Streets of Legend (2003)

Director:

Joey Curtis

Writers:

Joey Curtis (writer)
Albert Hernandez (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A romance blooms between Quattro (Beaumont) and Noza (Hernandez), two kids caught up in the illegal street car racing scene of Southern California. |

Plot Keywords:

Car | Racing

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Brihanna Hernandez	...	Noza Flores
Victor Larios	...	Joaquin Hernandez aka Chato
Robert Beaumont	...	Derek Alan Smith aka Quattro
Greg Leone	...	Leone
Fabiola Barrios	...	Fabiola
Albert Hernandez	...	Kid Albert
Gary Brockette	...	Bob Smith
Gerald Russell	...	Black Gerald
Brian Salemi	...	Slimeball
Nadja Leone	...	Sherry Smith
Ana Hernandez	...	Ana Flores
Carrie Ann Nagy	...	Novela
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carey Westbrook	...	Parole Officer Westbrook

Directed by
Joey Curtis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joey Curtis		writer
Albert Hernandez		writer

Produced by
Mark Amin	....	executive producer
Robert Blatchford	....	line producer
Kenneth Burgmeister	....	associate producer
Abby Casper	....	line producer
Joey Curtis	....	co-producer
Alexis Fish	....	line producer
Laurie Johnson	....	line producer
Fredric King	....	producer
David Murillo	....	co-producer
Kevin Segalla	....	co-producer
Jacob Septimus	....	associate producer
Cami Winikoff	....	co-producer
Sau-Yin Wong	....	co-producer

Original Music by
DJ Spooky
Michael Suby

Cinematography by
Derek Cianfrance

Film Editing by
Joey Curtis
Anne Goursaud
Jimmy Helton

Production Design by
Nathan Webb

Costume Design by
Sharon McGinnis

Makeup Department
Quiana	....	makeup artist
Sara Vaughn	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeremy Berger	....	assistant production manager
James Masi	....	post-production supervisor
Joe Melichar	....	assistant production manager
David Mocsary	....	production manager
Andrea Roe	....	assistant production manager
Brian Young	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Brockette	....	assistant director
Albert Hernandez	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
David Barbee	....	foley editor
Derek Lee Bell	....	additional sound
Joey Curtis	....	sound
Michael Farnan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aleksandr Gruzdev	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jimmy Helton	....	sound
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karl W. Lohninger	....	sound mixer
Mariel Lohninger	....	sound mixer
Jon Mete	....	sound designer
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising sound editor
Margit Pfeiffer	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Rand	....	sound mixer
Frederick H. Stahly	....	adr editor
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor
Derek Vanderhorst	....	sound effects editor
Jason Wade	....	additional sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Aniko Kaiser	....	assistant camera
Michael Kerr	....	key grip
Ruben Russ	....	second cinematographer
Ronnie Sands	....	grip

Editorial Department
Jimmy Helton	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Peter DiRado	....	music editor
Amine Ramer	....	music supervisor
Adam Sanborne	....	composer: additional music
Adrian Van Velsen	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Todd Farmer	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Sophie Evans	....	publicist
Keana McGee	....	production coordinator: re-shoot
Robin Petgrave	....	helicopter pilot

Production Companies

• Fountainhead Films Inc.
• Sobini Films

Distributors

• Inferno Distribution (2005) (non-USA) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | USA:R

Company:

Fountainhead Films Inc.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV)

Illegal streetracing film produced the only way it could be made - illegally?

I don't know whether it would be more interesting to talk about how this movie was made than the actual movie itself, so I'll talk about BOTH.

Shot almost entirely at night with mini-cams suction-cupped to the sides of high-performance cars, the nocturnal lifestyle of highway streetracing gets its most accurate portrayal ever! This is one of the few racing movies you'll ever see that shows a speedometer cracking 140 mph and the car is actually going that fast (with a teenage driver no less).

No stunt people were used to create the numerous races, fights, and eventual car wreck that occurs. Amazingly, no one was hurt during the filming though some of the drivers were ticketed by the California Highway Patrol, and you get to see the 'CHIPS' captured on camera, too (more illegal surveillance for the audience to enjoy).

Worth watching just for the bright, colorful, visual imagery produced by experimental cinematography utilizing modified camera shutter speeds as well as the bravery of the filmmakers themselves for sticking with this project for three years, amassing over 250 hours of footage which is distilled down to about an hour and a half.