Jailbait (2004)

Director:

Brett C. Leonard

Writer:

Brett C. Leonard

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Manipulation | Prison Sex | Intimidation | Gay

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Stephen Adly Guirgis	...	Jake
Michael Pitt	...	Randy
Laila Robins	...	Mother
David Zayas	...	Guard
Eric Trosman	...	Prison Guard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Albanese	...	Prisoner
Ray Wineteer	...	Prisioner

Directed by
Brett C. Leonard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Brett C. Leonard

Produced by
Rene Bastian	....	producer
Corbin Day	....	producer
David Imperiale	....	associate producer
Gil Kruger	....	associate producer
Cassandra Kulukundis	....	co-producer
Brett C. Leonard	....	producer
Linda Moran	....	producer
Joe Nicolo	....	executive producer
Dan O'Meara	....	producer
John Prabhu	....	associate producer
Gregory V. Taylor	....	associate producer
Nicola Westermann	....	line producer

Original Music by
Ed Tomney

Cinematography by
John J. Campbell

Film Editing by
Ron Len

Casting by
Cassandra Kulukundis

Production Design by
Ernesto Solo

Costume Design by
Julia Ain Krupa

Makeup Department
Brian Abbott	....	key makeup artist
Leza Ann Rawlins	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Lucy Cooper	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher K. Lagdamen	....	second second assistant director
Robert J. Lyons	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Evan Benjamin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Katherine Gordon Miller	....	assistant sound editor
Jaime Reyes	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Herb Brooks	....	best boy electric
Philip Dixon	....	electrician (as Phil Dixon)
Evin Lowe	....	gaffer
Parris Mayhew	....	Steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Joe Di Maio	....	post-production

Other crew
Michael Hekmat	....	production assistant
Shane O'Dell	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Belladonna Productions

Distributors

• Kindred Media Group (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• IF Télévision (2010) (France) (TV)
• Kindred Media Group (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Lightyear Entertainment (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (worldwide) (all media)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language including graphic sexual dialogue, and some violence

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2008)

Company:

Belladonna Productions

Trivia:

The movie was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Lake Placid Film Festival

Fortune and Men's Eyes for the new Millennium?

`When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes' from one of Shakespeare's sonnets was used in 1967 (before Stonewall) as the title of a play about men in prison and the sexual games that were played there.

Jailbait covers much the same territory and it would appear (if this movie is taken at face value) that some parts of society haven't moved ahead at all.

In this prison drama, essentially a two-man play, we see the interaction between the hardened lifer Jake and the much younger, much more frail Randy (played by Michael Pitt)

The first scene with the two men is deceptively mild but towards the end of that scene we see that there is menace just below the surface of Jake's behavior. From the `wounded doe' look in Randy's eyes at the beginning of the second scene we can begin to see that something is wrong and while what it is seems pretty obvious (given that it's a prison movie) we are not really certain for some time

Unfortunately the movie doesn't progress much from there. Like the men, we seemed sentenced to remain in the same place for much longer than we'd choose to.

This movie is worth seeing as a character study and there are some memorable bits but it seemed to cover no new ground nor present any new perspectives over the 30 year old Fortune and Men's Eyes (albeit this one showed that it had a much better budget and was by far more polished)

I was ultimately left unfulfilled and wondering why this movie had been made.