The Chumscrubber (2005)

Director:

Arie Posin

Writers:

Zac Stanford (screenplay)
Arie Posin (story)

Release Date:

25 August 2005 (Greece)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Fear. Trust. Love.

Plot:

A darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia.

Plot Keywords:

Pills | Friend | Suburbia | Chumscrubber | Teen

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jamie Bell	...	Dean
Camilla Belle	...	Crystal
Justin Chatwin	...	Billy
Glenn Close	...	Carrie Johnson
Thomas Curtis	...	Charlie Bratley
Rory Culkin	...	Charlie Stiffle
Kathi Copeland	...	Parent #1 (as Kathy Copeland)
Tim DeKay	...	Mr. Peck
David Ellison	...	Student #1 (as David Ellsion)
William Fichtner	...	Mr. Bill Stiffle
Ralph Fiennes	...	Mayor Michael Ebbs
Richard Gleason	...	Parent #2
Caroline Goodall	...	Mrs. Parker
John Heard	...	Officer Lou Bratley
Susan Hegarty	...	Aide to Mayor Ebbs
Lauren Holly	...	Boutique Owner
Jason Isaacs	...	Mr. Parker
Allison Janney	...	Allie Stiffle
Josh Janowicz	...	Troy (as Joshua Janowicz)
Eric Jungmann	...	Student #2 (as Eric Jungman)
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Jerri Falls
Jeffrey Vincent Parise	...	Aide to Mayor Ebbs (as Jeff Parise)
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Lee
Laura Shanahan	...	Party Goer #1
Scott Spiro	...	Party Goer #2
Max Van Ville	...	Student #3
Rita Wilson	...	Terri Bratley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rachel Zeskind	...	Witness (uncredited)

Directed by
Arie Posin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arie Posin		story
Zac Stanford		screenplay

Produced by
Lawrence Bender	....	producer
Michael Beugg	....	executive producer
Susanne Bohnet	....	co-producer
Lee Clay	....	co-producer
Bonnie Curtis	....	producer
Manfred D. Heid	....	co-producer (as Manfred Heid)
Gerd Koechlin	....	co-producer
Josef Lautenschlager	....	executive producer
Philip Levinson	....	executive producer
Andreas Thiesmeyer	....	executive producer
Todd Williams	....	co-producer
Bob Yari	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Lawrence Sher		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William S. Scharf		(as William Scharf)
Arthur Schmidt

Casting by
Anya Colloff
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by
Patti Podesta

Art Direction by
Christopher Tandon

Set Decoration by
Danielle Berman
Maria Nay

Costume Design by
Mary Claire Hannan

Makeup Department
Enzo Angileri	....	hair stylist: Glenn Close
Tammy Ashmore	....	key makeup artist
Eric Bernard	....	hair stylist: Glenn Close (as Eric Barnard)
Nathan J. Busch II	....	hair department head (as Nathan Busch)
Iraina Crenshaw	....	key hair stylist
Lumas Hamilton Jr.	....	additional hair stylist (as Lumas Hamilton)
Cathy Highland	....	makeup artist: Glenn Close
John E. Jackson	....	makeup department head
Fay Kelly	....	additional hair stylist
Amy Lederman	....	additional makeup artist
Roseanne McIlvane	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Robert Katz	....	executive in charge of production
Patty Long	....	production supervisor
John Portnoy	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anne Berger	....	second second assistant director
Max Berryhill	....	second assistant director (as M.C. 'Max' Berryhill)
Cas Donovan	....	first assistant director
Michael Helfand	....	first assistant director
Anthony E. Kountz	....	second second assistant director (as Anthony Kountz)
David Lowery	....	second unit director
Bill Maher	....	second unit director

Art Department
Marco Arcipreste	....	propmaker
Sharon Barnebey	....	painter
James Barron	....	propmaker
Curt Beech	....	assistant art director
David Benavides	....	set dresser
Daniel Bergman	....	general construction foreman
Danielle Berman	....	assistant set decorator
James Bittl	....	greensperson
Wren Boney	....	set dresser (as Laura Wren Boney)
Barry Caraco	....	propmaker
Denis Cordova	....	construction coordinator
Thomas Day	....	assistant property master
Aaron Dick	....	set dresser
William Dunlap	....	set dresser
Jeremy Eason	....	art worker
Franco Esile	....	set dresser
Kasra Farahani	....	illustrator
Joseph Fedo	....	on-set dresser (as Joe Fedo)
Dick Girod	....	paint foreman (as Richard Girod)
Jim Gmuer	....	set dresser (as James Gmuer)
Yoo Jung Han	....	art worker (as Yoojung Han)
Terry Harsha	....	propmaker
Beatriz Kerti	....	art department coordinator
Kim Lincoln	....	graphic designer
David Lowery	....	storyboard artist
Cristina Lyra	....	art worker
Bill MacSems	....	assistant property master
Edward J. McCarthy	....	leadperson (as Ed McCarthy)
Michael O'Donnell	....	set dresser
Missy Parker	....	assistant set decorator
Chris Pascuzzo	....	leadperson (as Christopher Pascuzzo)
Frances Pennington	....	propmaker (as Francis Pannington)
Andrew Petrotta	....	property master (as Drew Petrotta)
Alejandro Poli	....	painter
Charles Pridmore	....	greensperson
Jeffrey Seay	....	painter
Erin Smith	....	assistant set decorator
Shannon Spinella	....	set dresser
John Villarino	....	construction coordinator
Joseph Wittenberg	....	painter
Michael Wittenberg	....	painter
Darin Woldman	....	propmaker
Timothy Oakley	....	prop fabricator (uncredited)
Andre Sowards	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Randy Babajtis	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Jeremy Balko	....	foley mixer
Matthew C. Beville	....	foley supervisor
Peter Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Richard Burton	....	sound effects editor
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	assistant dialogue editor
Jason England	....	dialogue editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	sound designer
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Scott Hinkley	....	post-production sound recordist
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer
Cody King	....	assistant sound editor
John Kline	....	boom operator
Martin Lopez	....	sound designer
Mark Messick	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Morgado	....	assistant sound editor
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Jared Barber	....	animator
Melissa Best	....	2D compositor: previz, Frantic Films
Chris Bond	....	visual effects supervisor
Jason Booth	....	lead compositor
Brent Breedveld	....	lead animator
Matt Broeska	....	3D lead: Frantic Films
Shane Davidson	....	digital compositor
Conrad Dueck	....	3D supervisor: Frantic Films
Karin Eunson-Ross	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films
Chris Harvey	....	digital artist
Adam Holmes	....	digital animation supervisor
Sean Konrad	....	digital compositor
Michael Latschislaw	....	animator
Tom Leckie	....	digital compositor
Bill Maher	....	visual effects designer
Chris Pember	....	lighting and rendering
Borislav Petrov	....	technical supervisor: Frantic Films
Jane Sharvina	....	compositor: Frantic Films
Randal Shore	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
George Taylor	....	compositor
Allen Tracy	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films
Yves Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Dan Walker	....	digital compositor
Blair Werschler	....	visual effects
Chad Wiebe	....	3D lead: Frantic Films
Ken Zorniak	....	visual effects
Anne Kim	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Joey Box	....	stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunt coordinator
Darryl Davis	....	stunts
Brad Martin	....	stunts
John Moio	....	stunts
Marty Murray	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
David Adams	....	rigging electrician
Michael Albala	....	rigging electrician (as Mike Albala)
Dale Balani	....	rigging electrician
Ethan Brannon	....	grip
Alejandro J. Castillo	....	rigging electrician
Liam Clark	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Pedro Max Cornejo-Lopez	....	video playback operator
Sean Patrick Crowell	....	first company grip (as Sean Crowell)
Nathan Crum	....	film loader
Kirill Davidoff	....	director of photography: second unit
Matthew Deetsch	....	lighting technician (as Matt Deetch)
Julie Donovan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer (as Richard Foreman)
Bobby Foster	....	dolly grip
Bryan G. Haigh	....	first assistant camera
Daniel Hanych	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
David Irwin	....	chief lighting technician
Tino Jimenez	....	best boy electric
John Koth	....	second company grip
Seth Kotok	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Matt Landry	....	grip
Jeff Lynn	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
John McKain	....	grip
Graham McPherson	....	grip
Rudy Melendez	....	lighting technician
Bob Myers	....	rigging grip
David Parks	....	dimmer board operator
John Pingry	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Bernie Smith	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
John Spellman	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Chris Stanman	....	rigging electrician
Calvin Starnes	....	rigging key grip
Jonas Steadman	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Al Stewart	....	grip
Kirk Tedeski	....	video playback coordinator
Taj J. Teffaha	....	camera operator (as Taj Teffaha)
Omari Thomas	....	lighting technician
Joe Thompson	....	lighting technician
Aaron Triche	....	rigging electrician
Brett Van Ort	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael J. Walsh	....	gaffer: second unit
Michael J. Walsh	....	lighting technician (as Mike Walsh)
Nickolas Xiros II	....	rigging gaffer
Fante Zamora	....	additional rigging grip

Casting Department
Sari Knight	....	casting associate
Carrie Levin	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Roberta Bilé	....	assistant costume designer (as Roberta Bile)
Claire Breaux	....	wardrobe assistant
Jean Carson	....	set costumer (as Jean E. Carson)
Brooke Fein	....	wardrobe assistant
Elizabeth C. Grudzinski-Seal	....	set costumer
Sabine Huber	....	costumer
Paul St. John	....	additional costumer
Jennifer Steele	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Jenny Brandt	....	digital intermediate project manager
Marisa Clayton	....	post-production Coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Joe Finley	....	digital intermediate colorist
Julie Garces	....	associate editor
Dana E. Glauberman	....	additional editor
Bryan Park	....	film editorial: Modern Video Film
John Portnoy	....	post-production executive
Dan Williams	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Dick Bernstein	....	music editor
George Doering	....	musician: guitar
Chris Douridas	....	music supervisor
Tom Hardisty	....	score recordist
James Horner	....	musician: piano/synthesizer
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Luis Arroyo	....	driver (as Louis Arroyo)
Michael Callahan	....	driver (as Mike Callahan)
Mike Deegan	....	driver
Jennifer Duclos	....	driver (as Jennifer DuClos)
Christian G. Ervin	....	driver (as Chris Ervin)
Will Gardner	....	driver
Dash Hart	....	driver
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Philip Henderson	....	driver (as Phil Henderson)
Alfie Jensen	....	driver
Esteban Munoz	....	driver
Hardy Ophuls	....	transportation captain
John Pellegrino	....	driver
Adam Pinkstaff	....	transportation co-captain
Bud Ruben	....	driver
Dave Walden Jr.	....	driver (as Dave Walden)
Chris Waldoch	....	driver
Robert Young	....	driver

Other crew
Philip Abatecola	....	office production assistant
Laura Bagano	....	craft service
Noel Bastien	....	set production assistant
Chris Baugh	....	location manager
Kent Bernhard	....	office production assistant
Max Berryhill	....	set production assistant (as Maria C. Berryhill)
J.M. Brown	....	production secretary
Jason Brown	....	office production assistant
Hilary Carver	....	unit publicist
Robert Castro	....	stand-in
Almarie Clifford	....	studio teacher
Patti Dalzell	....	script supervisor
David Diamond	....	location manager
Sharon C. Dietz	....	production coordinator
James Eric	....	utility technician
Mandy Friedrich	....	studio teacher
Eduardo Garcia	....	assistant chef
Rosemary Gearheart	....	stand-in
Theresa Getzler	....	assistant craft service (as Teresa Getzler)
Cole Gittinger	....	set production assistant
Suraj Gohill	....	production lender
Rick Gold	....	assistant: Neil Sacker (as Richard Gold)
Luis Gomez	....	assistant chef
Todd Hansen	....	set production assistant
Andrea Hanson	....	assistant: Mr. Yari
Susan Hegarty	....	dialect coach
Scott Herrick	....	first key accountant
Randy Kerber	....	synthesizer programmer
Michele LaBrucherie	....	set production assistant (as Michelle La Brucherie)
Jessica Latham	....	set production assistant
Anja Lauble	....	assistant: Nicoletta Tartarotti and Dr. Anne Hofmann
Jennifer Levine	....	first aid
Jody Lindke	....	assistant: Arie Posin
Michael J. Linowes	....	legal counsel
Barbara Long	....	production accountant
Robbie MacDonald	....	office production assistant
Janet Matlock	....	assistant: Bonnie Curtis
Michael Matus	....	construction medic
Franka Mavrides	....	set production assistant
Anthony Mendez	....	office production assistant
Naomi Motohashi	....	assistant location manager
Nelson O. Noguera	....	assistant chef (as Nelson Noguera)
Talin Parseghian	....	office production assistant
Lynda Resnick	....	studio teacher (as Linda Resnick)
Genaro Rodriguez	....	chef (as Gerado Rodriquez)
Felipe Rodriquez	....	assistant chef (as Felip Rodriguez)
Jill Rubin	....	assistant: Lawrence Bender
Gail Ruckel	....	studio teacher
Adam Schindler	....	assistant to producer
Margaret L. Schlaifer	....	studio teacher (as Margaret Schlaifer)
Michael Soleau	....	key assistant location manager
Shelly Strong	....	production executive
Daniel Stutz	....	business and legal affairs executive
Ian Underwood	....	synthesizer programmer
Ian Watermeier	....	staff coordinator
Marsha Whittaker	....	studio teacher
Matt Wilbur	....	clerk
Todd Williams	....	production executive
Lynn Wyett	....	first aid
Catherine Zappa	....	assistant: Daniel Stutz and Meredith Grindlinger
Bradley Winters	....	intern: office (uncredited)

Thanks
Kathleen Kennedy	....	thanks
Eunice Lee	....	thanks
Jim Lemley	....	thanks
Frank Marshall	....	thanks
Cree Summer	....	thanks

Production Companies

• El Camino Pictures
• Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II
• Go Fish Pictures
• Lawrence Bender Productions

Distributors

• 3L Filmverleih (2006) (Austria) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Indipendenti Regionali (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Newmarket Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2012) (Spain) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2005) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Go Fish Pictures (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• e-m-s new media (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Frantic Films (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Linowes & Burkin  legal counsel
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film provided by
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violent content, drug material and some sexuality

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R13 | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Calabasas, California, USA

Company:

El Camino Pictures

Trivia:

The movie stars both Jamie Bell and Lou Taylor Pucci, who were both featured in music videos by Green Day from the "American Idiot" album. Bell appears in "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and Pucci appears in "Jesus of Suburbia" as St. Jimmy.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dean is trashing his room, he whips the chair away from the desk. When the camera cuts back to the desk, the chair is still there.

Quotes:

Officer Lou Bratley:Well, that's great Dean, you know? Only there doesn't happen to be any reports around here of any missing kids, so how do you explain that?
Dean Stiffle:I can't... I can't explain that.
Dr. Bill Stiffle:[Interrupting] Officer, can I...?
Officer Lou Bratley:Well, I mean, what's his name? This missing kid, this kidnapped kid, what's his name?
Dean Stiffle:He's called Charley.
Officer Lou Bratley:Charley what?
Dean Stiffle:Charley Br...
Dr. Bill Stiffle:[Interrupting again] Officer Bratley, could you step outside a minute, please? I'd like to talk to you in private.
Dean Stiffle:...O-Officer Bratley?

Soundtrack:

Oblivion

Very creative and quirky. May become a classic. Don't miss it.

I was expecting not to relate well to this film, even though I wanted to like it as our son was the director of photography. I had heard that it was similar to American Beauty which I liked but I didn't need another film about dysfunctional middle and upper class families living in suburbia.I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw it on Tuesday night, July 26th in Portland at a screening. The script is incredibly creative and not at all like American Beauty. It is unfair to compare the two films. In addition, the acting, the directing, and of course, the cinematography are superb as is the music. There is humor to break the tension. The film, itself, keeps one wide awake and waiting to see what will happen to each of the characters. I was not at all disappointed and plan to see it again as I believe there are layers in this film that one will catch in repeated viewings. It is hard to tell anyone what this film is about as it doesn't fit any particular genre, but don't miss it as I think this is the kind of film that people will be talking about for a long time.