Shade (2003/I)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Damian Nieman

Writer (WGA):

Damian Nieman (written by)

Release Date:

12 March 2004 (Thailand)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Look Deeper.

Plot:

Shade is set in the world of poker hustlers working the clubs and martini bars of Los Angeles. The tale...

Plot Keywords:

Poker | Card Playing | Big Con | Organized Crime | Magician

Cast

Joe Nicolo	...	Ritchie
Carl Mazzocone Sr.	...	Older Wiseguy (as Carl M. Mazzocone, Sr.)
George Tovar	...	Paulie
Frank Medrano	...	Sal
Jason Cerbone	...	Young Dean Stevens
Mark De Alessandro	...	Hitman #1
Doc Duhame	...	Hitman #2
Shane T. Anderson	...	Hitman #3
Thandie Newton	...	Tiffany
Glenn Plummer	...	Gas Station Attendant
Gabriel Byrne	...	Charlie Miller
Mick Rossi	...	Club Patron #1
Sean Stanek	...	Club Patron #2
Holly Catarancuic	...	Girl in Hallway
Carl Mazzocone	...	Doorman
Andrea C. Robinson	...	Club Girl
Stacie Bourgeois	...	Dealer
Jamie Foxx	...	Larry Jennings
Talbert Morton	...	Card Player #1
Rodney Rowland	...	Jeff (as Rod Rowland)
Stuart Townsend	...	Vernon
Michael Harney	...	Micky Swift
Jennifer Burgess-Keene	...	Blonde Turbo
Erika Nann	...	Blackjack Player (as Erika Nann-Barranco)
Tom Reynolds	...	Casino Man
Shawn Frances Lee	...	Black Dress Bimbo
Greg Suddeth	...	Floorman
Kevin Centazzo	...	Casino Valet
Ted Hartley	...	Teddy the Surgeon
Bo Hopkins	...	Lieutenant Scarne
Bret Anthony	...	Butler
Dina Merrill	...	Dina
Angela Fratto	...	Hot Girl
Shaun Jones	...	Ose
Mark Boone Junior	...	Leipzig
Tony Amendola	...	Daley
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Marlo (as Roger G. Smith)
Louis Freese	...	Nate (as B-Real)
Adrianne Incarnate	...	Stripper
Sylvester Stallone	...	Dean 'The Dean' Stevens
Melanie Griffith	...	Eve
Chris Rommelmann	...	Bartender (as Christopher Neal Rommelmann)
Hal Holbrook	...	The Professor
Adam Grace	...	Chip
Earl Nelson	...	Earl
Brian Gillis	...	Ricky
Jason England	...	Card Player #2
David Purdham	...	Detective
Tony Burton	...	Fedora
Steve Heinze	...	Tough Guy #1
Charles Rocket	...	Tony D.
Michael Dorn	...	Jack Thornhill
Patrick Bauchau	...	Max Malini
Michael Zurich	...	Tough Guy #2
Jack Conley	...	Buckley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Burchett	...	Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
Heath Centazzo	...	Gunman at Bar (uncredited)
Veronica Grey	...	Mol (uncredited)
Trae Ireland	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Joel Manning	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Damian Nieman	...	Jackie (uncredited)
J. Katherine Novy	...	Dancer in Club (uncredited)
Tawny Roberts	...	Dancer in Club (uncredited)
Tabitha Stevens	...	Dancer in Club (uncredited)
R. Paul Wilson	...	Mr. Andrews (uncredited)

Directed by
Damian Nieman

Writing credits (WGA)
Damian Nieman		(written by)

Produced by
Merv Griffin	....	executive producer
Chris Hammond	....	producer
Ted Hartley	....	producer
Bo Hopkins	....	executive producer
Carl Mazzocone	....	co-producer
Mark Moran	....	associate producer
Joe Nicolo	....	executive producer
David Schnepp	....	producer
Stephen Stone	....	co-executive producer
Tom Van Dell	....	associate producer

Original Music by
James Johnzen
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
Anthony B. Richmond

Film Editing by
Scott Conrad
Glenn Garland

Casting by
Tamer Howard
Pam Lyles

Production Design by
Gregory Van Horn

Art Direction by
Nicole Gorg

Set Decoration by
Leslie Kale

Costume Design by
Susanna Puisto

Makeup Department
Monica Di Venti	....	hair stylist (as Monica Diventi)
Anthea Grutsis	....	assistant hair stylist
Stacy L. Hodgson	....	makeup artist: Mr. Stallone
Nadyne Peoples	....	second makeup artist (as Nadyne Hicks)
Nicole Venables	....	hair stylist: Mr. Stallone
Tonyia Verna	....	key makeup artist (as Antonyia Verna)
Janice Zoladz	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Joe Di Maio	....	executive in charge of production
Michael Toji	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Allen Cluck	....	first assistant director
Corky Cronin	....	second second assistant director
Jay Ostrowski	....	second assistant director
R. Paul Wilson	....	second unit director

Art Department
Joey Abbin	....	painter
Gwinn Alderson	....	painter
Pierre Amoore	....	set dresser
Todd Bakerian-Devane	....	on-set dresser (as A.T. Bakerian-Devane)
Jody Bergman	....	set dresser
Jennifer A. Bolitho	....	painter
Venessa De Anda	....	art department assistant
Krit Fagtongpun	....	lead carpenter
Kris Fuller	....	buyer
Darin Gillespie	....	propmaker
Nicole Gorg	....	art department coordinator
Dwayne Grady	....	property master
Brian J. Hahn	....	propmaker
Emilie Harvey	....	lead scenic
Quenby Iandiorio	....	art department assistant
Chris Kas	....	assistant property master
Jon Klein	....	propmaker (as Jon D. Klein)
William J. Law III	....	set designer
Sean Lyons	....	on-set painter
Anthony McKeown	....	painter
Dave Michel	....	set dresser
John Nasby	....	assistant property master
Greg Paregon	....	propmaker
David C. Perez	....	carpenter
Ira Proctor	....	construction foreman
Brian Renn	....	swing gang
David Rivet	....	swing gang
Monti Santilli Rainbolt	....	assistant property master (as Monti Rainbolt)
Murphy Shields	....	set dresser (as John 'Murphy' Shields)
Chris Tomko	....	lead man
Tim Zeug	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
John Bires	....	sound engineer
George Borghi	....	additional sound
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley man
Dino Dimuro	....	sound editor
Victor Ray Ennis	....	assistant sound editor
James Fielden	....	sound editor
James Fielden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Fitzgerald	....	adr recordist
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley man
Jeff Glueck	....	sound engineer
Arda Gulesserian	....	additional sound
Stacy Hill	....	production sound mixer
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Duke Lim	....	additional sound
Vahe Manoukian	....	boom operator
Diane Marshall	....	foley man
Jon Mete	....	sound editor
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising sound editor
James Moriana	....	foley man (as Jim Moriana)
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Christopher Sposa	....	utility sound
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Patrick Stoltz	....	additional sound (as Pat Stoltz)
Lucy Sustar	....	foley man
Kim Waugh	....	additional sound
Drew Webster	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley man (as Jeff Wilhoit)
Ben Wilkins	....	sound editor
James Wright	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Jim Wright)
David Young	....	additional sound

Special Effects by
Charles Belardinelli	....	special effects assistant
Thomas L. Bellissimo	....	special effects coordinator (as T. Brooklyn Bellissimo)
Matt Prosser	....	special effects assistant
Christie Sumner	....	special effects technician (as Christy Sumner)
Malia Thompson	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Kent Feeler	....	CG artist
Dave Piedra	....	visual effects

Stunts
Doc Duhame	....	stunts
John Edward	....	stunt coordinator
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Pasquale Attanasio	....	rigging grip
Steve Austin	....	video playback operator
Douglas Bard	....	set electrician
Chad C. Barrow	....	company grip
Tyger Belton	....	assistant camera
Bill Blackman	....	company grip
Elizabeth Bolden	....	rigging grip
Jim Brownlee	....	rigging grip
David Kent Carpenter	....	set electrician
Chris Cuevas	....	second assistant camera: additional camera
James L. Culligan Jr.	....	company grip
Tracy Allen Davey	....	second assistant camera (as Tracey Davey)
Andrew Degnan	....	camera loader
Darrin DeLoach	....	second assistant camera
Damon Doherty	....	key rigging grip (as Damon T. Doherty)
Don Duffield	....	company grip
Danny Eccleston	....	gaffer
Sean D. Eccleston	....	rigging gaffer (as Sean Daniel Eccleston)
Dexter Eneriz	....	set electrician (as Dexter P. Eneriz)
Scott Febbo	....	company grip
Franc Gabusi	....	company grip
Jeff Gatesman	....	set electrician
Adam Harrison	....	set electrician
Steve Harvey	....	best boy electric
Wm. Terrell Hasker	....	rigging grip
Jeff Hinz	....	company grip
Lee Johnson	....	set electrician
Marc Klussman	....	rigging electrician
Johnny Martin	....	epk videographer
Jim McConocha	....	set electrician
Steven J. Millpointer	....	rigging grip
Dick Montagne	....	camera operator
Terence Nightingall	....	camera operator (as Terence Nightengall)
Iain O'Higgins	....	set electrician
Brent Petzoldt	....	set electrician
Joe A. Ponticelle	....	first assistant camera (as Joe Ponticelle)
Joel Randel	....	company grip
Randy 'Crafty' Reid	....	rigging grip
Dennis Rice	....	set electrician
Jason Santelli	....	set electrician
Paul Schmidt	....	dolly grip
John V. Smalley	....	best boy grip
John Smock	....	set electrician
Steven Strong	....	set electrician
Paul Tilden	....	camera loader
Ron Tondreau	....	key grip
Daniel L. Turrett	....	camera operator
Sam Urdank	....	still photographer
Mark Volpe	....	company grip
Larry Wallace II	....	rigging electrician
Michael A. Walsh	....	set electrician
Ross Warren	....	rigging electrician
Brian Webster	....	set electrician
Eric Whitehead	....	company grip
David J. White II	....	first assistant camera
Scott Whitemore	....	company grip
Jonathan M. Wiener	....	set electrician
Lars Ian Wolfe	....	company grip
Dustin Woods	....	company grip
Andy Young	....	best boy rigging grip

Casting Department
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting (as Caitlin McKenna)
Todd Rowland	....	casting assistant
Pete Sutton	....	extras casting: Mountain Ash Casting Co.
Terri Tracy	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeanie Baker	....	on-set costumer
Cheryl Cravedi	....	costumer: Mr. Stallone
Kathy Hendricks	....	costumer
Patty Malkin	....	costumer
Rhona Meyers	....	costumer
Beverly Woods	....	costume supervisor
Lori Wornom	....	on-set costumer
Daniela Kurrle	....	seamstress (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Tim Board	....	assistant editor
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Steven Kemper	....	supervising editor
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer
Frank Roman	....	digital intermediate color timer
Sidney Wolinsky	....	additional editor

Music Department
Sascha Dikiciyan	....	composer: additional music
Randy Gerston	....	music supervisor
David Giuli	....	music preparation services
David Giuli	....	scoring coordinator
Derrick Lefebvre	....	score coordinator
Brian Leff	....	music coordinator
Jonathan Price	....	music engineer
Jonathan Price	....	music mixer
Jonathan Price	....	score producer
Jasper Randall	....	scoring coordinator: Christopher Young
Vlad Solovey	....	scoring coordinator
Joshua Winget	....	music editor
Christopher Young	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Thomas Lyons	....	transportation captain
Joel Renfro	....	transportation coordinator (as Joel A. Renfro)
Lee Sanders	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Jeremy Adams	....	assistant to director
Gavin J. Behrman	....	first assistant accountant
Tom Borgnine	....	key set production assistant
David Brunelli	....	set production assistant
Gina Carroll	....	assistant to line producer
Taylor Carter	....	additional production assistant
Heath Centazzo	....	office production assistant
Kevin Centazzo	....	office production assistant
Albert Chi	....	additional production assistant
Heather Snow Clark	....	additional production assistant
Warren Cowan	....	unit publicist
Michael Donner	....	post-production accountant
Robert Easton	....	dialect coach
Kenneth E. Fix	....	location manager
Jon Gardner	....	assistant craft service
Brian Jack	....	additional production assistant
Matthew Kennedy	....	set production assistant
Tracy L. Kettler	....	production coordinator
Tiffany Noel Kinder	....	key assistant location manager
H. Skye Leslie	....	assistant production coordinator
Stephanie Marshall	....	assistant: Thandie Newton
Dianne Martinez	....	assistant: Joe Di Maio
Lauren McAuliffe	....	script supervisor
Christine McManus	....	assistant: Mr. Byrne
Ryan Moran	....	additional production assistant
Scott Newman	....	remote head technician
Michael Pagan	....	remote head technician (as Michael M. Pagan)
Michael 'Mox' Pappas	....	craft service (as Michael Pappas)
Casey Pond	....	craft service
Jonathan Price	....	synthesizer programmer
Robert Rooney	....	unit publicist
Adam W. Rosen	....	legal services
Jeff Sanderson	....	unit publicist
Clyde Sherman	....	production assistant
Marsha L. Swinton	....	production accountant
Gregory Van Horn	....	title designer
Trish Vengoechea	....	payroll accountant
R. Paul Wilson	....	technical advisor: casino
Christie Wood	....	set production assistant
Ines Wurth	....	additional production assistant

Thanks
Tawny Roberts	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Cobalt Media Group
• Hammond Entertainment
• Judgement Pictures
• Merv Griffin Entertainment
• Omen Pictures
• RKO Pictures

Distributors

• Cobalt Pictures (2003) (non-USA) (all media)
• Dimension Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• RKO Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• SPO (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Winchester Films (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• 01 Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Card Mechanics Productions LLC
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Europa Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Filmax Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Manga Films (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Movie Star (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• SBS6 (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Encore (visual effects)
• Title House Digital (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• Entertainment Post  dailies telecine services
• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition) (signature edition)
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Soundelux  post-production sound
• Title House Digital  titles and opticals
• Todd-AO Studios  post-production sound
• Warren Cowan & Associates  publicity

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence and sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Deep Nightclub - 1707 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cobalt Media Group

Trivia:

Charlie Miller, Max Malini, Dai Vernon/"The Professor", Larry Jennings, Nate Leipzig and Jacob Daley are all famous sleight-of-hand magicians. In fact, nearly every major male character in the film is named for a sleight-of-hand magician.

Goofs:

Continuity: The position of Miller's hand alternates between holding the drink and crossed over to his other arm while talking to Marlo.

Quotes:

Marlo: Excuse me, I'm vibrating.

Movie Connections:

References The Color of Money (1986)

Soundtrack:

Violin Sonata No.25 K.301, 2nd movement

My Thoughts

I work at Blockbuster so it's fair to say I have seen my fair share of movies and to be honest in the last 3 years...nothing has really caught my eye and made me sit and enjoy watching the same movie over and over again.

One thing I notice to is we get a lot of 'sleepers' or straight to DVD titles and often those are the better of the movies. Shade was one of them, this movie had an excellent story, great acting and was just fun to watch, when I saw it I wanted to own it, although it cost me $30 Canadian it was worth it. Stallone, although not well liked or viewed as a good actor by public opinion, I beg to differ. Rock, Cop Land, Shade were all excellent movies, he was good in the remake of Get Carter as well. Stuart Townsend also is an up and coming actor. It's a shame a well made movie like this didn't go to theaters.

It is movies like Shade and Poolhall Junkies that I can sit down and enjoy watching, forget sitting and watching the Pitch Black's, the Torque's and all those other overhyped movies, give me the sleepers anyday!