The Stranger Beside Me (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers (WGA):

Matthew McDuffie (teleplay) and
Matthew Tabak (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule. |

Plot Keywords:

Ted Bundy | Fake Cop | Handcuffed Woman | Serial Rapist | Tire Iron

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bill Campbell	...	Ted Bundy (as Billy Campbell)
Barbara Hershey	...	Ann Rule
Kevin Dunn	...	Dick Reed
Suki Kaiser	...	Kelly Parker
Brenda James	...	Margo
Jay Brazeau	...	Judge Cowart
Benjamin Ratner	...	Joe Foley
Matthew Bennett	...	Detective Payton
Meghan Black	...	Leslie Rule
Aaron Douglas	...	District Attorney Baines
Kimberley Warnat	...	Julie Wyatt
Claudette Mink	...	Victoria
Alison Matthews	...	Beverly Neal
Roger Haskett	...	Psychiatrist
Maureen Thomas	...	Therapist
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	TV Host
Anna Hagan	...	Flinore Whelan
Rekha Sharma	...	Dr. Thurston
Crystal Buble	...	Katie
Chiara Zanni	...	Olivia
Sarah Edmondson	...	Susan Wayne
Mia Lotringer	...	Waitress
Tara Hungerford	...	Ticket Taker
Tania Saulnier	...	Sorority Girl
Brian Drummond	...	Policeman
Mark Lukyn	...	Utah police officer
Shawn Reis	...	Florida Officer
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Prison Guard (as Deejay Jackson)
Nicole LaPlaca	...	Young Girl
Donavon Stinson	...	Court Goer
Haili Page	...	Sarah Jane
Michael St. John Smith	...	Governor Evans
Trent Wittal	...	Young Ted Bundy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amber Borycki	...	Young Girl
Johnny Sawchuk	...	Driver of Car

Directed by
Paul Shapiro

Writing credits (WGA)
Matthew McDuffie		(teleplay) and
Matthew Tabak		(teleplay)
Ann Rule		(novel)

Produced by
Gigi Boyd	....	line producer
Kay Hoffman	....	producer
Philip K. Kleinbart	....	supervising producer
Barbara Lieberman	....	executive producer
Barbara Lieberman	....	producer

Original Music by
Joseph Conlan

Cinematography by
Ron Orieux

Film Editing by
Geoffrey Rowland

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Coreen Mayrs
Stacey Rosen

Production Design by
Michael Joy

Art Direction by
Tara Arnett

Set Decoration by
Sandra Smolski

Costume Design by
Katrina McCarthy
Brie Thorpe		(co-costume designer)

Makeup Department
Honey Dawn Faircrest	....	hair stylist
Dana Hamel	....	key makeup artist
Gina Sherritt	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Gigi Boyd	....	production manager
Jennifer Phillips	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David R. Baron	....	third assistant director (as Dave Baron)
Mindy Heslin	....	second assistant director
Ella Kutschera	....	first assistant director
Kevin Leeson	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Sean Fitsimmons	....	set dresser
Ken Frost	....	construction coordinator
Kristen Johnson	....	graphic designer
Yasmine Wallace	....	on-set props
Maggie Wilson	....	property master
Matthew Wilson	....	on-set props

Sound Department
Rick Bal	....	sound mixer
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Liam Lockhart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Graham Timmer	....	second boom operator
Graham Timmer	....	sound assistant
Matt Willoughby-Price	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Allen Benjamin	....	special effects coordinator (as Al Benjamin)

Stunts
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Stefan Burianyk	....	best boy grip
T.C. Chapman	....	gaffer (as Tracey Chapman)
Mark Chow	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paul Guenette	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer
Jordan Neifer	....	grip
Robert L. O'Hara	....	dolly grip (as Robert O'Hara)
Vince Phillips	....	key grip
Les Sanderson	....	best boy electric
Trig Singer	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Gary Stamford	....	lamp operator
Thomas Yardley	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Stephanie Boeke	....	extras casting
Linda Grigorian	....	casting associate: Los Angeles

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patti Bishop	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Brian Jonason	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Kim Naves	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Duane Shearer	....	driver
Miroslaw Syta	....	driver: special effects equipment
Kevin Weber	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Tim Bennett	....	production assistant
Faith Brooks	....	production coordinator (as M. Faith Brooks)
Shane Carlson	....	assistant production coordinator
Simon Carrigan	....	key location production assistant
Eunice Choi	....	production assistant
Fiona Crossley	....	location manager
Michael Curran	....	executive assistant
Michael J. Curran	....	executive assistant
Angelina French	....	executive assistant
Sandra Gould	....	production accountant
Linda-Lisa Hayter	....	script supervisor
Ken Hovgaard	....	location scout
Tara Hungerford	....	assistant to producers
Monica Khudan	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Susan Peck	....	assistant location manager
Devin Smith	....	assistant: Ms. Lieberman
Lily Takanashi	....	production accountant: Los Angeles
Ross Woo	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Zurer	....	executive assistant

Production Companies

• Barbara Lieberman Productions
• USA Cable Network

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• USA Network

Other Companies

• Dogwood Pictures  production services
• Post Group, The  post-production audio and video
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  production video services
• Stage Two Audio Post Productions  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (USA)

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Barbara Lieberman Productions

Movie Connections:

References The Towering Inferno (1974)

Somewhat decent but not as good as the book!

Ann Rules' books including the Stranger Beside Me offers a detailed complex and complicated version of the events around Ted Bundy. Who would have thought that even a seasoned policewoman turned writer would be sitting next to a serial killer on Tuesdays nights for a Suicide hotline. There is no wonder that Ted Bundy got away with so much. He was brilliant and conscious. He graduated college and was attending law school. But there was a dark side behind the image of a charming, intelligent political promising young man and that is what Ann Rule tries to bring forth to the public in her book and in her movie. Sadly, the movie does touch on some bit of his past including the possible connection with a young girl's disappearance and the horrifying crimes against the women in the film. Not all of the victims were shown but the film can scare anybody from hitchhiking away for sure. Ann Rule was a lot stronger than the portrayal. She has three other children which are not at all mentioned. Barbara Hershey did a favorable job in playing Ann Rule. The actor, Billy Baldwin, played Ted Bundy was absolutely chilling and tragic all at once. You just cringed with sadness when you heard the judge's remarks about him and if he had only chosen another way to live.