Kart Racer (2003)

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writer (WGA):

Nicholas DiBella (written by)

Release Date:

20 October 2004 (United Arab Emirates)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

Courage has no speed limit

Plot:

14-year-old Watts Davies is estranged from his dad, a former International Karting Federation (IKF) champion...

Plot Keywords:

Race | 14 Year Old | Father Son Relationship | Teen | Gocart

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Randy Quaid	...	Vic Davies
Will Rothhaar	...	Watts Davies
Jennifer Wigmore	...	Deputy Jenna West
David Gallagher	...	Scott McKenna
Amanda de Martinis	...	Dahlia Stone
Joe Dinicol	...	Rodney Wells
Jordan Conti	...	Bink
Johnny Griffin	...	Toomey
Steve Adams	...	Clint Meyers
Philip Spensley	...	Father Patrick Ramsey
Leif Bristow	...	Rodney's Dad
Caitlin Babb	...	Kate Stevens
Sean Devine	...	Cop
Justin Bradley	...	Nick Curcio
Victor Briestensky	...	Ted Washington
Christopher Mills	...	Ryan Mills
Jaclyn Linetsky	...	Kate's Friend
Lindsay Abrahams	...	Kate's Friend
Paula Jean Hixson	...	Tammy
Shaaya Scott	...	Lookout Kid
Barry Baldaro	...	Elderly Home Owner
Mary Morter	...	Elderly Wife
Nathalie Girard	...	Bride
Jason Cavalier	...	Groom
Amanda Strawn	...	Female Police Officer
Robert Ozores	...	Dancing Janitor (as Roberto Ozores)
Bianca Beauchemin	...	Spray Paint Kid
Noah Gillard	...	Cotton Candy Kid
Dean Hagopian	...	IKF Official
Harland Williams	...	Zee
Bob Jenkins	...	Announcer
Paul Romanuk	...	Announcer

Directed by
Stuart Gillard

Writing credits (WGA)
Nicholas DiBella		(written by)

Produced by
Leif Bristow	....	producer
Jana Edelbaum	....	associate producer
Patty Hedeen	....	associate producer
H. Michael Heuser	....	executive producer
Frank Hübner	....	producer
Irene Litinsky	....	producer
Murray Marchant	....	associate producer
Robert Schwartz	....	producer

Original Music by
Jeff Danna

Cinematography by
Thomas Burstyn		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robin Russell

Casting by
Karen Margiotta
Mary Margiotta

Production Design by
Michael Joy

Art Direction by
Pierre Perrault

Set Decoration by
Daniéle Rouleau
François Sénécal		(as François Senecal)

Costume Design by
Odette Gadoury

Makeup Department
Sandra Feijoo	....	makeup artist
Tahira Herold	....	key hair stylist
Tomoko Hidaka	....	hair stylist
Melissa Purino	....	makeup artist
Benjamin Robin	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Stephane Desharnais	....	unit manager
Jan Dutton	....	post-production supervisor
Maurice Forget	....	unit manager
Sandrine Gros d'Aillon	....	assistant production manager
Reinhild Gräber	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Rudolf Kurz	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Jacky Lavoie	....	production manager
Michel Leroux	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexandre Bernard	....	additional third assistant director
Paul Birkett	....	second unit director
Stéphane Byl	....	third assistant director
Buck Deachman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jean-François Duplat	....	additional third assistant director
Tyler Gillard	....	trainee assistant director
Brigitte Goulet	....	second second assistant director
Anissa Harvey	....	third assistant director: second unit
Roxanna Macedo	....	second assistant director
Bethan Mowat	....	second assistant director
Eric Raby	....	third assistant director: second unit
Florence Vasseur	....	third assistant director
Michael Williams	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Vincent Aird	....	assistant decorator
Pierre Bellemare	....	scenic technician
Renée Belley	....	scenic painter (as Irénée Belley)
Josée Bolduc	....	assistant props: second unit
Robert Bourdeau	....	scenic painter
Real Capuano	....	scenic technician
Stéphane Caron	....	scenic technician
Denis Caspar	....	graphic artist
Bertrand Charette	....	art department runner
Alain Clouatre	....	property buyer (as Alain Clouâtre)
Brigitte Côté	....	painter
Robert Côté	....	assistant property master
Marc Chaussegros De Léry	....	chief property buyer
Odette Gauvreau	....	key scenic painter
Sébastien Gervais	....	scenic technician
Martin Handfield	....	property master
Suzanne Labrecque	....	art department coordinator
Paul Le Maire	....	property master: second unit
Nicolas Lemieux	....	set unit runner
Darcy McLeod	....	head carpenter (as Darcy MacLeod)
Régis Pelletier	....	scenic painter
Christian Pierre	....	scenic technician
Guy Pigeon	....	draftsman
Colombe Raby	....	assistant art director
Julie Raymond	....	assistant decorator
Benoit Robert	....	set dresser
Benoit Robitaille	....	set dresser
Anouk Saint-Amand	....	assistant props buyer

Sound Department
David Appleby	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Stephen Barden	....	sound editor
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Bertola	....	sound editor
Don Cohen	....	sound recordist
Tony Currie	....	supervising sound editor
J.R. Fountain	....	sound effects editor
Mark Gingras	....	sound effects editor
Craig Henighan	....	sound effects editor
Thierry Hoffman	....	boom operator (as Thierry Hoffmann)
Philippe Lavigne	....	sound trainee
Jason Perreira	....	assistant sound re-recording engineer
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
Nathan Robitaille	....	assistant sound editor
Steve F.B. Smith	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Gabor Vadnay	....	additional sound recordist
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Marc Auclair	....	special effects technician
Marc Bienvenu	....	special effects technician (as Marc Bienvenue)
Ryal Cosgrove	....	special effects coordinator
Mike Cousins	....	special effects technician
Tom Lane	....	special effects technician
Rob Langshaw	....	special effects technician
Marc Reichel	....	special effects technician
Susie Simard	....	special effects technician
Cyrile Vo-Quang	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Penny Anderson	....	visual effects artist
Greg Astles	....	digital compositor
James Coulter	....	digital artist: Digital Dimension
Jason Crosby	....	digital artist: Digital Dimension
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension
Ken Mitchel Jones	....	technical director: Sundog Films
Edmond Kozin	....	visual effects artist (as Edmund A. Kozin)
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Stevie Ramone	....	digital compositor
Marion Spates	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dimension
Robin Trickett	....	visual effects coordinator
Leandro Visconti	....	compositor: Digital Dimension

Stunts
Ronald Arseanault	....	stunts
Mike Chute	....	stunts
Simon Gagnon	....	stunt driver
Nathalie Girard	....	stunts
Chris Green	....	stunt driver
Patrick Kerton	....	stunts
Daniel Lamothe	....	stunt driver
Yves Langlois	....	stunts
Gilbert Larose Jr.	....	stunts
Jay Lavallée	....	stunts
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunt driver
Karine Lemieux	....	stunts
Patrick Mark	....	stunts
David McKeown	....	stunt coordinator (as Dave McKeown)
Michael Scherer	....	stunt coordinator (as Mike Scherer)
Daniel St-Germain	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-François Abran	....	electrician
Bernard April	....	best boy electric
Bernard April	....	gaffer: second unit
Claude Beauchamp	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Claude Beauchamp	....	first assistant camera: second camera, second unit
Sylvain Bernier	....	gaffer
Paul F. Birkett	....	camera operator
Paul F. Birkett	....	director of photography: second unit
Alain Bisson Doyal	....	best boy grip: second unit
Philippe Bossé	....	still photographer
Pascal Courchesne	....	best boy rigging grip
François Dagenais	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Jean-François Dasylva-LaRue	....	electrician
Stéphane de Ernsted	....	key rigging grip
Jean-Yves Denis	....	crane technician
Jean-Yves Denis	....	key grip: second unit
Mathieu-Félix Drouin	....	second assistant camera
Michel Durocher	....	crane operator
Jean Décarie	....	generator operator
Thierry Fargeau	....	assistant camera
Maryse Fournier	....	video assist operator
Pierre Fournier	....	second assistant camera
Julie Garceau	....	video assist operator
Michel Girard	....	first assistant camera
Michel Girard	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Rémi Giroux	....	grip
Marie-Pierre Gratton	....	clapper loader
Pauline Heaton	....	underwater camera operator: second unit
Jean Kavanagh	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Martin Lebel	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Martine Leclerc	....	underwater first assistant camera: second unit
Kenneth MacKenzie	....	rigging grip: second unit
Nicolas Marion	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Josée Mongeau	....	second assistant camera
Eric Morin	....	first assistant camera: third camera, second unit
Stéphane Pilon	....	key rigging grip: second unit
Michel Périard	....	key grip
Louis Richard	....	grip: second unit
Ted William Ross	....	electrician (as Ted W. Ross)
Geoffroy St-Hilaire	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Geoffroy St-Hilaire	....	second assistant camera
Pascal St-Martin	....	grip
Michel St. Martin	....	grip
Stephane Tanguay	....	electrician
Paul Tremblay	....	best boy grip
Marco Venditto	....	electrician

Casting Department
Robin D. Cook	....	casting: Toronto
Elizabeth Gray	....	casting assistant: Toronto
Andrea Kenyon	....	casting: Montreal
Caroline Landry	....	extras casting
Shawn Roberts	....	casting assistant: Montreal
Leslie Roycroft	....	extras casting
Randi Wells	....	casting: Montreal

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julie Amyot	....	additional extras dresser
Nicole Bouliane	....	assistant extras dresser: second unit
Catherine Chagnon	....	assistant dresser
Catherine Chagnon	....	key dresser: second unit
Sylvie Chaput	....	technical costumer
Rosalie Clermont-Bilodeau	....	costume coordinator (as Rosalie Clermont)
Luc Deguise	....	extras costumer
Ginette Duval	....	extras dresser: second unit
Suzanne Gingras	....	dresser: second unit
Sophie Godard	....	dresser
Sylvie Guillard	....	assistant costume designer
Micheline Laniel	....	extras dresser: second unit
Guy Lemieux	....	key extras dresser
Ginette Régis	....	key dresser

Editorial Department
Peter Cameron	....	negative cutter
Sue Chambers	....	dailies colorist
Joel Davies	....	post-production assistant
Mike Grant	....	assistant editor
Ricardo Olivero	....	color timer
Angela Rentzelos	....	post-production assistant
Joanne Rourke	....	colorist: tape to tape
Michael Solomon	....	post-production coordinator
Erika Wolff	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Brad Haehnel	....	music mixer
Andy Hill	....	music supervisor
Stephen Lotwis	....	music editor
Kevin Banks	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Michel Brouillette	....	picture car coordinator
Jesse Coull	....	picture car assistant
Walter Diaz	....	transportation captain
Joseph 'Tino' Viscusi	....	transportation coordinator (as Tino Viscusi)

Other crew
Cynthia Amsden	....	publicist
Geneviève Babin	....	assistant craft service
Olivier Barzic	....	set production assistant
Rosana Bruni	....	second assistant accountant
Christian Chapdeleine	....	swing production assistant
Patrice Cohen	....	location assistant
Birthe Danielsen	....	assistant: Mr. Felcher
Ken Dhaliwal	....	production legal
Saundra Diardichuk	....	product placement
Nathalie Déry	....	assistant location manager
Flora Eleftheriou	....	first assistant accountant
Isabelle Faivre-Duboz	....	script supervisor: second unit
Régent Fréchette	....	truck production assistant
Mario Garant	....	production assistant
Laurent Gladu	....	location assistant
Sandrine Gros d'Aillon	....	production coordinator
Erik Guay	....	assistant craft service
Olivier Hetu	....	production assistant: second unit
Michelle Hopp	....	unit publicist
Vanessa Huxter	....	production assistant
Brandon Kienzle	....	assistant: Mr. Schwartz
Fany Lajoie	....	production assistant
Marie-Éve Lamarche	....	assistant craft service
Lorette Leblanc	....	script supervisor
Daniel Leclerc	....	third assistant accountant
Hélène Leduc	....	craft service
Anne Lockquell	....	craft service (as Ann Lockquell)
Samia Mainz	....	assistant: Mr. Hübner
Rachel Maness	....	post-production accountant
Pierre Martel	....	assistant craft service
Roman Martyn	....	location manager
Bruce Miller	....	post-production accountant
Daniel Moise	....	remote head technician
Nancy Partheniou	....	production accountant
Dany Pedneault	....	production assistant: second unit
Robin Pelletier	....	craft service
Samantha Porteous	....	production secretary
Paolo Quintans	....	set production assistant
Sacha Sojic	....	stand-in: Randy Quaid
Julie-Anne Szabo	....	receptionist
Marie-Pierre Tétreault	....	24 frame video coordinator
Josephine C. Watson	....	script trainee

Production Companies

• ApolloMedia
• Knightscove Entertainment

Distributors

• Premiere Marketing & Distribution Group (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Premiere Group
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Sundog Films (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Caldwell & Company  loop group casting
• Cine-Byte Imaging  scanning and recording
• DVA Montreal  digital video assist
• DeLuxe Toronto  re-recorded by
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Eastern Script Service Inc.  script clearance
• Eyes Post Group  video facilities
• Neg-a-Splice  negative cutting
• Sound Dogs Toronto  sound editorial

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Beaconsfield, Québec, Canada

Company:

ApolloMedia

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Set in the US but on Vic and Watts return from the police station, on the speed limit sign, it's clearly written MAXIMUM 70. It's in Km/h not in MPH. That would be faster then the 60 MPH speed limit on US highways. Not bad for a small country road.

Soundtrack:

Pressing On

A flick about a teen who wants to become a Go-Cart racer and builds one with his dad

It was a good movie. A little heavy on the accents but it had a thrilling story. The beginning is a little boring, but it has a solid ending. IT has a fun and competitive liveliness to it. It is enjoyable. It is good for kids under the age of 15.