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Director - Writer

E. Paul Edwards [BIO] - [INTERVIEW] - [IMDB.Com]


Written and Directed by
E. PAUL EDWARDS


Executive Producer
ROBERT ZAYTOUN


Co-Producer
PAUL FERGUSON


Associate Producer
PATRICK S. YOUNG


Line Producer
PIERRE LIVINGSTON LORILLARD

Director of Photography
BOB HAYES


Music by
CHARLES BERNSTEIN


Production Designer
BRYCE ELRIC HOLTSHOUSEN


Producers
ALAN ROBERTS
E. PAUL EDWARDS

Film Editor
ALAN ROBERTS

Additional Editing ANTHONY BOZANICH
Unit Production Manager   TARA L. CRAIG
Production Coordinator   EMILY THORNE
1st Asst. Director   MARTY VESELICH
2nd Asst. Director   ANNETTE HOBDAY
2nd 2nd Asst. Director   CLAIRE THORNE
Key Set Production Asst.   DEREK C. ELZ
Set Production Asst.   JOSHUA SPECTOR
     
Set Decorator   MELISSA GIVENS
On-Set Dresser   BROLIN HOWE
Set Dressers   NATALIE RHOOMS
    SARAH KJOBERG
Leadman   NICK PLOTQUIN
     
Prop Master   STACY PORTER
     
1st Asst. Cameraman   SCOTT DOUGLAS MACDONALD
2nd Asst. Cameraman   MARK WELLS
Camera Loader   LUCAS DEANS
    JOSEPH WICKNER
    JAKE WERNER
Additional Cinematography   ANDREW PARKE
    MARTY OLLSTEIN
    ERIC REINER
Still Photographer   SUZANNE ENGLAND
     
Casting   DAVID ZIMMERMAN
    EDMUND GAYNES
Extras Casting   L.A. CASTING
     
Gaffer   WILLIAM RUSSELL
Best Boy Electric   CHRIS W. MARTIN
     
Key Grips   RICK TUCKER
    RUBEN DIAZ
Best Boy Grip   MIKE STEFFEN
Dolly Grip   TRACY TUCKER
Camera Dollies By   CHAPMAN/LEONARD STUDIO EQUIPMENT, INC.
Grips   ANTHONY BARTOLA
    CHRISTOPHER BUCHAKJIAN
    T. CONLEY
    AMOS JAMES
    AARON SHULTE
    ALFDOG UNDERHILL
Swing   RICHARD BRUSH
     
Head Make-Up/Hair   SIOBAN CARMODY
Asst. Make-Up Artist   MARGY MCPHERSON
    SALINA MCCLELLAND
Additional Make-Up/Hair   DEBBIE PEISER
    ROXXI JAPHET BROOKE
    SHAYA GOLDHABER
Tattoo Makeup   CLARENS MONROY
     
Post Production Supervisor   ANTHONY BOZANICH
Asst. Editor   BEN SIMOFF
Music Supervisor   HARLAN COLLINS
     
Script Supervisor   BETH MULTER
     
Sound Mixer   DENNIS C. SALCEDO, C.A.S.
Boom Operator   STEVE NELSON
     
Stunt Coordinator   JOE PEREZ
     
Location Scout   JUSTIN W. HILL
Transportation Coordinator   PAUL FEDDERSEN
     
Costume Designer   KAT WILLIAMS
Asst. Costume Designer   SUSAN DOEPNER-SENAC
Set Costumers   GINA HEWER
    PHYLISS W. ROBINS
    JOSEPHINE SALVADOR
     
Caterer   COLLEEN STEWART
Asst. Caterer   UVON HUNTER
Craft Service   STEVE GURKLYS
    HARLEY SCHULTZ
Security   CHRIS LANGLEY
     
Interns   HILLARY SLOANE CASPER
    JEANETTE GUAAN LÉON
    LAURI KAMIEL
    MISTY LACHANCE
    JOHN MASCITELLI
    PETER SONG
    RICHARD A. ZWELLING
     
Sound Design   SEAN KING M.P.S.E.
    ROBERT KING M.P.S.E.
Effects Editors   HOWARD JOHNSTON
    JUSTIN KRUGER
    CATHY BOCKMAN
Foley   MICHAEL BRILLANTES
Looping Provided By   EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Sound Service Provided By   THE SOUND SHOP
Avid Provided By   QSR SYSTEMS
Opticals & Titles   F-STOP, INC.
Optical Camera   JAMES R. KERRIGAN
Optical Supervisor   TODD R. HALL
Title Coordinator   MARIA M. KERRIGAN
Title Photography   CHUCK MARTIN
Negative Cutter   RD NEGATIVE CUTTING, INC.
Color By   CFI
Make-Up Provided By   M•A•C
Web Design By   THRIFTYPLANET WEB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Webcopy   KATHY NAWABI
Production Consultant   ROBERT MISS
Poetry Supervisor   DOUG KNOTT
     
ORIGINAL POETRY
   
     
CHARLES ELLIK

"Recipe For Poetry"
"Kickass Capitalist Machine"
"What Does Defeat Smell Like?"
"Something You Forgot"
"Virile"
"Something You Forgot"
 

AL ZOLYNAS

"Burning The Rat"
"Cat Puke And Flies"
"A Man And His Life"
"The Hat In The Sky"
"Under Ideal Conditions"
"The Way He’"A Medical Fact"d Like It"

     

DOUG KNOTT

"Reading Animal Sex Ads"
"Jam, Ram And Cram"
"Butterfly Letter"

 

G. MURRAY THOMAS

"Death To The Real World"
"The Plagiarist"

     

QUINCY TROUPE

"A Poem For 'Magic"

 

ADAM KELBER

"My First Condom"

     

T. THRASHER

"How Many Fights Have You Been In?"

 

GARY MCMAHAN

"There’s Two Things In Life That I Really Love"

     

JENI ERICKSON

"Pigtails Weren’t My Thing"

 

ROXANNE HANNA-WARE

"Black And Blue"

     

BRIDGET GRAY

"Shades Of Gray"

 

RIVES

"Bluegrass"

     

JERRY QUICKLEY

"I’m Almost Ready"

 

THAÏS CARMEN

"Jewels"

     

MONA JEAN CEDAR

"Sex Act"

 

JAVON JOHNSON

"The F*ck Poem"

     

APRIL JONES

"Deaf"

 

JASMINE JORDAN

"F*ck Beautiful"

     

CONNEY WILLIAMS

"Waitin’"

     

CHARLES H. WEBB

"The Quilt"
"Things To Do At A Poetry Reading
When You Like A Poem But No One's Clapping
And You Don't Want To Be The Only One"

     

ORIGINAL SONGS

"TANGERINE"
Performed by ERIC MIRANDA AND THE PLUMS
Written by ERIC MIRANDA

"A MEDICAL FACT"
Performed by HARLAN COLLINS
Lyrics by AL ZOLYNAS
Music by HARLAN COLLINS

"PAIN OF OPENING MY HEART"
Performed by ERIC MIRANDA AND THE PLUMS
Written by ERIC MIRANDA

"YOU GET UP"
Performed by HARLAN COLLINS
Written by HARLAN COLLINS

"EVERY THIRD NAME"
Performed by INDOOR STORM
Written by DOUG ABRAMS and DOUG FISHER

"TALK TO ME"
Music and Lyrics by CHARLES BERNSTEIN
Vocals by JASON PITTMAN and JADE D. NELSON

"LIKE I DO"
Performed by ERIC MIRANDA AND THE PLUMS
Written by ERIC MIRANDA

     

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