Touch of Pink (2004)

Director:

Ian Iqbal Rashid

Writer:

Ian Iqbal Rashid (written by)

Release Date:

16 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Playing it straight...is about to get very complicated.

Plot:

A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit.

Plot Keywords:

Muslim | Wedding | Visit | Homosexual | Gay

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Jimi Mistry	...	Alim
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Spirit of Cary Grant
Suleka Mathew	...	Nuru Jahan
Kris Holden-Ried	...	Giles (as Kristen Holden-Ried)
Veena Sood	...	Dolly
Brian George	...	Hassan
Liisa Repo-Martell	...	Delia
Raoul Bhaneja	...	Khaled
Malika Mendez	...	Sherubai
Linda Thorson	...	Giles' Mother
Andrew Gillies	...	Raymond
Barna Moricz	...	Alex
Sam Moses	...	Vendor
Dean McDermott	...	Alisdair Keith
Les Porter	...	Caterer
Quancetia Hamilton	...	Airplane Woman
Sanjay Talwar	...	Karim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Niki Sabet	...	Bride

Directed by
Ian Iqbal Rashid

Writing credits
Ian Iqbal Rashid		(written by)

Produced by
Brent Barclay	....	associate producer
Lena Cordina	....	line producer
Andrea Glinski	....	associate producer
Sara Hamill	....	line producer
Jennifer Kawaja	....	producer
Charlotte Mickie	....	executive producer
Martin Pope	....	producer
Julia Sereny	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrew Lockington

Cinematography by
David A. Makin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan Maggi

Casting by
Robin D. Cook
Nicole Hilliard-Forde

Production Design by
Gavin Mitchell

Art Direction by
Tracy Ann Baines
Humberto Garcia
Mike Stallion

Set Decoration by
Elizabeth Calderhead		(as Liz Calderhead)

Costume Design by
Joyce Schure

Makeup Department
Tracy Bentley	....	first makeup assistant (as Tracy Bentley-Watson)
Joanne Bujouves	....	daily makeup artist
Mary Sue Heron	....	key makeup artist
Etheline Joseph	....	hair stylist
Sharon Martin	....	makeup designer: UK
Josie Stewart	....	assistant hair stylist
Sarah Walkinshaw	....	makeup artist: UK (as Sarah Trusler)

Production Management
James Crawley	....	unit manager: UK
Helga Dowie	....	production manager: UK
John Nabereznyj	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jamie D. Allen	....	second assistant director: second unit
Patti Walker Booth	....	second assistant director: UK
Colleen Harding	....	daily assistant director
Trent Hurry	....	first assistant director: Canada
George Jeffery	....	second assistant director: Canada
Jordana Lieberman	....	trainee assistant director
Adam Lock	....	third assistant director: UK
Janet Martel	....	third assistant director: Canada
Eugenio Pérez	....	first assistant director: UK

Art Department
Ken Ansell	....	second assistant props
Alexa Anthony	....	set buyer
John Archbell	....	property master
Kelly Brine	....	storyboard artist
Paul Dallin	....	second assistant props
Jennifer Demsyn	....	daily set dresser
Dwight Doerksen	....	construction coordinator
Ed Doerkson	....	head carpenter (as Ed Doerksen)
Eduardo Dutra	....	carpenter
Lucy Eyre	....	art department assistant
Nick Gaskin	....	carpenter
Roger Gelfand	....	assistant head carpenter
Ronn Hastings	....	set dresser
John Hazel	....	set dresser
Matthew Howlett	....	set buyer
Helen Kaneva	....	lead set dresser
Jack McCullough	....	key scenic painter
Joseph M. Ramdath	....	daily set dresser (as Joseph Ramdath)
Melinda Sutton	....	assistant art director
Peeter Tammemagi	....	assistant property master
Carl Williams	....	head painter

Sound Department
Alun Banks	....	boom operator: UK
Kathy Choi	....	sound editor
Erik Culp	....	foley mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr recordist
Ken Hunold	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Martin Gwynn Jones	....	first assistant sound editor
Garrett Kerr	....	dialogue editor
Martin Lee	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sid Lieberman	....	foley artist
Garth Marshall	....	sound recordist: UK
Bill McMillan	....	production sound mixer
Bill McMillan	....	sound recordist
Steve Moore	....	sound re-recording mixer assistant
Adam Sharpe	....	adr recordist
Lou Solakofski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Stark	....	boom operator
Jane Tattersall	....	sound effects editor
Jane Tattersall	....	supervising sound editor
George Trevis	....	boom operator: UK
Martin Trevis	....	sound recordist: UK
Randy Wilson	....	foley mixer
David Yonson	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
David Antonacci	....	special effects technician (as Dave Antonacci)
Reg Ashby	....	special effects technician
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects producer
Kristy Blackwell	....	matte painter
Patrick Coffey	....	digital compositor
Rob Del Ciancio	....	digital compositor
Bonnie Dickson	....	tape operator: Mr. X Inc.
Noel Hooper	....	digital compositor
Andrew Nguyen	....	matte painter
Eric J. Robertson	....	visual effects supervisor
Andy Robinson	....	lead compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Shervin Shoghian	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Chris Wallace	....	HD colourist
Aaron Weintraub	....	compositing supervisor
Motassem Younes	....	digital opticals

Camera and Electrical Department
Alan Bank	....	grip
David Barrett	....	electrician
Sean Bobbitt	....	additional photographer: UK
Steve Costello	....	gaffer
Chris Faulkner	....	key grip
Mike Ferrari	....	electrician
Stewart Grayburn	....	dolly grip
Tony Guerin	....	camera operator
Rob Haid	....	best boy grip (as Robert 'Gump' Haid)
Amy Hall	....	camera trainee
Kelly Hearns	....	camera trainee
Jon Howard	....	clapper loader
Hans Kooij	....	video playback operator
Dave Moore	....	electrician
Manny Neves	....	third grip
Christine Panowyk	....	first assistant camera
Nelson Peixoto	....	electrician
Geoff Pope	....	fourth grip
Carol Racicot	....	still photographer
John Rake	....	grip
Steve Roberts	....	best boy
Dave Sansford	....	generator operator
Malcolm Sheehan	....	grip
Gabrielle Stannus	....	second assistant camera
Harold D. Stroud	....	gaffer
Harry Stroud	....	gaffer
Christopher Watson	....	best boy electric (as Chris Watson)

Casting Department
Donna Dupere	....	extras casting
Kate Rhodes James	....	casting: UK
Aaron Unrau	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie Grogan Hales	....	assistant costume designer
Lisa Jane Hoffman	....	daily wardrobe
Angela Mary-Gardner	....	costume buyer (as Angela Gardner)
Ita Murray	....	costumer: UK

Editorial Department
Erin Deck	....	first assistant editor
Joscelyn Goode	....	colorist
Colin Moore	....	colorist
Saul Pincus	....	post-production consultant (uncredited)

Music Department
Emilie Barlow	....	playback singer
Nathan Handy	....	assistant music engineer
Andrew Lockington	....	music score producer: Orchestrator
Dennis Patterson	....	assistant music engineer
Michael Perlmutter	....	music supervisor
Ian Iqbal Rashid	....	lyrics: additional music
Ron Searles	....	music score recording engineer

Transportation Department
Rick Anglin	....	production driver
Don Chan	....	transportation coordinator
Paul Thorpe	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Tessa Abdull	....	production coordinator
Idris Ahmed	....	location manager: UK
Paul Aldous	....	stand-in
Guy Barker	....	production accountant: UK
Sandie Bornstein	....	bookkeeper
Derek Brady	....	location scout
Jenny Buck	....	set supervisor
John Charles	....	software engineer: Sony DAC
Hakan Coskuner	....	stand-in: Jimi Mistry
Robbie David	....	production assistant
Donna Demers	....	production accountant
Emma Edwards	....	assistant to producer
Matt Graver	....	location assistant
Joel Green	....	unit publicist
Vicky Johnson	....	production coordinator: UK (as Vicki Johnson)
Stanley Lilavois	....	on-set craft service
Nancy Markle	....	script supervisor
Malcolm McCulloch	....	assistant location manager
Emmanuel Oberg	....	script consultant
Jody Orsini	....	truck supervisor
Sarah Ostwald	....	second assistant accountant
Karen Perez	....	location manager
Helena Pope	....	story editor
Ashton Radcliffe	....	location manager: UK
Kevin Saffer	....	production coordinator
Lianne Seal	....	first assistant accountant
Jen Smordin	....	production assistant
Ned Vukovic	....	dialect coach

Production Companies

• Martin Pope Productions
• Sienna Films

Distributors

• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Redbus Film Distribution (2004) (UK) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Classics (USA)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Videoservice (2005) (Russia) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Mr. X (visual effects)

Other Companies

• CBS Studios  score recorded at
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  adr facilities
• Film Effects  titles and opticals
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• Francont Film  negative cutting
• Magnetic North, The  film transfer
• PS Production Services  camera equipment (as P.S. Production Services)
• S.L. Feldman & Associates  music supervision
• Sharpe Sound Studios  adr facilities
• Starcraft  craft service
• Tattersall Post Production  audio post-production
• Theatre D Digital  editing facility
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and brief language

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Singapore:R21 | UK:12A | USA:R | Australia:M | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:M | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Martin Pope Productions

Trivia:

The title "Touch of Pink" is a play on the old Cary Grant movie That Touch of Mink (1962).

Quotes:

Alim:She still keeps plastic on the furniture.
Cary Grant:It keeps the evil fresh.

Movie Connections:

References The Pride and the Passion (1957)

Soundtrack:

Summer Son

Charming and funny coming out story

A remarkably charming homage to a dozen 40's, 50's and 60s romantic comedies. The plot is a standard coming-out-to-mom story, not particularly surprising, but mom and auntie are brilliant. Entire scenes are lifted from Doris Day/Katherine Hepburn/Cary Grant movies.

Kyle MacLachlan as the spirit of Cary Grant mentors a gay Indian man in Toronto and London while the boyfriend charms the sari off of mom. The ambitious and acquisitive relatives plan a ridiculous marriage while the alienated son clings to an integrity no one else bothers with.

At last, a story that's not poignant or heartwarming, just funny and good.