Reservation Road (2007)

Director:

Terry George

Writers (WGA):

John Burnham Schwartz (screenplay) and
Terry George (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 November 2007 (Israel)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

To find the truth, you have to find who's hiding it.

Plot:

On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital...

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Red Sox | Accident | Investigation | Loss Of Son

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix	...	Ethan Learner
Elle Fanning	...	Emma
Jennifer Connelly	...	Grace Learner
Sean Curley	...	Josh
Samuel Ryan Finn	...	Cello Player
Eddie Alderson	...	Lucas
Mark Ruffalo	...	Dwight Arno
Susan Powell	...	Elegant Parent
Cordell Clyde	...	Jimmy McBride (as Cordell Clyde Lochin)
Antoni Corone	...	Sergeant Burke
Kevin Herbst	...	Driving Trooper
Mira Sorvino	...	Ruth Wheldon
Gary Kohn	...	Norris Wheldon
John Slattery	...	Steve Cutter
Nora Ferrari	...	Nora Fannelli
Linda Dano	...	Grandmother
John Rothman	...	Minister
Geisha Otero	...	Blanca
Brett Haley	...	Brett
Sinead Daly	...	American Girl
Armin Amiri	...	Rashid
Johnathan Tchaikovsky	...	Jock (as Johnny Tchaikovsky)
Lee Goffin-Bonenfant	...	Student
Americk Lewis	...	African American Student
Danny Johnson	...	Investigating Trooper
Bill Camp	...	Desk Trooper
Stephanie Weyman	...	Cheryl
Raum-Aron	...	Gerry
Debra Robinson	...	Parent
Michael Anzalone	...	Dwight's Neighbor
David Anzuelo	...	Raul
Julián Rebolledo	...	News Announcer (voice)
Peter Pamela Rose	...	News Announcer (voice)
Kathryn Markey	...	News Announcer (voice)
Ross Klavan	...	News Announcer (voice) (as Ross Klaven)
Sean Oliver	...	Podcast (voice)
Blanca Camacho	...	Podcast (voice)
Jason Harris	...	Podcast (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennis Albanese	...	Father (uncredited)
Mary Kate Malat	...	Child in Recital (uncredited)
Robert Nardi	...	Amusement Park Parent (uncredited)

Directed by
Terry George

Writing credits (WGA)
John Burnham Schwartz		(screenplay) and
Terry George		(screenplay)
John Burnham Schwartz		(novel)

Produced by
A. Kitman Ho	....	producer
Dean M. Leavitt	....	executive producer
Gina Resnick	....	executive producer
Nick Wechsler	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Isham

Cinematography by
John Lindley

Film Editing by
Naomi Geraghty

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich

Production Design by
Ford Wheeler

Art Direction by
Kim Jennings

Set Decoration by
Chryss Hionis

Costume Design by
Catherine George

Makeup Department
Jerry DeCarlo	....	department head hair (as Jerrold DeCarlo)
Lori Hicks	....	department head makeup
Sandra Linn Koepper	....	key makeup artist
Jackie Payne	....	key hair stylist (as Jacqueline Payne)
Joseph Whitmeyer	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Kelley Cribben	....	post-production supervisor
Lori Johnson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chris DeAngelis	....	second second assistant director
Eric Henriquez	....	first assistant director: second unit
A. Kitman Ho	....	second unit director
Eddie Micallef	....	second assistant director
Glen Trotiner	....	first assistant director
Xanthus Valan	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Shannon Canfield	....	set dresser
William J. Canfield	....	set dresser
Sarah Chase	....	set dresser: additonal photography
Ray Fisher	....	leadman
Yolan Fisher	....	assistant props
Shelly Goldhar	....	graphic artist
Theresa Gonzalez	....	scenic industrial
Deborah Greene	....	assistant set decorator
Mario Herrera	....	charge scenic artist
Philip Kennedy	....	camera scenic
David Kleinstein	....	set dresser
Eric M. Metzger	....	assistant property master
Marcus Migliore	....	set dresser
John Millard	....	on-set dresser
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator: additional photography
Ronnie Petagna	....	carpenter
Ruben Rodas	....	assistant property master
Jeffrey Rollins	....	property master
Kimberly Slosek	....	assistant props
Richard Tenewitz	....	construction coordinator
Robert Zorella	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Gary Alper	....	sound
Scott Cannizzaro	....	adr engineer
Bob Chefalas	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Rick Chefalas	....	first assistant sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Suzanne Goldish	....	sound intern
Lewis Goldstein	....	supervising sound editor
Lawrence Herman	....	sound re-recordist
Bret Johnson	....	sound re-recordist
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Allen Lau	....	apprentice sound editor
Paloma Mele	....	assistant adr editor
Tyler Parkinson	....	pre-record engineer
Lenny Rabinowitz	....	adr recording engineer
Bobby Roelofs	....	additional sound utility
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Jason Stasium	....	ProTools playback mixer
Jason Stasium	....	sound utility
Paul Urmson	....	sound
Steven Utt	....	adr recordist
Steven Visscher	....	supervising foley editor
Deborah Wallach	....	adr editor
Rusty Dunn	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Doug Coleman	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Christopher Ian Hayes	....	digital effects artist
Ted Markovic	....	digital effects artist
Robert Pik	....	Flame operator
Bob Wiatr	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Tony Noel	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator (as George Aquilar)
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Paul Marini	....	stunts
Eddie Micallef	....	stunts
Anthony Molinari	....	stunts
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunt coordinator (as Stephen Pope)
Bryan Farrell Wilson	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Anthony Molinari	....	stunt double: Mark Ruffalo (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Wesley Battle	....	grip
James R. Belletier	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Jim Belletier)
Fred Cohen	....	electrician
Stephen Consentino	....	Steadicam operator
Stephen Consentino	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Craig DiBona	....	camera operator: second unit
Craig DiBona	....	director of photography: second unit
Glen Engels	....	best boy grip
Richard Guinness Jr.	....	key grip
Chris Henry	....	electrician
Marc Hirschfeld	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Petr Hlinomaz	....	gaffer: second unit
Billy Kerwick	....	key rigging grip
Christopher Koch	....	grip
Sal Lanza	....	key grip: second unit
Gus Limberis	....	camera loader (as Constantine Limberis)
Manuel Agusto Lopez	....	electrician
Brian C. Mackey	....	loader: second unit (as Brian Mackey)
Chuck Maloney	....	lamp operator
John Marcotte	....	grip
Robert McGavin	....	rigging gaffer (as Robert J. McGavin)
Tim Metivier	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Timothy Metivier)
Derek Murphy	....	best boy electric
Macall B. Polay	....	still photographer
Brent Poleski	....	dolly grip
Lance Rieck	....	remote camera technician
Daniel D. Sariano	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Danny Sariano)
Joseph Sciretta	....	gaffer
Pierson Silver	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark Stetz	....	Genny operator
John Tanzer	....	gaffer: second unit
Alexis van Kersen Li	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Adam Hall	....	set grip (uncredited)
Chris Henry	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Jarrod Kloiber	....	set electrician (uncredited)
Dennis A. Livesey	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Roy Nowlin	....	electrician (uncredited)
Craig Striano	....	crane operator: Technocrane (uncredited)
Vance Tucker	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sophia M. Costas	....	extras casting
Lee Genick	....	extras casting
Jocelyn E. Thomas	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Anzalone	....	costume supervisor
Cameron Folan	....	costume production assistant
Erica Furey	....	additional wardrobe (as Erika Furey)
Rebecca Hofherr	....	assistant costume designer
Kathy Karbowski	....	costume supervisor (as Katherine Karbowski)
Kate Quinlan	....	key costumer
Lauren Valentine	....	costume production assistant

Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras	....	film color timer
Chris Gennarelli	....	dailies colorist
Jennifer Lame	....	apprentice editor
Jennifer Lilly	....	assistant editor
Arturo Sosa	....	first assistant editor
Gardner Gould	....	post-production intern (uncredited)

Music Department
Constance E. Barrett	....	cello tutor: Sean Curley
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Budd Carr	....	music supervisor
Joseph S. DeBeasi	....	music editor
Nora Felder	....	music supervisor
Andrew Findon	....	musician: clarinet solos (as Andy Findon)
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Mark Isham	....	musician: piano solos
Cindy O'Connor	....	orchestrator
John Orford	....	musician: bassoon solos
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
D'Anne Rygg	....	piano instructor: Elle Fanning
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
James Shearman	....	conductor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Kathleen Theisen	....	piano instructor: Elle Fanning
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: principal cello

Transportation Department
Edward Devereaux II	....	transportation co-captain
Amber R. Kirsch	....	transportation
Charles Spillane	....	transportation captain
Timothy Stephens	....	driver: honeywagon

Other crew
Mara Alcaly	....	location production assistant
Taylor Black	....	production secretary
Harrison Bohrman	....	accounting clerk
Fallon Brooking	....	adr loop group
Ellen Athena Catsikeas	....	assistant location manager
James Crispino	....	production assistant
David Crommett	....	adr loop group
Connor Driscoll	....	office production assistant
T.J. Federico	....	set production assistant
Erica Fishman	....	production assistant
Sarah Follett	....	set location assistant
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant
Steve Gilbaud	....	production accountant
Orit Greenberg	....	location scout
Matt Grimm	....	assistant to producer
Gretely Hailyn	....	photo-double: Elle Fanning
Gretely Hailyn	....	stand-in: Elle Fanning
Brett Haley	....	assistant to director
Kevin Holland	....	adr loop group
Jonathan Hova	....	adr loop group
Ashley Kravitz	....	legal clearances
Antony Langdon	....	assistant: Mr. Phoenix
Yana Collins Lehman	....	post-production accountant
Jessica Lichtner	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Madeloff	....	assistant production office coordinator
Ernie Malik	....	publicist
Sarah Manowitz	....	production assistant
Rosa Mayer	....	asset manager
Sean Mayo	....	location assistant
Spike McClure	....	adr loop group
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Technocrane
Christie Moreau	....	adr loop group
Len Murach	....	location scout
Mario Nila	....	production assistant
Isabella Palmieri	....	adr loop group
Paul Pangman	....	film runner
Joe Piasecki	....	set production assistant
Judy Richter	....	consultant
Michael A. Rizzo	....	production assistant
Holly S. Rymon	....	production office coordinator
Harry Sando Jr.	....	additional set production assistant
William Sepulveda	....	co-key craft service
Shayna Shaskin	....	adr loop group
Missy Simms	....	welfare/studio teacher
Eugene Stamos	....	craft service
Rose Stockton	....	adr loop group
Jonathan Sunderman	....	production assistant
Miriam Tielmann	....	additional production assistant
Lou Ursone	....	stand-in: Mark Ruffalo
Eva Vedock	....	key craft service
Sarah Wang	....	production assistant
Thomas J. Whelan	....	location manager
Bruce Winant	....	adr loop group
Neil Winterlich	....	research consultant
Zach Wolf	....	production assistant
Jake Worden	....	key production assistant: second unit
Jamie H. Zelermyer	....	production executive
Sean Oliver	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Focus Features
• Random House Films
• Reservation Road
• Miracle Pictures
• Nick Wechsler Productions
• Volume One

Distributors

• Focus Features (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Best Film CO (2008) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Broadmedia Studios (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Paris Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Burbank Casting  extras casting
• C5  post-production sound services
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Manhattan Transfer  adr facility
• Monkeyland Audio  adr recording
• Pivotal Post  avid editing systems provided by
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Soundtrack  sound mixing facility
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting

Also Known As:

Ein einziger Augenblick (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:14A | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Hong Kong:IIA | Brazil:12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Peru:14 | South Korea:12 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Company:

Focus Features

Goofs:

Continuity: Johnny Damon is seen batting when Lucas takes a call from his mom. As Dwight (Mark Ruffalo) speaks with her on the phone a crack of the bat is heard. The crowd stands up and watches as Manny Ramirez rounds the bases, presumably after hitting a home run. Johnny Damon is nowhere to be seen.

Quotes:

Grace Learner: Mrs. Wheldon was wondering if you'd like to play in the school concert. Maybe practice with her after school. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
Emma Learner: Can you hear music if you're in Heaven?
Grace Learner: [pauses] Yes.
Emma Learner: Okay, then. I'll do it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-10-20)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Merry Go Round

not "In the Bedroom" or "Mystic River", but approaching them

I didn't know what "Reservation Road" was about when I started watching it. Not knowing the plot makes the movie hit you more. After an unfortunate event, the two families involved (neither of whom knows who the other is) inadvertently become more and more intertwined. Each time that another link gets revealed, you know that you're getting closer and closer to something ugly.

The characters, although not the best that I've seen in movies, were certainly worthwhile. Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix) remains totally despondent about his son's death and the fact that the killer hasn't been caught. Ethan's wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly) wants to move on with her life and finds it regrettable that Ethan obsesses on one topic. Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo), who caused the accident, spends most of the movie bothered by his actions and wanting to right the wrongs, but worried about what might result. At times, each of the characters come across as somewhat repulsive, but you still understand why they behave as they do.

Some people might liken this movie to "In the Bedroom" and "Mystic River". "Reservation Road" certainly deals with similar themes, although I wouldn't actually put it in the same league as those other two. This movie seems a little bit more sensationalistic, and as though it's trying to do the same as the other two. But overall, I thought that it's a good movie, and I would recommend it. Also starring Mira Sorvino and Elle Fanning.