Bomb It (2007)

Director:

Jon Reiss

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Tells the story of contemporary graffiti, tracing its roots in ancient rock paintings through Picasso to its place in hip-hop culture in 1970's New York City. |

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Graffiti | Spain | Los Angeles California | Brazil

Cast

Cope 2	...	Himself
Kid Acne	...	Himself
Antonio	...	Himself
Arofish	...	Himself
Augor	...	Himself
Simon Baxter	...	Himself
Bel-Kia	...	Himself
Asher Benrubi	...	Himself (as Smash)
Tats Cru Bio	...	Himself
Stefano E. Bloch	...	Himself
Bob	...	Himself
Chaz Bojorquez	...	Himself
Boleta	...	Himself
Chris Broms	...	Himself
Juan Zedou Bucrea	...	Himself
Galo Make Canote	...	Himself (as Galo)
CBK Crew	...	Themselves
Chaz	...	Himself
Chikhi	...	Himself
Chino	...	Himself
Claw	...	Herself
Koyok Coio	...	Himself
Community Of Khayalitsha Township CapeTown South Africa	...	Themselves
Robbie Conal	...	Himself
Joe Connolly	...	Himself
Cornbread	...	Himself
Daim	...	Himself
Diskah	...	Himself
Do	...	Himself
Brad Downey	...	Himself
Acc Dro	...	Himself
Marc Ecko	...	Himself
Ron English	...	Himself
Shepard Fairey	...	Himself
Faith47	...	Herself
Falko	...	Himself
Os Gemeos	...	Themselves
Elliot Greene	...	Himself
Karl Hennig	...	Himself
Valerie J. Hill	...	Herself
Wayne Horse	...	Himself
Mr. Ice	...	Himself
Inkie	...	Himself
Ise	...	Himself
Jacob	...	Himself
Jake	...	Himself
Jel	...	Himself
Darius Jones	...	Himself
Kafre	...	Himself
George L. Kelling	...	Himself
Kenor	...	Himself
Ket	...	Himself
Russ Kingston	...	Himself
Kode	...	Himself
KRS-One	...	Himself
Kuzz	...	Himself
Blek Le Rat	...	Himself
Buddy Lembek	...	Himself
Verim Lezore	...	Himself
Lokiss	...	Himself
Soninha Marmo	...	Himself
Lorenzo Mckray	...	Himself
Mickey	...	Himself
Steve Mona	...	Himself (as Lt. Steve Mona)
Renato Musa	...	Himself
Adrian Nabi	...	Himself
Neon	...	Himself
Acc Neta	...	Himself
Nina	...	Herself
Bete Nobrega	...	Himself
Nug	...	Himself
Nunca	...	Himself
Mear One	...	Himself
Nic One	...	Himself
Very One	...	Himself
Opse	...	Himself
Pez	...	Himself
Susan A. Phillips	...	Herself
Pike	...	Himself
Lady Pink	...	Herself
Rammellzee	...	Himself
Resq	...	Himself
Retna	...	Himself
Revok	...	Himself
Fuckin Revs	...	Himself
Rime	...	Himself
Scage	...	Himself
Sean	...	Himself
Sharp	...	Himself
Shinzentomotel	...	Himself
Shok1	...	Himself
Sixe	...	Himself
Skuf	...	Himself
Speed	...	Himself
Speto	...	Himself
Lava aka Straightman	...	Himself
T.A.G. Actors	...	Themselves
Teresa	...	Himself
Two Things	...	Himself
Tkid	...	Himself
Toe	...	Himself
D.J. Tony Tone	...	Himself
Toomer	...	Himself
TPA Crew Kap 1	...	Himself
Tribe	...	Himself
Lady Tribe	...	Herself
Isabel Valencia	...	Herself
Peter Vallone Jr.	...	Himself
Charles John Van Der Westhnizen	...	Himself
Vitche	...	Himself
Antonio Vizencci	...	Himself
Vyal	...	Himself
Pigmeus Crew Wag	...	Himself
West	...	Himself
Chief Edwin Young	...	Himself
Zedz	...	Himself
Zephyr	...	Himself
Zeser	...	Himself
Zezao	...	Himself
Zosen	...	Himself

Directed by
Jon Reiss

Produced by
Harrison Bohrman	....	co-producer
Kate Christensen	....	producer
James Debbs	....	co-producer
Alexis Forni	....	associate producer
Doug Fox	....	post producer
Lisa Y. Garibay	....	co-producer
Traci Glodery	....	associate producer
Stephanie Inouye	....	co-producer
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte	....	producer
Leandro Marini	....	post producer
Arnel San Pedro	....	co-producer
Jon Reiss	....	producer
Gregory Rentis	....	associate producer
Michelle Sullivan	....	associate producer
Tracy Wares	....	producer

Cinematography by
Tracy Wares

Film Editing by
Ester Brym		(as Ester Brymova)
Jessica Hernández
Alex Marquez

Production Management
Big Bonsai	....	unit production manager
Felipe Briso	....	unit production manager
Thibault Dufour	....	unit production manager
Sakamaki Masa	....	unit production manager
Justine Otondo	....	unit production manager
Yann Sida	....	unit manager
Gilberto Topczewski	....	unit production manager
David Woods	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kristina Chikita	....	second unit director
Nick Earp	....	second unit director
Gilberto Topczewski	....	second unit director

Art Department
Heather Parlato	....	layout graphic designer
Heather Watts	....	layout graphic designer

Sound Department
Mark Kamps	....	sound designer
Mark Kamps	....	supervising sound editor
Jason Krane	....	dialogue editor
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	sound effects editor
Jon Reiss	....	production sound
Kevin Roache	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Calder Greenwood	....	digital artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Alberts	....	still photographer
Carlos Batts	....	still photographer
Lionel Belluteau	....	still photographer
Chaz Bojorquez	....	still photographer
Julius Cavero	....	still photographer
Duncan Cumming	....	still photographer
Nathan Dorr	....	still photographer
Douglas Ensel	....	still photographer
Luke Fisher	....	gaffer
Laura Fries	....	still photographer
Nicolas Ganz	....	still photographer
Roger Gastman	....	still photographer
Denis Gradel	....	still photographer
Ryan Griffith	....	gaffer
Dan Hassid	....	still photographer
Ignacio	....	still photographer
Ket	....	still photographer
Chris Ledochowski	....	still photographer
Mike Lin	....	still photographer
Frank Lynch	....	still photographer
Anthony Manna	....	still photographer
Carolina Miranda	....	still photographer
John Naar	....	still photographer
Hung P. Nguyen	....	additional camera operator
Susan Phillips	....	still photographer
Anna Prokhorova	....	still photographer
Sybille Prou	....	still photographer
Jon Reiss	....	additional camera operator
Jon Reiss	....	gaffer
Luke Robinson	....	still photographer
Joe Rodriguez	....	still photographer
Matthew Rose	....	still photographer
Stephen K. Schuster	....	still photographer
Joel Spellman	....	still photographer
Nathan Tape	....	additional camera operator
Nathan Tape	....	gaffer
Guy Tillim	....	still photographer
Stefanie Wildner	....	still photographer
Aaron Wilson	....	additional camera operator
Aaron Wilson	....	gaffer
Michael Witczak	....	gaffer (as Michael Witzack)
Zephyr	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Samir Arghandiwall	....	animator
Matt Clauson	....	animator
Beau DeSilva	....	animator
Jon Gutman	....	animator
James Jaculina	....	animator
Kriss Salmanis	....	animator
Brian Whip	....	animator

Editorial Department
Esteban Arguello	....	assistant editor
Scott Ashby	....	digitizer
Carlos Bonilla	....	assistant editor
Rachel Patrick Conover	....	assistant editor
Ismael Corpas	....	assistant editor
Ricardo De Laveaga	....	lead assistant editor
Tom Duty	....	assistant editor
Nick Ferrero	....	second assistant editor
April Gafni	....	digitizer
Arshia Haq	....	associate editor
Michael Hoal	....	assistant editor
Deirdre Holmes	....	assistant editor
Christine Khalafian	....	assistant editor
Drew Kilcoin	....	assistant editor
Ali Lee	....	digitizer (as Alexandra Lee)
John Lin	....	assistant editor
Leandro Marini	....	colorist
Donna Mathewson	....	assistant editor
Zamin Mirza	....	digitizer
John Moody	....	assistant editor
Eileen Nelson	....	assistant editor
Gavin Percy	....	lead assistant editor
Todd Raleigh	....	lead assistant editor
Richard Shacter	....	additional editor
Shervin Shafaie	....	digitizer
Andrew J. Wahlquist	....	on-line editor
Szu-Hua Wang	....	assistant editor
Shane Willis	....	lead assistant editor
Rachel Yee	....	associate editor
Aaron Zander	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Disco D.	....	composer: additional music
David Garcia	....	music supervisor
Mathematics	....	composer: additional music
Thorsten Sideboard	....	music consultant
Brittany Somerset	....	music consultant
Nathan Tape	....	music consultant

Other crew
Esteban Arguello	....	transcriber
Aurore Barry	....	production assistant
Corey Bodoh-Creed	....	assistant to director
Damon Carroll	....	japanese translator
Tom Cassel	....	production technical director
Charlie Cheshire	....	researcher
Terrence Cho	....	transcriber
Aidan Orion Crawford	....	transcriber (as Aidan Crawford)
Scott Cummings	....	transcriber
Cassie Destino	....	coordinator
Jared Feldschreiber	....	production assistant
Amanda Fletcher	....	coordinator
James Garfield	....	production assistant
Tracy Goldstein	....	researcher
Jeff Graham	....	transcriber
Calder Greenwood	....	transcriber
Andrew Harper	....	researcher
Thomas Harris	....	film consultant
Samantha Hatch	....	coordinator
Ari Hoffman	....	transcriber
Christopher Keath	....	technical advisor
Nadine Khour	....	transcriber
Eva Kosmas	....	transcriber
Alan Spencer Lakomskis	....	transcriber
Linda Lichter	....	production legal services
Michelle Michelson	....	transcriber
Maura Milan	....	transcriber
Amber Minogue	....	transcriber
Carlos Miranda	....	transcriber
Isi Moll	....	transcriber
Hung P. Nguyen	....	researcher
John Oravec	....	coordinator
Jane Padget	....	travel coordinator
Jill Pike	....	coordinator
Jenni Powell	....	transcriber
Jared Raun	....	production assistant
Michael Roban	....	production legal services
Koe Rodriguez	....	contributor
Nuria Rodríguez	....	transcriber
Marcio Romani	....	transcriber
Jeff Shih	....	transcriber (as Jeffrey Shih)
Anna Soares	....	transcriber
Joel Spellman	....	additional title designer
Jeff Springer	....	production legal services
Moe Sugawara	....	production assistant
Erika Tanigaki	....	transcriber
Katheryne Thomas	....	transcriber
Tristen Tuckfield	....	transcriber
Monica Vera	....	production assistant
Szu-Hua Wang	....	additional title designer
Victoria Watson	....	researcher
Amanda Weiss	....	transcriber
Travis Wilkerson	....	production assistant

Thanks
King Adz	....	special thanks
Elizabeth Ai	....	special thanks
Trevor Algatt	....	special thanks
Lyrica Allermoth	....	special thanks
Chico Américo	....	thanks
Monsieur André	....	thanks
Apex	....	thanks
Ignacio Aronovich	....	special thanks
Ash	....	thanks
Jay Badbc	....	thanks
Belgique Bar	....	special thanks
Fabrico Barbosa	....	thanks
Great Bates	....	thanks
Bcome	....	thanks
Beam Boys	....	thanks
Daniel Benevides	....	thanks
Billboard Liberation Front	....	thanks
Binho	....	thanks
Stefano E. Bloch	....	special thanks
Lauren Bon	....	extra special thanks
Boogie	....	thanks
T.V. Boy	....	thanks
Brush	....	thanks
Buffmonster	....	thanks
Cacau	....	thanks
Calma	....	thanks
Galo Make Canote	....	thanks (as Galo)
Clint Cantwell	....	special thanks
Pedro Carvajal	....	acknowledgment: additional materials provided by
Merire Aparecida S. Ceario	....	thanks
Ces	....	thanks
Henry Chalfant	....	special thanks
Chor	....	thanks
Lisa Citron	....	special thanks
Anne Clements	....	special thanks
Clyde	....	thanks
Juan Conde i del Campo	....	thanks
Cre8	....	thanks
Csaw	....	thanks
Caledonia Curry	....	thanks (as Swoon)
Navid Daee	....	special thanks
Keith Damon	....	special thanks (as Dr. Keith Damon)
Maya De Rossi	....	special thanks
Delta	....	thanks
Kirby Dick	....	special thanks
Diorn	....	thanks
Dios	....	thanks
Dokturwun	....	thanks
Claudio Donato	....	thanks
El Done	....	thanks
Ozeas Duarte	....	thanks
Duce	....	thanks
Marc Ecko	....	special thanks
Elph	....	thanks
Esow	....	thanks
Faith47	....	extra special thanks
Fargo	....	thanks
Susan Farrel	....	special thanks
Fdt 56	....	thanks
Marc Felt	....	special thanks
Jane Fitzgerald	....	special thanks
Nicholas Ganz	....	extra special thanks
Guerilla Gardener	....	thanks
Roger Gastman	....	special thanks
Gitahy	....	thanks
Sace Gold	....	thanks
Jill Goldman	....	extra special thanks
Chris Graves	....	special thanks
Susan Graves	....	special thanks
Kev Grey	....	thanks
Brad Grossman	....	special thanks
Dan Halsted	....	special thanks
Gil Harari	....	special thanks
Monica Harmon	....	special thanks
Matt Harrison	....	special thanks
Darren Herczeg	....	special thanks
Valerie J. Hill	....	special thanks
Elba Horta	....	special thanks
Ida	....	special thanks
Idee	....	thanks
Influenza	....	thanks
Wk Interact	....	thanks
Space Invader	....	thanks
Dana Jantz	....	special thanks
Jana Joana	....	thanks
Justin Jupp-Encams	....	thanks
Kaleb	....	thanks
Andy Kaplan	....	special thanks
Lena Kasambalides	....	special thanks
Jonathan Kaslow	....	special thanks
Abdelrahman Katanani	....	thanks
Kboco	....	thanks
Christopher Keath	....	extra special thanks
Max Kennedy	....	special thanks
Vicki Kennedy	....	special thanks
Keti	....	thanks
Miles Keylock	....	special thanks
Kinsey	....	thanks
Remko Koopman	....	special thanks
Richard Kovacs	....	special thanks
KRS-One	....	special thanks
Kady Leff	....	special thanks
Loomit	....	thanks
El Mac	....	thanks
Michael Mailer	....	special thanks
Norman Mailer	....	special thanks
Mike Malbon	....	special thanks
Stash Maleski	....	special thanks
Man One	....	special thanks
Man One	....	thanks
Tristan Manco	....	special thanks
Hugo Martinez	....	special thanks
Vivian Matito	....	special thanks
Ben McCracken	....	special thanks
Peter McFarlane	....	special thanks (as Dr. Peter McFarlane)
Katie McGloin	....	special thanks
Tommy McGloin	....	special thanks
Kathleen McInnis	....	extra special thanks (as Kathleen McKinnis)
Daniel Melim	....	thanks
Meres	....	thanks
Miedo	....	thanks
Monstas of the Under Ground	....	thanks
Daniel Mosher	....	special thanks
Terai Motokazu	....	thanks
Moze	....	thanks
Adrian Nabi	....	special thanks
Annika Nagy	....	special thanks
Slug Nation	....	thanks
Adam Neate	....	thanks
Caleb Neelson	....	special thanks
Nesm	....	thanks
Jesse Nicely	....	special thanks
Nishiba	....	thanks
Noks	....	thanks
Nug	....	acknowledgment: additional materials provided by
David & Leslie Offer	....	special thanks
Robert Offer	....	special thanks
Jackeline Olivier	....	thanks
Lue One	....	special thanks
Shuck One	....	thanks
Snake One	....	thanks
Ovie	....	thanks
Amel Pain	....	special thanks
Andre Pain	....	special thanks
Sanford Panitch	....	special thanks
Kenton Parker	....	special thanks
Simon Parker	....	special thanks
Parole	....	thanks
Thomas Peiser	....	special thanks
Liz Peterson	....	special thanks
Susan Phillips	....	special thanks
Pike	....	acknowledgment: additional materials provided by
Adam Pilkington	....	special thanks
Amos Poe	....	special thanks
Rick Prelinger	....	special thanks
Karyn Rachtman	....	special thanks
Rameez	....	thanks
Numa Ramos	....	thanks
Rastym David Rawlings	....	thanks
Redman	....	thanks
Sam and Lucie Reiss	....	extra special thanks
Resq	....	special thanks
Baixo Ribeiro	....	special thanks
Eymard Ribeiro	....	thanks
Marianna Ribeiro	....	special thanks
Michael Roban	....	extra special thanks
Alexis Rockman	....	special thanks
Alex Rodriguez	....	special thanks
Rolieo Rukus	....	thanks
Gene Sansone	....	thanks
Kay Sarlin	....	special thanks
Teri Schwartz	....	extra special thanks
Jess Scott-Hunter	....	acknowledgment: additional materials provided by
Sharp	....	special thanks
Richard Schwarz Sherm	....	thanks
Sadie Shiller	....	special thanks
Thorsten Sideboard	....	special thanks
Siloette	....	thanks
Tony Silver	....	acknowledgment: additional materials provided by
Tony Silver	....	special thanks
Skiet	....	thanks
Skip	....	thanks
Skki	....	thanks
Brittany Somerset	....	extra special thanks
Speed	....	thanks
Elizabeth Stanley	....	special thanks
Make One Stn	....	thanks
Julia Stolis	....	special thanks
Amanda Sweikow	....	extra special thanks
Stuart Swezey	....	special thanks
Tats Cru	....	thanks
Jorge Tavares	....	thanks
Two Things	....	thanks
Miss Tic	....	thanks
Bently Tittle	....	special thanks
Toofly	....	thanks
Toomer	....	thanks
TPA Crew	....	thanks
Guilherme Valiengo	....	thanks
Janice Van Wagner	....	special thanks
JJ Veronis	....	thanks
Lynfaro Wajima	....	special thanks
Nick Walker	....	thanks
Akim Walta	....	special thanks
Lance Weiler	....	special thanks
Iris Weinshall	....	thanks
Werc	....	thanks
Carl Weston	....	acknowledgment: additional materials provided by
Jesse Wheeler	....	special thanks
Joe Wiggins	....	special thanks
Rabia Williams	....	special thanks
Linda Wissmath	....	special thanks
Dan Witz	....	thanks
Bram XIX	....	special thanks
Zephyr	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Antidote Films (I) (in association with)
• Flying Cow Productions

Distributors

• Gravitas Ventures (2010) (USA) (video) (VOD)

Other Companies

• Aloe High School  special thanks (as Aloe High School, Cape Town, South Africa)
• Annenberg Foundation, The  grant
• Grapixo Vandal Shop  special thanks
• Local Hero  post-production facilities
• Strauss Foundation, The  grant

Also Known As:

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Japanese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Greece:K

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company:

Antidote Films (I)

Movie Connections:

Followed by Bomb It 2 (2010)

Soundtrack:

ARD

Bomb It! Takes you on a trip around the world through a can of paint.

I am so impressed with where this movie goes literally and metaphorically. I loved the animation used at the beginning and how it's sprinkled throughout, it worked perfectly! Congratulations Jon should be really proud of it. Plus it says so much about the world and the state it's in, you really get this feeling that Graffiti is a desperate act to communicate! The movie works on so many levels. It is pretty awe inspiring in it's scope, discussing graffiti from around the world, questioning art, questioning what makes a space public. I came away with the feeling that all graffiti artists all over world do it for basically the same reason and because of this it feels like a universal language, that the whole world is suffering from the same disease and these artists are reaching out through places that are seen by everyone.

The movie is a gift , I hope a lot of people see it because they should!