Forever Mine (1999)

Director:

Paul Schrader

Writer (WGA):

Paul Schrader (written by)

Release Date:

4 October 2002 (Spain)

Genre:

Thriller | Romance | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

He gave all for love.

Plot:

An affair between a cabana boy and the young wife of a sinister politician triggers a 16-year vendetta between the two men.

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Vendetta | Revenge | Plea Bargain | Beach

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Joseph Fiennes	...	Manuel Esquema / Alan Riply
Ray Liotta	...	Mark Brice
Gretchen Mol	...	Ella Brice
Vincent Laresca	...	Javier Cesti
Myk Watford	...	Rick Martino
Lindsey Connell	...	Stewardess
Sean Cw Johnson	...	Randy (as Sean C W Johnson)
Shawn Proctor	...	Cabana Boy
Russell Blackwell	...	Business Associate
Jocelyn Snowdon	...	Young Associate's Companion
Kevi Katsuras	...	Julie, Six Year-old Girl
Shannon Lawson	...	Emily, Julie's Mother
Ronald Knight	...	Older Male Executive
Ginger King	...	Older Male's Companion
Ted Simonett	...	Mr. Galen
Paulette Sinclair	...	Mrs. Galen
Robert Dodds	...	Priest
Scott Wickware	...	1st Plainclothesman
John Henry Canavan	...	2nd Plainclothesman
Christian Potenza	...	Corrections Officer
Rick Quitana	...	Dead Man on Toilet
John Nelles	...	Bill Raich
Catherine Hayos	...	Librarian
Reagan Pasternak	...	Miami Tan Attendant
James McCauley	...	Justice Department Official
Tim Post	...	Paramedic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Birman	...	Sand Pit Killer (uncredited)
Jill Curran	...	Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Thomas Livezey	...	Valet (uncredited)
Alison MacLeod	...	(uncredited)
Peter Millard	...	(uncredited)
Adrian Mojica	...	Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Schrader

Writing credits (WGA)
Paul Schrader		(written by)

Produced by
Joseph Boccia	....	line producer
Kathleen Haase	....	producer
Amy J. Kaufman	....	producer
Damita Nikapota	....	producer
Stella Nwimo	....	assistant producer
Julia Palau	....	executive producer
Matthew Payne	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Angelo Badalamenti

Cinematography by
John Bailey

Film Editing by
Kristina Boden

Casting by
Ellen Chenoweth
Kathleen Chopin
Diane Kerbel

Production Design by
François Séguin

Art Direction by
Paul D. Austerberry

Set Decoration by
Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks

Costume Design by
Marit Allen

Makeup Department
Carole Barone	....	makeup artist: New York
David R. Beecroft	....	makeup artist
Mario Cacioppo	....	assistant makeup artist
Karola Dirnberger	....	assistant hair stylist
Richard Glass	....	contact lens optician
Lee Grimes	....	makeup artist
Christine Hart	....	makeup department head
Sarah Love	....	hair stylist: Joseph Fiennes
Sarah Love	....	hair stylist: Ray Liotta
Daniel Parker	....	makeup artist
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Diana Thomas-Madison	....	key makeup artist: Florida (as Diana Thomas)
Matthew Smith	....	conceptual designer: prosthetic makeup (uncredited)

Production Management
Joseph Boccia	....	unit production manager
Diane Foti	....	production supervisor: Florida
Amy J. Kaufman	....	unit production manager (as Amy Kaufman)
Yael Melamede	....	post-production supervisor
Jennifer Roth	....	unit production manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert C. Albertell	....	second assistant director: New York (as Robert Albertell)
Penny Charter	....	second assistant director
Walter Gasparovic	....	assistant director
Kirsteen McLean	....	third assistant director
Leo Scherman	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Bob Arriette	....	scenic artist: New York
Robert Bonney	....	assistant head carpenter
Tracey Budd	....	set dresser
Tim Cambell	....	assistant scenic painter
Carlos Caneca	....	lead man
Carlos Caneca	....	lead set dresser
Eva P. Davy	....	camera scenic: New York (as Eva Davy)
Nicole Elespuru	....	art department coordinator: Florida
Steven Elliston	....	head carpenter
Danielle Fleury	....	assistant set decorator
William F. Gambill	....	scenic artist
Peter Gelfman	....	property master: New York
Ronald D. Grant	....	propmaker
James Halpenny	....	construction coordinator (as Jim Halpenny)
Brian Hess	....	assistant on-set dresser: New York
Ron Hewitt	....	assistant props
Mark Horstmann	....	construction coordinator: New York
Tim Hurton	....	key scenic painter
Mayumi Konishi-Valentine	....	art department apprentice (as Mayumi Konishi)
Chuck Loriot	....	stand-by carpenter
Scott Lyons	....	art department apprentice
Robin McAllister	....	assistant props: New York
David Mosall	....	propmaker (as Dave Mosall)
Shannon Mullins	....	propmaker
Greg Pelchat	....	on-set dresser
Aeschylus Poulos	....	art department coordinator
Vic Rigler	....	property master
Jeffrey Rollins	....	on-set dresser: New York (as Jeff Rollins)
Charles Sharon	....	head painter
Erin W. Sibley	....	art department coordinator: New York
Gray Smith	....	propmaker
Robert S. Smith	....	carpenter
Rich Swim	....	second assistant props: Florida (as Richard Swin)
William Tabor	....	construction coordinator: Florida (as Bill Tabor)
Jeffrey Scott Taylor	....	set decorator: Florida
Eileen Thoresen	....	assistant props: Florida
Dan Wladyka	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Michael Barosky	....	sound mixer: New York
Patricia Brolsma	....	boom operator
Jeff Cannon	....	boom operator: Florida
Danielle Capawanna	....	post coordinator
Bruce Carwardine	....	sound mixer
Christian Castellano	....	sound re-recordist
Joshua Chase	....	sound editorial intern
Mick Gormaley	....	assistant sound editor
Kenton Jakub	....	adr editor
Colin Jones	....	boom operator
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Jamie Lowry	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Martinez	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Tony Martínez)
Peter Melnychuk	....	boom operator
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound effects editor
Alex Raspa	....	assistant adr engineer
Jacob Ribicoff	....	sound editor
Paul P. Soucek	....	supervising sound editor
Bill Sweeney	....	foley editor (as William Sweeney)
Dominick Tavella	....	sound re-recording engineer
Luke Thorpe	....	apprentice sound editor
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist
Steven Visscher	....	sound effects editor
Magdaline Volaitis	....	sound editor
Daniel Ward	....	apprentice sound editor

Special Effects by
Warren Appleby	....	special effects assistant
Richard Lee Jones	....	special effects: Florida (as Rick Jones)
Michael Kavanagh	....	special effects coordinator
Daniel White	....	special effects technician (as Danny White)

Stunts
Brittney Banks	....	stunt rigger
Matt Birman	....	stunts
Shelley Cook	....	stunt performer
Steve Lucescu	....	stunts
Darren Marsman	....	stunts
Layton Morrison	....	stunts
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt double: Ray Liotta (as Ed Queffelec)
Kevin Rushton	....	stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
John Stoneham Sr.	....	stunt driver
Bryan Thomas	....	stunt double
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Abraham	....	camera operator: New York
K.C. Bailey	....	still photographer: USA
Scott Blynder	....	vtr operator
Paul Bolton	....	electrician
David Breeze	....	gaffer
Aryn Chapman	....	camera loader: New York
Angelo Colavecchia	....	camera operator
Dave Cook	....	best boy: Florida
Tim Davis	....	video assist operator
Geoffrey James Dixon	....	electrician: Florida
Tom Durkin	....	grip: Florida
Sam Eldridge	....	generator operator
Tony Eldridge	....	best boy
Candide Franklyn	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Kenneth Fundus	....	key grip: New York (as Ken Fundus)
Darcy Gasparovic	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Larry Gianneschi IV	....	loader: Florida
Glen Goodchild	....	grip
Wayne Goodchild	....	grip
Michael Hall	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Mike Hall)
John Harper	....	second assistant camera
Kevin Janicelli	....	gaffer: New York
Keith Kastner	....	grip: New York
Mike Kirilenko	....	key grip
George Kraychyk	....	still photographer: Canada
Sal Lanza	....	grip: New York
Michael Logan	....	best boy grip: Florida (as Mike Logan)
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera: Florida (as Robert Mancuso)
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera: New York (as Robert Mancuso)
Mike Moyer	....	gaffer
Charlie Price	....	best boy grip: New York
Ron Renzetti	....	dolly grip
Barry Ryan	....	grip: Florida
Eileen Schreiber	....	second assistant camera: New York
Dave C. Sheridan	....	first assistant camera (as David Sheridan)
Samuel Turturici	....	grip (as Sam Turturici)
Michael J. Walsh	....	electrician
Gregg M. Wolf	....	grip: Florida
Ron Yolevsky	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Abe Forman-Greenwald	....	casting assistant
Grant Wilfley	....	extras casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julia S. Bubis	....	wardrobe assistant: Florida
Donna Butt	....	wardrobe assistant
Melody Haines	....	wardrobe buyer: Florida
Theresa Mulconey	....	wardrobe assistant: Florida
Marcia Patten	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York
Stephanie Polo	....	wardrobe assistant: Florida
Karen Renaut	....	wardrobe mistress
Robert Roberts	....	assistant wardrobe master (as Rob Roberts)
Anita Simard	....	wardrobe assistant
Delphine White	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Tony Grocki	....	assistant editor
Michelle Harrison	....	associate editor
Russell Langille	....	first assistant editor: film
Judy Moon	....	post-production assistant
Brigitte Rabazo	....	first assistant editor
Shelby Siegel	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Robert Mackintosh	....	music supervisor
Bill Pearson	....	music engineer
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
Toby Wood	....	music recording engineer

Transportation Department
Tom Heilig	....	transportation captain: New York
Ron Hilts	....	head driver
Vic Nowak	....	transportation co-captain: New York
Jay Palomino	....	transportation coordinator: Florida
Nick Sweetman	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Virginia Alves	....	accounting assistant
Erica Bamforth	....	assistant to director
Erica Bamforth	....	set production assistant: New York
Debra Beers	....	location manager
Carrie Bramlett	....	set production assistant: Florida
Jeff Brush	....	craft service
Kathryn Buck	....	script supervisor
Augie Carton	....	set production assistant: New York
Karen de Montbrun	....	production accountant
Prudence Emery	....	unit publicist
Lisa Etherington	....	assistant accountant: Florida
Joe Facey	....	craft service: New York
Michael Ferrara	....	set production assistant
Diane Foti	....	location manager: Florida
Gina Fowler	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant
Hans Graffunder	....	production coordinator: New York
Anthony F. Grani	....	office production assistant (as Anthony Grani)
Rebecca Gray	....	first assistant accountant
Nathan Griffin	....	office production assistant: Florida
Paul Hiscock	....	assistant: Joseph Fiennes
Pam Holdridge	....	production coordinator: Florida
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist
Ryan Paul James	....	stand-in
Jessica Johnson Tavenner	....	production secretary (as Jessica Johnson)
Lauren Klane	....	set production assistant: New York
Beverley Kolbe	....	assistant location manager
Jason Laub	....	office production assistant: New York
Luis Lopez	....	office production assistant: New York
Yael Melamede	....	assistant to producers
Deborah Mermelstein	....	completion bond
Debra Mintz	....	set production assistant: New York
Wendy Mooradian	....	assistant production coordinator
Fred Moyse	....	set paramedic: Florida
Jason Murphy	....	set production assistant: Florida
Kevon Murphy	....	location assistant: New York
John Nelles	....	dialect coach
Stuart Nicolai	....	assistant location manager: New York
Murphy Occhino	....	set production assistant: New York
Michael Pesce	....	office production assistant
Bob Presner	....	completion bond
Carla Raij	....	location manager: New York
Robin M. Reelis	....	assistant production coordinator
Ian Smith	....	location production assistant
Jocelyn Snowdon	....	choreographer
Joseph Sozzani	....	productions assistant: Florida
David Steinberg	....	legal
Cassidy Watkins	....	assistant: Gretchen Mol
Cheeba White	....	key set production assistant
Cheeba White	....	key set production assistant: Florida
Alexandra Zabriskie	....	assistant to director
Andreas Zachai	....	assistant location manager: Florida
Gregg Zambrovitz	....	set production assistant: Florida (as Greg Zambrovitz)
Howard Samuelsohn	....	dialect coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Forever Mine (UK) Limited
• J&M Entertainment
• Moonstar Entertainment

Distributors

• Divisa Home Video (2012) (Spain) (DVD)
• Emerald (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Emerald (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• J&M Entertainment
• SND (France)
• Starz! Movie Channel (USA)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• ReelEye Company (special effects contact lenses)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and violence, and for language

Runtime:

115 min | France:112 min | Germany:113 min

Country:

UK | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Germany:16 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Forever Mine (UK) Limited

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The movie opens in 1987, then goes to "14 Years Earlier", making it 1973. In the first disco scene, Ella Brice is seen dancing to "Rock The Boat" by The Hues Corporation. That song was not released until February of 1974.

Movie Connections:

References Goodfellas (1990)

Schrader's most demented ever (and yeah, I remember Rolling Thunder)

We all know that Paul Schrader is a sober son of the Dutch

Reformation Church. Still, I'd love to have a taste of the

crack he was smoking when he wrote this flaming lulu, a

painfully sincere and heartfelt tribute to undying love that

suggests Stanley Kubrick singing "Love Theme from Mahogany" a cappella.

Apparently an attempt to capture the spirit of Scott Spencer's novel "Endless Love" (so famously lost by Franco Zeffirelli), FOREVER MINE posits Joseph Fiennes

(he of the smoldering, gotta-have-you eyebrows) as a Miami cabana boy who messes with the wrong guy's wife--Gretchen Mol as the secretarial cutie who married

gnarly Mr. Big (Ray Liotta). Before you can say AGAINST

ALL ODDS, Mr. Big is coming down hard on Cabana Boy--only, in Schrader's world, this means more mutilations, burials alive, disguises, funny accents, and

villainous moustache-twirlings than in the entirety of

Shakespeare's CYMBELINE.

Schrader claimed he wanted to go back to the nineteenth

century. And indeed, the over-the-top melodrama suggests

a desperate attempt to flee fin-de-siecle irony. But it's

always a train wreck when cerebral directors try to let go of

their book-learning and Open Themselves to Feeling. FOREVER MINE suggests a cable-movie version of Robert Bresson's two wackadoody salutes to cute young boys, FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER and THE DEVIL PROBABLY; Fiennes greets Mol in a seedy motel room on which he has spray painted the words, "GIVE ALL TO LOVE." (That was the tagline of the movie's abortive theatrical run.) Like Kubrick in EYES WIDE SHUT, Schrader

tries to peel off his layers of coldness and ratiocination--but

any movie that opens with a quote from Walter Pater suggests that the filmmaker is more suited to analyzing

melodrama than expressing it.

For all the tropical gloss put on it by the great cinematographer John Bailey, FOREVER MINE has a giggle-inducing quality that's unique even to bad Schrader

movies. (In one scene, Fiennes leaves an ambivalent Mol

in her hotel room. As he walks away, he bumps his head

into a palm frond, stops, and seems to look back at the

palm frond. Fade to black. Does Schrader equate Douglas

Sirk with Ed Wood?) Now that he's expressed his inner lovesick sap, maybe Schrader can go back to who he really

is--a cold, alienated, God-haunted, overeducated freak

from Michigan who's also the greatest living writer of

movies.