Riders (2002)

Director:

Gérard Pirès

Writers:

Gérard Pirès (adaptation)
Mark Ezra (adaptation)
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Release Date:

8 May 2002 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Slim, Otis, Frank and Alex (three boys and a girl) form a group of snowboard and skate young bank robbers...

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Heist | Cleaning Lady | Partner | Passenger List

Cast

Stephen Dorff	...	Slim
Natasha Henstridge	...	Karen
Bruce Payne	...	Lt. Macgruder
Steven Berkoff	...	Surtayne
Clé Bennett	...	Otis
Karen Cliche	...	Alex
Steven McCarthy	...	Frank
Alain Goulem	...	Pandelis
Andreas Apergis	...	Nixdorfer
Tom McCamus	...	Jerry
Andy Bradshaw	...	Sargeant Garret (as Anderson Chet Bradshaw)
David Gow	...	Charlie / Brinks
Jamie Orchard	...	Newsreader
Stephen Spreekmeester	...	Eddie / Brinks
Mariusz Sibiga	...	Police Officer / Karen's Street
Brett Watson	...	Roy Hamilton
Jennifer Rae Westley	...	Woman in Bath
Sasho Alexander	...	Rippy
Benz Antoine	...	Policeman
Robert Brewster	...	Fedbank Guard #1 (as Robert C. Brewster)
Sylvain Massé	...	Fedbank Guard #2
Cecile Cristobal	...	Stewardess (as Cécile Christobal)
Vito DeFilippo	...	Rubberneck
Brent Donnelly	...	Driver / Armored Car
Charles S. Doucet	...	Desk Sergeant (as Charles Doucet)
Julie Duquette	...	Black / White Police Officer #1
Rosey Edeh	...	Female TV Reporter
Carlo Essagian	...	Bill - Armored Car Guard
Scott Faulconbridge	...	Greenblat
Frank Fontaine	...	Police Captain
Pierre Gage	...	Black Passenger
Dean Nagopiak	...	Co-Driver / Armored Car
Richard Jutras	...	Black / White Police Officer #2 (as Richard Justras)
Morgan Kelly	...	Pink-faced Guy
Jennifer Marcil	...	Hostess
John Maclaren	...	Jeevers
Wayne McNamara	...	Security Officer
John Ng	...	Armed Guard
Andrew Nichols	...	TV Reporter #2
Mike Paterson	...	Fred Platrow / Bank Clerk (as Mike Patterson)
Conrad Pla	...	Officer
Erin Selby	...	TV Reporter #1
Phil Shuchat	...	Grunberg
Amy Sobol	...	Dorothy / Bank Teller
Robin Wilcock	...	Barry / Police Officer
Valérie Wiseman	...	Leslie
Lashaunda Yates	...	Sally
Florence Risler
Karine Fallu
Griffith Brewer	...	Old-timer
Jennifer Seguin	...	Traffic Controller
Marc Trottier	...	Passenger #3

Directed by
Gérard Pirès		(as Gerard Pires)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Ezra		adaptation
Mark Ezra		written by
Gérard Pirès		adaptation (as Gerard Pires)

Produced by
Eric Altmayer	....	producer
Nicolas Altmayer	....	producer
Mychèle Boudrias	....	line producer
Michael Cowan	....	co-producer
Michael Cowan	....	producer (as Michael Lionello Cowan)
John Fremes	....	executive producer
Pierre Laberge	....	line producer
Claude Léger	....	co-producer (as Claude Leger)
Alex Marshall	....	executive producer
Jason Piette	....	co-producer
Jason Piette	....	producer
David Rogers	....	executive producer
Brent Spector	....	line producer
Jonathan Vanger	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Andy Gray

Cinematography by
Tetsuo Nagata		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Véronique Lange		(as Veronique Lange)

Casting by
Rosina Bucci
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Guy Lalande

Art Direction by
Jean Morin
Réal Proulx

Set Decoration by
Michèle Nolet		(head set decorator)

Costume Design by
Daniel Fortin

Makeup Department
Nathalie Garon	....	hair stylist
Erik Gosselin	....	special makeup effects artist
Marifrance Guy	....	special makeup effects artist (as Marie France Guy)
Daniel Jacob	....	assistant hair stylist
Martin Lapointe	....	hair stylist
Ludovie Lepage	....	assistant makeup artist
Manon Miserany	....	assistant hair stylist
Adrien Morot	....	special makeup effects artist
Johanne Paiement	....	key hair stylist
Corrine Poizat	....	assistant hair stylist (as Corinne Poizat)
Marie-Angèle Protat	....	key makeup artist (as Marie-Angèle Breitner)
Pina Rizzi	....	hair stylist
Marlène Rouleau	....	makeup artist
Adrianna Velbert	....	assistant makeup artist (as Adriana Verbert)

Production Management
Daniel Boudreau	....	assistant unit manager
Fernand Boudrias	....	production manager: second unit
Mychèle Boudrias	....	production manager
Patricia Colombat	....	post-production supervisor
Michel Croteau	....	assistant unit manager
Jocelyn Dubois	....	production manager
Ginette Hoyse	....	unit manager
Carol Koball	....	production manager: West Virginia
Patrick Raymond	....	unit manager: second unit
Marin Valois	....	assistant unit manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guillaume Blanc	....	extra third assistant director
Karla Bluteau	....	extra second assistant director: second unit
Louis Bolduc	....	assistant director
Anik Drapeau	....	third assistant director: second unit
Ricky Friedman	....	extra first assistant director (as Richard Friedman)
Daniella Jovanovic	....	third assistant director
Agnieszka Kroskowska	....	third assistant director (as Agnieszka Poninska)
Roxanna Macedo	....	extra third assistant director
Pierre Magny	....	second unit director
Natalia Ortelli	....	extra third assistant director
Eric Raby	....	extra third assistant director
Eve Ramboz	....	second unit director
Danielle Ste-Marie	....	extra second assistant director
Danielle Ste-Marie	....	second assistant director: second unit
Gabriel Teller	....	extra third assistant director
Nathalie Tremblay	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Serge Archambault	....	head scenic painter
Guerrando Rafael Bianchi	....	scenic technician
Stéphane Brunelle	....	set props assistant
Annette Bélanger	....	art department coordinator
Louis Chamberland	....	assistant prop master: second unit
Paul DeBlois	....	assistant set decorator
Nicolas Godbout	....	scenic painter
François Gosselin	....	scenic technician
Jean-Pierre Gosselin	....	scenic technician
Ann Grenier	....	props buyer
Jennifer Lys Grenier	....	additional dresser (as Jennifer-Lys Grenier)
Chris Klein	....	scenic painter
Bruno Lahaye	....	property master
Myriam Lahaye	....	props buyer
Micheline Laniel	....	additional dresser
Brigitte Lemieux	....	scenic painter
Maryse Lesage	....	art department runner
Nathalie Lortie	....	craftsman
Josée Létourneau	....	scenic painter
Larkin MacLeod	....	additional scenic
Randall Melanson	....	additional scenic
Robert Methot	....	art department runner
Aude Moreau	....	scenic painter
Melanie Morin	....	additional dresser
Roxane Paradis	....	scenic painter (as Roxanne Paradis)
Roger Pilon	....	assistant set decorator
Valérie Prince	....	additional dresser
Stéphanie Robitaille	....	scenic technician
Sébastien Roy	....	scenic technician
Jean-François Sampson	....	scenic technician
Larry Taman	....	art department runner
Hendrik-Willem Van Woudenberg	....	scenic painter
Marianne Vézina-Méthé	....	scenic painter
Tim Walton	....	property master: second unit (as Timothy Walton)
Jerome Zurfluh	....	scenic technician

Sound Department
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Howard Bargroff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Barker	....	foley editor
Marc H. Beaulieu	....	boom operator (as Marc Beaulieu)
Paula Boram	....	foley artist
Neil Collymore	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Steve Cook	....	sound supervisor
Tony Cook	....	boom operator
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
Michael Crouch	....	sound effects editor
Twydor Davis	....	adr editor (as Twydor Smith Davis)
Martin Evans	....	sound designer
Frederic Gibert	....	assistant sound supervisor
Bruce Gray	....	foley artist
Diane Greaves	....	foley artist (as Dianne Greaves)
Mark Heslop	....	additional sound designer
Mystique Holloway	....	assistant sound editor
Max Hoskins	....	supervising sound editor
Richard Nichol	....	sound mixer
Colin Nicolson	....	sound mixer
Kath Pollard	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Hervé Roux	....	sound consultant: DTS
James Seddon	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Alastair Sirkett	....	sound effects editor
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
André Laforest	....	special effects technician
Christian Longpré	....	special effects coordinator
Eric-André Paquin	....	special effects technician
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard	....	special effects technician
Martin Williams	....	special effects rigger

Visual Effects by
Gaëlle Bossis	....	digital artist
John Breslin	....	digital artist
Myriam Catrin	....	digital artist
Emmanuel Chapon	....	cg artist
Annie Dautane	....	visual effects producer
François Dumoulin	....	digital compositor
Luc Froehlicher	....	cg supervisor
Bruno Maillard	....	digital artist
Benjamin Massoubre	....	assistant digital compositor
Eve Ramboz	....	visual effects supervisor
Matthieu Royer	....	3D artist

Stunts
Gilbert Bataille	....	head stunt driver
Christian Bonnichon	....	car stunt rigging
Catherine Bruneil-Gutton	....	stunts
Alain Bérard	....	stunts
Alexandre Cadieux	....	stunts (as Alex Cadieux)
Annie Carignan	....	stunts
Jason Cavalier	....	stunts
Mike Chute	....	stunt driver
Mike Chute	....	stunts
Peter Cox	....	stunts
Mario Dunahel	....	stunts
Charlene Francique	....	stunts
Ian Frenette	....	stunts
Jean Frenette	....	stunts
Ben Gauthier	....	stunts
François Gauthier	....	stunts
Jere Gillis	....	stunts
John Goar	....	stunts (as Johnny Goar)
Tyler Hall	....	stunt driver: camera car
Sonny Hill	....	stunt double
Michel Julienne	....	stunt driving coordinator
Patrick Kerton	....	stunts
Héléna Laliberté	....	stunts (as Helena Laliberte)
Yves Langlois	....	stunts
Gilbert Larose Jr.	....	stunts
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunt coordinator
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunts (as Stephane Lefebvre)
Karine Lemieux	....	stunts
Thomas Luccioni	....	stunts
Marc Madeau	....	stunts
Serge Maheu	....	stunts (as Serge Manlu)
Charles Maniel	....	stunts
David McKeown	....	stunts (as Dave McKeown)
Minor Mustain	....	stunts
Patrick Oliver	....	stunts
Louis Pharand	....	stunts
Gérard Pirès	....	stunt designer
Alvin Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Jean-Marc Ransimangue	....	stunts
France Raymond	....	stunts
David Rigby	....	assistant stunt coordinator
David Rigby	....	stunts (as Dave Rigby)
Michael Rigby	....	stunt performer
Sharlene Royer	....	stunts
Michael Scherer	....	stunts (as Mike Scherer)
Javier Segura	....	stunts
Helen Stranzl	....	stunts
Mario Trepanies	....	stunt safety coordinator
Valérie Wiseman	....	stunt actor
Rémy Julienne	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Albert	....	additional grip
Kim Alepin	....	clapper loader
Alain Apollon	....	electrician
Stéphane Arbour	....	additional electrician
Jacques F. Bernier	....	additional camera operator (as Jacques Bernier)
Alain Bisson Doyal	....	best boy grip (as Alain Bisson)
Alain Bisson Doyal	....	key grip: second unit
Réjean Bourbonnais	....	grip
Claude Brasseur	....	additional first assistant camera
Marcel Breton	....	electrician
Patrice Bujold	....	additional electrician
Caroline Béliveau	....	second assistant camera
Christian Caperaa	....	second assistant camera
Claude Cardinal	....	additional grip
Michel Caron	....	additional camera operator
Yves Charbonneau	....	additional electrician
Carla Clarke	....	additional first assistant camera
Michel Comeau	....	additional grip
Marie-Claude Coté	....	additional second assistant camera (as Marie-Claude Côté)
René Daigle	....	assistant camera
Roberto De Angelis	....	Steadicam operator
Roberto De Angelis	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Stéphane de Ernsted	....	key grip
Franck Deydier	....	additional electrician
Dominic Dorval	....	additional grip
Attila Dory	....	still photographer
Stéphanie Doré-Bertet	....	video assist operator
Jacques Dupuis	....	grip
Michel Durocher	....	additional grip
Mathieu Décary	....	focus puller: main camera
Thierry Fargeau	....	second assistant camera
Jacques Fortier	....	additional electrician
Janel Furoy	....	additional second assistant camera
Yves Garant	....	additional second assistant camera
Thibault Grabherr	....	poster photographer
Robert Guertin	....	additional camera operator
John Harris	....	additional electrician (as John-John Harris)
Hugo Inion	....	additional grip
Alain Jolicoeur	....	generator operator
Ariane Jonassen	....	additional second assistant camera
Jean-Patrick Joseph	....	first assistant camera
Soupharak Keoborakoth	....	additional clapper loader
Guy Kinkead	....	additional camera operator
Maarten Kroonenburg	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Edith Labbe	....	additional first assistant camera (as Edith Labbé)
Lucie Lafleur	....	additional clapper loader
Claiborne Lashley	....	key grip: West Virginia (as Clai Lashley)
Ina Lopez	....	second assistant camera
Luc Lorrain	....	best boy
Stephan Menghi	....	first assistant camera
Eric Morin	....	additional first assistant camera
Bill Muloin	....	additional electrician
Denis Ménard	....	best boy electric
Tetsuo Nagata	....	camera operator
Lorenzo Negri	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Michel Paquette	....	electrician
François Parent	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Guillaume Parisien	....	additional second assistant camera
Yanka Pelletier	....	additional electrician
Bruno Philip	....	director of photography: second unit
Pierre Provost	....	gaffer
Louis Richard	....	best boy grip: second unit
Mario Roussy	....	additional grip
Martin Roy	....	additional grip
Maurice Roy	....	additional camera operator
Mike Sallustio	....	additional grip
Marc Simard	....	additional grip
Catherine Tessier	....	additional second assistant camera
Kim-Mai Tran	....	playback operator
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Geoffrey Uloth	....	additional grip
Chantal Vary	....	additional second assistant camera
Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron	....	additional second assistant camera
Chris Wilson	....	helicopter camera pilot: West Virginia

Casting Department
Amanda Fenster	....	casting: Los Angeles
Maxime Giroux	....	casting: Montreal
Donald Paul Pemrick	....	casting: Los Angeles (as Donald P. Pemrick)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvie Chaput	....	wardrobe technician
Anne Duceppe	....	wardrobe mistress
Isabelle Dupire	....	wardrobe coordinator
Marie-Maude Grenier	....	dresser
Catherine Gélinas	....	key dresser
Valérie Levesque	....	assistant costume designer
Emma Meloche	....	wardrobe technician
Paule-Josée Meunier	....	assistant costume designer
Polyne Noël	....	wardrobe technician
Martine Picard	....	dresser: second unit
Ivan Savard	....	wardrobe technician
Jim Vidas	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Christian Dutac	....	colorist
Anaïs Enshaian	....	assistant editor
Isabelle Fabian	....	negative cutter
Hubert Hayaud	....	assistant editor
Colette Kassabian	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Peter Clarke	....	music editor
David Dorrell	....	music supervisor
Jodie Harkins	....	music supervisor
Valérie Lindon	....	music producer
Valérie Lindon	....	music supervisor
Anthony Vanger	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Alain Caporicci	....	driver captain
Adam Pierre Côté	....	assistant picture vehicles
Stéphane Fillion	....	assistant picture vehicles
Stéphane Giroux	....	driver: cast and production
Sylvain Laliberté	....	assistant vehicle coordinator
Michel Mollicone	....	transportation coordinator
Denis Poirier	....	assistant vehicle coordinator

Other crew
Paul Barette	....	armorer
Ryan Berg	....	video-tape transfer coordinator
Christine Bernard	....	production coordinator
Daniel Bevis	....	assistant: Mr. Cowan and Mr. Piette
Michael Bigham	....	location manager: West Virginia
Frederik Bois	....	title designer
Emmanuel Béhier Migeon	....	underwater unit
Ruth Charest	....	coordinator
Maïa Cinq-Mars	....	additional accountant
Nicola Corbo	....	office runner
Pascal Coude	....	skydiver
Danielle Deslongchamps	....	script supervisor
Martin Dumas	....	skydiver
André Déry	....	production assistant
Sophie Esline	....	production administrator: France
Carole Gagné	....	accountant
Joceline Genest	....	production coordinator: second unit
Nancy Helms	....	dialect coach
Mel Hider	....	assistant: Mr. Cowan and Mr. Piette
Dan Kelley	....	webcam technician: West Virginia
Agnieszka Kroskowska	....	hand double: Natasha Henstridge
Emily Kyriakides	....	assistant: Mr. Cowan and Mr. Piette
Dominique LaFrance	....	additional accountant
Isabelle Laisné	....	stand-in
Micheline Lajoie	....	additional accountant
Danyelle Lambert	....	receptionist
Caroline Landry	....	production secretary: second unit
Christian Larrie	....	gun wrangler
Benoît Lefebvre	....	office runner
Genna Long	....	production coordinator: West Virginia (as Jenna Long)
Christopher B. MacCabe	....	dialect coach
Jean Mandfield	....	helicopter pilot
Daniel Moise	....	remote head technician
Frédéric North	....	helicopter pilot (as Fred North)
Catherine Perron	....	production assistant
Lyne Pomerleau	....	production secretary
Manon Proulx	....	accountant
Sylvain Proulx	....	production administrator: Canada
Aicha Raihani	....	assistant location manager (as Aïcha Raïhani)
Mario Richards	....	skydiver (as Mario Rickard)
Maude Rondeau	....	assistant location manager
Linda Souffard	....	skydiver
Alain St. Pierre	....	skydiver
Denis Thibodeau	....	aerial coordinator
Dave Tommasini	....	helicopter pilot (as Dave Tomaseki)
Jacynthe Tremblay	....	production accountant
Tye Tyukodi	....	aerial coordinator
Sylvie Vincent	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Alliance Atlantis Communications
• Filmguard
• Fusion International
• Future Film Financing (as Future Film Financing Limited)
• Mandarin Films
• Scion Films
• Spice Factory
• Spice Favoy
• Transfilm
• Téléfilm Canada (as Telefilm Canada)

Distributors

• 01 Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (2003) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (200?) (Russia) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Helkon SK (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• SND (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Solo Film Verleih (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Vértigo Films (2003) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2005) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• Distribution Company (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
• Europa Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2003) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Redbus Film Distribution (2003) (UK) (all media)
• Teleview International (2002) (Lebanon) (TV) (Middle East)

Special Effects

• Intrigue (special effects)

Other Companies

• Elite Casting  casting
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  TC System 6000 supplied by
• Kitchen Sync  adr
• Pemrick Fronk Casting  casting
• SPR Inc.  adr
• Visual Motion  camera trucks and trailers provided by

Also Known As:

"Steal" - Canada (English title) (working title), Europe (English title) (DVD title), France (working title)
"High Risk" - Israel (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and sexuality

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

France | UK | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | South Korea:15 | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Goofs:

Continuity: As the van turns into the parking garage after the bank robbery it looses a hubcap. All hubcaps are present in the subsequent shots.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Bad Movie Beatdown: The Riddle (#2.32)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Stay Out Of Jail

Pretty good

I was expecting a bit more from this movie as it was directed by the guy who done the three taxi movies. It opens quite well, with the robbers on roller blades and the stunts are pretty good, it becomes a bit flat in the middle and then picks up again near the end. Natasha Henstridge is looking hot, particularly in the sauna scene with Dorff. Some cheesy one liners and flat acting from some of the lesser known actors are the movies down points, but the action scenes make up for that. All in all its worth watching on a rainy day when your brain needs a rest. The UK title for this film is 'Steal' by the way. Not Stephen Dorffs finest moment but certainly decent.