Fever (1999)

Director:

Alex Winter

Writer (WGA):

Alex Winter (written by)

Release Date:

30 November 2000 (Malaysia)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Who Can You Trust... When You No Longer Trust Yourself...

Plot:

A struggling artist (Parker) is implicated in a string of macabre murders.

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Macabre | Murder | Hallucination | Fever

Cast

Henry Thomas	...	Nick Parker
David O'Hara	...	Will
Teri Hatcher	...	Charlotte Parker
Bill Duke	...	Detective Glass
Sándor Técsy	...	Sidney Miskiewicz
Irma St. Paule	...	Mrs. Rhula Miskiewicz
Alex Kilgore	...	Adam Dennis
Marisol Padilla Sánchez	...	Soledad
Patricia Dunnock	...	Sophie Parker
Helen Hanft	...	Louisa
Remak Ramsay	...	Richard Parker
Lisby Larson	...	Eleanor Parker
Jon Tracy	...	Leonard Wooley
Charles E. Gerber	...	Bob
Ken Comer	...	Detective Comer
William H. Burns	...	Detective Burns (as William Henry Burns)
Guy Griffis	...	Jimmy
Nan Wilson	...	Bea
Yehuda Duenyas	...	Erle
Thomas C. Rainone	...	Officer Field (as Tom Rainone)
Larry Fishman	...	Young Nick Parker
Nina Polan	...	Polish Woman Witness
Tom Stern	...	Angry Drunk
Jilly Crook	...	Luisa (voice)
Alex Halpern	...	Art Mover
Noah Hunter	...	Art Mover
Donnell Rawlings	...	Cop
Steven Ranelli	...	Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amy de Lucia	...	Witness
Alex Halpern	...	Art Mover
Alex Winter	...	Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Alex Winter

Writing credits (WGA)
Alex Winter		(written by)

Produced by
Graham Bradstreet	....	executive producer
Christian Martin	....	producer
Ali Lou Mitchell	....	executive producer
Connie Tavel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joe Delia

Cinematography by
Joe DeSalvo

Film Editing by
Thom Zimny

Casting by
Todd M. Thaler

Production Design by
Mark Ricker

Set Decoration by
Carol Silverman

Costume Design by
Azan Kung

Production Management
Melissa Marr	....	production manager
P. Scott Nelson	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jamie Nicholette Frey	....	second second assistant director (as Jamie Frey)
John M. Tyson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Pierre Rovira	....	construction coordinator
Michelle Schluter-Ford	....	art department coordinator (as Michelle Schluter)
Daniel Geary	....	construction foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Coll Anderson	....	production sound mixer
Coll Anderson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Coll Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Bowles	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Bracken	....	assistant sound editor
Andrew Bracken	....	sound effects recordist
Frank Morrone	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Rob Benevides	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Jeff Barnes	....	executive producer: Computercafe
Mike Bozulich	....	digital effects supervisor: Computercafe
Brandon Davis	....	digital effects artist
Akira Orikasa	....	digital artist: ComputerCafe
Tom Williamson	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunt driver
Stephanie Finochio	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Calalang	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Jeffrey A. Danielson	....	best boy electric
Gregory L. Edwards	....	dolly grip
James J. Ferris	....	electrician
Daryl Furr	....	electrician
Michael Ginsburg	....	still photographer
Rob Salviotti	....	assistant camera
Sean Sheridan	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jonathan Strauss	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie S. Kim	....	assistant costume designer
Erik Marcisak	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Jason Brodkey	....	assistant editor
Robert Leaton	....	colorist
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Laura Weinberg	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
David Polemeni	....	music consultant

Other crew
Christopher Buck	....	producer asst
Claudio Kuhn	....	production assistant
Spencer Millman	....	production assistant
Jenny Schweitzer	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Fever Productions Inc.
• ICE Media
• Sunlight Pictures
• Tavel Productions
• Unknown Productions

Distributors

• Cowboy Booking International (2001) (USA)
• Fever Productions Inc.
• Lions Gate Films (2001) (USA)
• Mundial Vídeo (Portugal) (video)
• Parasol Pictures Releasing (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• PlayArte Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• SBP (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• CafeFX

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, and brief nudity

Runtime:

Argentina:110 min | France:95 min | USA:92 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Polish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Fever Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Director Cameo: ['Alex Winter']one of the train's departing passengers when Nick is getting on the subway.

Quotes:

Nick:(to Will) You sick bastard!

VERY EERIE, FANTASTIC SETS

To put it plainly, the movie revolves around this artist, who is so deeply disturbed by the gruesome murders of his landlord and his (landlord's) mother, that he becomes pallid and starts hallucinating. Now, why do the murders have such febrile effects on him and does he actually hallucinate, is where lies the suspense of the movie. Though a fairly simple movie with just a handful of characters, ‘FEVER' can be put under the rubric of scary movies. There is always an air of eeriness throughout the movie, with an abrupt ‘shocking' scene popping up every now and then, with a high potential to chill the bones most of the viewers. Much of the credit for what the movie is, should be given to the acting, mainly of the prime two characters, ‘Nick' and ‘Will', played by Henry Thomas and David O'Hara respectively. While Henry Thomas does a pretty good job of a person ‘spooked' by the murders in the movie, it is David O'Hara, who puts up a splendid performance, by acting as a mentally deranged, ‘psycho' Irishman, who is a sailor, and is a staunch believer of Nazism. The presence of such a character in the movie actually makes it spookier, than it already is. Along with good acting, the direction is pretty decent, too, maintaining just the right amount of the funereal atmosphere throughout, without going overboard with gory details. However, worth mentioning is this particular scene, which can be said as the pivotal scene of the movie, in which ‘Nick' encounters ‘Will', in a train: Though there is very little flaw in the direction in the rest of the movie, this particular scene, especially being a crucial one, is so grossly misdirected, that it ruins the build-up to it. Either this scene should have had more attention paid to the minor details, which are seriously flawed, (and do much damage to it) or else, it could've done without the backdrop of an underground train-ride, and could have done with a much less complicated backdrop.

The movie has all the elements of a spook-thriller, and is scary from the beginning to the end, building up to a good suspense. The overall feel of the movie is also well maintained, without trying to give too much detail to gore, and primarily paying attention to maintain the stolid and chilling atmosphere, in a very subtle manner.

Rating:7/10