorney, and as a
sympathetic therapist in newcomer Greg Harrison’s feature NOVEMBER(Sony
Classics) starring Courtney Cox. She
plays a cameo as a bitchy publicist in Sundance Film Festival’s crowd-pleaser
DIE MOMMY DIE.
For television, Dunn was recently seen in Comedy Central’s wildly
irreverent “Knee-Hi P.I.,” in which she plays the sexually promiscuous mom of
Hank Dingo, a private eye who is just less than four feet tall. Mrs. Dingo plays paladin to well-toned FedEx
drivers and various mid-twenties male protégés, but still finds time to manage
her small son’s office and smother him like a baby.
In her first film role Nora played opposite Sigourney Weaver and
Melanie Griffith in Mike Nichol’s hit comedy WORKING GIRL. Though the role had just three scenes, the New York Times still praised her
performance, saying she turned her uptight Wall Street executive “into a wicked
Witch of the Westside.” She was next
cast by Jonathan Demme in the cult classic
Theater credits include the emotionally anguished housewife Bea Small
in George Firth’s drama, “Precious Sons” at The Blank Theater Co., “The Vagina
Monologues” in
Dunn was administered twelve years of Catholic tutelage and upon
graduating from St. Mary’s Academy pursued a career in painting at The Art
Institute of Chicago. She studied at the
Institute for three years, then moved to
BARON VON WESTPHALEN –
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn is one of the film industry’s most recognizable character
actors with a long list of movie and television credits.
He has appeared in over 50 films in a career that began, and continues,
as a writer. Shawn, a
Other plays written by Wallace followed, including “Aunt Dan and
Lemon,” and “The Fever.” The National
Theater in
Casting director Juliet Taylor saw Wallace in “The Mandrake,” then
recommended and ultimately cast him in Woody Allen’s
In addition to having a recognizable face, Shawn’s distinctive voice fueled
the performance of the nervous dinosaur, Rex, in TOY STORY as well as its
sequel TOY STORY 2. He can also be heard in the animated feature films THE
INCREDIBLES; THE GOOFY MOVIE and TEACHER’S PET: THE MOVIE, as well as on the
animated television series’ “Family Guy” and The Disney Channel’s “Stanley.”
Wallace has regularly appeared in such highly regarded television
series’ as “Murphy Brown,” “The Cosby Show” and “Taxi”, along with special
appearances on “Clueless,” “Ally McBeal”, “Crossing Jordan”, “Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine” and the PBS presentation, “How To Be a Perfect Person in Three
Days.” Movies made for television include “Monte Walsh” starring Tom Selleck,
“Mr. St. Nick” starring Kelsey Grammer and “Blonde” with Poppy Montgomery as
the legendary Marilyn Monroe.
TERI RILEY – Lisa K. Wyatt
Lisa K. Wyatt is
a highly experienced actress with over one hundred fifty film, television and
regional theatre credits. In addition to a series regular role in the Fox
Family pilot “Favor and Family,” her numerous film and television credits
include MR. WOODCOCK, AMERICAN DREAMZ, LEGALY BLONDE, DONNIE DARKO, “Six Feet
Under,” “Frasier,” “Gilmore Girls,” and recurring principal roles on “Days of
Our Lives” and “Passions.” She has also appeared in commercials, voiceover and
several
She graduated
Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Theatre and Math from
SERPENTINE – Bai Ling
A star of stage and screen in her native
Bai Ling was most recently seen in Jon Avnet’s WORLD OF TOMORROW,
joined by an all-star cast including Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina
Jolie. In this futuristic
action-adventure, Bai Ling plays a mysterious woman who seemingly thwarts moves
to save our planet.
While best known for her dramatic portrayals, Bai Ling recently made a
successful foray into comedy, starring in the Miramax feature MY BABY’S DADDY,
opposite Eddie Griffiths and Anthony Anderson in this urban version of THREE
MEN AND A BABY, Bai Ling plays “Kwan,” the long-suffering girlfriend to the
reluctant father of her child
(Anderson).
Also on her slate is a stunning cameo in STAR WARS: EPISODE 2, as an
ambassador in an instellar United Nations, as well as a starring role as a
lesbian desperate to conceive in Spike Lee’s wildly clever SHE HATE ME.
Rounding out her work this year is a starring role in Content Film’s
immigrant drama, THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, produced by the award-winning Terrence
Malick, which will make its debut at the Berlin Film Festival this February.
Even language proves no barrier for this protean actress, which she
proved when landing a starring role in TAXI
Bai Ling was also seen starring in “Point of Origin”for HBO, with Ray
Liotta and Jon Leguizamo. In this real
life story, Bai Ling plays the aggrieved but faithful wife to a brilliant
Additionally, Bai Ling played opposite Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat in
Andy Tenant's ANNA AND THE KING. In this dramatic retelling of THE KING AND I,
Bai Ling plays "Tuptim," the King's beautiful young concubine, who
defiantly pursues her true love with tragic consequences.
1999 saw her opposite Will Smith in Barry Sonnenfeld's WILD, WILD WEST,
with Kevin Kline, Kenneth Brannagh and Salma Hayek, as "Miss East,"
the cunning Asian seductress.
Bai Ling first came to the attention of audiences and critics alike
when she won the coveted role opposite Richard Gere in Jon Avnet's thriller,
RED CORNER. She starred as the court-appointed defense attorney to Gere's
character, who is accused of a brutal murder during a business trip to
Born in the Szechwan
Since relocating to the
Bai Ling's other credits include the independent love story, ROW YOUR
BOAT, opposite Jon Bon Jovi, and an extraordinary two-hour season finale of the
acclaimed TV series, “Touched By An Angel”.
NANA VAN ADLER – Miranda
Miranda
Richardson first intrigued audiences in Mike Newell’s DANCE WITH A STRANGER, in
which she played Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in
Recent films include PARIS JE T’AIME directed by Isabel
Coixet, Stephen Poliakoff’s GIDEON’S DAUGHER, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF
FIRE, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE PRINCE AND ME, Stephen Daldry’s THE HOURS,
David Cronenberg’s SPIDER, Tim Burton’s SLEEPY HOLLOW, Conor McPherson’s THE
ACTORS, the coming-of-age story FALLING ANGELS, the sharply satirical THE RAGE
IN PLACID LAKE, the upcoming comedy
CHURCHILL: THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS with Christian Slater and Neve Campbell, and the
animation film CHICKEN RUN, in which she voices Mrs. Tweedie for Nick Park and
Peter Lord. Other credits include THE
APOSTLE with Robert Duvall, THE DESIGNATED
MOURNER by Wallace Shawn and directed by David Hare, Robert Altman’s
Her television credits include Stephen Poliakoff’s
“The Lost Prince,” Hallmark Hall of Fame’s “Alice, Snow White and Merlin,” for
which she received a Golden Globe nomination, Showtime’s “The Big Brass Ring”
with William Hurt and Nigel Hawthorne, BBC’s “Dance To The Music Of Time,” and
HBO’s “Fatherland,” for which she received a Golden Globe Award. She displayed her comedic talents in
“Absolutely Fabulous” and three “Blackadder” television series, including
playing
Miranda trained at the
SIMON THEORY – Kevin Smith
In the few years since his entry into the indie film community, Kevin
Smith has seen it all - from the surprise critical and commercial success he
received for his debut film CLERKS, to the disappointing critical and
commercial drubbing he took on his second outing MALLRATS. He caught a break on his third film, the
critically hailed CHASING AMY, and managed not to get killed by the religious
zealots over his fourth film, the comedic spiritual meditation DOGMA. With the aptly titled JAY AND SILENT BOB
STRIKE BACK, Smith wrapped up the five-film “Jersey Trilogy” and headed for
more grown up territory with JERSEY GIRL.
Along the way, Smith has also found time to make himself a nuisance by
smearing his name all over John Pierson’s Indie Film bible, Spike, Mike,
Slackers and Dykes. He’s published
the screenplays to all five of his previously released films, written comic
books featuring not only his own characters (the multiple-printed Clerks and
Jay and Silent Bob), but also legendary mainstays of the superhero world (the
award-winning Daredevil and Spider-Man and the Black Cat at Marvel Comics, and
the award-winning Green Arrow at DC Comics), and written a monthly column for
UK based Arena Magazine. With his View
Askew partner, Scott Mosier, he’s also executive-produced four low budget,
first film efforts (including Bryan Johnson’s Lion’s Gate release VULGAR) and
one large budget, multiple Academy Award winner (GOOD WILL HUNTING).
Besides MALLRATS, however, Smith has survived other humbling “creative”
experiences which he inexplicably has failed to suppress—such as his ill-fated
SUPERMAN LIVES screenplay for Warner Brothers, and his animated series version
of CLERKS for ABC primetime, which the network unceremoniously aired only
twice.
Smith was one of the first filmmakers to venture into cyberspace, establishing
the insanely popular View Askewniverse website (www.viewaskew.com) in the
mid-nineties, following it up with the pop culture review site originally
depicted as a gag in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”, Movie Poop Shoot (www.moviepoopshoot.com). Most recently, he launched a yearlong short
film contest on the web, dubbed Movies Askew (www.moviesaskew.com).
Not shy of whoring for the big corporations, Smith has directed
commercials for Diet Coke, Nike, Hasbro, and Panasonic – appearing as pitchman
for the Panasonic DVD Recorder in the latter.
This year, Smith also teamed up with Norman Lear’s Declare Yourself and
Comedy Central to produce a series of voter registration Public Service
Announcements starring, amongst others, Ben Affleck, Ray Ramona, Larry David
and Jay and Silent Bob.
But if the film thing doesn’t pan out, there’s always retail – as Smith
owns a pair of comic book stores on both coasts: Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret
Stash, in beautiful downtown Red Bank, New Jersey, and Jay and Silent Bob’s
Secret Stash in Los Angeles, California.
As for the hood ornaments he’s collected, there’s plenty of tin to go
around: the Filmmaker’s Trophy at Sundance for CLERKS; the Prix de la Jeunesse
and the International Critic’s Week Award at the Cannes Film Festival, also for
CLERKS: The Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for CHASING AMY, and a
Humanitas Award for GOOD WILL HUNTING.
The Video Software Dealer’s Association named him Visionary of the Year
for his longtime commitment to the DVD format and sales success in the
field. Smith also received the Defender
of Democracy Award from Norman Lear’s People for the
Yet at the end of the day, the two titles Smith touts most proudly are
“husband” and “father.” He married wife
Jennifer in April ’99 and celebrated the birth of their daughter, Harley Quinn,
in June of that same year (you do the math).
ABOUT
THE CREW
Richard Kelly
31 year-old
Richard Kelly is the screenwriter and director of his second feature film,
SOUTHLAND TALES, an official selection in competition at the 2006 Cannes Film
Festival. A graduate of the
Kelly also wrote
the screenplay for the 2005 film DOMINO, directed by Tony Scott. He recently
founded his own production company, Darko Entertainment with his producing partner
Sean McKittrick.
Producer
Sean McKittrick
After graduating from UCLA, Sean McKittrick first paired with Richard
Kelly to produce Kelly’s short film, VISCERAL MATTER in 1997. McKittrick went
on to join the development staff at New Line Cinema where he worked for two
years and then re-teamed with Kelly on the one-hour dramedy pilot, “The Left
Coast” for Fox. Then in 2001, McKittrick
and Kelly’s partnership generated their first feature length film, the cult
favorite DONNIE DARKO, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone and Drew
Barrymore.
Soon after completing production on DARKO, McKittrick and Kelly formed
Darko Entertainment, which boasts several films in various stages of
development. Under the Darko Entertainment banner, McKittrick and Kelly’s next project
will be INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN, written and to be directed by Kelly from his
original script.
Other projects in development include THE BOX, an adaptation of a
Richard Matheson short story, that was the basis of a “Twilight Zone” episode;
THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, an R-rated puppet noir comedy from Dee Austin Robertson
and Raymond Mansfield, the director/producer team behind the DARKOMENTARY from
the DONNIE DARKO DIRECTOR’S CUT DVD; an adaptation of The Contortionist’s
Handbook, Craig Clevenger’s cult novel, which is being produced in
partnership with Appian Way, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production shingle; SOLITUDE,
from writers Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey, about a young woman who is stalked by
a supernatural monster who can only kill her if it can get her alone; and THE
ROGUE’S GALLERY, an action comedy written by Brian Watanabe about a company of
assassins who must battle each other to survive while trapped in their
weapon-free office building.
Kelly and McKittrick are also venturing back into television this year
as executive producers on “Blood Relations,” an hour-long horror drama from
writers Adam and Seth Gross.
Producer
Bo Hyde
Combining an innate financial sensibility with an equally natural eye for
great filmmaking, Bo Hyde fulfills a long-held desire to work in the
entertainment industry as co-founder and CEO of Cherry Road Films. In his post,
he over-sees key company decisions, risk management, and the sourcing and
allocation of capital.
Immediately prior to
and acquisition targets, consulted on the purchase of a block of three Hampton
Inns, and aided in debt refinancing. From 1996-98 Hyde honed his skills in New
York as a financial analyst in the investment banking department of Goldman
Sachs, assisting in the development of the special opportunities group and
servicing more than 60 institutions within a four-person team.
Following his undergraduate degree in economics from Duke University with an
MBA from The University of North Carolina, Hyde remains involved with business
ventures outside the movie industry and is preparing to launch a new regional
restaurant chain called ABBY’s, opening its first location last October in
Memphis with planned
expansion throughout the Southeast.
Recently, Hyde executive produced EULOGY, a comedy about a dysfunctional family
going to bury their patriarch, starring Ray Romano, Hank Azaria, Zooey
Deschanel, Kelly Preston and Debra Winger. The feature debut of writer/director
Michael Clancy, the project was produced in association with Myriad Pictures
and Ovation Entertainment. Lions Gate Films released the film in theaters
October 2004.
Producer
Kendall Morgan
A prolific filmmaker while earning her MFA at
Currently, Morgan is producing two films – UNTITLED JOSHUA MARSTON PROJECT for
Warner Independent Pictures and DARK REACHES for Bob Yari Films. UNTITLED
JOSHUA MARSTON PROJECT is Marston’s (MARIA FULL OF GRACE) film developed with
Prior to co-founding
Matthew Rhodes
Matthew Rhodes, Co-Founder of Persistent Entertainment, has
worked on over twenty films in varying
capacities: from producer, co-producer and executive producer, and in
development, financing, and marketing. Persistent Entertainment has been
involved with numerous movie stars and terrific filmmakers on its 16 feature
films, 10 of which were shot in the last three years.
Currently, Matthew and his producing partner, Judd
Payne of Persistent Entertainment are in production in North Carolina on
the independent comedy, THE BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY, written and to be directed by
Jess Manafort. They are also preparing to produce
PASSENGERS, a supernatural thriller with Columbia Pictures and
Mandate Pictures with Rodrigo Garcia (NINE LIVES and THINGS YOU CAN TELL JUST
BY LOOKING AT HER) attached to direct. Also, on deck, is the
National Lampoon’s comedy, DEEP IN THE VALLEY, scheduled for production this
summer.
Matthew and Judd
recently wrapped production on the gritty drama WALKER PAYNE,
starring Jason Patric, Sam Shepard, Bruce Dern, Drea De Matteo and KaDee Strickland
with Matt Williams directing, which World Premiered at the 2006 Tribeca
Film Festival. Before producing
WALKER PAYNE, Rhodes executive produced AN UNFINISHED LIFE, which was
released by Miramax Films, Revolution Studios and Initial Entertainment Group
in the fall of 2005, and he and Judd produced THE SISTERS, based on Chekhov's
play of the same name, with a terrific ensemble cast including Maria Bello,
Erika Christensen, Mary Stuary Masterson, Tony Goldwyn, Eric McCormack,
Alessandro Nivola, Elizabeth Banks, Rip Torn and Chris
O'Donnell, theatrically released in April 2006. Matthew and
Judd have produced several other films together, including the college comedy
and Sundance world premiere, FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, written
and directed by Ryan Shiraki, starring John Goodman, due out in theaters
September 2006, and SEPTEMBER TAPES, released by ThinkFilm and First Look
Studios in September, 2005.
Previously, Matthew was partnered with producer, Dan Stone,
and was involved in projects such as STARSTRUCK, starring Jamie Kennedy,
Lauren Dean, Amy Smart, Carmen Electra and Bridgette Wilson; THE
ALARMIST, starring David Arquette, Staney Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary
McCormack, and Ryan Reynolds; THE AMATI GIRLS, starring Paul
Sorvino and Mercedes Ruehl; and SILVERMAN, starring Joey Pantoliano
and Eugene Levy, to name a few.
Prior to forming Persistent,
Before starting his career as a producer,
Matthew graduated from
Executive Producer
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson, of Inferno Distribution, LLC comes from a business
background having successfully built a multi-million dollar insurance company. Bill’s
business savvy has garnered the respect of bankers and financiers. While an
accomplished entrepreneur in the insurance industry, Bill never lost sight of
his love for films. Bill has written several screenplays and directed the film,
WITHIN THE LINES that was sold to the Showtime network. Bill now concentrates
on producing and financing films for Inferno and its strategic partners. To
date he has been instrumental in developing strategy and alliances as well as
building Inferno’s presence in the world market.
Executive Producer
Jim Seibel, of Inferno Distribution, LLC is a sales veteran after
starting his career in the mailroom at Saban Entertainment and later as an
executive assistant to the CEO and COO of Saban, Haim Saban and Mel Wood respectively.
Advancing his position at Saban, he later became Director of TV and Motion
Pictures. Jim then moved to Unapix Entertainment as VP of Sales and Production.
His relationships in the film sales and production milieu, has earned him
tremendous respect in the entertainment industry. Jim’s strength is knowing
what the buyers want thus enabling him to provide the right product for the
international market. Jim’s focus is to continue to expand Inferno’s presence
in the foreign sales market as a premiere supplier of feature films.
Executive Producer
Katrina Hyde
Katarina was born in
In
She is founder and CEO of Eden Roc Productions, which she
established in 2004. SOUTHLAND TALES is her company's first project.
Executive Producer
Born
In 1989 Oliver became controller for the first German completion
bond company, Film Guarantee Gesellschaft (FGG). Films bonded include all of
THE NEVER ENDING STORY series (1, 2,
& 3) and SCHREI AUS STEIN among others. After 3 years, Oliver went on to
produce under Stallion Film banner, the satirical documentary ES LEBEN UNSERE
DDR and POLIZEIRUF 110. Oliver then entered the financing arena as a line
producer for IMF, a large budget German film fund (funding
Today, Oliver is Co-Managing Director of the MHF-Academy Film, a film fund
guaranteed by Commerz Bank. Films which he is executive producer include LAWS
OF ATTRACTION, THE WENDELL BAKER STORY, THE WHOLE 10 YEARDS, THE IN-LAWS and
BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER. Oliver
continues his duties for MHF and Stallion Film and is co-founder of the new
kolosseum media, which procures film investments and facilitates international
co-productions.
Executive Producer
Judd Payne
Judd Payne, Co-Founder of Persistent Entertainment along with producing
partner Matthew Rhodes, was previously president of the independent production
company Cardinal Entertainment before the two companies merged. Persistent Entertainment has been featured in countless interviews and
received numerous awards over their many years in business, quickly building
one of the most active independent production companies in the industry.
Currently, Payne and Rhodes are in
production in
Recently, Payne
and Rhodes finished WALKER PAYNE, directed by Matt Williams, starring
Jason Patric, Sam Shepard, Bruce Dern, Drea de Matteo and KaDee Strickland,
which had it’s World Premier at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
Judd and Matt also produced THE SISTERS, based on Chekhov's play of the
same name, with a terrific ensemble cast including Maria Bello, Erika
Christensen, Mary Stuart Masterson, Tony Goldwyn, Eric McCormack, Alessandro
Nivola, Elizabeth Banks, Rip Torn and Chris O'Donnell, which was
theatrically released in April 2006.
Payne and Rhodes previously produced the Sundance World Premier,
SEPTEMBER TAPES, released by ThinkFilm and First Look Studios in 2005, and the college comedy FRESHMAN
ORIENTATION (a.k.a. HOME OF PHOBIA), written and directed by Ryan Shiraki
(“Saturday Night Live”), starring John Goodman, Rachel Dratch, Sam Huntington,
Heather Matarazzo, and Marla Sokoloff. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance
Film Festival and is due out in theaters fall 2006.
Prior to founding Cardinal, Mr. Payne worked at The
Steve Tisch Company for over four years, where he was vice president in charge
of all feature and television productions.
The Steve Tisch Company is responsible for producing a library of successful
television and feature films, including RISKY BUSINESS, THE BURNING BED, SOUL
MAN and Mr. Tisch won the Oscar for FORREST GUMP. Payne worked on the company’s
more recent films, including THE POSTMAN, AMERICAN HISTORY X and the British
hits SNATCH and LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS. He has also developed
projects with Dustin Hoffman, Jay Roach (director of AUSTIN POWERS and MEET THE
PARENTS), Jim Uhls (writer of FIGHT CLUB), Stephen Frears (director of HIGH
FIDELITY) and many other A-list actors, writers, and directors.
Mr. Payne was also president
of MovieConnect, a consumer destination website for movie enthusiasts where he
quadrupled company revenues in his second month as president and was
responsible for all behind-the-scenes productions. He secured a six-figure deal with Paramount,
producing a live webcast from the set of TOMB RAIDER in
Previous to this post, he was executive vice president at
WebEntertainment, a business-to-business website for entertainment
professionals. Mr. Payne was a pioneer
in the entertainment Internet space as co-founder of the controversial
GoCoverage.com, a script coverage sharing service. He started his entertainment career as an
agent trainee at the
Alexander Hammond
Alexander Hammond most recently designed the film
FLIGHTPLAN, starring Jodie Foster and directed by Robert Schwenke, creating a
next-generation Jumbo Jet from nose to tail.
His production design can also be seen the in the acclaimed indie film
DONNIE DARKO, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Richard Kelly, THE
CONTENDER for director Rod Lurie, FIRST DAUGHER for director Forrest Whitaker
and the live action/animated feature GARFIELD.
Hammond's other feature design work includes DEAD SIMPLE,
FOUR DOGS PLAYING POKER, LET THE DEVIL WEAR BLACK, OCTOBER 22, BACK TO EVEN and
DRY SPELL. His television design credits include the series “
Prior to embarking on a film career,
Cinematographer
Steven Poster
Steven Poster ASC has been fascinated with the art and science of
capturing images since the age of ten.
Beginning with still photography, Poster knew he wanted to make movies
by the time he was fourteen.
A native of Chicago, Poster began his college education at Southern
Illinois University as a member of a special program conceived by Buckminster
Fuller; the master of problem-solving through deductive reasoning. Transferring
to the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design, Poster learned how to ‘see
light’ and was taught a true professional discipline. Returning to
Drawing on this knowledge, Poster launched his cinematography career in
In addition to his work on numerous television pilots, Poster filmed
the critically acclaimed television movies “
Poster has been a Vice President of the
International Cinematographers Guild, a member of the Executive Board of the
International Documentary Association, and is currently on the committee of the
Nicholl Fellowship of the
During his recent tenure as President of the American Society of
Cinematographers, Poster was responsible for re-forming its Technology committee,
and continues to act as its co-chair.
This committee is at the forefront in standard-setting recommendations
for the paradigm-changing use of digital tools for cinematography, and the
post-production control of images.
Costume Designer
April Ferry
April Ferry has established an incredibly diverse array of costume
designing credits, for both film and television. She received an Oscar
nomination for her work on MAVERICK, starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, and
her recent film and television work includes the HBO television drama “Rome,” TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE
MACHINES and John Herzfeld's stylish action drama FIFTEEN MINUTES. Among
Ferry's design credits are DONNIE DARKO the submarine thriller U-571; Robert Iscove's teen comedy BOYS
AND GIRLS, BROKEDOWN PALACE, PLAYING BY HEART, FLUBBER, SHADOW CONSPIRACY, THE
ASSOCIATE, LITTLE GIANTS, PLANES, TRAINES AND AUTOMOBILES, FREE WILLY,
BEETHOVEN’S 2ND, UNLAWFUL ENTRY, RADIO FLYER and ALMOST AN ANGEL.
Ferry's other credits for television include John Herzfeld's “Don King:
Only in
Editor
Sam Bauer
Sam Bauer
previously edited Richard Kelly's short film VISCERAL MATTER and was the editor
on DONNIE DARKO: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT. Prior to that, he worked as a freelance
editor at local commercial houses including Imaginary Forces where he worked on
campaigns for Cadillac and Morgan Stanley.
Recently Sam
edited a horror film called DARK RIDE,
which is currently in post-production.
Make-Up Artist
Louis lazzara
Louis
Lazzara has created make-up in over 60 feature films. His work can be seen in
such diverse movies as the soon to be released, THE GUARDIAN,
starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. GRIDIRON GANG, starring Dwayne
"The Rock" Johnson and Xzibit, as well as the recently
released JARHEAD, directed by Sam Mendes.
Lazzara's other feature film credits include, THE RUNDOWN, TERMINATOR 3, THE
SCORPION KING, COLLATERAL DAMAGE, PAY IT FORWARD, END OF DAYS, ERASER, ADDAMS
FAMILY, WILD AT HEART, BAT 21, TEEN WOLF 2 and THE BEASTMASTER. His work in the
horror genre is quite extensive including three of THE NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
films, two FRIDAY THE 13TH films and HALLOWEEN: H20.
Some of the actors he has applied make-up to include: Dwayne "The
Rock" Johnson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Roy Scheider, Kevin Spacey,
Claire Danes, Vanessa Williams, Paul Giamatti, James Caan, Gene Hackman, James
Caviezel, Danny Glover, Bette Davis, Kelly Hu, Sophia Loren, Rod Steiger,
Xzibit, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Robert Englund, George Clooney,
John Leguizamo, John Tuturro, Mark Hamill, Josh Hartnett ,Jason Bateman, Adam
Baldwin James Coburn ,Shelly Winters, Gabriel Byrne and many more.
His many television credits include “SeaQuest DSV,” “Freddy's Nightmares,”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Punkey Brewster,” “The Tonight Show,” as well as an Emmy
nomination for Best Make-up for, “Angel.”
In addition, Mr Lazzara is an accomplished sculptor and painter with his
artwork in many collections.
Music By
Moby
In these days of fly-by-night musicians, Moby is somewhat
of an anomaly. His first solo release, “Go” (voted one of Rolling Stone's top
200 records of all time), was released in
He
has DJ'ed in clubs for 100 people and headlined a
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Linda Williams |
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Jennifer Hamilton |
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Donna Marcione Pollack |
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Nisa Kellner |
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Anna Fleiner |
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Special Effects Make-up |
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Department Head Hair |
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Key Hair |
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Laura Connolly |
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Rachel Solow |
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Third Assistant Hair |
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Karl Wesson |
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George Flores |
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Property Master |
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Guillaume Delouche |
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Property Master Assistant |
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James Meehan |
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Assistant Property |
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Mark Kelly |
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Product Placement |
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Jennifer Bydwell |
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Set Decorator |
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Tracey A. Doyle |
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Leadman |
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Luigi S. Mugavero |
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Martin Milligan |
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Buyer |
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Caroline Perzan |
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Bruce Luizzi |
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Foster Vick |
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Construction Coordinator |
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Mark Lapresle |
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Construction Foreman |
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Joseph Gray |
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Location Foreman |
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Mike Slattery |
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Labor Foreman |
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Drew Devine |
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Paint Foreman |
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Phil Orefice II |
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On Set Painter |
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Larry Corralez |
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Painters |
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Mark Blumenthal |
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William Dorsey Jr. |
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Carpenters |
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Paul Schrauwers |
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Mike Miller |
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Brad Menth |
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Richard Bain |
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Laborers |
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Jorge Dorado |
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Mike Hinkle |
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Construction Office Assistant |
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Angie Simpson |
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Special Effects Supervisor |
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Matt Kutcher |
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Special Effects Coordinator |
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Yves de Bono |
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Office Coordinator |
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Jennifer Shepard |
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On Set Foreman |
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Ken Gorrell |
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Special Effects Techs |
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Scott Dwyer |
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Andrew J. Loprino |
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Transportation Coordinator |
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Denny Caira |
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Transportation Captain |
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Wally Frick |
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Transportation Co-Captain |
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Russell Overstreet |
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Transportation Dispatcher |
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Karen Chang |
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Construction Drivers |
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Steve Bridgeman |
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Daniel E. Howell |
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Fuel Truck Driver |
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Dennis R. Clark |
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Honeywagon |
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Sam Hara |
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Picture Cars Driver |
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Jim Koenekamp |
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Production Van Drivers |
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Raymond L. Appel |
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Christian Hagele |
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J. Larry Michael |
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Rigging Electric Drivers |
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Fernando Barraza |
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Tad Venger |
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Rigging Grip Drivers |
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Tony Greasley |
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Stuart Shiff |
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Set Dressing Drivers |
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Richard Garcia |
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Roger Good |
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David Holden |
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Driver to Mr. Johnson |
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Shaun O’Banion |
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Driver to Ms. Gellar |
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Kaiser Clark |
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Driver/Mechanic |
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Hector Ramirez |
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Drivers |
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Jose Pedro Aleman |
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Vaughn R. Bladen |
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Shawndra Blyle |
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Mike Gregorio |
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Loretta Huggett |
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Stephen Luce |
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Jose M. Sanchez |
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Daryl Scott |
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Steve Sorkin |
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Dennis M. Steere |
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Victor Ybiernas |
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Unit Publicists |
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Lynda Dorf, BWR Public Relations |
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Laura Howell, BWR Public Relations |
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Clearance Coordinator |
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Ashley Kravitz |
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Casting Associate |
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Shalimar Reodica |
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Casting Assistant |
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J.C. Cantu |
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Extras Casting |
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Bill Dance Casting |
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Casting Associate |
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Terrance Harris |
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Catering by |
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Drew Smith |
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Fernando Espinosa |
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Craft Service |
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Adam Howard |
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Craft Service Assistant |
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Chance P. Tassone |
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Set Medic |
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Antonio Evans |
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Construction Medic |
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David Lawson |
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Security |
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CAST Security |
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Security Coordinators |
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Ray Braemer |
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Chris Velasquez |
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Leo Hernandez |
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Color Timer |
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Jim Passon |
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Apprentice to Mr. Kelly |
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Dee Austin Robertson |
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Assistant to Mr. Kelly |
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Jeff Culotta |
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Assistant to Ms. Morgan & Mr. Hyde |
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Elise Freimuth |
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Assistant to Mr. Rhodes & Mr. Payne |
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Jim Dominello |
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Assistant to Mr. Johnson & Mr. Seibel |
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Jana Toepfer |
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Assistant to Ms. Weintraub |
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Angela Goodwin Minuty |
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Assistant to Mr. Johnson |
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Benjamin Rigaud |
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Assistant to Mr. Scott |
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Danny Bress |
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Personal Trainer to Ms. Oteri |
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Derius K. Pierce |
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Production Assistants |
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Sage Asteak |
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Donna Bizzaro |
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Justin Giugno |
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Ritchie Elson |
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Bob Rizzolo |
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Mike Tsucalas |
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Derek Wade |
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Sandra Valde |
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Kristina Schulte-Eversum |
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Tim Trella |
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2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director |
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David Dwiggins |
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2nd Unit Key 2nd Assistant Director |
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Steven Buhai |
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2nd Unit 2nd 2nd Assistant Director |
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Bob Kay |
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Director of Photography |
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Dave Stump, ASC |
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Camera Operators |
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Joe Di Gennaro |
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Ed Gutentag |
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Vincent Mata |
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1st Assistant Camera |
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Keith Ogier |
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2nd Assistant Camera |
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Beck Hoehn |
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Ty Mitchell |
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Loader |
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Tim Clarke |
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Video Assist Operator |
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Lieven Van Hulle |
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Gaffer |
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Michael Off |
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Best Boy Electric |
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Michael Evans |
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Key Grip |
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Craig D. Aines |
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Best Boy Grip |
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Bill Heath |
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Location Manager |
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Matthew R. Cassell |
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Key Assistant Location Manager |
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Lynn M. Van Kuilenburg |
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Transportation Coordinator |
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Mike Shannon |
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2nd Unit Script Supervisor |
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Karen Golden |
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Bopopolis Bros. Film Factory |
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James Churchill |
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Scott Delony |
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Zachary Elms |
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Isaac Higgins |
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Karen Higgins |
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Lauren Higgins |
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Michael Higgins |
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Ryan King |
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Michelle Ordener |
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Christy Robertson |
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Larry Robertson |
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Katie Rogers |
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Gregg Taylor |
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Scott Taylor |
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Bryson Treviso |
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Amanda Walker |
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SONGS
“Aerial”
“Blue Paper”
“Look Back In”
“Chord Sounds”
“Live Forever”
“Hotel Intro”
“Memory Gospel”
Written and
Performed by Moby
Courtesy of V2
Records / Mute Ltd.
“Water Pistol”
“It Looks Down”
“Ceanograph”
“3 Steps”
Written and
Performed by Moby
“Catacombs (from
“Pictures At An Exhibition)”
Written by Modeste Mussorgsky
Arrangement by
Maurice Ravel
Performed by The
National Symphony Orchestra of
Courtesy of
Under License from
Boosey & Hawkes
“Main Title” &
“Piano Boogie”
(From the United
Artist Motion Picture “Kiss Me Deadly”)
Written and Performed by Frank De Vol
Courtesy of MGM
Music Inc.
Under license from
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
“Me And Bobby McGee”
Written by Kris Kristofferson
and Fred Foster
Performed by Waylon
Jennings
Courtesy of RCA
Label Group RLG/Nashville
By arrangement with
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
“The
Real Thing”
Written and Performed by The Shakers
Courtesy of Aperture
Music
“Oh My Angel”
Written by R. Ellen
Performed by Bertha
Tillman
Courtesy of Pure
Music Inc.
“If I Could Be With
You (One Hour Tonight)”
Written by Henry
Creamer and Jimmy Johnson
Performed by Louis
Armstrong
Courtesy of
By arrangement with
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
“Wave
Of Mutilation” (
Written by Black Francis
Performed by The
Pixies
Courtesy of 4AD
Limited
“Sheri”
Written and
Performed by
Courtesy of Time
Records Inc.
“Teen Horniness Is
Not A Crime”
Performed by Krysta
Now and Nasty Breeze
Courtesy of Made
Fresh While You Wait Music
“Abendlich
strahlt der Sonne Auge” (from "Das Rheingold”)
Written
by Richard Wagner
Performed
by Theo Adam
Courtesy
of Associated Production Music LLC
“Lucky Me”
Written and Performed by Roger Webb
“Blackout”
Written by Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Christopher
Wolstenholme
Performed by Muse
Courtesy of Warner
Music
By arrangement with
Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Written by Todd Mohr
Performed by Big
Head Todd & The Monsters
Courtesy of Warner
Bros. Records. Inc.
By arrangement with
Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“All These Things
That I’ve Done”
Written by
and Ronnie Vannucci
Jr.
Performed by The
Killers
Under license from
Universal Music Enterprises
“Planet
Telex” (Live in
Written by Thomas
Yorke, Edward O’Brien, Colin Greenwood,
Jonathan Greenwood
and Philip Selway
Courtesy of Capitol
Records
“Three Days” (Live
Version)
Written by Perry
Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery
Performed by Jane’s
Addiction
Courtesy of Warner
Bros. Records. Inc.
By arrangement with
Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Howl”
Performed by Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club
Courtesy of RCA
Records Label
By arrangement with
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
And The Echo Label
Ltd
“The Star Spangled
Banner”
Written by Francis
Scott Key
Arranged by Eric
Gorfain
Performed by Rebekah
Del Rio featuring The Section Quartet
“Symphony No.
Written by Ludwig
van Beethoven
Courtesy of
Associated Production Music
“Tender”
Performed by Blur
Courtesy of Virgin
Records
Under license from
EMI Film & Television Music
“Forget Myself”
Written by Guy Edward John Garvey, Richard Barry Jupp, Mark Ellis Potter,
Craig Lee Potter and
Peter James Turner
Performed by Elbow
Courtesy of V2 Music
Ltd.
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Eric J. Spiegelman,
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Contract Administrators |
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Noor Ahmed |
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Sandy Parakilas |
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EPK Footage Provided by |
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Richard Bornstein |
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Michael Comfort |
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Creative Consultation for Dungeons & Dragons |
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John Frank Rosenblum |
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Cindi Rice |
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High Definition Footage Provided by |
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Bopopolis Brothers
Film Factory |
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Camera Systems by |
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Panavision Camera,
Inc. |
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DVD Documentary by |
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Raymond Mansfield |
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Dee Austin Robertson |
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Illumination Dynamics |
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Cranes Provided by |
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Payroll by |
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Liberty Company
Insurance Services |
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Comerica Bank |
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Completion Bond Provided by |
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Film Finances |
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Video Stills Courtesy of |
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Vivid Entertainment |
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Film Stock Provided by |
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Eastman Kodak |
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Miniature Terrain Provided by |
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Dwarven Forge LLC |
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Power Wheelchair Provided by |
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Invacare Corporation |
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Tarot Deck Designed by |
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Dominique Liegy |
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Microsoft Virtual Earth, Navteq and USGS Provided by |
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Microsoft |
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NASA Provided by |
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Freefall |
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Wired Provided by |
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Condé Nast
Publications |
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Props Courtesy of |
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Wicked Pictures |
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Dollies Provided by |
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