Blankman (1994)

Director:

Mike Binder

Writers (WGA):

Damon Wayans (screenplay) &
J.F. Lawton (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action | Crime

Tagline:

Coming to save your butt!

Plot:

A simpleton inventor becomes a superhero with a bulletproof costume and a low budget.

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Brother | Inner City | Grandmother | Spoof

Cast

Damon Wayans	...	Darryl Walker
David Alan Grier	...	Kevin Walker
Robin Givens	...	Kimberly Jonz
Christopher Lawford	...	Mayor Marvin Harris
Lynne Thigpen	...	Grandma Walker
Jon Polito	...	Michael 'The Suit' Minelli
Nick Corello	...	Sammy the Blade
Jason Alexander	...	Mr. Stone
Harris Peet	...	Commissioner Gains
Joseph Vassallo	...	Tony the Match (as Joe Vassallo)
Michael Wayans	...	Young Darryl
Damon Wayans Jr.	...	Young Kevin
John Moschitta Jr.	...	Mr. Crudd
Frazer Smith	...	Ned Beadie
Mark Schiff	...	Bus Driver
Gerry Black	...	Desk Sergeant
Robert Schimmel	...	Officer
Mike Binder	...	Dr. Victor Norris
Simone Brooks	...	Crying Girl
June Christopher	...	Pregnant Woman
Brad LaFave	...	The Reporter
Cara Mia Wayans	...	Little Girl
Chris Williams	...	Production Manager (as Christopher James Williams)
Mark Burton	...	Harris' Assistant
Greg Kinnear	...	Talk Show Host
Tony Cox	...	Midgetman
Kevin West	...	Gay Man
Yvette Wilson	...	Fat Girl
Gwen E. Davis	...	Lady
Benjamin Gates Jr.	...	TV Broadcaster (as Benjiman Gates Jr.)
Chris Spencer	...	Stevens (as Christopher Spencer)
Dwayne L. Barnes	...	McDonald's Customer
Marty Schiff	...	Liquor Store Owner
Conroy Gedeon	...	New Mayor
Campion Murphy	...	Policeman
Michael Ramirez	...	Policeman
Shuko Akune	...	Campaign Worker
Gordon McClure	...	Man of God
Biff Manard	...	Biff
Andy Flaster	...	Onlooker
Richard Bonner	...	Harris' Assistant
Jesse Felsot	...	Concerned Teenager
Theodore S. Maier	...	Bank Guard
Michael Marloe	...	Scuzzy Bum
Arsenio Hall	...	Himself
Tatiana Saunders	...	Onlooker
Leonard Willis	...	Street Kid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jaime H. Campos	...	Angry Citizen (uncredited)
Marq Edwards	...	Crack Kid (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Binder

Writing credits (WGA)
Damon Wayans		(screenplay) &
J.F. Lawton		(screenplay)
Damon Wayans		(story)

Produced by
Jack Binder	....	co-producer
Tracy Carness	....	associate producer
C.O. Erickson	....	producer
Eric L. Gold	....	producer
Damon Wayans	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Miles Goodman

Cinematography by
Newton Thomas Sigel		(director of photography) (as Tom Sigel)

Film Editing by
Adam Weiss

Casting by
Aleta Chappelle

Production Design by
James H. Spencer		(as James Spencer)

Art Direction by
Keith Brian Burns		(as Keith Burns)

Set Decoration by
Michael C. Claypool

Costume Design by
Michelle Cole

Makeup Department
Cyndi Reece-Thorne	....	makeup artist (as Cindy Reece-Thorne)
Kenneth Walker	....	hair stylist
Nina Kent	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Laini Thompson	....	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
C.O. Erickson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nandi Bowe	....	second assistant director
Hilbert Hakim	....	second second assistant director
Karin Roffman	....	dga trainee
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director (as Barry Thomas)
William Washington	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Will Blount	....	property master
Monica Castro	....	assistant property master (as Monica Ragan)
Stephanie J. Gordon	....	set designer
Dick Lasley	....	illustrator (as Richard Lasley)
Héctor López	....	assistant property
Michael Muscarella	....	construction coordinator (as Michael A. Muscarella)
Tom Altobello	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Jennifer Dawson	....	props (uncredited)
Phillip Ellman	....	greensman (uncredited)
Dick Hansen	....	leadman (uncredited)
Daren Janes	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
David Russell	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Kevin Shanks	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Paul Stanwyck	....	head painter: Chicago (uncredited)

Sound Department
Albert Aquino	....	boom operator
Veda Campbell	....	production sound mixer
David B. Cohn	....	supervising dialogue editor
Clayton Collins	....	dialogue editor (as Clay Collins)
Carlos Delarios	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Carlos DeLarios)
Paul Farmer	....	cable (as Paul G. Farmer)
Curt Frisk	....	sound mixer: Chicago
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Roxanne Jones	....	supervising sound editor
Tom C. McCarthy	....	supervising sound editor (as Tom McCarthy)
Sanford Ponder	....	sound effects editor
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
B. Tennyson Sebastian III	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rodney Sharpp	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Stewart	....	sound effects editor
Steven Ticknor	....	sound effects editor (as Steve Ticknor)
Kevin Wahrman	....	assistant sound editor
David Williams	....	dialogue editor (as Dave Williams)
David W. Alstadter	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Derek Casari	....	dubbing engineer (uncredited)
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley recordist (uncredited)
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	foley recordist (uncredited)
Brian Risner	....	foley predub (uncredited)
Brian Risner	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Blair Scheller	....	cableman: Chicago (uncredited)
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bruce Allan Donnellan	....	special effects
Bruce D. Hayes	....	special effects
Richard O. Helmer	....	special effects
James D. Schwalm	....	special effects (as James T. Schwalm)
Mike Wever	....	special effects
Steve Cotroneo	....	lead artist: prop fabricator (uncredited)

Stunts
Kathy Barkus	....	stunts
Steve Blalock	....	stunts
Kimberly Bordeaux	....	stunts
Carl Ciarfalio	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Gary Lee Davis	....	stunts
Sonja Davis	....	stunts (as Sonya Davis)
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts (as Tim Davison)
Vince Deadrick	....	stunts
Frankie 'G' Garbutt	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunts
Mark Hicks	....	stunts
Daniel Maldonado	....	stunts
Bob Minor	....	stunts
Rita Minor	....	stunts
Brian Joseph Moore	....	stunts
Manny Perry	....	stunts
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Jeffrey Porter	....	stunts
Mario Roberts	....	stunts
Ben Scott	....	stunts
Walter Scott	....	stunts
William Washington	....	stunt coordinator (as William H. Washington)
William Washington	....	stunts
Eddie L. Watkins	....	stunts (as Eddy Watkins)
Peter Epstein	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunts (uncredited)
James Fierro	....	stunts (uncredited)
F. Pierre Gatling	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carl Paoli	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert C. Carlson	....	first assistant camera (as Robert Carlson)
Douglas A. Degrazzio	....	video coordinator
Nicola Goode	....	still photographer (as Nicola M. Goode)
Robert Nelson	....	second grip
Dayton Nietert	....	chief lighting technician
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	camera operator: Chicago (as Philip Pfeiffer)
P. Scott Sakamoto	....	camera operator
Keith L. Smith	....	second assistant camera
Paul Storino	....	grip
Greg Wardell	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Tony Whitman	....	key grip (as Anthony Whitman)
Bill Witthans	....	dolly grip
Gregory Beard	....	rigging best boy grip (uncredited)
Brian W. Boyd	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Blake E. Matthys	....	grip: Chicago (uncredited)
Michael A. Mendez	....	grip (uncredited)
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera (uncredited)
Jean Whiteside	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yolanda Braddy	....	wardrobe: women
Isabela Braga	....	costume supervisor
Ira M. Hammons-Glass	....	wardrobe: men (as Ira Hammons)
Danna Edwards	....	key costumer (uncredited)
Caroline B. Marx	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jennifer Mangan	....	assistant film editor
Marcelo Sansevieri	....	assistant film editor
Dana B. Wilson	....	apprentice film editor

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Nancy Fogarty	....	music editor
Pilar McCurry	....	music coordinator
Joel Moss	....	music mixer
Joel Moss	....	music recordist
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
Happy Walters	....	executive music producer

Transportation Department
Howard Brady Davidson	....	transportation captain (as Howard B. Davidson)
Jim Frear	....	transportation co-captain
Greg Reynolds	....	police vehicles
Calvin Chin	....	transportation captain (uncredited)
George DiLeonardi	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)
Alan Kaminsky	....	driver generator operator (uncredited)
Robert Wallace	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Carole Campbell	....	assistant production accountant
Jan A. Campbell	....	production accountant (as Jan Campbell-Weiss)
Elisa Ann Conant	....	location manager
Liba Daniels	....	assistant: Damon Wayans
Yulauncz J. Draper	....	assistant: Eric Gold
Adrienne Hamalian-Mangine	....	script supervisor
José Herrera	....	production assistant
Cindy Hochman	....	production coordinator (as Cynthia Hochman Price)
Karen R. Jones	....	unit publicist
Joseph LaStrape III	....	production assistant (as R. Joseph Lastrape III)
Shauna Robertson	....	assistant: Mike Binder
Sabrina Rosen	....	production assistant (as Sabrina A. Rosen)
Eleva Singleton	....	production assistant (as D. Eleva Singleton)
Carl Tabor	....	production assistant
Julie R.C. Willis	....	assistant: Jack Binder
Ted Yonenaka	....	craft service
Thomas J. Busch	....	location manager (uncredited)
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic (uncredited)
Jeff Coopwood	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer (uncredited)
Shari Lynn Himes	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Martin L. Hudson	....	location scout (uncredited)
Jack Messitt	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Scott Stahler	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Frank Suarez	....	title designer (uncredited)
Dale Wilmarth	....	moldmaker (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Wife 'n' Kids (as Wife N' Kids)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• LK-TEL (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (blankwheel screen graphics and plate supervision by)

Other Companies

• Sony Pictures Studios  sound services by (as Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald  title design
• Pacific Title  opticals by
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutter
• Major League Baseball Properties  licensed by: the Major League baseball trademarks depicted in this motion picture
• Twentieth Television  'Batman' footage courtesy of
• DC Comics  special thanks (as D.C. Comics)
• Chicago Transit Authority  special thanks (as The Chicago Transit Authority)
• Reeltime Creative  trailer music (uncredited)
• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars (uncredited)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for off-color humor

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Australia:M | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The clocks in the Hard Edition office are set to Chicago, Hoboken NJ, and Miller Time.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Blankman and Other Guy are running with J-5 to find the bombs and they turn towards the bathroom, you can see someone reach their arm out to guide J-5 around the corner.

Quotes:

Michael 'The Suit' Minelli:Now... where is the Blankman?
[he pours hot coffee onto Mr. Stone, who sits in a wheelchair]
Mr. Stone:Hey, Einstein. In case you haven't noticed, this isn't a boil on my ass. I'm paralyzed from the waist down. I can't feel a thing.
[Minelli slaps him in the face]
Mr. Stone:I felt that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Robot Chicken: Casablankman 2 (#5.16)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Anyone Can Be A Hero

"Ugggh!! You mean I have to see her... thingie??!!"

Damon Wayans cuts it up as a (Grand)Mama's Boy with dreams of being a crimefighting superhero. David Alan Grier dreams of busting out his Mack Daddy on the star reporter (Givens) at the TV station where he works as a cameraman. Sprinkle liberally with "The Return of Duckman" -- Jason Alexander in the guise of Grier's producer, and as caustic as the quack ever was -- and throw in lots of junk... but it's *great* junk. With his wringer-equipped, flashlight-eyed, wrist-remote-controlled 1950's era automatic washing machine robo-buddy J5, Blankman (Wayans) creates an aura of mystique and cobbled together super-gadgets that would make Batman wonder "Where did he get all that junk?" (see also "Spiculum of Life") while making his neighborhood safer for his children. Nevermind that he's still a virgin. A gloriously campy superhero gigglefest that will at some point touch the heart and mind of every kid (grown up and otherwise) who wanted to open a can of whoop-ass in snazzy duds with groovy toys, then retreat back to your secret Super-Do-Gooder Hideout. Plenty of physical comedy to keep you chuckling, tricks and traps ingenious enough to qualify as "Diabolical Disastrous Doom... will our heroes be back next week?". An excellent rental.