Soul Plane (2004)

Director:

Jessy Terrero

Writers (WGA):

Bo Zenga (written by) &
Chuck Wilson (written by)

Release Date:

28 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

What goes up, must get down.

Plot:

Things get raucously funny aboard the maiden flight of a black-owned airline, thanks to some last-minute passenger additions.

Plot Keywords:

Airline | Bathroom | Airplane | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Airport

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tom Arnold	...	Mr. Hunkee
Kevin Hart	...	Nashawn
Method Man	...	Muggsy
Snoop Dogg	...	Captain Mack
K.D. Aubert	...	Giselle
Godfrey	...	Gaeman
Brian Hooks	...	DJ
D.L. Hughley	...	Johnny
Arielle Kebbel	...	Heather Hunkee
Loni Love	...	Shaniece
Mo'Nique	...	Jamiqua (as Mo'Nique)
Ryan Pinkston	...	Billy Hunkee
Missi Pyle	...	Barbara
Sommore	...	Cherry
Sofía Vergara	...	Blanca (as Sofia Vergara)
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Flame
John Witherspoon	...	Blind Man
Stephen Keys	...	Riggs
Angell Conwell	...	Tamika
Robert Isaac Lee	...	Judge Pong
Charles Walker	...	Jury Foreman
Brent Strickland	...	Reporter
Laura Rogers	...	Reporter
Brian Mulligan	...	Boarding Agent
Stacey Travis	...	Flight Attendant
Donna Cooper	...	Flight Attendant
Elisha Wilson	...	Flight Attendant
Nancy Gibbs	...	Woman (Worldwire Air)
Kendall Carly Browne	...	Ticket Agent (Worldwide Air)
Dwayne Adway	...	Jerome
Terry Crews	...	Thug (Flight Attendant)
Angela Robinson	...	Rich Woman
Sayed Badreya	...	Middle Eastern Passenger
Chris Robinson	...	Himself
Big Boy	...	Himself
Karl Malone	...	Himself
Big Sam	...	Himself (East Side Boys)
Lil' Jon	...	Himself (East Side Boys)
D. Roc	...	Himself (Ying Yang Twins)
Kaine	...	Himself (Ying Yang Twins)
LaLa Vazquez	...	Herself (as La La)
Chemin-Martinez Carroll	...	Bartender (as Chemin Martinez)
Lanisha Cole	...	Bartender
Bob Morrisey	...	Carter Seersucker
Crystal Mattison	...	Sexy Flight Attendant
Francine Dee	...	Chinese Stripper
Vanessa Ordonez	...	Latin Stripper
Sundy Carter	...	Stripper
Lauren Reau	...	Stripper
Jeris Poindexter	...	Giselle's Father (as Jeris Lee Poindexter)
Don Wilson	...	Business Man
Double Trouble	...	Dre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Denyce Lawton	...	Flight Attendant #3
Shawn C. Sims	...	Juror #3
Ivan Allen	...	Captain (uncredited)
Cristian Cruz	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Jennifer Echols	...	Big Woman (uncredited)
Baron Jay	...	Magazine Model (uncredited)
Richard T. Jones	...	False Denzel (uncredited)
Cameron Lee	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Phaedra Neitzel	...	Teenager in airport (uncredited)
Tera Patrick	...	Cake Carrier (uncredited)
Cynthia Pinot	...	Hardrock Girl (uncredited)
Erik Rusnak	...	Passenger (uncredited)
J.R. Starr	...	Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Jessy Terrero

Writing credits (WGA)
Bo Zenga		(written by) &
Chuck Wilson		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Hall	....	executive producer
Rick Johnson	....	associate producer
David Rubin	....	producer (as David Scott Rubin)
Jessy Terrero	....	producer
Bo Zenga	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Lennertz
RZA

Cinematography by
Jonathan Sela

Film Editing by
Michael R. Miller

Casting by
Sheila Jaffe
Ulysses Terrero
Georgianne Walken

Production Design by
Robb Buono

Art Direction by
Jeff Wallace

Set Decoration by
Robert Gould

Costume Design by
Shawn Barton

Makeup Department
Lynn Barber	....	makeup department head
Toni Bell-Nance	....	hair stylist: Mo'Nique (as Toni Bell)
Debra Brown	....	hair stylist
Stephanie Coffey	....	key makeup artist
Sterfon Demings	....	hair department head
Sheila Evers	....	makeup artist: Mo'Nique (as Sheila Evers-Blackmon)
Tasha Hayward	....	makeup artist: Snoop Dogg
Andrea Jackson	....	key hair stylist
Shasha Lee	....	assistant hair stylist
Debbie Pierce	....	hair stylist
Denise Pugh-Ruiz	....	key makeup artist
Brian A. Tunstall	....	key hair stylist (as Brian Andrew Tunstall)

Production Management
Steve Barnett	....	post-production supervisor
Todd Lewis	....	production supervisor
David Rubin	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vernon Davidson	....	additional second assistant director
Vernon Davidson	....	dga trainee
Danny Green	....	second assistant director
Rick Johnson	....	assistant director
Bill Purple	....	second assistant director (as William Purple)
David Waters	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Daniel Brewer	....	construction coordinator
Michael Brogan	....	leadman
Belen Burditte	....	construction accountant
Guillaume DeLouche	....	property master
Timothy M. Earls	....	set designer
Lilly Frank	....	on-set stand-by painter
Dervon 'Von' Herron	....	assistant property master
Hillarie Hirsch	....	assistant art director
David Hogan	....	storyboard artist
Kent Kidman	....	construction foreman
Louie Logerot	....	paint supervisor
James P. Meehan	....	props
Nicole Selmo	....	assistant set decorator
Andrew Sipes	....	art department assistant
Andre Sowards	....	set dresser

Sound Department
David Buell	....	adr recordist
William Cawley	....	first assistant sound editor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist
Mark Jennings	....	boom operator
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley mixer
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Marcus Ricaud	....	cable
Terry Rodman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Laura Rush	....	cable
Steve Sollars	....	boom operator
Karen Spangenberg	....	dialogue editor
David E. Stone	....	sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
David Wadley	....	supervising sound editor
Craig Woods	....	production sound mixer
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby Stereo
Randolph Saucedo	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John P. Cazin	....	special effects technician
Anthony Delacruz	....	special effects technician
Kelly Kerby	....	special effects coordinator
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects director
Danny Owen	....	special effects technician
David Peterson	....	special effects supervisor
Steve Shines	....	special effects technician
G. Peter King	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Derek Bird	....	digital compositor
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer: THDX
Sean Kennedy	....	visual effects: Pacific Vision Productions
Steve Koch	....	digital artist
Steve Koch	....	matte painter
Adam Stern	....	digital compositor
Etienne Terblanche	....	digital artist

Stunts
Conrade Gamble	....	stunt double: Godfrey Danchimah
William Washington	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark E. Brown	....	grip
Kim Cousins	....	assistant camera
James Elton Davis	....	gaffer
Sean Devine	....	dolly grip
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	rigging key grip
Oscar Gomez	....	rigging grip
Harold Groshon	....	best boy electric
Mark Hyde	....	key grip
Dave Landaker	....	video playback operator
Eric Leach	....	grip
Alexandra Lucka	....	additional camera loader
Daniel C. McFadden	....	assistant camera
Bob Myers	....	grip
David H. Neale	....	rigging gaffer
Pat O'Mara	....	rigging grip
Chris Pavlu	....	electrician
Pablo Santiago-Brandwein	....	grip
Gregory W. Smith	....	Steadicam operator
Gregory W. Smith	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Vich Thiensuwana	....	rigging grip
R. Michael Yope	....	electrician

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Tina Kerr	....	extras casting
Meg Morman	....	casting associate
Vanessa Rodriguez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anthony Franco	....	costume supervisor
Tom Macdonald	....	key set costumer
Lorraine Alexis Mahru	....	set costumer
April Roomet	....	dresser: Snoop Dogg
Claire Breaux	....	wardrobe intern (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Lisa Cossettini	....	assistant editor
Petra Demas	....	apprentice editor
Michael Hatzer	....	color timer

Music Department
Robb Boyd	....	music editor
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer
Carlton Kaller	....	music editor
Melodee Sutton	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Luis Esteban	....	transportation office coordinator
Leonard Jefferson	....	driver: construction department

Other crew
Scotty Brown	....	key location manager
Dennis Burrell	....	production assistant
Cassandra Butcher	....	publicity consultant
Elida Cerda	....	key construction medic
Brian Clark	....	medic
Joe Dornich	....	set production assistant
Virginie Drouot	....	production secretary
Jennifer Dunne	....	location manager
Ruby Flores	....	assistant: director
Ruby Flores	....	assistant: Jessy Terrero
Katy Genovese	....	payroll accountant
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Daniel Gotz	....	midi engineer
Shannon Hamed	....	production coordinator
Seth William Hansen	....	additional set production assistant
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist
Emir Isilay	....	midi engineer
Cheri Jacobs	....	first assistant accountant
Wesley Jones	....	assistant: Paul Hall
Heather Long	....	dog trainer
Dawn Manning	....	dancer
Jules Mann-Stewart	....	script supervisor
Jay May	....	product placement
Mark Meloccaro	....	clearance coordinator
Khanya Mkhize	....	adr voice
Leslie A. Morrow	....	key assistant location manager
John Nguyen	....	assistant: David Scott Rubin
David Nico	....	assistant production coordinator
Brigitte Pauli	....	second assistant accountant
John M. Pisani	....	unit publicist
Mike Revell	....	production accountant
John Paul Roche	....	production assistant
Vergi Rodriguez	....	choreographer
Liah Saldaña	....	additional production assistant
Andrew Sipes	....	production assistant
Monte Swann	....	supervising engineer
Leslie Terrero	....	assistant: Jessy Terrero
Dan Weniger	....	engineer
Aaron Wolf	....	key production assistant
Anthony Woods	....	set medic
Brett Cassel	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Arif S. Kinchen	....	voice-over artist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Turbo Productions
• Boz Productions

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Premium Cine (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Solo Film Verleih (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Compañía General de la Imagen (CGI) (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Veronica (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Full Scale Effects (special effects)
• Pacific Vision Productions (visual effects)
• Title House Digital (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  aviation sets and interiors
• Art of Sound Inc.  sound post-production
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Urban Marketing Corporation of America (UMCA)  field publicity

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

86 min | USA:92 min (extended edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #39992) | USA:Unrated (mile-high edition)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

According to Esquire Magazine, Dave Chappelle was offered a role.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nashawn speaks to Giselle while the business class is a strip club, the amount of cake icing on his face changes in between shots.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Middle Eastern Passenger: This is the bomb!
[everything goes silent]
Middle Eastern Passenger: What...? Let's dance!

Movie Connections:

References "Dr. Phil" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Feelin' Funny

This film will change your life.

Before I watched Soul Plane, I was a quadruple amputee, forced to eat through a hose pipe, while my wife went and slept with another man, ironically the man who cut my legs and arms off, thinking that i was a lamb, slowly turning on a spit (he owns a kebab shop.) This had affected me to the extent that I was incapable of normal communication and resorted to simply watching stereotype-based zany African-American comedies on DVD. Anyway, 45 minutes in, my arms and legs grew back. I am now an Olympic sprinter.

Best wishes,

Maurice Greene