On_Line (2002)

Director:

Jed Weintrob

Writers:

Andrew Osborne
Jed Weintrob

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

You're Never Alone

Plot:

John, a computer whiz on the rebound from a disastrous break-up, starts an adult Internet site with his roommate...

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Gay | Nudity | Webcam | Gay Teenager

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Josh Hamilton	...	John Roth
Harold Perrineau	...	Moe Curley
Isabel Gillies	...	Moira Ingalls
John Fleck	...	Al Fleming
Vanessa Ferlito	...	Jordan Nash
Eric Millegan	...	Ed Simone
Liz Owens	...	Angel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Cuiffo	...	Chatter #1
Ari Gold	...	Online bigot
Ali Reza	...	Pervert (as Ali Farahnakian)

Directed by
Jed Weintrob

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Osborne
Jed Weintrob

Produced by
Claude Arpels	....	executive producer
Adam Brightman	....	producer
Seth Burch	....	line producer
Tanya Selvaratnam	....	producer
Richard D. Titus	....	executive producer
Tavin Marin Titus	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Roger Neill

Cinematography by
Toshiaki Ozawa

Film Editing by
Stephanie Sterner

Casting by
Adrienne Stern

Production Design by
Jory Adam

Costume Design by
Mia Morgan

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeff Huston	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Alison Scowby	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Coll Anderson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Coll Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Bowles	....	dialogue supervisor
Andrew Bracken	....	sound recordist
Sean England	....	digital archivist
Kent Sparling	....	re-recording mixer
Gene Radzik	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christian D. Bruun	....	visual effects supervisor
Steven Osit	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Melissa Guimaraes	....	best boy grip

Editorial Department
Joe Gawler	....	digital intermediate colorist
Ian Richardson	....	first assistant editor
Jason Watkins	....	editor: bonus features

Music Department
Matt Diehl	....	music supervisor
Todd C. Roberts	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Alyssa Black	....	production coordinator
Faith Strongheart	....	assistant production office coordinator
Sam Sullivan III	....	script supervisor
Jason Watkins	....	editorial contributor
Christian Zak	....	technical director

Production Companies

• Internet Stories
• Plinyminor (uncredited)

Distributors

• Indican Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lightning Entertainment (2003-) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Arkles Entertainment (Australia) (video)
• Arkles Entertainment (New Zealand) (video)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (Greece)
• CMN (Switzerland)
• CVD Media Co. Ltd. (Thailand) (video)
• Carmen Films (Russia)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil)
• Gil Productions (Israel)
• NonStop Entertainment (Sweden)
• Quality Films (Mexico)
• Wolfe Video

Special Effects

• QuantumFilm

Other Companies

• DitlevFilms  titles
• Jeremy Walker + Associates  publicity

Also Known As:

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | USA:R

Company:

Internet Stories

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Camera and microphone visible on right of frame at 1 hours 12 minutes 12 seconds.

Very Original Romance– I Liked a Lot

In New York, John Roth (Josh Hamilton) and Lawrence "Moe" Curley (Harold Perrineau) are friends, roommates and partners in a pornographic adult site called Intercon-X, where the fantasies of costumers may be satisfied, being necessary only a computer and a credit card. John is very lonely and has difficulties to deal with real people, and Moe is a "walking penis", only interested in having sex with women. John peeps Angel (Liz Owens) and the delicious Jordan Nash (Vanessa Ferlito), and one day he makes contact with Jordan and they date. Meanwhile, the depressed owner of a thematic bar, Moira Ingalls (Isabell Gillies), meets Moe and she falls in love for him, stops using pills and leaves her suicidal chartroom, keeping only touch with the twenty years old gay virtual friend Ed Simone (Eric Millegan), who is also lonely and likes Al Fleming (John Fleck) from Intercon-X. The reaction of each person outside virtual world meeting the other one is very different, but in the end, there is a message of hope.

"On_Line" is a very original and updated romance and I liked a lot. The creative screenplay is about a very modern theme that is explored in "Thomas est Amoureux" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262826/usercomments-13) in a different approach, taking place in a near future. But in "On-Line", the story about lonely people that have difficulties to establish a relationship with real people is much more believable. In the present days, it is amazing the quantity of personal information transmitted through Internet and the number of persons we only know virtually. In IMDb, for example, I have contact with many persons, few of them are my friends in real world, but most of them I know just through the site and probably I will never have the chance to meet them. But IMDb is a site about movies, and not problematic as Intercon-X or the suicidal chat room. The cast is great and is difficult to highlight one individual performance, although I liked a lot the acting of Isabell Gillies in the role of the sweet and hurt Moira Ingalls; the direction is excellent, with a great work of edition. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Vida On_Line" ("The On_Line Life")