ATL (2006)

Director:

Chris Robinson

Writers (WGA):

Tina Gordon Chism (screenplay)
Antwone Fisher (story)

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

A New American Story

Plot:

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade. |

Plot Keywords:

High School | Rollerskating Rink | Drug Dealer | Waiter | Slow Motion Scene

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Greg Andrews	...	Jay
Monica Arnold	...	Waffle House Waitress (as Monica)
Brandon Bernard Benton	...	Student in Classroom
Evan Ross	...	Ant
Adam Boyer	...	Bartender
April Clark	...	Tondie
Albert Daniels	...	Brooklyn
Steven R. Ewing	...	Fireman
Alvin Lee Fleming	...	Skateman
Big Gipp	...	Famous Customer (as Cameron Gipp)
Bart Hansard	...	Deputy
T.I.	...	Rashad (as Tip Harris)
Khadijah	...	Veda
Malika	...	Star
Bone Crusher	...	Bone Crusher (as Wayne Hardnett)
Monique Harris	...	Sexy Woman
Tae Heckard	...	Tonya
Nick Hudani	...	Mr. Sartoni
Keith David	...	John Garnett
Lauren London	...	New New
Jackie Long	...	Esquire
Marie McAdoo	...	Fat Girl
Lonette McKee	...	Priscilla Garnett
Lauren Leah Mitchell	...	Janice Rawlings
Markice Moore	...	Austin
Margo Moorer	...	Ms. Jackson
Rodrick Mosley	...	Drug Customer
Zoe Myers	...	Preppy Female
Ayesha Ngaujah	...	Counter Girl
Jameelah Nuriddin	...	Young Girl
Gregory Oliver	...	Cascade Security Guard
Big Boi	...	Marcus (as Antwan Andre Patton)
Vanessa Petrosky	...	Holly
Jazze Pha	...	DJ
Ashley Ragland	...	Teenage Girl
Deon Ramone	...	Big Ronnie
Ric Reitz	...	Mr. Sapp
Christopher Ray Robinson II	...	Ant's Friend
Onira Tares	...	Sexy Young Girl (as Onira Satterwhite)
Tyree Simmons	...	DJ Drama
Tasha Smith	...	Gayle
Almario Thomas	...	Dante
Jason Weaver	...	Teddy
Mykelti Williamson	...	Uncle George
Laparee Young	...	Pastor
Jorge Luis Abreu	...	Doctor
Ian 'Blaze' Kelly	...	Thug (as Blaze)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Genese Bobo	...	Rink Patron Out Front (uncredited)
Matthew Browning	...	High School Prep (uncredited)
Luanne Byrd	...	Country Club Member (uncredited)
Neill Calabro	...	Detective Breaking into Locker (uncredited)
Buffie Carruth	...	Big Booty Judy (uncredited)
Andre Davis	...	Church Patron (uncredited)
Uzoma Emukah	...	Student (uncredited)
Laurie Gardner	...	Gala Attendee (uncredited)
James Harris	...	Rink Patron (uncredited)
Barry Hopkins	...	Private School Teacher (uncredited)
Jonathan Lewandowski Jaxson	...	Golf Partner (uncredited)
B. Todd Johnston	...	Private School Student (uncredited)
Merritt Mitchell	...	Store Clerk (uncredited)
Muretta Moss	...	White Girl Runner (uncredited)
Kelly Natividade	...	College Student (uncredited)
M.V. Oliphant	...	Parishioner (uncredited)
William Palmer Jr.	...	Skate Team Leader (uncredited)
Parker Price	...	Skating Rink Patron (uncredited)
Brandon Thaxton	...	Teenage Boy (uncredited)
Temarrio Thomas	...	Scared Skater (uncredited)
Kenneth L. Zirkman	...	Gala Attendee (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Robinson

Writing credits (WGA)
Tina Gordon Chism		(screenplay)
Antwone Fisher		(story)

Produced by
Dallas Austin	....	producer
Timothy M. Bourne	....	executive producer
Jody Gerson	....	producer
James Lassiter	....	producer
Will Smith	....	producer
Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins	....	executive producer (as Tionne Watkins)

Original Music by
Aaron Zigman

Cinematography by
Karsten Gopinath		(director of photography) (as Crash)

Film Editing by
David Blackburn

Casting by
Leah Daniels		(as Leah Daniels Butler)
Kim Hardin		(as Kimberly Hardin)

Production Design by
Robb Buono

Art Direction by
Jonathan Short

Set Decoration by
Nicole Selmo

Costume Design by
Shawn Barton

Makeup Department
Andrea C. Brotherton	....	hair stylist
Roxanne Ferguson	....	co-key hairstylist
Taylor Knight	....	head hair stylist
Donna M. Premick	....	key makeup artist (as Donna Premick)
Kellie Robinson	....	makeup artist
Linda Thompson	....	additional hair stylist
Denise Tunnell	....	makeup department head
Deedy Wales-Walden	....	key hair stylist
Char Coats-Crump	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Janice Tunnell	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Timothy M. Bourne	....	unit production manager
Craig Cannold	....	production supervisor
Lisa Dennis Kennedy	....	post-production supervisor
Kelley Smith-Wait	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Melody Beam	....	second second assistant director
Charles Croughwell	....	second unit director
Neil Lewis	....	second second assistant director
Patrick Mangan	....	second assistant director
Les McDonough	....	additional second assistant director
Doug Torres	....	first assistant director

Art Department
James Brothers	....	property master
Guillaume DeLouche	....	property master: additional photography
Karen A. Felix	....	set dresser
Dan Fraga	....	storyboard artist
Carrie Gale	....	graphic designer (as Carrie A. Cantwell)
Megan Graham	....	set dresser
Shawn M. Gray	....	assistant property master
Roland Heart	....	set dresser
Chris Hunter	....	storyboard artist
Tatiana Komlos	....	art department coordinator (as Tatiana Komlos Post)
Tony Kupersmith	....	construction coordinator
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Sedrick Livingston	....	welder foreman
Alisa Lumbreras	....	on-set scenic artist
David H. Nash	....	gang boss
Dan Post	....	set dresser
Philip Salick	....	set dresser
Andre Sowards	....	on-set dresser: reshoots
Mike Sullivan	....	charge scenic artist
Alejandro Luna	....	on-set dresser (uncredited)
Greg Waddle	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects designer
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor
Greg Crawford	....	adr recordist: Atlanta
Mary H. Ellis	....	sound mixer
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Thomas Giordano	....	production sound technician: re-shoots, Los Angeles
Aaron Glascock	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Vanessa Lapato	....	dialogue editor
Colt Logan	....	additional utility sound
Jon Mete	....	dialogue editor
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound effects editor
Oscar Mitt	....	assistant sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Drew Ponder	....	boom operator
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Kira Roessler	....	dialog editor
Jose A. Sanchez	....	sound utility
Curt Schulkey	....	supervising sound editor
John Joseph Thomas	....	sound editor
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd Weaver	....	utility sound: cable (as Christopher Todd Weaver)

Special Effects by
Lisa Reynolds	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Gregory Creaser	....	digital intermediate colorist
Alan De Castro	....	digital artist
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
David Geoghegan	....	digital optical compositor
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
Bob Wiatr	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title

Stunts
Larnell Stovall	....	stunt double: Big Boi
Gus Williams	....	stunt coordinator
Lorenzo Yearby	....	stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department
Reid Andrews	....	electrician
Brent Bazinski	....	rigging electrician
Braden Belmonte	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Tom Bradley	....	grip
J. Christopher Campbell	....	grip (as Christopher Campbell)
Michael Chambliss	....	remote head technician
Dessie Coale	....	electrician
Dan Cornwall	....	gaffer
Rick Crank	....	electrician
Stephen Crocker	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Stephen Crowley	....	pre-rigging gaffer
Jeff W. Curtis	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Guy D'Alema	....	still photographer
Stanley Fernandez Jr.	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gavin Fernandez	....	camera intern
Dale Fowler	....	best boy electric
Donny Fowler	....	electrician
Jos'h Hancher	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Colin Hudson	....	Steadicam operator
Colin Hudson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Colin Hudson	....	director of photography: second unit
Darryl Humber	....	dolly grip
Eric Leftridge	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Erik Loveland	....	additional electrician
Halley Manning	....	rigging electrician
Greg Morse	....	video playback
Alex Orr	....	rigging electrician
Karen Parsons	....	dimmer board operator
Daniel Pederson	....	electrician
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Ted Sapp	....	key rigging grip
Riko Schatke	....	best boy grip
Chad Schroeder	....	electrician
Steve Sudge	....	electrician
Trey Twitty	....	camera loader
Mike Tyson	....	rigging electrician
Tom Weston	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Steve Zigler	....	best boy rigging
Randy Tharpe	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Michelle Adams	....	co-casting
Janella Bersabal	....	extras casting assistant
Shay Griffin	....	location casting (as Shay Bentley-Griffin)
Patrick Ingram	....	extras casting
Tamika Jones	....	casting assistant
Ulysses Terrero	....	additional casting
Nathan Wright	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jason Bland	....	costumer
Sekinah Brown	....	costumer
Zenita Carswell	....	costumer
Anthony Franco	....	costume supervisor
K. Drew Fuller	....	key costumer
Martha Ledbetter	....	set costumer
Philip Maldonado	....	set costumer
Carol Sadler	....	wardrobe supervisor
Kenya Ware	....	on-set costumer
Monique Younger	....	wardrobe daily assistant (as Monique Woods)

Editorial Department
Paul Bronkar	....	digital intermediate colorist
Lauren Cynkar	....	post-production assistant
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Danya Joseph	....	assistant editor
Kathleen Latlip	....	assistant editor
Diane LeDesma	....	colorist
Jerimiah Morey	....	assistant colorist
Billy Rich	....	additional editor
Nicholas Sousa	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Johnny Caruso	....	music editor
Dan DiPrima	....	supervising music editor
George Doering	....	musician
Alexandra Dorfman	....	music coordinator
Oliver Hug	....	assistant music editor
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Mateo Laboriel	....	composer: additional music
Mateo Laboriel	....	score programmer
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist
Ernest Lee	....	music recording engineer
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring crew
Julia Michels	....	music supervisor
Satnam Ramgotra	....	musician: percussion
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Lee Scott	....	music editor
Tom Steel	....	scoring crew
Michael Stern	....	music scoring mixer
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
Jojo Villanueva	....	music coordinator
Jesse Voccia	....	music engineer

Transportation Department
Tim Abbatoye	....	transportation captain: additional photography
Donald Binder	....	driver
Robert Brubaker	....	driver
Keith N. Collis	....	transportation captain
Dale Combs	....	driver: electric
Anthony Forester	....	picture car coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Leonard Jefferson	....	picture cars
Tom Moore	....	transportation captain
Timothy Stephens	....	driver
Shane Summers	....	transportation coordinator
Oranz Walker	....	driver
David Carlton White	....	grip: truck driver

Other crew
Sharliss Asbury	....	assistant: Dallas Austin
Calvin Ashford	....	office staff assistant
Mike Brune	....	production assistant
Jimmy Chriss	....	set staff assistant
Keiann Collins	....	pick-ups
Jeff W. Curtis	....	scorpio head technician
Peter da Silva	....	set staff assistant
Derron Delaney	....	medic
Alfeo Dixon	....	location scout
Tia Dorsey	....	assistant: Tionne Watkins
Brenda Findley	....	production secretary
Gloria Gifford	....	dialogue coach
Gary Glushon	....	assistant: James Lassiter
Tony Holley	....	assistant location manager
Gail Hunter	....	script supervisor
Jerrold McKinley Ivery	....	assistant accountant
Ingrid Johanson	....	production coordinator
Stefanie Johnston	....	art staff assistant
Ty Granderson Jones	....	adr loop group
Tova Kaplan	....	production assistant
Megan Kristen Lane	....	production assistant: reshoots
Kamisha McCullough	....	extras payroll
Sam Nainoa	....	production assistant
Vaughn Newton	....	skate coordinator
Wendy Price	....	production accountant
Mike Riley	....	location manager
Harvey Robinson	....	assistant: Chris Robinson
Haroon Saleem	....	assistant: James Lassiter
Eliza Smith	....	assistant: Jody Gerson
Charlie B. Spaht	....	editorial staff assistant
Todd Spears	....	first assistant accountant: re-shoots
Devyne Stephens	....	choreographer
Devyne Stephens	....	choreographer
Patricia Story	....	unit publicist
Leslie Terrero	....	assistant: Chris Robinson
Brandon Thaxton	....	photo double
Jeremy Thomas	....	production assistant
Temarrio Thomas	....	stand-in
Flávia Toledo	....	assistant: Timothy M. Bourne (as Flavia Toledo)
Greg Tresan	....	dog wrangler
Susan Van Apeldoorn	....	key craft service
Ricky R. Weaver	....	production assistant
Teresa M. Yarbrough	....	assistant production coordinator
Seth Zimmerman	....	office staff assistant

Thanks
Sharlene Falls	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Sweet Tea Pictures LLC
• Overbrook Entertainment

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)

Other Companies

• Camtec Motion Picture Camera Rentals  camera equipment provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Digital Vortechs  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Framepool  stock footage
• Pivotal Post  HD services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, language, sexual material and some violence

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #42542) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

1901 Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Sweet Tea Pictures LLC

Trivia:

The original title of the movie was going to be "Jellybean," which is the nickname of the character Ant and was also the name of the skating rink in Southwest Atlanta back in the 1980s.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the twins' mother is napping on the couch, the money in her bra is facing one way. When the scene goes to the twins and then back to the mom, the money changes positions.

Quotes:

New New:Why don't you cut across the middle and get your feet wet?
Esquire:Why don't you go roll neck at somebody else and get up out mine's?
New New:I'm just trying to help you out! Your takeoff is weak and you're starting to make Rashad look bad!
Esquire:[frowns at her] I don't like you. I really don't!
New New:[points to the rink] Uh-oh. And why don't you go catch up?

Movie Connections:

References Scarface (1983)

Soundtrack:

Shining

Skating is in

What many people refuse to believe is the accuracy in socio-economic depictions of dramas and routines of young black teens that ATL brings to life in theaters. As I glance over the several reviews written by critics who seem rather shocked that skating is actually a hip-hop trend makes me even more convinced the world knows very little about what really goes on in the vines of trends and threads of hip-hop. (Skating has been "in" for a while now...anyways) ATL expressed reality artistically, which makes the movie more, in my opinion "fun." The movie scopes into the lives, gives reasons for deprivations and answers from where, what and why do people find a haven in where they "kick-it," and who they "kick it with" I think ATL is a good movie because what it really expressed to me is the strife to... just making it.

Heck, I never went skating, I mean, I'm not a very trendy or hip-hopish type of person to boot, wouldn't fit in. So the movie provides a perspective and although I may not be so into rap, the movie still gives a strong statement, so I like it. It motivates me, kind of like, Hustle and Flow.

Overall, ATL was a lot better than I expected, especially the acting, who knew Rapper T.I. can light up the screen.