The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Director:

Wendy Apple

Writer:

Mark Jonathan Harris (written by)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles. |

Plot Keywords:

Editing | Old Movie | Film Making | Film History | Film Editor

Cast

Kathy Bates	...	Narrator (voice)
Zach Staenberg	...	Himself
Jodie Foster	...	Herself
Michael Tronick	...	Himself
Anthony Minghella	...	Himself
Sean Penn	...	Himself
Walter Murch	...	Himself
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself
Rob Cohen	...	Himself
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
James Cameron	...	Himself
Antony Gibbs	...	Himself
Mark Goldblatt	...	Himself
Sally Menke	...	Herself
Craig McKay	...	Himself
Richard Marks	...	Himself
Ridley Scott	...	Himself
Alexander Payne	...	Himself
Kevin Tent	...	Himself
Howard E. Smith	...	Himself (as Howard Smith)
Conrad Buff IV	...	Himself (as Conrad Buff)
Dylan Tichenor	...	Himself
Wes Craven	...	Himself
Carol Littleton	...	Herself
Tom Rolf	...	Himself
Pietro Scalia	...	Himself
Tina Hirsch	...	Herself
Frank J. Urioste	...	Himself (as Frank Urioste)
Peter Honess	...	Himself
George Lucas	...	Himself
Chris Columbus	...	Himself
Paul Verhoeven	...	Himself
Jan de Bont	...	Himself
Alan Heim	...	Himself
Joe Dante	...	Himself
Lynzee Klingman	...	Herself
Jay Cassidy	...	Himself
Thelma Schoonmaker	...	Herself
Michael Kahn	...	Himself
Paul Hirsch	...	Himself
Dede Allen	...	Herself
Anne V. Coates	...	Herself (as Anne Coates)
Richard Chew	...	Himself
Donn Cambern	...	Himself
Lawrence Kasdan	...	Himself
Joe Hutshing	...	Himself
Chris Lebenzon	...	Himself
Jerry Bruckheimer	...	Himself
Alisa Vilena Gerstein	...	Actress (girl with teddy bear) (as Alisa Gerstein)
Marya Kazakova	...	Actress
Anatol Rezmeritza	...	Actor (as Anatol Reszmeritsa)
Ilia Volok	...	Actor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Verna Fields	...	Herself (archive footage)
Will Smith	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself (archive footage)

Directed by
Wendy Apple

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Jonathan Harris		written by

Produced by
Wendy Apple	....	executive producer: TCEP
Patricia Bischetti	....	co-producer
Steven B. Cohen	....	co-executive producer
Alan Heim	....	executive producer: TCEP
Nobuo Isobe	....	executive producer: NHK
Truusje Kushner	....	co-producer
Richard Lorber	....	co-executive producer
Jeff Pickett	....	associate producer: Kuleshov shoot
Barry Rebo	....	co-executive producer
Stephan Shelanski	....	executive producer
Jennifer Waldo	....	producer: Kulshov shoot
Jennifer Waldo	....	segment producer
Nick Ware	....	executive producer: BBC

Original Music by
Nic. tenBroek

Cinematography by
John Bailey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Daniel Loewenthal
Tim Tobin

Makeup Department
Marco De Souza	....	makeup artist (as Marco Aurelio De Souza)
Lisa Marie DeRoma	....	makeup artist
Marcus Hall	....	makeup artist
Christine Jackson	....	makeup artist
Richard Marin	....	makeup artist
Patti Ramsey Bortoli	....	makeup artist (as Patty Ramsey)
Jillayne Stockland	....	makeup artist
Heba Thorisdottir	....	makeup artist
Cinzia Zanetti	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Terra Abroms	....	post-production supervisor (as Terra Mair Abroms)
Eric Conner	....	production manager
Tom Cross	....	post-production supervisor
Dan Genetti	....	post-production supervisor
Jeff Powers	....	production manager
Jennifer Waldo	....	production manager

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound recordist
Kelly Cabral	....	post-production sound services
Paul Timothy Carden	....	post-production sound services (as Timothy Carden)
Jim Corbett	....	narration recordist
Giancarlo Dellapina	....	sound recordist: London
Tom Koester	....	additional sound
Aynee Osborn	....	post-production sound services
Sarah Payan	....	post-production sound services
Alan Piper	....	additional sound
Yuri Raicin	....	production sound (as George Yuri Raicin)
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Sutton	....	sound (as Matt Sutton)
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Arn Campero	....	compositor
Tim Carras	....	animation support
Tim Carras	....	digital I/O
Jason Risk	....	animation producer
Chris Simmons	....	visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Mac Allen	....	electrician
Mac Allen	....	grip
Hema Balasundaram	....	electrician
Hema Balasundaram	....	grip
Chris Bieler	....	camera package: HDTV
Mitchell Block	....	assistant camera
Tim Carras	....	assistant camera
Jason Cochard	....	gaffer
Kisa Cruger	....	still photographer
Andrew Deacon	....	electrician
Andrew Deacon	....	gaffer
Andrew Deacon	....	grip
Cat Deakins	....	still photographer
Othmar Dickbauer	....	assistant camera: New York (as Othman Dikbauer)
Chris Faulk	....	electrician
Chris Faulk	....	grip
Warren Feldman	....	assistant camera
Scott Fleischer	....	camera package: HDTV
Jimmy Fussil	....	electrician
Jimmy Fussil	....	grip
Benjamin Gerstein	....	camera assistant: London (as Benji Gerstein)
Bob Harvey	....	camera package: HDTV
Matthew Hsu	....	still photographer
Jim Jacks	....	camera package: HD
Luke Jensen	....	still photographer
Tony Jones	....	assistant camera
Marker Karahadian	....	camera package: HD
Robert Keith	....	electrician
Robert Keith	....	grip
Ben Liddell	....	camera assistant: London
Dan Ming	....	still photographer
Chris Morphet	....	cinematographer: London (as Chris Morphett)
Mike Moyer	....	gaffer (as Michael Moyer)
Grant Pierce Myers	....	electrician (as Grant Myers)
Grant Pierce Myers	....	grip (as Grant Myers)
Krista Pelletier	....	still photographer
Terron Pratt	....	electrician
Terron Pratt	....	grip
Michael Roy	....	gaffer
Philip D. Schwartz	....	additional cinematographer
John Stern	....	electrician
John Stern	....	grip electric
John Stern	....	grip
Jonathan Stern	....	gaffer: Scorsese segment
Walter Stewart	....	gaffer
Andrew Waruszewski	....	electrician
Andrew Waruszewski	....	grip
Avi Youabian	....	electrician
Avi Youabian	....	grip

Editorial Department
David Blumin	....	post-production assistant
Sandie Cam-Johns	....	on-line editor
Patrick Dunn	....	additional editor (as Pat Dunn)
Herb Farmer	....	editor: moviola
Michael Klima	....	post-production assistant
Joe Leggett	....	on-line editor
Germaine Lintag	....	on-line editor
Daniel Loewenthal	....	additional editor (as Dan Loewenthal)
Randy Magalski	....	on-line editor
Bryan McKenzie	....	contributing editor
Brad McLaughlin	....	post-production assistant
Jeffrey McMahon	....	first assistant editor
Madeleine Saint Michael	....	post-production assistant (as Madeleine Saint Michel)
Nolan Reese	....	assistant editor
Bill Rojas	....	on-line editor
Chu Wu	....	on-line editor
Adam McDaniel	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Robert Boress	....	music consultant
Anna Dale	....	associate music editor
Barbara McDermott	....	music editor

Other crew
Cari Beauchamp	....	consultant
Marilyn Becker	....	scholar consultant
Steven Belgard	....	publicist
Steven Belgard	....	representative: Starz Entertainment (as Steve Belgard)
Margarita Beyleryan	....	representative: Production Processing Inc.
Christopher Black	....	representative: Starz Entertainment
Tom Block	....	researcher
Steve Blumin	....	accountant
David Bresenham	....	additional researcher
Kevin Brownlow	....	archival photographs
Kevin Brownlow	....	scholar consultant
Greg Catlett	....	video symphony artist
Karen Childs	....	transcriber
Katy Clark	....	production assistant
Joan Cohen	....	researcher (as Joan L. Cohen)
Carole Cowley	....	stills scanning
Anna Dale	....	researcher
Ken Dancyger	....	historical consultant
Peter Elbing	....	creative consultant
Jordan Engle	....	special assistant to producers
Karen Falzone	....	representative: Starz Entertainment
Christina Ferguson	....	production assistant
Mike Flanagan	....	video symphony artist
Lori Mason Frye	....	production assistant (as Lori Mason)
Garrett Gilchrist	....	additional transcriber
Matthew Gilna	....	additional transcriber
Lindsey Girardot	....	production assistant
Paul Glickler	....	consultant
Andrew Groves	....	additional researcher
Nick Heim	....	additional transcriber
Nick Heim	....	additional transcriber
Jonathan Herzog	....	lawyer
Jordan Hunter	....	production assistant
Ashley Jordan	....	production coordinator
Thea Kerman	....	lawyer
Judd King	....	additional transcriber
Michael Kinney	....	additional researcher
John Klos	....	cutting room
Susan Klos	....	cutting room
Michael Landis	....	cutting room
Jim Lane	....	scholar consultant
Vincent Lavares	....	stills scanning
Robert Leighton	....	representative: Starz Entertainment
Vincent Lobrutto	....	scholar consultant
Gary Mairs	....	creative consultant
Ron Mandelbaum	....	archival photographs
Brett Marottoli	....	representative: Starz Entertainment
Asim Matin	....	opening montage inspired by
Mariana McConnell	....	additional transcriber
Dana Sergent Nemeth	....	scholar consultant
Louise Plaschkes	....	consultant
Jeff Powers	....	production assistant
Janice Pugh	....	representative: Starz Entertainment
Patrick Ready	....	title designer: main titles (as Pat Ready)
Deborah Ricketts	....	consultant
Bonnie Rowan	....	researcher
Jenny Sandell	....	additional transcriber
Susanne Schiebler	....	scholar consultant (as Susan Scheibler)
Avital Shalev	....	cutting room
David Shepard	....	scholar consultant
Jon Silver	....	production assistant
Aileen Silverstone	....	senior researcher
Kathleen Snyder	....	studio teacher (as Kathleen Snider)
Rick Sparr	....	title designer: main titles
Kevin Stanton	....	production assistant
Paul Tani	....	cutting room
Emily Topper	....	additional transcriber
Jennifer Waldo	....	researcher
Marc Wanamaker	....	archival photographs
Nancy Wang	....	additional transcriber
Gretchen Woelfle	....	clearance support
Tina Yang	....	production assistant
Jimmy Zelinger	....	title designer: main titles

Thanks
Arnold Glassman	....	film dedicated to
Steve Gray	....	thanks: end titles
Robert Harris	....	acknowledgment: archive footage provided by
Barry Nulman	....	thanks: end titles
Patrick Ready	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• A.C.E.
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• NHK Enterprises
• TCEP Inc.

Distributors

• Starz! Encore Entertainment (2004) (USA) (TV)
• NHK (2004) (Japan) (TV)
• AVRO Television (2004) (Netherlands) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006) (UK) (TV)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Arnold Glassman Fund, The  additional support
• Ascent Media Creative Services  thank you
• Ascent Media Laboratories  transfer: HD
• Avid Technology  thank you
• Big Time Picture Company  cutting rooms
• Bison Archives  archival photographs
• CBS Radford Studios  thank you
• Camera Service Center  lighting & grip package
• Corinth Films  archive footage
• Encore Visual Effects  thank you
• Film Preservation Associates  archive footage
• Film Preserve  archive footage
• Illusion Street  animated sequence
• Key Grip Associates  key grip
• LaserPacific  thank you
• Library of Congress  archive footage
• Mix Magic  narration recording
• National Archives  archive footage
• Pacific Title  main titles
• Panavision  camera package: HDTV
• Photo Fest  archival photographs
• Photoplay Productions  archival photographs
• Pivotal Post  main titles
• Plus 8 Digital  camera package: HD (as Plus8Digital)
• Post Group, The  HD services
• Post Logic  thank you
• R!ot  stills scanning
• Sony Professional Media  camera stock: HD
• Technicolor  HD services
• The Racket  post-production sound services
• The Tape Company  camera stock: HD
• Turner Entertainment  archival photographs
• Warner Brothers Entertainment  archival photographs

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Spain:54 min (TV version)

Country:

USA | Japan | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

A.C.E.

Trivia:

This documentary is featured on the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD for Bullitt (1968), released in 2005.

Movie Connections:

References Terms of Endearment (1983)

first rate documentary

This is a first-rate job of work, one of the best documentaries on film-making that I've ever seen, opening up the fascinating world of film editing by letting great editors and directors speak to us directly about the mysteries of film cutting--supported by illuminating examples drawn from real films. I can't praise too highly the thoughtful choice of speakers, from Thelma to Dede to Walter Murch and on down the line. Nice to see director Joe Dante too. I was particularly pleased at the inclusion of early film editing examples, such as Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera and, of course, the down-the-stairs sequence from Potemkin. (The film includes a few sequences from later films that echo the Potemkin sequence, but I bet there's at least five examples they missed!) Bravo! Michael Goodwin