Hard Luck (2006) (V)

Director:

Mario Van Peebles

Writers (WGA):

Larry Brand (screenplay) and
Mario Van Peebles (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 August 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

If it wasn't for bad luck, there would be no luck...

Plot:

Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer (Snipes) tries to go straight...

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Split Screen | Stolen Money

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 22	2:00 PM	USA
Wed. July 23	2:00 AM	USA

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Lucky
Jackie Quinones	...	Angela (as Jacquelyn Quinones)
Cybill Shepherd	...	Cass
James Hiroyuki Liao	...	Chang (as James Liao)
Aubrey Dollar	...	Rainn
Kevin Thoms	...	Roland
Noah Fleiss	...	Sol Rosenbaum
Bill Cobbs	...	Cobb
Kevin Chapman	...	Franklin
Tom Kemp	...	Gino Gambetta
Mike Messier	...	Eugene
Mario Van Peebles	...	Captain Davis
Tony Hua	...	Detective Lee
Luis Guzmán	...	Million Dollar Mendez
DJ Clue	...	Goodlife
Styles P.	...	Crazy B (as David Styles)
Eddie Logan	...	Grampa (as Ed Logan)
Aaron Dorsey	...	Lucky - Age 6
Melvin Van Peebles	...	Hospital Prophet
Bill Mootos	...	National Guardsman
Sayed Najem	...	Front desk Manager
Sujoy De	...	Police Officer
Wendy Overly	...	Waitress
Joe Stapleton	...	Highway Patrol Officer #1
Nicholas Balcam	...	Little Boy in Mask
Gavin J. Behrman	...	Antonio
Issa Coulibaly	...	African Drumer
Seydou Coulibaly	...	African Drumer (as Seydou Colibaly)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Scarfo	...	Thug
Eric Bruno Borgman	...	News Cameraman (uncredited)
Derrick Costa	...	State Trooper (uncredited)
Derek Cunningham	...	Swedish Porn Star (uncredited)
Jerry Quinn	...	Lounge Sugar Daddy (uncredited)
Billy Silvia	...	Dock Worker (uncredited)
Joey Vacchio	...	Bodyguard (uncredited)
Tacuma Vanterpool	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Darya Zabinski	...	Cashier (uncredited)

Directed by
Mario Van Peebles

Writing credits (WGA)
Larry Brand		(screenplay) and
Mario Van Peebles		(screenplay)
Larry Brand		(story)

Produced by
Larry Brand	....	co-producer
Donald Kushner	....	producer
Peter R. McIntosh	....	executive producer
Mario Van Peebles	....	producer
Karen Williams	....	associate producer
Brad Wyman	....	producer

Original Music by
Tree Adams

Cinematography by
Alex Nepomniaschy

Film Editing by
Edward R. Abroms

Casting by
Donna DeSeta

Production Design by
Loren Weeks

Set Decoration by
Christina K. Tonkin

Costume Design by
Daniel Lawson

Makeup Department
Mary Cooke	....	hair department head
Diane Hammond	....	key makeup artist
Trish Seeney	....	second makeup artist

Production Management
Tara L. Craig	....	production supervisor
Jan Kikumoto	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Eric Chapman	....	second assistant director
Mike Ellis	....	assistant director
Peter R. McIntosh	....	second unit director
Michael A. Pinckney	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Melissa Cooperman	....	buyer
Jeremy Dominick	....	picture car wrangler
Noah Dubreuil	....	props
Jennifer Engel	....	leadman
Jennifer Gerbino	....	assistant property master
Emily Hoge	....	art department coordinator
Malchus Janocko	....	assistant art director
Wayne Kimball	....	set dresser
Etienne Martine	....	props
John 'Butch' McCarthy	....	on-set dresser
John F. O'Neil	....	set dresser
Scott T. Pina	....	general foreman
John Ryder	....	props
Jessica L. Therrien	....	art department intern
Casey Van Maanen	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jason Freedman	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley artist
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley mixer
Chris Julian	....	sound post-production
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joel Reidy	....	boom operator
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	sound designer
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
William 'Billy Jack' Jakielaszek	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Minky Billups	....	lead compositor
Scott Billups	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Buchakjian	....	digital artist
Tim Cutt	....	digital artist
Josh Levine	....	digital artist

Stunts
Jared Burke	....	stunt double
Shana Carr	....	stunt double
Shana Carr	....	stunt double: Cybill Shepherd
Marilyn Cortez	....	stunt double
Geoffrey Dowell	....	stunt double
Denise Gallo	....	stunt double
Hollis Hill	....	stunts
Tony Hua	....	stunt double
Paul Marini	....	stunt double
Aaron Vexler	....	stunt double: Tom Kemp

Camera and Electrical Department
Woody Bell	....	company grip
Jason Bowen	....	electrician
Dave Cambria	....	best boy electric
Rick Cardillo	....	electrician
Renato Di Giuseppe	....	camera operator
Michael DiIeso	....	key rigger grip
Joshua Dreyfus	....	best boy electric: second unit
Joshua Dreyfus	....	rigging best boy electric
Dave Egerstrom	....	key first assistant camera
Jennifer Evans	....	grip
Peter Fernberger	....	director of photography: second unit
Claire Folger	....	still photographer
Stephen Girouard	....	best boy grip
Eric Goddard	....	grip: second unit
Elizabeth Heslep	....	film loader
Christian J. Hollyer	....	second assistant camera
Eric Komar	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Zach Lazar	....	electrician
Roger Marbury	....	rigging gaffer
James R. Mitchell	....	generator operator
Daryl Richardson	....	key grip: second unit
Travis Trudell	....	rigging grip
Warren Weberg	....	grip
William M. Weberg	....	key grip
Frans Wetterings III	....	chief lighting technician
Greg Wimer	....	first assistant camera
Ian Woolston-Smith	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Kyle Coker	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Avanzo	....	key costumer
Jodi Baldwin	....	set costumer
Kathy Karbowski	....	wardrobe supervisor
Margaret Palmer	....	assistant costume designer
Carolyn Schnitzer	....	set costumer: women

Editorial Department
Erik Jessen	....	assistant editor
Kelly Reese	....	final colorist

Music Department
Kyle Clausen	....	music editor
Sujin Nam	....	orchestrator
Walter New	....	scoring mixer
G. Marq Roswell	....	music supervisor
Adam Swart	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	business and legal affairs: Costa Abrams & Coate
David H. Angell	....	production assistant
Jodi Baldwin	....	stitcher
Gavin J. Behrman	....	production auditor
Shana Carr	....	photo double: Cybill Shepherd
Shana Carr	....	stand-in: Cybill Shepherd
Kerry Carter	....	production assistant
Kelly Cronin	....	script supervisor
Derek Cunningham	....	production assistant
Gleanna Doyle	....	animal trainer
Christopher Faizi	....	additional programmer
Lowell Freedman	....	production assistant: second unit
Chuck Jeffreys	....	fight choreographer
Borjan Jovanovich	....	key set production assistant
Amy Loeber	....	assistant production coordinator
James MacDonald	....	set medic
Honor Maxfield	....	production secretary
Bryan McGrath	....	production assistant
Maya Menendez	....	assistant to executive producer
Sean Murphy	....	accounting clerk
Dave Ozug	....	location production assistant
Joe Piasecki	....	production assistant
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote head technician
Dawn Murphy Riley	....	production coordinator
Gregory Routt	....	location manager
Kim Smith	....	first assistant accountant (as Kim C. Smith)
Julie Snyder	....	location manager
Helen Stergiou	....	payroll accountant
Lea St. Jean	....	production assistant
Cleo Wang	....	assistant to executive producer
Adrian Washington	....	production assistant
Bob Weber	....	post-production accountant
Joshua Weinstein	....	production assistant
Daniel Jonathan Weisinger	....	assistant: Brad Wyman
Jaxon White	....	production assistant
Marco Zanelli	....	stand-in

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including some aberrant situations, sexual content/nudity and language.

Runtime:

USA:101 min | Australia:97 min | Argentina:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | USA:R (certificate #42717) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

References Scream (1996/I)

Could have been more....

Continuity, was a bit lacking, as the movie opens the obligatory car chase is going on, and our hero is being chastised, by the love interest, in English, yet later in the film as this scene is expanded he is being screamed at in Spanish!

I was left feeling that the story could have done more with the "Serial Killer" duo, I liked the humor of the Diner scene when a Halloween costumed kid comes up and says "Yahhh! I'm a Serial Killer!" & Cybill Shepherd comes back with "Well, I'm a Serial Killer, too!!!" All the cops and robbers, and bad boy trying to go straight has been done to death, and as for getting a pole dancer to strip, so that she "won't run into the street, naked"... Really!!! There are interesting characters like the Gay XXX movie producer "Latinos are the NEW Exotic" Cass the Serial Killer "Imagine the worst thing that can happen to you, and I will show you how limited your imagination really is". Could have been a 'good' movie...