Lymelife (2008)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Derick Martini

Writers (WGA):

Derick Martini (written by) &
Steven Martini (written by)

Release Date:

15 October 2009 (Russia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The American Dream Sucks

Plot:

A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Real Estate | Lyme Disease | First Love | American Dream

Awards:

1 win

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Alec Baldwin	...	Mickey Bartlett
Kieran Culkin	...	Jimmy Bartlett
Rory Culkin	...	Scott Bartlett
Jill Hennessy	...	Brenda Bartlett
Timothy Hutton	...	Charlie Bragg
Cynthia Nixon	...	Melissa Bragg
Emma Roberts	...	Adrianna Bragg
Adam Scarimbolo	...	Todd O'Leary
Phillip Pennestri	...	Father Pazo
Logan Huffman	...	Blaze Salado
Derick Martini	...	Photographer
Steven Martini	...	Taxi Driver
Matthew Martini	...	Jimmy's friend
Brandon Thane Wilson	...	Stewart
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isabella David	...	Covergirl (uncredited)
Harry L. Seddon	...	Party Supervisor (uncredited)

Directed by
Derick Martini

Writing credits (WGA)
Derick Martini		(written by) &
Steven Martini		(written by)

Produced by
Alec Baldwin	....	producer
Jonathan Cornick	....	producer
Barbara De Fina	....	producer
Michael G. Jefferson	....	co-producer
Leonard Loventhal	....	executive producer
Steven Martini	....	producer
Jamin O'Brien	....	co-producer
Jamin O'Brien	....	line producer
Martin Scorsese	....	executive producer
Arvind Singh	....	associate producer
Angela Somerville	....	producer
Michele Tayler	....	producer

Original Music by
Steven Martini

Cinematography by
Frank Godwin

Film Editing by
Derick Martini
Steven Martini
Mark Yoshikawa

Casting by
Eyde Belasco

Production Design by
Kelly McGehee

Set Decoration by
Kelley Burney

Costume Design by
Erika Munro

Makeup Department
Donna Marie Fischetto	....	hair department head
Leo Won	....	makeup department head
Ande Yung	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Arvind Singh	....	post-production supervisor
Michael Sledd	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniela Barbosa	....	second second assistant director
Brian Avery Galligan	....	second assistant director
Michael G. Jefferson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jamie Arbuckle	....	set dresser
Joel Custer	....	set dresser
Neil Driscoll Jr.	....	lead man
Martin Eisler	....	main graphics
Katie Kemsley	....	scenic artist
Natalie McKeever	....	art intern
Danny Rovira	....	construction coordinator
Michael Saccio	....	property master
Courtney Schmidt	....	property master
Dennis Tillberg	....	scenic artist
Nicole Wielga	....	art intern
Tomas Zeman	....	art coordinator

Sound Department
David Aaron Brun	....	sound assistant
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Chad J. Hughes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Devin Joseph	....	dialogue editor
Richard Murphy	....	sound mixer
Brendan Jamieson O'Brien	....	boom operator
Steve Papagiannis	....	sound assistant
Seth Tallman	....	boom operator
David F. Van Slyke	....	sound

Stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Arisohn	....	company set electric
Andy Bader	....	camera loader
Adam Benlifer	....	electrician
John Clifford	....	still photographer
Rashad Clinton	....	grip
Edward Cohen	....	gaffer
Christopher Heikel	....	electrician
Travis Hottinger	....	best boy grip
Robert Jason	....	key lighting technician
John McIntyre	....	second assistant camera
Keith McNicholas	....	best boy electric
Jeff Moore	....	camera operator
Lara Sfire	....	electrician
John Verardi	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Midge Denton	....	wardrobe assistant
Chrissy Kuhn	....	wardrobe supervisor
Colleen McTigue	....	set costumer
Colleen Morris	....	tailor
Natasha Noorvash	....	costume production assistant
Sara Gabrielle Paterno	....	wardrobe assistant
Malik Summers	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital intermediate colorist
Chris Gennarelli	....	colorist

Music Department
Brian Kessler	....	composer: additional music
Brian Kessler	....	music producer

Transportation Department
David Conelli	....	driver: camera car
Roy Fortier	....	transportation captain
Mike Van Ness	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Ryan Bennett	....	key set production assistant
Helen Berger	....	assistant to director
Kit Bland	....	assistant location manager
Tanya Brum Da Silveira	....	production intern
Lauren Cioffi	....	production assistant
James Coker	....	production assistant
Rachel Connors	....	script supervisor
Adam Winston Defrin	....	production intern
Jonathan Gardner	....	production assistant
Renata Gheller	....	production intern
Erika Goldfarb	....	production secretary
Jonathan Gray	....	production counsel
Kevin Hindley	....	script clearance
Brian Kessler	....	title designer: Flourish Los Angeles
Evan Krauss	....	production counsel
Clint Litton	....	production assistant
Matthew S. Lovett	....	production assistant
Luc Marrero	....	production intern
Phil McGonigle	....	location assistant
Kory O'Donnell	....	production coordinator
Diego Daniel Pardo	....	dialogue coach
J. Brent Peebles	....	production accountant
Lynda Reynolds	....	chef
Michael K. Reynolds	....	chef
Phillip Saxton	....	location manager
Hilary Stabb	....	assistant to production lawyer
A.J. Swirz	....	production intern
Danielle Wilson	....	craft service head

Thanks
Lynn Auerbach	....	very special thanks
Alfonso Cuarón	....	special thanks
Cassian Elwes	....	special thanks
Scott Frank	....	special thanks
Geoffrey Gilmore	....	very special thanks
Fran Martini	....	special thanks
Fred Martini	....	special thanks
Dan Pritzker	....	very special thanks
Karen Pritzker	....	very special thanks
Robert Redford	....	special thanks
Emily Gerson Saines	....	special thanks
Michelle Satter	....	very special thanks
Emma Tillinger	....	special thanks
Sigourney Weaver	....	special thanks
Joanne Wiles	....	special thanks
Vilmos Zsigmond	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• A Martini Bros. Production
• Bartlett Films
• Cappa Defina Productions
• Cappa Productions
• El Dorado Pictures

Distributors

• Cinemavault Releasing (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Screen Media Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Media Ventures

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Gray Krauss  legal services
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Post Logic Studios  digital intermediate
• Slick Sounds  sound post-production
• Sundance Institute, The  developed through the

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual content, violence and drug use.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby SR (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Montclair High School - 100 Chestnut Street, Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Company:

A Martini Bros. Production

Trivia:

The project was developed during the 2001 Sundance Filmmakers Lab.

Quotes:

Scott Bartlett: Maybe you should've had a girl, they tell their mothers everything.
Brenda Bartlett: Maybe you should have asked God for a mother who doesn't care about her children!

Movie Connections:

References "The Munsters" (1964)

Soundtrack:

My Rifle My Pony And Me

A quality addition . . .

"You can take the girl outta Queens, am I right?" Mickey Bartlett (Alec Baldwin as Mickey Bartlett)

Dysfunctional families as a theme reached its apotheosis ten years ago in Sam Mendes' American Beauty, a rich blend of realism and fancy involving real estate, coming of age, and infidelity. Just about the same territory is covered in Derick Martini's Lymelife, only this time the metaphors seem forced, the characters less developed, and the denouement less ambiguous.

Lymelife, however is a quality addition to the deconstruction of the American dream It's 1979 America, and Mickey Bartlett (Alec Baldwin) has a burgeoning business developing upscale homes on Long Island. His family life is in decline as witnessed by 15 year old central character Jimmy Bartlett (Kieran Culkin), the only one whose prospects with babe next door, Adrianna Bragg (Emma Roberts), get better with each of his endearing humiliations. Mickey is a philanderer (he is played by Baldwin, after all), a spendthrift, and family neglecter, all of which must be addressed by the film's ambitious albeit incomplete plot.

The story moves gently but inexorably to a strong conclusion, where things seem to settle into their appointed fates, more an affirmation that American life between here and American Beauty hasn't changed much with its defeats and victories abundant. While Lymelife (a reference to the disease present in Long Island and a cumbersome metaphor) gains no new insights about our materialism and sexual exploration, it does present a true look at a time when this American life might have been more complicated than it is now.