Corky Romano (2001)

Director:

Rob Pritts

Writers (WGA):

David Garrett (written by) &
Jason Ward (written by)

Release Date:

12 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Who is Corky Romano?

Plot:

The loser son of a Mafia honcho must go undercover for the FBI.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Mafia | Undercover | Mobster | Veterinarian

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chris Kattan	...	Corky Romano
Vinessa Shaw	...	Agent Kate Russo
Peter Falk	...	Francis A. Romano
Peter Berg	...	Paulie Romano
Chris Penn	...	Peter Romano
Fred Ward	...	Leo Corrigan
Richard Roundtree	...	Howard Shuster
Matthew Glave	...	Agent Brick Davis
Roger Fan	...	Agent Bob Cox
Dave Sheridan	...	Agent Terrence Darnell
Michael Massee	...	Angry Gunman
Vincent Pastore	...	Tony
Fiona Hale	...	Florence
Kip King	...	Dr. Kipper
Al Eben	...	Dale
Adele Craig	...	Connie
Irene Olga López	...	Mrs. Hernandez
Sylvester Jenkins	...	Mr. Langford, Old Man
Jeanette Miller	...	Phyllis, Old Woman with Cat
Blake Clark	...	Security Guard
Zach Galifianakis	...	Dexter, Computer Hacker
April Tran	...	Vietnamese Man
Eck Stone	...	Thai Man
Kevin Indio Copeland	...	Skinhead
Dennis Keiffer	...	Skinhead
Justin Riemer	...	Skinhead
Tim Sitarz	...	Skinhead
Kristina Simonds	...	Woman in Classroom
Rena Mero	...	Female Bouncer
John Farley	...	Ice Cream Vendor
Howard Weitzman	...	Attorney
Dilva Henry	...	Reporter
Patrick Stinson	...	Reporter
James Hill	...	Reporter
Steven Wilde	...	Chaz, Male Bouncer
Jennifer Gimenez	...	Trina, Waitress
James Tupper	...	FBI Agent
Sean Greenhut	...	Coughing Kid
Flora Burke	...	Woman with Dog
Grant Silver	...	Boy with Mouse
Robin Borovic	...	Secretary
Gary C. Smith	...	Hawk, Precision Driver
Ashton Dane	...	SWAT Team Member
Joseph Dubow	...	SWAT Team Member
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Derek Hughes	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Martin Klebba	...	Mini Bouncer (uncredited)
Johan-Carl Nowack	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Tyana Parr	...	Teacher in Classroom (uncredited)
Craig Richards	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Pritts

Writing credits (WGA)
David Garrett		(written by) &
Jason Ward		(written by)

Produced by
Ira Shuman	....	co-producer
Robert Simonds	....	producer
Tracey Trench	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Steven Bernstein		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alan Cody

Casting by
Roger Mussenden

Production Design by
Peter Politanoff

Art Direction by
Tomas Voth

Set Decoration by
Ellen Brill

Costume Design by
Tom Bronson

Makeup Department
Ann Pala	....	makeup department head
Thomas Real	....	department head hair stylist

Production Management
Dustin Bernard	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ingrid K. Behrens	....	second second assistant director
Rick Johnson	....	first assistant director
Anthony Mason	....	second assistant director
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Maike Both	....	buyer
Rick Broderman	....	painter
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Paul Duchemin	....	set dresser
Scott C. Garrett	....	drapery foreman
Janet Kusnick	....	storyboard artist
Thierry Labbe	....	set dresser
Jeffrey McMahon	....	construction foreman
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman
Jeff Ozimek	....	set designer
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator
Jeff Shewbert	....	general foreman
Tommy Tomlinson	....	property master
Gary Tuers	....	assistant property master
Lisa Vasconcellos	....	art department coordinator
Jason Puga	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Joe Barnett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Susan Cahill	....	sound editor (as Susan Gamsaragan)
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Jed M. Dodge	....	adr supervisor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Frazier	....	boom operator: re-shoots
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Cormac Funge	....	supervising sound editor
Robert Getty	....	adr editor
Robert Getty	....	dialogue editor
Mark C. Grech	....	utility sound technician
Michael Hertlein	....	adr editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Robert Jackson	....	dialogue editor
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Carrie Lisonbee	....	assistant sound editor (as Carrie Tippets)
William Munroe	....	boom operator: second unit
Kim H. Ornitz	....	production sound mixer
Anne Slack	....	sound editor
Mychal Smith	....	boom operator
Alec St. John	....	assistant sound editor
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Johanna Turner	....	transfer engineer

Special Effects by
Robert DeVine	....	special effects
Jon Thackery	....	special effects
Thomas Zell	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Bonnie Kanner	....	executive producer: Pixel Magic
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	visual effects (as Juan Vargas)

Stunts
Carl Ciarfalio	....	stunts
Justin De Rosa	....	stunts (as Justin Derosa)
Danny Downey	....	stunts
Shauna Duggins	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunts
Dana Hee	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
David Hugghins	....	stunts
Michael Hugghins	....	stunt rigger
Sonia Izzolena	....	stunts (as Sonia Jo McDancer)
David Leitch	....	stunts
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunt rigger
Buck McDancer	....	stunts
Gary Morgan	....	stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator (as Ernie Orsatti)
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Michael Papajohn	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
Justin Riemer	....	stunts
Spike Silver	....	stunts
Tim Sitarz	....	stunts
Chad Stahelski	....	stunts
Philip Tan	....	stunts
Clark Tucker	....	stunts
Jim Wilkey	....	stunts
Danny Downey	....	stunt double: Chris Kattan (uncredited)
Martin Klebba	....	aerial stunts (uncredited)
Clark Tucker	....	stunt double: Fred Ward (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Josh Bleibtreu	....	director of photography: second unit
Mark 'Boylee' Boyle	....	second assistant camera
Vidal Cohen	....	key grip
David A. Cook	....	gaffer
Michael K. Davis	....	lighting technician
Jon Baronn Farmer	....	still photographer
Samuel Fischer	....	best boy electric
Taryn Freitas	....	assistant camera
Gretchen Hatz	....	camera loader
Jay M. Huntoon	....	digital video assist operator
Dana Kroeger	....	camera loader
Glenn Corbett	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sasha Adkinson	....	extras casting
Elizabeth Boykewich	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James Lapidus	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Kevin Greutert	....	first assistant editor
Deidre Leonard	....	apprentice editor
Jim Schulte	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	scoring engineer
Stuart Balcomb	....	orchestrator
Lisa Brown	....	music supervisor
Alex Gibson	....	music editor: temp music
Michael Lloyd	....	song producer
Steve Mccroskey	....	music editor
Jeremy Raub	....	assistant music editor
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
E. Gedney Webb	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Thomas O'Donnell	....	production van driver
Jay Wylie	....	driver

Other crew
Linda Mirella Cuevas	....	assistant: Mr. Simonds (as Linda Cuevas)
Brian De Esch	....	production assistant
Stacy Foot	....	assistant production office coordinator
Rob Frank	....	key assistant location manager
Dwight Gimenez	....	assistant: Mr. Kattan
Denise Heinrich	....	production coordinator
Lisha Hocking	....	production assistant
Michael B. Johnson	....	payroll accountant
John C. Kruize	....	production accountant
Kenneth LaFayette	....	first assistant accountant (as Ken Lafayette)
Wendi Laski	....	unit publicist
Alison Luzietti	....	assistant: Ms. Trench
Stephen A. Marinaccio II	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Michael Neale	....	location manager
Elion Olson	....	production assistant
Megan Pistana	....	assistant: Mr. Pritts
Jessica Erin Scully	....	production secretary
B.J. Smith	....	production medic
James William Visconti III	....	production assistant
James P. Warren	....	animal trainer
Neil Clark	....	computer graphic artist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures (presents)
• Robert Simonds Productions (as A Robert Simonds Production)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Buena Vista International (2002) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Yorin (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Anatomorphex
• OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

"Corky Romano: 'Special' Agent" - USA (complete title)
"Who Is Corky Romano?" - USA (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug and sex-related humor, and for language

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Vietnamese | Spanish | Thai

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #38086) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 (VHS/DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: The police dog's water dish moves just before the dog grabs the cocaine.

Quotes:

Doublestuff:That's a good little bitch.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bollywood Hero: Episode #1.1" (2009)

Soundtrack:

L O V E

Stop Thinking and Laugh!

When the mobster Francis A. 'Pops' Romano (Peter Folk) is sent to the court, the Romano family decides to send an undercover man to destroy the evidences against him without knowing that there is an informer in mafia. The clumsy loser veterinary son Corky Romano (Chris KattaN), who is not a criminal, is infiltrated in the FBI to destroy the evidences against his father.

Based on the bad reviews in IMDb, I saw "Corky Romano" with the lowest expectation I could have, but I liked it. The story is silly, but there are many funny situations. The lead character is a completely a**hole, but all his mistakes work in the end. It is also worthwhile to see also the sexy Vinessa Shaw. Do not think, watch this film with low expectation and in the end you might be surprised laughing a lot. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "A Arma Secreta da Máfia" ("The Mafia's Secret Weapon")