Noise (2007/II)

Director:

Henry Bean

Writer (WGA):

Henry Bean (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The difference is I do something about it.

Plot:

A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.

Plot Keywords:

Taxi | Noise | Impotence | Vigilante | Cello

Cast

Tim Robbins	...	David Owen
Bridget Moynahan	...	Helen Owen
William Hurt	...	Mayor Schneer
Margarita Levieva	...	Ekaterina Filippovna
Gabrielle Brennan	...	Chris Owen
María Ballesteros	...	Gruska
William Baldwin	...	Mayor's Chief of Staff
Eric L. Abrams	...	Security Cop #1 (as Eric Lenox Abrams)
Jessica Almasy	...	Crackpot Anarchist
Leora Barish	...	Tiny Juror
Michael J. Burg	...	Judson
Lou Carbonneau	...	Dante Moretti
Chuck Cooper	...	Judge Gibson
Catherine Curtin	...	Barbara
Maryam Myika Day	...	TV Reporter
Joel Diamond	...	Joel
Brother Eden Douglas	...	Chamber Music Guest
Ramon Fernandez	...	Arresting Officer
Steve Greenstein	...	Driver of Red Truck
Peggy Gormley	...	Small Claims Judge
Howard Gutman	...	David Owen's Lawyer (as Howard W. Gutman)
Stephen Adly Guirgis	...	Anthony J. Corpitani
Viola Harris	...	Elderly Woman
Helen Hanft	...	Forceful Juror
Diane Hess	...	Mayor Schneer's Personal Assistant
Ryan Hilliard	...	Criminal Court Judge
Peter Hoffman	...	Judge Kornreich
Sara Jerez	...	Medical Trainee
Ed Jewett	...	Richie McIntyre
Ebony Jo-Ann	...	City Clerk (as Ebony Jo Ann)
Judah Lazarus	...	Manhole Cover Guy
Aaron Lohr	...	Rowdy Drinker
David Margulies	...	Heart Attack Man
Clark Middleton	...	Board of Elections Worker #1
Keir O'Donnell	...	Experienced Car Thief
Daniel Raymond	...	Glenn
Jackie Salit	...	Jackie
Vladimir Skomarovsky	...	Ekaterina's Uncle
D.J. Surgent	...	Mayor's Bodyguard
Francis Toumbakaris	...	Election Worker #2
Ivo Velon	...	Evan
Craig Walker	...	Rowdy Drinker #2
Bradley Williams	...	Security Cop #2
Mark Elliot Wilson	...	Businessman with a Lexus (as Mark Elliott Wilson)
James Yaegashi	...	Japanese Businessman #1
Akira Yamaguchi	...	Japanese Businessman #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Douglas J. Aguirre	...	Head Prison Guard (uncredited)
Duncan Hale Murdoch	...	Petition Volunteer (uncredited)
Stephanie Hatfield	...	Girlfriend (uncredited)
Frank Hopf	...	Bailiff (uncredited)
Richard O'Rourke	...	Mayor Schneer's Butler (uncredited)
Stella Stark	...	Petitioner (uncredited)
Douglas C. Williams	...	Angry Neighbor #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Bean

Writing credits (WGA)
Henry Bean		(written by)

Produced by
Henry Bean	....	producer
Paul de Souza	....	executive producer
Daniel Diamond	....	executive producer
Brian Gilmore	....	executive producer
Ethan Gilmore	....	executive producer
Tony Grazia	....	co-producer
Susan Hoffman	....	producer
Meike Kornrumpf	....	producer
Joseph Zolfo	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Phillip Johnston

Cinematography by
Andrij Parekh

Film Editing by
Julie Carr

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Paul Schnee
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Kelly McGehee

Set Decoration by
Rebecca Meis DeMarco

Costume Design by
Alex Alvarez

Makeup Department
Robin Day	....	head of hair department
Persefone Karakosta	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Jared Goldman	....	production manager
Mike Harrop	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Blazina	....	second assistant director
Paul Epstein	....	first assistant director
Cathleen McFadyen	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jamie Arbuckle	....	set dresser
Jonathan Blitstein	....	art production assistant
David Brenner	....	assistant set dresser
Leonard John Bruno	....	art department coordinator
Amanda Bryn	....	art department intern
Anna Butwell	....	property master
Kaem Coughlin	....	scenic artist
Joel Custer	....	set dresser
Neil Driscoll Jr.	....	lead man
Emily Gaunt	....	charge scenic artist
Kevin Hayden	....	set dresser
Patrick McGowan	....	assistant property master
Courtney Schmidt	....	on-set dresser
Jae Song	....	graphic designer
Selina van den Brink	....	art department coordinator: prep
Alexander Vinnitski	....	product placement

Sound Department
Ilya Akiyoshi	....	boom operator
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Mark Ettel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eugene Gearty	....	supervising sound editor
Yagmur Kaplan	....	adr mixer
Anthony Krajchir	....	sound engineer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Sylvain Loiseau	....	post-production audio manager
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Peirson	....	additional sound designer
Mary Ellen Porto	....	adr editor
Brandon Proctor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip Stockton	....	dialogue editor
Michael Suarez	....	assistant adr recordist
David Warburton	....	mix facility coordinator
Larry Wineland	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Stangroom	....	assistant adr recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Joe Gawler	....	digital intermediate colorist
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer

Stunts
Mike Burke	....	covering stunt coordinator
D.J. Surgent	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Belschner	....	dolly grip
Maceo Bishop	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Maceo Bishop	....	steadicam operator
Carter Bissell	....	electrician
Kira Davies	....	grip
Pedro Diez	....	grip
William Evans	....	assistant camera
Wesley Hodges	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Wesley Hodges	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Ronan Killeen	....	additional first assistant camera
Adam Lukens	....	additional grip
Mike 'Electric' Mervilde Jr.	....	additional electrician
Smokey Nelson	....	gaffer
Aaron Randall	....	grip
Meg Schrock	....	additional electrician
Matt Staples	....	best boy grip
Christopher Vidaic	....	electrician
Matthew Walker	....	key grip
Joy Weber	....	electrician
Michael Yetter	....	additional electrician

Casting Department
Lee Genick	....	extras casting
Marny Smith	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Danielle Cadorette	....	tailor
Caroline Duncan	....	assistant costume designer
May Elbaz	....	wardrobe assistant
Natalia Parsons	....	costume assistant
Jennifer Schilling	....	costume intern

Editorial Department
Kate Abernathy	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Mason Cooper	....	music clearances
Joel Diamond	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Charles Spillane	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Erik Aguirre	....	payroll accountant
Ted Beck	....	office production assistant
Justin Bischoff	....	production assistant
Victoria Carter	....	production secretary
Seth Copans	....	script supervisor
Sky Gewant	....	production assistant
James Granger	....	assistant: Henry Bean and Susan Hoffman
Nelson Khoury	....	assistant location manager
Stephen Lippross	....	production accountant
Lindsey Magee	....	production secretary
Ryan Minelli	....	production assistant
Eric Min	....	production executive
Patrick Moran	....	key set production assistant
Matthew Morgenthaler	....	production intern
Matt Phillips	....	production assistant
Andrew Poppoon	....	location assistant
Winslow Porter	....	production assistant
Joaquin Diego Prange	....	location manager
Matthew Rudolph	....	key assistant accountant
Luke Tomalin Sherman	....	set production assistant
Daniel Silverman	....	digital film project manager
Danielle Wilson	....	craft service
Jordan Winter	....	additional production assistant
Ian Wolfson	....	production assistant
Andrew Zolot	....	production coordinator
Alexander Zweig	....	assistant location manager

Thanks
Jonathan Buchsbaum	....	thanks
Richard Dworkin	....	thanks
Nick Kazan	....	thanks
Judah Lazarus	....	thanks
Bonnie Timmermann	....	thanks (as Bonnie Timmerman)

Production Companies

• Seven Arts Pictures
• Fuller Films

Distributors

• Emerald (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• THINKFilm (2008) (USA) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Departure Studios  post-production audio services
• Sylvia Fay/ Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

Greece:88 min | Argentina:112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Mahwah, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Seven Arts Pictures

Trivia:

Henry Bean based David Owen on himself. In real life, Bean broke into people's cars to disable their noisy alarms. He was eventually arrested and jailed.

static, insignificant, valid

What "Noise" fails to do is get us to understand its character. Tim Robbins plays an obsessive New Yorker who can't deal with the obtrusive noises of the city any longer, particularly car alarms. It's an odd idea for a film, which has about as much creative credibility as "Death Wish." It is clever at points; particularly a scene in which our hero is trying to read through Hagel, "I'm too stupid to be understanding this." He reads and rereads a paragraph in confusion, we read it and don't get it either.Just then a car alarm goes off. Throughout the movie is constant interference of alarms and city noises. Though, all in all it does little to help us understand our hero, who allows this all to ruin his marriage and gets distracted with side plots instead of digging deeper-into his persona.

The film-making itself is too oblivious to notice its own sound problems, shoddy editing, and visible boom mikes. No, "Noise" isn't all-bad. William Hurt is at least colorful. At least the ending doesn't fall flat. Overall it drives home a logistical point, one you haven't probably thought of. Though all in all, though ninety minutes, it couldn't have ended sooner.

This is another one of those movies that you might see at a film festival, but probably won't get picked up for distribution. Check it out on DVD if you're really partial to someone involved in the project. Otherwise skip it.