C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

Director:

Kevin Willmott

Writer:

Kevin Willmott

Release Date:

24 June 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Tagline:

What if the South had won the War?

Plot:

Through the eyes of a british "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

American | TV Commercial | American Civil War | Civil War | Confederate States Of America

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Greg Kirsch	...	Confederate Family Dad
Renee Patrick	...	Confederate Family Mom
Molly Graham	...	Confederate Family Child
William Willmott	...	Confederate Family Slave / Frederick Douglas (voice) (as Will Willmott)
Rupert Pate	...	Sherman Hoyle
Evamarii Johnson	...	Patricia Johnson
Greg Hurd	...	Mr. Johnson
Ryan L. Carroll	...	Bobby
Don Carlton	...	Colonel Bloodhound
Kevin McKinney	...	Blackface Abraham Lincoln
Will Averill	...	Blackface Harriet Tubman
Arlo Kasper	...	Old Abraham Lincoln
Joe Bugni	...	Car Guy No. 1
Troy Moore	...	Car Guy No. 2
Jennifer Coville	...	Daisie
Lauralei Linzay	...	Varina Davis
Brian Paulette	...	Jefferson Davis
Mark Robbins	...	Popsy
Larry Peterson	...	John Ambrose Fauntroy V
Julia Christie Othmer	...	British Film Producer
Harvey A. Williams	...	Horace
Kelly Mengelkoch	...	Cartwright Nurse
Matthew Simon	...	Cartwright Doctor
Dan Wildcat	...	John Broadfoot
Robert Sokol	...	Ruben Weinstein
Kirsten Paludan	...	Northern Wind Actress
Shane Scheel	...	Northern Wind Actor
John Patrick Ahearn	...	'1-800-PASSING' Caller (as John P. Ahearn)
Jeph Scanlon	...	'Darky' Model
Frank Dodson	...	'Darky' Spokesman
Fernando Arenas	...	Luis Arroyo
Christopher N. Chrisman	...	Sentry
Ric Averill	...	Sergeant Striker
Rick Folken	...	Lieutenant
Jeanne Averill	...	Marge
Patti Van Slyke	...	Viola / 'Contrari' (voice)
Lean A. Sexton	...	The Shackle Female Model
Karmello Brooks	...	Coon Chicken Waitress
Emily Dempsey	...	Coon Chicken Daughter
Tristan Starner	...	Coon Chicken Son
Rodney Hill	...	Coon Chicken Father
Rebecca Dempsey	...	Coon Chicken' Mother / 'Good Wife Wife
Ngondi Kamatuka	...	Momboso
Sean Blake	...	Hitler
Cyndi Penyock	...	Better Homes Hostess
Hank Rector	...	'Abbie' Spokesman
Erin McGrane	...	'Abolitionist' Wife (as Erin J. McGrane)
Tom Moriarty	...	'Abolitionist' Husband
Michael Stewart	...	'Niggerhair' Cowboy No. 1
Richard Sobeck	...	'Niggerhair' Cowboy No. 2
Wendy Thompson	...	Suffragette
Michael Broadfoot	...	Rock 'n Roll Racist
Richard Herman	...	Senator Toombs
Edward See	...	Senator Helmsley
Jack Wright	...	Newscaster
Chris Weaver	...	ConEx Supervisor
Joyce Jefferson	...	'Contrari' Slave No. 1 / Harriet Tubman (voice)
Earl Jefferson	...	'Contrari' Slave No. 2
Novotny Lawrence	...	'Contrari' Slave No. 3
Ollie Hall	...	Big Sam
James Andrew Wright	...	Bible Infomercial Reverend
Lorenzo Hughes	...	Bible Infomercial Slave
Berna Jean Crofton	...	Be a Good One Slave No. 1 / Gold Dust Mammy (voice)
Queen Bey	...	Be a Good One Slave No. 2
Paul W. Burmaster	...	Be a Good One Instructor
Kris Pueschel	...	Be a Good One Master
Jon Niccum	...	Pink List Host
George Forbes	...	Cleophus
Robert Swan	...	That's My Boy Dad (as Bob Swan)
Thomasyn Harlow	...	Paula
Carrody Gardner	...	Joyce
Vashon Middleton	...	Jupiter
Lucy McFadden	...	Prissy
James McFadden	...	Pickaninny No. 1
Chloe McFadden	...	Pickaninny No. 2
Jim Mellon	...	Overseer
Eric Van Horn	...	British Film Director
Julia L. Patterson	...	Fauntroy's Wife
Benjamin Vogel	...	Fauntroy's Son
Jill Benson	...	Classroom Teacher
John Keating	...	Confederate Family (voice)
Charles Frank	...	British Narrator (voice)
Robert Howig	...	Educational Film / 'Gold Dust' (voice)
Steve Jansen	...	Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Robert C. Dusin	...	Leave it to Beulah / John Ambrose Fauntroy (voice)
Byron Myrick	...	Moses Butler (voice)
Glenn Q. Pierce	...	Robert E. Lee (voice)
Marvin Voth	...	Walt Whitman (voice)
John Staniunas	...	William Lloyd Garrison (voice)
Greg Funk	...	Wendell Phillips / 'Shackle' (voice)
John Drees	...	Cartwright Institute' / 'Niggerhair (voice)
Bob G. Surber	...	Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Ruth Willmott	...	Gold Dust Twin (voice)
Jody Willmott	...	Gold Dust Twin (voice)
Benjamin Meade	...	Journalist No. 1 (voice)
Gene Hockman	...	Journalist No. 3 (voice)
Tony Adlam	...	Extra
Tyler Amble	...	Extra
Allan Baron	...	Extra
Chris Beightel	...	Extra
Chuck Berg	...	Extra
Kent Berry	...	Extra
Angie Blair	...	Extra
Angel Bolen	...	Extra
Cardon A. Bolen	...	Extra
Joshua Bolen	...	Extra
W.T. Boln	...	Extra
Wyland Bolen	...	Extra
John Booth	...	Extra
T.K. Brisbine	...	Extra
Lamonte Brown	...	Extra
R.C. Brown	...	Extra
Al Burnes Sr.	...	Extra
Richard A. Buswell	...	Truck Driver (as Richard Bushwell)
Adam Carey	...	Journalist No. 2 (voice)
Mark A. Carter	...	Extra
Carter Chmielewski	...	Extra
Kenyon T. Clarity	...	Extra
Bob Clark	...	Extra
Venita Clark	...	Extra
Eric Cole	...	Extra
Justin Comfort	...	Extra
Glenda Cooperwood	...	Extra
Jackie Cooperwood	...	Extra
Nickie Cooperwood	...	Extra
Charlie Cress	...	Extra
Meredith Curd	...	Extra
Dana Davis	...	Extra
Glendora Davis	...	Extra
Bret Dawson	...	Extra (as Brett Dawson)
Matthew Dawson	...	Extra (as Matt Dawson)
Caroll Denning	...	Extra (as Carroll Denning)
Glenn Douglas Jr.	...	Extra
Randy Downey	...	Extra
Paul A. Edwards	...	Extra
Shawn A. English	...	Extra (as Shawn English)
Doug M. Fadden	...	Extra
Maurice Flowers	...	Extra
Glendon Gabbard	...	Extra (as Glen Gabbard)
Ricco Gaitan	...	Extra
Gator	...	Extra
Susan Glennemeiere	...	Extra
David Gramly	...	Extra
Mary Jane Graves	...	Extra
Michael Griffin	...	Extra
Thomas Griffin	...	Extra
Allan Hanson	...	Extra
Brianna Higgins	...	Extra
John Hodgden	...	Extra
Kent Hollingsworth	...	Extra
Steve B. Holtzman	...	Extra
Katherine Jackson	...	Extra
Bobbie Jacobs	...	Extra
Mikala Jaderborg	...	Extra
Damon Jeffers	...	Extra
John P. Jervis Jr.	...	Extra
Marcus Johnson	...	Extra
Kendra Jones	...	Extra
Richard Starly Jones	...	Extra
Ty Jones	...	Extra
Nicole Karley	...	Extra
Ashley Myranda Kelly	...	Extra
Dorothy Kemp-Clark	...	Extra
B.T. Killmon	...	Extra
Sam Kreamers	...	Extra
Alec Cremers	...	Extra
Obaapanin Kumi	...	Extra
Ohemaa Kumi	...	Extra
Debra J. Lake	...	Extra
James Lake	...	Extra
Adam Lindsey	...	Extra
Allyn Logan	...	Extra
Kerwin Looney	...	Extra
Brooke Lowery	...	Extra
Joey Lowery	...	Extra
Ashton Martin	...	Extra
Christopher D. Martin	...	Extra (as Chris Martin)
Andrew Marx	...	Extra
Jennifer McBain	...	Extra
Chris M. McLernon	...	Extra
Shawn Miles	...	Extra
Veronica Mitchell	...	Extra (as Veronika Mitchell)
Elizabeth Mullin	...	Extra
Justin Neece	...	Extra
James Nepote	...	Extra
Niki Newland	...	Extra
Dan Nichols	...	Fauntroy family member
Matthew Osburn	...	Extra
Madison Parsons	...	Extra
James Phillips	...	Extra
Derrick Reynolds	...	Extra
Lee A. Reynolds	...	Extra
Michael Rice	...	Extra
George Ricketts	...	Extra
Rick Riley	...	Extra
Douglas Paul Roberts	...	Extra
Erica Romain	...	Extra
Patrice Rose	...	Extra
Kelly Ruck	...	Extra
Kelly Rusk	...	Extra
Melissa Scott	...	Extra
Ryan Seymour	...	Extra
Luke Shively	...	Extra
David Slade	...	Extra
Stephanie Smith	...	Extra
Linda Spears	...	Extra
Judson W. Sumner	...	Extra
Larry Switzer	...	Extra
Grace Thouvenelle	...	Extra
Wendy Thursby	...	Extra
Bonnie Lynn Tolson	...	Cassie Brown (voice)
Donnell Turner	...	Extra
Drew Vogel	...	Extra
Ryann Dori Waller	...	Extra
Dennis Neal Ward Jr.	...	Extra
Carlo Washington	...	Extra
Colt Weaver	...	Extra
Jack Weaver	...	Extra
Keith David Williams	...	Extra
Kiara Lynn Williams	...	Extra
Berrigan Willmott	...	Extra
Kevin Willmott	...	Extra
Brian J. Woodman	...	Extra
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Jacobson	...	Priest (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Willmott

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kevin Willmott

Produced by
Sean Blake	....	co-producer
Rick Cowan	....	producer
Victoria Goetz	....	co-producer
Ollie Hall	....	associate producer
Andrew Herwitz	....	executive producer
Matt Jacobson	....	co-producer (as Matthew Jacobson)
Kerwin Looney	....	associate producer
Benjamin Meade	....	co-producer
Marvin Voth	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Erich L. Timkar
Kelly Werts

Cinematography by
Matt Jacobson		(director of photography) (as Matthew Jacobson)

Film Editing by
Sean Blake
David Gramly

Casting by
Heather Laird
Jack Wright

Production Design by
Scott Murray
William Willmott		(as Will Willmott)

Art Direction by
Bryan Mangan

Set Decoration by
Ken Smith

Makeup Department
Ashley Kelly	....	key hair stylist
Ashley Kelly	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Liz Manne	....	post-production consigliere
Stephanie Smith	....	production manager
Mark von Schlemmer	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brian Adkins	....	second assistant director
Sean Blake	....	first assistant director
Rick Cowan	....	second unit director
Timothy Rebman	....	first assistant director
Chris Weaver	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dan Laurine	....	set dresser
Jennifer Melching	....	set dresser
Steve Peltzman	....	set dresser
Patrick Rea	....	storyboard artist
Jerry Vest	....	property master

Sound Department
Kriss Avery	....	dialogue editor
Mark Bovos	....	sound recordist
Adam Jamal Craig	....	sound engineer
David Gramly	....	dialogue editor
Colin Mahoney	....	supervising sound editor
Jeffrey D. Miller	....	boom operator (as Jeff Miller)
Chris Ordal	....	sound recordist
Matthew Osburn	....	boom operator (as Matt Osburn)
Nathan Richardson	....	boom operator
Robert Sokol	....	sound effects designer
Robert Sokol	....	sound recordist
Rich Stobaugh	....	sound editor
Rich Stobaugh	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Donna Walters	....	special effects makeup

Stunts
Richard A. Buswell	....	fight choreography (as Richard Buswell)
Garl Clark	....	horse wrangler

Camera and Electrical Department
Carrie Becker	....	grip
Matt Blum	....	electrician (as Matt Blume)
Chris Blunk	....	electrician (as Christopher Blunk)
Mark Bracewell	....	best boy grip
Tim De Paepe	....	director of photography: second unit
Tim De Paepe	....	special cinematographer
Karen Foglesong	....	best boy electric
Mike Gunter	....	director of photography: second unit
Ollie Hall	....	production still photographer
Gene Hockman	....	electrician
Matt Jacobson	....	still photographer
Eric Johnson	....	grip
Robert Kortlucke	....	electrician
Heather Blake Krumnow	....	still photographer
Greg Lesko	....	director of photography: second unit
Larry F. Levenson	....	still photographer
James E. Lewis	....	grip
Tanner Loewenberg	....	grip
Lori McCann	....	first assistant camera
Kevin McKinney	....	electrician
Jeffrey D. Miller	....	electrician (as Jeff Miller)
Ryan Nelson	....	grip
Niki Newland	....	director of photography: second unit
Jeremy Osbern	....	electrician
Fred Paddock	....	director of photography: second unit
Troy Paddock	....	director of photography: second unit
Thomas Pease	....	first assistant camera (as Tom Pease)
Steve Peltzman	....	grip
Brad Roszell	....	grip
Jeffrey Ruggles	....	electrician
Stephanie Sapienza	....	first assistant camera
Roland Schlotzhauer	....	first assistant camera
Roycee Schlotzhauer	....	key grip
Ed Seaman	....	grip
Leonard Short	....	still photographer
Stephanie Suetos	....	first assistant camera
Bill Thomas	....	gaffer
Chris Wilkinson	....	grip
Brian J. Woodman	....	grip

Animation Department
Ryan S. Jones	....	computer animator (as Ryan Jones)
Shawn Martin	....	computer animator
Marshall Miller	....	computer animator
Patrick Rea	....	computer animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rebecca Dempsey	....	wardrobe assistant
Debbie Lake	....	wardrobe supervisor: period wardrobe
Jim Lake	....	wardrobe supervisor: period wardrobe
Nancy J. Robinson	....	wardrobe designer (as Nancy Robinson)
Donna Walters	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Victoria Goetz	....	assistant editor
Ryan Nelson	....	assistant editor
Nathan Richardson	....	assistant editor
Tom Rovak	....	film transfer supervisor
John Vapensky	....	assistant colorist
Nick Vella	....	post-production coordinator
Mark von Schlemmer	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Dylan Bassett	....	composer: additional original score
Dylan Bassett	....	musician
Rebecca Bell	....	composer: additional original score
Rebecca Bell	....	musician
Mike Boring	....	composer: additional original score
Albert Brune	....	composer: additional original score
Albert Brune	....	musician
Brett Cooper	....	composer: additional original score
Brett Cooper	....	musician
Betse Ellis	....	musician
Lynn Piller	....	composer: additional original score
Lynn Piller	....	musician
Scott Richardson	....	composer: additional music
Rich Stobaugh	....	music recording engineer
J. Richard Walker	....	music recording engineer

Other crew
Aaron Champion	....	production assistant
Chiemela Enyia	....	production assistant
Travis Fry	....	production assistant
Andrea Fulton	....	craft service
Richard N.A. Garnett	....	production assistant
Gina Grad	....	production assistant
Wendy Gray	....	script supervisor
Jeremy Hilt	....	production assistant
Marty Keenan	....	production legal counsel
Josh Kendal	....	production assistant
Penny C. Laden	....	production assistant
Novotny Lawrence	....	script supervisor
Spike Lee	....	presenter
Brent Lind	....	production assistant
Jeffrey D. Miller	....	production assistant (as Jeff Miller)
Ezekwe Nkemdirim	....	production assistant
Betty Olson	....	production assistant
Chris Ordal	....	production assistant
Matthew Osburn	....	production assistant
Manuel Perez-Tejada	....	production assistant
Tiffany Romeo	....	production assistant
Paul Shoulberg	....	production assistant
Joyce Smith	....	production assistant
Barry St. John	....	production assistant
Wendy Thompson	....	assistant to producers
Alexis Vanasse	....	production assistant
Alex Weston	....	production assistant
Mallory Yund	....	production assistant

Thanks
Michael Broadfoot	....	dedicatee
Garl Clark	....	dedicatee
Stan Herd	....	thanks
Scott Richardson	....	thanks
Kathleen Sebelius	....	special thanks
Bob G. Surber	....	dedicatee
Melvin Van Peebles	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Hodcarrier Films

Distributors

• IFC Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Notro Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Tartan Films (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Music Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• MK12 (logo animation)
• SenoReality Pictures (animation studio)

Other Companies

• Americana Music Academy  music recording studio
• Audre Studios  post-production sound studio
• CO2 Productions  music recording studio
• Crosspoint Digital Post and Transfer  film transfer (as Crosspoint)
• Dolezal Animation  camera rental
• Filmcraft Company  film processing (as Filmcraft)
• Filmexposure  sound recording studio
• Filmworkers Club/Astro  film processing (as Filmworkers/Astro Lab)
• FotoKem Digital Film Services  film processing (as Fotokem)
• FotoKem Digital Film Services  film transfer (as Fotokem)
• Have Guns Will Rent  properties rental
• Have Guns Will Rent  wardrobe rental
• LSR  music recording studio
• LSR  sound equipment rental
• Lights on Kansas City  grip and electric rental
• National Black Programming Consortium  funding provided in part by
• Paddock Productions  camera rental
• Prime Light  grip and electric rental
• R.S.V.P. Studios  camera rental (as RSVP)
• R.S.V.P. Studios  grip and electric rental (as RSVP)
• Robinson's Costumes  wardrobe rental
• Roll Camera  camera rental
• Sarah's Costumes  wardrobe rental
• Sound One  post-production sound studio
• Swell Inc.  film transfer
• Walker Studio  music recording studio
• Werts Music Studio  music recording studio
• Western Cine  film processing
• Wright/Laird Casting  casting facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12A | USA:Unrated | USA:TV-MA (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Company:

Hodcarrier Films

Trivia:

The footage of the "JBU terrorist attack" was actually news reel footage from when a B-25 bomber accidentally crashed into the Empire State Building.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Since this film deals with an alternate history which diverged from our timeline in 1863, all so-called anachronisms and factual errors dealing with events from that point on should be regarded as plot holes at best, and redundant at least.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[commercial for Confederate Family Insurance]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:A man fills many roles in his lifetime: provider, protector, master of the house. As a father you have a vital role in your family's life. They depend on you to be there. We help to make sure you can fulfill that promise, because
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:no matter what they call you
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:at the end of the day
[pause]
Confederate Family Insurance Speaker:you know you're just
[pause]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Martha Stewart Living" (1991)

Brilliant Satire

This movie danced along the edge of impropriety, but brilliantly. The premise is good and the execution is genius. Depicting this as a standard 'Ken Burns style' documentary is the perfect way to convey the sweep of history in a short time. The interviews, voice overs, and lingering camera shots of a still photograph were all spot-on.

My favorite part was the multiple level satire of films from the early 20th century showing events from the 19th: a silent movie about Lincoln's capture, a 50s school educational film about the superiority of whites, and a Hollywood war epic about the CSA's wars in South America. Depicting the fictional events through a lens of contemporary attitudes of what would have been the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s... it made my head swim.

The commercials that another reviewer mentioned were humorous breaks in the action, but they didn't go much further than any normal commercial parody. The note at the end from the movie creators about the sources for some of these (I won't give it away) made me twinge with guilt for laughing, which I think is the response they wanted.

Overall, if you are a student of history, a lover of satire, a thinking person, or (god forbid) all 3 - you should see this move.