Delirious (2006)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Tom DiCillo

Writer (WGA):

Tom DiCillo (written by)

Release Date:

18 May 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Everybody deserves their shot

Plot:

An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi.

Plot Keywords:

Homeless | Paparazzi | Celebrity | Pop Star | Photographer

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 6	10:10 AM	TMC
Sat. July 11	8:15 AM	TMC
Sat. July 11	5:30 PM	TMC

Cast

Steve Buscemi	...	Les Galantine
Michael Pitt	...	Toby Grace
Alison Lohman	...	K'Harma Leeds
Gina Gershon	...	Dana
Elvis Costello	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Aldredge	...	Les's father
Peter Appel	...	Feldman
Doris Belack	...	Les's mother
Phillip Bloch	...	Himself
Lynn Cohen	...	Muffy Morrison
Marcus Collins	...	Marcus
Kevin Corrigan	...	Ricco
Greg D'Agostino	...	Security
Joe D'Onofrio	...	Vince
Minnie Driver
Teddy Eck	...	Dougie
Marshall Factora	...	Club Patron
Mel Gorham	...	Tish
Billy Griffith	...	Hoagie
Amit Gupta	...	Hotel Guest
Jack Gwaltney	...	Chuck Sirloin
Amy Hargreaves	...	Nikki Blake
Corey Hibbert	...	Orderly
Kristina Klebe	...	Nurse Kris
Antoinette LaVecchia	...	Gretchen
Cinqué Lee	...	Corey
Rodrigo Lopresti	...	Demo
Carylee McPherson	...	Publicist
Elizabeth Newman	...	Red Carpet Celebrity
Sarah Nichols	...	Robbyn's Make-up Artist
Melissa Rauch	...	Megan
Kristen Schaal	...	Joelle
Richard Short	...	Jace Hipley
Tom Stratford	...	Photographer
Callie Thorne	...	Gabi
Tobias Truvillion	...	Silky
Nicole Vicius	...	Robbyn
David Wain	...	Byron
Becca Anderson	...	Fan at premiere (uncredited)
Ronald Guttman	...	Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Naama Kates	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward M. Kelahan	...	Crazed Fan (uncredited)
Kevin Momenee	...	Celebrity (uncredited)
Jennifer Pedersen	...	Red Carpet Celebrity (uncredited)
Stewart Summers	...	Celebrity (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom DiCillo

Writing credits (WGA)
Tom DiCillo		(written by)

Produced by
Mark Balsam	....	executive producer
Jimmy de Brabant	....	executive producer
Michael Dounaev	....	executive producer
John Flock	....	executive producer
Gary Howsam	....	executive producer
Kristi Lake	....	co-producer
Jennifer Levine	....	executive producer
Kami Naghdi	....	executive producer
Robert Salerno	....	producer
Lewin Webb	....	executive producer
Jamie H. Zelermyer	....	co-producer
Barry Zemel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Anton Sanko

Cinematography by
Frank G. DeMarco

Film Editing by
Paul Zucker

Casting by
Beth Bowling
Kim Miscia

Production Design by
Teresa Mastropierro

Art Direction by
Mylene Santos

Set Decoration by
Susan Ogu

Costume Design by
Victoria Farrell

Makeup Department
Mary McNamara	....	additional makeup artist
Stacey Panepinto	....	key makeup artist
Linda Williams	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
Miles Ferguson	....	post-production supervisor
Bergen Swanson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stacey Beneville	....	second assistant director
Andrew Fiero	....	second second assistant director
Ivan J. Fonseca	....	first assistant director
Aaron D. Forste	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Benji Craig	....	camera scenic artist
Thomas A. Delillo	....	lead set dresser
Bradley Klipp	....	set dresser
John I. Marsala	....	set dresser
Hudson Meredith	....	prop intern
Tom Miller	....	assistant property master
Alex Stapleton	....	art department coordinator
Alexis Weiss	....	assistant property master
Brianne Zulauf	....	product placement/clearance coordinator

Sound Department
Chad Birmingham	....	dialogue editor
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Patrick Donahue	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Pat Donahue)
Patrick Donahue	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher Fondulas	....	boom operator
Bryant Musgrove	....	boom operator
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Jeff Rowe	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Michael Ventresco	....	title designer: Redscare Inc. (uncredited)

Stunts
Kevin Brown	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Luis Colon	....	grip
Jess Fogel	....	additional electrician
Doug Foote	....	first assistant camera
Jack Foster	....	electrician
Max Frankston	....	video assist operator
Melissa Guimaraes	....	key grip
Peter Hawkins	....	camera operator
Anne Joyce	....	still photographer
Mark Koenig	....	company grip
Marcus Lehmann	....	electrician
Paul McCarthy	....	gaffer
Jessica Miglio	....	additional still photographer
Joseph Paolini	....	best boy grip
Ray Richards	....	fourth electric
Yoshi Sonoda	....	additional electrician
Dana Turken	....	film loader
Lee Vickery	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Zenfeek	....	additional grip

Casting Department
Lee Genick	....	extras casting
Julie Schubert	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Chaney	....	wardrobe supervisor
Virginia Cook	....	assistant costume designer
Rebecca Edmonston	....	on-set costumer
Jackie S. Freeman	....	key costumer
Marina Pulido	....	wardrobe intern

Editorial Department
John Crowley	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kimberly K. Ferraro	....	post-production coordinator
Anand Modi	....	assistant editor
Ryan Murphy	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Matt Havron	....	music coordinator
Tracy McKnight	....	music supervisor
Joel Thompson	....	assistant to composer

Transportation Department
Robert Foster Jr.	....	driver

Other crew
Keith Adams	....	location manager
Tara Anderson	....	assistant to director
Patrick Bevilacqua	....	production assistant: background
Jason Block	....	post-production accountant
George Bunce	....	2K conform
Amyjoy Clark	....	assistant office coordinator
Chris Cloud	....	unit location assistant
Marcus Collins	....	photo double: Michael Pitt
Anne Marie Dentici	....	production assistant
Kristen Dubberstein	....	production secretary
Courtney Aura Freeman	....	additional production assistant (as Courtney Freeman)
Rebecca Fulton	....	script supervisor
Kate Harrison	....	production executive
Ana S. Pelaez	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Roberts	....	production assistant
Jennifer Scott	....	set production assistant
Weiman Seid	....	unit publicist
Michele Soddano	....	payroll accountant
David Velasco	....	assistant location manager
Michael Ventresco	....	title designer: main titles
Heather Verbeke	....	production assistant
Denise Violante	....	assistant to director
Danielle Wilson	....	craft service
John Wu	....	location assistant
Derek Yip	....	production accountant
Alex Rodrick Parslow	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Noah Lang	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Peace Arch Entertainment Group (as Peace Arch Entertainment) (presents)
• Thema Production (in association with)
• Artina Films

Distributors

• Peace Arch Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• All Interactive Distribution (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• California Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Filmoptimistene (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Memento Films International (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Memento Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Officine UBU (2008) (Italy) (all media)
• Peace Arch Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Postworks New York  digital intermediate
• Postworks New York  post-production sound services
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Goofs:

Continuity: During the conversation with Les's parents about the $700 photo, the gun on the eagle lamp disappears during closeup shots of Toby.

Soundtrack:

Hey now now

a light touch helps from time to time, but it mostly works just enough thanks to the actors

Tom DiCillo is a cool New York-based independent filmmaker, and he's made some good stuff in the past (most notably as DP for Jim Jarmusch, and as the director of sleepers like the great Living in Oblivion), and I wish him the best of luck on anything he does. But on Delirious, he only gets it right some of the time. He's out to, at first it seems, make a satire on media hype and celebrity and the inanities of shallow attention given to people who don't do much to deserve it (if you need proof of that, watch the Soup on E!). But then it goes a little in a different direction, which I respected and wanted to go along with, as a fable/fairy-tale where Toby (Michael Pitt) is just about the nicest, most generous and fish-out-of-dumpster homeless kid who somehow becomes an 'assistant' to fledgling photographer Les (Steve Buscemi), who shows him the ropes and introduces him to a casting director (Gina Gershon), and eventually- accidentally of course- falls into the company of a pop star (Alison Lohman) as the two all but fall in love on first sight.

Good premise, and scenes between Buscemi and Pitt most often work the best, and funniest, as one sees subtle layers peeled by Les's pathetic paparazzi who just doesn't admit he's not ambitious enough to not be marginalized as a photographer. There's even some good comedy thrown around, the kind that is that strange, absurdity that we also saw in 'Oblivion'. But, somehow, it just didn't all click for me after a while. There's a very bitter pill being sent out in, often, very corny and ill-shot scenes (the latter of which I could accept, but for one brief instant, as Toby walks back to Les's place the morning after he's had that whirlwind night with Lohman, I was shocked at how cheesy a scene it turned into). The problem, also, is that it's difficult to mix such a delicate romantic/fable angle while also working in some mockery at the entertainment business. It's all in good amusement to see the "reality serial-killer" show being directed for "realism", but it all doesn't lead up to anything significant to say past some shallow messages.

Maybe I didn't see what others have been; it's become a minor little hit with most, and I'm sure if you have any desire to see actors like Buscemi and Pitt and Lohman (who is also very good) and Gershon (and hey, there's even a really hip and hilarious cameo from Elvis Costello) you'll seek it out anyway. However, it's not the best, or least obvious, game in town despite its solid indie cred.