Fifty Pills (2006)

Director:

Theo Avgerinos

Writer:

Matthew Perniciaro (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Darren Giles has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his...

Plot Keywords:

College | Drugs | Dominatrix | Ecstasy | New York Skyline

Cast

Diora Baird	...	Tiffany
Kristen Bell	...	Gracie
Anne Bellamy	...	Grandma Jones
Rachel Boston	...	Lindsay
Christopher Boyd	...	Richard
Jeffrey Nicholas Brown	...	Homeless Joe
Corrine Carey	...	Marla
Curran Connor	...	Scott
Jake Demaray	...	Punk Rock Mover
Richard Embardo	...	The Kitchen Guy
Maya Hazen	...	Bethany
John Hensley	...	Coleman
John Marshall Jones	...	Housing Manager
Chris J. Johnson	...	Paul
John Kapelos	...	Harold
Monica Keena	...	Petunia
Stephen Keys	...	Little Steve
Jane Lynch	...	Doreen
Michael Masini	...	Halo
John C. Mann	...	Homeless Burt
Michael Mann	...	Rick
Michael Peña	...	Eduardo
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Darren
Donnell Rawlings	...	C-Low
Ken Rothstein	...	Security Guard
Paul Schackman	...	Louis
Daniel Spink	...	Albert
Steve Swaim	...	Professor
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Ralphie
Nicholas Thomas	...	Roger
Nora Zehetner	...	Michelle
Ron Yuan	...	The Seoul Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alyssa Altman	...	Susan (uncredited)
Wil Daniels	...	Drug User (uncredited)
Asusena Huezo	...	Sleeping Girl (uncredited)
Cassie Jaye	...	Halloween Nurse (uncredited)
Michael Oliveira	...	Poker Player (uncredited)
Zack Wagoner	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Kent Winfrey	...	Bondage Slave (uncredited)
Yesenia Yanez	...	College Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Theo Avgerinos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matthew Perniciaro		written by

Produced by
Theo Avgerinos	....	co-producer
Jake Demaray	....	producer
Kevin Scott Frakes	....	executive producer
Ryan Hill	....	associate producer
Chris J. Johnson	....	executive producer
Kevin Mann	....	producer
Matthew Perniciaro	....	producer
Bill Shraga	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Manning

Cinematography by
Harris Charalambous		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Adam B. Stein

Casting by
Geralyn Flood

Production Design by
Bryce Holtshousen

Set Decoration by
Paige Bossier
Lindsey Sjoberg

Costume Design by
Jessica Flores
Jessika Flores

Makeup Department
Amber Carvaly	....	makeup artist
Adrienne Herbert	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Edward E. Cohen	....	unit production manager
Beau J. Genot	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Ameln	....	second assistant director
Aaron Steele	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ursula Glaviano	....	on-set dresser
Ursula Glaviano	....	property master
Joshua Green	....	on-set dresser
Joseph Hui	....	art department production assistant
Jeremiah Johnson	....	art department production assistant
Catherine Lo	....	art department production assistant
Kelsie Steffen Gadsby	....	art department production assistant (as Kelsie Steffen)

Sound Department
Douglas V. Carney	....	assistant sound
Gary Day	....	sound recordist
Tim Farrell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Farrell	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Hixon	....	boom operator
Bill Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Reuveni	....	foley editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Dimitris Bogiantzis	....	gaffer
Greg Brezovec	....	electrician
Harris Charalambous	....	camera operator
Chris Cochran	....	second assistant camera
Guido Egger	....	best boy grip
Charles Ehrlinger	....	best boy grip
Corey Giann Antonio	....	swing electrician (as Corey Giannantonio)
Patrick Gomez	....	grip
Derek Gross	....	gaffer: New York
Brett Hanson	....	swing grip
Jolie Kinga	....	still photographer
Tim Luke	....	electrician
Kevin Mucha	....	electrician
Indra Newlight	....	electrician
Scott Probe	....	dolly grip
Jessica Spuehler	....	best boy electric
Matt Staples	....	key grip: New York
Oliver Taylor	....	electrician
Ben Thompson	....	key grip
Tiffany Toby	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Wilson	....	dolly grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Manon Banta	....	costumer

Music Department
Bill Jenkins	....	music editor
Alexina Matisse	....	music coordinator
Amine Ramer	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Manon Banta	....	set production assistant
Mark Bedell	....	firearms master
Bettina Clemons	....	production assistant
Craig Donnelly	....	title designer: main titles
Kevin Foley	....	assistant to producers
Gisele Fortuna	....	key set production assistant
Tessy Garcia	....	assistant production coordinator
Ryan Hanson	....	production coordinator
Brian Krupkin	....	title designer: main titles
Audrey Norris	....	script supervisor
Mark Trafas	....	production assistant
Joe Vaccarino	....	title designer: main titles
Lindsay Wasserberger	....	assistant script supervisor
Lindsay Wasserberger	....	set production assistant
Josh Zippert	....	production assistant

Thanks
Stephan Paternot	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Coalition Film
• One Day Only Productions LLC
• PalmStar Entertainment
• Picture Machine
• What Army Films

Distributors

• Imagem Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• The S.A.F.E. Team

Other Companies

• Cliff Schwartz Music  titles sound design

Also Known As:

"50 Pills" - UK (imdb display title), USA (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

Germany:85 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Coalition Film

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Coleman is in the office, after he is told he is on probation, his audio is out of sync.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

What If I Get Sick

bottom line?...Good title...bad movie...

It's too bad that someone took such a good name for a movie...I mean the title alone gives anyone an idea or three about what this movie could have been...(almost famous, requiem for a dream...just to name two extremes...and extremely good, creative movies with similar resources)...It's like when a band takes a great name and shoulda' just named themselves 'another lame-ass band'... Well, the same thing holds true here...a great writer could have taken the same concept (forget the name) and driven this movie into a completely original direction with some real drama, real comedy and real emo-tion...instead, we get what we get...plus now this great title is attached to this run of the mill, halfass storyline with so-so performances...

I don't know...Whenever I take on a project (regardless of what it is) I find myself 'forced' to 'climb the mountain, burn the candle at both ends', etc, etc...to get the best result I can...even if 'those' results weren't required, expected or asked for, I just find myself pushing it as far as I can with the resources I have. So I really don't get it (or maybe just let down) when I see something that has been given great resources and it's not even nearly the best it could be..Specifically, when I see a movie that has had a decent budget thrown at it and it turns out mediocre (at best)..well, it's just too bad...someone fell down somewhere...I think in this case it was a combination of people not giving it their all...starting with the screen writing and then dribbling down to the casting...then onto the direction and the actors themselves...it's just not as good as you would hope for (especially with the great movie name, again)... and that's all I gotta' say about that....F...F.G.