The Prime Gig (2000)

Director:

Gregory Mosher

Writer (WGA):

William Wheeler (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (Portugal)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

This con artist has just broken the number one rule: never trust another con artist.

Plot:

A telesales con man finds the ultimate racket - but starting an affair with the girlfriend of his guru-like boss might be the wrong call...

Plot Keywords:

Con Artist | Gold Mine | Private Jet | Greed | Con Game

Cast

Vince Vaughn	...	Pendelton 'Penny' Wise
Julia Ormond	...	Caitlin Carlson
Ed Harris	...	Kelly Grant
Rory Cochrane	...	Joel
Wallace Shawn	...	Gene
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Mick
George Wendt	...	Archie
Jeannetta Arnette	...	Cheryl
Shishir Kurup	...	Sujat
Harper Roisman	...	Harry
J.J. Johnston	...	Lloyd
Tom Wright	...	Marvin Sanders
Romany Malco	...	Zeke (as Romany Malco Jr.)
Brian George	...	Nasser
Amber Benson	...	Batgirl
Christina Cabot	...	Bank Teller
Marjorie Lovett	...	Evelyn
Randy Sklar	...	Twin #2
Jason Sklar	...	Twin #1
Pat Healy	...	Wendell
MacIntyre Dixon	...	Matt Fergeson
Matt Landers	...	Bank Manager
Vanessa Espinoza	...	Maria
Benj Thall	...	Tolstoy
Juan Carlos Cantu	...	Minister
Jesus Perez	...	Mariachi Singer
Barton Gault	...	Pilot
Alan Austin	...	Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Travis Rosario	...	Ice cream buyer (uncredited)

Directed by
Gregory Mosher

Writing credits (WGA)
William Wheeler		(written by)

Produced by
Jennifer Lane	....	associate producer
Gina Mingacci	....	producer
Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt	....	producer
William Wheeler	....	co-producer
Cary Woods	....	producer

Original Music by
David Robbins

Cinematography by
John A. Alonzo

Film Editing by
James Y. Kwei

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Mark Bennett
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Richard Hoover

Art Direction by
Michael Atwell

Set Decoration by
Alice Baker

Costume Design by
Shay Cunliffe

Makeup Department
Vivian Baker	....	makeup department head
Brigitte Bugayong	....	makeup artist
Cydney Cornell	....	hair stylist: Ms. Ormond
Judy Crown	....	hair stylist
Shirley Dolle	....	hair department head (as Shirley Dollé)

Production Management
Jennifer Lane	....	post-production supervisor
Lorie Zerweck	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cara Giallanza	....	first assistant director
Maria Mantia	....	second second assistant director
Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt	....	second unit director
Chip Touhey	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marty Angelo	....	additional assistant property master
Ayenne J. Applebaum	....	lead paint foreman
Vince H. Berry	....	welding gangboss
Pam Cartmel	....	art department assistant
Harry Conrad Chitwood	....	construction coordinator
Deb Cole	....	art department coordinator
Orion V. Cox	....	swing gang (as Orion Vittorio Cox)
Douglas Cumming	....	assistant art director
Benjamin Edelberg	....	set designer
Chad Fontaine	....	paint head laborer
China Fox	....	additional assistant property master (as China Iwata)
Douglas Fox	....	property master
Neil Gahm	....	gang boss
Terry Hargis	....	lead man
Michael E. Johnson	....	set dresser
Terry Kempf	....	gang boss
Richard McConnell	....	carpenter
Aaron Newton	....	general foreman
James C. Piccione	....	labor foreman (as James Piccione)
Sasha Popovic	....	art department assistant
Lisa Robinson	....	on-set dresser
Christopher Schultz	....	set dresser
Kenneth R. Smiley	....	buyer
Michael P. Sweeney	....	assistant property master
Jennifer Vogt	....	additional art director

Sound Department
Gina Alfano	....	supervising adr editor (as Gina R. Alfano)
Matthew C. Beville	....	adr mixer
Ajae Clearway	....	assistant sound editor
Dan Fulton	....	sound editorial intern
Tim Gideon	....	sound editorial intern
Sarah Gromko	....	systems engineer
David Halbert	....	boom operator
Stephen Halbert	....	production sound mixer
Javier M. Hernández	....	boom operator (as Javier M. Hernandez)
Annette Kudrak	....	adr editor
Malaika Langa	....	audio post coordinator
Tony Martinez	....	dialogue editor
Eliza Paley	....	supervising sound editor
Warren Shaw	....	sound effects editor
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist
Peter Waggoner	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Werner	....	foley editor
Yvonne Yedibalian	....	second engineer
James Ziegler	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
John E. Gray	....	special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Cuevas	....	camera loader
Chris Cuevas	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Figueroa	....	first assistant camera
Megan Forste	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Megan Forste	....	second assistant camera
Jeffrey Greeley	....	camera operator (as Jeffrey P. Greeley)
George Eric Griffith	....	best boy grip (as Ric Griffith)
David Joseph	....	generator operator
Hiro Kakuhari	....	grip
Didier Koskas	....	key grip
Michael Landsburg	....	dolly grip (as Mike Landsburg)
Ken Metz	....	grip
Eric Moore	....	electrician
Andrew Osborne	....	assistant camera
Paul Ott	....	grip
Dennis Rice	....	best boy electric
Michael S. Ryan	....	best boy grip
Jim Sheldon	....	still photographer
Roland Simmons	....	electrician
Alex Sinclair	....	electrician
Jirí Solc	....	electrician
Lon Thompson	....	gaffer
Rafael Winer	....	still photographer
Robert Zuckerman	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Leigh French	....	voice casting
Jennifer McNamara	....	casting associate
Charlie Messenger	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kimberly Faith Green	....	set costumer: women
Helen Monaghan	....	costumer supervisor
Layla Ross	....	wardrobe assistant
Tim Wegman	....	set costumer: men (as Timothy Wegman)

Editorial Department
Julia Drumheller	....	assistant editor
Terry Hager	....	color timer (as Terry Hagger)
Viv Kim	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Imelda Abuin	....	music coordinator
Gary Chester	....	score recording engineer
Bill Coleman	....	music supervisor
Emigdio Gamboa	....	assistant to music supervisor
Alejandro Jarpa	....	assistant to music supervisor
Patrick Mullins	....	music editor
Bettie Ross	....	music preparation (as Bettie Ross Blumer)

Transportation Department
Morris Aroesti	....	driver: set dressing
Gina August	....	transportation co-captain
Lance Cherniet	....	driver
Lee Stepp	....	transportation captain
Brita McCollough	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Molly Allen	....	location manager
Ricarda Marie Ankenbrand	....	assistant: Mr. Rosenblatt
Adam Block	....	production accountant
Mary Brezovich	....	assistant: Mr. Mosher
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach: Julia Ormond
Brian Bulinski	....	craft service
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service
Briana Burke	....	assistant location manager
Yolanda Chavarria	....	assistant accountant
Julia Cranston	....	post-production accountant
Tad Dennis	....	office production assistant
Michael D. Gillis	....	production assistant
Jolene Hastings	....	production coordinator
Ted Hollis	....	stand-in
John Humber	....	production assistant
Terri Jackson	....	assistant to director of post-production
Thomas D. Jennings	....	second assistant accountant
Jeff Jenofsky	....	production assistant
Damon Keller	....	assistant: Ms. Mingacci
Susan B. Kreutz	....	craft service
Rob LaMorgese	....	production assistant
Chris Libby	....	assistant: Mr. Woods
Amy Lillard	....	unit publicist
Asha MacLeod	....	set production assistant
Ruth Maehara	....	first assistant accountant (as Ruth T. Maehara)
Mary Lou Miller	....	utility production assistant
Kim Mozingo	....	assistant: Ms. Ormond
Joshua Owen	....	production assistant
Scott Pierce	....	stand-in
John Ramsey	....	second assistant accountant
Sharron Reynolds	....	script supervisor (as Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez)
Todd Rodowsky	....	continuity
Adam R. Sanders	....	assistant: Ms. Mingacci
Scott Schellinger	....	assistant production coordinator
Rachel Swenson	....	location assistant
Rachel Swenson	....	production assistant
Ruby Tugade	....	assistant: Cary Woods
Valeri Vaughn	....	assistant: Mr. Vaughn
Marcel Valcarce	....	artist: main title (uncredited)

Thanks
Daniel Algrant	....	special thanks
Lynn Auerbach	....	special thanks
Peter Bogdanovich	....	special thanks
Chris Frantz	....	special thanks
Douglas McGrath	....	special thanks
George Sheanshang	....	special thanks
Eric Shonz	....	special thanks
Ed Solomon	....	special thanks
Tina Weymouth	....	special thanks
Tom Wheeler	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Independent Pictures (II)

Distributors

• Independent Pictures (II) (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2004-2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Fine Line Features
• Laurus Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Laurus Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• New Line Cinema
• New Line Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Sociedad Kino Visión (Spain)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Charlie Messenger Casting  extras casting
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Howard Anderson Company, The  opticals and titles
• Negative Cutting Services  negative cutting
• Planet 10 Post  post-production sound
• R.C. Baral & Company  post-production accounting
• Sound One Corporation  sound re-recording facility
• The Edison Studio, New York  score recorded at

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | USA:TV-MA (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Independent Pictures (II)

Quotes:

Caitlin Carlson:Am I just going to be another girlfriend waiting for a phone call?
Penny:No one said anything about phone calls.

Movie Connections:

References Mystery Men (1999)

Vince Vaughn's great and rarely seen performance

This is a great movie with a great cast however Vince Vaughn gives perhaps his best dramatic performance to date. Unlike Will Ferrel, Vaughn can do both comedy and drama.

This is a great movie thats shows us the real sleazy and corrupt world of telemarketing. In fact if your a telemarketer watching this film , youll probably be mad since it exposed your corrupt jobs!! lol

Vaughn plays Penny Wise, a small but great telemarketer who knows how to con people into making sales for his cheap company.

Eventually a bigger telemarketing scheme headed by the character of Ed Harris wants to use Penny's "skills" in this area to pull of a Million Dollar scam.

Meanwhile Penny's friend is out of work and relies on him for support.

Penny is caught in a corner, work with this rich white scoundrels to steal millions and sell his soul to the devil , so to speak, or do the right thing?

This a great movie about moral dilemna and what you really do if you really had to put your money where your mouth and live up to your own idealogies.

All the performances are great and the movie, doesn't really tell you what Penny's "final decision" will be until the 10 minutes he "goes along" with the scam and looks like he will do it with the rest of them.

Highly recommended.