Crossover (2006)

Director:

Preston A. Whitmore II

Writer (WGA):

Preston A. Whitmore II (written by)

Release Date:

1 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sport

Tagline:

Play by your own rules.

Plot:

A naturally talented basketball player, Noah Cruise is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med...

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | TV Commercial | African American | Critically Bashed | Basketball Movie

Cast

Anthony Mackie	...	Tech
Wesley Jonathan	...	Noah Cruise
Eva Marcille	...	Vanessa (as Eva Pigford)
Wayne Brady	...	Vaughn
Little JJ	...	Up
Philip Champion	...	Jewelz
Alecia Jai Fears	...	Eboni (as Alecia Fears)
Kristen Wilson	...	Nikki
William L. Johnson	...	Aub (as William Johnson)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tamer Alwerfalli	...	Angelo (as Tamer Alwer Falli)
Ele Bardha	...	Uniformed Officer
Gavin J. Behrman	...	Director (as Gavin Behrman)
Shelli Boone	...	Shelli
Linda Boston	...	Shirley
Marvin Collins	...	Stretch
James Cowans	...	Referee
Allan Cunningham	...	Carl
Dave Daniels	...	Basketball Fan
Rian English	...	Girl
Tondy Gallant	...	Makeup Artist
Dana Gamarra	...	Security Officer
Nicholas Harvell	...	2nd Assistant Director
Loretta Higgins	...	Professor
Julia Ho	...	Waitress
Michael Kimbrew	...	Look
Michael Lamone Bivins	...	Heart Attack (as Michael Bivens)
Kristine Mansour	...	Clerk
Jason Martin	...	Double A
Allen Payne	...	Kemp
Natalie Pero	...	Referee
Margaret Scott	...	Ma'Dere
Marcello Thedford	...	Big Man
Brian Blume	...	Club attendee (uncredited)
Matthew Cieslinski	...	Medical Student (uncredited)
D.B. Dickerson	...	Mall Goer (uncredited)
Carol Ilku	...	Hotel Patron (uncredited)
Preston A. Whitmore II	...	Clerk (uncredited)

Directed by
Preston A. Whitmore II

Writing credits (WGA)
Preston A. Whitmore II		(written by)

Produced by
Tom Gores	....	executive producer
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	executive producer
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	producer
Aaron Mazzolini	....	co-producer
Lorenzo O'Brien	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Matthias Weber

Cinematography by
Christian Sebaldt

Film Editing by
Stuart Acher
Anthony Adler

Casting by
Kathy Mooney
Robi Reed

Production Design by
Dawn Snyder

Set Decoration by
Linda Cooper

Costume Design by
Okera Banks

Makeup Department
Latonya Hill	....	key hair stylist
Kimberly Jones	....	makeup artist
Brandi Mitchell	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Terra Abroms	....	post-production supervisor
Michele Barrett	....	production manager
Tara L. Craig	....	unit production manager
Emily Thorne	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Regina Gordon	....	first assistant director
Shannyn K. Marlen	....	second second assistant director
Daniel Shultz	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Lucie Bourgeau	....	art department coordinator
Lisa De Alva	....	property mistress
Derek Dean	....	set dresser
Mary Ellen Murphy	....	leadperson
Christina Spivak	....	production assistant: set decorating
Courtney Spivak	....	artist: prop signs

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Gail Carroll-Coe	....	boom operator
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Robert Getty	....	supervising sound editor
Danielle Ghent	....	dialogue editor
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Raber	....	sound effects editor
Brian Slack	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alec St. John	....	supervising sound editor
Beau Williams	....	sound mixer
Micah Johnson	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM

Stunts
Horace Knight	....	stunt double: Westley Jonathan

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark David Adler	....	video assist recordist
Michael W. Anderson	....	key grip
Brad Baker	....	additional second assistant camera
K.C. Bartos	....	best boy grip
Will Brick	....	additional second assistant camera
Malcolm Bryce	....	gaffer
Michael J. Conner	....	generator operator: electrician
Shawn Cragin	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
Andrew Hoehn Jr.	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gregg Horvath	....	first assistant camera
Brad Irvin	....	grip
Mark Karavite	....	a-camera/steadicam operator
Brian Kelly	....	electrician
Sean T. Kelly	....	pre-rig key grip
Brad Knopf	....	best boy electric
Kenny Kondratko	....	grip
William MacLeod	....	dolly grip: Detroit
Miguel Pask	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Patrick Pask	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Anthony 'Spike' Simms	....	gaffer
Kim C. Simms	....	still photographer
Don Sustrich	....	grip
John Wendling	....	dolly grip
Scott Zuckerberg	....	rigging best boy grip

Casting Department
Earl Minfield	....	co-casting
Kathy Mooney	....	extras casting
Cathy Thomas	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Teri Wertman	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Tim Craig	....	first assistant editor
Mato	....	color timer

Music Department
Vito A. Colapietro II	....	composer: additional music
Neely Dinkins Jr.	....	cues composer
Michael Ripoll	....	guitarist
Paul Stewart	....	music supervisor
Yariv Vaknin	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Archie Bane	....	driver
Lindsay Dougherty	....	transportation office coordinator
Robert Gillis	....	driver: honeywagon
Frank Morreale	....	transportation captain
David Schmidt	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Gavin J. Behrman	....	production auditor
Mark Cheatham	....	publicist
Alex Fields	....	assistant production office coordinator
Pamela B. Green	....	main title producer
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Eric Jackson	....	location manager
Paul Keehn	....	production assistant
Tom Lewis	....	production attorney
Alisa Lomax	....	production coordinator
Andrea McKee	....	production assistant
Bryan Meganck	....	craft service assistant
Megan Meganck	....	key craft services
Jenz Merrill	....	video-to-film transfer supervisor
Michelle M. Mix	....	set production assistant
Jim Nabti	....	assistant production office coordinator
Marlon Reid	....	production assistant
David Rumble	....	location manager
Jim Schiro	....	first assistant accountant
Paul E. Schulz	....	assistant location manager
Helen Stergiou	....	payroll accountant
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Bob Weber	....	post-production accountant

Thanks
Chaille Scott	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• 360 Pictures
• Dribble Productions LLC
• Platinum Equity

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing

Other Companies

• Mattweb Music  music editorial services
• Mid America Cine Support  Fisher 10 dolly
• Mid America Cine Support  expendables
• Mid America Cine Support  generator
• Mid America Cine Support  grip and lighting equipment
• PIC Agency  titles
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Widget Post Production  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #42132)

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Company:

360 Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: During Tech's final free throw, he begins to shoot with his left hand. When the camera angle changes, he takes the shot with his right.

Quotes:

Noah Cruise:Good game man
[Offers hand]
Jewelz:Let me know when I have a bad one... sucka.
[Walks away chanting]

Movie Connections:

References xXx: State of the Union (2005)

Soundtrack:

Last Night

Holy crap, I can't believe this movie even made it to theaters!

This movie was easily the absolute worst movie I have seen in a long, long time. Wayne Brady, what are you doing? You are funny! I saw you on "Who's Line"! Why are you in this piece of crap movie? Seriously, I'm going to be objective here. The directing was cheesy and predictable, with stupid-looking segways of quickly blurring images of cheaply decorated sets. The production budget on this one was desperately trying to look much more expensive, which it failed at miserably. The lighting, make-up, and costumes all look as if I could have funded them myself. The overall look and quality of the film resembled that of a mid-80's Egyptian soap opera dubbed into French. (Either that or the Golden Girls.) Granted, the moves displayed by these self-proclaimed "street ballers" were quite impressive, but it comes of as an insult to the audience. It's as if the people who approved and funded the making of this movie said to themselves, "All we have to do is put a few shots of street balling and it doesn't matter how cheap we make the rest of the movie because it has a built in audience." Heres some advice, invest in a good writer, better casting, better directing, and production and maybe you'll begin to have a movie that borders on "not-awful." I couldn't stop laughing at how bad this movie was. I'm ashamed to have spent my hard earned $8.25 on this sad excuse for a major motion picture.