Adventures of Power (2008)

Director:

Ari Gold

Writer:

Ari Gold (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

March to the beat of your own drum. Even if you don't have one.

Plot:

In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.

Plot Keywords:

Drums | Rock Musical | Punk Rock | Cult Film | Youth

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Ari Gold	...	Power
Michael McKean	...	Harlan
Jane Lynch	...	Joni
Shoshannah Stern	...	Annie
Chi Ling Chiu	...	Michael Fong
Adrian Grenier	...	Dallas Houston
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luis Accinelli	...	Jalisco
Jennifer Barbosa	...	Seattle Grrl (as Jenny Barbosa)
Karen Berg	...	Dallas's Girl
John Bianco	...	Anthony
Paul Boruff	...	Hippie Musician
Jacki R. Chan	...	Seattle Grrl
Markie Dunn	...	Samantha
Richard Fancy	...	Dick Houston
Annie Golden	...	Farrah
Garry Goodrow	...	Trenchcoat Man
Scott Hanks	...	Dodge Truck Dude
Wai Ching Ho	...	Yolanda Fong
Jeff Holman	...	Biff - The Handler
Albert Huerta	...	Raul
Tod Huntington	...	Bobby
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	Aubelin
Reggie Jernigan	...	Funk Band Member
Travis Johns	...	Brian 'Brain Dog' Calucci
Helen Kelly	...	Stickless Air Drummer
Nick Kroll	...	Versatio Bakir
Samantha Maloney	...	Seattle Grrl
Neil Peart	...	Himself
Olivia Peterson	...	Young Annie
Tuffy Questell	...	Freddie
Kevin Rodriguez	...	Sid
Summer Rona	...	Linda
Kimberly Topper	...	News Anchor
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Australian Reporter
Nicole Wagner	...	Music Video Girl
Eric Wareheim	...	Money
Tanya White	...	Music Video Girl
Steven Williams	...	Carlos

Directed by
Ari Gold

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ari Gold		writer

Produced by
Tevin Adelman	....	line producer: New York City
Lawrence David Buck	....	associate producer
Elizabeth Bull	....	co-producer
Gill Holland	....	executive producer
Josef Lieck	....	assistant line producer: Los Angeles
Don Schain	....	line producer: Utah
Andrea Sperling	....	producer
Wednesday Standley	....	associate producer
Chris Stinson	....	line producer: Los Angeles
Samantha Weaver	....	associate producer
Christopher Woodrow	....	executive producer
Rob York	....	line producer: New York City

Original Music by
Ethan Gold

Cinematography by
Lisa Wiegand

Film Editing by
Geraud Brisson

Casting by
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
Walter Barnett

Set Decoration by
Nadya Gurevich
Christy McCaffrey

Costume Design by
Victoria J. Auth
Trayce Gigi Field		(New York)

Makeup Department
Jill Astmann	....	key makeup artist: New York
Akiko Matsumoto	....	key hair stylist
Joanna Simkin	....	assistant makeup artist
Amy Spiegel	....	makeup artist: New York

Production Management
Brian Buckland	....	production manager
Scott Duffy	....	unit production manager: New York City
Kipling Hicks	....	unit production manager
Louise Runge	....	post supervisor
Arthur Vincie	....	production manager: NYC

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Doxey	....	first assistant director
Jason Michael Hatfield	....	second second assistant director
Dawn Leuchter	....	first assistant director
Josh Moceri	....	second assistant director
Renatta Paz	....	second assistant director
Kyle Sherman	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Brothers	....	scenic
Wray Featherstone	....	property master
Thorstein Foss	....	leadman
Mary Frederickson	....	production designer: New York
Adam Henderson	....	set dresser
Jonathan Kells Phillips	....	assistant art director
Christy Pitre	....	assistant set decorator
Deana Sidney	....	production designer: New York
Jason Singleton	....	property master: New York

Sound Department
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
Douglas Cameron	....	production sound mixer
Adam De Coster	....	foley artist
Bryan Dembinski	....	production sound mixer: New York
Joseph L. Garrard	....	boom operator
Dennis Grzesik	....	sound mixer
Dan Izen	....	production sound mixer: New York
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor
Peter D. Lago	....	supervising sound effects editor
Doug Latislaw	....	adr mixer
Maggie Malyn	....	sound post-production coordinator
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Daniel S. McCoy	....	production sound mixer
David Miraglia	....	sound effects editor
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Silvestri	....	boom operator
Annette Sowell	....	sound editor
April Tucker	....	adr mixer
Steven Utt	....	sound editor
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gerard Vernice	....	boom operator
Ben Whitver	....	foley editor
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	adr editor
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	adr programmer
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
David Tecson	....	senior compositor
David Tecson	....	title design

Stunts
Ray Siegle	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Danya Abt	....	company electric: New York
Abraham Altbuch	....	best boy grip
Todd Armitage	....	camera operator
Denise Bailie	....	additional photographer: second unit, New York
Denise Bailie	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Carlos Barbot	....	additional second assistant camera: "a" camera
Carlos Barbot	....	camera production assistant
Mike Barnett	....	director of photography: second unit
Eduardo Barraza	....	grip
Sung Rae Cho	....	first assistant camera
Mighty Chuchaisri	....	best boy grip
Will Durghalli	....	camera operator
Corey Eisenstein	....	additional electrician
Mark Evans	....	rigging gaffer (as Mark E. Evans)
Jose Elias Felix	....	grip
Josh Fritts	....	best boy
Kelly C. Gallamore	....	rigging electrician
J.J. Gerber	....	second assistant camera/loader
Brian Harnick	....	best boy electric: New York
Robby Hart	....	loader
Fred Hayes	....	still photographer
Erin Henning	....	second assistant camera
Andrew Hicks	....	grip
Brian Rigney Hubbard	....	director of photography: New York
John Hudak Jr.	....	additional grip
Aaron Jacobs	....	grip
Darren Lew	....	director of photography: New York
Frank Love	....	loader: New York
Frank Love	....	second assistant "b" camera: New York
Jim McGibbon	....	additional grip
Steve McNally	....	best boy electric: New York
Kory Mills	....	grip
Andrew Mitchell	....	steadicam operator
John Orphan	....	first assistant camera
Marialice Penalba	....	key grip: New York
Marialuisa Ramirez	....	gaffer
Tarina Reed	....	additional cinematographer
David 'D.R.' Rhineer	....	first assistant camera
Rocky Rodriguez	....	key grip
Michael Roy	....	gaffer
Meg Schrock	....	best boy grip: New York
Michael Skor	....	first assistant camera
J.E. Smith	....	key rigging grip
Elizabeth Stern	....	grip: New York
Marshall Stief	....	first assistant camera
Nathan Stock	....	grip
Craig Sullivan	....	key grip/best boy grip: Utah
Reza Tabrizi	....	second assistant camera
Carlos Tapia	....	rigging best boy electric
Oliver Taylor	....	additional best boy electric
Matthew Thiemann	....	set electrician
Marty Ulbrich	....	additional electrician
Chris Vinopal	....	set electrician
Erin Weller	....	set electrician
Annie Wengenroth	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Brandon Zachary	....	additional second assistant camera
Chuck Zlotnick	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Claire Benjamin	....	extras casting
Lori Eastside	....	extras casting
Freddy Luis	....	casting
Gwyn Savage	....	additional casting
Karen Wood	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brie Harris	....	assistant costume designer
Sarah B. Lund	....	costumer
Sonja A. Nelson	....	set costumer
Abby O'Sullivan	....	wardrobe supervisor
Susan Saldutti	....	costume supervisor
Nina Schelich	....	costume designer: New York
Kacie Seamons	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Samantha Housman	....	post-production coordinator
Matthew W. Johnson	....	digital intermediate editor
Susan E. Kim	....	assistant editor
David L. Mendel	....	additional editor
Ignacio Pinerua	....	additional editor
Russ Senzatimore	....	first assistant editor
Alishe Beardeaux	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Ethan Gold	....	executive music producer
Robin Kaye	....	music supervisor
Elad Marish	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Matthew Ballard	....	transportation coordinator
Hugo Ocana	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Tevin Adelman	....	line producer: New York City
Heather Askew	....	script supervisor
Aaron Boyajian	....	legal counsel
Jake Buchheit	....	production assistant
Andrew Cesana	....	additional script supervisor
Michael Chico	....	unit production assistant
Joe Cicchesi	....	production assistant
Kathleen Dombo	....	payroll accountant
Melissa Downing	....	assistant location manager
Pavel Ezrohi	....	production assistant
Scott Friedman	....	production assistant: New York
Brent Geisler	....	assistant to producer
Joel Goldes	....	dialect coach: Adrian Grenier
Kristina Goolsby	....	assistant to producer
Omar Hernandez	....	production assistant
Josephine Hunt-Korn	....	production assistant
William Jackson	....	production assistant
Michael Kiely	....	production accountant (as Michael A. Kiely)
Eric Klein	....	location manager
Justin Lange	....	production assistant
Josef Lieck	....	assistant line producer: Los Angeles
Clay Maw	....	location manager
Marcy McKenzie	....	location manager: New York
Derek E. Mellus	....	assistant location manager
Peter Min	....	additional assistant production coordinator
Alex Paster	....	production assistant: New York
Raffaele Piscopiello	....	production assistant: New York
Lucy Ramirez	....	caterer
Jennifer Ricci	....	first assistant accountant
Melodey Ross	....	office production assistant
Don Schain	....	line producer: Utah
Jason Seaton	....	production assistant
Benjamin L.S. Seavey	....	production assistant: New York
Innes Smolansky	....	legal counsel
Rob Spence	....	additional production coordinator
Wednesday Standley	....	assistant: Andrea Sperling
Chris Stinson	....	line producer: Los Angeles
Eric Strahl	....	production assistant: first team
Bing Tell	....	assistant production coordinator
Shohreh Tolou	....	office production assistant: New York
Cynthia Waldeck	....	assistant to producer
Jacob Wasserman	....	production intern
Cortland Wilson	....	production assistant
Tommy Woodard	....	film commission specialist: Utah
Ian Woodruff	....	production assistant
Peter Wulff	....	location manager
Tina Yeh	....	interpreter
Rob York	....	line producer: New York City
Keith Young	....	choreographer

Thanks
Rebecca Atwood	....	special thanks
Maria Cestone	....	special thanks
Ralph Cioffi	....	special thanks
Sam Eigen	....	special thanks
Michael A. Feder	....	special thanks
Michael R. George	....	special thanks
Robert A. Goldstein	....	special thanks
Noah Harlan	....	thanks
Daniel Henderson	....	special thanks
Carly Hugo	....	special thanks
Elizabeth Lawrence	....	special thanks
Kyle Luker	....	special thanks
Brandon Paine	....	special thanks
Matthew Parker	....	special thanks
Shawn Parsons	....	special thanks
Rick Reid	....	special thanks
Brian Sweet	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Grack Films
• Andrea Sperling Productions
• SpaceTime Films
• Group Entertainment, The

Distributors

• Variance Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinemax (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Cult Movie Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (all media)
• Digiturk (2010) (Turkey) (TV)
• HBO Central Europe (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Musketier Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• NonStop Entertainment (2010) (Sweden) (TV) (Scandinavia)
• Phase 4 Films (2010) (USA) (all media)
• Prime Pictures (2010) (United Arab Emirates) (all media)
• Shapira Films (2010) (Israel) (all media)
• Showtime Networks (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Transformer (2009) (Japan) (all media)

Other Companies

• Believe!  Distribution and Marketing Consultant
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Crowd In A Box  inflatable extras
• Crowd In A Box  inflatable mannequins
• Goetz Fitzpatrick  production legal
• Indie PR  publicity
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• Monkeyland Audio  sound re-recording
• OneZero Productions  post-production
• PostWorks, The Lab  processing
• Upload Films  post-production
• William Morris Independent  producers representation

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language including sexual references

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44123)

Filming Locations:

Helper, Utah, USA

Company:

Grack Films

Trivia:

Amara Kopakova, the artist who did the painting of the factory and the painting of the wolf featured in the film, painted them in the living room of her studio apartment in Salt Lake City. It was the last project she worked on before moving back to New York.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Trailer Failure: Jennifer's Body, Inception, Ninja Assassin, Power & Astro Boy (#1.2)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Grunge Masterpiece

Contains more laughs than 99% of mainstream Hollywood comedies

I was lucky enough to catch this movie and thought I'd throw in my tupenceworth. I've sat through many a so called comedy and not been moved to write about them but this film is dramatically different. Ari Golds debut feature has laughs aplenty. The characters are both funny and engaging. I won't spoil the plot other than to say it involves the unusual subject of 'Air Drumming' but I cannot recommend it highly enough. Ari is a riot throughout but is well rewarded by the brilliant casting as each of the characters brings something to the movie. I would particularly praise the casting of gorgeous Shoshannah Stern as Powers (Ari Golds) love interest. Despite being completely deaf she is able to inspire Power to new heights of air drumming greatness. Quirky & fantastic by the same measure I recommend you see it now!