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Overview

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Release Date:
15 October 2009 (Kazakhstan) more
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Every life has a breaking point more
Plot:
Four Los Angelenos -- a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper -- are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances. full summary | full synopsis
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(121 articles)
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Interesting and well done film of the life struggles of complex characters, yet it all intersects to a heavenly means in the city of angels. more (33 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Jessica Biel ... Rose Johnny

Eddie Redmayne ... Qwerty Doolittle

Forest Whitaker ... Charlie

Ray Liotta ... Jack Doheny

Lisa Kudrow ... Sally

Patrick Swayze ... Velvet Larry

Kris Kristofferson ... Randall

Alejandro Romero ... Lexus

Sanaa Lathan ... Diana

Chandler Canterbury ... Billy

Jeffery A. Baker ... Slim (as Jeffery Adam Baker)

Navid Negahban ... Dr. Brooks
Ravi Patel ... Sanjay

Billy Wirth ... David

Don Swayze ... Bouncer

Ben Bray ... Security

Joe Holt ... ER Doctor
L. Scott Caldwell ... Nurse Gomez

Mandy June Turpin ... Jenkins

Armando Cosio ... Jose

Riki Lindhome ... Nicole

Jesse Henecke ... Loan Manager

Ana Berry ... Female Host
Leyna Nguyen ... Newscast Reporter

Chad Christopher ... Undercover Security

Soledad Campos ... Catholic Nun
Clent Bowers ... Bus Driver

Danvy Pham ... Velvet Larry's Girl-Lotus

Luoc Lee ... Pallbearer / Blond Drag Queen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Rayner ... EMT

Sala Baker ... Thug #1 (uncredited)

Sarah Bastian ... Sarah (uncredited)

Dre Bowie ... Basketball Player (uncredited)

François Chau ... Butcher (uncredited)

Karina Colon ... Molly's Sister (uncredited)

Rico Devereaux ... Bouncer #2 (uncredited)

Stella Doyle ... Woman in Church (uncredited)

Sahara Dawn Ealy ... Mary (uncredited)

Jeffrey Hallman ... Young Jack (uncredited)

Sonia Laszlo ... Happy Girl in Sky Blue Dress (uncredited)
Tracie Leaphart ... Go-go dancer (uncredited)

Anthony Ledesma ... Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Elaine Lee ... Cafe Waitress (uncredited)

Michelle Lenhardt ... Angel In Love (uncredited)
Cory Patt ... (uncredited)

Kasey Poteet ... Stripper (uncredited)

Gary Sievers ... Homeless Man with dog (uncredited)

Kaliya Skye ... Young Rose (uncredited)
Mike Su ... Pallbearer (uncredited)

David M. Tran ... Comic Store Guy (uncredited)

Ian Tran ... Pallbearer (uncredited)
Yoda Ushery ... Bar Patron (uncredited)

Jeff Wolfe ... Ray - Thug (uncredited)
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Directed by
Timothy Linh Bui 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Timothy Linh Bui  story
Timothy Linh Bui  writer
Stephane Gauger  story

Produced by
Bill Block .... executive producer
Timothy Linh Bui .... producer
Christopher J. Corabi .... associate producer
Ross M. Dinerstein .... producer
Kimberly Fox .... executive producer
Jeff Golenberg .... executive producer
Ron Hartenbaum .... co-executive producer
Paul Hellerman .... co-producer
Aaron Kaufman .... executive producer
Douglas Kuber .... co-executive producer
Rick Lashbrook .... executive producer
Shaun Redick .... executive producer
Bobby Schwartz .... producer
Alison Semenza .... co-executive producer
Tracee Stanley .... producer
Forest Whitaker .... producer
 
Original Music by
Didier Rachou  (as Didier Lean Rachou)
 
Cinematography by
Jonathan Sela 
 
Film Editing by
Leo Trombetta 
 
Casting by
Michelle Levy 
Ronnie Yeskel 
 
Production Design by
Keith Neely 
 
Art Direction by
Dan Morski 
 
Costume Design by
Magali Guidasci 
 
Makeup Department
Miia Kovero .... hair department head
Margarita Pidgeon .... key hair stylist
Gigi Williams .... makeup department head
 
Production Management
Jan Kikumoto .... post production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Morgan Elam .... second second assistant director
Stephane Gauger .... second unit director
Keith Jones .... second second assistant director
Colin McGreal .... second unit director
Jon Recher .... second assistant director
Joseph Suarez .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Alysia Allen .... art department coordinator
Jeffery Goyer .... construction coordinator
Jacelyn Lauren Jackson .... art department intern
Kay Kropp .... head painter
Kami Laprade .... assistant property master
Colin McGreal .... storyboard artist
Jason Mueller .... assistant property master
Cynthia Nibler .... property master
Michael Voelker .... assistant property master
Maret Wicken .... paint foreman
 
Sound Department
Kyle Billingsley .... foley mixer
Willie D. Burton .... production sound mixer
Chris David .... sound re-recording mixer
Brian Dunlop .... foley editor
Christopher Eakins .... sound effects editor
Andrew Edelman .... additional boom operator
David Esparza .... sound designer
David Esparza .... supervising sound editor
John Hays .... additional utility sound
Gabriel J. Serrano .... sound recordist
Eric Thompson .... adr mixer
Callie Thurman .... assistant sound editor
Lisa Varetakis .... supervising dialog editor
 
Special Effects by
Anthony Lee Henderson .... rain effects
Philip Henderson .... rain effects
Philip Neil Henderson .... rain effects assistant
Roger Kelton .... special effects technician
Zak Knight .... special effects foreman
 
Visual Effects by
Evan Ghigliotty .... digital compositor
Drew Johnson .... digital artist
Benjamin Martin .... digital compositor
Roger Mocenigo .... digital compositor: Amalgamated Pixels
Michael Morreale .... executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc.
Jeremy Oddo .... visual effects
Phillip Palousek .... visual effects coordinator
Eric Pham .... visual effects supervisor
Randy Polk .... simulation artist
Francisco Ramos .... visual effects
Daniel Solano .... visual effects
Tammy Sutton .... 2D supervisor: Amalgamated Pixels
David Van Woert .... visual effects producer
Leo Vezzali .... visual effects supervisor
Johnathon Vought .... assistant visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Ward .... visual effects
Charles Kohlmyer .... compositing trainee (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Sala Baker .... stunt double
Richard Bucher .... stunt double
Steve M. Davison .... stunt coordinator
Carrick O'Quinn .... utility stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Barry Berona .... camera operator
Barry Berona .... director of photography: second unit
Gary Bevans .... camera assistant
Richard W. Botchlet .... assistant chief lighting technician
Jeremie Brillant .... grip
Ryan Copeland .... set lighting technician
Daniel Cotroneo .... set lighting technician
Hiroyuki Fukuda .... first assistant additional camera: second unit
Erik Gonzales .... additional best boy electric
Erik Gonzales .... electrician
Erik Gonzales .... lighting technician
Mark Hyde .... key grip
Steve Irvine .... lighting technician
Thomas McCarty .... lighting technician
Dustin Penrod .... electrician
Jay Pope .... grip
Hong Suwadji .... camera trainee
Scott R. Todd .... chief lighting technician
Remi Tournois .... camera operator
Raul Vasquez .... grip
Chuck Zlotnick .... still photographer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yasmine Abraham .... costume supervisor
Tracie Leaphart .... assistant costume designer
Michelle Margolis .... set costumer
Emanuela Vincenzi .... costume assistant
 
Editorial Department
Jason Bretz .... assistant editor
Marisa Clayton .... digital intermediate producer: Modern VideoFilm
John Craig .... dailies colorist
Sue Gates .... digital intermediate colorist
David Marks .... assistant editor
Joel T. Pashby .... assistant editor
Christopher Wild Rogers .... digital intermediate producer
 
Music Department
Debra Baum .... music supervisor
Drew DeAscentis .... music editor
Braden Dick .... music coordinator
Roman Tobias Pettigrew .... assistant to composer
Peter Rotter .... orchestra contractor
Michael Stern .... music recording engineer
Aaron Zigman .... composer: additional music
 
Transportation Department
Corey Askins .... transportation captain
J. Armin Garza II .... driver: camera car
Philip Henderson .... watertruck driver
Gary Jackson .... transportation
Zoa Keith .... transportation
Eli Lozano .... driver: honeywagon
Kim Magruder .... driver generator operator
Robert Mckee .... picture car mechanic
Kelly Murphy .... driver
Harry Victor Schultz .... driver: Ray Liotta
Marilyn Shannon .... driver: set dressing
Eric Solmonson .... driver
 
Other crew
Erik Bright .... publicist
Christopher J. Corabi .... production legal counsel
Celeste Den .... assistant to producers
Tim Farrands .... crafts service assistant
Philip Hoang .... assistant to director
Jina Kim .... assistant production coordinator
Tanya Leal Soto .... assistant: Forest Whitaker
Richard Lilly .... set production assistant
Ella Marcus .... key craft service
Jenny Napier .... assistant to producers
Karma Neff .... choreographer
Monika Petrillo .... script supervisor
Corinna Pieloch .... publicist
Emily Rice .... post-production accountant
Joey Rivera .... craft service
Yoni Tabac .... production coordinator
Gregory Tapscott .... key assistant location manager
Marcus Taylor .... key set production assistant
Karla Torres .... production coordinator
Michael Weathersby .... stand-in: Forest Whitaker
Allen Wong .... production accountant
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use.
Runtime:
106 min | Germany:115 min (European Film Market)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Patrick Swayze's final feature film performance. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: You can see Forest Whitaker's reflection in glass in the scene where he sits next to his wife on the bench, as if the shot has been taken from inside a car. more
Quotes:
Qwerty Doolittle: In my profession, I see death every day. Some by accident, some by sickness, but some through despair. These are the ones I wish I could have helped. more
Movie Connections:
References Annie Hall (1977) more
Soundtrack:
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14 out of 22 people found the following review useful.
Interesting and well done film of the life struggles of complex characters, yet it all intersects to a heavenly means in the city of angels., 11 June 2009
8/10
Author: Danny Blankenship from Petersburg, Virginia

"Powder Blue" wasn't one of those big cinema releases, yet it was a film with a gripping powerful story of the intersecting of complex paths in the city of L.A.. And the all star cast made the film watchable. Set in modern day L.A. on the tough and rumble streets the films main focus is on four characters and it involves the showing of their everyday hardships and problems only all will collide by luck, destiny, and happens chance. Jessica Biel who's always beautiful and such a pleasure to view really shines as a young desperate single mom with a dying kid who's only hope is to earn money to support her cocaine habit by doing nude dancing as a stripper. Enter Ray Liotta as an ex con just released yet he has terminal cancer only he will discover thru Biel's character that life finally does have some touching emotional moments. And Forrest Whitaker is a character you feel desperate for as he is a man with no will to live after losing his wife as he will go to any lengths to be killed. And to round out you have a young mortician played by Eddie Redmayne who's lonely only in the end destiny will have it he will find love with the Biel character. This film is pretty powerful for it's message it sends that no matter how desperate life is for some unexpected hope can be found and everyone has a destiny. Plus no matter how different and complex people are they are all the same as their paths were meant to cross to help one another as in the end that leads to a heavenly and peaceful ending. Overall great film with an all star cast that proves life is a harsh struggle yet with help and connecting their is hope.

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