Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2003)

Director:

Michael Pressman

Writer (WGA):

Michael Pressman (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Television director/producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife...

Plot Keywords:

Actress | Marriage Problems | Directed By Star

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Lou Antonio	...	Himself
Jillian Armenante	...	Cynthia
Kathy Baker	...	Herself
Lisa Chess	...	Herself
Hector Elizondo	...	Himself
Steven Glick	...	Himself
Nicole Gomez-Fisher	...	2nd A.D. (as Nicole Gomez Fisher)
Elizabeth Hayden	...	Casting Assistant
Ann Hearn	...	Constance
Lanre Idewu	...	Paramedic
David E. Kelley	...	Himself
Linda Klein	...	'Chicago Hope' Paramedic
Ken Lerner	...	Rob the Production Manager
Jerry Levine	...	Himself
Debra Magit	...	Mother
Leslie Moonves	...	Himself
Vahan Moosekian	...	Man on Street
Morgan Nagler	...	Sally
Natalia Nogulich	...	Theater Patron
James Oliver	...	Billy
Jeffery Passero	...	Himself
Mandy Patinkin	...	Himself
Brooks Pressman	...	Himself
Michael Pressman	...	Himself
Barry Primus	...	Himself
Alan Rosenberg	...	Himself
Maury Sterling	...	Roger
Nina Tassler	...	Herself
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Murray Mintz
Alice West	...	Herself

Directed by
Michael Pressman

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Pressman		(written by)

Produced by
Kelly Arrand	....	associate producer
Donella Coffey	....	associate producer
Matt Grayson	....	supervising producer
Danny Irom	....	co-producer
Anne M. Uemura	....	post-production producer
Alice West	....	line producer

Original Music by
Don Peake

Cinematography by
Jacek Laskus

Film Editing by
Jeff Freeman
Michael Rafferty

Casting by
Jeffery Passero

Production Design by
Lauren Hersholt-Nole

Set Decoration by
Bianca Ferro

Costume Design by
Van Broughton Ramsey

Makeup Department
Laura Leppanen	....	key makeup artist
Nicole Porreco	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Alice West	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ronnie Fisher	....	second assistant director
Danny Irom	....	first assistant director
Carrie Rudolph	....	second second assistant director: reshoots

Art Department
Rebecca Sundell	....	property master
Gaylene West	....	property master: additional scenes

Sound Department
Dicken Berglund	....	adr mixer
Kenneth R. Burton	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Ken Burton)
Steve Copley	....	foley recordist
Justin Crowe	....	boom operator (as Justin R. Crowe)
Rose Gregoris	....	assistant sound
Mark Kaim	....	sound recordist
Jim Machowski	....	production sound mixer (as James W. Machowski)
Rob Nokes	....	supervising sound editor
Andre Perreault	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jill Purdy	....	supervising sound editor
John Sievert	....	foley artist
Fidel Susman	....	sound transfer

Stunts
Mary Albee	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
James Atkins	....	grip
David Chameides	....	steadicam operator
Marc Cole	....	steadicam operator
Jay Galione	....	loader
Ben Gamble	....	chief lighting technician
Cranston Gobbo	....	key grip
Joshua Harper	....	electrician
Trevor Houghton	....	electrician
Jay Hunter	....	second assistant camera
Joel Ides	....	grip
Milan Janicin	....	electrician (as Milan Janicin 'Miki')
Jeremiah Johnson	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Bullfrog Johnson)
Tim Merrill	....	key grip: additional scenes
Onofrio Nino Pansini	....	first assistant camera
Omar Pena	....	grip
Andy Shuttleworth	....	steadicam operator
Holly Stein	....	still photographer
Gregg Thompson	....	grip
Ian Whitney	....	grip

Casting Department
Pete Sutton	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Cone	....	set costumer
Loree Parral	....	wardrobe stylist: Ms. Chess
Dana Rosenberg	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Andy Kaplan	....	post-production coordinator (as Andrew S. Kaplan)
Jim McQueen	....	on-line editor
Dan Pearce	....	on-line editor
Steven Sjolund	....	on-line editor (as Steve Sjolund)
Tony Teresi	....	on-line editor
Ed Twiford	....	colorist

Music Department
Michael Rafferty	....	music editor

Other crew
Evelyn Dubuc	....	stand-in
Paul Fraga	....	production assistant
Orin Kennedy	....	location manager
Kis Knekt	....	theatrical set designer
Brooks Peterson	....	production assistant
Sarah Quam	....	stand-in
Robert D. Rodela	....	craft service (as Robert D. Rodela II)
Alvaro Ron	....	production assistant
Nobu Shima	....	production assistant (as Nobuo Shima)
Jack Stallings	....	assistant: Mr. Pressman
Devin Sterling	....	project manager
Babette Stith	....	script supervisor
Michael Sudmeier	....	production executive
John H. Tobin	....	stand-in

Distributors

• Curb Entertainment (theatrical) (non-USA)
• IFC Films (USA) (theatrical)
• Screen Media Films (2005) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies

MPAA:

Rated R for language including sexual references, and brief drug use.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Movie Connections:

References Looking for Richard (1996)

Soundtrack:

Frankie and Johnny

A wonderful film about staying real, human, and loving in the face of life's unexpected challenges

This is a wonderful film about staying real, human, and loving in the face of life's unexpected challenges. It's also an amusing, tender, non-sappy, very human- scale, look at the emotional turmoil of rehearsing and staging a live theater production on a small budget. Lisa Chess and Michael Pressman bring warmth and genuine heart to this fictionalized true story, playing themselves as actress and director of a stage production of Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune that turns into an unmitigated disaster. Alan Rosenberg is brilliant as the renegade actor who subverts the entire production.

One sub-plot -- what is it like for a man to direct his attractive wife doing nude sex scenes with an actor who has the real-life hots for her and doesn't believe in following the rules -- is particularly intriguing. The film opens in very limited distribution in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco in June. Catch it while you can.