Fracture (2007)

Director:

Gregory Hoblit

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Pyne (screenplay) and
Glenn Gers (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

If you look close enough, you'll find everyone has a weak spot.

Plot:

An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful People | Prosecutor | Narcissism | Gun | Planting Evidence

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Anthony Hopkins	...	Ted Crawford
Ryan Gosling	...	Willy Beachum
David Strathairn	...	DA Joe Lobruto
Rosamund Pike	...	Nikki Gardner
Embeth Davidtz	...	Jennifer Crawford
Billy Burke	...	Lt. Robert Nunally
Cliff Curtis	...	Detective Flores
Fiona Shaw	...	Judge Robinson
Bob Gunton	...	Judge Gardner
Josh Stamberg	...	Norman Foster
Xander Berkeley	...	Judge Moran
Zoe Kazan	...	Mona
Judith Scott	...	Resident
Gary Cervantes	...	Ciro (as Carlos Cervantes)
Petrea Burchard	...	Dr. Marion Kang
Garz Chan	...	Assistant Hotel Manager
Wendy Cutler	...	Gladys
Larry Sullivan	...	Lee Gardner
Valerie Dillman	...	Peg Gardner
Gonzalo Menendez	...	Uniform Cop
Vivica Genaux	...	Opera Singer
Cooper Thornton	...	Public Defender
Lyle Kanouse	...	Messenger
Sandra Prosper	...	Karla
Monica Garcia	...	Crawford’s Secretary
Joe Spano	...	Judge Joseph Pincus
Peter Breitmayer	...	NTSB Guy
Mirron E. Willis	...	Moran’s Bailiff
David Purdham	...	Burt Wooton
John Littlefield	...	Cop
Lou Reyes	...	SWAT Medic
Rainy Kerwin	...	Wooton Sims Receptionist
R.J. Chambers	...	Bailiff
Eugene Collier	...	Bailiff
Tom Virtue	...	Attorney Apley
Gunter Simon	...	Orderly
Frank Torres	...	Orderly
Payton Koch	...	Kid
Cooper Koch	...	Kid
Sophie Hoblit	...	Kid
Caroline Weinstock	...	Kid
Alexander Weinstock	...	Kid
Michael Khmurov	...	Russian Man (as Michael Khmourov)
Julia Emelin	...	Russian Woman
Yorgo Constantine	...	Public Defender for the Russians
Alla Korot	...	Russian Translator
Jeff Enden	...	Detective
Kaily Smith	...	Lobruto's Secretary
Retta	...	Evidence Room Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kate Clarke	...	Mrs. Lee Gardner (uncredited)
Klatann Thomas	...	Medical Technician (uncredited)
Zondra Wilson	...	Opera Goer (uncredited)

Directed by
Gregory Hoblit

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Pyne		(screenplay) and
Glenn Gers		(screenplay)
Daniel Pyne		(story)

Produced by
Samuel J. Brown	....	associate producer
Michael Disco	....	associate producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Liz Glotzer	....	executive producer
Beverly J. Graf	....	associate producer
Hawk Koch	....	executive producer
Louise Rosner	....	co-producer
Charles Weinstock	....	producer

Original Music by
Jeff Danna
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Kramer Morgenthau		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Rosenbloom

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Jennifer L. Smith		(as Jennifer Smith)
Mary Tricia Wood		(as Trisha Wood)

Production Design by
Paul Eads

Art Direction by
Mindy Roffman

Set Decoration by
Nancy Nye

Costume Design by
Elisabetta Beraldo

Makeup Department
Cynthia Barr	....	makeup artist (as Cynthia Barr-Bright)
Jane English	....	makeup artist
Susan Germaine	....	hair stylist: Mr. Hopkins
Susan Germaine	....	key hair stylist
Charlotte Parker	....	hair stylist
Christina Smith	....	makeup artist: Mr. Hopkins
Clinton Wayne	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Rick Reynolds	....	post-production supervisor
Louise Rosner	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven F. Beaupre	....	second assistant director
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Brian Relyea	....	second second assistant director (as Brian F. Relyea)
Scott Andrew Robertson	....	first assistant director (as Scott Robertson)
Kevin Duncan	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Jory Alvarado	....	drapery foreman
Ellis J. Barbacoff	....	assistant property master
Keith Bent	....	painter
Tony Bonaventura	....	property master
Andrea Cantrell	....	assistant props
Sean Farrell	....	on-set dresser
Ernesto Felix	....	set dresser
Angelina Gram	....	painter
Catherine Leyba	....	decoration coordinator
Martin L. Mercer	....	storyboard artist
Elizabeth Morris	....	set buyer
Stella Vaccaro	....	set designer
Ted Wilson	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
John Agalsoff Jr.	....	utility sound
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising sound editor
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator
Richard Bullock Jr.	....	utility sound: re-shoots
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital assistant
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor (as Hector Gika)
Arda Gulesserian	....	additional sound
Daniel S. Irwin	....	dialogue editor
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dan Leahy)
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound mix technician (as Brian D. Magerkurth)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Steven Morrow	....	sound mixer: re-shoots
Margit Pfeiffer	....	dialogue editor
Parker Randal	....	playbacks
David M. Ronne	....	sound mixer
Ann Scibelli	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Sidor	....	sound recordist
Branden Spencer	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Larz Anderson	....	special effects coordinator
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects technician (as Gary Bierend)
Larry DeUnger	....	special effects
Bart Dion	....	special effects
Mark Yuricich	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor

Stunts
John Ashby	....	stunts
LaFaye Baker	....	stunts
Billy Burton	....	stunt coordinator
William H. Burton	....	stunt coordinator (as Billy Burton)
R.J. Chambers	....	stunts
Cory Fleming	....	stunts
Tom McComas	....	stunt double
Paul E. Short	....	stunt double: Anthony hopkins
Gunter Simon	....	stunts
Frank Torres	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Cadwallader	....	rigging electrician
Michael Caparelli	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Anthony Cobbs	....	additional camera operator
Don Devine	....	camera operator
Sam Emerson	....	still photographer
Gordon Tadd Eto	....	electrician
David Eubank	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera and steadicam
John P. Fleenor	....	rigging electrician
Danny Gonzalez	....	electrician
Bob Gorelick	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bob Gorelick	....	steadicam operator
Quinn Grove	....	best boy grip
Chris Hayes	....	camera operator
Annika Iltis	....	camera loader
Brett Laumann	....	chief lighting technician
Lorna Leslie	....	second assistant camera: additional photography
Ryan Louden	....	grip
Daniel L. Magat	....	electrician
Glen Magers	....	rigging gaffer
Jerry L. Mandley	....	balloon technician
Jerry L. Mandley	....	lighting technician
Frankie Martinez	....	electrician
Johnny Medeiros	....	assistant video assist operator
Michael Nie	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Brian T. Pitts	....	additional camera operator
Rico Priem	....	grip
Jim Rose	....	rigging gang boss
Paul A. Rychlec	....	grip
Lee Schmicker	....	best boy electrician
Kathina Szeto	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Tommy Tieche	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Eddie Tucker	....	rigging electrician
Jeffery J. Tufano	....	additional camera operator

Casting Department
Chris Bustard	....	extras casting
Samantha Finkler	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Erin Toner	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leoisick Castro	....	additional costumer
Tabitha Johnson	....	assistant costume designer
Jason M. Moore	....	set costumer
Faye Sevilla	....	key costumer
Greg Turnbull	....	costume production assistant

Editorial Department
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	digital intermediate producer (as Terra Bliss)
Steve Bowen	....	supervising digital colorist
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Cassandra Crosse	....	editorial assistant
Michael Hatzer	....	digital intermediate colorist: main title sequence, Efilm
Kevin Lefler	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Gregory Plotkin	....	associate editor
Richmond Riedel	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Paul Broucek	....	executive in charge of music
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	music contractor
Nicholas Dodd	....	conductor
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Brad Haehnel	....	score recordist
Brad Haehnel	....	scoring mixer
Tom Hardisty	....	score recordist
Sean Hennessy	....	assistant to composer
Russ Howard III	....	electronic music programmer
Russ Howard III	....	musician: guitars
Tom Kramer	....	music editor
Russ Miller	....	musician: percussion programming
Kim Reese	....	music executive
Jason Ruder	....	assistant music editor
Rob Simonsen	....	additional music arranger
Rob Simonsen	....	composer: additional arrangements
Margarita Sullivan	....	music clearances
Stephen Wadsworth	....	opera consultant
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Manny Demello	....	transportation captain
Doug Dovichi	....	driver
Jason Hardman	....	driver
Myles Kimura	....	driver
Guy Michaels	....	driver
Christopher Weippert	....	driver
Gary 'Little G' Williams	....	driver: Mr. Gosling
Roger Youds	....	driver

Other crew
Tanner Almon	....	production assistant
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Bruce Benson	....	helicopter ground coordinator
Katherine E. Beyda	....	production executive
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach
Scott Brown	....	production assistant
Richard Davis Jr.	....	location manager
David Diamond	....	key location manager: re-shoots
Virginie Drouot	....	assistant: Mr. Hoblit
Brent Ekstrand	....	video and computer engineer
Alicia Emmrich	....	assistant: Mr. Weinstock
Kai Ephron	....	assistant location manager
Mike Fantasia	....	key location manager
Eric Fieland	....	assistant to cast
Carey Field	....	set production assistant
Cliff Fleming	....	helicopter pilot
Cory Fleming	....	co-pilot
Jennifer Anne Franklin	....	assistant: Mr. Hopkins (as Jennifer Franklin)
Justin Giugno	....	production assistant
Gabriela Gutentag	....	unit publicist
David Henri	....	computer/video playback coordinator
Kristine Hrycun	....	assistant: Ms. Glotzer (as Kris Hrycun)
Hiromi Marder	....	payroll accountant: re-shoots
Cathy Marshall	....	payroll accountant
Marybeth Martin-Eck	....	first assistant accountant
Donny Martino Jr.	....	key assistant location manager
Matt Miller	....	additional set production assistant
Matthew Morrissey	....	computer playback supervisor
Leslie A. Morrow	....	key assistant location manager
Evan Peller	....	assistant location manager
Sarah Platt	....	assistant: Mr. Koch
Rachel E. Prentiss	....	production accountant
Parker Randal	....	production assistant
Stephen Roome	....	stand-in: Ryan Gosling
Barbara Rosing Hoke	....	production coordinator
Amy Russell	....	rights and clearances
Suzie Sax-Horowitz	....	script supervisor
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Jessica Sonneborn	....	double
Erin Stern	....	production assistant
Hirotatsu Taniguchi	....	production assistant
Scott L. Treger	....	stand-in: Anthony Hopkins
Scott Trimble	....	key assistant location manager: re-shoots
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Edith Viramontes	....	production assistant
Dannon Walters	....	craft service
Peter Weireter	....	police technical advisor
Garson Yu	....	title designer

Thanks
Michael Barbulescu	....	thanks
David M. Ronne	....	in memory of (as David Ronne)
Burt Rutan	....	thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema
• Castle Rock Entertainment
• Weinstock Productions

Distributors

• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• New Line Cinema (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• SF Film (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)

Other Companies

• Film Art  art consulting
• BeBee  night lights
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• FotoKem Laboratory  color (as Fotokem)
• FotoKem Laboratory  digital previews (as Fotokem)
• FotoKem Laboratory  high-definition dailies (as Fotokem)
• Glenwood Place Studios  score mixed at
• J.L. Fisher  camera support
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as JoAnn Kane Music Services)
• Los Angeles Center Studios  sound stages
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• On Set Security  security
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Panavision Remote Systems  remote cranes and heads
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Playback Technologies  video playback
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• TM Equipment Rentals  grip and lighting equipment
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  score recorded at (as Todd-AO Scoring Stage, Radford)
• Todd-AO Studios  re-recorded at (as Todd-AO/Hollywood)
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility
• yU+Co.  main title design

Also Known As:

Perfekte Verbrechen, Das (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violent content.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:R (certificate #43317) | Italy:T | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Denmark:15 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Ireland:15A | Norway:11 | Brazil:14 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Malaysia:U | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The kinetic objects, with the rolling glass marbles, are designs of the Dutch artist Mark Bischof.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene immediately after Willy's first visit to the victim in the hospital, there is a pan of the Hollywood sign as he's driving. The blue license plate is a negative (all letters and numbers backwards), which means the scene was flipped.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Crawford's Secretary: The NTSB guys are here about that bulkhead problem.
Ted Crawford: OK, thanks.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Look Closely: The Making of 'Fracture' (#14.9)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Nite Becomes Day

Willy Beachum: "I'm not going to play any games with you." Ted Crawford: "I'm afraid you have to old sport."

"Fracture" (2007) is directed by Gregory Hoblit who has also made "Frequency" (2000), "Fallen" (1998) both of which I like and "Primal Fear" (1996) - his feature debut that I love.

Crime /Thriller/Mystery /Court Drama are among my favorite genres and as long as the combination of these genres is clever, gripping, atmospheric, well acted, keeps me guessing and entertains me, I am happy. I know that many viewers were very insightful and figured out the twists and the ending within first half of hour or so but I did not and I was impressed by the way the disappearance of the crucial evidence had been handled - very clever. Besides being an entertaining crime movie, the most interesting element of "Fracture" is a struggle of wills and intellects between two main characters, self-made inventor - millionaire Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) who shot his unfaithful wife in the face and put her in a coma and young, successful and smart assistant D.A. Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), who has a 97% conviction rate and is assigned to prosecute Crawford just when he is ready to accept a lucrative offer from the prestigious LA law firm. The game of cat and mouse that highly intelligent and malevolent Crawford plays with Beachum makes the film interesting and the scenes between Hopkins (in his "playful Dr. Lector" mode) and Gosling (whose character does change as he realizes what he is dealing with from the unsympathetic self-centered hot shot to the man who becomes obsessed by the case, vows to put the murderer behind the bars and makes it his priority) - riveting and joy to watch. I also would like to mention David Strathairn as Willy's boss, DA Joe Lobuto in yet another understated effective performance. Strathairn's Lobuto is so interesting that he could be a main character in another move. "Fracture" is not perfect. For example, Willy's affair with Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike), a beautiful lawyer and his perspective boss was lifeless - they did not have any chemistry together. I think that Nikki's purpose in the movie was to introduce Willy to her father, a judge, whose help he would desperately need in one of the later scenes. I'd rather prefer more scenes between Willy and Crawford but even the way it was, the movie kept my attention all the way through and despite the rather weak ending, I found "Fracture" quite good.