Chairman of the Board (1998)

Director:

Alex Zamm

Writers (WGA):

Al Septien (story) &
Turi Meyer (story) ...
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Release Date:

13 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Work sucks!

Plot:

A surfer becomes the head of a major company.

Plot Keywords:

Uncle Nephew Relationship | Friend | Billionaire | Contraption | Tycoon

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson	...	Edison
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Natalie Stockwell
Larry Miller	...	Bradford McMillan
Raquel Welch	...	Grace Kosik
Mystro Clark	...	Ty
Jack Plotnick	...	Zak
Jack Warden	...	Armand McMillan
Estelle Harris	...	Ms. Krubavitch
Bill Erwin	...	Landers
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Freemont
Jack McGee	...	Harlan Granger
Glenn Shadix	...	Larry
Fred Stoller	...	Toby, McMillan Gate Guard
Taylor Negron	...	Mr Withermeyer
Patrick J. Clifton	...	Edison's Father
Stuart Damon	...	Doctor
Darcie Dodds	...	Nurse
Jack Bratton-Ryan	...	Womb Edison
Tyler Bratton-Ryan	...	Womb Edison
Courtney Hope Lenkov	...	Baby Edison
Michael Stadvec	...	Yuppie Man
Arianna Ratner	...	Girl #1 at Annie Audition
Monika Lynne Wesley	...	Girl #2 at Annie Audition
Cory Oliver	...	Condom Girl
Jack Riley	...	Condom Boss
Brad Grunberg	...	Messenger (as Johnny Cocktails)
Rance Howard	...	Rev. Hatley
James Delano	...	Funeral Employee
Stacey Silverman	...	Edison's Secretary
Franca Benvenuto	...	Bradford's Secretary
Charles Kahlenberg	...	Lawyer
Mark Kriski	...	Newscaster
Cindy Margolis	...	Tennis Instructor
Kevin Scannell	...	Mr. Alosi
Butterbean	...	Museum Security Guard
Tom Charles Maxwell	...	Luau Band Member #1
Mark C. Sproull	...	Luau Band Member
Bron Tieman	...	Luau Band Member
Mark Fontana	...	Luau Band Member
Zack Milan	...	Utility Stand-in
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roger V. Burton	...	Member of the Board
Ursula Burton	...	French Waitress
Emma Chasin	...	Edison's Mother (uncredited)
Lisa Wurzel	...	Museum Tourist (uncredited)

Directed by
Alex Zamm

Writing credits (WGA)
Al Septien		(story) &
Turi Meyer		(story)
Al Septien		(screenplay) &
Turi Meyer		(screenplay) and
Alex Zamm		(screenplay)

Produced by
Mark Amin	....	executive producer
Phillip B. Goldfine	....	co-producer
Brad L.C. Greenberg	....	co-executive producer
Rupert Harvey	....	producer
Peter M. Lenkov	....	producer
Edward K. Phillips	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Frank Egan		(as Penny)
Chris Hajian

Cinematography by
David Lewis

Film Editing by
Jimmy Hill		(as Jim Hill)

Casting by
Ed Mitchell
Robyn Ray

Production Design by
Aaron Osborne

Set Decoration by
Danielle Berman
Denise Dowden

Costume Design by
Seok Halley Yoon		(as Seok H. Yoon)

Makeup Department
Cindy Nakadaira	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Robert Hoffman	....	post-production supervisor
JoAnn May-Pavey	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John E. Vohlers	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Max Cahn	....	set designer
Peter Clines	....	assistant property master
Chris Davis	....	lead man: reshoots
Greg Finnin	....	property master

Sound Department
Elisabeth Flaum	....	walla editor
Cindy Jo Hinkleman	....	assistant sound editor
Adam Kroloff	....	sound effects editor
James P. Lay	....	supervising sound editor
Doug Madick	....	foley artist
Jason G. Maltz	....	sound
Peter V. Meiselmann	....	sound
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (as Rick Partlow)
Dennis Patterson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Sawyer	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Melissa Sewell	....	sound effects editor
Christopher M. Taylor	....	sound

Special Effects by
Alan McFarland	....	costume electronics
Bryan Smith	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jeff Barnes	....	visual effects producer: Computercafe
Mike Bozulich	....	digital artist: ComputerCafe
John Lindauer	....	visual effects supervisor
David Fred Masselink	....	optical effects line-up
Bryant Reif	....	digital artist
Michael Turoff	....	digital artist
Tom Williamson	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
David R. Casey	....	gaffer
Elio Concepcion	....	assistant camera
Ray Dier	....	additional second assistant camera
Clinton Dougherty	....	cinematographer: second unit
Michael Dronge	....	grip
Suzanne England	....	still photographer
Nathan Goldberg	....	assistant camera
Joel Schwartz	....	assistant camera
Jarred Waldron	....	electrician

Casting Department
Ashley Stepp	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Beth Beasley	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Kevin Lachoff	....	editorial intern

Music Department
Gary Chester	....	music score engineer
Joel C. High	....	music supervisor
Tommy Lockett	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Darrell Dubovsky	....	driver
Ken Kaplan	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Eric Beer	....	stand-in: Carrot Top
Brian Berkenfeld	....	unit publicist
Kiley Fascia	....	production accountant
Eric Fierstein	....	location manager
Deborah Ann Henderson	....	production manager: Trimark
Zack Milan	....	utility stand-in
Karen P. Morris	....	first assistant production accountant (as Karen P. Kistner)
Dianne M. Murphy	....	script supervisor
Wayne Page	....	creative consultant
Heidi S. Pavey	....	production coordinator
Katherine Pope	....	stand-in: Raquel Welch

Production Companies

• 101st Street Films
• Trimark Pictures

Distributors

• Behaviour Distribution (Canada) (VHS)
• Highlight Video (Germany) (VHS)
• Trimark Pictures

Special Effects

• Computer Cafe, The

Also Known As:

Untitled Carrot Top Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex related humor and language.

Runtime:

Germany:92 min | USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13

Company:

101st Street Films

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Edison: You're holding it upside-down.

Movie Connections:

References "Adam-12" (1968)

The truth about "The Carrot Top Project"

This might cost me my life, but I'm willing to let the world know about the evil that goes on in this country. Five years ago, unnamed officials in this government decided upon the answer to the upcoming overpopulation problems that plague the future. They needed to get rid of the lowest levels, the poor, stupid, and scared. Essentially the same idea Hitler had. But this Holocaust wasn't as obvious as the one the Germany perpetrated generations ago. They decided to draw all of the unneeded masses to one place where they would be gassed. They would set one of these areas up in every town in the ghettos. To draw only the stupid and deranged, they would offer free passes to the worst film ever made.

This is where Carrot Top comes in to the picture. They gave him his own film. Purchased a trained monkey from the circus named "Alex Zamm" to direct it. Spent as much as it took to make it as bad as possible. Ruined the reputation of decent actors like Courtney Thorne Smith, Larry Miller, and Jack Warden (previously punished by being in the Problem Child series) who opposed the governments agendas for years. They just wrote a sequence of horribly clichéd scenes that allowed Carrot Top to improvise (I hope?) his sterilizingly bad comedy.

Then they would pump in the gas. It was going to be a simple and quick executions. The bodies buried in Greenland. Thousands flocked, thousands died, no one knows. Fear them, they show us Carrot Top everyday on TV to numb us, to stupefy us, to keep us dumb and easy to oppress. I must go, the government has probably traced my wearabouts through my IP address by now, I must flee Berlin! Down with the regime!