Guy X (2005)

Director:

Saul Metzstein

Writers:

Steve Attridge (screenplay)
John Paul Chapple (screenplay)
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Release Date:

14 October 2005 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Tagline:

There's Been a F**k Up

Plot:

A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base. |

Plot Keywords:

Black Comedy | Eskimo Indian | Streaker | Vietnam War Veteran | Journalist

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jason Biggs	...	Corporal Rudy Spruance
Natascha McElhone	...	Sgt. Irene Teal
Jeremy Northam	...	Col. Woolwrap
Sean Tucker	...	Lavone
Hilmir Snær Guðnason	...	Petri (as Hilmir Snær Gudnason)
Harry Standjofski	...	Chaplain Brank
Rob deLeeuw	...	Slim
Donny Quinn	...	Genteen (as Donny Falsetti)
Jonathan Higgins	...	Vord
Michael Ironside	...	Guy X
Benz Antoine	...	Philly
Mariah Inger	...	May
Dino Tosques	...	Chef
Einar Sigurðsson	...	Inuit (as Einar Sigurdsson)
Nelson Balderrama	...	Pissing Inuit
Árni Thórarinsson	...	Soldier (as Árni Thorarinsson)
Kolbrún Ivarsdóttir	...	Female Soldier Necking
Buck Deachman	...	Drunk Soldier
Carole Taylor	...	Naked Inuit Female
Genevieve Smoke	...	Naked Inuit Female
Crystal Wolker	...	Naked Female Soldier
Mario Courtemanche	...	Naked Male Soldier
Agostino Di Falco	...	Naked Male Soldier

Directed by
Saul Metzstein

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Steve Attridge		screenplay
John Paul Chapple		screenplay
John Griesemer		novel "No One Thinks of Greenland"

Produced by
Chris Auty	....	executive producer
Danny Bergeron	....	co-producer
Michael Cowan	....	producer (as Michael L. Cowan)
Stephen Daldry	....	executive producer
Laura De Casto	....	executive producer: Tartan Films
Laura De Casto	....	production executive
Mike Downey	....	producer
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	....	co-producer
Mark Hubbard	....	line producer
Peter James	....	executive producer
Allan Joli-Coeur	....	co-producer
Anna María Karlsdóttir	....	co-producer
Alex Marshall	....	associate producer
Neil Peplow	....	executive producer
Jason Piette	....	producer
Zorana Piggott	....	associate producer
Danny Rossner	....	line producer
James Simpson	....	executive producer
Sam Taylor	....	producer

Original Music by
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Charlie Mole

Cinematography by
François Dagenais

Film Editing by
Anne Sopel

Casting by
Liora Reich
Aldo Tirelli

Production Design by
Mike Gunn

Art Direction by
Jean-Andre Carriere
Stígur Steinthórsson

Set Decoration by
Roger Martin

Costume Design by
Stewart Meachem

Makeup Department
Caroline Aquin	....	special makeup effects artist
Marta Bjornsdothr	....	hair stylist
Marta Bjornsdothr	....	makeup artist
Julie Chabot	....	makeup artist
Annick Chartier	....	make-up department head
C.J. Goldman	....	prosthetics makeup artist (as Chaim Goldman)
Maria G. Gudmundsdóttir	....	daily hair stylist
Maria G. Gudmundsdóttir	....	daily makeup artist
Eygló Jónsdóttir	....	daily hair stylist
Eygló Jónsdóttir	....	daily makeup artist
Jessica Manzo	....	daily hair stylist
Jessica Manzo	....	daily makeup artist
Adrien Morot	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Sabin Paradis	....	daily hair stylist
Sabin Paradis	....	daily makeup artist
Christel Piazzolla	....	daily hair stylist
Christel Piazzolla	....	daily makeup artist
Martin Rivest	....	key hair stylist
Ronald J. Rolfe	....	hair stylist
Fanny Vachon	....	daily hair stylist
Fanny Vachon	....	daily makeup artist
Sylvania Yau	....	special makeup effects coordinator (as Sylvania)

Production Management
Helga Brá Arnadóttir	....	unit production manager (as Helga Bra Arnadottir)
Jay Coquillon	....	post-production supervisor
Stéphane Fréchette	....	unit production manager
Danny Rossner	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jesabelle Boileau	....	additional third assistant director
Buck Deachman	....	first assistant director
Marc Julien	....	third assistant director
Erin Laing	....	trainee assistant director
Bethan Mowat	....	second assistant director
Tanya van Blokland	....	third assistant director
Harpa Elísa Þórsdóttir	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jennifer Audet	....	scenic production assistant
David Óli Axelsson	....	on-set carpenter
Mario Barriere	....	daily swing gang (as Mario Barrière)
Gudjón Björnsson	....	on-set carpenter
Zelbrey Bédard	....	art department assistant
Lynn Carrière	....	graphic artist
Cheval De Troie	....	construction crew
Marco Decloquement	....	daily swing gang (as Marc Decloquement)
Jean Dery	....	scenic production assistant
Jakob Fenger	....	on-set carpenter
Manon Fontaine	....	key scenic painter
Manon Fontaine	....	scenic production assistant
Frosti Fridriksson	....	on-set prop master
Ronny Gosselin	....	propmaker
Sveinn Viðar Hjartarson	....	property master (as Sveinn Vidar Hjartarson)
Claude Jacques	....	props buyer
Daniel Juneau	....	assistant on-set props
Thorvaldur Bödvar Jónsson	....	assistant art director
Jóhannes Karlsson	....	construction crew
Jean-François Kelahear	....	lead scenic painter
Jean-François Kelahear	....	set laborer
Ingjaldur Kárason	....	scenic painter
Paul Lacerte	....	scenic production assistant
Michel R. Lambert	....	scenic technician
Louis-René Landry	....	assistant art director
Danny Lebel	....	swing gang (as Dany Lebel)
Larkin MacLeod	....	swing gang
Laurent Pereira	....	scenic production assistant
Bruno Sorel	....	on-set prop master
Guillaume St-Laurent	....	daily swing gang
Asuka Sugiyama	....	art department coordinator
Bob Dunn Sénéchal	....	scenic production assistant

Sound Department
Howard Bargroff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sefi Carmel	....	foley mixer
Peter Crooks	....	sound effects editor
Patrick Dodd	....	adr editor
Samir Foco	....	sound effects editor
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Steingrímur E. Guðmundsson	....	sound recordist (as Steingrímur Eyfjörð Guðmundsson)
Andrea King	....	foley artist
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	supervising sound editor
Philippe Lavigne	....	boom operator
Gareth Llewellyn	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pietro Paletti	....	sound editor
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Vanesa Lorena Tate	....	sound effects editor
Burak Topalakci	....	sound designer
Gabor Vadnay	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Jean-François Aubin	....	special effects technician
Carmelle Beaudoin	....	special effects technician
Jacques Godbout	....	special effects director
Börkur Jónsson	....	special effects technician
Eggert Ketilsson	....	special effects director
Hálfdán Petersen	....	special effects technician
Christian Rivest	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Tim Baxter	....	film recording
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects
Philip Campbell	....	visual effects producer
Alain Lachance	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Paul Nightingale	....	visual effects
Jean-Pierre Riverin	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: Mokko Studio
Rus Wetherell	....	digital effects artist: CFX

Stunts
Marc Désourdy	....	stunt coordinator
François Gauthier	....	stunt double
Gilbert Larose Jr.	....	stunt double: Rudy (as Gilbert Larose)

Camera and Electrical Department
Örn Marino Arnarson	....	gaffer
Einar Arnason	....	grip
Bernard Arseneau	....	rigging gaffer
Yves Arseneau	....	rigging
Robert B. Baylis	....	key grip
Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Besti Björgúlfsson)
Eric Béliveau	....	best boy rigger
Elli Cassata	....	assistant camera
Andy Chmura	....	camera operator
Daniel Chrétien Jr.	....	daily electrician
Joost Clerinx	....	grip
Alexandre Curzi	....	daily electrician
Nicholas D'Annunzio	....	daily grip (as Nicolas D'Annunzio)
Alain Dahan	....	camera operator: EPK
Alexandre De Ernsted	....	daily grip
Franck Develey	....	daily rigging grip (as Franck Devely)
Tommy Diotte	....	daily grip
Mathieu-Félix Drouin	....	additional second assistant camera
Martin Dubois	....	first assistant camera
Luc Dupont	....	lighting electrician
Jean Décarie	....	generator operator
Arnar Einarsson	....	best boy grip
Samuel Eusanio	....	daily grip
Guy Ferland	....	daily electrician
René Fréchette	....	second assistant camera
Massimo Gallizzi	....	daily electrician
Styrmir Haflidason	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
George Haryszyn	....	generator operator (as Georges Hryszyn)
Bradley Hogan	....	camera operator: EPK
Omar Jabali	....	second assistant camera
Olafur Jónasson	....	electrician
Judith Lagacé	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Marie-Éve Lamarche	....	daily electrician
Christian Lanctôt	....	daily rigging grip
Raynald Lavoie	....	electrician
Daniel Moise	....	crane operator
Denis-Noel Mostert	....	Steadicam operator (as Denis-Noël Mostert)
Christian Navennec	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
François Ouellette	....	rigger grip
Richard Paré	....	daily electrician
Gilles Porter	....	rigger grip
Max-Pol Proulx	....	rigger grip
Gerry Prévost	....	daily grip
Christopher Reusing	....	best boy
Jocelyn Simard	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ingvar Stefánsson	....	best boy
Christophe Taets	....	lighting electrician
Hálfdán Theodórsson	....	camera operator: second unit
Marc-André Thibeault	....	daily grip (as Marc-André Thibault)
Sigurgeir Thordarsson	....	key grip
André Tisseur	....	key rigging grip
Paul Tremblay	....	best boy grip
Pietro Troilo	....	electrician
Chantal Vary	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Nick Wall	....	still photographer
François Warot	....	gaffer
Stephen Wells	....	dolly grip

Casting Department
Mike Migliara	....	casting associate
Bruno Rosato	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sólveig Bláfelld Agnarsdóttir	....	daily dresser
Guy Cloutier	....	wardrobe master
Margrét Einarsdóttir	....	wardrobe mistress
Marylou Filion	....	dresser
Marjolaine Fortin	....	wardrobe mistress
Bergthóra Magnúsdóttir	....	dresser
Margarita Manoukian	....	daily dresser
Dagny Åsa Stefansdottir	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Linda Bourgeois	....	negative cutter
Nina Bradley	....	assistant editor
Simon Broderick	....	telecine colorist
Jim Campabanal	....	negative cutter (as Jim Campabadal)
Arthur Montreuil	....	color timer
Laurie McDowell	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Ivana Jeftic	....	music supervisor
Alastair King	....	conductor
Alastair King	....	orchestrator
Charlie Mole	....	composer: additional music
Pietro Paletti	....	music editor
Steve Parr	....	music recording engineer
Lee Thomas	....	music coordinator
Paul Kegg	....	musician: cello (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Michel Perreault	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Julie Adams	....	dialect coach: Ms. Natasha McElhone
Michel Bachand	....	craft service
Kim Ballard	....	head of production finance
Shirine Best	....	development assistant
Madalyn Biefield	....	publicist
Pauline Burt	....	risk manager
Valentina Coccia	....	production coordinator
Alain Dahan	....	epk director
Alice Dawson	....	post-production accountant
Chantal Desgagné	....	technical coordinator
Jon Duncan	....	production accountant
Laurent Gladu	....	location manager
Pierre Guevremont	....	key production accountant
Mel Hider	....	assistant: Mr. Cowan and Mr. Piette
Sveinn Viðar Hjartarson	....	armorer (as Sveinn Vidar Hjartarson)
Anna Margrét Hraundal	....	production secretary
Gagga Jonsdottir	....	production coordinator
Emily Kyriakides	....	assistant to producer: UK
Erin Laing	....	assistant: Natascha McElhone
Manon Lapointe	....	first production accountant
Francine Lebrun	....	production coordinator
Sophie Longpre	....	animal wrangler (as Sophie Longpré)
Ana-Maria Lyrio	....	assistant craft service (as Anna-Maria Lyrio)
Josianne Mailloux	....	production secretary
Caroline Maynard	....	set production assistant
Charles McDonald	....	publicist
Charles Mcdonald	....	publicist
Mike Migliara	....	assistant: Jeremy Northam
Elena Miles	....	personal assistant to producer: Spice Factory
Thiéry Milot	....	production assistant
Andy Ordonez	....	head of business affairs
Line Sansoucy	....	assistant to producers: Canada
Lise Servant	....	payroll accountant
Lucy Shuttleworth	....	development executive
David A. Smith	....	office production runner
Louise Theriault	....	continuity supervisor
Lee Thomas	....	assistant to producers
Trausti Traustason	....	location assistant
Jean-Philippe Vachon	....	production assistant
Tim Van Rellim	....	production executive
Vala Hrönn Viggósdóttir	....	assistant to producers: Iceland
Joan Washington	....	dialect coach
Sue Watkins	....	publicist
Jane Wittekind	....	head of development
Fridrik Örn Jörgensen	....	set production assistant

Production Companies

• Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)
• Spice Factory
• WizzFilms
• Ex

Distributors

• First Look International
• Galileo Medien AG (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Murena International (2010) (Russia) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Capital FX
• Mokko Studio (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Angel Recording Studios  additional music recorded at
• Cite Lab  negative cutting
• Fatts  post-production script service
• Film Opticals  optical blow up by
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  Avid systems supplied by
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr recorded at
• Hear No Evil Studios  music recorded at
• Icelandic Film Center  funding
• Jim Henson Company  cutting rooms
• Location Michel Trudel Inc.  camera equipment provided by
• Malde & Co.  production consultants
• Mangouste  optical titles
• Marko Audio Post-Production  adr recorded at
• Montreal Casting  extras casting
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound re-recording
• Vision Globale  rushes transfer
• Zound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Canada | Iceland | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | USA:R | Australia:M | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada

Company:

Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: While guarding the ammo dump, the rifles carried are clearly shown to be M16A2s. The US Army officially adopted the M16A2 as the general issue infantry rifle in 1985. While in service before this, it did not exist in any form of this shape in 1979. They would have been using one of several earlier rifles or SMGs instead.

Movie Connections:

References "Twilight Zone" (1959)

Soundtrack:

I'm Sittin' on Top of the World

Comedy? Thriller?

This film is about a military man being mistakenly posted to a Greenland base.

The problem with this film is that it tries to be comedy, thriller and mystery all at one time. The end result is that it does not succeed in any of the genres. It started off as light hearted, such as the mosquito combat right at the beginning. However, after that it became more and more serious. In the end, we are supposed to get emotional. However, I did not feel this way at all.

It was probably because of the strange accent used by some of the characters as well. I had trouble understanding what they say.

I think it could have been a good film, if it could stick to just one genre.