Zyzzyx Rd (2006)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

John Penney

Writer:

John Penney (writer)

Release Date:

25 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

What happens in Vegas, gets buried on Zyzzyx Road.

Plot:

The family man accountant Grant travels to Los Angeles and meets the lascivious "Lolita" Marissa in a casino...

Plot Keywords:

Accountant | Box Office Flop | Title Ends With Period | Period In Title | Place Name In Title

Cast

Leo Grillo	...	Grant
Katherine Heigl	...	Marissa
Tom Sizemore	...	Joey
Rickey Medlocke	...	Meth Maker
Yorlin Madera	...	Truck Driver
Di Koob	...	Roulette Dealer
Meguire Grillo	...	Natalie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Lugenbuehl	...	The Shadow (uncredited)

Directed by
John Penney

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Penney		writer

Produced by
Leo Grillo	....	executive producer
Valerie McCaffrey	....	co-producer
John Penney	....	producer
Dorian Vernacchio	....	line producer

Original Music by
Ryan Beveridge

Cinematography by
David Klein

Film Editing by
Joseph Gutowski

Casting by
Valerie McCaffrey

Production Design by
Dorian Vernacchio

Set Decoration by
Lori Mazuer

Costume Design by
Melissa Bruning

Makeup Department
Lisa Machii	....	makeup department head
Sheila Moore	....	key hair stylist
Sheila Moore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Voltz	....	post-production supervisor
Jude S. Walko	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher S. Bryson	....	first assistant director
Michael Del Polito	....	second assistant director
Bill Greenfield	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Erik Beeson	....	on-set dresser
Chad Vachter	....	property master

Sound Department
Andrew Ing	....	sound effects editor
Michael McDonald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael McDonald	....	supervising sound editor
John Sanacore	....	foley & adr recordist
Roger V. Stevenson	....	sound mixer
Alex Ullrich	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Roger Matsuo	....	special effects director
Steve Newquist	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
David Heijl	....	digital effects artist: 3D particles
Mark Linthicum	....	opening titles
Mark Linthicum	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Lesley Aletter	....	stunt double: Kathrine Heigl
John Ashker	....	stunt double
Sam Ayers	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Aaron Bowen	....	second assistant camera
Ramon Ciokon	....	best boy grip
Matt Crapo	....	electrician
Jeremy Graham	....	gaffer
Christopher Ivins	....	Steadicam operator
Erwin Landau	....	Steadicam operator
Robert Shoemaker	....	best boy electric

Editorial Department
Mikhail Mazor	....	associate editor

Other crew
Mark Adam Amos	....	production assistant
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services
Bertha Cerventes	....	script supervisor
Paul Nolan	....	set medic
Josh Swoveland	....	production assistant
Zak Wojtanowicz	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Zyzzyx LLC

Distributors

• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies

Also Known As:

Zyzzyx Road (International: English title) (DVD title) (USA) (promotional title)
Zyzzyx Rd. (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

USA:90 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Mojave, California, USA

Company:

Zyzzyx LLC

Trivia:

The film's very limited release was a technical necessity to comply with Screen Actors Guild's regulations.

More a novelty, curiosity, than anything else.

I saw this primarily because boxofficemojo. com gave this movie the worst productioncost-to-visitor ratio, EVER! That's primarily because they didn't distribute it.

And showed it only in one theatre world wide But still. Officially, 30 people saw the theatrical release.

But since then, it has been downloaded many more times.

So .... I will give this an A for Effort.

It was kinda hard to sit through.

The story was hard to follow.

But Heigl was Okay.

I liked Madsen as well.