The Tripper (2006)

Director:

David Arquette

Writers (WGA):

David Arquette (written by) &
Joe Harris (written by)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

On 4.20, Hippie Blood Will Trickle Down.

Plot:

A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.

Plot Keywords:

Festival | Van | Lumberjack | Chainsaw | Streaking

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Arquette	...	Muff
Richmond Arquette	...	Cooper
Courteney Cox	...	Dog Lover Hippie (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
China Crawford	...	Paramedic (as China Raven Crawford)
Paz de la Huerta	...	Jade / Summer (as Paz De La Huerta)
Alan Draven	...	Kid #1
Norwood Fisher	...	Band (as John Norwood Fisher)
Ben Gardiner	...	Wilson
Rocky George	...	Band
Balthazar Getty	...	Jimmy
DeAndre Gipson	...	Band
Redmond Gleeson	...	Dylan / Father
Richard Gross	...	Cop
Lukas Haas	...	Ivan
Josh Hammond	...	Tyler
Stephen Heath	...	Jack
Brad Hunt	...	Hank
Thomas Jane	...	Buzz
Jaime King	...	Samantha
Bert Kinyon	...	Foreman
Noah Maschan	...	Young Gus
John McKnight	...	Band
Jason Mewes	...	Joey
Angelo Moore	...	Chase / Band
Christopher Allen Nelson	...	Gus / Reagan (as Chris Nelson)
Sean O'Brien	...	Naked Hippie Boy (as Sean OíBrien)
Rick Overton	...	Mayor Hal Burton
Waylon Payne	...	Dean
Richard Reicheg	...	Newscaster
Paul Reubens	...	Frank Baker
Elizabeth Ryan	...	Bull Dyke
Michael X. Sommers	...	Patrolman #1 (as Michael Sommers)
John Steward	...	Band
Curtis L. Storey Jr.	...	Band
Kira Syester	...	Balloon Girl
Marsha Thomason	...	Linda
Nicole Wilder	...	Naked Hippie Girl
Jud Williford	...	Protestor #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jenny Allford	...	Hippie (uncredited)
Jim Goldrup	...	Hippy (uncredited)
Tom Goldrup	...	Hippy (uncredited)
Sara Herrera	...	Hippie Girl (uncredited)
Sean Roberts	...	Sound Guy (uncredited)
Chip Street	...	Park ranger (uncredited)

Directed by
David Arquette

Writing credits (WGA)
David Arquette		(written by) &
Joe Harris		(written by)

Produced by
David Arquette	....	producer
Evan Astrowsky	....	producer
Jeffrey Bowland	....	associate producer (as Jeff Bowland)
Craig Cannold	....	executive producer
Jay Cannold	....	executive producer
Courteney Cox	....	producer
Thomas Jane	....	executive producer
Neil A. Machlis	....	producer (as Neil Machlis)
Navin Narang	....	producer
Steve Niles	....	executive producer
Rick Shephard	....	co-producer
Cheryl Spencer	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jimmy Haun
David Wittman		(as Dave Wittman)

Cinematography by
Bobby Bukowski		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Glenn Garland

Casting by
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
Linda Burton

Art Direction by
Christopher M. Ridino
Phillip Vargas

Costume Design by
Van Broughton Ramsey		(as Van Ramsey)

Makeup Department
Steven E. Anderson	....	key makeup artist
Stephanie A. Fowler	....	makeup artist
Eryn Krueger Mekash	....	makeup department head (as Eryn Krueger)

Production Management
Jerry Adams	....	unit production manager
Craig Cannold	....	production manager
Carrie Tyson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Blazina	....	second assistant director
Keith Jones	....	second assistant director
Elion Olson	....	second second assistant director
Curtis Smith	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Anthony A. Altomare	....	art department assistant
Tom Brainard	....	art department coordinator
Brian Critchlow	....	carpenter
Patrick G. Fitzsimmons	....	carpenter
Scott Nifong	....	property master (as Scott James Nifong)
Ryon Peck	....	storyboard artist
Steven Sutphen	....	assistant property master
Phillip Vargas	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
Trip Brock	....	supervising sound editor
Adam De Coster	....	foley artist
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Michael J. Fox	....	adr supervisor
Tom Fox	....	utility sound
Bill Jenkins	....	sound editor
Peter D. Lago	....	sound designer
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor
David MacMillan	....	sound mixer
Harrison D. Marsh	....	boom operator
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Melissa Oivanki	....	post sound coordinator
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kurt Thum	....	sound effects editor
Steven Utt	....	sound recordist
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Whitver	....	first assistant sound editor
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Dennis Petersen	....	special effects coordinator
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects assistant coordinator: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.

Visual Effects by
Alastor Arnold	....	digital intermediate editor
David Berry	....	visual effects
David Biedny	....	visual effects
David Booth	....	scanning & recording: Fotokem Digital Film Servicest

Stunts
Natascha Hopkins	....	stunt double: Marsha thomason
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt double: Jaime King
John Moio	....	stunt coordinator
Anthony Molinari	....	fight coordinator
Anthony Molinari	....	stunt double: Brad Hunt
Samuel Reynolds	....	stunt double
Kenny Searle	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Eddie Avila	....	key second assistant camera
Ronald K. De torres	....	set lighting technician
Patrick Ebert	....	assistant camera
Patrick G. Fitzsimmons	....	electrician
Kevin P. Johnston	....	electrician
Shane D. Kelly	....	gaffer
Jeremiah Kent	....	camera loader
Ben Krout	....	grip
Brandon Margulies	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Max Neal	....	key assistant camera
Michael C. Price	....	key grip
Robert Reid	....	grip
Jeff Vespa	....	still photographer
Chuck Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ian Woolston-Smith	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Kim Eriksson	....	extras casting assistant
Jenny Jue	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marsha Barton	....	head seamstress
Jill Machlis	....	wardrobe assistant
Cheri Reed	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
John Daro	....	digital intermediate artist
Brian Day	....	assistant editor
John Nicolard	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Amanda Brammall	....	assistant music supervisor
Jed Smith	....	additional scoring
Jed Smith	....	chief music editor

Transportation Department
David Becerra	....	transportation office coordinator
Mel Langford	....	transportation
Neil Marshall	....	transportation captain
Kenny Searle	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
James Brice	....	production assistant
Lyssa J. Caster	....	assistant: Jaime King
Arturo Guzman	....	key set production assistant
Lauren M. Higgs	....	assistant coordinator
Iwona Kanclerz	....	script supervisor
Jamie Kemp	....	chef
Isaac Mejía	....	set production assistant
David Albert Pierce	....	production counsel
Santos P. Rodriguez	....	cook
Christina Romney-Glotzer	....	assistant production office coordinator (as Christina Romney)
Francie Wasser	....	production assistant
S. Todd Whitaker	....	production assistant
Tim Williams	....	dog trainer

Thanks
Paul W. Hazen	....	special thanks (as Paul Hazen)
Dan Walton	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Coquette Productions
• NaVinci Films
• Raw Entertainment

Distributors

• Coquette Productions (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• NaVinci Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mediafilm (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Splendid Film (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Betafish Music  cue sheets
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• FotoKem Film and Video  digital intermediate
• Inter Video  24 frame video services
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• Pierce Law Group  production counsel
• William Morris Independent  domestic sales

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, drug content, language and some sexuality/nudity (cut)

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:R | Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) (cut) | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated | New Zealand:R18 | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Big Basin Redwoods State Park - 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek, California, USA

Company:

Coquette Productions

Trivia:

The film was originally going to be a part of After Dark Production's "8 Films to Die For," but Arquette wanted the film to be released in theaters and on April 20th (4/20), so they respectfully parted ways.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the old man gets his head chopped off in the tunnel he clearly screams long after his head has been detached.

Quotes:

Ronald Reagan:A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like cheetah.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Robot Chicken: President Evil (#3.19)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Nothin' No

Not bad, but not good either

OK now this movie wasn't completely horrible because the whole idea of a psychopath obsessing himself with Ronald Reagan and then dressing up like him to go kill hippies actually worked and was pretty frightening. But the gore was really fake looking and the characters were just completely dumb because they were really high the whole movie and didn't pay attention to anything that could have saved their lives. I like David Arquette, but I think he needed to rewrite this one a little before he made it and make the gore a little more realistic as well. Overall I give it a 6 out of 10 because it had a good storyline, but it kind of failed as the movie continued on. I would only recommend this to those who like brainless horror films with dumb characters and fake gore.