Paparazzi (2004)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Paul Abascal

Writer (WGA):

Forry Smith (written by)

Release Date:

3 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

One good shot deserves another

Plot:

A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.

Plot Keywords:

Paparazzi | Revenge | Actor | Car Accident | Movie Star

Cast

Cole Hauser	...	Bo Laramie
Robin Tunney	...	Abby Laramie
Dennis Farina	...	Detective Burton
Daniel Baldwin	...	Wendell Stokes
Tom Hollander	...	Leonard Clark
Kevin Gage	...	Kevin Rosner
Blake Michael Bryan	...	Zach Laramie (as Blake Bryan)
Tom Sizemore	...	Rex Harper
Andrea Baker	...	Emily
Jordan Baker	...	Dr. Kelley
Joe Basile	...	Police Lab Tech
Lauren Birkell	...	Allison
Wendy Braun	...	Bo's Publicist
Kelly Carlson	...	Kristin
Greg Castro	...	Policeman
Robert Catrini	...	Smartass Paparazzi
Larry Cedar	...	Charlie
Dennis Cockrum	...	Coroner
Joel Connable	...	Reporter
Duane Davis	...	Reggie
Michael Dempsey	...	Soccer Coach
Giuliana DePandi	...	Herself
Andi Eystad	...	Sierra
Donal Gibson	...	Deputy Wilson
David Ury	...	Fan
Noah Harpster	...	Fan
Tim Halligan	...	Forensic Investigator
Michael Holden	...	Bo's Lawyer
Anthony R. Jones	...	CSI Guy
Tory Kittles	...	David
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Dr. Hanson
Sal Lopez	...	Mexican Man
Fay Masterson	...	Marcy
Kathe E. Mazur	...	Second Assistant Director (as Kathe Mazur)
Brian McNamara	...	Bo's Agent
Bobby Neely	...	Officer (as Robert Lee Neely II)
Leyna Nguyen	...	Female Field Reporter
Dean Nolen	...	Reporter
Angela Martinez	...	Reporter
Chris Rock	...	Pizza Delivery Guy
Forry Smith	...	Deputy Walker
Patrick Stinson	...	Himself
Tim Thomerson	...	Uniformed Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Abascal	...	Director of "Adrenaline Force 2" (uncredited)
Mel Gibson	...	Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited)
Holly Hindman	...	Beach Runner (uncredited)
Irena A. Hoffman	...	Student jogger (uncredited)
Boyd Kelly	...	Paparrazi (uncredited)
Kaiwi Lyman	...	Fan (uncredited)
Matthew McConaughey	...	Himself (uncredited)
Matt E. Smith	...	Fan in crowd (uncredited)
Scott R. Tomasso	...	Paparazzi (uncredited)
Vince Vaughn	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Abascal

Writing credits (WGA)
Forry Smith		(written by) (as Forrest Smith)

Produced by
Bruce Davey	....	producer
Mel Gibson	....	producer
Kevin Lake	....	co-producer
Stephen McEveety	....	producer
Louise Rosner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Brian Tyler

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada

Film Editing by
Robin Russell

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich
Wendy Weidman

Production Design by
Robb Wilson King

Set Decoration by
Lance Lombardo

Costume Design by
Denise Wingate

Makeup Department
Felicity Bowring	....	key makeup artist
Ken Diaz	....	key makeup artist
André Dubois	....	key hair stylist
Scott H. Eddo	....	makeup department head
Larry Waggoner	....	hair department head

Production Management
Wendi Lampassi	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Rajeev Malhotra	....	post-production supervisor
John Nelson	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Louise Rosner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eva Franzen	....	second second assistant director
Wendi Lampassi	....	second assistant director
John Nelson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Aeryn Donnelly	....	assistant art director
Douglas Fox	....	property master
William 'W' Gilpin	....	construction coordinator
Christopher Glass	....	storyboard artist
Dean B. Katz	....	lead man
Amy Montgomery	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Ozimek	....	set designer
Michael P. Sweeney	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Jason Brennan	....	sound engineer
Tim Cooney	....	sound mixer
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donald Flick	....	foley editor
Avram D. Gold	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Phillip A. Hamilton	....	adr recordist
Steve Lee	....	sound librarian
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Piero Mura	....	sound effects editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Josephine Nericcio	....	assistant sound editor
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Terry Rodman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor
George W. Scott	....	utility sound technician
George Simpson	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin K. Sorensen	....	boom operator
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound effects editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Christopher T. Welch	....	adr editor
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael Kay	....	special effects technician
L.A. McConnell	....	special effects coordinator
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Joel Ariniello	....	digital artist
Dan Ashton	....	scanning and recording supervisor: Cinesite Hollywood
Steven Fagerquist	....	digital compositing artist
Bryan Hirota	....	visual effects supervisor
Peter Koczera	....	senior digital artist
Derek Ledbetter	....	visual effects
Diana Miao	....	matte/texture painting supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Julie Orosz	....	visual effects producer: CIS-Hollywood
Brian Smallwood	....	digital artist
Johnny Wilson	....	visual effects
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: Laser Pacific
Marian Rudnyk	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Jeff Brockton	....	stunts
Wendi Bromley	....	stunt double: Robin Tunney
John Cade	....	stunts
Jeff Cadiente	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunt double
Monty Cox	....	stunts (as Lamont Cox)
Cindy Daniels	....	stunts
Laura Dash	....	stunts
Jared S. Eddo	....	stunts (as Jared Eddo)
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Paul M. Lane	....	stunts
Oakley Lehman	....	stunts
Paula Leone	....	stunts
Parise Livanos	....	stunts
Mike Massa	....	stunt performer
L.A. McDonnell	....	stunts
Marty Murray	....	stunts (as Marty Murray II)
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunts (as Doug C. O'Dell)
Monte Rex Perlin	....	stunts (as Monte Perlin)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (as Charlie Picerni Sr.)
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts (as Eric Stabenau)
Michael Trisler	....	stunt double: Cole Hauser
Mike Tristler	....	stunts
Nancy Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Myles Aronowitz	....	still photographer
Paul Birk	....	assistant chief lighting technician
John Boccaccio	....	first assistant camera
Jeffrey A. Cook	....	light balloon technician
Harry K. Garvin	....	Steadicam operator
Harry K. Garvin	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mike Hodges	....	key grip
David Howard	....	assistant camera
Kevin Ivey	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Charles B. Katz	....	assistant camera
Scott Kidner	....	lighting technician
Larry McCarron	....	company grip
Jim McComas	....	rigging electrician
Max Neal	....	first assistant camera
Ron Newburn	....	lighting technician
David A. Seekins	....	assistant camera
Joseph T. Terranova	....	assistant chief lighting technician: additional photography

Casting Department
Sig De Miguel	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anita Cabada	....	assistant costume designer
John Casey	....	costume supervisor
Lori Harris	....	set costumer
Stephen Oh	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Mike Grant	....	assistant editor
Frank Roman	....	digital intermediate color timer
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer

Music Department
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Gary Krause	....	music editor
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Steve Salani	....	orchestral coordinator
Ken Weiss	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Robert Aaron Bron	....	driver
Robert aaron Brown	....	driver
Denny Caira	....	transportation coordinator
Lance Cherniet	....	driver
Paul Jones	....	driver
Charlie Ping	....	driver
Mike Shannon	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Carol Andrade	....	assistant: Tom Sizemore
Carlos A. Aragon	....	assistant location manager
Taylor Boyd	....	location assistant
Danielle C. Carroll	....	production assistant
Anna L. Coats	....	assistant location manager
Gwen Everman	....	production accountant
Jennifer Fukasawa	....	assistant: Steve McEveety
Lisa Furia	....	second assistant accountant
Peter Graf	....	aerial Stab-C technician
Ronald E. Hairston	....	key craft service
David Hickey	....	payroll accountant
Kelly Himovitz	....	assistant locations
Brady Jennings Beaubien	....	assistant: Paul Abascal
Tiffany Noel Kinder	....	location scout: pre-production
Paul Pawlowski	....	first assistant accountant
Scott Peterson	....	script supervisor
Veronica Pinto	....	assistant: Cole Hauser
Barbara Rosing Hoke	....	production coordinator
Robert Shapiro	....	production accountant
Anthony Steinhart	....	set production assistant
Sam Sullivan III	....	script supervisor: re-shoots
Ryan Tighe	....	key production assistant
Scott L. Treger	....	stand-in: Tim Thomerson
Jude S. Walko	....	assistant production coordinator: preparation
Bonnie F. Watkins	....	assistant: Bruce Davey
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Icon Entertainment International

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Bioscop (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Limelight Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Pyramid (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Eagle Pictures (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Howard Anderson Company, The (visual effects)
• CIS Hollywood (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack published by

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Indonesia:Dewasa | Germany:12 | France:U | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40880) | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Mark Isham was initially down to score the film but dropped out.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Laramie is fighting one of the paparazzi, he has sweat on his shirt. Yet, just a little time after, he is still wearing the same shirt, the sweat is gone and it didn't have enough time to dry.

Quotes:

Rex Harper: I am going to destroy your life and eat your soul. And I can't wait to do that.

Movie Connections:

Features Speed (1994/I)

Soundtrack:

Solex (Close to the Edge)

Innovative story meets medium-acting

Don't expect too much, the main characters acting ... well, lets call it medium. I liked the cameo of Chris Rock and I also enjoyed the Peter-Falk-Columbo-Detective snooping around and investigating. The no-1 bad guy (Tom Sizemore) did the best job being nasty, antisocial, all up for the money and ... scared. The story is good and entertaining but could go a little deeper, some twists here and there would have spiced it up a little ... it's too linear. The ending is OK, I don't think there will be a Paparazzi 2, but you never know these days :)

All in all a good, enjoyable movie you can watch without overpowering your brain.