Weirdsville (2007)

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writer:

Willem Wennekers (written by)

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

When the Days are Long and the Knights are Short.

Plot:

A pair of slackers get in way over their heads when they try to dump the body of a dead girlfriend in the basement of a drive-in movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.

Plot Keywords:

Drive In | Drive In Theater | Satanic Cult | Wagner Ride Of The Valkyries | Premarital Sex

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Scott Speedman	...	Dexter
Wes Bentley	...	Royce
Taryn Manning	...	Matilda
Matt Frewer	...	Jason Taylor
Greg Bryk	...	Abel
Maggie Castle	...	Treena
Raoul Bhaneja	...	Omar
Joe Dinicol	...	Jeremy
Jordan Prentice	...	Martin
Dax Ravina	...	Seamus
Elizabeth Lennie	...	Irene Taylor
James McQuade	...	Garry
Shayne Wyler	...	Todd
Joe Silvaggio	...	Sheldon (as Joey Beck)
Allan Redford	...	Theo
Mark Parr	...	Anthony
Stephen Jackson	...	Butcher on Street
Derek Gilroy	...	Squinty
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randy Butcher	...	Hockey Goalie (uncredited)

Directed by
Allan Moyle

Writing credits
Willem Wennekers		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Baker	....	executive producer
Hartley Gorenstein	....	line producer
Morris Ruskin	....	executive producer
Jeff Sackman	....	executive producer
Jennifer Stivala	....	associate producer (as Jennifer L. Stivala)
Nicholas Tabarrok	....	producer (as Nicholas D. Tabarrok)
Perry Zimel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Rowley

Cinematography by
Adam Swica		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Doherty

Casting by
Allison Cowitt
Mike Fenton
Lisa Parasyn

Production Design by
Oleg M. Savytski		(as Oleg Savytski)

Art Direction by
Jon P. Goulding		(as Jon Goulding)

Set Decoration by
Bert Kirkham

Costume Design by
Alex Kavanagh

Makeup Department
Shirley Bond	....	assistant hair stylist
Tali Kalb	....	assistant makeup artist
Robbi O'Quinn	....	key makeup artist
Sandy Sokolowski	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Hartley Gorenstein	....	production manager
Gary Mueller	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dominika Jurek	....	trainee assistant director
Sherri Levesque	....	third assistant director
Wendy Ord	....	first assistant director
Pierre Ouellet	....	second assistant director
Garfield Russell	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Dave Bracken	....	construction coordinator
Jacqui Bracken	....	construction tracker
Danny Burke	....	lead set dresser
Graham Caswell	....	first assistant art director
Christina Hantos	....	art department apprentice
Jason Herriott	....	key scenic
Brett Jones	....	set dresser
Sylvia Lange	....	scenic painter
Mario Moreira	....	assistant props
Keith Morris	....	storyboard artist
James R. Murray	....	property master (as Jim Murray)
Jerry Nicolaou	....	graphic designer
Eric Nufer	....	carpenter
Jesse O'Connor	....	set dresser
Craig Tovell	....	carpenter
Tim Young	....	head carpenter

Sound Department
Tom Bjelic	....	sound effects editor
Erik Culp	....	foley recordist
Alan deGraaf	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Elliot	....	foley assistant
Robert Fletcher	....	sound mixer (as Rob Fletcher)
Allan Fung	....	supervising sound editor
John Gare	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Gingras	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Hammond	....	foley artist
Dale Lennon	....	assistant sound effects editor
Mark McBryde	....	adr mixer: Glendale
Brian Newby	....	sound mixer (as Brian Newbie)
Kevin Newson	....	adr mixer: Glendale
Regan Ramos	....	audio coordinator
Ian Rankin	....	adr recordist
James Robb	....	assistant sound editor (as Jimmy Robb)
Iain Stewart	....	boom operator
Kevin Belen	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Reg Ashby	....	assistant special effects
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Neishaw Ali	....	visual effects executive producer: SPIN
Drago Avdalovic	....	3D artist: SPIN
Jeff Campbell	....	visual effects supervisor: SPIN
Drake Conrad	....	colorist: Cine-Byte
Phil Dakin	....	3D artist: SPIN
Colin Davies	....	digital effects supervisor: SPIN
Eric Doiron	....	lead compositor: SPIN
Shaun Escayg	....	3D artist: SPIN
Ben Falcone	....	digital artist: SPIN
Jason Giberson	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte
Felix Heeb	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte
Noel Hooper	....	visual effects compositor: Invisible
Janice M. Jacobs	....	visual effects producer: SPIN
Dan Kelly	....	flame artist: SPIN
Steven Lewis	....	flame artist: SPIN
Steven Lewis	....	inferno artist: opening titles, SPIN
Paul Mantler	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte
Kye Yong Peck	....	3D artist: SPIN
Nick Perks	....	visual effects technician: SPIN
Chris Ross	....	digital effects & titles: Cine-Byte
Rodrigo Santos	....	3D artist: SPIN
Tim Sibley	....	3D artist: SPIN
Christa Tazzeo	....	visual effects producer: Invisible
Anna Terekhova	....	compositor: SPIN
Mark Tureski	....	digital effects & titles: Cine-Byte
Allan Walker	....	digital matte artist: Invisible
Bojan Zoric	....	digital matte painter: SPIN
Haydn Masuda	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Norm Stangl	....	executive producer: SPIN (uncredited)

Stunts
Eric Bryson	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Randy Butcher	....	stunt coordinator
Blair Johannes	....	stunt driver
Jim Lyttle	....	stunt double (as Jim Lytle)
Jim Lyttle	....	stunt driver (as Jim Lytle)
Bryan Thomas	....	stunt double: Jeremy
Geoff Williams	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Blayne Badge	....	electrician
Terry Banting	....	gaffer
Randy Brown	....	generator operator
Jonah Claener	....	second assistant camera: "a' camera
Robyn Clarke	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
John Colavecchia	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Chad Edwards	....	electrician
Cinar Eryasar	....	electrician
Luke 'Skywalker' Gordon	....	grip
Courtney Graham	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Keith Hlady	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Colin Hoult	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Shane Mahood	....	still photographer
Chris 'Shaker' Morsby	....	grip
Gottfried Pflugbeil	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
John Pogue	....	best boy electric
Tauqir Shah	....	epk videographer
Mark Stevens	....	video coordinator
Joe Strazzeri	....	key grip
Lindsay Todd	....	best boy grip (as Lindsay 'Lucky' Todd)
Nicole Torok	....	camera trainee
Brad Vos	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Colin Hoult	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Richard Brown	....	extras casting
Ann Frederick	....	casting associate: US
Jan Anton Harpes	....	extras casting
Khadijah Mabayeke	....	casting associate: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Lees	....	assistant costume designer
Angela Mary-Gardner	....	wardrobe buyer (as Angela Mary Gardner)
Midori Nagai	....	costume set supervisor
Charlene Chuck Seniuk	....	wardrobe truck supervisor (as Charlene Seniuk)
Robin White	....	daily wardrobe
Karen Eppstadt	....	key costume breakdown artist (uncredited)
Adam Smith	....	costume prop (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Alan Bak	....	digital intermediate production supervisor: Cine-Byte
Tom Bak	....	digital intermediate production supervisor: Cine-Byte
Jeff Baker	....	digital intermediate technical supervisor: Cine-Byte
Rick Hannigan	....	digital intermediate project coordinator: Cine-Byte
Diana Madureira	....	digital intermediate production coordinator: Cine-Byte
David Ostry	....	consulting editor
Brigitte Rabazo	....	first assistant editor
Mark Sanders	....	consulting editor
Warren P. Sonoda	....	consulting editor (as Warren Sonoda)
Trevor White	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)
Matthew Wygodny	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Charlie Finlay	....	music editor
John Rowley	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
N. Babishuk	....	driver (as Nick Babishuk)
Joe Chircop	....	driver
Glen Creswell	....	transportation coordinator (as Glen Cresswell)
Brian Marwick	....	driver: honeywagon
Joseph Ramdath	....	driver
Dusan Stepanovic	....	driver
John Toffoli	....	driver
Xavier Villada	....	transportation captain
Doug Warren	....	driver

Other crew
Amanda Alden	....	assistant production coordinator
Kim Antal	....	craft service
Robert E. Baruc	....	executive: Screen Media (as Robert Baruc)
Dan Berman	....	story consultant
Rebekah Boisvert	....	stand-in
Kimberley Bradley	....	production coordinator
Robert Conte	....	story consultant (as Bob Conte)
Fernando DaSilva	....	location scout
Arwa Degroot	....	craft service
Danielle Depeyre	....	script supervisor
Sarah Dodd	....	story editor
James Duffy	....	location production assistant
David Fannon	....	business affairs: Screen Media
Claude Forest	....	insurance broker: Multimedia Risk
Debra Goldblatt	....	publicist: Rock-it Promotions
Lisa Hemeon	....	executive producer: opening titles, SPIN
Brad Kaine	....	protegé: Mr. Moyle
Katie Kelly	....	production office assistant
Sean Kelly	....	IT consultant: Needs-On-Site
Debbie Kwan	....	assistant: Mr. Moyle
Kyle O'Connor	....	assistant location manager
Gillian Reain	....	assistant to producer
Yan Regis	....	set medic
A.J. Reynolds	....	production office assistant
Michael Saltzman	....	publicist: US
Kevin Michael Schembri	....	first assistant accountant (as Kevin Schembri)
Vede Seeterram	....	production office assistant
Leigh Simons	....	executive: Screen Media
Christopher Warre Smets	....	epk producer (as Christopher Smets)
Tamsin Smith	....	craft service
David Steinberg	....	legal services: Heenan Blaikie
Laura Stern	....	assistant unit publicist
Jennifer Stivala	....	post-production accountant (as Jennifer L. Srivala)
Jennifer Stivala	....	production accountant (as Jennifer L. Stivala)
Dan Sudek	....	stand-in
Bob Tarantino	....	legal services: Heenan Blaikie
Brian Turley	....	payroll accountant
Julia Visentin	....	assistant: Mr. Moyle
Noelle Volpintesta	....	director's assistant: Allan Moyle
David Wahiche	....	web site designer
Sean Watt	....	catering server
Steven J.E. Williams	....	accounting assistant
Eardley Wilmot	....	location manager
Dorne Wilson	....	mouse wrangler
Lauren Woodcock	....	assistant to producer
Tony Wosk	....	business affairs consultant
Jimmy Ye	....	audit & tax accounting: Kudlow & McCann
Igor Zambeli	....	location production assistant
Graham Hoselton	....	dailies film assistant (uncredited)
Annie Jeeves	....	publicist (uncredited)

Thanks
Sam Eigen	....	very special thanks
Brandon Paine	....	very special thanks
Brian Sweet	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Darius Films
• Darius-Weirdsville Productions

Distributors

• Magnolia Pictures (2007) (USA) (all media)
• THINKFilm (2007) (Canada) (all media)
• Equinoxe Films (2007) (Canada) (all media)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2007) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• I-On New Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD) (cropped)

Special Effects

• Spin VFX (visual effects) (as SPIN)
• Invisible Pictures (digital environment) (as invisible)

Other Companies

• By David's  catering
• Cine-Byte Imaging  digital intermediate (as Cine-Byte Digital)
• Clairmont Camera  camera systems (Toronto, ON)
• Entertainment Partners Canada  payroll service (as EP Canada)
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• Grosso-Jacobson Productions  production office space (as Grosso-Jacobson)
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Heenan Blaikie  legal services
• Kudlow & McCann  audit & tax accounting
• Multimedia Risk Consultants  insurance (as Multimedia Risk)
• Needs-On-Site  IT Consultants
• Rock-it Promotions  unit publicity
• Spin Productions  visual effects
• Spin VFX  opening titles (as SPIN)
• Stargrazing  craft service
• Technicolor  sound mixing
• The National Ballet of Canada  interim banking
• Urban Post Production  sound post-production
• William F. White International  lighting and grip equipment (as William F. White)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for drug content, language including sexual references, and some violence

Runtime:

USA:90 min | Germany:90 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Darius Films

Trivia:

The character of Omar was originally written to be a Cockney Gangster named "Nigel", but when the Director, Writer, and Producer saw Raoul Bhaneja's audition, the role was re-written to fit his hilarious (and oddly hard-to-place) fake accent. Thus, Omar was born.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Royce:Slow down!
[trips over a tree]
Royce:Fucking tree!

Movie Connections:

References "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Druganaut

excellent

I went to the movie thinking, this is gonna be stupid i just know it. but i was wrong. As much as these people who comment about the movie say its cliché and crap.. well i disagree. I think it was written excellently, the characters actually in depth and not total crack heads... for a movie surrounding an illegal substance, i think it was really great. there are moments where your like 'wtf is going on' but you can't help but laugh mainly because it's just so far out there. i liked the originality, and the timing like a previous commenter said nothing lasted longer then it should have. i think it was directed greatly and anyone who honestly thinks a movie to be cliché, either is too harsh, or doesn't know what goes into a movie to begin with. coming up with originality and intrigue is hard to do and i think Wennekers and Moyle both did a great job. :)