Windfall (2001) (TV)

Director:

Gerry Lively

Writers:

Zani Leo (story)
Craig J. Nevius (written by) ...
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Release Date:

1 September 2004 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Their last heist is about to be blown away.

Plot:

Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino...

Cast

Casper Van Dien	...	Ace Logan
Gregg Henry	...	Bill Trask
Libby Hudson	...	Amber Malloy
Robert Englund	...	Scratch
Ray Wise	...	John Wescott
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Wylie
Daniel Roebuck	...	Packard
Jeremy Roberts	...	Russell
Jeff Kober	...	Bennett
Florin Tanase	...	Dawson
Paul Andreescu	...	Clarke
Kristin Herold	...	Leslie Vance
Brenda Epperson Doumani	...	Melanie (as Brenda Epperson)
Jeff Celentano	...	John
Adrian Codrescu	...	Chopper Pilot #1
Ion Cavase	...	Surveillance Tech #1
Marian Vasile	...	Skinny Man
Andi Marian	...	Ticket Agent
Corina Danila	...	Female Reporter
Plavitiu George	...	Traffic Cop
Constantinescu Ion	...	Pilot
Ted Pretty	...	Anchor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Loredana Groza	...	Lounge Singer (uncredited)
Adrian Pavlovschi	...	Policeman (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerry Lively

Writing credits
Zani Leo		(story)
Craig J. Nevius		(written by) and
Adrian Fulle		(written by)

Produced by
Eric Abrahamson	....	line producer
Ion Ionescu	....	producer
John J. Kelly	....	co-producer
Massimo Nouhra	....	associate producer
Chevonne O'Shaughnessy	....	executive producer
Vince Ravine	....	associate producer
George Shamieh	....	executive producer
George Shamieh	....	producer
Karen Toronjo	....	associate producer
Paul G. Volk	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Alex Wilkinson

Cinematography by
Andrew Rawson

Film Editing by
Michael Kuge
Paul G. Volk

Casting by
Michael Greer

Production Design by
Radu Corciova
Narbeh Nazarian

Art Direction by
Ioana Corciova

Set Decoration by
Carmen Pasula

Costume Design by
Patricia Mata
Maria Peici

Makeup Department
Raluca Badea	....	makeup supervisor
Gabi Cretan	....	assistant makeup artist (as Gabriela Cretan)
Debra-Lee Davidson	....	additional makeup artist
Gabriela Dima	....	key hair stylist
Carmen Herghelegiu	....	assistant hair stylist
Marga Ianas	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Adam C. Bennett	....	post-production supervisor
Andrei Boncea	....	executive in charge of production
Ion Mititelu	....	production supervisor
Gabriel Popescu	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniel Barbulescu	....	first assistant director: second unit
Cristian Ciurea	....	first assistant director (as Cristi Ciurea)
Ingrid Cristea	....	second assistant director
Laurentiu Dinca	....	second second assistant director
Nicoleta Molnar	....	second assistant director: second unit
Patrick J. Statham	....	second unit director
Paul G. Volk	....	second unit director

Art Department
Marius Bardasan	....	assistant property master
Andrew Baron	....	storyboard artist
Mihai Costache	....	props
Cristian Ivan	....	assistant art director (as Cristi Ivan)
Magdalena Marasescu	....	construction coordinator
Dumitru Nicolae	....	props
Adrian Popa	....	property master
Doina Repanovici	....	draftsman
Alex Stanciu	....	props
Nicolae Trandafir	....	props (as Nicu Trandafir)
Ion Tudor	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Jeff K. Brunello	....	sound effects editor
Silviu Camil	....	sound mixer
Gonzalo Espinoza	....	foley
Patrick Green	....	adr mixer
Mike Hall	....	sound mixer: additional photography
David Kitchens	....	sound supervisor
Vasile Luca	....	boom operator
Doru Popescu	....	boom operator
Eric Reuveni	....	foley artist
Ken Skoglund	....	sound editor
Ken Skoglund	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Zarai	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Zarai	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Ion Constantin	....	armourer
Moise Constantin	....	special effects supervisor
George Petrache	....	special effects assistant
Nicu Petre	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Chris Ervin	....	digital effects artist
Adam Hawkey	....	digital compositor
Geoffrey Mark	....	visual effects
Andrew Midgley	....	optical effects producer
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
Dave Piedra	....	digital compositor
Devin Uzan	....	digital compositor
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging: iO Film (uncredited)

Stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunts
Bob Bragg	....	stunts
Anne-Marie Caragea	....	stunts
Nelu Caragea	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Ion Carangea	....	stunts
Nelu Craciun	....	stunt coordinator
Jeff Danoff	....	stunts
Marian Ghiorghe	....	stunts
Aurel Ionescu	....	stunts
Robert Ionescu	....	stunts
Constantin Nicolae	....	stunts
Adrian Pavlovschi	....	stunts
Carmen Popescu	....	stunts
Razvan Radu	....	stunts
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunt coordinator
Gabi Titeica	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Austin	....	assistant camera: additional photography
Mihai Balea	....	electrician
Bill Christie	....	key grip: additional photography
Ion Cofaru	....	generator operator
Marian Costea	....	electrician
Lazar Costel	....	generator operator
Dumitru Costica	....	grip
Marian Ene	....	grip
Viorel Frangu	....	electrician
Cristian Grigore	....	director of photography: second unit
Gheorghe Guta	....	camera loader
Ionel Iacov	....	camera operator: second unit
Paul Janossy	....	first assistant camera
Silviu Neagu	....	video assist operator
Cristi Onutu	....	assistant camera
Razvan Paslaru	....	grip
Marian Sandor	....	focus puller
Marian Sava	....	electrician
Sorin Serghiuta	....	camera operator
Walter Silva	....	gaffer: additional photography
Petre Sorescu	....	camera loader
Lita Stelian	....	gaffer
Liviu Tanase	....	focus puller
Remus Tanase	....	key grip
Mihai Ungureanu	....	camera operator
Bogdan Varzaru	....	best boy electric
Ion Vasilescu	....	electrician

Casting Department
Vasile Filipescu	....	casting: Romania
Pamela Frazier	....	casting associate
Michael Greer	....	casting: USA
Gabriela Petre	....	casting assistant
Gabriela Petre	....	extras casting coordinator
Toni Tecuceanu	....	casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eli Calin	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mihai Mitici	....	assistant editor
Robin Saban	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Marin Burtea	....	driver
George Dinu	....	transportation coordinator
Petre Dinu	....	driver
Gheorghe Stavrache	....	driver
Mihai Surugiu	....	driver
Ionel Teodorescu	....	driver
Georghe Toader	....	driver (as Gheorghe Toader)
Harry Zabounian	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
George Anton	....	production assistant
Elena Baicoianu	....	production assistant
Andra Barbuica	....	script supervisor
Armand Boeru	....	security officer
Blake Busby	....	graphic artist: titles
Raul Cosma	....	key set production assistant
Constantin Donici	....	production assistant
Calin Furtunescu	....	location manager
Adrian Gavrila	....	caterer
Jeffrey Girard	....	senior production accountant
Mirela Ionita	....	craft service
Mariana Lina	....	script supervisor: second unit
Andrei Marinescu	....	location manager
Violeta Marinescu	....	production assistant (as Violeta Marin)
Gilda Matei	....	production accountant: Romania
Iana Opran	....	production assistant
Aurel Popescu	....	production assistant
Sanda Popescu	....	production coordinator: Romania
Radutiu Razvan-Adrian	....	production assistant
Sarah Rachel Sligh	....	production coordinator
Chad Steiner	....	production coordinator: USA
Dan Tecuceanu	....	craft service
Ana Maria Telega	....	production coordinator
Ilinca Teodoru	....	slate
Sandra Weber	....	production accountant: USA

Production Companies

• American Cinema International
• Media Pro Pictures
• Nu Image Films

Distributors

• FWP Productions
• Imagem Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (all media)
• Sunfilm Entertainment GmbH (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Title House

Other Companies

• Juniper Post  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

Germany:98 min | USA:102 min | Egypt:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

American Cinema International

Goofs:

Continuity: During the course of the 1-minute scene which introduces the meteorologists, the wall clock shows times of 5:40, 5:44 and 5:39.

Not Completely Awful

As far as these "straight to video" action movies go, I've seen far worse. The production values were OK, and there were a few good chase scenes. Several things let this movie down though, most important being a plot that was silly at times, including such ridiculous events as people crowding onto a boat to sail off an island minutes before a hurricane is due to arrive, and bad guys who are comically inept at aiming guns at the good guys.

The acting is pretty bad, with Robert Englund and Gregg Henry both hamming it up. Casper Van Dien's acting is the same as always- wooden and goofy but somehow almost vaguely likeable. Ray Wise is wasted in a supporting role with terrible lines. Libby Hudson is forgettable in a forgettable part. The bad guy's henchmen are all straight from central casting's low-budget division.

But... some parts of the story were not too bad, and some of the chase scenes were quite good. As I said, I've seen far worse. Five out of Ten.