Keep Your Distance (2005)

Director:

Stu Pollard

Writer:

Stu Pollard (writer)

Genre:

Thriller | Mystery

Tagline:

Everyone you trust has the power to betray you.

Plot:

In the perfectly normal town of Louisville, KY, there is a perfectly normal man living the perfect life...

Plot Keywords:

Trust Fund | Notes | Sex Scandal | Celebrity | Taser

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Gil Bellows	...	David Dailey
Jennifer Westfeldt	...	Melody Carpenter
Christian Kane	...	Sean Voight
Kim Raver	...	Susan Dailey
Jamie Harrold	...	Whit Harrington
Elizabeth Peña	...	Holly
Stacy Keach	...	Brooks Voight
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Kevin
Cynthia Martells	...	Dr. Havice
Dennis Burkley	...	Gus
Brooke L. Berry	...	Dream girl
Rick Overton	...	Dr. Floyd Beasley
Jenny McShane	...	Lindsay
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Baldwin	...	Senator's Aide (scenes deleted)
Steve Carlson	...	Musician
James Ensor	...	Interview Boy
Tayler Lynch	...	Interviewed kid
Jim Petersmith	...	Bob Lentz
Matt Wheeler	...	The Todd
Apollo Bacala	...	Policeman extra (uncredited)
Bob C. Cooke	...	Man by Pool (uncredited)
Bob Markwell	...	Drunk tank extra (uncredited)
Jeff Mitchell	...	Churchill Downs employee - Senators friend (uncredited)
Shawn Slone	...	Drunk Lawer (uncredited)

Directed by
Stu Pollard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stu Pollard		writer

Produced by
Stu Pollard	....	producer
Jennifer Sims	....	co-producer
Christina Varotsis	....	producer

Original Music by
Chris Anderson

Cinematography by
Matthew Irving

Film Editing by
Terry Kelley

Casting by
Monika Mikkelsen

Production Design by
Nick Riera

Art Direction by
William D. Green

Set Decoration by
Amy R. Strong

Costume Design by
Rebekah Wiest

Makeup Department
Christopher Dougherty	....	key hair stylist
Brandy Dyan Sharp	....	key makeup artist
Noelle Somers	....	assistant makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Benjamin T. Brammeier	....	second assistant director
Marty Shea	....	third assistant director
Bruce Terris	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Kristal Baer	....	art department assistant
Mitchell Bradley	....	swing gang
Tanja Deshida	....	property master
Jonathan Fine	....	art department intern
Monica Mahoney	....	scenic artist
Aryn Pazornick	....	art department intern
Teresa Phelps	....	art department coordinator
Thaddeus Quesada	....	lead man
Paul Ranney	....	picture car wrangler
Adam Snyder	....	art department intern
Merje Veski	....	set dresser
Taj Whitesell	....	art department intern

Sound Department
Paul Braccili	....	boom operator
Peter Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Todd Grace	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles Hamilton	....	post-production sound
Charles Hamilton	....	sound recordist
Brian Linder	....	sound mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Rudy Pi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donnie Saylor	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Guy Clayton Jr.	....	special effects
Don Parsons	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Paul Curley	....	visual effects supervisor
Todd Groves	....	digital effects artist
Matt McFarland	....	digital imaging supervisor

Stunts
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz	....	stunts
James Fierro	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator
Tom Lowell	....	stunts
Linda Perlin	....	stunts
Alicia Skirball	....	stunt double: Jennifer Westfeldt

Camera and Electrical Department
Katherine Bomboy	....	still photographer
Rafiel Chait	....	second assistant camera
Ron L. Coons	....	additional camera operator
Ronald Dragosh	....	best boy electric
Geoffrey Fingerhut	....	grip
Jerry Foreman	....	grip
Ron Forsythe	....	gaffer
Jesse Homan	....	best boy grip
Matt Johnson	....	electrician
Lincoln Lewis	....	electrician
Rocker Meadows	....	additional assistant camera
Jorge Pallares	....	camera loader
R. Mark Ramey	....	first assistant camera
Lisbeth Storandt	....	first assistant camera
Rafael Winer	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Marisa Ross	....	casting associate
Jessica Rothert	....	extras casting assistant
Wendy Goodman Thum	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Marye Hall	....	set costumer (as Karen Hall)
Sara Walbridge	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Evans Butterworth	....	digital intermediate project manager
Loni Clark	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Tim Martin	....	transportation captain
Bob Puckett	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Lindsy Balmer	....	production assistant
Paul Battista	....	legal services
Chea Beckley	....	location manager
Jeremy Beiermann	....	assistant production office coordinator
Will Brick	....	production assistant
Jamie Buckner	....	production assistant
Becky Claassen	....	script supervisor
Lyman Creason	....	production assistant
Will Greenfield	....	office production assistant
Will Greenfield	....	set production assistant
Jenifour Jones	....	assistant to talent and director (as Jeni4 Jones)
Steve Nichols	....	medic
Joe Nixon	....	intern
Colin Patrick	....	production assistant
Jason M. Roberts	....	production assistant
Daniel Satorius	....	legal services
James Thomas	....	production accountant
Greg Tillman	....	epk director
Jonna Walsh	....	production coordinator
Joey Yates	....	location scout

Thanks
Boyd Hancock	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Blue & Grey Film Ventures
• Lunacy Unlimited Productions

Distributors

• Fabrication Films (2005) (non-USA) (all media)
• Lunacy Productions
• Monarch Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Lommen Abdo Cole King Stageberg  legal services by
• Workshirt Music  music editing

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Blue & Grey Film Ventures

Trivia:

The red letters showing here and there, throughout the credits, spell T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U F-O-R W-A-T-C-H-I-N-G

Quotes:

Melody Carpenter: Call your wife, David. I'm sure she's worried sick about you.
David Dailey: I told you, she's out of town.
Melody Carpenter: You're a terrible liar, David.

Movie Connections:

References Nice Guys Sleep Alone (1999)

I would say that it's a nice try for a thriller

I am a slight fan of Christian Kane's, I saw him from the TV show Angel, so when I was looking for a movie, I noticed him on the cover and even though I wasn't familular with the actors, also I wasn't sure about the story, but I figured I should give it a shot. So I went ahead and rented it and just watched it tonite and over all, I'd say that it was a good attempt for a thriller, but it was pretty average.

Basically this radio host, David, has caught his wife cheating with another woman. Melody has just turned her boyfriend's, Sean, proposal down in public, but when Melody runs out to skip humiliation, she gets hit by a car and David helps her, so when he finds out about his wife, he drinks and gets thrown in jail, and to return the favor, Melody bails him out and they develop a friendship discovering that there might be people out to hurt them.

Keep Your Distance like I said was an average thriller that could've been better, but from what I'm reading, the director is still pretty new at movies, so I'm going to give him a chance, because this wasn't a bad movie at all. So if you come across it, you might want to check it out, you never know, you may love it or you may hate it, but just give it a shot.

5/10