The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Director:

Vadim Perelman

Writers:

Laura Kasischke (novel)
Emil Stern (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 September 2008 (Poland)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Diana's life is not what it seems.

Plot:

A woman's survivor's guilt from a Columbine-like event twenty years ago causes her present-day idyllic life to fall apart.

Plot Keywords:

Shooting | Flashback | Guilt | Friend | School Shooting

Cast

Uma Thurman	...	Diana (Adult)
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Diana (Teen)
Eva Amurri Martino	...	Maureen (as Eva Amurri)
Gabrielle Brennan	...	Emma
Brett Cullen	...	Paul
Oscar Isaac	...	Marcus
Jack Gilpin	...	Mr. McCleod
Maggie Lacey	...	Amanda (Adult)
John Magaro	...	Michael Patrick
Lynn Cohen	...	Sister Beatrice
Nathalie Paulding	...	Amanda (Teen) (as Nathalie Nicole Paulding)
Molly Price	...	Diana's Mother
Oliver Solomon	...	Detective
Anna Moore	...	Blonde Student (as Anna Renee Moore)
Isabel Keating	...	Maureen's Mother
Adam Chanler-Berat	...	Ryan
Tanner Cohen	...	Nate Witt (as Tanner Max Cohen)
Aldous Davidson	...	Diana's Student
Ann McDonough	...	Librarian
Sharon Washington	...	Nurse
Kia Jam	...	Doctor
J.T. Arbogast	...	Male Reporter
Jewel Donohue	...	Mother at Shooting
Shayna Levine	...	Page (Teen)
Anslem Richardson	...	Policeman
Evan Neumann	...	Boy Kicked in Groin
Reathel Bean	...	Dean
Tuck Milligan	...	Clinic Doctor
Jessica Carlson	...	Girl at Shooting
Molly Shreger	...	Female Student (as Molly Schreger)
T.J. Linnard	...	Male Student
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierce Cravens	...	Teen Usher
Sherman Alpert	...	Professor (uncredited)
Edwin J. Birmingham	...	SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Zachary Booth	...	Boy Swimming (uncredited)
Emily Rose Branigan	...	Girl Smoking in Locker Room (uncredited)
Tom Carney	...	Lecture Attendee (uncredited)
Heather Collis	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Peter Conboy	...	Professor Attending Lecture (uncredited)
Brett Epstein	...	Student (uncredited)
Alexander Fagan	...	Male Student (uncredited)
Philip M. Gardiner	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Anne Clare Gibbons-Brown	...	Pedestrian / Moviegoer (uncredited)
Christopher Jon Gombos	...	Briar Hill Police Officer (uncredited)
Barbara Grant	...	Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Guy Guglielmi	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jennifer Holguin	...	Classmate (uncredited)
Jake Honig	...	Student (uncredited)
James Margelony	...	Student Shot (uncredited)
Seth Michael May	...	Teaching Assistant (uncredited)
Maria Nazzaro	...	Nun at Catholic School (uncredited)
Greg Nutcher	...	Professor (uncredited)
Craig Pollack	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Julia Rusatsky	...	(uncredited)
Cristina Santiago	...	Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Sciglimpaglia	...	Family Member at Memorial Service (uncredited)
Kenny Shapiro	...	Dining at Restaurant (uncredited)
Ken Sladyk	...	University Professor (uncredited)
Sonny Vellozzi	...	Memorial Mourner (uncredited)
Jamie Watson	...	Triage Medic (uncredited)
Brian M. Wixson	...	Scott Connell (uncredited)
Gail Yudain	...	Professor (uncredited)
Ted Yudain	...	Professor (uncredited)
Dianne Zaremba	...	Sister Mary (uncredited)

Directed by
Vadim Perelman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Laura Kasischke		novel
Emil Stern		screenplay

Produced by
Chase Bailey	....	co-producer
Marc Butan	....	executive producer
Mark Cuban	....	executive producer
Anthony Katagas	....	producer
Ian McGloin	....	co-producer
Vadim Perelman	....	producer
Aimée Peyronnet	....	producer
Couper Samuelson	....	co-producer
Todd Wagner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Pawel Edelman

Film Editing by
David Baxter

Casting by
Ann Goulder

Production Design by
Maia Javan

Set Decoration by
Carol Silverman

Costume Design by
Hala Bahmet

Makeup Department
Margot Boccia	....	key makeup artist
Francesca Buccellato	....	makeup artist
Milton Buras	....	hair stylist department head
Nathan J. Busch II	....	assistant hair stylist (as Nathan Busch)
Joseph A. Campayno	....	makeup department head (as Joe Compayno)
Richard Dean	....	makeup artist: Ms. Thurman
C. Romania Ford	....	additional makeup artist (as Romania Ford)
John James	....	additional hair stylist
Annette Lorant	....	hair stylist: additional photography
Annette Lorant	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Kyra Panchenko	....	makeup artist: Ms. Thurman
Ryan Trygstad	....	hair stylist: Ms. Thurman
Christine Domaniecki	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Michael R. Thomas	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Sharon C. Dietz	....	production supervisor
Anthony Katagas	....	unit production manager
Cynthia Nicolella	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Mangan	....	second assistant director
Francisco Ortiz	....	second second assistant director
F. Auguste Rahmberg	....	assistant director
Chip Signore	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Doug Torres	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Stephen A. Baker	....	key construction grip
John J. Ciccimarro	....	key carpenter
Doug Coleman	....	set dresser
Robert Currie	....	property master
Arlo Hoffman	....	greens foreman
Gavin A. Holmes	....	carpenter
Elizabeth S. Lieberman	....	scenic artist
Richard Moran	....	construction grip
Jacob Perelman	....	artist
Paul Pitalo	....	set dresser
Mark Pollard	....	graphic art director
Heather Prendergast	....	buyer
Scott Rosenstock	....	leadman
Pierre Rovira	....	construction coordinator
Will Scheck	....	key greensperson
Nithya Shrinivasan	....	assistant art director
Stephen Siersema	....	scenic artist
Patricia Sprott	....	scenic charge
Brianne Zulauf	....	additional graphics
Brianne Zulauf	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Antonio L. Arroyo	....	sound mixer
Kami Asgar	....	supervising sound editor
Beau Borders	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad Brock	....	foley mixer
Dorian Cheah	....	sound designer
Dorian Cheah	....	sound effects editor
Linda Folk	....	adr supervisor
Judah Getz	....	assistant sound editor
Scott G.G. Haller	....	dialogue editor
Amy Kane	....	foley artist
Jonathan Klein	....	foley supervisor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
John Marquis	....	sound effects editor
Sean McCormack	....	supervising sound editor
Kelly Neese	....	boom operator
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Egor Panchenko	....	additional sound utility
Eryne Prine	....	assistant sound editor
Elizabeth Rainey	....	foley artist
Jacob Riehle	....	first assistant sound editor
Buck Robinson	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Dan Sharp	....	sound recordist
Seth Tallman	....	sound utility
Tim Tuchrello	....	sound editor
Jon Wakeham	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Drew Jiritano	....	special effects coordinator
Neil Ruddy	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
J. Cody Baker	....	assistant colorist
Benoit Blouin	....	digital effects artist
Nadège Bozzetti	....	lighting and rendering
Jimmy Caron	....	digital compositor
Debbie Cooke	....	titles producer
Francois Croteau	....	digital effects artist
Alexandre Ethier	....	senior CG supervisor: elementFX
Éric Hamel	....	matte painter
Mara Hamilton	....	visual effects executive producer
Nicolas Langlois-Demers	....	lead rigger technical director
Etienne Laroche	....	digital effects artist
Hugo Léveillé	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Paquin	....	digital effects artist
Vincent Poitras	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Philippe Roberge	....	digital compositor
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate colorist
Duy Tran	....	modeler
Marjolaine Tremblay	....	visual effects supervisor: elementFX

Stunts
Laura Farfel	....	stunt performer
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunt double: Uma Thurman
Kevin Rogers	....	stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher Jon Gombos	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres	....	key grip
Alison Barton	....	grip
Arthur Blum	....	dolly grip
Phillip V. Caruso	....	still photographer
James Casey	....	grip
Ben D'Andrea	....	grip
Jeffrey A. Eplett	....	rigging gaffer
Morris Flam	....	gaffer
Samuel G. Friedman	....	best boy electric
Richard Henkels	....	director of photography: additional photography
Richard Henkels	....	director of photography: second unit
George Hennah	....	first assistant camera
Petr Hlinomaz	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Lukasz Jogalla	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Adam Johnson	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mike Kirsch	....	additional grip
Thomas Landi	....	electrician
Kurt Lennig	....	gaffer
John O'Malley	....	electrician
John Panuccio	....	key rigging grip
Lance Rieck	....	remote camera technician
Joe Ritter	....	assistant camera
Dave Rudolph	....	electrician
Darren Ryan	....	video assist operator
Michele SchianodiCola	....	electrician
Jaime Segschneider	....	second assistant camera
Chris Skutch	....	best boy grip
Craig Striano	....	grip
John Tanzer	....	electrician
David Taylor	....	grip
David J. Thompson	....	Steadicam operator
David J. Thompson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Steve Ware	....	electrician
J. Dan Wright	....	electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
David St-Amant	....	animator

Casting Department
Sophia M. Costas	....	extras casting
Kevin Kuffa	....	casting assistant
Sidaya Sherwood	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pam Aaron	....	set costumer
Stephanie Biear	....	seamstress
Wendy M. Craig	....	key set costumer
Trayce Gigi Field	....	assistant costume designer
Kristin Ilagan	....	wardrobe production assistant
Joseph La Corte	....	costumer: Ms. Thurman and Ms. Wood
Marcia Patten	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate producer
John Evans	....	first assistant editor
Rick Grayson	....	first assistant editor
Steve Mirkovich	....	additional editor
Kiran Pallegadda	....	first assistant editor
Missy Papageorge	....	digital intermediate producer
Faust Pierfederici	....	digital preview colorist
Alex Romano	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
Kurt Smith	....	color timer
Matt Tassone	....	first assistant editor
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3
Jorge Tanaka	....	digital intermediate assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
George Doering	....	musician: guitar
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor
James Horner	....	musician: piano
Aaron Martin	....	music score programmer
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Philip Tallman	....	music editor
Ian Underwood	....	music score programmer
Sylvia Wells	....	music scoring supervisor

Transportation Department
Dan Buckman	....	driver: Ms. Thurman
Robert Buckman	....	driver

Other crew
Ernesto Alcalde	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Bartol	....	assistant: Anthony Katagas
Peter Beer	....	production assistant
Adam Bernard	....	key production assistant
Arthur Blum	....	dolly pusher
Kevin Camilleri	....	dailies
Jen Cox	....	production accountant
Adrian Croom	....	set production assistant
Betsy Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Jodi Domanic-Riccio	....	script supervisor: second unit
Katie-Bo Fisher	....	set production assistant
Scott Foster	....	production assistant
Christopher George	....	production assistant
Orit Greenberg	....	location scout
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Heather Harwood	....	location coordinator
Michael Hekmat	....	production assistant
Peter G. Howell	....	production assistant
Aaron Hurvitz	....	location assistant
Robyn Kubena	....	assistant: Mr. Butan (as Robyn Heath)
Lindsay Maiello	....	location assistant
Sean Mayo	....	location production assistant
Grant McFadden	....	assistant: Vadim Perelman
Matthew Monaco	....	accounting clerk
Michael Nickodem	....	location manager
Molly O'Keefe	....	production assistant
Amy Ostrower	....	post-production accountant
Anthony Pettine	....	script supervisor
Dylan Press	....	set production assistant
William Sepulveda	....	co-key craft service
Christopher Sergeeff	....	stand-in
Joshua Shull	....	location scout
Frances Simonovich	....	production coordinator
Luke Smith	....	shop man
Eugene Stamos	....	additional craft service
Izabella Tzenkova	....	assistant: Mr. Perelman
Eva Vedock	....	key craft service
Jeffrey Zaks	....	assistant: Mr. Butan (as Jeff Zaks)
Russ Klein	....	set production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Paula Bolden	....	special thanks
Pamela Brown	....	special thanks
Mark Dixon	....	special thanks: Connecticut commission on culture & tourism
Anne Hubbel	....	special thanks (as Ann Hubbel)
Lila Javan	....	special thanks
Stanley Nowak	....	special thanks
Mike Spera	....	special thanks
James Urbaniak	....	special thanks
Rene Vas	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• 2929 Productions

Distributors

• Amero PT (2008) (Indonesia) (theatrical)
• Best Film CO (2008) (Poland) (theatrical)
• DesperaDo (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (2008) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Mediafilm (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Nikkatsu (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TVA Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• United King Films (2008) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Vertice Cine (2009) (Spain) (theatrical)
• David Distribucion (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Film1 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Noble Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Noble Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Pancinema (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• Paradise Group (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Element FX

Other Companies

• 424 Post  sound post-production
• Available Light Productions  lighting equipment
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Dawn Animal Agency  animals
• K.A.S. Lighting  camera cranes and dollies
• K.A.S. Lighting  lighting equipment
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Navesync  24 frame video playback
• Notch  dailies telecine
• Pacific Title  end titles
• Sonic Magic  additional sound editing and mixing
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production
• Sony Pictures Studios  re-recording services (as Sony Pictures Studio William Holden Theatre)
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violent and disturbing content, language and brief drug use

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Poland:18 | USA:R (certificate #43660) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Japan:PG-12 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA (2011)

Filming Locations:

Darien, Connecticut, USA

Company:

2929 Productions

Trivia:

The names of the 26 victims seen on the memorial and the banner (with the exception of prominent characters such as Maureen and Mr. MacLeod) are the names of members of the production crew who worked on the film.

Quotes:

Maureen:How did you do on that test?
Young Diana:I did ok, I got the one about the heart...
Young Diana:I don't really think that's true though, Maureen - -about it being the strongest muscle...
Young Diana:[crying] I don't think in my case it is at all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Teen Wolf: The Tell (#1.5)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

She's Not There

Absolutely Perfect!

How did this movie slip by the general public without rave reviews and heavy box office? Some studio missed making a bundle by not producing and distributing this film. Granted, I watched the DVD, having few choices this week from Netflix and from the first chord of James Horner's mesmerizing musical score, I was drawn in unlike any film I've seen this year and I usually see up in the thousands per year. Uma and Evan Rachel have never been better. The extras on the DVD are spoilers so watch the feature first. I was so entranced by each scene that when the final scene appeared, I didn't have a clue as the script was so tightly written. The novel's author was first a poet and her hand at prose is equally as good. I watched it a second time immediately to watch for clues and flaws...there were none. The director, DP, writer, set designer, and the entire cast are ALL Oscar worthy. Maybe the Independent Spirit Awards will heap honors on it next winter. I can see how the film might turn off teen viewers, but to regular adult moviegoers, do NOT miss this movie!