American Son (2008)

Director:

Neil Abramson

Writers:

Eric Schmid (screenplay)
Neil Abramson (story) ...
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Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Anything can happen in 96 hours.

Plot:

The story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave. |

Plot Keywords:

Thanksgiving | Mother Daughter Relationship | Falling In Love | Basketball | Gay Slur

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Nick Cannon	...	Mike
Matt Sigloch	...	Company Commander (voice)
Dotan Baer	...	Marine #1
Justin Diedolf	...	Marine #2
Renzo Fidani	...	Marine #3
Wade Harlan	...	Marine #4
Robert T. Parker	...	Marine #5
Dominique Valdez	...	Go USA! Guy
Melonie Diaz	...	Cristina
Danielle Barbosa	...	Cristina's Mother
Gaby Medina	...	Christina's Sister
Anthony Medina	...	Christina'a Brother
Matt O'Leary	...	Jake
Erica Gluck	...	Tricia
Tom Sizemore	...	Dale
April Grace	...	Donna
Bryan Marsh	...	Redneck
Sean Marquette	...	Darcy
Ray Santiago	...	Miguelito
Percy Daggs III	...	Shawn
Michael Welch	...	Goldie
Samuel McFadden	...	Samuel
Nancy Kliuftis	...	Courtney
Diana Terranova	...	Tammy
Eurydice Davis	...	Amber
Katie Ulloa	...	Christina's Boss
Chi McBride	...	Eddie
Jolene Hjerleid	...	Dawn
Herman Wilkins	...	Aaron
Toni Quintero	...	Maria (as Tonie Quintero)
Sal Lopez	...	Cristina's Father
Rosie Grandiallas	...	Señora Morales
Jay Hernandez	...	Junior Morales
Dennis D'Antin	...	Alex
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erick Florez	...	Gang Banger (uncredited)
Jumper Lark	...	Kyle (uncredited)
Alex Perez	...	Marine - Private (uncredited)
Jose Perez	...	Marine (uncredited)

Directed by
Neil Abramson

Writing credits
Eric Schmid		(screenplay)
Neil Abramson		(story) and
Eric Schmid		(story)

Produced by
Chris Frisina	....	executive producer
Keeley Gould	....	co-producer
Keeley Gould	....	line producer
Alex Kohner	....	executive producer
Danielle Renfrew	....	producer
Michael Roiff	....	producer

Original Music by
Tim Boland
Sam Retzer

Cinematography by
Kris Kachikis		(director of photography) (as Kristian Kachikis)

Film Editing by
Karen Schmeer

Casting by
Venus Kanani
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Paula Good

Art Direction by
Chris Gioia

Costume Design by
Christie Wittenborn

Makeup Department
Jeni Chua	....	hair stylist
Jeni Chua	....	makeup artist
Sara C. Hernandez	....	key hair stylist
Sara C. Hernandez	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Luca Borghese	....	post-production supervisor
Yari Schutzer	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Hagney	....	first assistant director
Andrew Shepherd	....	second assistant director
Lance W. Lanfear	....	second assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)

Art Department
James Ambers	....	props assistant
Christian Goss	....	props assistant
Martin Carrasco Leon	....	props assistant

Sound Department
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
Trip Brock	....	supervising sound editor
Adam De Coster	....	foley artist
Ginger Geary	....	foley artist
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor (as Peter Lago)
Doug Latislaw	....	adr mixer
Patricio A. Libenson	....	dialogue editor (as Patricio Libenson)
Sean Madsen	....	sound engineer
Maggie Malyn	....	post sound coordinator
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Paige Pollack	....	foley artist
Henry Rivera	....	boom operator
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Mark Rozett)
Melissa Strater	....	post sound coordinator
Kyle Tilbury	....	sound engineer
April Tucker	....	adr engineer
Steven Utt	....	foley editor (as Steve Utt)
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Verkamp	....	sound mixer
Ben Whitver	....	adr mixer
Skip Williams	....	dialogue editor (as Billy Skip Williams)
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Rene Diamante	....	pyrotechnician
Boyd Lacosse	....	pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
Jason W. Alexander	....	compositor: Handmade Digital
Todd Groves	....	lead compositor: Handmade Digital
Lee Roderick	....	visual effects supervisor: Handmade Digital
Howard Stein	....	iq artist: Modern VideoFilm
Jennifer Vecchiarello	....	visual effects producer: Handmade Digital

Stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunt coordinator
Kurtis Epper	....	stunt rigger
Brian Simpson	....	stunt rigger
Ryan Happy	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Joseph E. Jones	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Yash Bhatt	....	grip
Lila Byall	....	first assistant camera
Mike Gratzmiller	....	loader
Shaun Hosseini	....	electrician
Greg Marquez	....	electrician
Brady McElroy	....	key grip
Steven R. Morales	....	best boy electric (as Steve Morales)
Alex Skvorzov	....	gaffer
Kirk F. Smith II	....	second assistant camera (as Kirk Smith)
Nick Sogard	....	best boy grip
John Spellman	....	additional second assistant camera
Adam L. Taylor	....	still photographer (as Adsam Taylor)
Bryan Sprow	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Chad Ritterbach	....	additional casting
Julie Swistak	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kelli Hughes	....	costumer
Gillian Zwick	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Toni Allen	....	negative cutter
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Richard Codding	....	assistant editor
Joe Finley	....	digital intermediate colorist: Modern VideoFilm
Vivian Hengsteler	....	negative cutter
Jonny McPheeters	....	colorist: dailies
Rana Musharbash	....	digital intermediate post supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Christine Park	....	assistant editor
Naomi Spiro	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Gerry Cueller	....	music supervisor
Greg Danylyshyn	....	music supervisor
Jon Mooney	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Joseph E. Jones	....	driver (as Joe Jones)
Dave Velona	....	driver
Jeremy Feinberg	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Stephen Amstutz	....	location scout
Kenny Brant	....	location manager
Darci Dunnagan	....	production coordinator
Michael J. Escobar	....	production accountant (as Michael Escobar)
Guy Flint	....	studio teacher
Lindsay Hagans	....	script supervisor
Matt Hernandez	....	production assistant
Todd Warren Howard	....	script supervisor (as Todd Howard)
Ted Johnston	....	production assistant
Stanley Longstreet	....	location scout
Clint Mabry	....	body double: Junior (as John Clint Mabry)
Nick Plantico	....	weapons handler
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	production legal
Pat Repola	....	vice president: feature post, Modern VideoFilm
Stephen Ross	....	key set production assistant
Gabe Scarpelli	....	production assistant
Marci Scott	....	location assistant
Matt Sigloch	....	technical advisor: military
Mike Tristano	....	weapons handler
Alisia Vega	....	production assistant
Melissa Vickers	....	production assistant
Reuben Cannon	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Vester Day	....	caterer (uncredited)
Alex Farrington	....	set medic (uncredited)
Chris Fernandez	....	intern (uncredited)
Torrence Hall	....	armorer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Map Point Pictures
• Night and Day Pictures
• Winghead Films

Distributors

• G2 Pictures (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Elephant Films (2010) (France) (all media)
• Media 8 Entertainment (2008) (non-USA) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Special Effects

• Handmade Digital (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (opticals and digital imaging)

Other Companies

• B.A.M. Grip Co.  grip and electric equipment provided by
• C.M. Meiers Company  insurance
• Cinelease  grip and electric equipment provided by
• DitlevFilms  end crawl
• Great Western Caterers  catering
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• Monkeyland Audio  sound re-recording
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  titles
• Yada/Levine  Avid provided by

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MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and drug use

Runtime:

USA:90 min (Sundance Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | USA:R (certificate #45363) | Australia:M | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA

Company:

Map Point Pictures

Trivia:

A straight to DVD release.

Soundtrack:

God Damn

Great Movie

I can completely relate. My question is when are they going to make a movie about the life of a Female military member? They have all these war movies and military movies that are all about Men in the military, why not make one about the Females? It is hard for us too, being in a male dominate career field. I love the movies about my brothers at war...but where is the love for the sisters fighting too? I do think that this was a Great movie. It really throws down how it feels to come home after going to Boot. Friends and family do not understand that it is not just a job, it is also a commitment, a life style that one chooses when they sign that dotted line. You don't actually realize how much you have changed as a person until you go back home after about a year or so of training and see all your old friends doing nothing with their lives.