The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)

Director:

Martin Duffy

Writers:

Robert Cormier (novel)
Jennifer Sarja (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

They Took His Past. She Gave Him His Future

Plot:

An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.

Plot Keywords:

Memory | Clinic | Twins | Patient | Hospital

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Janet Paparazzo	...	Eileen Snow
Elijah Wood	...	Barney Snow
Janeane Garofalo	...	Dr. Harriman / Handyman
George Gore II	...	Billy
Joseph Perrino	...	Mazzo (as Joe Perrino)
Roger Rees	...	Dr. Croft
Oni Faida Lampley	...	Nurse Bascam
Jeffrey Force	...	Allie Roon
Christopher Mark Petrizzo	...	Chris Ronson
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Cassie
Samuel Haft	...	Samuel Ronson
John E. Mack	...	Willy / Orderly
Matthew Cavallary	...	Young Barney Snow
David France	...	Richard Snow
Joan Levy	...	Woman in Suburbs
Adam LaVorgna	...	Mike
Alice Liu	...	Nurse Li
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary DeBellis	...	Mrs. Ronson (uncredited)
Alan Francis	...	Distraught Father in Hospital (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Duffy

Writing credits
Robert Cormier		(novel)
Jennifer Sarja		(screenplay)

Produced by
Keith Abell	....	executive producer
Steve Carlis	....	executive producer
Judi Farkas	....	associate producer
Karen Firestone	....	associate producer
C.J. Follini	....	co-producer
Steven Haft	....	producer
Larry Meistrich	....	producer
Jonathan Starch	....	co-producer
Daniel J. Victor	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Tyng

Cinematography by
Stephen Kazmierski

Film Editing by
Suzanne Pillsbury

Casting by
Lynn Kressel

Production Design by
Susan Block

Art Direction by
Lucio Seixas

Set Decoration by
David Schlesinger

Costume Design by
Liz McGarrity

Makeup Department
Chris Laurence	....	key hair stylist
Chris Laurence	....	key makeup artist
Meredith Soupios	....	key hair stylist
Meredith Soupios	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Blair Breard	....	unit production manager
Jamey Pryde	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeffrey Lazar	....	first assistant director
Michael Lerman	....	second second assistant director
Jody Solomon	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Sarah Berney	....	charge scenic artist
Matteo De Cosmo	....	assistant art director
Lyle Gamm	....	art assistant
Shelley Herbert	....	prop intern
Marsha Jordy	....	on-set dresser
John Morgan	....	carpenter
Timothy Rehwaldt	....	construction coordinator (as Tim Rehwaldt)
John Slagle	....	carpenter
Carrie Stewart	....	art department coordinator
Andrea Swistak	....	property master
Allison Weiner	....	prop intern
Steven Woolworth	....	art swing

Sound Department
Kevin Asch	....	assistant dialogue editor
Tim J. Carroll	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Ryan Collison	....	foley artist
Pete Conlin	....	dialogue editor
Pete Conlin	....	foley editor
Harriet Fidlow	....	adr editor
David Flynch	....	assistant sound editor
Sean Huff	....	assistant sound editor
Judy Karp	....	sound mixer
Richard King	....	supervising sound editor
George A. Lara	....	foley engineer
Patricia Nuñez	....	assistant sound editor
Don Peebles	....	sound effects editor
Jaime Reyes	....	boom operator
Michael Shore	....	dialogue editor
Dominick Tavella	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Jeff Guerrero	....	digital effects artist
Eric Maurer	....	digital effects artist
Oliver Rockwell	....	digital effects artist
George Tsakas	....	digital effects supervisor
Keith Yakouboff	....	digital effects artist (as Keith Yakobov)

Stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Will Arnot	....	Steadicam operator (as William Shackleton Arnot)
Cesar Baptista	....	grip
Alan Blagg	....	grip
Nyle Cavazos Garcia	....	additional film loader
Riad Deeb	....	grip
Moira Demos	....	third electrician
Greg Finkel	....	camera loader
Matt Ford	....	additional electrician
Christopher B. Green	....	first assistant camera
James Harker	....	swing grip
Chris Karlof	....	best boy electric
John Krause	....	third grip
Seth Loft	....	best boy grip
Gene Page	....	still photographer
Danya Reich	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Samantha Schutz	....	second assistant camera
Amy Silverman	....	first assistant camera: second camera
James Thorne	....	gaffer (as Jim Thorne)
Peter Vietro-Hannum	....	key grip

Casting Department
Domenic Andreoli	....	extras casting
Susie Farris	....	casting assistant
Susan Fried	....	extras casting (as Sue Fried)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Kenney	....	wardrobe supervisor
Danita Knight	....	assistant costume designer
Jules Chopin Ray	....	wardrobe production assistant
Erica Westheimer	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Don Ciana	....	color timer
Craig Cobb	....	assistant editor
Paul Leonardo Jr.	....	post-production coordinator
Sandra Nash	....	assistant film editor
David O. Rogers	....	assistant film editor
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher

Music Department
Christopher Covert	....	music supervisor
James Flatto	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Tom Weissler	....	transportation captain (as Tommy Weissler)

Other crew
Peter Aronson	....	assistant production accountant
Greg Baglia	....	adr loop group
Jose M. Cabrera	....	office production assistant
Kim Marie Cicione	....	location assistant (as Kimmarie Cicione)
Alexander Cohen	....	location scout (as Alex Cohen)
Jason Conti	....	location manager
David Crommett	....	adr loop group
Lisa Diamond	....	assistant production accountant
Matthew Dilley	....	set production assistant
Ted Fairchild	....	craft service
Mara Galus	....	production assistant
Christine Gee	....	script supervisor
Alicia Goldstein	....	unit publicist
Gretchen Hatz	....	key set production assistant
Sondra James	....	loop group coordinator
Amy Jelenko	....	assistant production coordinator
Jodi Lahaye	....	production coordinator
Sabrina Martin	....	production assistant
Michael A. Moffa	....	set production assistant (as Michael 'Speedbump' Moffa)
George Paaswell	....	production accountant
Wayne Petrucelli	....	security coordinator
Ben Pfosi	....	production intern
David Porras	....	production intern
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group
Anikó Rupp	....	assistant to producer
Phil Schulz	....	assistant location manager
Harris Smith	....	intern
Mary Sunshine	....	post-production accountant
Spring Sutter	....	assistant production accountant
Bill Timoney	....	adr loop group
David Weiswasser	....	assistant production coordinator
Deborah White	....	adr loop group
Bill Winters	....	location intern
Ronnie Zizmor	....	production assistant

Thanks
Hannah Wood	....	thanks: end titles

Production Companies

• Shooting Gallery

Distributors

• KNM Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Shooting Gallery
• Umbrella Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Alter Image (digital effects)
• Drew Jiritano Special Effects

Other Companies

• Back East NYGE  grip equipment
• East Coast Post  post-production services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Manhattan Audio Playground  video dailies
• Match Cut Film Services  negative cutting
• REI Media Group  titles and opticals
• Sound One Corporation  re-recording services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements

Runtime:

USA:95 min | Canada:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:PG | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Shooting Gallery

Trivia:

When Billy mentions calling a radio station to request on obscene song, the title he mentions is "Lick My Love Pump". That song is from This Is Spinal Tap (1984).

Quotes:

Cassie:I blab, nervous habit.
Barney Snow:Blab on... I like the sound of it.

Soundtrack:

SHE CRIES YOUR NAME

Simply Horrible

Terrible acting, terrible script, wholly unrealistic. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway exemplifies the cliches and sentimentalism that movie studios love to cram down viewers' throats. Elijah Wood is unimaginably bad in the primary role, and the plot points are contrived and sappy. Cook's and Wood's relationship is laughable at best. But the worst element of Bumblebee is the script. This is some of the most mind-numbingly bad dialogue I have ever had the misfortune to hear. Bumblebees actually crawling inside my ears and stinging my eardrums would be preferable to hearing Elijah Wood robotically spit out his pseudo-profound lines. I wish a "Bumblebee Project" would be performed on me, so I could mercifully have no memories of this stinker.