The Delta (1996)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Ira Sachs

Writer:

Ira Sachs (writer)

Release Date:

15 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Lincoln, who's not yet 18, leads a straight life most of the time: he has a girl friend, goes to dances...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Teenager | Homosexual | Gay Interest | Independent Film

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Shayne Gray	...	Lincoln Bloom
Thang Chan	...	Minh Nguyen (John)
Rachel Zan Huss	...	Monica Rachel
Colonious David	...	Ricky Little
Charles J. Ingram	...	David Bloom
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mai Ballard	...	Pool Hall Owner
Gene Crain	...	Sam Bloom
J.R. Crumpton	...	Joe
Richard Daggett	...	Pick-up Driver
Melissa A. Dunn	...	Tina Clifton
Polly Edelstein	...	Debbie Bloom
Ron Gephart	...	Ken Bloom
Patricia A. Gill	...	Joe's Wife
Erin Grills	...	Jacquie Clifton
Robert Hathaway	...	2nd kid on Bike
Mark Hyman	...	Club Bouncer
Tony Isbell	...	Jerry (man in hotel)
Michael Locke	...	Kid on Bike
Kim Newman	...	Denise Bloom
Angelique Owens	...	Donut Shop Clerk
Moses Peace	...	Policeman (as Moses J. Peace)
Hoang N. Pham	...	Minh's Friend
Randall Reinke	...	Danny
Larry Reynolds	...	Man in Park
Lamar Sorrento	...	Ted
Bay Thi Ho	...	Minh's Roommate's Mother
Vanita Thomas	...	Bernice
Nhan Van Dang	...	Minh's Roommate
Leigh Walden	...	Cece Bloom

Directed by
Ira Sachs

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ira Sachs		writer

Produced by
Margot Bridger	....	producer
Loring McAlpin	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Michael Rohatyn

Cinematography by
Benjamin P. Speth

Film Editing by
Affonso Gonçalves

Production Design by
Bernhard Blythe

Art Direction by
Ling Wong Yin

Makeup Department
Linda Wood	....	hair stylist
Linda Wood	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Laura Yamashita	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Susan McGuire	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Lewis Feibelman	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Tom Efinger	....	sound designer
Tom Efinger	....	sound editor
Crosby McCloy	....	additional sound
Iddo Patt	....	sound
Tommy Tenhet	....	boom operator
Tony Volante	....	sound re-recording engineer
Damian Volpe	....	sound designer
Damian Volpe	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Steve Wolf	....	special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Cadwallader	....	second assistant camera
John Markham	....	gaffer
Danya Reich	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stevan Lazich	....	costumes

Editorial Department
Jim Finn	....	negative matcher
Michael Kolvek	....	color timer

Music Department
Adam Feibelman	....	music supervisor

Other crew
John E. Allen	....	prints
Shane Belcher	....	production assistant
Nguyen Nguyet Cam	....	translator: Vietnamese
Marissa Cotten	....	production assistant
Sue Easley	....	caterer
Liza Elkind	....	script supervisor
Joe Glenn	....	video to tape transfer
Billy Gray	....	craft service
Lawrence Mischel	....	video matchback
Jillian Reese	....	production assistant
Wayne Rolin	....	craft service
Patrick Santana	....	title designer
Nhan Van Dang	....	consultant: Vietnamese
Lorette Velvette	....	caterer

Thanks
Matthew Ebert	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Charlie Guidance

Distributors

• Strand Releasing (1997) (USA)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Charlie Guidance

Soundtrack:

BUSY BEE

Sleepy, Dreamlike

This movie provides a sleepy, dreamlike experience. The director shows you many places, relationships, and conflicts. He sets moods, but doesn't judge his characters. Refreshing enough. It's up to you as the viewer to determine how you feel about the people and their conflicts. And it's up to the viewer to decide how things end up because everything is not explained. There was a lot of heart in this film. Some of these reviews seem to miss that. Watch this on an overcast Sunday afternoon and fall in love with Shayne Gray and The Delta.

If you have time, watch it again with the Director's commentary. The director, Ira Sachs, shares a lot about himself and his experience making this film. He is very honest about what he was trying to achieve, the scenes with which he was pleased, and those with which he wasn't. I would like to see more of Ira Sachs's work.