Scenes of the Crime (2001)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Dominique Forma

Writers:

Dominique Forma (writer)
Daniel Golka (writer)
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Release Date:

15 August 2002 (Israel)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Action

Plot:

A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss. |

Plot Keywords:

Mobster | Beautiful Woman | Murder | Delicatessen | Kidnapping

Cast

Jeff Bridges	...	Jimmy Berg
Jon Abrahams	...	Lenny Burroughs
R. Lee Ermey	...	Mr. Parker
Mädchen Amick	...	Carmen
Morris Chestnut	...	Ray
Kerri Randles	...	Donna
Noah Wyle	...	Seth
Henry Rollins	...	Greg
Lombardo Boyar	...	Zeke
Kenny Johnston	...	Al
Peter Greene	...	Rick
Bob Gunton	...	Steven, Jimmy's Partner
Dominic Purcell	...	Mark
Robert Wahlberg	...	Arnon
Brian Goodman	...	Trevor
Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Marty
Justin Louis	...	Louis
Mizuo Peck	...	Sharon
Nick Carello	...	Police Officer #1
Loyd Catlett	...	Police Officer #2
Jack Forbes	...	Tow truck driver
Chase Ellison	...	Blake Berg
Jon Powell	...	Customer
Kim Yates	...	Steven's Maid
Robert Harvey	...	Chief Accountant (as Bob Harvey)
Amy Wieczorek	...	Theresa (as Amy Zorek)
Ian Ruskin	...	Trevor's Assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Haskell V. Anderson III	...	Player #2 (as Haskell Vaughn)
John Nielsen	...	Player #1

Directed by
Dominique Forma

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dominique Forma		writer
Daniel Golka		writer
Amit Mehta		writer

Produced by
Willi Bär	....	producer (as Willie Baer)
Marc Frydman	....	producer
Eberhard Kayser	....	executive producer
Deborah Lee	....	producer
Rod Lurie	....	producer
Mario Ohoven	....	executive producer
James Spies	....	co-producer
Bonnie Weis	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
James R. Bagdonas

Film Editing by
Sidney Levin

Casting by
Steve Brooksbank
Mary Jo Slater

Production Design by
Jeff Knipp

Set Decoration by
Kathe Klopp

Costume Design by
Molly Maginnis

Makeup Department
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup department head
Dino Ganziano	....	hair department head
Susan Germaine	....	hair designer: Mr. Bridges
James R. Scribner	....	key makeup artist (as Jim Scribner)

Production Management
Sherry Marshall	....	production supervisor
Bonnie Weis	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Allen Cluck	....	first assistant director
Jodi Lowry	....	second assistant director
Jay Ostrowski	....	second assistant director
Rick Walls	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sean Whitler	....	second assistant director (as Sean David Whittier)

Art Department
Deana Albers	....	property master
Curtis Baruth	....	construction coordinator
David L. Bell	....	gangboss
Patrick Bolton	....	swing gang
Walsh Carvalho	....	swing gang
Anne Clements	....	art department assistant
Michael Cutler	....	assistant property master
Laura Garcia	....	paint foreman
Tom Gebr	....	lead man
Canada Johanna Gordon	....	art department production assistant (as Canada Gordon)
Karen Greene	....	painter
Mark Heathfield	....	painter (as Marc Heathfield)
Brigitte Heichelbech	....	painter
Susan Hutchinson	....	on-set painter
Roger L. King	....	construction coordinator (as Roger King)
Wayne Lindholm	....	construction foreman
Andrew J. Peterson	....	on-set dresser (as Andrew Peterson)
George Riojas	....	construction crew
Manuel Sánchez	....	painter
David Storm	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Dean Beville	....	supervising adr editor
Dale Brown	....	sound editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	supervising sound editor
Dana Gustafson	....	sound editor
Jamie Hardt	....	assistant sound editor
Fred Johnston	....	cableman
Fred Judkins	....	sound editor
Samuel Lehmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin Lopez	....	co-supervising sound editor
Martin Lopez	....	sound effects editor
Jon Mete	....	sound editor
William Munroe	....	boom operator
Stewart Nelson	....	sound editor (as Stewart Nelsen)
Ed Novick	....	sound mixer
Jeffrey Perkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kira Roessler	....	sound editor
Christopher Sidor	....	sound recordist
Greg ten Bosch	....	assistant sound editor
Christina Tucker	....	adr mixer
Trevor Ward	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Matt Sweeney	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor
Dan Lazarow	....	visual effects
Jaison Stritch	....	3D visual effects supervisor
Marcus Tate	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Loyd Catlett	....	stunts
Vince Deadrick Jr.	....	stunt double: Lenny
Danny Downey	....	stunt double: Lenny
Peter Epstein	....	stunt double: Al (as Pete Epstein)
John Gillespie	....	utility stunts
Ben Jensen	....	stunt rigger & double
Ethan Jensen	....	stunt double: Seth
Gary Jensen	....	stunt coordinator
Billy Judkins	....	stunt double: Zeke
Bob McGovern	....	utility stunts (as Robert McGovern)
Bob Pennetta	....	utility stunts
Lincoln Simonds	....	utility stunts
Joe Witherell	....	stunt double: Greg

Camera and Electrical Department
Patti Arpaia	....	still photographer
Lloyd Barcroft	....	key grip
Ralph Barone	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Tom Barone	....	chief lighting technician
Robin Bursey	....	film loader
Joly Erickson	....	rigging gaffer
Chris Franco	....	electrician (as Julio Franco)
David Garden	....	additional photographer
David Garden	....	photographer: second unit
Michael Guthrie	....	grip
G.W. Hatfield Jr.	....	grip (as George Hatfield)
Julie Helton	....	second assistant operator: b camera
Desi R. Jojola Sr.	....	dolly grip (as Desi Jojola)
Adam Kane	....	additional photographer
Mark La Bonge	....	camera operator (as Mark LeBonge)
Mark La Bonge	....	steadicam operator (as Mark LeBonge)
Ralph Mendoza	....	camera operator: SpaceCam
Michael M. Mosley	....	electrician (as Mike Mosley)
Mark Pickens	....	dolly grip: second unit
David Riggio	....	grip
Scott Ronnow	....	second assistant camera
Mark Santoni	....	first assistant camera
Dennis E. Shelton	....	electrician (as Dennis Shelton)
John Stradling	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Dean Striepeke	....	video assist operator
William J. Taylor	....	grip (as Bill Taylor)
Stephen J. Ullman	....	camera operator: second camera (as Steve Ullman)
Shawn Whelan	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Beth Blanks	....	casting associate
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Javier Arrieta	....	key costumer
Josephine Monmaney	....	costumer
Elaine Ramires	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Keith Henderson	....	assistant editor
William Marrinson	....	first assistant editor (as Billy Marrinson)
Steve Sheridan	....	color timer

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator
Kenneth Burgomaster	....	score mock-ups
Michael Farrow	....	music mixer
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Derrick Lefebvre	....	score coordinator
David Low	....	music contractor
Flavio Motalla	....	score producer
Jonathan Price	....	score coordinator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Jeanette Surga	....	music editor
Gernot Wolfgang	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
P. Gerald Knight	....	transportation coordinator
Jorge Velasquez	....	transportation
Greag Waldrop	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Samantha Barker	....	assistant: Christopher Young
Chris Baugh	....	location manager
Kevin Beard	....	stand-in
Gary Bechtel	....	location assistant
Lisa Blackwell	....	production assistant
Jen Bouley	....	production assistant
Luke Gutschenritter	....	production assistant
Wade Hagen	....	first assistant accountant
Brita Holmberg	....	production coordinator
Nancy Honeycutt	....	assistant production coordinator
Nicola Hulme	....	assistant: Mr. Bridges
Ivan Infante	....	production assistant
Jerrold McKinley Ivery	....	accounting clerk
James Jacobson	....	synthesizer programmer
Jessica James	....	assistant: Dominique Forma and Deborah Lee
Harriet Katz-Stevens	....	post-production accountant
Lisa Looney	....	key set production assistant
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	production accountant
Gerard K. Marino	....	synthesizer programmer
Robin Mayemura	....	publicist
Christopher Miller	....	additional location manager
Naomi Motohashi	....	assistant location manager
Naomi Motohashi	....	production assistant
Mary Ann Newfield	....	script supervisor
Michael Picarella	....	location assistant
Jeffery Aaron Schauf	....	production assistant
Patrick J. Smith	....	production assistant
John Starr	....	craft service
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Battleplan Productions
• Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Europa Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Mediafilm
• TF1 International

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• International Recording Co.  re-recording facilities
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Orbit Digital  editorial services
• Pacific Titles & Optical  opticals
• Standard Pictures Distributing Company  title design: main titles

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some strong sexual content.

Runtime:

Argentina:91 min | Norway:81 min | USA:91 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Battleplan Productions

Soundtrack:

Whisper In A Hurricane

Lazy ending to a good crime caper

This captivating little film obviously benefits by the great performances of the three male leads - Bridges, Abrahams and Wyle.

A mob boss' driver (Abrahams) accidentally gets mixed up in much more than he bargained and prepared for when a rival mob boss (Bridges) is kidnapped by his associate (Peter Greene) and bundled into the back of his van.

A very stagy film, with a very TV feel to it, its basically all shot in one location throughout but still manages to hold the viewers attention.

Only one negative, and its a big one - the ending. Just as the story seems as though its changing direction and gathering pace it ends abruptly, which spoils the film and leaves the viewer feeling cheated having to make do with the conclusion of the story and its characters hastily captioned on screen. Such a shame because an extra 15 mins of action instead of 15 seconds of words could have made this film a real find.