Keith (2008/I)

Director:

Todd Kessler

Writers (WGA):

David Zabel (screenplay) and
Todd Kessler (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

13 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Love is a force you can't control.

Plot:

17-year-old Natalie thinks she's got it all figured out until she falls for a guy who has nothing to lose.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Teen Romance | Bowling Ball | Dying Young | Death

Cast

Elisabeth Harnois	...	Natalie
Jesse McCartney	...	Keith
Margo Harshman	...	Brooke
Ignacio Serricchio	...	Raff
Michael McGrady	...	Pete
Jennifer Grey	...	Caroline
Michael O'Keefe	...	Alan Ascher
Ethan Phillips	...	Mr. Miles
Eric Parker	...	Travis
Jessy Schram	...	Courtney
Micah Henson	...	Shane
Ian Nelson	...	Brian
Tabitha Brownstone	...	Cynthia
Sam Murphy	...	Zach
Sarah Zinsser	...	Office Lady
Ron Carlson	...	English Teacher
Megan Hubbell	...	Officious Girl
Courtney Halverson	...	Junior Girl
Janice Kent	...	Woman
Zack Rockefeller	...	Billy (as Zach Rockefeller)
Jan Devereaux	...	Secretary
Rachel Thorp	...	Girl
Tim Halligan	...	Father
Michael Bryan French	...	Principal Sassen
Gareth Williams	...	Henry
Lee Turner	...	Joe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Applebury	...	Andy (uncredited)
Victoria Chalaya	...	Lea (uncredited)
Dennis Cockrum	...	Assistant Principal (uncredited)
Jordan Lindsay Hamm	...	Sexy Freshman (uncredited)
Jesse Heiman	...	Chemistry Class Student (uncredited)
Rance Howard	...	Old Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Todd Kessler

Writing credits (WGA)
David Zabel		(screenplay) and
Todd Kessler		(screenplay)
Ron Carlson		(story)

Produced by
Jeff Geoffray	....	associate producer
David Grace	....	co-producer
Rebecca Hobbs	....	producer
Walter Josten	....	associate producer (as Walter Joston)
Todd Kessler	....	producer

Original Music by
Tree Adams

Cinematography by
Darko Suvak		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Christopher Kroll
Cara Silverman

Casting by
Nancy Foy
Billy Hopkins

Production Design by
Kristan Andrews

Art Direction by
Kristan Andrews

Set Decoration by
Bryan Venegas		(as Bryan John Venegas)

Costume Design by
Rachel Sage Kunin

Makeup Department
Jennifer Gerber	....	assistant makeup artist
Yuko T. Koach	....	assistant hair stylist (as Yuko Tokunaga)
Keleigh Lippert	....	key makeup artist
Jaime Rogan	....	key hair stylist
Jamie Escarra	....	head stylist (uncredited)
Yesim 'Shimmy' Osman	....	hair stylist: reshoots (uncredited)

Production Management
Valerie Bleth Sharp	....	unit production manager
Gregg L. Daniel	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)
Larry Rodriguez	....	post production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marie Frick	....	second second assistant director
Michael Shea	....	first assistant director
John Vanover	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Alysia Allen	....	art department coordinator
Joseph P. 'Slo' Benetiz	....	head laborer
Holly Brand	....	assistant property master
Steve Degroodt	....	painter
Nicole Eldredge	....	assistant property master
John Gallaher	....	construction foreman
Steve Garcia	....	propmaker
Matthew Haney	....	laborer
Andrea Harrell	....	art production assistant
Philip C. Hurst	....	general foreman (as Phillip C. Hurst)
Dominique James	....	swing (as D. James)
Bret Kane	....	leadman (as Bret W.M. Kane)
Christopher Kelly	....	lead painter
Mark Knightley	....	construction coordinator
Phil Kramer	....	swing (as Philip Kramer)
Rick Kyker	....	property master
Peter Mathus	....	swing
David Orscag	....	painter
Charles Price	....	propmaker
Rebecca Rosenthal	....	on-set dresser
Matt J. Trollope	....	laborer
John Warner	....	gang boss
John Warner	....	leadman
Dan Wilkerson	....	swing
James R. York	....	painter (as Jim York)
Jen Fiedler	....	on-set dresser: second unit (uncredited)
Mark Finer	....	art production assistant (uncredited)
Tim Woodruff	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound supervisor
Jessy Bender	....	utility sound (as Jessica Bender)
Kirtan Carignan	....	foley mixer
Bridget Farrington	....	foley artist
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist (as David Fein)
Kenny Fewell	....	sound assistant
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Chuck Hamilton	....	sound recordist: dub stage
Dan Hiland	....	dialogue re-recording mixer
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Adam Johnston	....	sound effects editor
Lisa J. Levine	....	adr supervisor
Mark L. Mangino	....	dialogue editor
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Morrell	....	sound librarian
Walter New	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ed Novick	....	sound mixer
Kurt Peterson	....	boom operator
Bob Redpath	....	co-sound supervisor

Special Effects by
Rene Diamante	....	special effects technician
Andre G. Ellingson	....	special effects supervisor (as Andre Ellingson)
Steven Enstace	....	special effects technician
Ian O'Connor	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Myla Bareng	....	data technician
Mike Canterbruy	....	digital conform
Bruce Ferris	....	imaging technician
Derry Frost	....	visual effects head of production: Amalgamated Pixels
Spence Fuller	....	compositor: Amalgamated Pixels
Doug Gibbs	....	imaging technician
Robin Scott Graham	....	compositor: Amalgamated Pixels (as Robin GHraham)
Michael Morreale	....	visual effects executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels (as Michael J. Morreale)
Patrick Mulane	....	compositor: Amalgamated Pixels
Jeremy Oddo	....	visual effects senior animator: Amalgamated Pixels
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator: Amalgamated Pixels
Jeff Sargent	....	compositor: Amalgamated Pixels (as Jeffrey Sargent)
Paul Gentry	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Christopher Doyle	....	stunt coordinator (as Chris Doyle)
Paul Eliopoulos	....	stunt performer
Donna Evans	....	stunt performer (as Donna Evans Merlo)
Rob King	....	stunt performer
Shannon Kingston	....	stunt performer
Wayne Webb	....	driving stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Brow	....	key grip (as Christopher N. Brown)
Adam Castro	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Frits De Jong	....	chief lighting technician
Stefan Duschaine	....	electrician
Josh Ellis	....	camera loader
Bruce Frye	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Garrett	....	generator operator
Tim Herrman	....	grip
Nicholas Kirsten	....	grip (as Nicholar Kristen)
Nicholas Gerard Klein	....	grip
Reed Koppen	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jennifer Lai	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Grg Magidow	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Greg Magidow)
Bill Mamches	....	electrician
Adam Meltzer	....	balloon operator (as Adam David Meltzer)
Danel P.S. Miller	....	dolly grip
Matt Perry	....	grip
Marcia Reed	....	still photographer
Kosta Rigopoulos	....	grip
Paul Sanchez	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ralph Sanders	....	electrician
Bruce Sharp	....	rigging chief lighting technician
Laurent Soriano	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jessica Spuehler	....	grip
Darryl St. Juste	....	best boy grip
Justin S. Steele	....	grip (as Justin Steele)
Michael Stumpf	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Stumpf	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Miguel Sánchez	....	best boy electrician
Rachel Wells	....	electrician
Stefan Wilking	....	electrician
Quinn Yancey	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Neil Young	....	balloon operator (as Neil Young II)
Sean Piper	....	grip (uncredited)
Tim van der Linden	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Bryan Riley	....	casting associate
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Kouba	....	costume supervisor
Tim Wilson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Andy Kaplan	....	digital intermediate producer
Mike Mertens	....	color timer
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist

Music Department
Kyle Clausen	....	music editor
Desha Dunnahoe	....	music copyist
Dan Hiland	....	music re-recording mixer
Sujin Nam	....	orchestrator
Walter New	....	music scoring mixer
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor
Kasey Truman	....	music coordinator
Michael Bizar	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
David Janik	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Baker	....	driver/mechanic (as John J. Baker)
Andre Brandes	....	driver
Al Burton	....	transportation captain
Marc Burton	....	driver
Dennis Coleman	....	driver
Mark Garrett	....	driver: honeywagon
Jimmy Kaminsky	....	driver
Joseph Lauth	....	driver: set dressing
Elie Littauer	....	driver (as Elie 'Cheese' Littauer)
Michael Locke	....	transportation coordinator
Hugo Ocana	....	driver (as Hugo R. Ocana)
Vicki Sousa	....	driver
Ted Joneson	....	driver (uncredited)
John Ober	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Kathy Abbott	....	studio teacher
Susan Bannout	....	medic: construction
Jill Becker	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Bihr	....	set production assistant
Luis Brito	....	chef assistant (as Luis B. Brito)
Maxine Brooks	....	studio teacher
Jason Carro	....	set production assistant
Pamela Chizema	....	assistant accountant (as Pamela N. Chizema)
James Cluster	....	office production assistant
Andrew Cone	....	assistant location
Hugo Cortez	....	chef
Sharon L. Craig	....	production accountant (as Sharon Craig)
Don Downes	....	set production assistant
Phil Eisenhower	....	studio teacher
Julie Ann Grasso	....	office production assistant
Brandon Greenwood	....	assistant production coordinator
William Hall	....	medic: water safety
Ryan Harvie	....	office production assistant
Iwona Kanclerz	....	script supervisor
Shannon Kingston	....	tennis double: Natalie (as Shannon Schlussel)
Lee David Lee	....	key assistant location manager
Emmanuel Leon	....	chef assistant
Chris Munday	....	location manager
Kristin Olmo	....	set production assistant (as Kristen 'K.O.' Olmo)
Jacqueline Phillips	....	assistant: Todd Kessler
Jeremy Pierce-Sunia	....	set production assistant
Gina Powers	....	assistant to the producers
Alba Rivera	....	assistant craft service
Jose Rivera	....	craft service assistant (as Jose B. Rivera)
Joe Rystrom	....	set medic
Dea Shandera	....	electronic press kit (as Dea Shandrea)
Sonya Joy Sims	....	stand-in: Natalie (as Sonya Sims)
Susan J. Spohr	....	lab contact
Saurabh Surendra	....	office production assistant
Apolinario Urruita	....	chef assistant
Jennifer Vecchiarello	....	titles
Alan Weischedel	....	stand-in: Keith
Jonathan Berkey	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Eric Ernst	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Lesley Hansen	....	tennis double (uncredited)
Jesse Heiman	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Dana Merwin	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Matthew E. Pado	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Lance Ripka	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Wayne Webb	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Travis Quentin Young	....	adr voice (uncredited)

Production Companies

• No Hands Productions

Distributors

• Gray Area Entertainment (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Lili Claire Communications (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• CW Television Network (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Conquistador Worldwide Media (2006-2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• HBO Hungary (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing)
• Image Entertainment

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Pixels (visual effects)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Eastman Kodak Motion Picture Films  produced and distributed on (as Eastman Kodak Film)
• Edward Badham Photography  background plates
• Fugi Film  produced and distributed on
• Hollywood Caterers  catering
• Keslow Cameras  camera equipment provided by
• Orbit Digital  Avids
• ShowBiz Studios  studio
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief sexuality and language

Runtime:

USA:93 min (Regal Cinemas)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

No Hands Productions

Trivia:

Elisabeth Harnois is eight years older than Jesse McCartney

Quotes:

Natalie:Where you been the last two weeks?
Keith:"Last two weeks?" What, do you come here every day?

Movie Connections:

References Nintendo All-Star Dai-Rantô Smash Bros. (1999) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Box Outside Your Door

Do not miss this. This will reach out to your soul and touch the person inside of you

One of the best movies of all times. No kidding.

Well, to start with, I've done just watching this and I can't even start to describe this... I mean, there are movies that I say are "great" or "amazing", but I always forget that when I say those words I mean something completely different. Because in comparison to Keith, those greats and amazings are just OKs and goods (maybe).

This movie is simply mindblowing. It brought up all the good in me, the kind of good that I almost forget I have. The kind of good that makes you wanna help people. The kind of good that makes you think and remember that my problems are NOTHING in comparison to what some people might face. The kind of good that reminds me that every single day, every minute, every second I live, all that time, those days that I sometimes (quite a lot) think are boring. All that some people don't have. I have the health, the time and so many opportunities that I long time forgot to appreciate.

This is the kind of movie that makes you remember to cherish every second, to leave a mark on life of every person, to have no time to waste, because one day it might just all end. Just like that.

I'm sorry that my review is kind of a mess, but it's hard to express everything I feel at the moment.

And going back to the movie. It is amazing. Brilliantly shoot. Brilliantly casted and acted. Written so well I can't even describe. I'm going to see this in the cinema, I'm going to buy a DVD (and keep a copy of any other format it'll be released in). This is something that you WILL regret missing and thank the almighty after you'll see it. Amazing...