Montana (1998)

Director:

Jennifer Leitzes

Writers:

Erich Hoeber (written by)
Jon Hoeber (written by)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Sicker than most.

Plot:

Claire is a tough gang member that has to find the Boss' mistress, Kitty, who ran away from him. She is accompanied by Boss' trigger-happy son Jimmy...

Plot Keywords:

Shovel Through Throat | Hitwoman | On The Run | Female Assassin | Cell Phone

Cast

Kyra Sedgwick	...	Claire Kelsky
Stanley Tucci	...	Nicholas 'Nick' Roth
Robin Tunney	...	Kitty
Robbie Coltrane	...	The Boss
John Ritter	...	Dr. Wexler
Ethan Embry	...	Jimmy
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Duncan
Mark Boone Junior	...	Stykes
Jerry Grayson	...	Benny
Paul Calderon	...	Boulez
Ajay Naidu	...	Ives
Karl Geary	...	Bosch
Alan Manson	...	Paul
Raynor Scheine	...	Fuller
Richard Zobel	...	Simms
Jonathan Hadary	...	St. John
Keenan Shimizu	...	Joseph Koo
Peter Francis James	...	Lawrence
Matt O'Toole	...	Montoya
Rick Washburn	...	Capshaw
Erik Jensen	...	Earl
Deirdre Wallace	...	Sharon
Walt MacPherson	...	Mr. Presser
Kathleen Doyle	...	Mrs. Presser
Tovah Feldshuh	...	Greta
Michael E. Knight	...	Doctor
Natsuko Ohama	...	Mrs. Koo
Liam Aiken	...	Kid
Peter Gerety	...	Mike
Phyllis Somerville	...	Waitress
Rowena Guinness	...	Receptionist
Wass Stevens	...	Jackson (as Wass M. Stevens)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elisa Pugliese	...	Stephanie

Directed by
Jennifer Leitzes

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Erich Hoeber		written by
Jon Hoeber		written by

Produced by
Sean Cooley	....	producer
Cindy Cowan	....	executive producer
Shelly Glasser	....	executive producer in charge of production
Erich Hoeber	....	associate producer
Jon Hoeber	....	associate producer
Zane W. Levitt	....	producer
John Rath	....	line producer (as A. John Rath)
Kyra Sedgwick	....	associate producer
Mark Yellen	....	producer
Ronnie Yeskel	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Cliff Eidelman

Cinematography by
Ken Kelsch

Film Editing by
Norman Buckley

Casting by
Richard Hicks
Ronnie Yeskel

Production Design by
Daniel Ross

Art Direction by
Mark Ricker

Set Decoration by
Roberta J. Holinko		(as Roberta Holinko)

Costume Design by
Michael Clancy

Makeup Department
Judy Chin	....	key makeup artist
Marjorie Durand	....	assistant makeup artist
Anthony Gueli	....	assistant hair stylist
Lizz Scalice	....	key hair stylist
Kelly Payne Welsh	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Jimmy Price	....	unit manager
John Rath	....	unit production manager (as A. John Rath)
Jackson Wolfe	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Brandston	....	second second assistant director
Cindy Craig	....	second assistant director
Justin Muller	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Julia Barraclough	....	scenic artist
Tommy Boles	....	carpenter (as Thomas Boles)
Paul Camarro	....	set dresser
David 'D.C.' Case	....	storyboard artist
Peter DeCurtis	....	set dresser
Wesley Edmund	....	art production assistant
Steven Greenberg	....	shop electrician
Laura Lambert	....	art department coordinator
John Peter Melendez	....	set dresser (as J.P. Melendez)
Glen Pangione	....	construction coordinator
Gaston Pierre	....	art production assistant
Joseph Proscia	....	lead man
Philip Saccio Jr.	....	assistant property master
Philip Saccio	....	property master
Anthony Scalzo	....	set dresser
Barret Schumacher	....	set dresser
Greg Sullivan	....	scenic charge
Richard Yacuk	....	construction grip
Thomas Yacuk	....	key construction grip

Sound Department
Dickran Bezirgenian	....	adr recordist
Dickran Bezirgenian	....	foley recordist
Keith Burhans	....	dialogue editor
Rick Delena	....	audio post-production coordinator
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Phyllis Ginter	....	foley walker (as Phyllis Ginter-Romine)
Susan L. Gosstrom	....	post audio project manager
John Kohlbrenner	....	sound effects editor
Michael Kreple	....	adr recordist
George Leong	....	boom operator
Tommy Louie	....	boom operator
Diane Parrino	....	foley walker
Jesse Pomeroy	....	dialogue editor
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound supervisor
William Sarokin	....	production sound mixer
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Galen Walker	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Harold McConnell Jr.	....	special effects
Bill Traynor	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Martin Avitia	....	optical line-up

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator
Jill Brown	....	stunt double
Victor Chan	....	stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Almeida	....	best boy electric
Sarah Elspeth Black	....	electrician (as Sarah Black)
Tim Davies	....	grip (as Timothy Davies)
Jon Delgado	....	electrician
Dan Denitto	....	dolly grip (as Daniel Denitto)
Steve Drellich	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Scott Eberle	....	key rigger
Bill Foley	....	still photographer
Shaun Gilbert	....	generator operator
Pedro Hernández	....	best boy grip (as Pedro Hernandez)
Dennis A. Livesey	....	first assistant camera
Eileen Schreiber	....	camera loader
Denise Schwab	....	camera loader
Sandor Temlock	....	assistant camera
Phil Testa	....	gaffer (as Philip Testa)
Stephen Treadway	....	second assistant camera
David Tumblety	....	electrician (as Dave Tumblety)
Justin Vanson	....	grip

Casting Department
Christina Doren	....	casting assistant
Julia Kim	....	casting assistant
Anthony Ortiz	....	background casting assistant (as Anthony 'Dust' Ortiz)
Ulysses Terrero	....	casting: background

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Fisher	....	wardrobe assistant
Pilar Limosner	....	assistant costume designer
Virginia D. Patton	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Ginnie Patton)
Michael Anzalone	....	set wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Tom Dailey	....	assistant editor
Jim Williams	....	color timer

Music Department
Vicki Arkoff	....	music supervisor
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation
Stephan R. Goldman	....	music supervisor
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Aaron Kaplan	....	music engineer
Gus Klein	....	music contractor
Kim Naves	....	music editor
Rick Pekkonen	....	music engineer

Transportation Department
Tom Heilig	....	transportation captain
Vic Nowak	....	transportation co-captain (as Viktor Nowak)

Other crew
Kacey Arnold	....	assistant: Ms. Leitzes
Andrea Ashton	....	assistant production coordinator
Adam Baer	....	location scout
Stephen M. Baker	....	office production assistant
Cynthia Balfour	....	script supervisor
Ridge Blackwell	....	title wrangler
Tara Buck	....	stand-in
Stephen Carr	....	set production assistant
Steven Baker Cook	....	stand-in
Alex Corven Caronia	....	location manager
John 'JR' Craigmile	....	production accountant
Melissa Elliott	....	title designer (as Melissa Limmer)
Joe Facey	....	craft service
John Herr	....	set production assistant
Charlynne J. Hopson	....	location assistant (as Charlynne Hopson)
Lisa Hubbard	....	assistant to producers
Fiona Hunt	....	assistant to producers
Sam Hutchins	....	location scout
Ernie Karpeles	....	location scout
Lisa King	....	set production assistant
Kyle Knauf	....	assistant: Kyra Sedgewick
Jon Kuyper	....	production executive
Rochelle Langford	....	assistant accountant
Bernadette Lee	....	production coordinator
Julián Martín	....	office production assistant
Susan Mieras	....	assistant: Ms. Sedgwick
R.M. Murphy	....	post-production accountant
Evan Perazzo	....	assistant location manager
Stephen Pope	....	key set production assistant
Robert Sico	....	set production assistant
Sebastian Sieck	....	set production assistant
Chris 'Skippy' Skopinski	....	office production assistant
Karen Koula Sossiadis	....	production secretary
Marce Sterner	....	location assistant (as Marcellin Sterner)
Rick Washburn	....	weapons coordinator
Jerome Williams	....	set production assistant
Sean Christopher	....	assistant to producers (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)
• No Bones Productions
• Zeta Entertainment

Distributors

• Ascot Video
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1999) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar
• Goin' to Montana Inc.
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Splendid Film (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Maldives) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (TV)

Other Companies

• Digital Masters  audio post-production editing
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Ground Control Studios  audio post-production
• House of Blues  music recorded at
• Magno Sound and Video  telecine services
• Montana Film Office  special thanks
• Ronnie Yeskel Casting  casting
• Sound One Corporation  additional adr
• Stampede Film and Video  grip and electric equipment
• Title House  titles and opticals
• Video-It Post  avid edquipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong and bloody violence, language and brief sexuality

Runtime:

96 min | Argentina:95 min | Israel:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Austria:18 | Germany:18 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)

Quotes:

[last lines]
Claire Kelsky:[signing softly] I love bananas, 'cause they have no bones, but I hate peaches, cause they have stones.

Movie Connections:

References "Happy Days" (1974)

The Tarantino curse

It seems nobody could make a crime movie between 1994 and 2000 without being accused of copying Quentin Tarantino. Granted, his movies are great, but scoffing at any movie that has an ensemble cast of decent actors in a story that involves guns and money is just robbing yourself of entertainment. I admit there are a lot of copycat movies out there and some are really crappy, but you have to judge each one on it's own merit. I consider Montana and Things to do in Denver when you're dead to be two great exceptions. They're just too damn fun to watch for me to be so critical of them. Maybe that's just me though. I try to find things that mean something to me in every movie I watch.

I love Tarantino as much as the next guy, but how can you not enjoy Kyra Sedgewick beating and shooting people. You just don't see that everyday.