Remarkable Power (2008)

Director:

Brandon Beckner

Writers:

Brandon Beckner (writer) and
Scott Sampila (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Guru | Media | TV Show Host | Infidelity

Cast

Whitney Able	...	Candy
Tom Arnold	...	Van Hagen
Jordan Belfi	...	Skip
Sandra Hess	...	Cynthia West
Dulé Hill	...	Reggie
Kip Pardue	...	Preston
Evan Peters	...	Ross
Jack Plotnick	...	Moses
Johnny Messner	...	Doug Wade
Kevin Nealon	...	Jack West
Bob Sapp	...	Tiny
Christopher Titus	...	JP Zahn
Steve Vinovich	...	Bill
Nora Zehetner	...	Athena
Lisa Arturo	...	Trish
Stephen Keys	...	Damon
Jason Cottle	...	Ed Vega
Adam Gregor	...	Vlado
Vlad Schiau	...	Gustav
Ed Ackerman	...	Detective Shaver
C.J. Byrnes	...	Detective Mack
Dimitri Diatchenko	...	Ivan
Donna Pieroni	...	Fran
Michael Healey	...	Ray
Bill Lee Brown	...	Preacher
Jeff Whalen	...	Rocker
Candice Coke	...	Sophie
Edie Dearing	...	News Anchor
James Patrick Stuart	...	News Anchor
Navia Nguyen	...	Reporter
Joelle Carter	...	Reporter
Claire Coffee	...	Dana
Cisco Reyes	...	Chavo
Ray Klein	...	Tim
Chris McNair	...	Mike
Joseph Fatale	...	Mini Gene
Robert Linwood Doak III	...	Mini Paul
Wilbur Mullett	...	Mini Ace
Travis Ellis	...	Mini Peter
Nicole Simone	...	Costume Shop Girl
Chris Hodge	...	Skinhead 1
H. Charles Parrish	...	Skinhead 2
John Jabaley	...	Morgue Attendant
David Alan Graf	...	Security Guard
Natalie Lawrence	...	Skip's Assistant
Chris Vandam	...	Little Jack West
David Heim	...	Travis
Brian Sommers	...	Dead Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rick Mattoon	...	Charlie Sizzle (archive footage)
Don Abernathy	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Mueen Jahan Ahmad	...	Vendor (uncredited)
Rossie Cottrell	...	Island Girl (uncredited)
Edward James Gage	...	Pops (uncredited)
Reedy Gibbs	...	Dr. Seaver (uncredited)
Julio Leal	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Shannon McGann	...	Hot Chick (uncredited)
Bob Sattler	...	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Kaily Smith	...	Kaily (uncredited)

Directed by
Brandon Beckner

Writing credits
Brandon Beckner		(writer)
Scott Sampila		writer

Produced by
Tom Arnold	....	executive producer
Mykel Denis	....	producer
David Florimbi	....	executive producer
Jerod Foos	....	executive producer
Mark Lawrence	....	executive producer
Scott Sampila	....	producer

Original Music by
Tony Tisdale

Cinematography by
Damián Acevedo

Film Editing by
Eric Archer

Casting by
Shannon Makhanian

Production Design by
Margaret M. Miles		(as Margaret Miles)

Art Direction by
Launa Staehle

Costume Design by
Maria Lorenzana

Makeup Department
Elena Chernock	....	assistant makeup artist
Robert Hall	....	special makeup effects artist
Kumiko Kojima	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Mykel Denis	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Paige	....	second second assistant director
Jon Recher	....	additional second assistant director
Kimberly Stuckwisch	....	second assistant director
Kimberly Stuckwisch	....	second unit director
Joseph Suarez	....	first assistant director (as Joe Suarez)

Art Department
Noelle Charles	....	set dresser
Scott Evans	....	set dresser
David Michael Fordham	....	property master
Melanie Lewis	....	co-leadman
Nikolai Loveikis	....	on-set dresser
Katherine Mathews	....	set dresser
Alex Picot	....	set dresser
Elizabeth Roath	....	assistant property master
Greg Runnels	....	set dresser
Randi Woxland	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jason Atkinson	....	additional sound designer
Onnalee Blank	....	sound designer
Onnalee Blank	....	supervising sound editor
Cole Bluma	....	boom operator
Timothy A. Cleveland	....	sound editor
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor
David Knauer	....	additional post sound mix
Aaron Levy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Neil Spritz	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Robert Hall	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Nik Blumish	....	visual effects

Stunts
H. Charles Parrish	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bianca Bahena	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Travis Belgard	....	grip
Ross Chamberlain	....	second assistant camera
Trevor Crist	....	electrician
Randy Dye	....	electrician
Marcus Friars	....	grip
Clint Kasparian	....	first assistant camera
Diego Mariscal	....	grip
Scott McCleary	....	best boy electric
Jonathon Narducci	....	director of photography: second unit
Steffan Piper	....	still photographer
Jeremiah Spinney	....	key grip
Patrik Thelander	....	camera operator (as Patrick Thelander)
Jason West	....	best boy grip
Thomas Wily	....	gaffer
Sean Zeigler	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tanis Alexander	....	costumes production assistant
Briana Jorgenson	....	set costumer
Vanessa King	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Sean Leigh Hart	....	post-production coordinator (as Sean Hart)
Joanna Jimenez	....	first assistant editor: avid (as Joanna Garland)
Leandro Marini	....	colorist
Jacob Tillman	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Robin Urdang	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Jin Kim	....	driver
John L. Long	....	driver
Alexander Soto	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Kent Abbott	....	key set production assistant
T.J. Amato	....	production assistant
Eduardo Garcia	....	craft service
Brian J. Garland	....	production coordinator
Sherry Gunderman	....	script supervisor
Bobby Jauregui	....	production assistant
Danielle Osborne	....	production assistant
Christiana Rubin	....	production assistant

Thanks
Josh McGuire	....	very special thanks

Distributors

• Gravitas Ventures (2010) (USA) (video) (VOD)
• Dalton pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Arsenal Pictures (2009) (non-USA) (all media)
• Mti Home Video

Other Companies

• Circus Road Films  producer's representative
• Creative Clearance  script clearance
• Local Hero  post-production facilities

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexuality, violence and drug use

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45814)

Filming Locations:

Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Soundtrack:

Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)

A reasonably good indy film with some big name actors that had nothing better to do.

Remarkable Power is an interesting indie film that brings together several very disparate stories and neatly ties them together for the climax. Through most of the film it felt like I was watching two movies, most of the stories come together in two separate arcs early on but do not intersect until the end. In retrospect I really should have figured out what was happening sooner, but I was a little slow on this one.

Kevin Nealon plays an aging late night talk show host who is about to be canned by the network, his wife is having an affair, and he knows about it because he has hired a Private Investigator (Tom Arnold) to follow her around. The second storyline involves a burnout loser (Evan Peters) who meets a failed actor (Kip Pardue) that happens to be in a self help video he purchased while stoned late at night. There is a fight, someone dies, a girl shows up, drug dealers are looking for money, and Russian mafia are looking for a body. As I said, several stories that are seemingly independent come together in a clever way. If you have a free space in your Netflix queue fill it with Remarkable Power, it's a good wast of time.