"Oz" Unnatural Disasters (1999)

Director:

Chazz Palminteri

Writer:

Tom Fontana (creator)

TV Series:

"Oz" (1997)

Original Air Date:

4 August 1999 (Season 3, Episode 4)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Aryan | Prison Life | Gambling | Parole

Cast

Kirk Acevedo	...	Miguel Alvarez
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Simon Adebisi
Ernie Hudson	...	Warden Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney	...	Tim McManus
Rita Moreno	...	Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
Harold Perrineau	...	Augustus Hill
J.K. Simmons	...	Vern Schillinger
Lee Tergesen	...	Tobias Beecher
Eamonn Walker	...	Kareem Said
Dean Winters	...	Ryan O'Reily
Kathryn Erbe	...	Shirley Bellinger
Luis Guzmán	...	Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez
Mark Margolis	...	Antonio Nappa
Christopher Meloni	...	Chris Keller
George Morfogen	...	Bob Rebadow
BD Wong	...	Father Ray Mukada
Granville Adams	...	Zahir Arif
Arija Bareikis	...	Tricia Ross
Philip Casnoff	...	Nikolai Stanislofsky
Robert Clohessy	...	Officer Sean Murphy
Seth Gilliam	...	Officer Clayton Hughes
Enid Graham	...	Wangler's Mother
Oni Faida Lampley	...	Rev. Truman (as Ona Faida Lampley)
Tom Mardirosian	...	Agamemnon Busmalis
Craig muMs Grant	...	Poet (as muMs)
Kristin Rohde	...	Officer Claire Howell
J.D. Williams	...	Kenny 'Bricks' Wangler
Scott William Winters	...	Cyril O'Reily
Malé Baby Alexander	...	Pierce
Robert Bogue	...	Cramer
William Cote	...	Cudney (as Will Cote)
Carl DiMaggio	...	Lopresti
Kevin Geer	...	Axelrod
Ernie Hudson Jr.	...	Khan
Ray Iannicelli	...	Brese
Fred Koehler	...	Andrew Schillinger
Jordan Lage	...	Hanlon
Bruce MacVittie	...	Strauch
Judy Reyes	...	Tina Rivera
Otto Sanchez	...	Chico Guerra
Philip Scozzarella	...	Mineo (as Philip V. Scozzarella)
Nelson Vasquez	...	Rivera
Sybyl Walker	...	Rosetta (as Sybil Walker)
Chuck Zito	...	Chucky Pancamo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brett Gillen	...	Philip Featherstone (uncredited)

Directed by
Chazz Palminteri

Writing credits
Tom Fontana		(creator)

Production Design by
Gary Weist

Art Direction by
Katherine L. Spencer		(as Katherine Spencer)

Costume Design by
Stephanie Maslansky

Makeup Department
Steven Lawrence	....	makeup department head
Craig Lyman	....	key makeup artist

Art Department
Daniel Boxer	....	property master

Sound Department
Alfonso Calvo	....	dubbing mixer
Grant Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tony Pipitone	....	supervising sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
James Bartolomeo	....	first assistant camera
Jennifer Koestler	....	film loader

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Anzalone	....	set wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris Tergesen	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Kerin Ferallo	....	assistant production coordinator
Sam Rohn	....	location scout
Chester A. Sims II	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Christopher Adeler

...

Corrections Officer "Rookie"! (uncredited)

Directed by
Gregory Dark		(video "Behind the Walls" Music Video - year 2000)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tom Fontana		creator

Produced by
Adam Bernstein	....	producer (2001-)
Irene Burns	....	associate producer (1999-)
Sean Whitesell	....	producer (2001-)

Cinematography by
Craig DiBona		(season 3)

Film Editing by
Jay Pires

Makeup Department
John Quaglia	....	hair stylist

Production Management
David Domediou	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Muller	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Deborah Caufield	....	set dresser
Kelly Caufield	....	set dresser
Philip Caufield	....	set dresser
Charles H. Furey	....	foreman carpenter (as Charles Furey)
Steve Lee	....	set production assistant
Jim Lillis	....	assistant property master
Byron K. Lovelace	....	props
Byron K. Lovelace	....	set dresser
Jeffrey M. Marchetti	....	stand-by prop master
Chuck Moya	....	set production assistant
Anna Pinckney	....	set production assistant
Martina Pozzi	....	set production assistant
Harold Roer	....	set dresser
Jeff Stacy	....	on-set dresser (pilot episode)
Christopher Weiser	....	scenic shop
Charlie Whitney	....	key carpenter (as Chuck Whitney)

Sound Department
Neil Cedar	....	adr editor
Neil Cedar	....	dialogue editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Ray Palagy	....	sound editor
Ray Palagy	....	sound effects editor
Tony Slocum	....	dialogue editor
Warren A. Weberg	....	cable person

Visual Effects by
Lesley Robson-Foster	....	visual effects supervisor: post production, RIOT

Stunts
Ray Abbott	....	stunts
Chris Barnes	....	stunts
Phil Baroni	....	stunt performer
Kiante Elam	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Scott Forbes	....	stunts
Travis Jacobs	....	stunts (as Travis Terrell Jacobs)
Herb Kerr	....	stunts
Jennifer Lamb	....	stunts
Jeffrey M. Marchetti	....	stunts
Chazz Menendez	....	stunts
Andy Redmond	....	stunts
Jon Reiss	....	stunts
Tyree Michael Simpson	....	stunts (as Tyree Simpson)
Peter Steele	....	stunt performer (1 episode)
Jeff Ward	....	stunts
Kym Washington	....	stunts
Chuck Zito	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Meredith Collins	....	first assistant camera
Roger Donegan	....	video assist operator (pilot episode)
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician
Kevin Gilligan	....	grip
Gabriel Goodenough	....	camera loader
Eric Liebowitz	....	still photographer
Jason Micallef	....	electrician
Darren Ryan	....	24 frame video operator
Marc Schmidt	....	first assistant camera
Dave Thompson	....	camera operator
Rebecca Venezia	....	additional camera loader (season 6)
Joseph Viano	....	grip

Casting Department
Stephanie Corsalini	....	casting associate
Karen Gilman	....	casting associate (1998-1999)
Mercedes Kelso	....	casting associate (as Mercedes Danforth Kelso)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jill E. Anderson	....	on-set costumer (as Jill Anderson)
Sonya M. Andonov	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
John Bones	....	assistant editor
Kerry DeVenna	....	editing room assistant
Robert Krisch	....	assistant editor
Bobbie Thomas	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Thomas Buckman	....	driver
Michael Luckeroth	....	transportation coordinator: pilot
Vincent Russo	....	driver
Gerald Titus	....	transportation co-captain (pilot episode)

Other crew
Wayne Billheimer	....	assistant: Mr. Levinson
Macon Blair	....	office production assistant
Anthony Caputo	....	post video facility
Shamit Choksey	....	assistant to writer (1997-1998)
Chris Cole	....	corporate post coordinator
Timothy Donohue	....	set production assistant
Saxon Eldridge	....	production assistant
Stephanie Fontana	....	assistant to producer
Aaron D. Forste	....	production assistant
Matthew Gordon	....	office production assistant
Matthew Gordon	....	set production assistant
Andy Hernandez	....	production assistant
Chris Kaiser	....	office production assistant
Steve Lee	....	production assistant
Les McDonough	....	key set production assistant
Peter Nichols	....	assistant production coordinator (2000-2001) (as Peter Dodge Nichols)
Emily Palmer	....	production assistant
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan	....	dialect coach (as Bertha By-Sa Pan)
Adam Penn	....	office production assistant
Patricia Porter	....	payroll accountant
Lisa Randolph	....	assistant: Tom Fontana (1999-2002)
Virginia Reilly	....	assistant accountant (as Ginny Reilly)
Andrew D. Stocker	....	office production assistant
Adam Taylor	....	assistant accountant
Sara Tune	....	production secretary
Deborah L. Velarde	....	production executive
Adam T. Weisinger	....	production assistant
Tara Nicole Weyr	....	production assistant

Distributors

• RTL Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• TV6 (2008) (Hungary) (TV)

Quotes:

Nikolai Stanislofsky:Are you here to kill me?