Surveillance (I) (2008)

Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.

Director:

Jennifer Chambers Lynch

Writers:

Kent Harper, Jennifer Chambers Lynch

Stars:

Caroline Aaron, Pell James, Julia Ormond

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Caroline Aaron	...	Janet
Hugh Dillon	...	Dad (Steven)
David Gane	...	Grocery Man
Gill Gayle	...	Officer Degrasso
Kent Harper	...	Officer Jack Bennett
Michael Ironside	...	Captain Billings
Pell James	...	Bobbi Prescott
Daryl Haney	...	Drug Dealer (as D.R. Haney)
Shannon Jardine	...	Elaine Meyer
Angela Lamarsh	...	Maid
Gerald Lenton-Young	...	Coroner (as Gerald Layton-Young)
Jennifer Miles	...	TV Reporter
Mac Miller	...	Johnny
Charlie Newmark	...	Officer Wright
Julia Ormond	...	Elizabeth Anderson

Storyline

Grisly murders occur in a small town. Two FBI agents arrive, set up their cameras in three interview rooms, and set up interviews of three survivors: a girl of about nine, a foul-mouthed cop with a bandaged hand, and a young woman of about 20 who uses drugs. Each tells their story as the male FBI agent listens and watches from a separate room: the girl draws for and talks to the female agent, the local chief interviews the injured cop, and two officers interview the young woman. As they tell their stories, some of which are inaccurate and self-serving, we see what actually happened the day before. Can the agents or anyone else put the pieces together?

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Plot Keywords:

interview | fbi agent | murder | gore | police station | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some drug use and a scene of aberrant sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

USA Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 July 2008 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Aberrált élvezetek

Filming Locations:

Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,590 (USA) (26 June 2009)

Gross:

$25,352 (USA) (24 July 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lago Film, See Film, Film Star Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Billy Burke was originally cast as the character Sam Hallaway. Days before filming was to begin, he dropped out of the film. Lynch family friend Bill Pullman was then cast to replace him.

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Goofs

The closing credits state that the cast is listed in alphabetical order, but Daryl Haney's name is listed after Kent Harper, Michael Ironside, and Pell James (despite the fact that it precedes all of them alphabetically).

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Quotes

[first lines]
Elizabeth Anderson: You're never going to sleep again.
Sam Hallaway: That's the point.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits the title appears, but now blood splattered

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Connections

Referenced in Surveillance: The Watched Are Watching (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Carry Me Away"
Composed by Michelle Boudreau
Performed by Michelle Boudreau
Published by Talking Dog Publishing

User Reviews

appalling garbage from David Lynch's talentless daughter

How on earth does this sort of rubbish get made? Jennifer Lynch rips off her dad David's style without any substance whatsoever, and the appallingly stupid plot (that itself is a rip-off of Natural Born Killers) makes you feel sorry for the actors. Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond have clearly fallen on very hard times if this is the sort of junk they're reduced to working in - not that their performances are any better than the script, which is written like a bad student film, though on this evidence it's doubtful that David Lynch's talentless daughter would actually get accepted into any self-respecting film school. Let's hope the negative gets lost by the lab.