The Golden Boys (2008)

Director:

Daniel Adams

Writers:

Daniel Adams (written by)
Joseph C. Lincoln (novel)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Three Salty Dogs Seek One Spicy Kitten

Plot:

A romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1905, about three 70-year-old retired sea captains who try to lure an attractive middle-aged woman into marriage. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

David Carradine	...	Capt. Zebulon Hedge
Rip Torn	...	Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Bruce Dern	...	Capt. Perez Ryder
Mariel Hemingway	...	Martha Snow
Charles Durning	...	John Bartlett
Jason Alan Smith	...	Ralph Hazeltine
Christy Scott Cashman	...	Elisabeth Preston
Angelica Page	...	Melissa Busteed (as Angelica Torn)
John Savage	...	Web Saunders
Julie Harris	...	Melodeon Player
Stephen Russell	...	Luther Norris
Stephen Mailer	...	Squealer Wixon
Donald Foley	...	Bluey Bachelder
Miles Herter	...	Dr. Palmer
Jonathan Edwards	...	Rev. Perley
Lila Dupree	...	Pasha Norris
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Evan Keene	...	Fisherman
Joshua Koopman	...	Townsmen
Ryan Stanger	...	Ben
Roger Dillingham Jr.	...	Townsmen (uncredited)
Joseph Guglielmo	...	US Life Saving Service (uncredited)
Peter Jordan	...	Ezekial (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Adams

Writing credits
Daniel Adams		(written by)
Joseph C. Lincoln		(novel "Cap'n Eri")

Produced by
Daniel Adams	....	producer
Anita Devlin	....	co-producer
Chad Doe	....	executive producer
Cassandra Gava	....	associate producer
Brian Gilmore	....	producer
Trish Gonnella	....	co-producer
Matt Janes	....	producer
Howard Katz	....	producer
Michael Mailer	....	producer
Nicolas Stiliadis	....	executive producer
Harris Tulchin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jonathan Edwards

Cinematography by
Philip D. Schwartz

Film Editing by
Stan Cole
Susan Graef

Casting by
Carolyn Pickman

Production Design by
David H. Allen		(as David Allen)

Art Direction by
Anthony Dunne

Costume Design by
Deborah Newhall

Makeup Department
Carla Antonino	....	makeup department head
Frank Barbosa	....	key hair stylist
Paula Dion	....	hair department head

Production Management
Aaron Levine	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Abelson	....	additional second second assistant director
David Blazina	....	second assistant director
Robert Grasmere	....	second unit director
Amanda Hannan	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Abel Barbour	....	set dresser
Joshua Barnatt	....	set dresser
Aimee Butterfield	....	art department coordinator
Roger Danchik	....	leadman
Matt Harrington	....	set dresser
Sarah Hoopes	....	art department production assistant
Deborah Kehs	....	set dresser
Dave Major	....	on-set dresser
Adam McClain	....	carpenter
Janine Moore	....	assistant property master
John F. O'Neil	....	property master
Jeremy M. Pereira	....	scenic artist
Michael Ricci	....	construction coordinator
Cleo Wang	....	art coordinator

Sound Department
Nelson Ferreira	....	sound effects editor
Nelson Ferreira	....	supervising sound editor
Anton Gold	....	sound mixer
Matthew Harrold	....	sound re-recording assistant
Bruce Nyznik	....	adr stage supervisor
Allen Ormerod	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joel Reidy	....	boom operator
Nathan Robitaille	....	sound effects editor
Brad Thornton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tyler Whitham	....	assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Eric Acsell	....	digital compositor
John G. Chalfant	....	3D supervisor
Robert Grasmere	....	visual effects supervisor
Patrick Murphy	....	lead compositor
Rony Soussan	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Mike Burke	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt rigger
Paul Marini	....	stunt performer
Jeff Medeiros	....	utility stunts
David Shumbris	....	stunt double
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator
Anthony Vincent	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Adam D. Bouchard	....	electrician
Jason Bowen	....	generator operator
Robert Bullard	....	first assistant camera
Dave Cambria	....	best boy electric
Dru Dunnaway	....	grip
Jennifer Evans	....	dolly grip
Claire Folger	....	still photographer
Jesse Goldberg	....	lighting technician
Zack Gorman	....	grip
Robert Grasmere	....	director of photography: second unit
Sean Hadley	....	grip
Christian J. Hollyer	....	second assistant camera
Mark Killian	....	camera production assistant
Damon Lemay	....	second assistant camera
Gordon D. Manson	....	electrician
Daryl Richardson	....	key rigging grip
Chuck Rudolph	....	electrician
Walter Stewart	....	gaffer
William Trautvetter	....	camera operator
Ivar Weberg	....	grip
Warren A. Weberg	....	best boy grip
William M. Weberg	....	key grip
Greg Wimer	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Matt Bouldry	....	casting assistant
Anita Devlin	....	extras casting
Peter Dudgeon	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Burke	....	set costumer
Elizabeth Clifford	....	stitcher
Hillary Derby	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Rica Linders	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Carl Zittrer	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Rebecca Rae Adams	....	production assistant
Lisa Arnone	....	script supervisor
Abby Coon	....	location assistant
Frank Davis	....	film runner
Dan Gloeckner	....	key set production assistant
Thomas Goggin	....	set medic
Adam Krane	....	unit production assistant
Albert Krause	....	production accountant
Carissa Marlowe	....	set production assistant
David Neimi	....	location assistant
Katie Packard	....	production secretary
Susan T. Parsons	....	production coordinator
Christina Pitassi	....	first assistant accountant
Brendan Potter	....	set production assistant
Tony Raine	....	assistant location manager
Luke Richard	....	set production assistant
Blythe Robertson	....	assistant production office coordinator
Karen Stark	....	location manager
Brian Hakala	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Tax Credit Finance
• West Wind Productions

Distributors

• Roadside Attractions (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)

Other Companies

• Capitoline Global Finance  funding
• Cinema Mechanics  grip and lighting equipment
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Haddad's  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and smoking

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Tax Credit Finance

Trivia:

Peter Boyle was originally cast, but he died before shooting began.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Modern crossing signal and related equipment appear in long shot when three main characters are running down the tracks.

Charming and Interesting Historical Romantic Comedy Drama

The Golden Boys is a film that is easy to miss. The cast is everyone you know but has no A-list stars. The plot of three captains now retired looking for a woman who will be marry any one of them and so become a permanent housekeeper is nothing special. Yet at the heart of this lies something rather wonderful: it is a tale about people who care more deeply for each other and the place they live in than just for themselves.

The settings, costuming, and filming are all delightful. Set in 1905 there has been a real effort to recreate the interiors and exteriors in such a way that you smell the lavender water and the sea water.

The actor who shines in this is David Carradine - here, rather than trying to be the cool actor, he is rather the mature one, the dependable one, and as this was to become of his last films, it's kind of an odd role for him, yet one that seems more right than many of his others. Hemingway is as ever gorgeous, and here, her character is sense and sensibility at its best.

All in all, this is a wistful, good valued small film, and nicely sentimental without saccharine. If you wish you could have lived in simpler times then this is a film for you.