The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008)

Director:

Jodie Markell

Writer:

Tennessee Williams (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Tells the story of Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Diamond | Plantation | Accusation | Alcoholic

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bryce Dallas Howard	...	Fisher
Chris Evans	...	Jimmy
Will Patton	...	Mr. Dobyne
Ann-Margret	...	Cornelia
Mamie Gummer	...	Julie
Jessica Collins	...	Vinnie
Ellen Burstyn	...	Addie
Peter Gerety	...	Mr. Van Hooven
Marin Ireland	...	Esmeralda
Zoe Perry	...	Mathilde
Barbara Garrick	...	Mrs. Dobyne
Zach Grenier	...	Mr. Fenstermaker
Laila Robins	...	Mrs. Fenstermaker
Susan Blommaert	...	Addie's Nurse
Carol Sutton	...	Susie
Rhoda Griffis	...	Secretary
Harold Evans	...	William
Geraldine Singer	...	Nurse
Marco St. John	...	Mr. Willow
Jenny Shakeshaft	...	Caroline (as Jennifer Sipes)
Melissa Odom	...	Relative
Terrance Taplin	...	Fats
Alana McNair	...	Dottie
Douglas M. Griffin	...	Bathroom Man (as Douglas Griffin)
Erin Jackson-Legris	...	Ballroom Voice #1 (voice)
Brittany Zimmerle	...	Ballroom Voice #2 (voice)
Charles Pineda	...	Hank
Derrick Denicola	...	Tommy
John Gregory Willard	...	Drunk Boy #1 (as John Willard)
Hevin Hampton	...	Drunk Boy #2
Trent Dee	...	Happy
Natalia Payne	...	Gypsy (as Natalya Payne)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jillian Batherson	...	Fenstermaker Girl (uncredited)
Ross Britz	...	Clapping Boy (uncredited)
Hunter Burke	...	Fenstermaker Boy (uncredited)
Courtney J. Clark	...	Fenstermaker Girl (uncredited)
Drew Langhart	...	Fenstermaker Guy (uncredited)
Ryan Chase Lee	...	Extra (uncredited)
Jill Miller	...	Fenstermaker Girl (uncredited)
Ryan Reinike	...	Eddie (uncredited)
Robert W. Savina	...	Chaperone (uncredited)

Directed by
Jodie Markell

Writing credits
Tennessee Williams		(screenplay)

Produced by
Brad M. Gilbert	....	producer (as Brad Michael Gilbert)
Ronald H. Gilbert	....	executive producer
Robbie Kass	....	co-producer
Molly M. Mayeux	....	line producer (as Molly Mayeux)
Roxanna Raanan	....	associate producer
Mark L. Ruberg	....	associate producer (as Mark Ruberg)
Brad Stokes	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Mark Orton

Cinematography by
Giles Nuttgens		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan E. Morse
Jeremy Workman

Casting by
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Richard Hoover
David Stein

Set Decoration by
Alice Baker

Costume Design by
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko		(as Chrisi Karvonides)

Makeup Department
Darryl W. Goetzman	....	key hair stylist
Stacey Herbert	....	makeup artist
Anne James	....	hair stylist
Donita Miller	....	hair stylist (as Donita Sather)
Noreen Wilkie	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Jonathan Lynch	....	production supervisor
Anthony Rossi III	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher S. Bryson	....	first assistant director
Irina Bryson	....	key second assistant director
Matt Miller	....	second second assistant director
Sean O'Regan	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
David Adams	....	set dresser
Michael Arena	....	on-set greens
Kim S. Carey	....	set dresser
Monique Champagne	....	buyer
Kenneth Chauvin	....	set dresser
Michael Hendrick	....	set dresser (as Michael E. Hendrick)
Michael A. Johnson	....	leadman
Alexander Lasseigne III	....	set dresser
Melanie Lewis	....	buyer
Sam Lothridge	....	on-set dresser
Louise Lynch	....	art department coordinator
Michael S. Martin	....	property master
Cory Parker	....	assistant property master
Jason Perlander	....	set dresser (as Jason 'Monkey Boy' Perlander)
Alixandra Petrovich	....	set dresser
David Lee Toth	....	set dresser
Markus Wittman	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	additional sound mixer
Chuck Buch	....	sound mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
John Evans	....	boom operator
Ryan Farris	....	sound utility
Robert Fernandez	....	sound
Andrew Kris	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Mary Ellen Porto	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Matthew Scurry	....	special effects technician
Ken Speed	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Chris Gelles	....	visual effects executive producer: & Company
Peter Heady	....	DI finishing artist
David Isyomin	....	visual effects supervisor: & Company
Mark Scott Friedman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Phil O'Dell	....	stunt coordinator
Robin Hart Smith	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Barnes	....	camera loader
Kevin Boyle	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Chip Carey	....	best boy electric
Rowland Egerton	....	best boy rigging grip
Penelope Helmer	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Richard T. Hoover	....	grip
Franklin Jones II	....	key rigging grip
Michael D. Kennedy	....	rigging electrician
Gerard Martin	....	film loader
Hobby Morrison	....	camera operator
Paul Olinde	....	gaffer
Patti Perret	....	still photographer
Peter D. Roome	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Rick Secosky	....	grip
Jeff Taylor	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Randy Tharpe	....	grip
Robb W. Turner	....	lamp operator
Darren Ursin	....	rigging grip
Jeremy Webre	....	grip

Casting Department
Marty Cherrix	....	casting director: Louisiana
Micah Haley	....	casting coordinator
David H. Kramer	....	voice casting (as David Kramer)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandra Algood	....	wardrobe assistant
Suzanne M.B. Chambliss	....	wardrobe production assistant
Loretta Harper	....	set costumer
Aurora Knox	....	seamstress (as Aurora C. Knox)
Ashlie Philastre	....	set costumer (as Ashlie E. Philastre)
Robin Roberts	....	costume supervisor
Andrea Sweet	....	key costumer
Ashley Thomas	....	wardrobe production assistant

Editorial Department
Chris Beardsley	....	technician: Arriscan
Jennifer Chiurco	....	editorial intern
John Dowdell	....	digital intermediate colorist
Matt Garner	....	additional editor
Peter Heady	....	digital intermediate finishing artist
Jean Lane	....	digital intermediate producer
David O. Rogers	....	assistant editor
Daniel Silverman	....	digital imaging supervisor
Tim Spitzer	....	digital intermediate supervisor

Music Department
Ara Anderson	....	musician
Ben Goldberg	....	musician
Jon-Erik Kellso	....	musician
Carla Kihlstedt	....	musician
Dan Levinson	....	period music consultant
Joe Mulherin	....	music supervisor
Joe Mulherin	....	score producer
Mark Orton	....	musician
Mark Orton	....	score producer
Chris Robertson	....	music clearance

Transportation Department
Samuel Wayne Beitz	....	driver: honeywagon
Brian Buquoi	....	driver: cast
Dale Combs	....	honeywagon operator
Monica W. Fuller	....	driver (as Monica Williamson)
Danny Mortenson	....	transportation coordinator
Willie D. Partin	....	transportation captain
Paul Salard III	....	production van driver
Doug Wilson	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Barbara Balentine	....	stand in: female/lead
Samuel Birdsong	....	production assistant
Brian Buquoi	....	production assistant
J.P. Byrd	....	assistant chef
Jade King Carroll	....	production assistant
Christina DeCharles	....	assistant location manager
Kristin Eliason	....	piano hand double
Nick Erickson	....	choreographer
Teri Fischer	....	first production accountant
Jeff Galpin	....	animal wrangler
Laurent Gougneau	....	chef
Warren T. Goz	....	financial consultant
Kristen Horn	....	assistant to Ms. Howard (as Kristen Colozzi)
Scott M. King	....	set production assistant
Susie Labry	....	stand-in
John Landers	....	craft service
Cornell P. Landry	....	assistant chef
Lauren Leach	....	production coordinator
Kevin Lorio	....	key set production assistant
Jessica Luebe	....	stand-in (as Jessica Dwyer)
Bethany McCullough	....	assistant choreographer
Stewart McMichael	....	financial consultant
Alana McNair	....	assistant to Ms. Markell
Alana McNair	....	first assistant: director
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Marilyn Penn	....	post-production accountant
Philip Robert	....	production assistant
Stephen W. Rodriguez	....	assistant chef
Stephanie Strother	....	assistant to Ms. Markell
Stephanie Strother	....	assistant to director
Sam Sullivan III	....	script supervisor
Tara Testa	....	assistant to Mr. Evans
Shayne Tingle	....	lead stand-in
Robert Waddell	....	assistant chef (as Robert 'Bobnoxious' Waddell)

Thanks
Tennessee Williams	....	dedicatee (as Tennessee)

Production Companies

• Constellation Entertainment
• Grand Army Entertainment
• Teardrop Productions

Distributors

• Camilla Internusa PT (2009) (Indonesia) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2009) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (2009) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Paladin (II) (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (DVD)
• Blue Sky Media (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Castello Lopes Multimedia (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• D Productions (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• Forum Film (2009) (Israel) (all media)
• Multivision Multimedia India (2009) (India) (all media)
• Nu Metro Productions (2009) (South Africa) (all media)
• Polyband (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2009) (Romania) (all media)
• Quality Films (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Village Roadshow Greece S.A. (2009) (Greece) (all media)

Special Effects

• & Company

Other Companies

• Blink Entertainment  marketing and promotion
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA)  domestic sales
• Diamond Time  music clearances
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Film Production Capital  tax credit financing
• Global Tactical Services  security services
• Goldcrest Post Production New York  DI and finishing services
• Goldcrest Post Production New York  post-production
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Locations Catering  catering
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and drug content

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Constellation Entertainment

Soundtrack:

A Ring to the Name of Rosie

Surprising, interesting, with an excellent cast and a wonderful dramatic feel

For those of us who don't get to the theater much and depend on the cinema for our acting thrills, this film is just downright fun. The fact that it got made in this century is a pleasant and amusing surprise. Like "An Education", this film features a few strong unknown cast that are outstanding. It also features phenomenal stars Ellen Burstyn and Ann-Margret in wonderful, surprising cameos. Chris Evans shines-has their been a sexier role for a young actor? Bryce Dallas Howard is a wonder, and really pulls off a very demanding leading place in this film. Now blink you eyes and the plot takes you to a movie experience from before 1950. But that is exactly what is so fun. Southern style romance, twisted identical twins, dead bodies up the stairs-it is also somewhat predicable but very lovingly portrayed. I really like this film, exactly because I love the experience of pulling up to a movie theater on a cold winter night a getting the same good time my parents did in their day-a warm, sweet and somewhat bitter romance with a clear sense of time and place.

Don't go to this film expecting fireworks. Go for movie magic served Southern style by actors who are real and very good. This is what entertainment is about, and unfortunately it is a lost art these days.