The Californians (2005)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Jonathan Parker

Writers:

Jonathan Parker (writer)
Catherine DiNapoli (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

All is fair in love and real estate.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Noah Wyle	...	Gavin Ransom
Illeana Douglas	...	Olive Ransom
Kate Mara	...	Zoe Tripp
Cloris Leachman	...	Eileen Boatwright
Joanne Whalley	...	Luna
Keith Carradine	...	Elton Tripp
Valerie Perrine	...	Lenora Tripp
Jane Lynch	...	Sybill Platt
Michael Panes	...	Marion Pardon
Erika Luckett	...	Mary Ann
Will Marchetti	...	Mayor
Charles Martinet	...	City Councilman
Richard Gross	...	Contractor
Jarion Monroe	...	Architect
Elisabeth Nunziato	...	Real Estate Broker
Terence McGovern	...	Mr. Putterman
Nicole Wilder	...	Raw Foodie
Stoney Burke	...	Security Guard
John Robb	...	Speaker at City Council
Paul Ghiringhelli	...	Lawyer
Peter Marvel	...	Plumber
Michael X. Sommers	...	Heckler (as Michael Sommers)
Carl Bressler	...	Martin Berg
Amy Resnick	...	Banker
Nick Scoggin	...	Foreman
Peter Abraham	...	Junior Architect
Kurtis Bedford	...	Reporter
Clark Sterling	...	Golfer
Doug Macintosh	...	Golf Course Employee
Karen Amano	...	Grocery Checker
Marc Hershon	...	Electrician
Michael Asberry	...	Corporate Party Man
Marco Serralta	...	Salmon Man
Jennie Floyd	...	Concert Goer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Conti
James Cotner	...	Man in front row
Al Perez	...	Deli Man
Andy Gates	...	Piano Player (uncredited)
Mark A. Neely	...	Real Estate Client (uncredited)
Scott Palmer	...	(uncredited)
AnnieScott Rogers	...	City Councilwoman (uncredited)
Peggy Sandow	...	Golfer (uncredited)
Jaime Soria	...	Zoe Fan (uncredited)
Cindy Warner	...	Environmentalist / Concert patron (uncredited)
Don Williams	...	City Councilman (uncredited)
Kari Wishingrad	...	Activist (uncredited)
Matthew Wood	...	Waiter (uncredited)
David Zahedian	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)

Directed by
Jonathan Parker

Writing credits
Jonathan Parker		(writer)
Catherine DiNapoli		(writer)
Henry James		(novel "The Bostonians")

Produced by
Debbie Brubaker	....	line producer
Catherine DiNapoli	....	producer
B. Billie Greif	....	producer
Simon Johnson	....	associate producer
Jonathan Parker	....	producer
Kjehl Rasmussen	....	executive producer
Ian Reinhard	....	associate producer
Scott M. Rosenfelt	....	producer

Original Music by
Niels Bye Nielsen

Cinematography by
Steven Fierberg

Film Editing by
Rick LeCompte

Casting by
Donise Hardy
Gillian Hawser
Nina Henninger

Production Design by
Thomas Carnegie

Art Direction by
Lisa Clark

Set Decoration by
Deborah Parker

Costume Design by
Morganne Newson

Makeup Department
Dolly Hernandez	....	additional hair stylist
Dolly Hernandez	....	additional makeup artist
Nicole Sofios	....	assistant hair stylist
Nicole Sofios	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Angela Mixan	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brian Benson	....	first assistant director
Gino Caputi	....	second second assistant director
Ivan Kraljevic	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Joe Bourguignon	....	swing
Bill Bowles	....	swing
Carol Chow	....	assistant on-set dresser
Katherine Covell	....	assistant set decorator
Jim Edelhauser	....	leadperson
Rachael Gray	....	art department coordinator
Sean House	....	lead carpenter
Jessica M. Lapin	....	on-set dresser
Cam Leeburg	....	art department production assistant
Patrick Ludden	....	assistant property master
Russ Milligan	....	construction foreman
Alex Mizuno	....	storyboard artist
Annie Mueller	....	property master
Alfred Leslie Pollard	....	construction coordinator
Nico Sabenorio	....	swing
Paul Sarran	....	set builder
Paul Sarran	....	set constructor
Michael Westerman	....	swing

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Steve Bissinger	....	sound effects editor
David A. Cohen	....	adr editor
David A. Cohen	....	dialogue editor
Dan Gleich	....	sound mixer
Matthew Hartman	....	apprentice sound editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Jeremy Molod	....	supervising sound editor
Frances Nkara	....	boom operator
Dan Olmsted	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip Perkins	....	sound mixer
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound designer
Kent Sparling	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Sean House	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Chris Aronoff	....	visual effects coordinator
Bill Mather	....	visual effects supervisor
Marjolaine Tremblay	....	visual effects plate supervisor: Digit Entertainment
Michael Anthony Oakley Walls	....	digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur Aravena	....	gaffer
Rebecca Bauscher	....	still photographer
Michael Best	....	electrician
Mike Booth	....	electrician
Kiki Cheung	....	grip
Michael Epple	....	assistant camera: second unit
Jeph Folkins	....	assistant camera
Mike Foodman	....	electrician
Gerardo Merino	....	electrician
Andrea Miraglia	....	grip
David Moir	....	still photographer
John M. Perry	....	electrician
Scot Petitclerc	....	first assistant camera
Sean Prichard	....	key grip
Alex Selkowitz	....	grip
Kerry Sweeney	....	grip
Paciano Triunfo	....	electrician

Casting Department
Donise Hardy	....	casting: Los Angeles
Nina Henninger	....	casting: San Francisco
Sarah Kliban	....	extras casting
Sarah Kliban	....	location casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tabitha Johnson	....	costumer
Joslyn Lawrence	....	costumer

Music Department
Seth Asarnow	....	composer: song "Open and Close Escrow"

Transportation Department
Christine Dye	....	transportation dispatcher
Glenn Mack	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Bridget Allen	....	location assistant
Ynze Bijl	....	key location manager
Thomas Byrne	....	production assistant
Tanya Cabral	....	location assistant
Doug Campbell	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Cantrell	....	office production assistant
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Mary Clutts	....	key assistant location manager
Blair Franklin	....	additional second second assistant director
Dana Gong	....	office production assistant
Carol Green	....	unit publicist
Michael Greggans	....	stand-in
B. Billie Greif	....	assistant: Scott Rosenfelt
Krista Haimovitch	....	location assistant
Mark E. Hough	....	location assistant
Mark E. Hough	....	production assistant
Nancy Ellen Jones	....	location manager
Tess Lindberg	....	production assistant
Chris Martin	....	assistant production coordinator
J.C. McIlwaine	....	set production assistant
Michael Navarra	....	additional voiceover
Ashley Nee	....	location assistant
Rachel Newman	....	office production assistant
Marc Nix	....	location assistant
Mark Van Osborne II	....	office production assistant
Ted Rivera	....	utility production assistant
Virginia Saenz McCarthy	....	script supervisor
John Patrick Shulak	....	stand-in
Carlo Silvio	....	epk director
Scott Trimble	....	assistant location manager
Roger Udwin	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Wolowic	....	key location assistant

Production Companies

• Parker Film Company

Distributors

• Fabrication Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Hart Sharp Video

Other Companies

• Mechnology  visual effects

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Kentfield, California, USA

Company:

Parker Film Company

Quotes:

Activist: Gavin Ransom, when will you stop cutting down trees?
Gavin Ransom: When people stop living in houses.

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Bostonians (1984)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Know Why

Exceptionally good cast in a pointless project. Why?

It is difficult to believe that this discerning cast would have involved themselves in this project if the initial reading proved to be as unsatisfying as the finished work.

Another work, John D. McDonalds' book "Condominium", for example, dealt with similar subject matter but with an intelligence and style that allowed the protagonists to be understandable and even sympathetic characters in spite of their flaws. In "The Californians" the characters appeared unaware of the importance of the world around them while wandering aimlessly through their own, increasingly trivial, lives.

To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling:

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs

and blaming it on you ... chances are you haven't grasped the

situation! "