Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Director:

Michel Gondry

Writer:

Michel Gondry (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

You name it, we shoot it

Plot:

A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.

Plot Keywords:

Camcorder | Camouflage | Slapstick | Steamroller | Auto Mechanic

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Jack Black	...	Jerry
Mos Def	...	Mike
Danny Glover	...	Elroy Fletcher
Mia Farrow	...	Miss Falewicz
Melonie Diaz	...	Alma
Irv Gooch	...	Wilson
Chandler Parker	...	Craig
Arjay Smith	...	Manny
Quinton Aaron	...	Q
Gio Perez	...	Randy
Basia Rosas	...	Andrea
Tomasz Soltys	...	Carl
Marcus Carl Franklin	...	Kid #1
Blake Hightower	...	Kid #2
Amir Ali Said	...	Kid #3
David Slotkoff	...	Jack
Frank Heins	...	Patrick
Heather Lawless	...	Sherry
Karolina Wydra	...	Gabrielle Bochenski
Harvey Hogan	...	Video Store Customer #1
Ted McElwee	...	Video Store Customer #2
Walter Helbig	...	Video Store Customer #3
Victor Dickerson	...	Man in Video Store #1
David M. Sheppard	...	Man in Video Store #2
Marc Alan Austen	...	Man in Video Store #3
Paul Barman	...	Young Man Watching TV
Karen Spitzer	...	Young Woman Watching TV
Allie Woods Jr.	...	Doctor Bent
McKinley Page	...	Brother McDuff
Francisco Fabian	...	Simon from the Copy Shop
Kishu Chand	...	Alma's Sister
Ann Longo	...	Miss Falewicz's Friend
Parrie Hodges	...	Miss Falewicz's Friend / Fats' Mom
Kid Creole	...	West Coast Video Employee Passaic (as August Darnell)
Jon Glaser	...	West Coast Video Employee NYC
P.J. Byrne	...	Mr. Baker
Marceline Hugot	...	City Hall Employee
John Tormey	...	Demolition Chief
Frank Girardeau	...	Officer Gary
Matt Walsh	...	Officer Julian
Paul Dinello	...	Mr. Rooney
Sigourney Weaver	...	Ms. Lawson

Directed by
Michel Gondry

Writing credits
Michel Gondry		(written by)

Produced by
Raffi Adlan	....	associate producer
Georges Bermann	....	producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Julie Fong	....	producer
Ann Ruark	....	co-producer
Guy Stodel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jean-Michel Bernard

Cinematography by
Ellen Kuras

Film Editing by
Jeff Buchanan

Casting by
Mellicent Dyane

Production Design by
Dan Leigh

Art Direction by
James Donahue

Set Decoration by
Ron von Blomberg

Makeup Department
Marjorie Durand	....	makeup department head
Suzy Mazzarese-Allison	....	hair department head

Production Management
Gwen Bialic	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Fischer	....	second second assistant director
Michael Hausman	....	first assistant director
Jesse Nye	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Stuart Auld	....	scenic artist
Russell Barnes	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Butcher	....	property master: New York
Doug Coleman	....	set dresser
Brandon Cook	....	set dresser
Guido DeCurtis	....	lead man
Daniel Fisher	....	assistant property master
Alison Ford	....	assistant art director
Isaac Gabaeff	....	set dresser
Kley Gilbuena	....	props assistant
Akeo Ihara	....	prop fabricator
Jon Kim	....	additional props
Jon Kim	....	set dresser
Jonathan B. Lee	....	set dresser
Kevin L. Raper	....	additional graphic artist
Tim Rossiter	....	props fabrication
Danielle Webb	....	props fabrication
Monica Wille	....	art department assistant
Tomas Zeman	....	art researcher

Sound Department
Gina Alfano	....	adr editor
Jamie Baker	....	foley editor
David Corcoran	....	apprentice sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Jeanne Gilliland	....	boom operator
Eric Hirsch	....	sound re-recordist
Paul Hsu	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Hsu	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Dan Korintus	....	dialogue editor
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Marissa Littlefield	....	adr editor
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
Egor Panchenko	....	ProTools playback mixer
Egor Panchenko	....	sound utility
Egor Panchenko	....	utility boom
Alex Soto	....	assistant sound editor
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey Stern	....	dialogue editor
Sara Stern	....	first assistant sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Pawel Wdowczak	....	sound

Special Effects by
Doug Coleman	....	special effects technician
Tim Rossiter	....	special effects coordinator
Danielle Webb	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Melanie Cussac	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Pierre Escande	....	visual effects coordinator
Nadia Essid	....	digital artist
Fabrice Lagayette	....	visual effects supervisor
Cynthia Mourou	....	visual effects producer
Isabelle Perin-Leduc	....	digital artist
Nolwenn Rimbault	....	digital artist: BUF
Jean-Gabriel Saint-Paul	....	visual effects consultant
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor

Stunts
Scott Burik	....	stunt rigger
Bob Colletti	....	stunt double
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunt rigger
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Sebastián Almeida	....	assistant camera
Kelly Britt	....	electrician
Anne Carson	....	assistant camera
Lamont Crawford	....	key grip
Andrea Cronin-Souza	....	electrician
Abbot Genser	....	still photographer
Charles Libin	....	additional camera operator: "b" camera
Kim Marcelino	....	additional electrician
Mike Maronna	....	electrician
John C. Nadeau	....	gaffer
Craig Pecchia	....	camera intern
Christopher Raymond	....	assistant camera
Brooke Stanford	....	electrician
John Tanzer	....	generator operator
Craig Vaccaro	....	key rigging grip
J. Dan Wright	....	light balloon technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Joanne Bloom	....	casting assistant
Morgan Donaho	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Chaney	....	key on-set costumer
Jackie S. Freeman	....	additional costumer
Tonya Huskey	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate producer
Alex Kopit	....	first assistant editor
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Jean-Michel Bernard	....	conductor
Jean-Michel Bernard	....	orchestrator
Linda Cohen	....	music supervisor
Tass Filipos	....	music editor
Michel Gondry	....	musician: drums, play
Bruno Mercere	....	music recording mixer

Other crew
Daniel Atherton	....	production assistant
John Bair	....	title designer: main titles
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Anna Bosco	....	payroll accountant
Rich Brush	....	production assistant
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Chris Cloud	....	unit location assistant
Mary Cybulski	....	script supervisor
Alison Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
May Elbaz	....	principal stitcher
Scott Ferlisi	....	location assistant
Amanda Foley	....	location coordinator
Eddie Griffith	....	production assistant
Alexander Hammer	....	production assistant
Peter Hutchison	....	production accountant
Jeremy Konner	....	assistant: Jack Black
Nicola Marshall	....	production intern
John Merchant	....	production secretary
Kirsten Norr	....	set production assistant
Alex Paster	....	additional set production assistant
Andrew Poppoon	....	location assistant
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote head technician
Christina I. Rodriguez	....	production assistant: first team
Ben Schoen	....	title designer: end titles
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Ricardo Uhagon Vivas	....	set production assistant
Gayle Vangrofsky	....	location manager
Christian Vendetti	....	key production assistant
Daniel Wagner	....	production office coordinator
Marc Walsh	....	first accountant
Atilla Yucer	....	key production assistant
Russ Klein	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Nicholas Walker	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Ivan Reitman	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Partizan

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2008) (France) (all media)
• Focus Features (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• New Line Cinema (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Senator Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Tiglon (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Tohokushinsha Film (2008) (Japan) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Gotham Sound  walkies provided by
• Joe Dunton & Company  anamorphic lenses provided by
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Paris Symphonic Orchestra  orchestra
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• Studio Omega  music recording studio
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | Sweden:Btl | Ireland:12A | Norway:7 | Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43318) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Denmark:A | Greece:K | Finland:S | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Québec) | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Partizan

Trivia:

Michel Gondry was inspired to make this film after making Block Party (2005) which took place on one city block. Dave Chappelle was interested in playing Mike and came up with ideas of remaking Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Boyz n the Hood (1991).

Quotes:

Mike: [holding the Ghost Busters tape] I'll be Bill Murray and you'll be everyone else.

Movie Connections:

References The Notebook (2004)

The Purple Rose of Passaic

Michel Gondry's new film is NO "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", but it's better than "The Science of Sleep" and doesn't deserve the negative reviews it's been getting. Without Charlie Kaufman writing, Gondry's script might be a little less original, but his visual creativity (no one else knows how to make art out of cardboard boxes like him!) and passion for his story makes "Be Kind Rewind" some kind of special.

Mos Def and Jack Black work at Danny Glover's video store and, after Black gets "magnetized", he unintentionally turns every tape in the store blank. They have the brilliant idea of remaking the customers' favorite movies (from "Driving Miss Daisy" to "Last Tango in Paris"), and they suddenly become the local sensation. Some moments are very funny, others not so much, but this is not supposed to be a Farrelly Bros. kind of flick. With a simple but very compelling idea, Gondry created a story about people's love for movies, the sense of community, the compulsion for memories, the oblivion of old-time artists (the Fats Waller subplot) and old-fashioned technology (should Glover finally adhere to DVDs?). Gondry said in an interview: "I am not against modern things. I use technology, but what I am against is when the technology creates a system that makes you believe you need to use it". I couldn't agree more. By the end, even though not being a masterpiece like "Eternal Sunshine", "Be Kind Rewind" leaves you with the bittersweet feeling of other movies about our love for film-making, more notably "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (by the way, Mia Farrow plays the video store's most loyal customer) and "Cinema Paradiso". Definitely worth seeing. 8/10.