Havoc (2005)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Barbara Kopple

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Gaghan (story) and
Jessica Kaplan (story) ...
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Release Date:

16 October 2005 (Armenia)

Genre:

Crime | Romance

Tagline:

Some lines aren't meant to be crossed...

Plot:

Two affluent suburban girls who clash with the Latino gang culture of East LA.

Plot Keywords:

Gang | Latino | Drug Dealer | Teenager | Drugs

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Anne Hathaway	...	Allison Lang
Bijou Phillips	...	Emily
Shiri Appleby	...	Amanda
Michael Biehn	...	Stuart Lang
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Sam
Matt O'Leary	...	Eric
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Hector
Laura San Giacomo	...	Joanna Lang
Mike Vogel	...	Toby
Raymond Cruz	...	Chino
Alexis Dziena	...	Sasha
Channing Tatum	...	Nick
Jose L. Vasquez	...	Manuel (as Johnny Vasquez)
Luis Robledo	...	Ace
Sam Hennings	...	Mr. Rubin
Cecilia Peck	...	Mrs. Rubin
Josh Peck	...	Josh Rubin
Robert Shapiro	...	Himself
J.D. Pardo	...	Todd Rosenberg
Terri Hanauer	...	Lt. Kovaleski
Sam Bottoms	...	Lt. Maris
Jocelyn Towne	...	Female Cop #1
Jillian McWhirter	...	Female Cop #2
John Thomas	...	Male Cop
John Eric Staley	...	Los Angeles Cop (as Jon Erik)
Laura Breckenridge	...	Runaway
Alysia Joy Powell	...	Desiree
Richard Pagano	...	Teacher (as Rick Pagano)
Samar Omar	...	Becky
Laurel Parmet	...	Party Girl
Tammy Trull	...	Young Mother
Jossara Jinaro	...	Hector's Girl (as Jossara Jinero)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Couture	...	Cocaine Boy (uncredited)
Rana McAnear	...	PLC Crew (uncredited)
Angela Meryl	...	Dinah (uncredited)
John Morrissey	...	Richard (uncredited)
Ken Reichling	...	Police Officer (uncredited)

Directed by
Barbara Kopple

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen Gaghan		(story) and
Jessica Kaplan		(story)
Stephen Gaghan		(screenplay)

Produced by
Lars Björck	....	co-producer (as Lars Bjorck)
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer
Stewart Hall	....	producer
Stefan Jonas	....	co-producer
Sammy Lee	....	executive producer
Jonas McCord	....	executive producer
John Morrissey	....	producer
Jack F. Murphy	....	producer
Andreas Schmid	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Cliff Martinez

Cinematography by
Kramer Morgenthau		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nancy Baker
Gerald B. Greenberg		(as Jerry Greenberg)

Casting by
Richard Pagano		(as Rick Pagano)

Production Design by
Jerry Fleming

Art Direction by
Loren Basulto

Set Decoration by
Betty Berberian		(as Bette Berberian)

Costume Design by
Sara O'Donnell

Makeup Department
Barbara Cantu	....	first assistant hair stylist
Hallie D'Amore	....	key makeup artist
John E. Jackson	....	first assistant makeup artist (as John Jackson)
Joy Zapata	....	key hair stylist
Petrice Bankhead	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Arie Bohrer	....	production supervisor: VIP
Michael Mandaville	....	unit production manager
Michael Toji	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Katzman	....	first assistant director (as Daniel Katzman)
Jodi Lowry	....	second assistant director (as Jodi Lowry-Fisher)
David Ogg	....	assistant director intern
Charity Ozarowski	....	second assistant director
Chad Rosen	....	first assistant director
Lou Simon	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Bill Cancienne	....	property master
D.H. Covey	....	storyboard artist
Lance DeSpain	....	scenic artist (as Lance Despain)
Will Durham	....	swing
Terry Hargis	....	leadman
Gabriel Higgins	....	assistant property master (as Gabrielle Higgins)
Andy Hunt	....	scenic artist
Roger Kelton	....	propmaker
Matthew C. Kime	....	property assistant (as Matt Kime)
Stefani Newman	....	art department assistant
Jason Sibler	....	propmaker
Mike Sibler	....	propmaker
Wayne Springfield	....	construction coordinator
Patrick Tonioli	....	propmaker (as Pat Tonieloi)
Kevin E. Vermeersch	....	swing (as Kevin Vemeersch)
Brian Vogelgesang	....	on-set dresser
Chris Wright	....	swing (as Christopher Wright)

Sound Department
Albert Aquino	....	boom operator
Bryan Arenas	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
James Bailey	....	foley artist
Jessy Bender	....	cable operator (as Jessica Bender)
Trip Brock	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trip Brock	....	supervising sound editor
Craig Dollinger	....	boom operator
Michael J. Fox	....	adr supervisor (as Mike Fox)
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer
Bill Jenkins	....	sound mixing engineer
Peter D. Lago	....	foley editor
Jackie Oster	....	dialogue editor
Jeff Porrello	....	boom operator
Elana Saviolis	....	sound coordinator: Post-production
Geordy Sincavage	....	foley mixer
Geordy Sincavage	....	sound effects editor
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Oivanki	....	post sound coordinator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator (as John Hartigan)
James Maud	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Derek Bird	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects (as Josh Comen)
Kelly Fischer	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Danny S. Kim	....	graphic designer: LOOK! Effects
Marlo Pabon	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK! Effects
Francis Puthanangadi	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Gabriel Sanchez	....	digital artist: LOOK! Effects
Tefft Smith	....	graphic designer: LOOK! Effects (as Tefft Smith II)
Clay Sparks	....	digital editor: LOOK! Effects
Chad Buehler	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson	....	digital preview colorist (uncredited)

Stunts
Dustin Courtney	....	stunt player
Danny Downey	....	stunt player
Jes Hellwege	....	stunt player
Nicola C. Hindshaw	....	stunt player (as Nicolas Hindshaw)
Janie Liszewski	....	stunt player
Marc Schaffer	....	stunt player
Lou Simon	....	stunt coordinator (as Louis C. Simon)
Ken Reichling	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Preston Adams	....	lamp operator
Craig Aines	....	best boy grip
Abby Antweil	....	lamp operator
Keith Baber	....	electric rigging gaffer
Roman W. Bennett	....	lamp operator (as Roman Bennett)
Justin Bloom	....	grip
Marty Bouger	....	grip
Shane Buttle	....	lamp operator (as Shane Battle)
Henry Cantor	....	lamp operator
Ed Casitas	....	video playback operator
Fred Davis	....	grip
Chuck De Witt	....	rigging grip
Jacob Dewitt	....	rigging grip (as Jake De Witt)
Mike Evans	....	rigging electrician
Rick Favazzo	....	crane operator (as Richard 'Fuzzy' Favazzo)
Frank Gardner	....	grip
Michael E. Gips	....	assistant lighting technician
Bob Good	....	rigging electrician
Chris Hayes	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Roger Herren	....	balloon operator (as R. Herren)
Mitchell K. Hiniker	....	rigging grip (as Mitch Hiniker)
Alex Jaworski	....	rigging electrician
Keith Jordan	....	Steadicam operator
Keith Jordan	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Steve Kagan	....	rigging electrician
Joe Kaid	....	grip
Yuri Karjane	....	second assistant camera
Tom Kessenich	....	rigging best boy (as Kurt Kessenich)
Mark Laskowski	....	first assistant camera
Brett Laumann	....	chief lighting technician
John V. Lindsay	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, New York (as John Lindsay)
David Loeb	....	lamp operator
Fritz Marks	....	rigging electrician
John T. Martin	....	key grip (as Johnny T. Martin)
John Massaro	....	lamp operator
Steve Mulcahey	....	grip
Nick Neino	....	camera loader
Alex Nofel	....	rigging electrician
Paul Ott	....	grip
Hank Pallison	....	rigging grip
Phil Parmet	....	director of photography: second unit
Dan Portius	....	generator operator
Hal Reinheimer	....	grip
Brian Roach	....	rigging electrician
Jim Saldutti	....	grip
Michael Seaman	....	rigging electrician
Lorey Sebastian	....	still photographer
Michael Shanman	....	dimmer board operator
Dave Shurika	....	rigging best boy
David Sireika Jr.	....	rigging grip (as Dave Siriki)
John Spezzano	....	dolly grip
Kathina Szeto	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Paige Thomas	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Art Villasenor	....	crane operator
Allen Wagoner	....	video playback operator
Joey Watts	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Steve Hertler	....	assistant camera: aerial unit (uncredited)
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Janet Farris	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting (as Caitlin McKenna)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ciara Duncan	....	costumer
Maya Evans Judd	....	assistant costume designer (as Maya Judd)
Clare McLaren	....	truck costumer
Cynthia Morrill	....	costumer (as Cynthia Morril)
Caren Motika	....	wardrobe intern

Editorial Department
Chi Yoon Chung	....	first assistant editor (as Chi-Yoon Chung)
Glenn Cocco	....	first assistant editor
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant: EPC
Chuck Winston	....	color timer

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Leah Harmony	....	assistant music supervisor
Stephen Krause	....	music score recordist
Stephen Krause	....	scoring mixer
Michael McQuarn	....	music supervisor
Shawn K. Clement	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Sammy Santiago	....	music supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Joe Cosentino	....	transportation captain (as Joseph Cosentino)
Pat Cosentino	....	driver
Jason Dieter	....	driver
Chris Ervin	....	driver
Riley Guildner	....	driver
Dennis Jorgenson	....	driver (as Dennis Jorgensen)
Glenn Knowlton	....	transportation coordinator
Matt Lyons	....	driver
John Martinez	....	driver
Victor Moore	....	driver
James Norwood	....	driver
Jana Patterson	....	driver
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	driver
Dan Portius	....	driver: production van
Paul Sarni	....	driver
Jay E. Vigil	....	driver (as Jay Vigil)
Chris Walden	....	driver
Gary C. Ferraro	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Tom Alper	....	insurance: Acordia of California Insurance Services
Aleyda Arias	....	catering assistant (as Alyeda Arias)
Jeffrey Arwine	....	set medic
Jasmine Badalian	....	stand-in
Joe Ballesteros	....	security coordinator
Alfonso Barrientos	....	assistant chef
Adrianna Belan	....	stand-in
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services (as Greg S. Bernstein)
Jeanne Bertsch	....	craft service
Carl Beyer	....	assistant location manager
Michael F. Black	....	assistant production coordinator (as Michael Black)
Mike Bonanomi	....	production assistant
Enrique Bonilla	....	catering assistant
Greg Campeau	....	assistant location manager
Katherine S. Chang	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Lawrence Chan	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Lily Chapin	....	assistant: Ms. Kopple
Jan Citron	....	studio teacher
Jessica Coppola	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Robert Earl Craft	....	location manager (as Bob Craft)
Devin Cutler	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Randy Dannenberg	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Audrey Delaney	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
William DiCenso	....	production assistant
Kerstin Dyroff	....	coordinator: VIP
Andrea Etough	....	insurance: Acordia of California Insurance Services (as Andrea Eatough)
Robert Evans	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Shawn Flynn	....	key set production assistant
Kristi Frankenheimer	....	location manager
Ortwin Freyermuth	....	legal services
David Gaynes	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
D.J. Goldberg	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment (as DJ Goldberg)
Spencer Gordon	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Allison Gorsuch	....	production assistant
Carol Grant	....	extras coordinator
Raymond Gross	....	legal services (as Raymond F. Gross)
Philip Hall	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Andy Harlan	....	physical trainer: Mr. Rodriguez
Wendall Hinkle	....	assistant location manager
Joy Holland	....	production assistant
Matthew Houbrick	....	assistant accountant (as Matt Houbrick)
David Hutkin	....	vice president: production financing, ICB Entertainment/Imperial Capital Bank
Tatyana Joffe	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Kevin Koloff	....	legal services
Roman Kopelevich	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Pierre Kurland	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Tiffany Leclere	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Jimmy Li	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Teresa Lundy	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Laura McCoy	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Virginia Mitchell	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Eva Neufahrt	....	production controller: VIP
Tyson Nguyen	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Brian O'Shea	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Diane Pacheco	....	post-production accountant: The Audit Trail
Marie-Christine Pelletier	....	production assistant (as Christine Pelletier)
Mark Peterka	....	assistant to producers
Ann-Kristen Petersen	....	production assistant
Jenna Piccolo	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment (as Jenna Sanz-Agero)
Nancy Pyne-Hapke	....	studio teacher
Gilbert Quintinilla	....	security
Cesar Rangel	....	security
Steve Ransohoff	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Michael Roberts	....	key set production assistant
Eva M. Schroeder	....	assistant location manager (as Eva Schroeder)
Meredith Shevory	....	assistant: Ms. Hathaway
Jessica Sterling	....	assistant to producer
Tamara Stuparich de la Barra	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Jelena Tadic	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Vivian Tarn	....	executive assistant: production financing, ICB Entertainment/Imperial Capital Bank
April Taskin	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Greg Trattner	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Misti Traya	....	production assistant
Edwin Uceda	....	chef
Michael J. Urann	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment (as Michael Urann)
Max Vega	....	vice president: production financing, ICB Entertainment/Imperial Capital Bank
Matthew Waldman	....	production executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Matthew Waldman	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Carole Wheeler	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Kelli Wilson	....	accounting intern
Maria Wong	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Christa Zofcin	....	business affairs executive: Medis 8 Entertainment
Christa Zofcin	....	representative: Media 8 Entertainment
Jeph Duarte	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michael Heithaus	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Jessica L. Jordan	....	assistant: Mark Damon (uncredited)
Dawn Karen	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Christopher Mauldin	....	photo double (uncredited)
Jenna Piccolo	....	executive (uncredited)
Ken Rigberg	....	office production assistant (uncredited)
Stephan Rothman	....	production auditor (uncredited)
Lina Shanklin	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Lou Simon	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)
Jeremiah Stafford	....	development assistant (uncredited)
Mari Wilson	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)
Justine Wu	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Media 8 Entertainment
• Stuhall Productions
• S.R.O. Entertainment AG (in association with) (as SRO Entertainment)
• VIP 2 Medienfonds

Distributors

• New Line Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gulf Film (2006) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Videocine S.A. de C.V. (2006) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Works, The (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (200?) (Germany) (theatrical) (200?)
• Eurofilms (2007) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (200?) (Germany) (DVD) (200?)

Special Effects

• LOOK! Effects (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Accordia of California Insurance Services  insurance
• Alex Gourmet Catering  catering (as Alex's Gourmet Catering)
• Audit Trail, The  post-production accounting
• Axium International  payroll services
• Background Players  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• DJ Audio  optical sound negative
• Film Finance  completion guarantor
• Goldcrest Post Production London  on-line editing
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  lighting equipment (as Hollywood Rentals)
• ICB Entertainment Finance  production financing
• Imperial Capital Bank  production financing
• Johnny T. Martin Grip Rental  grip equipment
• LOOK! Effects  titles
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting (as Magic Film & Video Works)
• Monkeyland Audio  sound re-recording mixing
• Runway  post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, violence, drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.

Runtime:

85 min | 93 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | USA:R (certificate #41248) | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13 | Italy:VM18 | Peru:18 | UK:18 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) (2008)

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Company:

Media 8 Entertainment

Trivia:

The song that Allison sings at the high school party is "How Do You Want It?" by Tupac Shakur

Goofs:

Continuity: When the girls go out to the bar and Allison is talking to Richard, in one shot her purse is on the counter. Then she's putting it on her shoulder, and in the next shot, it's back on the counter before he gives her the "blow".

Quotes:

Stuart Lang: You were arrested! With crack dealers!
[walks to the other end of the counter next to Joanna]
Joanna Lang: [after a long pause] Maybe this hasn't been the easiest place to live, lately.
Stuart Lang: [walks back over across from Allison] Alright, so we talk about it. That's what we're supposed to do. One of us has a problem, we all talk it over.
Allison: [rolling her eyes in disbelief] Oh, right! Who are you kidding? Who can ever talk to you when you're never even here?
Stuart Lang: [raising his voice] Well, I'm gonna' make it easier for you to find me - you're grounded!
Joanna Lang: [to Stuart] Hasn't she already suffered enough...
Allison: Yes, besides, what good would it do...
[notices that her Mom has gotten a pot and two cans of soup]
Allison: Wha...? I don't want any soup, Mom!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Primetime Live: (2002-12-04)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Welcome to Havoc

A Nutshell Review: Havoc

I could start off this review in Singlish by saying "This movie damn havoc", and it just about sums it up accurately and nicely. Sex, drugs and gangsterism from the hop is hip culture, this movie attempts to provide a social commentary about the lives of super rich teenagers in the Palasades, wasting their bored lives away by trying to emulate another culture they think is cool, the wannabes who chose not to conform to the norms, but try their darndest best to be one in the 'hood.

Anne Hathaway assumes the lead role as Allison Lang, a wide-eyed teenager whose language is as beautiful as her appearance. Having her material needs satisfied by her ultra rich parents, but living in essentially an empty home, her friends and her seek out the alternative lifestyle which promises loads of fun and excitement - drugs, drink and fights. Being associated with a gang brings about some perceived self esteem and self worth. But where do you draw the line when you're always seeking another high moment? A journey to "downtown" - the areas of the have-nots, where seedy bogeymen reside in, areas where parents warn their children to stay away from, sparks a discovery of a wonderland for Allison and her best friend Emily (Bijou Phillips), as they make repeated trips to be amongst the real boys in the 'hood, to hang out, chill, and do whatever them wannabes have done at a magnitude of 10. It's a primal attraction and sexual tension between the girls and the men (not the boys they hang out with, who pee in their pants when faced with real danger - acting cool is not cool), and between Allison and Hector (Freddy Rodriguez).

But like all revelations, sometimes it takes the hard way to learn a lesson, and the movie picked up on this rather rapidly in the last third, once they got enticed into playing a game of dice (with sexual connotations) in order to be initiated into Hector's gang. Basically, the audience observes the attraction of an alternative lifestyle, of wannabes thinking they can handle it all, and of redemption and change.

While it was a surprise to see Michael Biehn in the movie, the movie clearly belonged to Anne Hathaway in her very first attempt to break away from her goody-two-shoes roles like in the Princess Diaries and Ella Enchanted. However, with the M18 rating here, this movie suffered cuts where it really mattered, and a poor edit too at one of the more pivotal scenes which literally screwed up the understanding of what actually happened, only to be told at face value, suggesting the "truth" of the matter, at a later stage. Sometimes I wonder why not release it as R21, and keep the film intact. Surely Hathaway has fans, but to mutilate the movie to let them in, is a bad decision.

It's peculiar to have the movie released this week, up against Singer's SUperman. Maybe some rebellious bored teenagers happen to be the answer to balance the truth and justice that the last son of Krypton embodies?