Teeth (2007/I)

Director:

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Writer (WGA):

Mitchell Lichtenstein (written by)

Release Date:

3 April 2008 (Singapore)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Every rose has its thorns.

Plot:

Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Hero | Pledge | Meeting | Evolution

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Jess Weixler	...	Dawn O'Keefe
John Hensley	...	Brad
Josh Pais	...	Dr. Godfrey
Hale Appleman	...	Tobey
Lenny von Dohlen	...	Bill
Vivienne Benesch	...	Kim
Ashley Springer	...	Ryan
Julia Garro	...	Gwen
Nicole Swahn	...	Melanie
Adam Wagner	...	Phil
Hunter Ulvog	...	Little Brad
Ava Ryen Plumb	...	Little Dawn
Trent Moore	...	Mr. Vincent
Mike Yager	...	Elliot
Nathan Parsons	...	Soda Spritzer
Paul Galvan	...	Taunting Boy
Kasey Kitzmiller	...	Taunting Girl
Taylor Sheppard	...	Sex Ed Teacher
Denia Ridley	...	Biology Teacher
Kiri Weatherby	...	Curious Student
Michael Swanner	...	Police Detective
Tom Byrne	...	Surgeon
Andra Millian	...	O.R. Nurse
Frank G. Curcio	...	Coroner (as Frank Curcio)
Lana Dieterich	...	Admitting Nurse
Doyle Carter	...	Old Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leslie Dawn Forsyth	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Isaac Rodriguez	...	Student in hallway (uncredited)
Trevor Stevenson	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Jordan Strassner	...	Purity Ring Wearer (uncredited)
Debbi Tucker	...	O.R. Nurse #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Mitchell Lichtenstein

Writing credits (WGA)
Mitchell Lichtenstein		(written by)

Produced by
Richard E. Chapla Jr.	....	line producer (as Rich Chapla)
Mitchell Lichtenstein	....	producer
Richard Lormand	....	associate producer
Joyce M. Pierpoline	....	producer (as Joyce Pierpoline)

Original Music by
Robert Miller

Cinematography by
Wolfgang Held

Film Editing by
Joe Landauer

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Paul Schnee
Suzanne Smith		(as Suzanne Smith Crowley)

Production Design by
Paul Avery

Art Direction by
Tom Cole

Set Decoration by
Sally Nicholaou Hamilton		(as Sally Hamilton)

Costume Design by
Rita Ryack

Makeup Department
Meredith Johns	....	hair stylist
Meredith Johns	....	makeup artist
Marlene D. Whiton	....	head hair stylist
Marlene D. Whiton	....	makeup department head
Sammy Harte	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Richard E. Chapla Jr.	....	unit production manager (as Rich Chapla)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Doug Carter	....	second second assistant director (as Douglas Carter)
Cleta Elaine Ellington	....	key second second assistant director
Katie Tull	....	first assistant director (as Kathleen Tull)

Art Department
Jesus Carrera	....	construction coordinator
Lazario V. Carrera	....	construction production assistant (as Lazaro V. Carrera)
Raul Carrera	....	carpenter
Lawrence Glass	....	on-set dresser
James Hall	....	graphic artist
Jeff Hinds	....	set dresser
Jay F. McCuin	....	first property assistant
Shay Miller	....	scenic painter (as R. Shay Miller)
Jorge Paris	....	additional graphics
Jonathan Shaffer	....	set dresser
Suzanne Stover	....	art department coordinator
Stefan Wilcox	....	prop master

Sound Department
David Briggs	....	supervising sound editor
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Rusty Dunn	....	sound designer
Rusty Dunn	....	sound effects editor
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lewis Goldstein	....	supervising sound editor
Ben Lazard	....	boom operator
Benjamin Lowry	....	sound mixer
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Gopal Bidari	....	additional boom operator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Cris Andrei	....	visual effects production manager
Janet Falcon	....	digital film colorist
Kevin Fanning	....	visual effects animator: opening credit sequence
Mark O. Forker	....	visual effects supervisor: DIVE (as Marko Forker)
Craig Needelman	....	director of photography
Robert Pyle	....	digital intermediate engineer
Ken Rogers	....	CG artist
Nik Rogers	....	visual effects artist
Jack Swern	....	gaffer
Gary Walker	....	visual effects supervisor
Andy Williams	....	visual effects

Stunts
Jeff Schwan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ryan Abrams	....	camera production assistant
Josh Cary	....	electrician
Patrick B. Coate	....	additional second assistant camera
Matt Cowan	....	dolly grip
Eric Cunningham	....	electrician
Theda Cunningham	....	first assistant camera (as Theda Streetman)
Ted Davis	....	key grip
Wes Dixon	....	electrician
Anthony Duran	....	still photographer
Ian Ellis	....	camera operator
Jess Haas	....	rigging electrician
Damon Lemay	....	assistant camera: additional scenes
Mark Manthey	....	gaffer
Edward A. Navarro	....	grip
Trevor Nelson	....	camera loader (as Trevor D. Nelson)
Clayton Null	....	best boy grip
Eric Pickett	....	additional rigging electric
Brandon Roberts	....	best boy electric
Wes Turner	....	second assistant camera
Jesse Wolter	....	grip
Thomas Young	....	second assistant camera (as Thomas Young III)

Animation Department
Kevin Fanning	....	animator: main title animation

Casting Department
Victoria Acosta	....	casting: Texas
Jennifer Ricchiazzi	....	casting assistant
Marny Smith	....	casting assistant
Amy Soto	....	casting assistant: extras

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paula Elins	....	assistant costume designer (as Paula M. Elins)
Erika Henderson	....	costume production assistant
Leeann Radeka	....	costume supervisor (as LeeAnn Radeka)
Taylor Rierden	....	costume production assistant
Stephanie A. Steel	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
David Diperstein	....	post-production assistant
Aaron Marshall	....	assembly editor
Alyson Peters	....	post-production coordinator
Andrew W. Schwertfeger	....	post-production coordinator
John-Michael Trojan	....	digital intermediate producer
Andy Williams	....	digital intermediate

Music Department
Elena Barere	....	musician: violin
Virgil Blackwell	....	musician: bass clarinet
Eva Burmeister	....	musician: violin
David Chan	....	musician: violin
Desiree Elsevier	....	musician: viola
Katherine Fong	....	musician: violin
Toni Glickman	....	musician: violin
Tony Kadlack	....	musician: trumpet (as Tony Kadleck)
David Krauss	....	musician: trumpet
Gail Kruvand	....	musician: bass
Ann Leathers	....	musician: violin
Leanne LeBlanc	....	musician: cello
Vincent Lionti	....	musician: viola
Katherine Livolsi	....	musician: violin
Richard Locker	....	musician: cello
Robert Miller	....	musician: piano, assorted synths
Beth Rosenblatt	....	music supervisor
David Taylor	....	musician: bass trombone
Glen Velez	....	musician: assorted frame drums
Heather Weisberg	....	musician: choral voices
David Weiss	....	musician: bass pan flutes

Transportation Department
Thomas Bunker	....	driver
Francisco De La Fuente	....	driver
Bobby Nelson	....	transportation coordinator (as Bob Nelson)
Paul Salard III	....	driver
Wilburn White	....	transportation captain (as Wilburn W. White)

Other crew
Adam Alfter	....	catering chef
Ken Beggs	....	head animal trainer
Jennifer Blanton	....	animal trainer
Tim Bowman	....	title designer: end titles
Anne Carr	....	script supervisor (as Annie Carr)
Mary Beth Chambers	....	key set production assistant (as Mary Beth Meadows)
Bobbi Colorado	....	animal coordinator
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance
Caroline Connor	....	office production assistant
Kate Dalton	....	adr loop artist
Dustin Daniels	....	additional location manager
Greg Deist	....	set production assistant
John Donofrio	....	set intern
Mark Farkas	....	conforming supervisor
Mark O. Forker	....	title design: main sequence (as Marko Forker)
Gilbert Garcia	....	stand-in
Jonathan Gray	....	production counsel
Jennifer Hamilton	....	stand-in
Chris M. Jackson	....	production coordinator (as Chris Jackson)
Katie Jones	....	stand-in
Barbara Jean Kearney	....	laser film coordinator
Robert Rees Kennedy	....	stand-in
Brian Lee	....	production assistant
Richard Lormand	....	unit publicist
Robert Lovejoy	....	senior datacine operator
Kris Magyarits	....	title designer: main titles
Gerald R. Richard	....	stand-in
Kent Richardson	....	assistant production coordinator
Vincent M. Scarpinato	....	medical consultant
Nicole Showalter	....	stand-in
Larry Soileau	....	production assistant
Michael Sorrels	....	stand-in (as Michael Sorrells)
Carolyn Specht	....	production accountant
Matt Wolford	....	datacine operator
Billy Wood	....	conforming fire editor
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)

Thanks
Michael A. De Leon	....	acknowledgment: photographs provided by
Andre DesRochers	....	thanks
Maria Machado	....	special thanks
Sarah Oh	....	special thanks
Chuck Prophet	....	special thanks
Bill Sage	....	special thanks
Vincent Sanchez	....	special thanks
Hilary Stabb	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Teeth

Distributors

• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Roadside Attractions (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dimension Extreme (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2008) (Croatia) (DVD)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Reel DVD (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sundream Motion Pictures (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)

Special Effects

• TexFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Classic Travel Services  travel consultant
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• DIVE  digital intermediate and titles
• Gray Krauss  legal services
• IndieClear  script clearance
• TexFX  visual effects

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing sequences involving sexuality and violence, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:R21 | UK:18 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:18LNPS | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 (with warning)

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Teeth

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Around 27 minutes in, when Dawn enters Brad's bedroom for a "serious talk," she opens the door into the hallway, like a closet would open. After the talk, when leaving angry, Dawn slams the bedroom door shut by pulling it outward from inside the bedroom.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bill: Hey Brad, don't splash your sister.

Movie Connections:

References Put It Wherever 2 (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Make You Clap

Vagina Dentata – One of the Most Refreshing Horror Tales

In a small town nearby a nuclear power facility, the chaste Dawn (Jess Weixler) is raised with her dysfunctional stepbrother Brad (John Hensley) by her mother that is sick and her stepfather. Once in high school, she participates of a meeting called "The Promise O" that preaches purity and virginity for the members. When the newcomer Tobey (Hale Appleman) arrives in town, the naive Dawn feels that he is her soul mate and stays close to him. The proximity becomes attraction and Tobey does not control his hormones and forces Dawn to have intercourse with him in a cave in an isolated lake. However, he is castrated by her vagina and vanishes in the lake. The desperate Dawn runs to the library and discovers that she has the mythical "Vagina Dentata" and only a hero can rescue her.

"Teeth" is one of the most refreshing horror tales that I have recently seen. The story of a chaste teenager that finds that she has a "Vagina Dentata" is simply hilarious and surrealistic. The legend does really exist, and in accordance with the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata), "various cultures have folk tales about women with toothed vaginas, frequently told as cautionary tales warning of the dangers of sex with strange women and to discourage the act of rape". There could be also a subtle interpretation that could be the difficulty of Dawn to self-adjust to the womanhood, but I believe the intention of the author was simply uses the myth to make a gem of dark humor. The beauty of the sweet Jess Weixler is awesome. My vote is seven.

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