Delta Farce (2007)

Director:

C.B. Harding

Writers (WGA):

Bear Aderhold (written by) &
Tom Sullivan (written by)

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

G.I. Joke

Plot:

Three bumbling Army reservists bound for Iraq are accidentally dropped at Mexican village besieged by hostile forces.

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Beautiful Woman | Iraq War | Army Men | Cannon

Cast

Michael Rose	...	Sgt. Major (as Michael Edward Rose)
Glenn Morshower	...	General
Larry The Cable Guy	...	Larry
Christina Moore	...	Karen
Lorna Scott	...	Woman at Cowboy Frank’s
Bill Engvall	...	Bill Little
Parker Goris	...	Bill's Boy
Michael Papajohn	...	Bill’s Neighbor
Lisa Lampanelli	...	Connie
DJ Qualls	...	Everett
Ed O'Ross	...	Victor
Lance Smith	...	Sgt. Adams
Bill Doyle	...	Colonel
Keith David	...	Sgt. Kilgore
McKinley Freeman	...	Airborne Soldier
Joel McKinnon Miller	...	Pilot
Chris Spencer	...	Co-Pilot
Alejandro Patino	...	Juan
Luis Chávez	...	Carlos
Marisol Nichols	...	Maria
David DeSantos	...	Bandito #3 Ricardo
Nicholas Guilak	...	Luis
Toby Holguin	...	Bandito #1
Jimmy Ortega	...	Bandito #2
Albert P. Santos	...	Flaco (as Albert Santos)
Emilio Rivera	...	Jorge
Shelly Desai	...	Farmer
Tony Perez	...	Mayor
Danielle Hartnett	...	Senorita Magdalena
Danny Trejo	...	Carlos Santana
Carlos Moreno Jr.	...	Jaime
Jeff Dunham	...	Amazing Ken
Rolando Molina	...	Bartender
Joe Nunez	...	Ruben (as Joseph Nunez)
Esteban Cueto	...	El Javelina
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Bandito Guard (as Tom Rosales)
Craig Susser	...	Roger Grabowski
P.J. Walsh	...	Medic
Matt Riedy	...	Colonel Dalton
Amy Powell	...	Anchorwoman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
C.B. Harding	...	Mailman (uncredited)

Directed by
C.B. Harding		(as CB Harding)

Writing credits (WGA)
Bear Aderhold		(written by) &
Tom Sullivan		(written by) (as Thomas F.X. Sullivan)

Produced by
Alan C. Blomquist	....	producer (as Alan Blomquist)
Maggie Houlehan	....	associate producer
Jennifer Novak	....	associate producer
Tom Ortenberg	....	executive producer
J.P. Williams	....	producer
Emily Wolfe	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James S. Levine

Cinematography by
Tom Priestley Jr.		(director of photography) (as Tom Priestley)

Film Editing by
Mark Conte

Casting by
Debbie George		(as Deborah George)
Lisa Soltau

Production Design by
Cabot McMullen

Art Direction by
Dins W.W. Danielsen		(as Dins Danielsen)

Set Decoration by
Kris Fuller

Costume Design by
Louise de Teliga

Makeup Department
Lynn Barber	....	makeup artist
Jean Castaneda	....	key hair stylist
Vicki Griffin	....	makeup artist
Arturo Rojas	....	hair stylist
Peter Serraino	....	makeup artist
Tonyia Verna	....	makeup department head (as Antonyia Verna)
Brandon Waggoner	....	hair stylist
Soo-Jin Yoon	....	hair stylist (as Soo Jin Yoon)

Production Management
Alan C. Blomquist	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chamonix Bosch	....	second second assistant director
Richard Graves	....	first assistant director
Eric Sherman	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Sam Berrini	....	set dresser
Mike Manasewitsch	....	set dresser
Troy Myers	....	leadman
Willy Roberts	....	on-set dresser
Andrew M. Siegel	....	property master
Mark Walbaum	....	art department coordinator (2007)
Kevan Weber	....	set dresser
Cheree Welsh	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Gary Boatner	....	utility sound
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Getty	....	dialogue editor
Brett Grant-Grierson	....	sound mixer
David Hingorany	....	sound mix engineer
Frederick Howard	....	supervising sound editor
Joe Michalski	....	sound utility
Donal Nelson	....	boom operator
Paul Ordonez	....	temp. sound recordist
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
James Thornton	....	production sound mixer
Mandell Winter	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects coordinator
George Zamora	....	pyrotechnician
George Zamora	....	stunt team

Visual Effects by
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Michael F. Hoover	....	digital artist
Peter Kuran	....	visual effects
Al Magliochetti	....	visual effects supervisor
Don L. McCoy	....	digital artist
Michael Mintz	....	digital film colorist
Scott Wheeler	....	3D animation supervisor

Stunts
Bryan Becker	....	lead stunt double
Mark Bedell	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Jayson Dumenigo	....	utility stunts
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunts
Dennis Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Richie Gaona	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Clint Lilley	....	stunts
Alex Madison	....	utility stunts
Mark Munoz	....	stunts: bandito
Joe Ordaz	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
David Rowden	....	stunt coordinator
Crystal Santos	....	stunts
Jose L. Vasquez	....	stunts
Paul Veluzat	....	stunt driver
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt double
Marco Morales	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ross Addiego	....	rigging grip
Tony Bendt	....	grip
Mark 'Boylee' Boyle	....	first assistant camera
Chris Brow	....	grip
Barry Gross	....	rigging gaffer
Daniel R. Haizlip	....	best boy grip
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse	....	key grip
Luis Lopez DeVictoria	....	grip
Joseph M. Lyons	....	assistant chief lighting technician
David Fred Masselink	....	digital imaging technician
Brian Minzlaff	....	lamp operator
Sherri Miranda	....	assistant camera
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera
Peter Morenz	....	film loader
Justin Portwood	....	rigging best boy grip
Darrell B. Sheldon	....	dolly grip
Roxanne Stephens	....	second assistant camera
Keith Talley	....	key rigging grip
Rick Thomas	....	gaffer
Sam Urdank	....	still photographer
Mike Visencio	....	set lighting technician
Evan Wilhelm	....	intern assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathleen Brodbeck	....	costume supervisor
Robert Iannaccone	....	set costumer
Stephen Oh	....	costumer

Editorial Department
George Koran	....	colorist
Mato	....	color timer

Music Department
Josh Klein	....	composer: additional music
Tom Trafalski	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Bruce Callahan	....	transportation
Paul Veluzat	....	tank driver

Other crew
Robin Anderson	....	script supervisor
Gerard Averill	....	location manager
Lillian Awa	....	key set production assistant
Elizabeth C. Camp	....	set production assistant
Tad Driscoll	....	production accountant
Mario Gilbert	....	assistant location manager
Shea Kammer	....	first assistant accountant
Gavin Kleintop	....	set production assistant
Ryan Krayser	....	set production assistant
Jason Kumalo	....	set production assistant
Adam Palya	....	set production assistant
Stacy Parker	....	production coordinator
Will Sandoval	....	set production assistant
Tara N. Thomson	....	office production assistant
Philip Wright	....	production assistant
Yvette Yurcisin	....	location liaison
Daniel Veluzat	....	location liaison (uncredited)

Thanks
Libby Goldstein	....	special thanks
Junie Lowry-Johnson	....	special thanks (as Junie Lowry Johnson)
Josh Silver	....	special thanks
Paul Sinor	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Sleeping Marmots Production
• Parallel Entertainment
• Samwilla Productions
• Shaler Entertainment Pictures

Distributors

• Lionsgate (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pyramid (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2007) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Movie Bank (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Eye Candy (visual effects)
• iO Films (opticals)

Other Companies

• Armytrucks  military vehicles
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility
• Wilshire Stages, The  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor.

Runtime:

USA:90 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43272) | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA

Company:

Sleeping Marmots Production

Trivia:

Shortly before the barracks scene, Keith David fell off of a seven foot railing outside the building while the actors were between shots, breaking two ribs and cracking two vertebra. He when on to film the scene in great pain and then went to the hospital afterwards.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When they show the HMMWV as they leave the landing zone, someone has taped a US flag to the left front side of the HMMWV. The US Flag always goes to it's marching right, so it should have been on the right front side. Any military personal would know how to display a flag correctly.

Quotes:

Larry: A couple days ago I had more problems than a cub scout at the Neverland Ranch.

Movie Connections:

References "Smurfs" (1981)

Soundtrack:

Oye Como Va

A comedy with no originality or laughs

This is one of the most horrendous movies I have ever seen. It's supposed to be a comedy but It wasn't very funny at any moment. And I don't know if it has a political message, is it pro Iraq war or anti, either way I couldn't tell. It's just a mess that should be avoided at all cost, it has no original joke and every joke has been told before. More than that, every joke and every situation that's supposed to be funny has been telegraphed and expected.

The movie is about a trio of redneck buddies who are in the Army reserves and are called up to duty to join the fight in Fallujah. Needless to say they did not make it there, but the redneck part is played to the hilt. From the first time they were introduced up to the time they landed at the wrong destination. Everything they do emphasize their ignorance and none of it is particularly funny. It's like the worst of "The Beverly Hillbillies" it's not even ignorance in some cases just stupidity. And it makes the movie more painful to watch than already is.

None of the jokes and situations are original, and most of them are telegraphed and quite very early. The situation with Larry and his girlfriend (Christina Moore) was pretty much where it was going to go. You can't convince me that you didn't know what she was going to say. Even the sight gags were so obvious, sending us endless message that this trio are a bunch of rednecks and they're suppose to do the redneck cliché.

Old jokes can sometimes still work if you have the right people to deliver it. Suffice to say this cast of goofballs just are not the right people. For the most part they know they're delivering a one liner or a punchline. It's been said that the best way to play comedy is to play it straight. These guys know they're in a comedy and what's worse is that they know it's bad comedy. None of the three leads are particularly good actors and what they do isn't create a character but rather create caricatures. Personally I find that that's common with comedians who try their hands at acting.

This movie is an unoriginal, unfunny, clichéd film. The jokes are clichéd and so are the situation. To make matters worse none of the lead are any good as actors.