The Deal (2005)

Director:

Harvey Kahn

Writer:

Ruth Epstein (written by)

Release Date:

17 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The world is at war.

Plot:

A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups. |

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Evil Corporation | Politics | Oil Industry | New York City

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Tom Hanson
Selma Blair	...	Abbey Gallagher
Robert Loggia	...	Jared Tolson
Colm Feore	...	Hank Weiss
Angie Harmon	...	Anna
John Heard	...	Professor Roseman
Kevin Tighe	...	John Cortland
Philip Granger	...	Jerome Halliday
Françoise Yip	...	Janice Long
Jim Thorburn	...	Shane Waller
Paul McGillion	...	Richard Kester
Christine Lippa	...	Lucy Rahlston
Jennifer Clement	...	Sara Kester
Mike Dopud	...	Theo Gorbov
Vyacheslav Vinnik	...	Nicholai Chernoff
Peter Hall	...	Clark Jackwell
Jay Robert Inslee	...	Senator Lucas
Linda Darlow	...	Erma
Frida Betrani	...	Jared's Secretary
Tony Alcantar	...	Agent Grazer
Peter LaCroix	...	Rod
Aubrey Arnason	...	Deena Scott
Tom McBeath	...	Board Member No. 1
Marc Baur	...	Client No. 1
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Officer
Valentina Ballos	...	Cleaning Woman
Howard Storey	...	Armed Security Guard

Directed by
Harvey Kahn

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ruth Epstein		written by

Produced by
Michael Carlin	....	associate producer
Chris Dorr	....	producer
Sheri Elowsky	....	associate producer
Ruth Epstein	....	producer
Harvey Kahn	....	producer
Kevin W. Kennedy	....	executive producer
Ken Lawson	....	line producer
Robert Lee	....	producer
David Leuschen	....	executive producer
Bernadette Meyers	....	associate producer
Mark Shafir	....	executive producer
Christian Slater	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Lennertz

Cinematography by
Adam Sliwinski

Film Editing by
Richard Schwadel

Casting by
Lindsay Chag

Production Design by
Andrew Deskin

Art Direction by
Kristina Lyne

Set Decoration by
Ian Nothnagel

Costume Design by
Katia Stano

Makeup Department
Ankaraj Eden	....	key makeup artist (as Ankara Eden)
Alla Kornilov	....	assistant makeup artist
Lee Novak	....	assistant hair stylist
Robert A. Pandini	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Jaye Gazeley	....	unit manager
Ken Lawson	....	production manager
Bernadette Meyers	....	post-production supervisor
Claudia Vianello	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Lee	....	first assistant director
Melissa Patton	....	third assistant director
Patrick Weir	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Carole Alexander	....	lead dresser
Bobbi Allyn	....	set decoration buyer (as Bobbi Uhrich-Allyn)
Jane Janigan	....	set dresser
Todd Keller	....	on-set dresser
Elizabeth Mackinnon	....	assistant props
Mark McGann	....	assistant set decorator
Sean McGee	....	on-set props assistant
Noni Peck	....	property master
Michael Raylevick	....	paint coordinator
Mike Robertson	....	graphic artist
Ken Sullivan	....	construction coordinator
Tamara Susik	....	on-set props

Sound Department
Rick Bold	....	boom operator
Brian Campbell	....	dialogue editor
Kris Casavant	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Cheetham	....	sound editor
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor
Steven Erickson	....	adr recordist
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Talvinder Gill	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Klausmayer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Konarzewski	....	adr mixer
Matt Kunau	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Philip J. MacCormick	....	production sound mixer
Laurie Melhus	....	audio coordinator
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Shane Shemko	....	foley artist
Joe Spivak	....	sound effects editor
Janice Thompson	....	assistant sound editor
Ann Townshend	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne Townshend)
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Cara E. Anderson	....	special effects technician
Rory Cutler	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Brett Armstrong	....	stunt coordinator
Alette Falle	....	stunt double
Owen Walstrom	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Douglas Arculus	....	lamp operator
Bill Baxter	....	gaffer
Simon Bayley	....	lamp operator
Denver John Collins	....	director of photography: New York (as Denver Collins)
Glen A. Dickson	....	additional camera operator
James Dittiger	....	still photographer
Kathy Herndl	....	camera loader
Dean Heselden	....	Steadicam operator
Morrison C. Huston	....	first assistant camera: New York
Darren Joseph	....	second assistant camera
Regine Klein	....	best girl grip
Robin Lindala	....	camera operator
Todd MacLand	....	lamp operator
Trevor C. Martin	....	dolly grip
Paul Michaud	....	still photographer
Steven N. Moore	....	Steadicam operator
Martin Nicholas	....	key grip
Joseph Paolini	....	grip: New York (as Joe Paolini)
Sergio Petre	....	grip
Dave Petry	....	grip
Johnny Scarvada	....	grip
Wolfgang Suk	....	best boy electric (as Wolfi Suk)
Jim Swanson	....	rigging gaffer
Trent Wiltse	....	generator operator

Casting Department
Audrey Skalbania	....	extras casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Dawson	....	costume set supervisor (as Jen Dawson)
Andrea Desroches	....	assistant costume designer (as Andrea Des Roches)
Andrea Hiestand	....	truck costumer
Marie Hock	....	extras costumer

Editorial Department
Ed Dobbs	....	color timer
Bethany Handfield	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Peter Fuchs	....	music scoring engineer
Corey A. Jackson	....	orchestrator
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Christopher Lennertz	....	orchestrator
Gerard K. Marino	....	orchestrator
Paul Talkington	....	music contractor
Marcus Trumpp	....	orchestrator
Christopher Violette	....	music editor
Christopher Violette	....	music supervisor
Allan Wilson	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Ron Buyck	....	transportation captain
Dean Fitzpatrick	....	transportation coordinator
John Sorenson	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Frida Betrani	....	stand-in
Kelly Boulding	....	location production assistant
David J. Bowler	....	assistant coordinator
Michael Carlin	....	unit publicist
Colin Chamberlain	....	location production assistant
James Fantin	....	assistant coordinator
Carole Fleming	....	location production assistant
Elaine Fleming	....	production coordinator
Les Ford	....	computer playback designer
Djoi Francis	....	production assistant: New York
Chrishon Gambarotto	....	key production assistant
Chrishon Gambarotto	....	trainee assistant locations
Jaye Gazeley	....	location manager
Tyler Harris	....	location production assistant
Nancy Heller	....	assistant production accountant
John Knowlton	....	assistant location manager
Christopher A. Lambert	....	location production assistant
Stacey Moores	....	extras craft service
Sue Pidhorney	....	assistant: Mr. Slater
Joseph Ramaglia	....	production assistant: New York
Sandy Reynolds	....	craft service
Brian Russo	....	production assistant: New York
Svatia Sakarova	....	production accountant
Kyle Stein	....	stand-in
Linda Strathdee	....	script supervisor
Marnie Termuende	....	post-production accountant

Production Companies

• Front Street Pictures
• Front Street Productions
• Myriad Pictures

Distributors

• Front Street Productions (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Deal Street Pictures Inc.
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• E Stars Films (2005) (China) (all media)
• Emerald (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (all media)
• Koch Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• International SPFX Group

Other Companies

• Background, The  walla group
• Bush Edit House  negative cutting
• Film Effects  titles and digital opticals
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  telecine
• Sharpe Sound Studios  audio post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence

Runtime:

USA:107 min | Argentina:108 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #41237) | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Argentina:13 | Sweden:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Front Street Pictures

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Jared Tolson:Welcome to the real world!

Movie Connections:

References Wall Street (1987)

Soundtrack:

As If It Were Yesterday

Uneven

It's rough to call something people worked on so hard for 'uneven' but there it is. The Deal is, simply put, about a 'deal'. It's a Wall Street thriller. And at the other end of the deal is oil. A planet in trouble where the carbon monoxide level is the highest it's been in three quarters of a million years, where 50,000,000 people are estimated to be on the run from climate catastrophes within four years, where the top twenty two median temperatures have been recorded in the past twenty six years, and so forth.

It's been done before and it will be done again until the dependence on fossil fuels is ended, until the electric car is allowed to proliferate, until the oil barons get their hands off the automobile industry, until things settle down in the middle east, and so forth.

Everyone does a fair job in this one except Angie. Sorry Angie, but for reasons that can't be exposed here but that will become apparent to viewers you just don't cut it.

The movie's uneven because its thrill factor is propelled through at least half way by withholding important facts about the plot. And at that point you just have to see everything turns out all right with the usual modicum of plot devices tossed in.