Snow Angels (2007)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

David Gordon Green

Writers (WGA):

David Gordon Green (screenplay)
Stewart O'Nan (novel)

Release Date:

11 September 2008 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Some will fall. Some will fly.

Plot:

A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Affair | F Word | Photographer | Father | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kate Beckinsale	...	Annie Marchand
Sam Rockwell	...	Glenn Marchand
Michael Angarano	...	Arthur Parkinson
Jeanetta Arnette	...	Louise Parkinson
Griffin Dunne	...	Don
Nicky Katt	...	Nate Petite
Tom Noonan	...	Band Leader
Connor Paolo	...	Warren Hardesky
Amy Sedaris	...	Barb
Olivia Thirlby	...	Lila Raybern
Gracie Hudson	...	Tara
Brian Downey	...	Frank Marchand
Carroll Godsman	...	Olive
Daniel Lillford	...	Rafe
Deborah Allen	...	May Van Dorn
Slavko Negulic	...	Oskar
Leah Ostry	...	Lily Raeburn
Lita Llewellyn	...	Tricia Farr
Peter Blais	...	Mr. Eisenstat
Hugh Thompson	...	Inspector Burns
Angela Vermeir	...	Marcia Dolan
Yuriy Sobeshchakov	...	Mall Photographer
Linda M. Kearley	...	Carpet Shopper #1
Wendy Purkis	...	Carpet Shopper #2
Brian Heighton	...	Trooper #1
Chase Duffy	...	Trooper #2
Martha Irving	...	Policewoman
George E. Clayton	...	Dancing King
Joanne Fordham	...	Lady Krueger
Amy Richard	...	Warren's Girl
Scott Clackum	...	Dancing Groom
Pat Healey	...	Nursing Homer Operator

Directed by
David Gordon Green

Writing credits (WGA)
David Gordon Green		(screenplay)
Stewart O'Nan		(novel "Snow Angels")

Produced by
Jeannie Donovan Fisher	....	executive producer
Dan Lindau	....	producer
R. Paul Miller	....	producer
Lisa Muskat	....	producer
Cami Taylor	....	producer
Derrick Tseng	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jeff McIlwain
David Wingo

Cinematography by
Tim Orr

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Paul Schnee
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Richard A. Wright

Art Direction by
Terry Quennell

Set Decoration by
Ian Greig

Costume Design by
Kate Rose

Makeup Department
Evan Hyisky	....	key hair stylist
Elizabeth Kuchurean	....	key hair stylist
Elizabeth Kuchurean	....	key makeup artist
Amanda O'Leary	....	assistant makeup artist
Vasilios Tanis	....	personal makeup artist: Kate Beckinsale

Production Management
Meredith Blake	....	post-production supervisor
Elizabeth Guildford	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Devin Hillier	....	third assistant director
Kay Robertson	....	second assistant director
John Shurko	....	trainee assistant director
Stuart Williams	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jason Clarke	....	assistant art director
Mark MacAulay	....	art department intern
Andy Miller	....	props

Sound Department
Larry Blake	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Blake	....	supervising sound editor
Christof Gebert	....	production sound mixer
Gerry Jackman	....	boom operator
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
Billy Theriot	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Gary Coates	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
John Awoods	....	stunt double
Randy Boliver	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Simas	....	stunt double
Peter Simas	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian A. Adams	....	daily grip
Keith Adams	....	best boy grip
Chris Baxter	....	dolly grip
Lori Ann Bellefontaine	....	generator operator
Darcy Fraser	....	assistant camera
Ron MacNeil	....	grip
Michael P. Mason	....	daily grip
Robert J. Petrie	....	gaffer
Ross Sangster	....	key grip
James Thibodeau	....	best boy
Rob Turner	....	grip
Todd Voogt	....	daily grip

Casting Department
Sheila Lane	....	casting
Marny Smith	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lawrence Willett	....	costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
George Bunce	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
John Crowley	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jeff Hocken	....	telecine operator
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer (uncredited)
Travis Sittard	....	additional editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Janice Ginsberg	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Rob Eshelby	....	az driver

Other crew
William Flower	....	animal wrangler
Maynard Harris	....	power pod technician
Phil Hatcher	....	assistant location manager
Tracey Hatcher	....	accounting assistant
Mary Louise McCloskey	....	script supervisor
Andy Smith	....	dialect coach
Chris Turner	....	stand-in
Thomas Torrey	....	office production assistant intern (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Crossroads Films
• Snow Blower Productions
• True Love Productions

Distributors

• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) (2008) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Special Effects Atlantic

Other Companies

• Cinetic Media  worldwide sales
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violent content, brief sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Crossroads Films

Trivia:

David Gordon Green, who would end up directing the film, first worked on the script for another director. After 3 years, this other director moved on to other projects and Green was approached by the producers to make the film.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-03-08)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Baby, I'm A Want You

Kate Beckinsale's best movie and a great chunk of life.

'Snow Angels' is a movie based on a book by Stewart O'Nan. It is directed by David Gordon Green, and stars Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, and Michael Angarano. Rockwell and Beckinsale portray a recently divorced couple with a daughter, who were high school sweethearts. Angarano plays a teenager, who used to be baby-sat by Annie (Beckinsale). The movie follows the lives of several people, including Annie and Glenn (Rockwell), Arthur (Angrano) and his parents, and others as some relationships are built and others are destroyed.

The movie has a strong real-life feeling to it, thanks to great writing by Green and great acting skills by the cast. There are scenes where Annie yells at her child that may seem to be out of place at first glance, but are actually amazing true-to-life ways to express how sometimes parents can lose their tempers with their children. The scenes show how sometimes kids can try to push their parents' buttons, or play their parents against each other without even knowing it.

The acting is absolutely wonderful – the actors show a wide range, from joy to sorrow, and from humor to violent anger. There are times when you love and sympathize with the characters, and there are times when you hate them so much your blood boils – that's how strongly the audience connects to the characters. By the end of the movie, you feel drained, as if you just watched someone you love die.

There were times when the whole audience laughed together, and there were times when the whole audience grew silent in discomfort. The way that this movie consists of laugh-out-loud moments and moments when you just want to tear your heart out and break out a box of tissues is what makes it an outstanding movie. This movie doesn't even have to try to get its audience to love it. The script is chock-full of wit, life at its best and worst, and humor for every generation. The movie left me walking out of the BAM theater smiling and wishing I could watch it again, not wondering why I'd wasted over 10 bucks on a ticket.

The only problem I found with the movie was that its setting was a bit confusing. There were scenes where the characters used cell phones, and others where there were those record players for LPs. But other than that, the movie was flawless.

Beckinsale is at her best here, not only in looks, but in acting range. She took me on another world as I sympathized with her, felt angry at her, felt happy with her, and watched her as her character's story unfolded before my very eyes. This is one of her best movies, and to me it IS her best movie.

10/10, for sure.