Sex and Death 101 (2007)

Director:

Daniel Waters

Writer (WGA):

Daniel Waters (written by)

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

One Man. One List. 101 Women. Some Fantasies Are Too True to Be Good.

Plot:

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale (Ryder) who targets men guilty of sex crime. |

Plot Keywords:

E Mail | Costume | Lesbian | Ceo | Camera

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Robert Wisdom	...	Alpha
Tanc Sade	...	Beta
Patton Oswalt	...	Fred
Simon Baker	...	Roderick Blank
Mindy Cohn	...	Trixie
Winona Ryder	...	Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Master Bitchslap
Julie Bowen	...	Fiona Wormwood
Neil Flynn	...	Zack
Corinne Reilly	...	Lizzie
Cindy Pickett	...	Roderick's Mother
Dash Mihok	...	Lester
Bryan Fuller	...	Buzzkilling Bodyguard (as Bryan Okes Fuller)
Jessica Kiper	...	Precious / Carlotta Valdes (#30)
Bryan Ross	...	Bachelor Party Buddy (as Brian Ross)
Greg Travis	...	Vulgar Newsstand Vendor
Sophie Monk	...	Cynthia Rose (#31)
David Magidoff	...	Video Store Geek
Marshall Bell	...	Victor Rose III
Buckley Norris	...	Club Owner (as Buckley Francis Norris)
Amanda Walsh	...	Stewardess Kathleen
Candice Coke	...	Greta Samsa (#32)
Thom Bishops	...	Malcolm the Bartender
William Caploe	...	Barista Bill
Zachary Gordon	...	Barbecue Brat
Rob Benedict	...	Bow-Tie Bob
Natassia Malthe	...	Bambi (#63)
Winter Ave Zoli	...	Alexis the Fast Food Beauty
Pollyanna McIntosh	...	Thumper (#64)
Leslie Bibb	...	Dr. Miranda Storm
Patrick Holland	...	Wonderful Waiter
Ryan Cutrona	...	Officer Krupke
Nicole Bilderback	...	Dr. Mirabella Stone (#66)
Cean Okada	...	Edwina Massey (#67)
Siobhan Flynn	...	Esther Fenchel
Christopher Stapleton	...	Terry Fenchel (#71)
Lauren Hill	...	Amberette (as Lauren Michelle Hill)
Frances Fisher	...	Hope Hartlight (#80)
Retta	...	Ethel Walters (#100) (as Retta Sirleaf)
David Bortolucci	...	Agent
Cate Ferguson	...	Death Nell Wannabee
Annie Kehoe	...	Death Nell Wannabee Two
Skyler James Sandak	...	Roderick Blank Jr. (as Skyler James)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Baker	...	Rejected Clubgoer (uncredited)
Yara Brighton	...	Death Nell Wannabe (uncredited)
Colette Claire	...	School girl (uncredited)
Ingrid Coree	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Aaron Geller	...	Death Nell's First Victim (uncredited)
Marcus Alexander Hart	...	Comic Store Geek (uncredited)
Ashley McCarthy	...	Mona Farlow (uncredited)
Marshall McClean	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Jonas Neal	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Tony Nowicki	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Elisha Skorman	...	Helena Hartford (uncredited)
Heather Tocquigny	...	Catholic School Girl (uncredited)
Indira Varma	...	Devon Server (uncredited)
Vitaliy Versace	...	Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Waters

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Waters		(written by)

Produced by
Cary Brokaw	....	producer
Lizzie Friedman	....	producer
Aaron Geller	....	executive producer
Jerry P. Jacobs	....	co-producer
Greg Little	....	producer

Original Music by
Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada

Film Editing by
Trudy Ship

Casting by
Andrea Stone

Production Design by
John Larena

Art Direction by
Helen Harwell

Set Decoration by
Peggy Paola

Costume Design by
Julia Caston

Makeup Department
Deborah K. Larsen	....	makeup department head
K.G. Ramsey	....	hair department head

Production Management
Jerry P. Jacobs	....	unit production manager
Jeffrey M. Rose	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Leah King	....	second second assistant director
Eric A. Pot	....	first assistant director
Robert 'Skid' Skidmore	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Sarah Geller	....	on-set dresser
Dallas Richard Hallam	....	assistant property master
Jason E. Hatfield	....	set dresser
Ben Lewis	....	property master
David Lloyd	....	lead man
Matt Pennington	....	construction coordinator
Brook Shafer	....	on-set dresser
Jeffrey K. Shu	....	carpenter
Jeffrey K. Shu	....	propmaker
Daniel Trainer	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Coppola	....	supervising sound editor
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
Yagmur Kaplan	....	adr mixer
Maciek Malish	....	dialogue editor
Coleman Metts	....	production sound mixer
Chris Trent	....	foley mixer
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
David Warburton	....	post facility coordinator
Mandell Winter	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Michael Mintz	....	digital film colorist

Stunts
Robert Jones	....	stunt coordinator
Robert Jones	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Kevin Britton	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Nicole Dayton	....	grip
Eric Fletcher	....	camera operator
Eric Fletcher	....	steadicam operator
P.J. Gaynard	....	daily electrician
Michael D. Gonzalez	....	grip
Mike Hodges	....	key grip
Gigi Johnson	....	camera production assistant
Daniel Kauahi	....	dolly grip
Tommy James Lewis	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Tommy Lewis)
Darin Necessary	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Doug Price	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lacey Terrell	....	additional still photographer
Anders Yarbrough	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Chris Bustard	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michelle Margolis	....	on-set costumer

Editorial Department
Nicholas 'Nikko' Tsiotsias	....	first assistant editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Stephen Coleman	....	music programmer
Trevor Gilchrist	....	music programmer: score
Nick South	....	music editor
Greg Townley	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Ed Adams	....	driver
Rafael Baires	....	driver
Brian Eastveld	....	driver
Robert Fulps	....	driver
Dan Gearhart	....	driver: honeywagon
Frankie Gearhart	....	driver
Kelly Harkess	....	driver
Philip Henderson	....	driver
Curt Larson	....	driver
Calvin McDowell	....	driver
Jay Norof	....	transportation captain
Hugo Ocana	....	driver
Tony Ruiz	....	transportation coordinator
Don Williams	....	driver: water truck
Ali Yegahne	....	driver

Other crew
Ed Adams	....	fueler
Emma Baksi	....	assistant: Winona Ryder
Brian Beard	....	digital optical conformist
Kristin Brokaw	....	directorial assistant
Yvonne Caycedo	....	assistant to producers
Lily Garcia	....	set production assistant
Judy Geletko	....	post-production accountant
Russell Gremillot	....	location manager
Ali Jazayeri	....	production financing
Lisa McNeil	....	additional script supervisor
Lindsey Mesa	....	assistant: Ms. Friedman
Bryan Meyers	....	first assistant accountant
Tracy L. Moody	....	script supervisor
Julie Morgan	....	production coordinator
Patrick Priest	....	production assistant
Shari Sontag	....	key production accountant
Ryan Tighe	....	production assistant
Alex L. Worman	....	unit publicist

Production Companies

• Avenue Pictures Productions
• S and D Productions
• Sandbar Pictures

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Hoyts Distribution (2008) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Top Film (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Departure Studios  post-production audio services
• Eisner & Frank  production legal
• NovaStar Digital  sound post-production
• ShowBiz Studios  studio
• Sound Satisfaction  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language.

Runtime:

Germany:100 min (European Film Market) | USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Italy:T | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avenue Pictures Productions

Quotes:

Gillian: Some dreams are too true to be good.

Movie Connections:

References Some Like It Hot (1959)

would be a great comedy with another cast....

The basic idea does work for a nice comedy, and the script author must be very disappointed what the producer had made out of it. Problem is that the director and the writer are the same person: Daniel Waters. So one essential thing learned from this movies is, that Daniel Waters should only write, and never again be the director.

I won't tell the story, because reading it there wouldn't be much left for watching. If you want an average movie to spend 100 minutes, then you can watch it. If you expect a great comedy and a nice time in the cinema, then this movie is wrong for you. Escpecially because it has the appearance of a movie made only for video release but not for cinema.

The overall problem is the cast.

Simon Baker is good for romance movies and attorneys, but not for a comedy like this. Actors like Adam Sandler and Steve Zahn would be the right man for Roderick Blank. Simon Baker lacks the comedic element in his acting.

The secretary of Roderick Blank is also a prime playing role for a comedian, but the female actor here lacks also the comedic quality.

Patton Oswalt is the only actor in this movie with this quality.

Overall the movie is too slow. Even the music used in this movie is just wrong for a comedy.