Chosen (2001)

Director:

Ang Lee

Writer:

David Carter (written by)

Genre:

Action | Short

Plot:

The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through...

Plot Keywords:

Car Chase | The Hire | Product Placement | Promotional

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Clive Owen	...	The Driver
Mason Lee	...	Passenger (as Mason C. Lee)
Sonom Gualson	...	Tugboat Monk
Brian Smyj	...	Shadow
Jamie Harris	...	Stick
Jeff Jensen	...	Car 1 Driver
Jarrod Bunch	...	Car 1 Passenger (as Jared Bunch)
Artie Malesci	...	Car 2 Driver
Kevin Catucci	...	Car 2 Passenger
Losang Gyatso	...	Imposter Monk
Satoru 'Sat' Tsufura	...	Real Monk

Directed by
Ang Lee

Writing credits
David Carter		(written by)

Produced by
Robyn Boardman	....	producer
David Fincher	....	executive producer
Mary Ann Marino	....	line producer
Aristides McGarry	....	producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Frederick Elmes

Film Editing by
Tim Squyres

Casting by
Avy Kaufman		(as Avi Kaufman)

Production Design by
Jane Musky

Set Decoration by
Jacqueline Canto		(as Jackie Canto)

Costume Design by
Kasia Walicka-Maimone		(as Kasia Walicka Maimone)

Makeup Department
Gina Monaci	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
C. Shawn Bennett	....	assistant project manager
Claudia Guerra	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julian Forbes	....	assistant director
Dean Garvin	....	second assistant director
Alex Jablonski	....	dga trainee
Glen Trotiner	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Christopher Glass	....	storyboard artist
Jean-Paul Guirard	....	assistant props
Philip Kennedy	....	stand-by scenic (as Phil Kennedy)
Octavio Molina	....	property master
Dave Weinman	....	leadman

Sound Department
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Eugene Gearty	....	supervising sound editor
Ken Ishii	....	boom operator
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Jeff Pullman	....	sound mixer
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Wineland	....	assistant sound editor
Alexa Zimmerman	....	apprentice sound editor

Special Effects by
John Ottesen	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Carla Attanasio	....	visual effects producer
Andrew Hardaway	....	digital artist
Andrew Hardaway	....	visual effects supervisor
Matthew Hendershot	....	digital artist
Robert Hubbard	....	digital artist (as Rob Hubbard)
Jonathan Keeton	....	digital artist
Jonathan Keeton	....	visual effects supervisor
Tristan Tang	....	digital artist

Stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunt driver
Cort Hessler	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Addison	....	electrician
Chris Beattie	....	grip (as Christopher Beattie)
Tom Bracone	....	first assistant camera
Peter C. Caldwell	....	electrician (as Peter Caldwell)
Ralph G. Crowley	....	best boy electric (as Ralph Crowley)
Robert DiGiacomo	....	camera loader: "b" camera (as Bob Digiacomo)
Phil Dutton	....	second assistant camera
Greg Edwards	....	assistant video assist operator
Pedro Hernández	....	best boy grip (as Pedro Hernandez)
Tom Houghton	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Tom Haughton)
Jonathan Lumley	....	gaffer
Scott Maguire	....	camera loader
Gary Martone	....	key grip
Tally Morse	....	dolly grip (as Talley Morse)
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Glen Weinstein	....	grip (as Glenn Weinstein)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cara Czekanski	....	assistant wardrobe (as Cara Czeknaski)

Editorial Department
Jamie Kirkpatrick	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Andrew Lockington	....	assistant to composer
Ron Searles	....	music score recording engineer

Transportation Department
Gino Lucci	....	picture car coordinator
Tom Weissler	....	transportation coordinator (as Tommy Weissler)

Other crew
Alison Anne Abrohams	....	assistant: David Fincher (as Alison Abrohams)
Faizah Ahmad	....	production accountant
David Dwight	....	technician: LRX
Chris Gutierrez	....	location scout
Eryka Seimona Henderson	....	assistant location manager (as Eryka Semona)
Sheila Paige	....	script supervisor (as Sheila Page)
Stan Spry	....	production assistant
Jo Anne Swartz	....	production accountant (as Joanne Swartz)
David van Eyssen	....	creative consultant

Production Companies

• Anonymous Content
• BMW Films

Distributors

• BMW Films

Special Effects

• Reel FX Creative Studios (as Radium)

Also Known As:

"The Hire: Chosen" - USA (series title)

Runtime:

6 min | USA:11 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Anonymous Content

Trivia:

The young boy gives The Driver an Incredible Hulk band-aid to put on his ear. Ang Lee also directed Hulk (2003).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first shot involving the Mercedes and the Chrysler, the passenger of the Mercedes has his coat closed in the door, but in the following shots it isn't there.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Beat the Devil (2002)

BMW's awesome rendition of the need for speed.

Our protagonist, The Driver, as we know him, starts out by picking up a young Tibetan boy in an abandoned New York dock. Shortly after the pickup, however, he is met by two other cars with hostile intent. The Driver manages to elude the two in an all out chase around the dock that results in the destruction of a chasing Mercedes. This movie features terrific chase sequences but contains a sense of "commercialism" as The Driver's BMW seems to be nearly invincible and overall superior to the cars that the chasers drive. But this "episode" in the The Driver series is fun to watch and fabulously directed by Ang Lee.