Columbus Day (2008)

Director:

Charles Burmeister

Writer:

Charles Burmeister (written by)

Release Date:

26 June 2010 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A game of life & death.

Plot:

A thief tries to fix the damage done during the biggest heist of his career. |

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Father Daughter Relationship | Shotgun | Hit With A Baseball Bat | Suffocation

Cast

Val Kilmer	...	John Cologne
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Antoine
Richard Edson	...	Manny
Marg Helgenberger	...	Alice
Ivana Milicevic	...	Cheryl
Lobo Sebastian	...	Jimmy Espinosa
Michael Muhney	...	Detective Daniels
Sean Blakemore	...	Officer Walters
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Max
Ashley Johnson	...	Alana
Mark Kelly	...	Leonard
Miles Platt	...	Edward
Jack McGee	...	Paul
Courtney Thomas	...	Woman
Shelley Malil	...	Babul
Dot Jones	...	Cop #1 (as Dot-Marie Jones)
Wilson Tai	...	Tech Cop (as Wilson W. Tai)
Larrs Jackson	...	Executive Man
Melissa R. Bacelar	...	Cute Girl in Park (as Melissa Bacelar)
Rick Avery	...	Driver
Bryan Hanna	...	Jake
David Winston Barge	...	Detective
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sadey Paige Nifong	...	Kid in the Park
Tayelor Nifong	...	Parade Kid
Marie Antoinette	...	Woman (uncredited)
Rocco Passafaro	...	Freddie (uncredited)
Marc Schaffer	...	Garbage Truck Driver (uncredited)
John H. Tobin	...	Viola Player (uncredited)
Eric Thomas Wilson	...	Cop #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Burmeister

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Burmeister		written by

Produced by
Eric Amadio	....	executive producer
Evan Astrowsky	....	producer
Dana Brunetti	....	producer
Simon Fawcett	....	executive producer
Bruce Wayne Gillies	....	line producer
Ewa Jakubas	....	producer
Val Kilmer	....	producer
Donald Kushner	....	executive producer
Bert Marcus	....	executive producer
Joseph Merhi	....	executive producer
Jack Nasser	....	executive producer
Wojtek Palys	....	executive producer
Elie Samaha	....	executive producer
Kevin Spacey	....	producer
Jonathan Yudis	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael A. Levine

Cinematography by
Julio Macat

Film Editing by
Jake Pushinsky

Casting by
Chadwick Struck

Production Design by
Linda Burton

Art Direction by
Christopher M. Ridino		(as Chris Ridino)

Costume Design by
Johanna Argan

Makeup Department
David Atherton	....	makeup artist: Val Kilmer
David Atherton	....	makeup department head
Yuko T. Koach	....	assistant makeup artist (as Yuko Tokunaga)
Peter Montagna	....	key makeup artist
Traci E. Smithe	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Jeff Carlson	....	unit production manager
Dureyshevar	....	post-production supervisor
Charlie Talbert	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe McDougall	....	first assistant director
Jake Pushinsky	....	second unit director
Jason Rodgers	....	second assistant director
Sofia Strehlow	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Alona P. Acerden	....	greensman
Anthony A. Altomare	....	assistant art director
Tom Brainard	....	art department coordinator
Carrie Brody	....	laborer
Christopher Cuneo	....	propmaker gang boss
Steve Dennis	....	scenic painter
Nicolas Locke	....	assistant art director
Jimmy Martinez	....	laborer
Jake Nelson	....	storyboard artist
Scott Nifong	....	property master
Carl Nunez	....	greens foreman
Ronnie Rose	....	labor foreman
Palmer Schallon	....	carpenter
Steven Sutphen	....	assistant property master
William Sutphen	....	set dresser
Bill Thompson	....	propmaker
Taylor Thompson	....	set dresser
Maria Vargas	....	labor foreman
Phillip Vargas	....	laborer
Maret Wicken	....	painter gangboss
Roy T. Wood	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	adr editor
Willy Allen	....	dialogue supervisor
Jason Brennan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeremy Gray	....	studio engineer
Ian Michael Griffith	....	post sound coordinator
Patrick M. Griffith	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Jefferson	....	adr mixer
Greg Jefferson	....	adr recordist
Anthony Krajchir	....	sound engineer
Steve McCarty	....	sound effects editor
Sharon Michaels	....	walla group coordinator
Steve Morantz	....	sound mixer
Joe Origlieri	....	additional sound recordist
Thomas Popp	....	sound utility
Santiago Recio	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cathleen Rowland	....	foley artist
Cathleen Rowland	....	foley editor
Galen L. Senogles	....	foley artist
Galen L. Senogles	....	foley editor
Greg Townsend	....	sound engineer
Shannan Vergow	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Aaron Wallace	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator
Zak Knight	....	special effects foreman
Steve Newquist	....	pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
O.T. Hight	....	inferno artist

Stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunt performer
Chuck Borden	....	stunt coordinator
Ben Bray	....	stunts
Art Camacho	....	stunts
Steve Hart	....	stunts
Cole McCay	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts (as Tommy Rosales)
Marc Schaffer	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Manuel Alvarado	....	electrician
Sebastian Amiri	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Sebastien Amiri)
Steven 'Spike' Barnes	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Monty Bass	....	dolly grip
Stephenie Blakemore	....	electrician (as Stephanie Blakemore)
Mark Brinegar	....	electrician (as Mark D. Brinegar)
Francisco Bulgarelli	....	electrician
Dwight Campbell	....	chief lighting technician
Adam Castro	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Andrew Chojnacki	....	additional grip
W. Ty Crawford	....	grip
Mike Flaningam	....	grip (as Michael Flanigam)
Trevor Fulks	....	best boy grip
Neil Jacobs	....	still photographer
Mike 'Flee' Lee	....	electrician
Bruce Letterman	....	grip
Anthony Lockerman	....	grip
Max Macat	....	camera production assistant
Grg Magidow	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Greg Magidow)
Michael McDuffee	....	electrician
Don Muirhead	....	Steadicam operator
Don Muirhead	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ryan Muirhead	....	clapper loader
Stephen Pazanti	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Steve Pazanti)
Cricket Peters	....	electrician (as S. Cricket Peters)
Germano Saracco	....	director of photography: second unit
R. Michael Stringer	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michele Flynn	....	key wardrobe supervisor
Corrine Larson	....	set costumer
Tim Wilson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christopher Currall	....	on-line editor
Fred Eldridge	....	final colorist
David Kern	....	additional editor
Joi McMillon	....	first assistant editor
Barry Murphy	....	additional editor
Chris Van Duyn	....	post-production coordinator
Christine Wilcock	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Peter G. Adams	....	composer: additional music
Peter G. Adams	....	music arranger
Scott Bruzenak	....	composer: additional music
John DeBorde	....	music arranger
Nima Fakhrara	....	assistant to composer (as Nima)
The LA Strings	....	musician: strings
Ryan Leach	....	composer: additional music
Ryan Leach	....	music editor
Daniel Lessner	....	composer: additional music
William Richter	....	composer: additional music
Michael Teoli	....	music assistant

Transportation Department
Corey Askins	....	transportation coordinator
Eli Lozano	....	driver
Greg Taylor	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	finance and distribution counsel
Aric Bendaric	....	location manager
Michael Berge	....	key set production assistant (as Mike 'Mailman' Berge)
Steve Berman	....	completion bond
Ian Campbell	....	assistant: Mr. Brunetti
Amy D'Alessandro	....	titles
Tim Farrands	....	crafts service assistant
Andy Franzen	....	production assistant
Aviv Gazit	....	production assistant
Sherie Giehtbrock	....	script supervisor
Debi Hampton	....	assistant production coordinator
Don M. Hardison	....	production counsel
Katy Shelor Harvey	....	production assistant (as Katy Shelor)
Chris Heiliger	....	office production assistant
Debra Hogg	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kysa Koenig	....	production assistant
Kelli Lassen	....	assistant location manager
Grace Lee	....	set production assistant
Sloane Lewis	....	production assistant
Ella Marcus	....	craft service
Pat McConville	....	production assistant (as Patrick McConville)
Douglas W. McHenry	....	production accountant
Debbie Pearl	....	animal coordinator
Justin Petty	....	office production assistant
David Albert Pierce	....	finance and production legal
Audra Rodgers	....	production coordinator (as Audra Cervantes)
Cassandra Noboa Sicre	....	set producer
Carter Swan	....	assistant: Evan Astrowsky
Cindy Swartz	....	set medic
Charlie Talbert	....	location supervisor
Walter Tasbas	....	set intern
Arjen van Eijmeren	....	production assistant
Matt Vodvarka	....	office production assistant

Production Companies

• Bert Marcus Productions
• Columbus Day the Movie LLC
• Trigger Street Productions

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Eagle Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2008) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Gativideo (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Vietnam) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Koch Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Ledafilms (2009) (Mexico) (TV)
• Lightning Media (II) (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Movie Bank (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)

Special Effects

• Ultimate Effects (special effects)

Other Companies

• Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson and Binder  legal representation
• William Morris Agency (WMA)  casting
• Aramid Capital Partners  funding
• Bill Dance Casting  extras casting
• Clairmont Camera  cameras provided by
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Hollywood Script Research  script clearances
• J.L. Fisher  cranes and dollies
• Level 3 Post  post production
• Mercury Sound Studios  sound re-recording studio
• New Century Arts  funding
• Paws for Effect  animals provided by
• Pierce Law Group  production & finance counsel
• Post Force Inc.  sound editorial facility
• Westwind Media  post production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2009) | Australia:MA | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bert Marcus Productions

Trivia:

The version released on video in the U.S. is producer Elie Samaha's recut of the film, which was rejected by the writer/director as well as the principal cast and crew. There are no plans for a release of the director's cut.

Goofs:

Continuity: Most readily apparent during close ups of Johnny inserting coins into the pay phone, beginning with the phone call that Johnny makes to Manny to warn him, and subsequent call, the type of pay phone Johnny is using, changes repeatedly from one that has the coin slot towards the left side and the coin return lever to the right side, to the type that has the coin slot to the extreme right and the return lever towards the center and back again.

Quotes:

Antoine:Do you have gaydar?

Movie Connections:

References The Little Mermaid (1989)

Soundtrack:

They Took The Fall

What happens when a jerk runs the show

OK, I am not personally sure that Val Kilmer is a jerk, but John Frankenheimer, who directed him in The Island of Dr. Moreau, said about him: "...I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world." He also said: "Will Rogers never met Val Kilmer." No doubt this refers to Rogers saying he never met a man he didn't like. A giant studio and a good director can minimize the effect of a prima donna narcissist on the movie itself. But when Val runs the show you get a mess like this. Don't think this was some artistic genius film ruined by the distributors. Val did with this what he probably tried to do with Island... make the entire movie all about Val with Val in every scene. Like a giant TJ Hooker episode, where Shatner could dictate that he appear in 90% of the scenes. Great narcissists make crappy movies. That's why the studio tried to add action scenes as the last resort, to save this mess. You can see the original movie in there-- and it sucks even worse than the action re-cut. So don't expect another Tombstone, this is either going to be boring drama drivel or incoherent action drivel, depending on which cut you see. Like all truly dreadful movies, it is fractal. The badness scales from the grandest story arc to the tiniest detail and everything in between. Everybody was phoning in their performance, no pun intended to the story line. You can almost hear them grinding their teeth waiting to get this turkey over with, and that is everyone from the director to the sound-man to the janitor to the intern getting the donuts.