The Genius Club (2006)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Timothy A. Chey

Writer:

Timothy A. Chey (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

They Have One Night To Solve The World's Problems.

Plot:

Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200, are plucked from their lives on Christmas Eve to try to solve the world's problems in one night.

Plot Keywords:

Meaning Of Life | President | Nuclear Bomb | Bomb | Cancer

Cast

Carol Abney	...	Julia Endersol
Stephen Baldwin	...	Rory Johnson
Jacob Bonnema	...	Jacob Chernov
Tricia Helfer	...	Ally Simon
Matt Medrano	...	Jose Delgado
Philip Moon	...	Professor Lee
Paula Jai Parker	...	Tatiana
Huntley Ritter	...	Brian Mehlman
Jack Scalia	...	President
Tom Sizemore	...	Armand
Delaine Yates	...	Karen Mehlman
Arch Bonnema	...	Chief of Staff
Jack Guzman	...	Steve
Evan Grayson	...	Oliver
Rachel Wittman	...	Field reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Crompton	...	FBI Agent
Dimitri Diatchenko	...	Jesse the Mechanic
Gary Dikeos	...	Blind Man
James S. Goff	...	Secret Service Agent
Victor Harris	...	Secret Service Agent #2
Craig T. Kelly	...	Homeless Man
Bill Lippincott	...	Newscaster
Robert Maratea	...	FBI Agent
Dana Pacheco	...	FBI Agent #2
David Pease	...	Secret Service Agent
Krista Stilley	...	FBI Agent
Jacob Swanson	...	Secret Service Agent #1

Directed by
Timothy A. Chey		(as Tim Chey)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Timothy A. Chey		written by (as Tim Chey)

Produced by
Stephen Baldwin	....	executive producer
Arch Bonnema	....	producer
Timothy A. Chey	....	producer
Alisha Dickinson	....	co-producer
Thomas E. Nicholson	....	line producer
Keiki Nishimura	....	executive producer
Jack Scalia	....	executive producer
Tom Sizemore	....	executive producer
Daishi Takiishi	....	producer
Michael Tarzian	....	co-producer
Douglas White	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Daniel Bijan

Cinematography by
Tyler Allison

Film Editing by
Timothy A. Chey

Casting by
Alisha Dickinson
Douglas White

Production Design by
Steve Arnold

Art Direction by
Rebecca Bloom
Koichi Minamizuka
Harris Reggy

Set Decoration by
Lia Roldan

Costume Design by
Jayme Bohn

Makeup Department
Olive Meyer	....	makeup artist
Chika Morikawa	....	makeup artist
Olive	....	makeup artist
Emily Shellogg	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Nikki Levine	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Thomas E. Nicholson	....	first assistant director
George Sloan	....	second second assistant director
Sofia Strehlow	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Elena Bassi	....	art department production assistant
Ian Camacho	....	art department production assistant
Miguel Alejandro Gomez	....	art department assistant
Brendan McDonald	....	set construction
Jessie May Murray	....	property master
Tom Gallagher O'Connell	....	art department production assistant (as Tom O'Connell)
Tom Gallagher O'Connell	....	set constructor

Sound Department
Doug Brandon	....	boom operator
Sam Hamer	....	additional sound mixer
Nicholas McCall	....	boom operator
Gerald B. Wolfe	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Harris Reggy	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
David Doko	....	assistant camera
Coby Garfield	....	camera operator
Sam Holder	....	set still photographer
Chris Norris	....	gaffer
Justin Rhoads	....	best boy electric
Justin Rhoads	....	electrician
Justin Rhoads	....	swing: grip/electric
John Rogers	....	grip
Andy Rydzewski	....	key grip
Jason Tinnin	....	best boy grip
Christopher Williams	....	best boy electric
Jaxon Woods	....	second assistant camera
Marc Yannette	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jerilyn Caruso	....	wardrobe assistant
Hannah Libby	....	wardrobe assistant

Transportation Department
Nino Mancuso	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Melissa Corrado	....	production assistant
Meredith Corrado	....	craft service
Erin Forrest	....	script supervisor
Diego Garcia	....	production assistant
James S. Goff	....	production assistant
Billy Hayes	....	production assistant
Mandas Jordan	....	location assistant
Danielle Mandella	....	production assistant
Mary Shellogg	....	script supervisor
Ben Tedesco	....	production assistant
Lawrence Tsuei	....	location scout
Leigh Vega	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• RiverRain Productions

Distributors

• El Cielo Entertainment (2007) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Cloud Ten Pictures (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Eleven Arts (2006-????) (worldwide) (all media)
• River Rain Productions

Special Effects

• Nice Day Effects

Other Companies

• Impeccable Taste Catering  catering
• Lenz Films  grip and lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and some disturbing content.

Runtime:

USA:119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

RiverRain Productions

Trivia:

The heavy rain stopped one day before shooting permitting the film to continue shooting unobstructed.

Soundtrack:

Rest in His Promise

Right on the mark on certain issues

A lot of people like the film who've I've spoken with. The film came out on DVD a couple weeks ago and it's right on the money on certain issues like gas prices and Wall Street.

Who could have imagined the chaos we are in these days? But this film really nails on the topics of greed and lack of human decency. It's almost scary reading the attacks on this film but then you realize the critics keep neglecting (or purposefully) exclude what the central point of the film: God.

All the other issues take a back seat to God. And that's what the film is driving at.

We're living in age where people would rather glamorize a serial killer film than give props to a film that attempts to prove God exists.