Searching for Debra Winger (2002)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Rosanna Arquette

Writer:

Rosanna Arquette (experiencer)

Release Date:

13 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Actress | Stereotyping | Female Stereotype | Motherhood

Cast

Patricia Arquette	...	Herself
Rosanna Arquette	...	Herself
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Herself
Katrin Cartlidge	...	Herself
Laura Dern	...	Herself
Roger Ebert	...	Himself
Jane Fonda	...	Herself
Teri Garr	...	Herself
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself
Melanie Griffith	...	Herself
Daryl Hannah	...	Herself
Salma Hayek	...	Herself
Holly Hunter	...	Herself
Diane Lane	...	Herself
Kelly Lynch	...	Herself
Julianna Margulies	...	Herself
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Herself
Samantha Mathis	...	Herself
Frances McDormand	...	Herself
Catherine O'Hara	...	Herself
Julia Ormond	...	Herself
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Herself
Martha Plimpton	...	Herself
Charlotte Rampling	...	Herself
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Herself
Theresa Russell	...	Herself
Meg Ryan	...	Herself
Ally Sheedy	...	Herself
Adrienne Shelly	...	Herself
Hilary Shepard	...	Herself (as Hilary Shepard Turner)
Sharon Stone	...	Herself
Tracey Ullman	...	Herself
JoBeth Williams	...	Herself
Debra Winger	...	Herself
Alfre Woodard	...	Herself
Robin Wright Penn	...	Herself
Jane Adams	...	Herself (uncredited)
Antonio Banderas	...	Himself (uncredited)
Alan Cumming	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Herself (uncredited)
Sean Penn	...	Himself (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
Rosanna Arquette

Writing credits
Rosanna Arquette		(experiencer)

Produced by
Rosanna Arquette	....	producer
Kristina Birkmayer	....	co-producer
David Codikow	....	producer
Mark Cuban	....	executive producer
Sean Griffiths	....	associate producer
Patty Long	....	line producer
Steve Mitchell	....	associate producer
Hilary Shepard	....	associate producer
Todd Wagner	....	executive producer
Happy Walters	....	producer
Matt Weaver	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jean-Marc Barr
Olivier Boucreux
Cort Fey
Joey Forsyte
Nathan Hope
Michael G. Wojciechowski		(as Michael Wojciechowski)

Film Editing by
Gail Yasunaga

Set Decoration by
Carisa Rosenthal
Joanna M. Wright

Makeup Department
Ray Allington	....	key hair stylist
Carrie Angland	....	hair stylist
Carrie Angland	....	makeup artist
Tresha Heath	....	hair stylist
Tresha Heath	....	makeup artist
Jason Jewell	....	hair stylist
Jason Jewell	....	makeup artist
Thierry Pourtoy	....	hair stylist
Thierry Pourtoy	....	makeup artist
Cristina Rocha	....	hair stylist
Cristina Rocha	....	makeup artist
Calista Sanderson	....	hair stylist
Calista Sanderson	....	makeup artist
Paul Starr	....	on site beauty doctor
Susanna Terrell	....	hair stylist
D. Garen Tolkin	....	hair stylist
D. Garen Tolkin	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kristina Birkmayer	....	production manager
Daryl De Quetteville	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Mandy Allen	....	sound recordist
Mik Cribben	....	sound mixer: New York
David Hocs	....	boom operator: New York
Jeff Layton	....	sound effects editor
Chris Neely	....	sound
Kenneth Novak	....	sound supervisor
Chris Philp	....	dialogue editor
Brenda Ray	....	sound mixer: New York
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Janet Urban	....	sound
Lori Weinhouse	....	boom operator: Los Angeles
Grégory Widoff	....	sound mixer: Cannes (as Grégory Widof)

Camera and Electrical Department
Derth Adams	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Rosanna Arquette	....	camera operator: Los Angeles/New York
Kristina Birkmayer	....	camera operator: Los Angeles/New York
Jonathon Bradley	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Mike Budzik	....	camera assistant: Los Angeles
Paul Burns	....	Steadicam operator: New York
Patrick J. Donnelly	....	electrician
Sean Fairburn	....	camera operator: Los Angeles (as B. Sean Fairburn)
Cort Fey	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Michael Hoffer	....	electrician: Los Angeles (as Mike Hoffer)
Mike Karasick	....	camera operator: Los Angeles (as Michael I. Karasick)
Sam Kretschmer	....	grip: New York
Kenneth J. Miles	....	camera assistant: Los Angeles
Joyce Ostin	....	still photographer: Los Angeles
David Palmieri	....	company grip: Los Angeles
Vince Palomino	....	key grip
Dino Parks	....	additional camera operator
Cynthia Pusheck	....	camera operator: Los Angeles/New York
Sam Redfield	....	grip: New York
Doron Schlair	....	camera operator: New York
Antonio Soriano	....	electrician: Los Angeles
Jason Summers	....	camera assistant: New York
Graham Willoughby	....	camera assistant: New York

Editorial Department
Diana DeCilio	....	assistant editor
Alfredo Frasson	....	color timer
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer
Bob Sachter	....	colorist
Keri Winthers	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Max Almy	....	title designer
April Blair	....	production coordinator: New York
Celine Davis	....	production associate
Leah Delyte Di'Bernardo	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Steve Litwitz	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Satsuki Mitchell	....	production associate
Jill Newell	....	production assistant: New York
Eric Pine	....	production assistant: New York
Oorala J. Yamada	....	assistant to director
Teri Yarbrow	....	title designer

Thanks
Melanie Griffith	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Immortal Entertainment
• Flower Child Productions
• 2929 Productions (in association with)

Distributors

• Bir Film (2003) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Limelight Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Tri-m Pictures Inc. (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Pony Canyon (2003) (Japan) (all media)

Other Companies

• Capa Presse  special thanks (as CAPA Presse)
• The Russian Tea Room  special thanks

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

France:100 min | France:97 min (Cannes Film Festival) | USA:99 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Immortal Entertainment

Trivia:

Screened as one of "out-of-competition" films at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2002. Director Rosanna Arquette says she made the documentary when she was struck by the fact that Debra Winger, who earned three Oscar nominations, had left the profession in her 30s.

Quotes:

Ally Sheedy: Or even if you have to walk in, in a tight fitting shirt and look sexy. You know what I mean? It's like that's what you're about in that scene, that stays with you for the whole day and it goes on and on and on. And then people say 'why are there so many 13 year olds that are bulimic?' Hello.

Movie Connections:

References Julia (1977)

Soundtrack:

Into You

Interesting, then redundant, then just plain self-serving.

I started out liking this film. Ms. Arquette was making some good points, talking to some very interesting actresses (Jane Fonda is a standout, as well as Debra Winger herself.) But this film could have easily been 20 minutes shorter--it just seemed to go on and on. In the end, when all of the actresses involved in the documentary are signing their names in lipstick on pieces of mirror (huh?), Rosanna is the very last one to do it. It just hit the point that this was such a vanity piece rather than a serious piece of filmmaking, which it really could have been, if someone else had directed it that is.