Julian Po (1997)

Director:

Alan Wade

Writers:

Branimir Scepanovic (book)
Alan Wade (written by)

Release Date:

5 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good...

Plot Keywords:

Stranger | Alcohol | Gun | Barber | Lingerie Slip

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Julian Po
Robin Tunney	...	Sarah
Michael Parks	...	Vern
Cherry Jones	...	Lucy
Frankie Faison	...	Sheriff Leon
Harve Presnell	...	Mayor Henry Leech
Allison Janney	...	Lilah Leech
LaTanya Richardson	...	Darlene (as Latanya Richardson)
Dina Waters	...	Dee (as Dina Spybey)
Bruce Bohne	...	Pastor Bean
Roy Cooper	...	Tobias the Barber
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Tom Potter
Ellen McElduff	...	Reva
Io Tillett Wright	...	Walter
Jeremy Jordan	...	Bobby
Erik Jensen	...	Tyler
Silas Weir Mitchell	...	Stonewall
B. Constance Barry	...	Emma (as Constance Barry)
Anne Pitoniak	...	Mrs. Danforth
Dechen Thurman	...	Young Farmer
Nena Thurman	...	Sarah's Mother

Directed by
Alan Wade

Writing credits
Branimir Scepanovic		(book "La Mort de Monsieur Golouja")
Alan Wade		(written by)

Produced by
Jon Glascoe	....	producer
Peggy Glascoe	....	associate producer
Patricia LaMagna	....	associate producer (as Patricia Lamagna)
Allan Mindel	....	executive producer
Kim Moarefi	....	associate producer
Joseph Pierson	....	producer
Cecilia Kate Roque	....	co-producer
Denise Shaw	....	executive producer
Michael Traeger	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Patrick Williams

Cinematography by
Bernd Heinl

Film Editing by
Jeffrey Wolf

Casting by
Todd M. Thaler		(as Todd Thaler)

Production Design by
Stephen McCabe

Art Direction by
David Stein

Set Decoration by
Susie Goulder

Costume Design by
Juliet Polcsa

Makeup Department
Victor DeNicola	....	key hair stylist (as Victor P. Denicola Jr.)
Patricia Regan	....	makeup artist: Mr. Slater (as Patricia Schenkel Regan)
Michael White	....	hair stylist: Mr. Slater
Rosemary Zurlo	....	key makeup artist (as Rosemarie Zurlo)
Alexis Kelley	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Jack Deutchman	....	post-production supervisor
Carla Fry	....	executive in charge of production
Trish Hofmann	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Melissa V. Barnes	....	second second assistant director
Susan Labunski	....	second assistant director (as Susan Labunski-Saxe)
Jim LaClair	....	first assistant director (as Jim Laclair)

Art Department
Bill Ballou	....	construction coordinator
Chris Barnes	....	scenic foreman
John A. Bradshaw	....	construction grip
Jim Burke	....	key construction grip
Jeff Butcher	....	property master
Warren Cicotte	....	carpenter
Guido DeCurtis	....	lead person (as Guido Decurtis)
Midge Duffy	....	on-set dresser
Cyd Fenwick	....	camera scenic artist
Eric Fluster	....	construction grip
Jeffrey L. Glave	....	scenic artist (as Jeffrey Glave)
Elizabeth Goodall	....	scenic artist
Russ J. Griffon	....	set dresser (as Russ Griffon)
Anne Beiser Haywood	....	master scenic artist
Deborah Jensen	....	assistant art director
Dierdre Kane	....	set dresser
Heather Danielle Kane	....	assistant property master (as Heather Kane)
Claire Kirk	....	art department coordinator
Julius Kozlowski	....	scenic artist
Jen Martley	....	art department production assistant
John Peter Melendez	....	set dresser (as John 'J.P.' Melendez)
Ron Mingalone	....	set dresser
Christine Moosher	....	assistant set decorator
Philomena Papirnik	....	set decorating coordinator
Graydon Pihlaja	....	set dresser
Dean Schermerhorn	....	carpenter
John Sicoransa	....	storyboard artist
Edward Smith	....	shop craftsman
Richard Tenewitz	....	key carpenter
Peter Regnier	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Boulton	....	adr engineer
Scott Breindel	....	sound mixer
Anton Gold	....	sound production assistant
George A. Lara	....	foley engineer (as George Lara)
Lisa J. Levine	....	adr editor
Stuart Levy	....	supervising sound editor
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
David Novack	....	adr engineer
Joe Romano	....	boom operator
Melanie Ryder	....	assistant sound editor
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor (as Steven R. Visscher)
Peter Waggoner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Fredrickson	....	remix engineer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Debra C. Victoroff	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunt double: Mr. Slater (as Jeff Gibson)
Tom Sierchio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
John Billeci	....	electrician
Jim Bridges	....	still photographer (as James Bridges)
Steve Calalang	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Phil Cohen	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Daniel Cournoyer	....	best boy grip (as Dan Cournoyer)
Jim Denny	....	electrician
Robert K. Feldmann	....	key grip (as Robert Feldmann)
Carlos Omar Guerra	....	first assistant camera (as Carlos Guerra)
David Gurney	....	grip
Haddon Hufford	....	dolly grip
David Knox	....	Steadicam operator
Kurt Lennig	....	electrician
Michael Levine	....	camera operator
David Noble	....	grip
Hernan Otaño	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Mike Otano)
Rocco Palmieri	....	generator operator
Scott H. Ramsey	....	gaffer
Leigh Rathner	....	second assistant camera
Mike Reed	....	best boy electric (as Michael Reed)
John Ryan	....	grip
Gerard Sava	....	assistant Steadicam
Hiroo Takaoka	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Beth Bowling	....	casting assistant
Sunny Seibel	....	extras casting
Gayle Keller	....	casting associate (uncredited)
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnès B.	....	selected wardrobe for Christian Slater (as Agnès B)
Susan Carrano	....	assistant to costume designer
Elizabeth Feldbauer	....	wardrobe supervisor
Katharine Grodd	....	wardrobe intern
Elizabeth Gulczynski	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Lizzy Gulczynski)
Mary Nemecek Peterson	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
John Scott Cook	....	second assistant editor
Mark Ginsberg	....	color timer
Brent Kaviar	....	post-production services
Sara King	....	executive in charge of post-production
Christopher Marcoux	....	apprentice editor
Fabian Marquez	....	post-production coordinator
Geoffrey O'Brien	....	first assistant editor
Joe Violante	....	dailies advisor
Sandra Nash	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Sean Valla	....	first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bob Bowen	....	music coordinator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Bruce Dukov	....	musician: violin solos
Toby Emmerich	....	executive in charge of music
Dan Higgins	....	musician: soprano saxophone solos
Mark Kaufman	....	music executive
David Low	....	orchestra contractor
Helle O'Connell	....	music coordinator
Charles Pollard	....	scoring engineer
Allan K. Rosen	....	music editor
Dana Sano	....	music executive
Patty von Arx	....	music editor (as Patty Von Arx)
Patrick Williams	....	conductor
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robert Buckman	....	driver
Robert Deluca	....	driver
Mike Easter	....	driver (as Michael Easter)
Michael Fennimore	....	driver
Kevin Finnegan	....	driver
Richard Holston	....	transportation captain
Michael Hyde	....	transportation captain (as Mike Hyde)
Robert 'Bull' Maher	....	driver
Joe Mallon	....	driver (as Joseph Mallon)
Robert Marsh	....	driver
J.J. McGrane	....	driver (as James Mcgrane)
Luis Rodriguez	....	driver

Other crew
Marcus Barben	....	chef
Marty Barnenholtz	....	production assistant
Darlyne R. Baugh	....	assistant production coordinator
Jeremy Bernard	....	first assistant accountant
Blanca Camacho	....	adr artist
Lisa Cline	....	production assistant
Chloe Conroy	....	location assistant
Sandra Constantine	....	post-production accountant
Julian Coutts	....	production assistant (as Julian David Coutts)
Susan Culley	....	unit publicist
Anya Cytryn	....	production assistant
Egan Danehy	....	production assistant: production office
Bob Degus	....	production executive (as Robert J. Degus)
Christopher Difate	....	production assistant
Avy Eschenasy	....	production attorney
Kareem Fahim	....	production secretary
Jay Feather	....	power pod operator: second unit
Emily Glatter	....	production coordinator: in-house
John Grochal	....	security officer
Nuria G. Gronos	....	production assistant
Earl Hammond	....	adr artist
Matt Hedge	....	adr artist
Deirdre Horgan	....	script supervisor
Jamie E. Hull	....	production assistant
Daniel Kurzban	....	production assistant
Pamela Lewis	....	adr artist
Ginny Martino	....	business affairs liaison
Conan McCarty	....	adr artist
Tom McLellon	....	sweaters for Christian Slater
Jimmy Mcquaid	....	adr artist
Gary Miller	....	caterer
Pamela Moller	....	adr artist
Annie Nocenti	....	production assistant
Reginald Oberlag	....	housing coordinator
Tibor Pilenyi	....	title designer: main and end titles
Paul Prokop	....	production controller
Erin Quinn	....	production accountant
Tamra Raven	....	location assistant (as Tamara Raven)
Joshua Ravetch	....	product placement
Marc Rindner	....	production attorney
Rory Rowley	....	assistant to chef
Paulette Rubinstein	....	adr artist
Allison Russo	....	production assistant
Harriet Sangvic	....	location assistant
Roger Schebesta	....	security officer
Lea Schell	....	adr artist
Deidre Schrowang	....	second assistant accountant
Matthew A. Schwartz	....	assistant to producers (as Matthew Schwartz)
Peter Schön	....	production coordinator (as Peter Schon)
Cory Scott	....	adr artist
Craig Sechler	....	adr artist
Michele Soddano	....	payroll accountant
Stanley Squires	....	security officer
Diana Strauss	....	co-location manager
Rachel Talbot	....	assistant to producers
Ganden Thurman	....	production assistant
Mary Ann Todd	....	craft service
Mark Winsten	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Zane	....	post-production accountant
Jon Zeidman	....	co-location manager (as Jonathan Zeidman)
Ted Kantrow	....	caterer: New York (uncredited)
Sharif Khan	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Jed Alpert	....	acknowledged contributor
Patrick Breen	....	acknowledged contributor
Ellen Chenoweth	....	acknowledged contributor
Michael Convertino	....	acknowledged contributor
Cam Galano	....	acknowledged contributor
Frances Grill	....	acknowledged contributor
Joey Grill	....	acknowledged contributor
Rachael Horovitz	....	acknowledged contributor
Amy Labowitz	....	acknowledged contributor
George Lane	....	acknowledged contributor
Ellen Lewis	....	acknowledged contributor
John S. Lyons	....	acknowledged contributor
Mary Meagher	....	acknowledged contributor
Rolf Mittweg	....	acknowledged contributor
Bill Nisselson	....	acknowledged contributor
Cynthia Pett-Dante	....	acknowledged contributor
Johanna Ray	....	acknowledged contributor
Robert Shaw	....	acknowledged contributor
Christian Slater	....	very special thanks
Renee Thomas	....	acknowledged contributor
Uma Thurman	....	acknowledged contributor
Ruth Vitale	....	acknowledged contributor
J.A. Wade Jr.	....	acknowledged contributor
Mary S. Wade	....	acknowledged contributor
Eric Wedemeyer	....	acknowledged contributor
Craig Westerberg	....	acknowledged contributor
Marisa Westerberg	....	acknowledged contributor
Frank Wuliger	....	acknowledged contributor

Production Companies

• Cypress Films (I)
• Mindel-Shaw Productions

Distributors

• Fine Line Features
• Líder Films
• VCL Communications

Other Companies

• Axium Payroll Services  payroll services
• Boston Light & Sound  location dailies projection system
• CSC  camera, lighting and grip equipment
• Cineric  titles and opticals
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international public relations
• David Kramer's Looping Group  adr voice casting
• Great Northern/Reiff & Associates  insurance
• J.G. Films  negative cutting
• Motion Picture Bond Company, The  completion guaranty
• Sound One Corporation  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements related to suicide, and for language and some sensuality

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:12 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Fleischmanns, New York, USA

Company:

Cypress Films (I)

Trivia:

The German dubbed version differs from the usual dubbing of foreign films. In this movie they use the German "Herr" instead of "Mister" and the German currency (then "D-Mark") instead of US currency (when Christian Slater hires a room).

Quotes:

Julian Po:Everyone's time is short. Yours, too. It's an illusion that we have forever to live.

Movie Connections:

References Taxi Driver (1976)

Soundtrack:

How to Fly

Don't read about it; see it -- it's a strange, delightful surprise

I can't believe the tone of the external reviews linked to this entry...these guys didn't get this film at all!!! What in god's name did the bozos expect from a film adapted from a novel in French by an author of obvious Eastern European descent?

"Julian Po" is a fable, folks, about life and death and all the states in between. It's funny and sad and bewildering and tragicomic in the way good European fiction can be and even good American fiction rarely is. It's beautifully cast with people from some of my favorite TV series, from "West Wing" to "Homicide" to "Remember WENN" and from some damn good films such as "Fargo" and "Kill Bill". It also has Christian Slater's best performance since "Heathers" and manages to be "quirky" in a way different from those generic indie films that equate quirkiness with quality.

It IS a little slow, because it moves at the pace of life, but this allows it time to fill each moment with the stuff of life. It misses being great because it doesn't have the final twist that takes it beyond our expectations, but it is nonetheless the best surprise I've come across in several years -- a genuine small, unheralded, lost gem.

Please don't read too much about it before you see it. Judge for yourself, with your heart and your head. This film should appeal to both parts of your anatomy.