Kabluey (2007)

Director:

Scott Prendergast

Writer (WGA):

Scott Prendergast (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Every family has a black sheep. This one is blue.

Plot:

Inept Salman comes to help his sister-in-law tend to his holy terror nephews while Salman's brother is off fighting in Iraq...

Plot Keywords:

Corporate | Blue | Mascot | Black Comedy | Boss

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Lisa Kudrow	...	Leslie
Scott Prendergast	...	Salman
Christine Taylor	...	Betty
Conchata Ferrell	...	Kathleen
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Brad
Chris Parnell	...	Frank
Teri Garr	...	Suze
Angela Sarafyan	...	Ramona
Patricia Buckley	...	Elizabeth P.
Cameron Wofford	...	Cameron
Landon Henninger	...	Lincoln
Raquel Gavia	...	Esme
Bill Toney	...	Thermos Man
Nick Holden	...	Leonard
Matt Hensarling	...	Jared
D'Anthony Palms	...	Harrison
Austin Chittim	...	Valentine
Donald Stewart	...	Security Guard
Emily Kaye	...	Beth
Elise Ballard	...	Sarah
Katherine Willis	...	Veronica
Step Rowe	...	Gina
Cassandra L. Small	...	Sandra (as Cassandra Small)
Vivan Dugré	...	Missy Valdez St. Muffington
Googy Gress	...	Annoyed Customer
Rhoades Rader	...	The Cheese
Douglas J. Sutherland	...	Officer Williams (as Doug Sutherland)
Ryan Peterson	...	Officer Sonoma
Nicole Brandt	...	Yelling Roommate
Melissa Joulwan	...	Mean Roommate
Charlie Melfi	...	Skater Punk #1
Daniel Ballard	...	Skater Punk #2
Phil Thoden	...	Noah
Janet Rotblatt	...	Voice of Mother in Law (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gene Cervenka	...	Partygoer
Dalton Wyatt
Julian Haddad	...	Featured Extra (uncredited)
Elizabeth Hannah	...	Betsy the Copier (uncredited)
Samantha Inoue Harte	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Denman Powers	...	Grocery Store Employee (uncredited)
Cyrus Thompson	...	Kingston / Birthday Boy (uncredited)
Evie Thompson	...	Actress (uncredited)

Directed by
Scott Prendergast

Writing credits (WGA)
Scott Prendergast		(written by)

Produced by
Jeff Balis	....	producer
Vivan Dugré	....	associate producer
Sarah Feinberg-Galan	....	executive producer (as Sarah Feinberg)
Ryan Peterson	....	co-producer
Rhoades Rader	....	producer
Rick Rosenthal	....	producer
Gary Dean Simpson	....	producer
Joshua J. Smith	....	associate producer
Nancy Stephens	....	executive producer
Douglas J. Sutherland	....	producer

Original Music by
Roddy Bottum

Cinematography by
Michael Lohmann

Film Editing by
Lawrence A. Maddox		(as Lawrence Maddox)

Casting by
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
Walter Barnett

Set Decoration by
Amy Bell

Costume Design by
Lisa Barnes

Makeup Department
Terri Ewton	....	makeup department head
Diane Hardin	....	key makeup artist
Leola Perez	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jacob Mosler	....	post-production supervisor
Joshua J. Smith	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bobby Bastarache	....	first assistant director
Vanessa Gaitan	....	second second assistant director
Glen Moorman	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Yvonne Boudreaux	....	assistant art director
Michael Bricker	....	set dresser
Donald C Roose III	....	carpenter (as Don Roose III)
Brandon Campbell	....	prop sculptor
Barrett Crake	....	assistant property master (as Barrett Eidson)
Ashley Frith	....	art intern
Michael Hersey	....	property master (as Mike Hersey)
Michel Orion Scott	....	lead man (as Michel O. Scott)
Suzanne Stover	....	buyer

Sound Department
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Ben Lazard	....	boom operator
Benjamin Lowry	....	sound mixer
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Michel Mazza	....	sound editor
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Eric Reuveni	....	adr mixer
Miguel Rivera	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Le-An Tran	....	sound department intern
Robert Troy	....	dialogue editor
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Steve Krieger	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Lee Long	....	animator

Stunts
Scott Roland	....	stunt coordinator
Jeff Schwan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Trey Cartwright	....	electrician
Ricardo Diaz	....	additional second assistant camera
Cale Finot	....	key first assistant camera
Jeremy Guillory	....	grip
Joe Lara	....	grip
John T. Martin	....	grip
Mike 'Electric' Mervilde Jr.	....	gaffer
Edward A. Navarro	....	best boy electric
Brian Nelligan	....	video assist operator
Trevor Doyle Nelson	....	second assistant camera (as Trevor Nelson)
Georgia Pierson	....	grip
Aaron Randall	....	best boy electric
Justin Reusch	....	electrician
Scott Weatherford	....	camera production assistant
Gerard Martin	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)

Animation Department
Dave Ciaccio	....	animator
Dennis Hadley	....	key animator

Casting Department
Letty Chavarria	....	extras casting coordinator
Kellie Gesell	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Heidi Howell	....	set costumer
Stephanie Keeton	....	set costumer
Andie Thornton	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Bruce A. Franklin	....	assistant editor
Elizabeth Hannah	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Utah Carol	....	musician
Dean Menta	....	music editor
Robert ToTeras	....	composer: additional music
Robin Urdang	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Ryan Abrams	....	picture car coordinator
Alex E. Burns	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Beatrice Bellino	....	script supervisor
Lauren Bickford	....	production assistant
Gary Michael Clark	....	production accountant
Mark Andrew Clark	....	acquisitions executive
Erik Collins	....	stand-in
Greg Deist	....	production assistant
Nicholas DiCenzo	....	craft service
Nicholas DiCenzo	....	production assistant
John Donofrio	....	location assistant
Cole Fowler	....	intern
Cole Fowler	....	production assistant
Jose Angel Hernandez	....	location manager
Laura King	....	set medic
Carlos La Rotta	....	production assistant
Erin Larson	....	stand-in
Amelia Luton	....	production assistant
Laura Maurer	....	assistant location manager
John Michael Midura	....	production assistant
Adam Moroz	....	electronic press kit
Carrie Olsen-Wright	....	production assistant
Amy Soto	....	key set production assistant
Shayla Storms	....	locations key
Sarah Wilke	....	craft service

Thanks
Suzanne Summerlin Tzuanos	....	special thanks
Karina Wilson	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Whitewater Films

Distributors

• Regent Releasing (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Be Best in DVD (BBI-DVD) (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Cinemax (2009) (Hungary) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual material including a crude reference, and brief strong language

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Whitewater Films

Trivia:

Characters "Cameron" and "Lincoln" are based on the Director's real life nephews Wilson and Logan. The real boys appear alongside the child actors portraying them in the large birthday party scene.

Quotes:

Kathleen:Do you suffocate?

Movie Connections:

References "Tales of the City" (1993)

Quirky comedy finds humor in ordinary aspects of life

The really amazing thing about Kabluey is the celebrity cast Scott Prendergast puts together. Not only is the film made on a shoe-string budget (no trailers or amenities folks!), but this is Prendergast's first feature length film! Topping that, he writes, directs and stars in it! After the film ended, Prendergast tells us that his co-star, Lisa Kudrow, actually phoned him up one morning and told him in person she'd do the film. He'd sent her a script directly. Apparently, after she signed on, several other stars (including Teri Garr and Christine Taylor) followed suit.

Not only is the cast of characters spot on, but the film itself certainly delivers a wide spectrum of joyous emotions. I felt joy throughout the film, but that joy ranged from laugh-out-loud funny, to giddiness, to emotions that made me feel like I should cry but still made me feel happy. Either way, I was quite amused and had a smile on my face the entire time.

The quirky concept of the film is an oddball kind of guy, Salman, trying to help his sister-in-law with her two, non-stop ruckus driven brats, while her husband is away in Iraq. Salman ends up getting a seemingly useless job as a guy who dresses up in a huge blue, faceless suit and hands out flyers promoting office space for rent at a glorious expanse of a building so large and magnificent and yet, so empty. I asked the writer/director about the company during the Q&A session and he said he'd manufactured it after these grand buildings owned by bankrupt and defunct dot com companies, who'd busted.

Prendergast finds humor in so many ordinary parts of life. This, coupled with his ability to tell a story by only showing its aftermath, makes me think we'll be seeing quite a bit more of him on screen and behind the scenes. Prendergast received a round of applause when he announced Kabluey had been picked up and will be distributed, with a theatrical release, sometime next year. It's blurific!