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Overview
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Writer (WGA):
Jake Kasdan (written by)
Tagline:
A place where dreams are canceled
Plot:
The story of a TV pilot as it goes through the Network TV process of casting, production and finally airing. full summary | full synopsis
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Sigourney Is The Best Medicine
(From FilmExperience. 4 June 2009, 7:52 AM, PDT)
Jake Kasdan to Direct Bad Teacher
(From FilmJunk. 28 May 2009, 2:58 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 4 June 2009, 7:52 AM, PDT)
Jake Kasdan to Direct Bad Teacher
(From FilmJunk. 28 May 2009, 2:58 PM, PDT)
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Directed by | |||
| Jake Kasdan | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Jake Kasdan | (written by) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michael Andrews | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Uta Briesewitz | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Tara Timpone | |||
Casting by | |||
| Anya Colloff | |||
| Amy McIntyre Britt | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Jefferson Sage | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Lauren E. Polizzi | (as Lauren Polizzi) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Dianna Freas | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Debra McGuire | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Susan Boyd | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Nina Paskowitz | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Peter Robb-King | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Heidi Seeholzer | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Jenifer Chatfield | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Ben Ormand | .... | production supervisor | |
| Ron Schmidt | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Carey Dietrich | .... | assistant director | |
| Bradley Morris | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Randy Brewer | .... | leadman (as John 'Randy' Brewer) | |
| Stephen Hoeger | .... | additional props assistant | |
| Ari Jacobs | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Kyle Johnstone | .... | on-set dresser | |
| Josh Logerot | .... | paint supervisor | |
| Chris Marneus | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Matthew Martin | .... | construction foreman (as Matt Martin) | |
| Scott Nifong | .... | property master | |
| Andrea Rennard | .... | art department assistant | |
| Matt Sazzman | .... | propmaker | |
| Steven Sutphen | .... | property assistant | |
| Brandon Vandagriff | .... | labor foreman | |
| Rebecca Young | .... | art department coordinator (as Becky Young) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jesse Cairnie | .... | sound utility | |
| Stefan Fraticelli | .... | foley artist | |
| Eric Gotthelf | .... | adr mixer | |
| Robert Grieve | .... | sound designer | |
| Shaughnessy Hare | .... | sound editor | |
| E. Niles Klein | .... | sound editorial technical consultant | |
| Stephen Muir | .... | foley recordist | |
| Linda Murphy | .... | boom operator | |
| Barbara Noren | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Steve Pederson | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Jeena M. Phelps | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Troy Porter | .... | adr mixer | |
| David Raymond | .... | sound utility | |
| Brad Sherman | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Joel Shryack | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| D. Chris Smith | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Nancy Tracy | .... | first assistant sound editor | |
| Randy Wilson | .... | foley recordist | |
| Marilee Yorston | .... | foley assistant | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Paul Hill | .... | visual effects compositor | |
Casting Department | |||
| Judy Cook | .... | extras casting | |
| Irvin Gourgue | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Michael V. Nicolo | .... | casting associate | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| David Buckley | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Catherine Hahn | .... | costumer | |
| Fran Murphy | .... | set costumer | |
| Michael A. Russell | .... | key set costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Patrick Bellanger | .... | on-line editor | |
| Julia Gandelsonas | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Manish Raval | .... | music editor | |
| Manish Raval | .... | music supervisor | |
| Tom Wolfe | .... | music supervisor | |
Transportation Department | |||
| John W. Barbee | .... | driver (as John Barbee) | |
| Phil Blackaby | .... | driver | |
| Al Burton | .... | driver | |
| Roger Byrd | .... | driver | |
| Jose L. Cisneros | .... | driver | |
| Kelly Colgan | .... | driver | |
| David W. Dale | .... | driver: cast (as David Dale) | |
| Diane Glavin | .... | driver | |
| George Gowing | .... | driver (as George K. Gowing) | |
| Brad Harms | .... | driver | |
| Jeff Hatem | .... | driver (as Jeff Hattem) | |
| Gary Jackson | .... | driver | |
| Richard Maginnis | .... | driver (as Richard Maginnis Jr.) | |
| Kim Magruder | .... | driver | |
| Ted Moser | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Bill Needham | .... | driver | |
| Shaun Ryan | .... | transportation captain | |
| Beverly Seifert | .... | driver | |
| Paul Smith | .... | driver | |
| Harold L. Woods | .... | driver generator operator | |
| Kim Magruder | .... | driver generator operator (uncredited) | |
| Lori Maxwell | .... | transportation dispatcher (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Stuart Cornfeld | .... | special thanks | |
| Nancy Kirhoffer | .... | thanks | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- THINKFilm (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Double Edge Entertainment (2007) (Taiwan) (all media)
- Evolution Entertainment (2009) (Switzerland) (DVD)
- Hollywood Entertainment (2007) (Greece) (DVD)
- Inferno Distribution (2007) (non-USA) (all media)
- Wexler Chronicles, The
- Aglet Post trailer
- Avilon Audio trailer post-production
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment dollies
- Cinetic Media sales
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Rated R for language.
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88 min
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Sigourney Weaver's character was written as a man. It wasn't until late in pre-production that it was decided that the role of could actually be a woman instead. Still, no line was re-written for the gender change. Even the name Lenny was kept.
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Die-hard fans of network television are sure to get a kick out of "The TV Set," a rib-tickling parody about the making (and possible unmaking) of a TV pilot. Mike Klein (David Duchovny) is the writer who has high hopes for his new dark comedy series entitled "The Wexley Chronicles" - until, that is, he sees the purity of his artistic vision becoming increasingly compromised the longer the filming goes on. Klein views his creation as a cutting-edge mixture of comedy and tragedy, but the powers-that-be seem to have their own concept of where it ought to be heading (i.e., the tragedy is too depressing and the comedy needs to be kicked up a notch or two if the show is to have any chance of achieving broad popular appeal). The foremost liability is that, against his better judgment and strenuous protestations, Klein has been saddled with an actor, Zach Harper, who's a scenery-chewing ham if ever there was one (whom, naturally, the show's ham-fisted producers feel is just perfect for the role). In short, Klein finds his work being undermined and sabotaged every step of the way by bottom-line corporate executives, intrusive producers, sycophantic underlings, temperamental performers, fence-sitting decision-makers, knob-turning test-audiences, and even a pregnant wife who, though supportive of Klein's vision, keeps insisting he hang in there for the sake of the baby on the way.
"The TV Set" succeeds primarily because it has been conceived more as a gentle spoof than as a full-throttled, rip-everything-to-shreds farce. As such, it resists the temptation to go more broad and over-the-top than it needs to in its comedy, thereby allowing us to relate more fully with the characters. Basing the film in part on some of his own personal experiences in the business, writer/director Jake Kasdan has written a sly script filled with subtle humor, laugh-out-loud moments and cunning insight into all the behind-the-scenes compromising that goes into the making of a TV show.
The film is further buoyed by its sharp and delightful cast, consisting of Duchovny (his face all but buried under a bushy beard), Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer, Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane, Justine Bateman and Philip Baker Hall. Sigourney Weaver deserves special recognition for her juicy turn as the producer whose ratings-driven ruthlessness is barely hidden beneath a thin veneer of faux caring and sweetness (think of this as a somewhat toned-down version of Faye Dunaway's character in "Network").
"The TV Set" makes it clear that's it's hard for any artist to keep true to his principles in a cutthroat industry where business generally comes ahead of art, and where the lowest-common denominator often serves as the sole criterion for deciding which series will be green-lighted and which will be stopped dead in their tracks. But it does so in such a lighthearted, tweaking sort of way that it prevents any potential bitterness or rancor from slipping into the tone.