Sunday (1997)

Director:

Jonathan Nossiter

Writers:

James Lasdun (screenplay)
James Lasdun (story)
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Release Date:

22 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling...

Plot Keywords:

Homeless Shelter | Party | Actress | Diner | Deception

Awards:

7 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Arnold Barkus	...	Andy
Jared Harris	...	Ray
Bahman Soltani	...	Abram
Willis Burks II	...	Selwyn (as Willis Burks)
Joseph Sirola	...	Joe Subalowsky (as Joe Sirola)
Henry Hayward	...	Sam
Kevin Thigpen	...	David
Chen Tsun Kit	...	Himself
Lisa Harrow	...	Madeleine Vesey
Larry Pine	...	Ben Vesey
Yeon Joo Kim	...	Suky Vesey
Fran Capo	...	Judy, Madeleine's Friend
Spencer Paterson	...	Johnny O
Joe Grifasi	...	Scottie Elster
Jimmy Broadway	...	Himself
Gus Rogerson	...	Featured Player
Tom Madigan	...	Featured Player
Mrs. Tom Madigan	...	Featured Player
Robert Packer	...	Featured Player
Pia Davis	...	Featured Player
Violet Lasdun	...	Featured Player
James Lasdun	...	Featured Player
Jason Nossiter	...	Featured Player
Madeline Nossiter	...	Featured Player
Josh Nossiter	...	Featured Player
Jimmy Loiczoy	...	Featured Player
Kim Loiczoy	...	Featured Player
Adam Cvijanovic	...	Featured Player
Allegra Bettini	...	Featured Player
David Suchet	...	Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
Benedicte Burrus	...	Featured Player
Athan Giannikakis	...	Featured Player
Laconis Antonopoulis	...	Featured Player (as Father Laconis Antonopoulis)

Directed by
Jonathan Nossiter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
James Lasdun		screenplay
James Lasdun		story "Ate, Memos or the Miracle"
Jonathan Nossiter		writer

Produced by
Jed Alpert	....	executive producer
Heidi Bettini	....	associate producer
Helen Doyle	....	co-executive producer
Andrew Fierberg	....	producer
Tammy Giesen	....	co-executive producer
Amy Hobby	....	co-producer
Robert Jiras	....	associate producer
Shaz Kahng	....	co-executive producer
Agios Katsikakis	....	producer
Hisami Kuroiwa	....	executive producer
Danny Lerner	....	associate producer (as Daniel Lerner)
Todd Lippiatt	....	co-executive producer
Alix Madigan	....	producer
Jonathan Nossiter	....	producer
D.J. Paul	....	executive producer
George Pezyos	....	executive producer
Gus Rogerson	....	associate producer
Alan Rosen	....	co-associate producer
Joel Rosen	....	co-associate producer
Peg Yorkin	....	co-executive producer

Cinematography by
Michael F. Barrow		(as Michael Barrow)
John Foster

Film Editing by
Madeleine Gavin

Casting by
Mali Finn

Production Design by
Deana Sidney

Art Direction by
Stephen Beatrice

Set Decoration by
Kara Cressman

Costume Design by
Kathryn Nixon

Makeup Department
Stacy Miller Beneke	....	hair stylist
Stacy Miller Beneke	....	makeup artist
Judy Chen	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Tony Faulkner	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Brandston	....	second assistant director
Willis Baxter Johnson	....	third assistant director
Eric McGinty	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Anna Park	....	assistant art director
David Schanker	....	props

Sound Department
Evan Benjamin	....	assistant mix engineer
David Ellinwood	....	sound designer (as Dave Ellinwood)
Neil Riha	....	production sound mixer
Doug Roberts	....	assistant sound editor
Doug Roberts	....	foley artist
Doug Roberts	....	foley recordist
Doug Roberts	....	sound editor
Roman Vajs	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Volante	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jerry Yuen	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
David Bryant	....	key grip (as Dave Bryant)
Glen L. Chin	....	additional camera production assistant
Darcy Dennett	....	second assistant camera
William S. Hays	....	Steadicam operator (as William 'Sandy' Hays)
Gail Herrod	....	camera intern
David Hocs	....	first assistant camera (as Dave Hocs)
Amy Kupferberg	....	gaffer
Catherine Ramsey	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Dina Santillo	....	second assistant camera
Adam Snyder	....	key grip

Casting Department
Byron Crystal	....	extras casting
Emily Schweber	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dalhia Schuette	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Aaron Denenberg	....	assistant cutter
Elliott Gamson	....	negative cutter (as Elliot Gamson)
Kent McGrew	....	color timer
Michael Yetter	....	assistant cutter

Other crew
Jed Alpert	....	legal services
Emerson Bruns	....	legal services
Sharda Chaitanya	....	production assistant
Joe Cilibrasi	....	additional accountant
Michelle A. Dean	....	location manager
Patrick Flynn	....	assistant location manager
Jo Guppy	....	intern
Simon Hatton	....	production assistant
Peter Hedeman	....	consultant: avid
Annie Howell	....	intern
Emily Johnson	....	intern
David Lerner	....	visual consultant
Stanislav Libin	....	intern
Scott Meyer	....	intern
Jason Pavello	....	intern
Chris Rogers	....	production assistant
Allan Rosen	....	accountant
Joel Rosen	....	accountant
Hilary Rowan	....	production assistant
Laura Somers	....	assistant to director
Amanda Taylor	....	key production assistant
Steven Warrington	....	intern
Jerome Williams	....	craft service
Nicole Willis	....	intern
Ralph Zito	....	voice coach

Thanks
Benedicte Burrus	....	special thanks
Michelle A. Dean	....	dedicatee (as Michelle Dean)
Chris Wise	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Goatworks Films
• Ocelot Films Inc.
• Sunday Productions
• double A Films

Distributors

• A-Mark Entertainment (1997) (worldwide) (all media)
• Ciné 360
• Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
• Gativideo (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Prime Films S.L. (Spain) (subtitled version)

Other Companies

• 68 Degrees  still photographs courtesy of
• Blue Brick  title design
• Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Flatiron  still photographs courtesy of
• Fresh Dish  catering
• Immaculate Matching  negative cutting
• LTT Photo Lab  still photographs courtesy of
• Rudolph & Beer  legal services
• Soundtrack New York  post-production sound
• Xeno Lights  grip and lighting equipment

Runtime:

91 min | Argentina:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Unrated | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Goatworks Films

Quotes:

Madeleine Vesey: I don't really know you except in a Biblical sense.

Movie Connections:

Featured in In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)

Soundtrack:

Où est il donc ?

Yet another inconclusive movie about nothing

3 stars out of 10

I had my doubts about this film when I saw the type of over-blown, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual reviews it was receiving - that's nearly always a sure sign the thing blows. It generally means the film is virtually plot less, the characters behave in odd, irrational ways, it has no particular point, no real conclusion, and to sum up - comes to nothing.

Sure enough "Sunday" fit the bill on every one of those.

I watched it mainly because there literally was nothing else to watch on the satellite dish channels and since it said it was a romantic drama, I had some hope, albeit faint, that it might have something going for it.

The only thing this film has going for it at all is David Suchet, a rather attractive, middle-aged man, who plays a guy down on his luck and living in a homeless shelter or flophouse hotel.

Like the other characters who occupy this film, however, we never really learn that much about him. We know he lost his job due to down-sizing but why was he unable to get re-employed? And just what the heck is going on with the woman he meets, Madeline, a small time actress and her weird husband or ex, I was never clear on which he was. Are Madeline and Ben just loopy or what? Why do they have a Korean daughter? Adoption, one would assume, but nothing is ever explained about it, nor is it explained how their behavior may be affecting the child.

This movie is just a series of odd scenes and dialog between the characters and then without any of it coming to anything, it ends.