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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Scott Rosenberg (written by)
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Release Date:
24 July 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Perfection is every teenage student's co-pilot. more
Plot:
The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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It's not disturbing more (219 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

James Marsden ... Steve Clark

Katie Holmes ... Rachel Wagner

Tobias Mehler ... Andy Effkin

Nick Stahl ... Gavin Strick
Steve Railsback ... Officer Cox

Bruce Greenwood ... Dr. Edgar Caldicott

Katharine Isabelle ... Lindsay Clark

William Sadler ... Dorian Newberry

Ethan Embry ... Allen Clark
Terry David Mulligan ... Nathan Clark
Susan Hogan ... Cynthia Clark

A.J. Buckley ... Charles 'Chug' Roman

Robert Moloney ... Ferry Guy

Derek Hamilton ... Trent Whalen
Dan Zukovic ... Mr. Rooney

Tygh Runyan ... Dickie Atkinson
P.J. Prinsloo ... Robby Stewart
Michelle Skalnik ... Randi Sklar
Lalainia Lindbjerg ... Kathy

Chad Donella ... U.V. (as Chad E. Donella)

Natassia Malthe ... Mary Jo Copeland
Crystal Cass ... Lorna Longley

Chris Owens ... Officer Kramer
Fiona Scott ... Fiona - Blue Ribbon

David Paetkau ... Tom Cox
Erin Tougas ... Shannon
Ryan Taylor ... Ryan - Blue Ribbon
Jay Brazeau ... Principal Weathers
Brendan Fehr ... Brendan - Motor Jock
Sarah-Jane Redmond ... Miss Perkins
John B. Destry ... Middle-Aged Man (as John Destry)

Carly Pope ... Abbey
Glynis Davies ... Coupon Lady
Andre Danyliu ... Roscoe

Gillian Barber ... Judy Effkin
Stephen J. Lang ... John (as Stephen James Lang)
Peter LaCroix ... Mr. Strick

Lynda Boyd ... Mrs. Lucille Strick

Daniella Evangelista ... Daniella - Blue Ribbon

Suzy Joachim ... Female Doctor
Doug Abrahams ... Security Guard
Christopher R. Sumpton ... Screaming Man
Jarred Blancard ... Flossing Man
Kate Braidwood ... Make-up Girl
Stephen Holmes ... Toothbrush Boy
Mark Aviss ... Bald Man

Julie Patzwald ... Betty Caldicott
Stephen E. Miller ... Frankie
Dee Jay Jackson ... Assistant Principal
Kendall Saunders ... Disrespectful Student
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Amsing ... Damon (uncredited)
Melanie Angel ... Nurse (uncredited)
Chera Bailey ... Chera - Blue Ribbon (uncredited)

Christine Cattani ... Laughing Blonde Girl (uncredited)

Fulvio Cecere ... Anesthesiologist (uncredited)
Gary Chalk ... Coach (uncredited)
Cynde Harmon ... Mrs. Atkinson (uncredited)
Tamsin Kelsey ... Detrice (uncredited)

Corey Large ... Student (uncredited)
Robert Lewis ... Moderator (uncredited)
Zuzana Marlow ... Shannon's Mother (uncredited)
Judith Maxie ... Shadow Woman (uncredited)
Larry Musser ... Coroner (uncredited)
Marciarose Shestack ... Reporter (uncredited)
Sean Smith ... Schoolbus Boy (uncredited)
Bob Wilde ... Shadow Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
David Nutter 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Scott Rosenberg (written by)

Produced by
Armyan Bernstein .... producer
C.O. Erickson .... executive producer
Phillip B. Goldfine .... executive producer
Brent O'Connor .... associate producer
Scott Rosenberg .... co-producer
Elisabeth Seldes .... co-producer
Jonathan Shestack .... producer (as Jon Shestack)
Max Wong .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Mark Snow 
 
Cinematography by
John S. Bartley (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Randy Jon Morgan 
 
Casting by
Lisa Beach 
 
Production Design by
Nelson Coates 
 
Art Direction by
Eric Fraser 
 
Set Decoration by
Louise Roper 
 
Costume Design by
Trish Keating 
 
Makeup Department
Serge Lavigueur .... special makeup effects artist
Lisa Leonard .... first assistant hair stylist
Toby Lindala .... special makeup effects
Lisa Love .... makeup artist
Janet MacDonald .... hair stylist
Yvonne Weber .... first assistant makeup artist (as Yvonne C. Weber)
Holland Miller .... lab & set technician (uncredited)
Thomas Newman .... lab crew (uncredited)
Leanne Rae Podavin .... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Geoff Redknap .... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Vince Yoshida .... fabricator (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Brent O'Connor .... unit production manager
Sean T. Stratton .... post-production supervisor (as Sean Stratton)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Brebner .... first assistant director
Nicole Florian .... trainee assistant director
Dave 'Foots' Footman .... second assistant director (as David Footman)
Katherine Keizer .... third assistant director
John G. Scotti .... first assistant director
Nicole Florian .... third assistant director: reshoot (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Sandy Arthur .... assistant set decorator
J.P. Bagshaw .... lead dresser
Patrick Banister .... set designer
Tony Beck .... set dresser
Linda Marie Bishop .... signwriter
Duff Chambers .... construction foreman
Ron Clifford .... construction foreman
Steve Craine .... head painter (as Steven Craine)
John Dale .... carpenter
Lance Johnson .... assistant property master
Patrick Kearns .... set dresser
Jan Kobylka .... construction coordinator
Avo Liva .... head greens
Laurie Marsh .... set dresser
Marta McLaughlin .... assistant property master
Wayne McLaughlin .... property master
Roxanne Methot .... assistant art director
Valerie Methot .... art department coordinator
Gary Myers .... set designer
Beth Nelson .... set decorator buyer
Tom Robertson .... stand-by painter
Michael N. Wong .... assistant art director (as Michael Wong)
Paul Jenkinson .... co-lead man (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Thor Benitez .... foley recordist
Dean Beville .... sound effects editor
Matthew C. Beville .... foley mixer
Donald D. Brown .... boom operator (as Don Brown)
Peter Brown .... dialogue editor
Eddie Bydalek .... sound recordist
Chris David .... sound re-recording mixer
Dominique Decaudain .... foley walker (as Dominique Decaudian)
Eric Erickson .... sound recordist (as Eric M. Erickson)
Judee Flick .... supervising adr editor
Stephen Hunter Flick .... sound designer
Stephen Hunter Flick .... sound supervisor
Alexandra Gonzales .... dialogue editor (as Alex Gonzales)
Dana Gustafson .... supervising foley editor
Michael Hibberson .... sound assistant
William Jacobs .... sound effects editor
Michael Jonascu .... sound effects editor
Fred Judkins .... supervising sound editor
Ryan Juggler .... assistant sound editor
Jeffrey Kaplan .... dialogue editor (as Jeff Kaplan)
Cliff Latimer .... adr editor
Patricio A. Libenson .... sound effects editor (as Patricio Libenson)
James Matheny .... dialogue editor (as Jim Matheny)
Jon Michaels .... assistant sound editor
Roger Morris .... adr mixer
Angelo Palazzo .... sound effects editor
Sergio Reyes .... sound re-recording mixer
B. Tennyson Sebastian III .... sound re-recording mixer
Frank Smathers .... foley editor
Edward M. Steidele .... foley walker (as Edward Steidele)
Jon Taylor .... sound re-recording mixer
Daniel W. Victor Jr. .... consultant: DTS (as Dan Victor)
Rob Young .... sound mixer
John Garret Gorman .... sound recordist (uncredited)
D. Chris Smith .... adr mixer (uncredited)
D. Chris Smith .... foley mixer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Dan Cervin .... special effects assistant
Adam Tayler .... special effects technician
Joel Whist .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Susan Abbott-Weller .... senior visual effects producer: Encore Visual Effects
John Bavaresco .... animator: Encore Visual Effects
John Bowyer-Smyth .... digital compositor: Northwest Imaging & FX
David Byrnes .... visual effects producer: Heroes at Encore
Cari Chadwick .... digital artist: Encore Visual Effects
Cari Chadwick .... digital artist: Heroes at Encore
Paul Cox .... visual effects supervisor: Northwest Imaging & FX (as Paul R. Cox)
Manny Cubillas .... technical support: SGI, Heroes at Encore
Randy Egan .... senior digital compositor: Northwest Imaging & FX
Kent Feeler .... digital effects supervisor: Encore Visual Effects
Claus Hansen .... digital artist: Heroes at Encore (as Claus Thorbjorn Hansen)
Rick Kerrigan .... senior visual effects supervisor: Encore Visual Effects (as Richard Kerrigan)
Adalberto Al Lopez .... lead animator: Encore Visual Effects (as Adalberto Lopez)
Bernie Melanson .... coordinator: Northwest Imaging & FX
Robert Minshall .... digital artist: Encore Visual Effects
Richard Moc .... technical support: SGI, Encore Visual Effects
Julia Nessling-Douglas .... visual effects coordinator: Encore Visual Effects
Paul Norris .... digital compositor: Northwest Imaging & FX
Kathryn Peaslee .... designer: psychologically altered visions, Heroes at Encore
Robert C. Powers .... animator: Encore Visual Effects (as Robert Powers)
Paul Patrick Quinn .... visual effects producer
John Shirley .... assistant digital artist: Heroes at Encore
Matthew Talbot-Kelly .... digital compositor: Northwest Imaging & FX
 
Stunts
Dave Hospes .... stunt coordinator
Dave Hospes .... stunts
Dave Lane .... stunt rigger
J.J. Makaro .... stunt coordinator
Kirk McMeekan .... stunts
Leslie McMichael .... stunt double
Gerald Paetz .... stunt double: Bruce Greenwood
Charles Andre .... stunts (uncredited)
James Bamford .... stunts (uncredited)
Claude Bouchard .... key stunt rigger (uncredited)
Douglas Chapman .... stunts (uncredited)
Lauro Chartrand .... stunts (uncredited)
Dean Choe .... stunts (uncredited)
Duane Dickinson .... stunts (uncredited)
Marny Eng .... stunts (uncredited)
Corry Glass .... stunts (uncredited)
Gaston Howard .... stunts (uncredited)
David Jacox .... stunts (uncredited)
Michael Langlois .... stunts (uncredited)
Leslie McMichael .... stunts (uncredited)
David Mylrea .... stunts (uncredited)
Dan Redford .... stunts (uncredited)
Darryl Scheelar .... stunts (uncredited)
Melissa R. Stubbs .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
John Davidson .... first assistant camera
Aris Georgiopoulos .... second assistant camera
Derek Grieves .... key grip (as Derek Grieve)
Stuart Haggerty .... rigging chief lighting technician
Dan Henshaw .... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Daniel Henshaw)
John Holbrook .... camera operator: "b" camera
Craig Jones .... assistant lighting technician
Steve Keates .... second company grip
Klaus Melchior .... video assistant
Klaus Melchior .... video coordinator
Saubrie Mohamed .... generator operator
Paul T. Murakami .... daily grip
Rod Pridy .... Steadicam operator
Rod Pridy .... camera operator
Dave Riopel .... dolly grip
Kim Ritz .... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Jack Rowand .... still photographer
Gary Sandover .... key rigging grip
Daryl Steinkopf .... lead man rigging grip
David Tickell .... chief lighting technician
William Waring .... camera operator: "b" camera (as Will Waring)
 
Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter .... casting associate: Vancouver
Sandra Couldwell .... extras casting
Sarah Katzman .... casting associate: LA
Coreen Mayrs .... casting: Vancouver
Tami Nasu .... casting assistant
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tess Brummitt .... set costumer
Christine Coutts .... assistant costume designer
Julie MacDonald .... assistant costume designer
Sandra Watson .... costume set supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Gary Burritt .... negative cutter
Carolyn Calvert .... assistant editor (as Carolyn Horton Calvert)
Karen Dale Greene .... first assistant editor
Caroline Hardon .... assistant editor: Vancouver
Jon Patrick Ruff .... post-production assistant
Mike Stanwick .... color timer
Angela Jackson .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Jason Alexander .... music coordinator
Sharon Boyle .... music supervisor
Jeff Charbonneau .... music editor
John Dragonetti .... composer: song "Psycho Clogs"
Mark Green .... music editor
John Houlihan .... music supervisor
Larold Rebhun .... score mixer
Larold Rebhun .... score recordist
Micki Stern .... music coordinator
 
Transportation Department
Dan Johnson .... transportation co-captain (as Danny Johnson)
Tony Johnson .... transportation captain
Allan Morgan .... transportation coordinator (as Al Morgan)
 
Other crew
David Alexander .... safety coordinator (as Dave Alexander)
Ed Amos .... medical advisor (as Dr. Ed Amos)
Sara Barnes .... craft service (as Sam Barnes)
Sara Barnes .... first aid (as Sam Barnes)
Jasmine Barry .... production coordinator (as Jasmine Elsworth)
Helena Bartuccio .... assistant production coordinator
Amanda Beall .... assistant to producers
Bruce L. Brownstein .... location manager (as Bruce Brownstein)
Debbie Coe .... animal wrangler
Gloria Davies .... publicist
Kathy Ferrey .... assistant production coordinator
Jamie Goehring .... location production assistant
Elspeth Grafton .... location production assistant
Tom Lavagnino .... assistant: Mr. Nutter
Ronda Leavitt .... location production assistant
Stephanie Leavitt .... assistant location manager
Dean Lockwood .... car rig coordinator
Susan Montgomery .... production accountant
Barbara Nance .... assistant to writer: LA (as Barbara E. Nance)
Kathleen Nurit .... assistant production coordinator
Chris Pilutik .... craft service
Chris Pilutik .... first aid
Siobhan Rowand .... first assistant accountant
Sarah Tichenor .... assistant accountant
Pete Tsopeis .... location production assistant
Cristina Weigmann .... script supervisor
Dave Wynnyk .... security captain
Marni Wynnyk .... security co-captain
Phaedra Eccleston .... production coordinator (uncredited)
Bonnie Judd .... trainer (uncredited)
Ryan Judd .... assistant trainer (uncredited)
Kathryn Peaslee .... title designer: main title sequence (uncredited)
Andrew Simpson .... animal trainer (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Disturbing Behaviour (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, language, and drug content.
Runtime:
84 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The personifications of good and evil in the town are named Newberry and Caldicott, which happen to be the names of the two prestigious book prizes awarded by the American Library Association for Excellence in Children's Books (one for novels and one for picture books). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Right after the altercation in the English classroom, we see a shot of the chalkboard, and the teacher has misspelled the word "tomorrow," using two "m"s instead of one. more
Quotes:
Dorian Newberry: This town sucks for heroes. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Frightening (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Flagpole Sitta more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
It's not disturbing, 5 October 2006
2/10
Author: BroadswordCallinDannyBoy from Boston, MA

After his family moves into town, Steve starts to notice that there are some bizarre kids at school - pretty much always friendly and smiling... unless they are in a blind fit of blood thirsty rage... When one of his stoner friends, who said that the group is evil, joins it seemingly out of the blue, Steve suspects foul play. Soon, a secret that is only mildly disturbing is uncovered.

This film would have fared much better if it were a TV episode and seeing that a TV director is responsible for this film we can see it is so mediocre. The decent premise, perfect for an X-Files episode, is stretched out over an hour and twenty minutes (pretty short for a movie) and the good moments are far in between if apparent at all. The highlight of the film would have to be the admittedly intriguing premise, but the way it is presented is just poor. The DVD has 11 deleted scenes and the director could really have cut more off to make a tighter and story, which like mentioned before, could have fared well on the X-Files. Even the atmosphere and cinematography resembles the hit show.

Also the film lacks the element of visceral metaphor (thriller director David Croneberg's specialty) and the conclusion to it all is just laughable and contrived. 2/10

Rated R for grim and violent content

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