Eulogy (2004)

Director:

Michael Clancy

Writer (WGA):

Michael Clancy (written by)

Release Date:

24 February 2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Last rites. Last words. Last laughs.

Plot:

A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.

Plot Keywords:

Funeral | Twin | Eulogy | Dysfunctional Family | Exploding Boat

Cast

Hank Azaria	...	Daniel Collins
Jesse Bradford	...	Ryan Carmichael
Zooey Deschanel	...	Kate Collins
Glenne Headly	...	Samantha
Famke Janssen	...	Judy Arnolds
Piper Laurie	...	Charlotte Collins
Kelly Preston	...	Lucy Collins
Ray Romano	...	Skip Collins
Rip Torn	...	Edmund Collins
Debra Winger	...	Alice Collins
Micole Mercurio	...	Delilah the Neighbor
Lucy Boyle	...	Girl in Dorm Room
Tania Gunadi	...	Girl in Dorm Room
Kevin Ruf	...	Commercial Dad
Alex Moore	...	Young Daniel
Michael Panes	...	Adult Film Director
Michael Chapman	...	Adult Film Cameraman
Vincent Castellanos	...	Adult Film Actor
Lisa Maris	...	Louise
Rocco Sisto	...	District Attorney
Lana Antonova	...	Lace (as Lana Novac)
Denise Dowse	...	Judge
Curtis Garcia	...	Fred Collins
Keith Garcia	...	Ted Collins
Mark Harelik	...	Burt
Matthew Feder	...	Alice's Silent Son
Allisyn Ashley Arm	...	Alice's Silent Daughter
Jordan Moen	...	Alice's Silent Daughter
Natasha Sheridan	...	Young Kate
Rance Howard	...	Lance Sommers
Paget Brewster	...	Aunt Lily
Mary Schmidtberger	...	Hostess
Emma Chapman	...	Ryan's Date
Brandon Waters	...	Young Ryan - Age 5
Monica Esswein	...	Young Kate at 8
Aaron Salazar	...	Young Ryan at 8
Shaunci Trammel	...	Young Kate at 11
Ward Stearns Jr.	...	Young Ryan - Age 11 (as Ward Stearns)
Sara Botsford	...	Mrs. Carmichael
John Lafayette	...	Doctor
Brian Posehn	...	Video Store Clerk
Eric Pierpoint	...	Mr. Carmichael (as Eric Peirpoint)
Sherman Howard	...	Funeral Director
Rene Auberjonois	...	Parson Banke
Claudette Nevins	...	Barbara Collins
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tyana Parr	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Anna Stookey	...	Edmund's Wife (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Clancy

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Clancy		(written by)

Produced by
Daniel Baur	....	co-producer
Kirk D'Amico	....	producer
Lucas Foster	....	producer
Shelly Glasser	....	executive producer
Steven Haft	....	producer
Bo Hyde	....	executive producer
Stefan Jonas	....	executive producer
Gerd Koechlin	....	associate producer
Richard Barton Lewis	....	producer
Jonas McCord	....	executive producer
Kendall Morgan	....	executive producer
Rory Rosegarten	....	executive producer
Andreas Thiesmeyer	....	associate producer
Jeanne Van Cott	....	co-producer

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
Michael Chapman

Film Editing by
Richard Halsey
Ryan Kushner

Casting by
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
Nancy Nayor

Production Design by
Dina Lipton

Art Direction by
Marc Dabe

Set Decoration by
Ryan Welsch

Costume Design by
Tracy Tynan

Makeup Department
Katrina Chevalier	....	assistant hair stylist
Charlotte Parker	....	key hair stylist (as Charlotte A. Parker)
Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld	....	assistant makeup artist
Carol Schwartz	....	key makeup artist
Toni-Ann Walker	....	hair stylist: Ms. Winger

Production Management
Terra Abroms	....	post-production supervisor
Linda Sophie Chiu	....	executive in charge: Myriad Pictures
Robert Leveen	....	unit production manager
Paul A. Levin	....	post-production supervisor
Deborah Reissman	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Linda Brachman	....	first assistant director
Matthew Heffernan	....	second second assistant director
Marge Piane	....	second assistant director

Art Department
James Clark	....	on-set dresser
Peter Croyle	....	co-construction coordinator
Ryan P. Dreyer	....	set dresser
Jennifer Ho	....	set dresser
Lars Petersen	....	construction coordinator
Douglas W. Randall	....	property master
Eric Reichardt	....	lead scenic artist
Lee Ross	....	on-set scenic
Christopher Schultz	....	assistant property master
Mara A. Spear	....	set dresser
Andrew 'Pinky' Swartsel	....	set dresser
Steven C. Voll	....	general foreman
Heather L. Watson	....	lead man
Craig Zumbroegel	....	propmaker gangboss

Sound Department
Randy Babajtis	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Balko	....	foley editor
Jeremy Balko	....	foley mixer
Flash Deros	....	boom operator
Jerry Gilbert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Scott Hinkley	....	post-production sound recordist
Takako Ishikawa	....	sound effects editor
Spencer Johnson	....	foley editor
Devin Joseph	....	dialogue editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Ross Levy	....	utility sound technician
Walt Martin	....	sound mixer
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
R. Russell Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Ticknor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Ticknor	....	supervising sound editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
James Bomalick	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Ben Grossmann	....	visual effects supervisor
David Fred Masselink	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Kevin Beard	....	stunt double
Steve M. Davison	....	stunts
Rosine 'Ace' Hatem	....	stunts
Ray Siegle	....	utility stunts
Dana Stein	....	stunt double
Ron Stein	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
John L. Black	....	key grip
Kirk Bloom	....	second assistant camera
Rafael 'Rafa' Castro	....	additional video assistant operator
Louie DeMarco	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Adam Feinberg	....	electrician
Jimi Johnson	....	video assist operator
Marcos O. Lopez	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Kim McCall	....	video playback operator
Chris Pavlu	....	electrician
Kevin C. Potter	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Chris Rauch	....	dolly grip
Mark Vollmer	....	grip
Robert Zuckerman	....	key art photographer
Robert Zuckerman	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting assistant: New York
Neely Gurman	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dana Kay Hart	....	costume supervisor
Susan Strubel	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Andrew Charlton	....	first assistant editor
Jeana Lasser	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Neguine Sanani	....	additional editor
Jason Wasserman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Mike Flicker	....	supervising music editor
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Steve Kempster	....	score mixer
Helena Lea	....	music editor: temp music
Jonathan Scott Miller	....	soundtrack producer
Bryon Rickerson	....	assistant music editor
Bruno Roussel	....	music editor
Tom Villano	....	supervising music editor
Christopher Violette	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Lance Cherniet	....	driver
L. Chip Crosby Jr.	....	driver: day player
Sean C. Ryan	....	driver

Other crew
Linda Sophie Chiu	....	assistant: Mr. D'Amico, Myriad Pictures (as Linda Chiu)
Dama Claire	....	production counsel (as Dama Chasle)
Andrea Emmes	....	stand-in
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Sherri Robin Goldman	....	first assistant accountant
Jane E. Graves	....	key assistant location manager
Jamie Gregor	....	assistant: Mr. Lewis
Julie Hansen	....	post production accountant
Judy Heinzen	....	key assistant location manager
Melissa Kinnicutt	....	assistant production coordinator
Jaroslaw 'Jake' Korzcyk	....	production assistant
George McDowell Agnew	....	location manager
Rosalyn McVay	....	production assistant
Ralph B. Meyer	....	location manager
Marci Michelle	....	stand-in (as Marci Peters-Keirn)
Erica Potter	....	unit publicist
Kenneth Requa	....	additional production assistant
Cristi Rickey	....	production assistant
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Tessa Lyn Stephenson	....	production assistant
Stephanie Wander	....	assistant: Lucas Foster
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Randy Weiss	....	assistant: Mr. Haft
William S. White	....	production secretary
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)
Warner Loughlin	....	acting coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Eulogy Productions LLC
• Ovation Entertainment LLC
• S.R.O. Entertainment AG
• Haft Entertainment
• Cherry Road Films
• Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG (production entity)

Distributors

• Hoyts Distribution (2004) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Quasar Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Artisan Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use

Runtime:

91 min | Canada:85 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:M18 | USA:R (certificate #38723) | UK:15 | Iceland:LH | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:15 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Eulogy Productions LLC

Trivia:

Dedicated to John L. Black.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a hospital scene directly following the Grandmother jumping from the moving car: When Kate says "Can we see her", her arms are crossed. In the next shot, she has her hands on her hips. Then, her arms are crossed again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kate Collins:[practicing out loud] Hey, you don't know me... I don't know you...
Kate Collins:[narration] Twice in my life I've had to deliver bad news to someone I'd never met. The first time involved a cat that ran out in the middle of my driver's test. This time was a bit trickier.

Movie Connections:

References S1m0ne (2002)

Soundtrack:

Blues for Stu

Years later and it's still funny....

No spoilers here. Regardless of what others say, the film is great. It's creative and brilliant. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes intelligent, witty irony with a twist of twisted thrown in for good measure. Zooey Deschanel delivers an amazing performance. The characters are deeply disturbed in enduring and charming ways. Black humor is a beautiful thing and they did a wonderful job of getting laughs from a macabre situation.

The cast of character actors rounds out a well-written film. Ray Romano and Hank Azaria deliver priceless performances. Generally kid actors are more noise than comedy, but in this flick the kids have been given primo comedy. Rene Auberjenois' cameo was a bonus.