Nowhere Man (2005)

Director:

Tim McCann

Writer:

Tim McCann

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Action

Plot:

A desperate man ventures into a dangerous and sordid underworld of crime and pornography in search of his severed genitalia which is held for ransom by his disgruntled former girlfriend. |

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Gore | Splatter | Blood | Castration

Cast

Michael Rodrick	...	Conrad
Debbie Rochon	...	Jennifer
Frank Olivier	...	Daddy Mac
Lloyd Kaufman	...	Doctor Johnson
Bob Gosse	...	Hersh West
Michael Risley	...	Speed
James Burton	...	Larry (as Jim Burton)
Mark Tchelistcheff	...	Shannon
Rod Razor	...	Little John
Steve Olivieri	...	Producer
Aaron Parker	...	Gun Dealer
Eric Hill	...	Bartender
Paul Williams	...	Bar Patron
Kathy Good	...	Lisa
Elvira Sinani	...	Marie
Juliette Olivier	...	Samantha
James W. Harrison III	...	Pool Player (as Jim Harrison)
Lawrence O'Neil	...	Pool Player (as Larry O'Neil)
Joe Indusi	...	Pool Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Herbert Golder	...	(uncredited)
Rachel Haynes	...	Cheryl (uncredited)
Andrea Ulrich	...	Alice (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim McCann

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tim McCann

Produced by
James W. Harrison III	....	line producer (as Jim Harrison)
Tim McCann	....	producer
Linda Moran	....	associate producer
Lawrence O'Neil	....	producer
Frank Olivier	....	executive producer
Debbie Rochon	....	associate producer
Michael Rodrick	....	executive producer
Mark Tchelistcheff	....	producer
Adolfo Vargas	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jason Morphew
Drew Stiles
Robert Strait		(as Rob Strait)

Cinematography by
John Lazear

Film Editing by
Tim McCann

Production Design by
Laura Hyman

Art Direction by
Laura Hyman

Costume Design by
Nives Spaleta

Makeup Department
Michael R. Thomas	....	hair stylist
Michael R. Thomas	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Hillary Cutter	....	post-production supervisor
James W. Harrison III	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James W. Harrison III	....	first assistant director (as Jim Harrison)

Art Department
Mark S. Wilson	....	property master
Nives Spaleta	....	property builder (uncredited)

Sound Department
Giles Kahn	....	sound mixer (as Gilles Kahn)
Jeff Kushner	....	sound designer
Jeff Kushner	....	sound editor
Sebastian Liszc	....	sound mixer
Jose Ochoa	....	boom operator (as Jose Ochoa Jr.)
Mark Victor	....	sound mixer
Eric Warzecha	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Justin Quagliata	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Kurt Hyman	....	electric
Joe Indusi	....	gaffer (as Joseph Indusi)
Em Ji	....	grip
Louis Kornfeld	....	key grip
Edwin Martinez	....	gaffer
Tim McCann	....	additional cinematographer
Stanley Roth	....	grip
Mike Selemon	....	second assistant camera
Adolfo Vargas	....	first assistant camera
Llaeth Wrec	....	grip

Editorial Department
Justin Quagliata	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jason Morphew	....	composer: song "Sex"
Robert Strait	....	composer: original score

Other crew
Sarah Hawkins	....	script supervisor
Pablo Liberato	....	production assistant
Derman MacCrear	....	production assistant
Hubert May	....	production assistant
Miles McGee	....	key production assistant
Frank Olivier	....	production assistant
Andrea Ulrich	....	production assistant
Jack Kennedy	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Peter Flierl	....	the producers wish to thank: Nyack Hospital
Lesly Kahn	....	the producers wish to thank (as Lesley Kahn)
Jeannie McCann	....	the producers wish to thank
Monica Olivier	....	the producers wish to thank
Rodney Picott	....	the producers wish to thank
Andre Tchelistcheff	....	the producers wish to thank
Carl Zimatore	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• King Cobra Films

Distributors

• First Run Features (2005) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Company:

King Cobra Films

Trivia:

Official selection of The Greenwhich Film Festival (USA) 2004.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Something to Scream About (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Smile

Great low-budget effort from largely unsung director

I have been recently watching a lot of Tim McCann movies in anticipation of his new movie with Robin Tunney and Aaron Stanford.

This second-newest release, NOWHERE MAN, is a great slice of low-budget DV independent/ B-movie film-making. And when I say B-movie, I mean it in the best sense of the term. I read a FILM THREAT interview with McCann where he talks about preferring Anthony Mann movies to anything made today, and NOWHERE MAN has that same sort of hard-hitting pulpiness that a film academic could respect... if they weren't TOO uptight. After all, this is a movie whose main character has had his willy removed.

The acting all around, from leads Rodrick and Rochon and Olivier to one-scene appearances by Michael Risley (who starred in McCann's excellent REVOLUTION #9) and Bob Gosse and Lloyd Kaufman, is really solid and plays more to the realistic side of the situation, but with a few moments of comedy -- both broad and subtly dark -- in there for good measure.

The theme of NOWHERE MAN is quite similar to McCann's first feature DESOLATION ANGELS, which also featured Rodrick as a man who learns a secret about his girlfriend that drives him to unnecessary macho violence, but this is a much leaner, more effective film. Unfortunately, I fear too many people won't be able to get over this flick's cockiness, so to speak, and see it for the well-told drama that it is.

Of course, the filmmakers aren't helping matters with the selection of crude outtakes put into the end credits, which sort of undercut the tone of the film -- but which presumably are there to pad this lean, mean film out to feature length.