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Careless (2007) -- An offbeat comedy in the style of "Bottle Rocket" and "After Hours". Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night...

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Director:
Peter Spears
Writer:
Eric Laster (writer)
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Release Date:
2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
An offbeat comedy in the style of "Bottle Rocket" and "After Hours". Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night... more | add synopsis
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Cast

 

Giuseppe Andrews ... Young Male Addict

Craig Anton ... Officer Bill
Rachel Blanchard ... Cheryl
John Boyd ... Drunk Guy
Godfrey ... Sabio

Colin Hanks ... Wiley Roth

Simon Helberg ... Stewart

Irwin Keyes ... Woodsman Bob

David Koechner ... Lizard
Fran Kranz ... Mitch

Michael Patrick McGill ... Neighbor #1
Michael McShane ... Naked Man

Brian Posehn ... Officer Fred

Jon Prescott ... Jimmy
Michael Earl Reid ... Homeless Man

Tony Shalhoub ... Mr. Roth

Michael Bailey Smith ... Neighbor #2

Erin Spencer ... Drunk Guy's Girlfriend
Patrick Stiven ... Crossing Guard
Tori White ... Ann

Grace Zabriskie ... Adrienne
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Directed by
Peter Spears 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Eric Laster  writer

Produced by
Michael Besman .... producer
Connie Dolph .... line producer
Cameron Lamb .... producer (as Cameron J. Lamb)
 
Original Music by
John Frizzell 
 
Cinematography by
Byron Shah 
 
Film Editing by
Robert Brakey 
 
Casting by
Mark Bennett 
 
Production Design by
Lorin Flemming 
 
Art Direction by
Enrique Beingolea 
 
Costume Design by
Emily Batson 
 
Makeup Department
Teresa Vest .... makeup department head
 
Production Management
Connie Dolph .... unit production manager
John Snyder .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anthony J. Nahar .... first assistant director
Patrick Richmond .... second assistant director
Brian Sperber .... second second assistant director
 
Art Department
Nicole Blundell .... set dresser
Natalie Ghariani .... art production assistant
Jocelyn Marsh .... property master
Jared Raun .... art production assistant
James Rich .... swing gang
Richard Sherman .... visual consultant
 
Sound Department
Jay Golden .... boom operator
Tim D. Lloyd .... boom operator
Zsolt Magyar .... sound mixer
Eric Raber .... sound effects editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Christina Belle .... second assistant camera
Matthew Berger .... electrician
Michael Bratkowski .... first assistant camera
Greg Brezovec .... gaffer
Jonathan Cushing .... set lighting technician
Jeremy Graham .... additional gaffer
Jilliane Grodecki .... film loader
Nick Hudson .... still photographer
Jason Jury .... grip
Erica Kim .... electrician
Sabyn Mayfield .... key grip
Jared Wellman .... best boy electric
Jim West .... grip
Matt Whitted .... best boy grip
Justin Wolak .... best boy electric
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sara Walbridge .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Music Department
Chris McGeary .... music editor
Madonna Wade-Reed .... music supervisor
Frederik Wiedmann .... composer: additional music
 
Other crew
Jason Couch .... craft service
Justin Cox .... office production assistant
Justin Cox .... set production assistant
Sean P. Galvin .... set production assistant
Gavin Glenn .... caterer
Debra Kehr .... production accountant
Beth Multer .... script supervisor
Drew Sherman .... assistant to director
Tim Susco .... location manager
Nicole Tiesma .... key office production assistant
 
Thanks
Sam Eigen .... special thanks
Brandon Paine .... special thanks
Brian Sweet .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
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Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Friday Night Entertainment more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The size, location, and density of the "smudge" on the back of the "Breakfast at Tiffany's" book changes from when Wiley first sees it at the sidewalk cafe to when Wiley shows it to Mitchell at his apartment. more
Movie Connections:
References "The Rockford Files" (1974) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Quirky for the sake of being quirky., 21 June 2009
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Author: YoSafBridge from United States

It seems ever since "Little Miss Sunshine" was a hit the Independent film market gave up being original in favour of following LMS's lead.

Suddenly there is an influx of these "offbeat and quirky" films that lack what made Little Miss Sunshine a good movie in the first place: a fun and coherent storyline.

Careless is one of those movies. Rather than an actual plot, the story seems to revolve around "look at how quirky I am!". From the main characters almost bi-polar personality, to his quirk filled (Oh look he dresses funny and talks sarcastically!) but still one dimensional best friend, and the love interest who seemed to embody all the quirky character attributes without any realism whatsoever.

Not to mention that the mystery of where the finger came from, the basis of the story, honestly ended up being not that interesting after all. I stopped caring about halfway through the film. The ultimate payoff to this big mystery didn't make a lick of sense, and again seemed to have been written just to be 'quirky'.

Also, is it just me or do all of these offbeat independent films use the same offbeat music?

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