Disposal (2003)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Alex Turner

Writers:

Josh Stoneman (written by) &
Alex Turner (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Short

Tagline:

Accidents Happen.

Plot:

A young upwardly mobile couple from New York City hit and kill a homeless man, and then wonder what to do with the body.

Plot Keywords:

Woods | Hunting | Coffee | Suv | New York City

Cast

Catherine Lloyd Burns	...	Sandra
Sam Breslin Wright	...	Ted
Jake M. Smith	...	Young Hunter
J.K. Simmons	...	Older Hunter
Marvin W. Schwartz	...	Homeless Man (as Marvin Schwartz)
Mark Indelicato	...	Kid on Bike

Directed by
Alex Turner

Writing credits
Josh Stoneman		(written by) &
Alex Turner		(written by)

Produced by
Rene Bastian	....	supervising line producer
Lamia Guellati	....	producer
Linda Moran	....	supervising line producer
Alex Turner	....	producer

Original Music by
Peter Lopez

Cinematography by
Tim Ives		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dillon de Give

Casting by
Jessica Daniels

Art Direction by
Matt MacDonald		(as Matthew MacDonald)

Costume Design by
Antonia Xereas

Makeup Department
Stephanie Pasicov	....	hair stylist
Stephanie Pasicov	....	makeup artist
Kamila Zmrzla	....	assistant hair stylist (as Kamila Otcasek)
Kamila Zmrzla	....	assistant makeup artist (as Kamila Otcasek)

Production Management
Andreas Frisch	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rachael Jonas	....	second assistant director
Cecily Kaston	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Neil Cedar	....	sound editor
Seth Granger	....	boom operator
John Hassler	....	foley artist
Peter Lopez	....	sound designer
Bill Marino	....	sound supervisor
Grant Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Theresa Radka	....	production sound mixer
James David Redding III	....	sound technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Alex Frowein	....	design & effects conception: opening titles
David Sullivan	....	digital artist

Stunts
Nicholas Diamond	....	stunt driver: second unit
Roy Ferell	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Ethan Borsuk	....	second assistant camera
Jay Feather	....	assistant camera
Sergei Franklin	....	Steadicam operator
John McCabe	....	gaffer
Alan Stetson	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Joseph Borges	....	assistant on-line editor
Joe Gawler	....	colorist
Jay Tilin	....	on-line editor
Franklin Vargas	....	assistant colorist

Other crew
Lucy Cooper	....	production coordinator
Heather Daniels	....	production assistant
Roy Ferell	....	safety consultant
Ryan W. Gates	....	production assistant
Peter Goldberg	....	production assistant
Lauren Guilmartin	....	production assistant
James Hallquist	....	production assistant (as James 'DB' Hallquist)
Jerry Melichar	....	production assistant
Shane O'Dell	....	location permits
Daniel C. Paolucci	....	production assistant (as Daniel Paolucci)
Gloria Pichhadze	....	script supervisor
Craig Wales	....	production assistant
Ryder Washburn	....	weapons coordinator
Nicola Westermann	....	office coordinator

Production Companies

• Belladonna Productions
• Shadow Garden Productions

Other Companies

• All-Star Animals  animal handlers
• Sync Sound  sound post-production

Runtime:

USA:17 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Belladonna Productions

Hilarious Darkly Comic Short Film with some Gorgeous Cinematography

I've watched this short film on IFC several times, and it's quickly become one of my all time favorite short films.

The short starts with a well dressed city couple dragging a sleeping bag through the woods, and even though it quickly becomes obvious that the bag contains a dead body, they are discussing the husband's upcoming business trip. However, once the conversation turns back to their little problem, the mean-spirited bickering reveals an obviously neurotic couple with serious pre-existing issues. In stark contrast, there's two other people in the woods, a kind and wise middle-aged man and his inept teenage son, who's struggling with his gun safety and marksmanship during their turkey hunting trip. There's a flashback to reveal how the city couple got into their unusual predicament, and there's some long transition shots of the beautiful woods accompanied by eerie music which leads us to believe that these two pairs may be on an unfortunate collision course.

I find the scenes between the bickering city couple absolutely hilarious. The well written barbs are very mean-spirited, but very easy to laugh at because both of them are so darn unlikeable. Classic case of a couple who are their own living hell, even before the highly unusual problem they now face.

The filmmakers made a very wise decision to shoot this short film while the leaves were in full autumn color. It makes the photography of this short film amazingly colorful and gorgeous. And they took the effort to add some aerial and time elapse photography as well. None of these beautiful shots would have looked anywhere nearly as good if all the leaves had been green.

The darkly comic ending is genius... perfectly fitting the short film's theme.

Go out of your way to see this one.