Freaky Deaky (2012)

Director:

Charles Matthau

Writers:

Elmore Leonard (novel)
Charles Matthau (adaptation)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Crime is such a trippy thing.

Plot:

Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.

Plot Keywords:

Bomb Squad | Police Officer | Death Of Brother | Reference To Clint Eastwood | Brother Brother Relationship

Cast

Billy Burke	...	Chris Mankowski
Christian Slater	...	Skip Gibbs
Crispin Glover	...	Woody Ricks
Michael Jai White	...	Donnell Lewis
Roger Bart	...	Jerry Baker
Breanne Racano	...	Robin Abbott
Sabina Gadecki	...	Greta Wyatt
Andy Dick	...	Mark Ricks
Gloria Hendry	...	Sgt. Maureen Downey
Page Kennedy	...	Booker
Leonard Robinson	...	Juicy Mouth
Bill Duke	...	Wendell Robinson
Carol Herman	...	Cosmetics Lady
Mark Saul	...	Kenny
Charles Matthau	...	Groovy Director
Anton Bassey	...	Gang Member
Thomas Wilson	...	Singer at Gnome Bar
Marti Eyde	...	Beautiful Patron
Lou Eyde	...	Handsome Patron (as Louis Eyde)
Robert Cantrell	...	Police Commander
Irvin Kebler	...	Studly Doctor
Anna Gurji	...	Ivana
Lauren Young	...	Katie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wendy Aaron	...	Waitress
Michael Stephen Bryant	...	Saxophone Player
Ron Causey	...	Grip
John Dickerson	...	Film Crew Assistant Director
Tiffani Elise Edwards	...	1974 Hipster
James Feaheny	...	Detroit Police Detective
Pennie-Marie Hawkins	...	Funk Club Patron
Ron Heisler	...	DPD Officer
Raphi Kammer	...	Chip
Ron Kozloff	...	DPD Officer
Kef Lee	...	Boom Operator
Johnny Marra	...	Sound man
Rebecca Mccarthy	...	Restaurant Patron
Ralph H. Meyer	...	Studio Executive
Mikal	...	Film Crew Grip
Krishawn Peace	...	Feature Dancer
Ralph A. Recchia	...	Ambulance Attendent
Nicholas Ritz	...	Bar Patron
Kristyn Shelley	...	Dancing Patron
Amy Sutherland	...	Marina VIP
Eric Adam Swenson	...	Police Officer
David Waldman	...	Accordion Player
Mark Allan White	...	DPD Officer
Morgan Woolard
Mozi Zhuli	...	Police Officer
Arnold Agee	...	Background Dancer (uncredited)
Kelly Bacon	...	Diner (uncredited)
Cherie Bowman	...	Republican Benefit Party Patron (uncredited)
Thomas Cantrell	...	Republican Benefit Party Patron (uncredited)
Robert Forte Shannon III	...	Funk Club Patron (uncredited)
Michael Haase	...	Firefighter (uncredited)
Alexander Christopher Jones	...	Funk Club Patron (uncredited)
Stephanie Schaberg	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Nikki Smith	...	Film Crew Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Morris Lee Sullivan	...	Republican Benefit Party Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Matthau

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Elmore Leonard		novel
Charles Matthau		adaptation

Produced by
Ross Angel	....	co-executive producer
Harvey Band	....	co-executive producer
Steven Berez	....	executive producer (as Steven M. Berez)
Charley Cabrera	....	associate producer
Adrienne Camille	....	associate producer
Robert Cantrell	....	executive producer
Richard David	....	associate producer
George Eyde	....	executive producer
Lou Eyde	....	executive producer
Nathaniel Eyde	....	executive producer
Lee Greenberg	....	executive producer
Dan Keston	....	co-executive producer
Sean Kohnen	....	co-executive producer
Timothy Leonard	....	associate producer
Charles Matthau	....	producer
Sharayah Mitchell	....	associate producer
Judd Rubin	....	co-producer
Max Shepherd	....	associate producer
Will Stiles	....	co-executive producer
Christina Varotsis	....	line producer
Donald Zuckerman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joseph LoDuca

Cinematography by
John J. Connor

Film Editing by
William Steinkamp

Casting by
Allison Bader
Nancy Nayor

Production Design by
Tom Southwell

Set Decoration by
Selina van den Brink

Costume Design by
Ingrid Ferrin

Makeup Department
Catherine Childers	....	department head hair stylist
Emilie Cockels	....	key hair stylist
Mia Collie	....	hair stylist
Elizabeth Cortez	....	additional hair stylist
Elisabeth Fry	....	makeup department head
Bianca Hodge	....	additional make-up artist
Jayne Laube	....	makeup artist
Jon Lieckfelt	....	hair stylist
Dawn Mattocks	....	key makeup artist
Leslie Ann Paterra	....	key makeup artist
John Tarro	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Greg Brautigan	....	second assistant director
Todd Havern	....	second second assistant director
Jonathan Giles Zimmerman	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Kirk Bell	....	art department intern
Rory Blanchard	....	set dresser
David Boyd	....	storyboard artist
Steve Broussard	....	construction coordinator
Frank Casaceli	....	set dresser
Steve Catherman	....	prop maker
Mary Chmelko-Jaffe	....	assistant property master
Jason C. Endres	....	set dresser (as Jason Endres)
Franco Esile	....	leadman
Scotty Evans	....	prop maker
Drew Finos	....	art pa
Jody Gaber	....	art department coordinator
Allison Good	....	art department intern
Kemper Harris	....	on-set dresser
Christopher Hosey	....	graphic designer
Daniel Jaffe	....	props assistant
Nancy Janosi	....	props assistant
Jerome Joyce	....	set dresser
Greg Kesselring	....	set dresser
Kate J. Kogelman	....	lead scenic
Doug Kolbicz	....	props
Mark Kwiatkowski	....	set dresser
Miles Michael	....	set dresser
Justin Mutschler	....	gang boss
Cynthia Nibler	....	property master
Ronit Pinto	....	set dresser
Katt Qian	....	art department intern
Keith Smith	....	set dresser
Keith Justin Smith	....	set dresser
Tom Sparkman	....	painter
Kim Thrasher	....	set buyer
Kevin Vanderhoff	....	set dresser
Michael A. Watt	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Ron Ayers	....	boom operator
Cary Clark	....	technical support
Gary Coppola	....	supervising sound re-recording mixer
Shaun Cunningham	....	foley mixer
Laird Fryer	....	adr mixer
Laird Fryer	....	foley editor
Neal Garon	....	sound utility
Trevor Jolly	....	sound supervisor
Dan Kremer	....	adr mixer
Eric Maldin	....	adr mixer
Michael Perricone	....	additional sound design
Justin Van Hout	....	assistant adr recordist
Beau Williams	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Gary Strobel	....	special effects technician
Jacob Stros	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Brandon Bartlett	....	visual effects plate supervisor
John Bowers	....	compositing supervisor
David Burton	....	visual effects supervisor
Bradley Gaines	....	compositor: With A Twist Studio
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects supervisor
Pam Hammarlund	....	visual effects producer
Matt Nowacki	....	digital artist: With a Twist Studio
Frank Synowicz	....	visual effects artist
Jason Ullrich	....	compositor

Stunts
Christian Litke	....	stunts
Tom Lowell	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Philyaw	....	stunt rigger
Amber Whelan	....	stunt double: Sabina Gadecki
Ryan Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark David Adler	....	key video assist
John P. Chittick	....	grip
Marc Christie	....	key grip
Nick Cutway	....	second assistant camera: b camera
Tommy Daguanno	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Michael Dzialowski	....	first assistant camera
Joe Elrom	....	digital imaging technician
John Farr	....	gaffer
David Favenyesi	....	electrician
Brian Kelly	....	electrician
Sean T. Kelly	....	best boy grip
Kevin Kennedy	....	key grip
Devin Laster	....	cosmos lab technician
Brent Mata	....	additional dit
Chris McLeod	....	additional electrician
Ryan Joseph Moran	....	grip
Randy Nolen	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Bryan Papierski	....	assistant camera
Sara Plano	....	additional digital imaging technician
Trevor Rios	....	"a" camera second assistant
Chris Ritter	....	electrician
Kim C. Simms	....	still photographer
Keith Wandrei	....	"b" camera dolly grip
John Wendling	....	electric best boy

Casting Department
Michael J. Babcock	....	extras casting assistant
Elizabeth Brown	....	casting intern
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice casting
Ryan Hill	....	extras casting
Jon Huybrecht	....	casting intern
Kathy Mooney	....	casting director: Michigan
Lindsey Weissmueller	....	casting associate (as Lindsey Samilian)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kate Abraham	....	key set costumer (as Kate Bennett)
Suzanne Hanna	....	tailor
Kimberly Leitz-McCauley	....	set costumer
Brittany Pask	....	costume supervisor
Sabra Temple	....	key costumer
Malgosia Wojtkowski	....	costume intern

Editorial Department
Gregg Garvin	....	digital intermediate colorist
Lee Grubin	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Gina Amador	....	music supervisor
Scott Davidson	....	music engineer
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Joseph LoDuca	....	music producer
Lise Richardson	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Rob Bailey	....	driver
Collin Butrum	....	transportation coordinator
William Hissong	....	driver
Jonathon Isom	....	transportation captain
Ken Kupchick	....	driver
David Labutte	....	driver: wardrobe
David Labutte	....	picture car coordinator
Robert Middendorff	....	driver
Billy Neckrock	....	driver

Other crew
Josh August	....	location production assistant (as Josh Jones)
Iden Baghdadchi	....	production assistant
Christina M. Bender	....	assistant to line producer
Todd F. Campbell	....	location assistant
Sherry Cassar	....	background cars
Ron Causey	....	stand-in
Danielle Champe	....	production secretary
Cindy Chu	....	additional office production assistant
Claire Connelly	....	production coordinator
Chris-Teena Constas	....	key assistant location manager
George Constas	....	location manager
Beth Dewey	....	main title producer
Sabrina Dungan	....	stand-in
Brian Durling	....	production assistant
Steven Enwright	....	finance counsel
Paul Fitzpatrick	....	michigan counsel
Sami Ftouni	....	production assistant
Mike Groner	....	insurance broker
Derrick Hanna	....	location intern
Thanh Hoang	....	production assistant
Simon Horsman	....	legal services
Elizabeth B. Jackson	....	craft service
Abe Larkin	....	stand-in
Nicholas Lazarus	....	assistant accountant
Connie Mangilin	....	payroll accountant
Kenneth Mercier	....	location scout
Courtney Miller	....	choreographer
Sahir Rashid	....	additional set production assistant
Jason Roby	....	key set production assistant
Stephanie L. Sparks	....	locations production assistant
Stephanie L. Sparks	....	production assistant
Emelia Rae Stark	....	accounting clerk (as Emelia Tse)
Ian M. Stratford	....	financial counsel
Laurie Valko	....	stand-in
Ethan Weiner	....	lifeguard
Brian Wooten	....	production assistant

Thanks
Melody Djavadi	....	special thanks
Sam Eigen	....	special thanks
Fred Pauzar	....	special thanks
Jerry Stanecki	....	thanks
Brian Sweet	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Matthau Company, The
• Final Cut Productions (II)

Distributors

• Entertainment One (2013) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Rez-Illusion (visual effects)
• With A Twist Studio (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clearance Domain  clearances and research
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Fletcher Camera Detroit  camera equipment provided by
• Fletcher Chicago  COSMoS digital lab services
• Fletcher Chicago  camera equipment provided by
• Gray Krauss Des Rochers  legal services
• Kahn & Company  auditors
• Lotus Post  ADR recording
• Lotus Post  sound post-production
• Lotus Post  sound re-recording
• Mid America Cine Support  camera dollies
• Mid America Cine Support  expendables
• Mid America Cine Support  grip and lighting equipment
• Modern VideoFilm  post-production services
• Reel Action FX  prop rentals
• Sound Satisfaction  additional foley recording

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual content and drug use

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Company:

Matthau Company, The

Trivia:

Freaky Deaky is Elmore Leonard's favorite book that he has written.

Goofs:

Continuity: In one scene, Robin holds up the two romance novels she had written ("Ravishing Love" and "The Raging Rape of Savannah"). Between shots, the two books switch places from one hand to the other, even though she had not moved her hands in any way.

Meet the intriguing characters of Freaky Deaky

Writer Elmore Leonard has delivered some interesting characters over the years, but up until now it was really only Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown and Barry Sonnenfield's Get Shorty that really successfully brought them to life. The latest attempt to bring another Leonard novel to life comes in the form of Freaky Deaky featuring a great cast including Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White, Bill Duke and Andy Dick, but does it deliver the strange and unique qualities needed to bring his characters and world to life?

Freaky Deaky follows an ex-bomb squad officer who is thrust into an investigation filled with rape, revenge, and explosives during circa 1974. At first this film feels like its going to be a complete mess, but then something happens and it sucks you right into this ridiculous world. This is mostly due to the creative and interesting characters that populate this 1970's universe. As the story moves forward each character is seemingly given their own time to shine to help bring this quirky dark comedy to life. The story is a bit all over the place, but works fairly well to due to these quirky strange characters and the bizarre story they are thrust into.

This is far from a perfect movie and there are some moments that just seem out of place or forced, but for the most part it works pretty well. If you are a fan of any of the other Leonard films then you will most likely enjoy this one as well as it comes across s thought it's the same universe. If nothing else, the strange relationship between Michael Jai White and Crispin Glover's characters is worth this whole move.