The Speed of Thought (2011)

Director:

Evan Oppenheimer

Writer:

Evan Oppenheimer

Release Date:

2011 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Scopers. They know everything but the truth.

Plot:

Joshua Lazarus has a special gift -- but will this gift destroy him before he can escape to freedom with his newly found soul mate?

Plot Keywords:

Telepath | Soul Mate | Elephant | Zoo Animals | Drugs

Cast

Nick Stahl	...	Joshua Lazarus
Mía Maestro	...	Anna Manheim
Taryn Manning	...	Kira
Blair Brown	...	Bridger
Wallace Shawn	...	Sandy
Stefania Tortorella	...	Emily / Vanessa
Mike Romano	...	Bobby
Jorge Sabate	...	Diaz (as Jorge Sabaté)
Alan Brooks	...	Smith
Alvaro Ciapesone	...	Weston
Jacqueline Henderson	...	First Woman in Bar
Juan Luis Granato	...	Man in Bar
Marina Artigas	...	Slinky Woman
Zina	...	Third Woman in Bar
Florencia Canton	...	Clown
Harry Havilio	...	Ephraim Lazarus (as Harry Havillio)
Alvaro Pozzolo	...	Yuri
Evan Oppenheimer	...	Boris (as Evan Lee Oppenheimer)
Alan Cox	...	Alexei
Julio DePietro	...	Tarmac NSA Agent
Joshua Oppenheimer	...	Tarmac NSA Agent (as Josh Oppenheimer)
Terrence Gray	...	NSA Agent with earpiece
Erik Palladino	...	Butler
Iván Espeche	...	Murdoch
Belen Loiacono	...	Chrissie
Barbara Parks	...	City Voice (voice)
Nathaniel Morgan	...	City Voice (voice)
Zoe Oppenheimer	...	City Voice (voice)
Michael Tarrant	...	NSA Agent with drugs
Alex Noyes	...	City Voice (voice)
Sophocles Jones	...	City Voice (voice)
Michelle Bablo	...	City Voice (voice)
Peter Levin	...	City Voice (voice)
Timothy Anderson	...	City Voice (voice)
Becca Palmer	...	City Voice (voice)
Jessica Vargus	...	Other Voice (voice)
Pamela Maurice	...	Other Voice (voice)
Jamila Weintraub	...	Other Voice (voice)
Allegra Weintraub	...	Other Voice (voice)
Michele Buster	...	Other Voice (voice)
Jessica Peterson	...	Other Voice (voice)
David Shor	...	Other Voice (voice)

Directed by
Evan Oppenheimer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Evan Oppenheimer

Produced by
Nicolas Aznarez	....	co-producer
Joshua Oppenheimer	....	executive producer
Chris Romano	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrew Gross

Cinematography by
Luke Geissbuhler

Film Editing by
Allison Eve Zell

Casting by
Felicia Fasano

Production Design by
Beth Mickle

Makeup Department
Florencia Canton	....	assistant makeup artist
Anne Mistak	....	key makeup artist
Fabiana Moretti	....	makeup artist
Juan Piccininno	....	hair stylist (as Juan Pichinino)

Production Management
Jason F. Brown	....	production manager: New York
Dave Donars	....	manager production operations
Carolina Sastre	....	production manager
Maximiliano Vila	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Agustín Aznarez	....	second assistant director
Lisa De Fuso	....	first assistant director
Alex Foster	....	second assistant director
Bruce Hall	....	first assistant director: New York
Guillermo Rocamora	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mike Romano	....	leadman
Mariana Urriza	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Brian Gregory	....	sound mixer: New York
Peter Levin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Levin	....	supervising sound editor
Alex Noyes	....	sound editor
Fabián Oliver	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
John Bair	....	visual effects supervisor
Flavio Caiafa	....	visual effects producer
Vivian Connolly	....	visual effects producer
Peter Heady	....	DI finishing artist
Roque Papa	....	visual effects producer
Aaron Raff	....	digital artist
Emiliano Stefanach	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jessica Bennett	....	key grip: New York
Nando Calvette	....	electrician
Sebastian Chape	....	electrician
Philip Dixon	....	gaffer: New York (as Phil Dixon)
Alex Eaton	....	first assistant camera: New York
José Luis Garcia	....	grip
Ignacio Guani	....	first assistant camera
Alec Jarnagin	....	Steadicam operator
Franziska S. Lewis	....	second assistant camera: New York
Jonathan Miller	....	assistant camera
Gustavo Perez	....	key grip
Federico Polleri	....	gaffer
Quique Pérez	....	electrician assistant
Gonzalo Regules	....	second assistant camera
Simon Shen	....	electrician: New York
Zenfeek	....	best boy electric: New York

Casting Department
Lia Olivera	....	casting assistant
Santiago Turell	....	casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Dominguez	....	wardrobe
Valentina Luque	....	wardrobe assistant
Ines Pinion	....	wardrobe assistant
Maria Sacco	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Chris Beardsley	....	technician: Arriscan
Omar Daher	....	additional editor
Justine Halliday	....	additional editor
Greg King	....	associate editor
Jean Lane	....	digital intermediate producer
Tim Spitzer	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Blase Theodore	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Dino Dumandan	....	composer: additional music
Daniel Rothblum	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Diego Arduino	....	transportation captain
Pablo Cardoso	....	driver
Horacio Correa	....	driver
Roberto Hors	....	driver (as Roberto Horse)
Ricardo Lisorio	....	driver
Daniel Machado	....	driver
Ricardo Oyenard	....	driver
Eduardo Silva Porto	....	driver
Fabricio Rodriguez	....	driver

Other crew
Jesse Davidson	....	key location manager
Jonathan Gray	....	production counsel
Terrence Gray	....	executive: Black Sand Pictures
Roberto Hamilton	....	executive: Black Sand Pictures
Iris Jyoung	....	production coordinator
Kim Ludlow	....	script supervisor
Kimberly Ludlow	....	script supervisor
Erica Parise	....	location manager
Jim Wallick	....	executive: Black Sand Pictures

Thanks
John Axelrad	....	special thanks
Richard Blackstone	....	special thanks
Jeffrey Blitz	....	special thanks
Richard Bosely	....	special thanks
Douglas Burke	....	special thanks
Michele Buster	....	special thanks
Tom Capellini	....	special thanks
Breck Eisner	....	special thanks
Philip Finch	....	special thanks
Ed Gildred	....	special thanks
Morton Glickman	....	special thanks
Affonso Gonçalves	....	special thanks
Andrew Howells	....	special thanks
Millie Hsyu	....	special thanks
Greg King	....	special thanks
Andreas Kraebber	....	special thanks
Jeannette Levenson	....	special thanks
Lia Levenson	....	special thanks
Robert Levine	....	special thanks
David Loeb	....	special thanks
Peter Lurye	....	special thanks
Rob Lynch	....	special thanks
Keith Neruda	....	special thanks
Eliza Oppenheimer	....	special thanks
Joshua Oppenheimer	....	dedicatee
Lucy Oppenheimer	....	dedicatee
Martin Oppenheimer	....	special thanks
Suzi Oppenheimer	....	special thanks
Zoe Oppenheimer	....	special thanks
Jennienne People-Burke	....	special thanks
Jeff Pine	....	special thanks
Aaron Raff	....	special thanks
Ralph Roe	....	special thanks
Andrés Rosenblatt	....	special thanks
Andrea Rutherford	....	special thanks
Kenneth Schapiro	....	special thanks
Marina Schwabic	....	special thanks
Pierluigi Sini	....	special thanks
Brian Swain	....	special thanks
Michele Swain	....	special thanks
Michael Tarrant	....	special thanks
Gloria Wallick	....	special thanks
Heidi Winston	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• El Camino Films
• Black Sand Pictures
• Soho Screen Productions

Distributors

• Highland Film Group (HFG) (2010) (Non-USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Guerilla Effects
• Animalada

Other Companies

• Goldcrest Post Production New York  post-production facilities
• Gray Krauss Des Rochers  legal services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

El Camino Films

Quotes:

[first lines]
[There is a long aural montage of strangers talking, presumably overheard in their thoughts by Joshua]
Emily:[Emily is chatting on the phone while walking down a busy street at night] I'm supposed to trust you? Trust is earned, my friend. Anyway, get your ass down here. If you take too long, I may be gone.
Joshua Lazarus:[She enters a nightclub and sits at the bar. Joshua approaches her] Hi. My name is Joshua.
Emily:I'm Vanessa.
Joshua Lazarus:Vanessa. You are a...
[he rubs his forehead with his index finger]
Joshua Lazarus:...Virgo.
Emily:I'm not an obvious Virgo.
Joshua Lazarus:It was obvious to me.
[...]

Great Concept, no script, or budget.

Great concept, long tedious scenes, could have been a good 1 hour television show. A lot of time is devoted to actors walking about, with tortured expressions. The location shooting in Uruguay seems to be totally irrelevant to the story, they should have saved that budget, for better writing. While on the plus side it does feature a pretty girl, most of the characters are flat, the bad guys are not intimidating, in fact most of them just look constipated. The special effects, look like they were done on my laptop. I am sure the actors were disappointed with the end result, and that Wallace Shawn probably thought it was "Inconceivable" that it would turn out to be such a stinker. You will want the 2 hours of your life back, by the time it is over.