Blood Work (2002)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers (WGA):

Michael Connelly (novel)
Brian Helgeland (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a heartbeat away from catching the killer

Plot:

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Heart Transplant | FBI Profiler | Sister | Murder

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Terry McCaleb
Jeff Daniels	...	Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Anjelica Huston	...	Dr. Bonnie Fox
Wanda De Jesus	...	Graciella Rivers (as Wanda De Jesús)
Tina Lifford	...	Detective Jaye Winston
Paul Rodriguez	...	Detective Ronaldo Arrango
Dylan Walsh	...	Detective John Waller
Mason Lucero	...	Raymond Torres
Gerry Becker	...	Mr. Toliver
Rick Hoffman	...	James Lockridge
Alix Koromzay	...	Mrs. Cordell
Igor Jijikine	...	Mikhail Bolotov
Dina Eastwood	...	Reporter #1
Beverly Leech	...	Reporter #2
June Kyoto Lu	...	Mrs. Kang (as June Kyoko Lu)
Chao Li Chi	...	Mr. Kang
Glenn Morshower	...	Captain
Robert Harvey	...	Restaurant Manager
Matt Huffman	...	Young Detective
Mark Thomason	...	James Cordell
Maria Quiban	...	Gloria Torres
Brent Hinkley	...	Cab Driver
Natalia Ongaro	...	Receptionist
Amanda Carlin	...	Office Manager
Ted Rooney	...	Forensics #1
P.J. Byrne	...	Forensics #2
Sam Jaeger	...	Deputy
Derric Nugent	...	L.A.P.D. Officer
Craig Hosking	...	Helicopter Pilot
James W. Gavin	...	Helicopter Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Todd Bryant	...	Disguised Man at ATM (uncredited)
Bryan Hanna	...	Front Desk Cop (uncredited)
Greg Stechman	...	Dock Crew (uncredited)

Directed by
Clint Eastwood

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Connelly		(novel)
Brian Helgeland		(screenplay)

Produced by
Clint Eastwood	....	producer
Judie Hoyt	....	co-producer (as Judie G. Hoyt)
Robert Lorenz	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Lennie Niehaus

Cinematography by
Tom Stern		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joel Cox

Casting by
Phyllis Huffman

Production Design by
Henry Bumstead

Art Direction by
Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Set Decoration by
Richard C. Goddard		(as Richard Goddard)

Costume Design by
Deborah Hopper

Makeup Department
Patricia Dehaney-Le May	....	key hair stylist (as Patricia Dehaney)
Tania McComas	....	key makeup artist
Carol A. O'Connell	....	key hair stylist
Francisco X. Pérez	....	key makeup artist (as Francisco X. Perez)

Production Management
Dodi Lee Rubenstein	....	unit production manager (as Dodi L. Rubenstein)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Katie Carroll	....	second second assistant director
Melissa Cummins Lorenz	....	second assistant director (as Melissa Cummins-Lorenz)
Robert Lorenz	....	first assistant director

Art Department
William A. Barry	....	swing gang (as William Barry)
Bradley B. Blasdel	....	swing gang
Brandon Boyle	....	assistant property master
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer (as Jann Engel)
Adrian Gorton	....	set designer
Peter N. Griffith	....	on-set dresser (as Peter Griffith)
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
Shelly Kinney	....	labor foreman
Joel J. Misetich	....	paint foreman
Luigi Mugavero	....	swing gang
Michael Muscarella	....	construction coordinator
Charles Nixon III	....	swing gang (as Charles Nixon)
Sandra Renfroe	....	swing gang (as Sandi Armstrong-Renfroe)
Mike Rutgard	....	swing gang (as Michael S. Rutgard)
Kenny Sanford	....	general foreman
John Schacht	....	leadperson (as John A. Schacht)
Michael Sexton	....	property master
Michael Mick Armstrong	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Scott Austin	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Elixandro Diaz Jr.	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Lilly Frank	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
James R. Lord	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Luigi Mugavero	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jason Muscarella	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Craig Nycz	....	paint foreman (uncredited)
David Rottenberg	....	assistant property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Bub Asman	....	co-supervising sound editor
Beau Borders	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Boyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bradley Clouse	....	first assistant sound editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith	....	supervising dialogue editor
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Flash Deros	....	boom operator
Joe Divitale	....	foley editor (as Joe DiVitale)
Michael Dressel	....	supervising foley editor
Juno J. Ellis	....	adr supervisor
Denise Horta	....	adr editor
Eileen Horta	....	sound effects editor
Glenn Hoskinson	....	sound effects editor
Doug Jackson	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Janisz	....	adr editor
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jason King	....	sound effects editor
Ross Levy	....	cable person
Steve Mann	....	sound effects editor
Walt Martin	....	sound mixer
Alan Robert Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Howard Neiman	....	sound effects editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Karen Spangenberg	....	dialogue editor
Del Spiva	....	assistant adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley editor
Nancy Tracy	....	second assistant sound editor
Donald L. Warner Jr.	....	dialogue editor (as Don Warner)
Paul C. Warschilka	....	sound effects editor (as Paul Warschilka)
Melissa Deanne Ferguson	....	auricle operator (uncredited)
Kirk Herzbrun	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
George Peterson Jr.	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Mark Purcell	....	machine room operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
H. Barclay Aaris	....	special effects
Jeff Denes	....	special effects
Tim Moran	....	special effects (as Tim J. Moran)
Steve Riley	....	special effects coordinator (as Steven Riley)
Ante Dugandzic	....	special effects (uncredited)
Frances Pennington	....	special effects (uncredited)
Dominic V. Ruiz	....	special effects (uncredited)
Christopher A. Suarez	....	special effects (uncredited)
Ray L. Wilkerson	....	special effects (uncredited)
John Wonser	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Camille Geier	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Michael Owens	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
Jeff Sutherland	....	digital compositor: ILM
Bruce Vecchitto	....	digital color timing supervisor: ILM
Ronnie E. Williams Jr.	....	digital compositor: ILM (as Ronnie Williams Jr.)
Michael Conte	....	digital compositor: ILM (uncredited)
Julie Creighton	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Lloyd Hess	....	technical support (uncredited)
Mike Pemberton	....	video technical assistant (uncredited)
George Sakellariou	....	production engineering: ILM (uncredited)

Stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts (as Richard L. Bucher)
Ian Eyre	....	stunts (as Ian M. Eyre)
Robert S. Hosking	....	stunts
Buck McDancer	....	stunts
John Robotham	....	stunts
Sharon Schaffer	....	stunts
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunt coordinator
Velarde	....	stunts
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Hans Bjerno	....	camera operator: SpaceCam
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	Steadicam operator
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	camera operator
Bill Coe	....	first assistant camera
Ross Dunkerley	....	chief lighting technician
Curtis Failor	....	rigging gaffer
John Lacy	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Bobby McMahan	....	second assistant camera (as Robert McMahan)
Shayna Ritenour	....	camera loader
Charles Saldana	....	key grip (as Charles Saldaña)
Doug Wall	....	best boy
Charles W. Wayt	....	dolly grip (as Charles Wayt)
Merie Weismiller Wallace	....	still photographer (as Merie Wallace)
Buzzy Burwell	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Glenn Cannon	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Sheila Greene	....	set electrician (uncredited)
Jesse Mather	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Brian Minzlaff	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
John Monsour	....	24 frame video operator (uncredited)
David Musselman	....	electrician (uncredited)
T. Daniel Scaringi	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Bruce D. Spellman	....	grip (uncredited)
Andrew Towne	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
David Watkinson	....	video engineer (uncredited)
James D. Wickman	....	dolly grip: "b" camera (uncredited)
Abbe Wool	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Olivia Harris	....	casting associate
Amy Pope	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Ceo	....	key costumer
Ann Culotta	....	set costumer
Sybil Gray	....	set costumer
Robin Borman	....	costumer (uncredited)
Jack Taggart	....	costume ager/dyer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Michael Cipriano	....	assistant film editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Gary Roach	....	assistant film editor (as Gary D. Roach)

Music Department
Robert Fernandez	....	music scoring mixer (as Bobby Fernandez)
Donald Harris	....	music editor
George Doering	....	musician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Keith Dillin	....	transportation coordinator
Larry Stelling	....	transportation captain
John Bush	....	driver (uncredited)
Bruce Callahan	....	transportation (uncredited)
Dillin Craig	....	driver (uncredited)
Roy A. Grace	....	driver (uncredited)
Horst Harter	....	driver: set dressing department (uncredited)
Stephen Heinrich	....	driver: construction department (uncredited)
Tina Peterson	....	driver (uncredited)
Charles Renfroe	....	driver: set dressing department (uncredited)
Alana Stelling	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Kokayi Ampah	....	location manager
Marco Barla	....	unit publicist
Michael Bilog	....	assistant accountant (as Michael L. Bilog)
Robert Cable	....	assistant production accountant
Edward Dumlao	....	assistant marine coordinator
Janet Farris	....	production aide
Robert Gluck	....	assistant location manager
Jason Gondek	....	production accountant (as Jason S. Gondek)
Kirk Herzbrun	....	production aide
Nancy G. James	....	craft service (as Nancy James)
Cullen Jowitt	....	assistant: Mr. Eastwood
Don Kincade	....	set production aide (as Donald A. Kincade)
Mable Lawson-McCrary	....	script supervisor (as Mable Lawson McCrary)
Lucas Moore	....	studio teacher
Randy Moyer	....	production aide
Blu Murray	....	production aide
Jimmy O'Connell	....	marine coordinator (as James J. O'Connell)
Paul Purvis	....	production aide
Liz Radley	....	video and graphics supervisor (as Elizabeth Radley)
Angela Randazzo	....	assistant accountant
Cristi Rickey	....	set production aide (as Christi Rickey)
Benjamin C. Robertson	....	production aide
Jenniphur Ryan	....	production secretary
Ptah Shabaf	....	assistant location manager
Karen Shaw	....	production coordinator
Michelle L. Shuffett	....	medical technical advisor (as Michelle L. Shuffet M.D.)
Todd Skaggs	....	set production aide (as Robert 'Todd' Skaggs)
Traci Tateyama	....	assistant production coordinator
Donovan Terranova	....	assistant location manager
Chuck Webb	....	set production aide
Randolph Bookman	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Margaret Cox	....	staff assistant (uncredited)
Michael George	....	marine assistant (uncredited)
Michael Grooms	....	mechanic (uncredited)
Jim Lipman	....	boat captain (uncredited)
Linda Stelling	....	construction medic (uncredited)
Gwenn Stroman	....	assistant: Anjelica Huston (uncredited)
Mark Thomason	....	stand-in: Mr. Eastwood (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Malpaso Productions
• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Bros (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2003) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sandrews (2003) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (UK) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Sequoia Illumination  lighting equipment
• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• SoundStorm  sound editing

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39126) | Iceland:16 | Denmark:15 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Acton, California, USA

Company:

Malpaso Productions

Trivia:

First of two movies with a screenplay written by Brian Helgeland and directed by Clint Eastwood. The second was Mystic River (2003).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When McCaleb is doing a newspaper search on a computer, both search results are labeled as "1 of 1" and the result ID is the same, even though the headline and article summary is different for each result.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Detective Arango:[referring to McCaleb at crime scene] Okay, listen. Whatever happens, it'll his face on the front page.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ruby & Quentin (2003)

Good For One Viewing

I found this to be one of those films I really enjoyed on the first viewing, but once you know the surprise ending, the second viewing isn't nearly as good.

It's a typically-entertaining Clint Eastwood film. He makes few dull movies, I'll say that for him. Now that he's gotten older, his weather-beaten face makes him all the more interesting to view.

I didn't find Anjelica Huston's weather-beaten face, however, as believable. Her tough demeanor, including vocabulary, is not something a doctor would have, as she plays here. Paul Rodriguez also is stupidly profane in his role but he does have a few funny lines.

The main attraction of the story is the twist near the end so, as mentioned, one look is just about right for this film...and it is worth one look f you want a decent diversion for one night.