Fighting (2009)

Director:

Dito Montiel

Writers (WGA):

Robert Munic (written by) and
Dito Montiel (written by)

Release Date:

24 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Some dreams are worth the fight.

Plot:

In New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.

Plot Keywords:

Alabama | New York City | Fighting | Single Mother | Wrestling

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Channing Tatum	...	Shawn MacArthur
Terrence Howard	...	Harvey Boarden
Zulay Henao	...	Zulay Velez
Michael Rivera	...	Ajax
Flaco Navaja	...	Ray Ray
Peter Anthony Tambakis	...	Z (as Peter Tambakis)
Luis Guzmán	...	Martinez
Anthony DeSando	...	Christopher Anthony
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Jack Dancing
Brian White	...	Evan Hailey
Ivan Martin	...	Stockbroker Jerry
Danny Mastrogiorgio	...	Trader Jim
Altagracia Guzman	...	Alba Guzmán
Gabrielle Pelucco	...	Lila
Angelic Zambrana	...	Kimo's Girl
Dante Nero	...	Kimo
Jim Coope	...	Roommate Sal
Melody Herman	...	Fine Claudette
Doug Yasuda	...	Jun Seoul
Cung Le	...	Dragon Le
Rich Pecci	...	Loud Club Wanna Be
Nina Poon	...	Questionable Asian
David John Bernardo	...	Strong Pete
Manuel Cabral	...	Screaming Man
Christopher Swift	...	Father
Elias Swift	...	Son
John Cenatiempo	...	Big Construction Worker
Steven Randazzo	...	Toll Booth Clerk
Kimelisa Chomba Dunn	...	Crazy Mary
Jovan U. Hernandez	...	Little Boy
Ilia Jessica Castro	...	Flawless Woman #1 (as Jessica Castro)
Michelle Gottschalk	...	Flawless Woman #2
Christina Llano	...	Flawless Woman #3
Michael Early	...	Mr. Wilson
Louis Vanaria	...	Driver Charles
Fernando Limonta	...	Cooler Kid
Aram Lumley	...	Sleepy
Manuel Molina	...	Mannie / Giovanni
Clem Cheung	...	Korean Grocer
Laila Liliana Garro	...	Fine Russian Girl #1 (as Julia Garro)
Misha Hasiuk	...	Fine Russian Girl #2
Yuri Foreman	...	Russian Fighter Yuri
Peter Mele	...	Doorman Renee
Kelvin Coffey	...	Local
Jermel Wilson	...	Man in a Cowhide Suit
Ksyn Cason	...	Fine Woman Shevonne (as Tamesha 'Ksyn' Cason)
Berto Colon	...	Expensive Suit Man
Eleonore Hendricks	...	Waitress Riley
Marilyn Raphael	...	Old Woman
Ann McGowan	...	Woman Outside (Protestor)
Joel Nagle	...	Binghampton #1
Richard DeDomenico	...	Sydney
Fredric Ross-Wilmoth	...	Greek Diner Owner
Mahindra Persaud	...	Doorman
Chad Thompson	...	Business / Suitcase Guy
André Tavarez	...	Thief #1
Antonio Gonzalez	...	Thief #2
Ibn Dixon	...	Thief #3
James Caver	...	Pink Bunny Man
Boris Talis	...	Announcer
Janet Paparazzo	...	Old Religious Woman
William Cote	...	Irate Customer (as Will Cote Kruschwitz)
Leonard Hollinger	...	Text Message Man
Keith Greaves	...	The Three Drummers
Robert Humphrey	...	The Three Drummers
Shayshahn MacPherson	...	The Three Drummers
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James P. Anderson	...	Russian Highroller (uncredited)
David Barroso	...	Yuri's Russian Friend (uncredited)
Judy Beil	...	Business Woman (uncredited)
Kevin Cannon	...	Street Hood (uncredited)
Gary Cherkassky	...	Russian Mobster (uncredited)
Youri Cho	...	Arcade Girl (uncredited)
Stephanie Cieplinski	...	Subway Girl (uncredited)
Marmee Cosico	...	Extra (uncredited)
Rafael Francisco	...	Fighter (uncredited)
Jet Harp	...	Gang Member (uncredited)
Michael Jeremiah	...	Latino Biker (uncredited)
Evan Lewis	...	Fight Guest (uncredited)
Jeanette Lutz	...	Russian Girl (uncredited)
Karen Nazarov	...	Russian Girl (uncredited)
Xavier Rafael	...	Fight Attendee (uncredited)
Vincent James Russo	...	Club Patron (uncredited)
D. Justyn Ryan	...	Russian Gangster / Wall Street Banker / Fight Scenes (uncredited)
Harry L. Seddon	...	Sandwich Board Man (uncredited)
Josie Marie Smith	...	Tough Girl (uncredited)
Paul Thornton	...	Upscale Businessman (uncredited)
Yuri Votyakov	...	Coach (uncredited)
Norman Wakefield	...	Evan's Crew Member #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Dito Montiel

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Munic		(written by) and
Dito Montiel		(written by)

Produced by
Patrick Baker	....	associate producer
Lisa Bruce	....	executive producer
Kevin Misher	....	producer
Andrew Rona	....	executive producer
Kim Surowicz	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jonathan Elias
David Wittman

Cinematography by
Stefan Czapsky		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Saar Klein
Jake Pushinsky

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich

Production Design by
Thérèse DePrez

Art Direction by
Randall Richards

Set Decoration by
Mila Khalevich

Costume Design by
Kurt and Bart

Makeup Department
Mary Aaron	....	makeup artist: second unit
Jill Astmann	....	additional makeup artist
Nathan J. Busch II	....	department head hair (as Nathan Busch)
Leslie Fuller	....	additional makeup artist
Linda Grimes	....	makeup department head
Souraya Hamdi	....	makeup artist
Scott Hersh	....	additional makeup artist
John James	....	additional hair stylist
Tina LaSpina	....	makeup artist
E. Morrow	....	key makeup artist (as Eve Morrow)
Jackie Payne	....	key hair stylist (as Jacqueline Payne)
Werner Sherer	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
Robert Bella	....	post-production supervisor
Kelley Cribben	....	post-production supervisor
Andrew Rona	....	executive in charge of production
Robin Sweet	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Catherine Bloch	....	additional second assistant director
David Fisher	....	additional second assistant director
Ivan J. Fonseca	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sarah Rae Garrett	....	second second assistant director
Karen Kane	....	first assistant director: second unit
Patrick McDonald	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jesse Nye	....	second assistant director
Todd Pfeiffer	....	first assistant director (as Todd R. Pfeiffer)
Mic Rodgers	....	second unit director
Thomas Tobin	....	additional second assistant director (as Tom Tobin)
Adam T. Weisinger	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mike Gunther	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Gary Cergol	....	graphic artist
Daniel Cocuzzo	....	construction grip
Pete Dancy	....	assistant property master
Megan Day	....	art production assistant
Chris DeTitta	....	leadman
Kate Foster	....	assistant set decorator
Joe Galione	....	props
Gina Herold	....	art department coordinator
Derrick Kardos	....	graphic designer
Beth Kuhn	....	assistant art director
Adam Pessah	....	camera scenic artist
Philip Saccio	....	property master
Roseanna Sacco	....	assistant property master (as Roseann Saccio)

Sound Department
Jamie Baker	....	foley supervisor (as Jamie R. Baker)
Matthew C. Beville	....	adr mixer
David Corcoran	....	apprentice sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Pam DeMetruis-Thomas	....	adr editor
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
David Flynch	....	foley editor (as Dave B. Flynch)
Kimberly Harris	....	adr editor
Ruth Hernandez	....	adr editor
Paul Hsu	....	supervising sound editor
Oleg Kulchytskyy	....	sound re-recording mixer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Marissa Littlefield	....	supervising adr editor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Scott Menville	....	adr voices
Danny Michael	....	sound mixer
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor (as Branka Mrkic-Tana)
Adam Sanchez	....	sound utility
Kira Smith	....	boom operator
Unsun Song	....	digital sound mix technician
Alex Soto	....	assistant sound editor
Sara Stern	....	first assistant sound editor
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor (as Steve Visscher)

Special Effects by
J.C. Brotherhood	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Daniel Abramovich	....	digital compositor
Glenn Allen	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
Justin Ball	....	senior systems engineer: Brainstorm Digital
Matthew Conner	....	digital artist
Richard Friedlander	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
Mark Intravartolo	....	senior Inferno artist
Brett Miller	....	CG supervisor
Eric J. Robertson	....	visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm digital
Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman	....	digital compositor
Jun Zhang	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunt coordinator: New York
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
William Cote	....	stunt performer
Vince Cupone	....	stunts
Mario D'Leon	....	stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunts
Mike Gunther	....	fight coordinator
Mike Gunther	....	stunt coordinator
John Finnerty Jr	....	stunts
Don Lee	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunt performer
Curtis Lyons	....	stunts
Christopher Place	....	stunts
Mic Rodgers	....	stunt coordinator
David Shumbris	....	stunt double: Flaco Navaja
Joey Sontz	....	stunts
Joe Toronto	....	stunts
Caroline Vexler	....	stunts (as Caroline Leppanen)
Anthony Vincent	....	stunt double: Channing Tatum

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Almeida	....	best boy electric
Doug Armstrong	....	dolly grip
Daniel Beaman	....	dolly grip
Hilary Benas	....	additional camera loader
Hugo Bonilla	....	electrician
Rick Brady	....	key grip
Vincent Camuto	....	video playback technician
Phillip V. Caruso	....	still photographer
Rashad Clinton	....	grip
Larry Cottrill	....	key lighting balloon technician
Jon Delgado	....	camera operator
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician
Jennifer Evans	....	dolly grip
Morris Flam	....	gaffer
Philip Gleason	....	additional video assist operator
Philip Gleason	....	video playback operator
Trish Govoni	....	camera operator: second unit
Trish Govoni	....	director of photography: second unit
Milly Itzhak	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Glenn Kaplan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Scott Koenigsberg	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Ed Koza	....	grip
Thomas Landi	....	electrician
Clay Liversidge	....	rigging gaffer
William Louthe	....	electrician
Lou Massa	....	grip
Lance Mayer	....	libra head technician
Dave McAllister	....	key rigging grip
Dwayne McClintock	....	director of photography: aerial unit
John McElwain	....	best boy grip
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Technocrane
Doug Meils	....	additional rigging electrician
Paul Niccolls	....	grip
Steve Peloquin	....	best boy rigging grip
Kabkeo Phothivongsa	....	electrician
Jeff Pinette	....	camera production assistant
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote camera operator
Chris Reynolds	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Pierson Silver	....	assistant camera
Chris Stendarty	....	grip
Eric Tramp	....	a camera steadicam
Alexis van Kersen Li	....	assistant camera
Mark van Rossen	....	genie operator
Steve Ware	....	electrician
William S. White	....	additional camera loader
Aurelia Winborn	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Kate Bulpitt	....	casting associate
Karen E. Etcoff	....	extras casting
Bridgette Glover	....	casting associate
Wendy Hoffman	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gina Castellano	....	wardrobe coordinator
Courtney Aura Freeman	....	costume assistant (as Courtney Freeman)
Lauren Plymel	....	assistant costume coordinator
Autumn Saville	....	assistant costume designer
Greg Scharpf	....	wardrobe assistant
David Turk	....	set costumer
Susan Wachsler	....	costumer
Jeffrey Wirsing	....	costume ager/dyer

Editorial Department
Richard Conkling	....	first assistant editor
Sam Daley	....	colorist: high definition dailies
Chris Gennarelli	....	colorist: high definition dailies
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Alan Lowe	....	apprentice editor
Zara Park	....	digital intermediate producer (as Zara Roberts)
Anthony Ripoli	....	first assistant editor
Richie Roefaro	....	colorist assistant
Erica Sterne	....	post-production coordinator
Kelley Whitis	....	post-production coordinator
Robert Grigsby Wilson	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Tim Davies	....	composer: additional music
Dan Dzula	....	scoring mixer
John Finklea	....	music editor
Jimmy Haun	....	composer: additional music
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
Vincenzo LoRusso	....	scoring mixer
Tony Minter	....	composer: additional music
Nathaniel Morgan	....	composer: additional music (as Nate Morgan)
Greg Rappaport	....	score recording engineer
Ben Schor	....	music editor
Kenny Segal	....	score recording engineer
Kala Sherman	....	music contractor
Lauren Shotwell	....	music clearances
Rebekah Touma	....	music coordinator
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor
David Wittman	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Tom Basile	....	driver: cast
Edward Devereaux II	....	transportation co-captain
Charles Spillane	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Matt Anderson	....	office production assistant
Claudio Barrientos	....	assistant: L. Bruce (as Claudio Andres Barrientos)
Al Cerullo	....	pilot
Michael P. Cone	....	production assistant
Marilyn DeJesus	....	payroll production accountant
Maggie Engelhardt	....	production office coordinator
Nicole Evranian	....	set production assistant
Sarah Ezrin	....	assistant: K. Misher
Ryan Ferguson	....	assistant location manager
Edmar Flores	....	key production assistant
Bryan Foster	....	production assistant
Lowell Freedman	....	set production assistant
Scott Friedman	....	production assistant
Evan Gabriele	....	assistant location manager
Elisabeth Giglio	....	business manager: C5, Inc.
Damon Michael Gordon	....	location manager
Summer Harlow	....	voice-over artist
Deirdre Horgan	....	script supervisor
Vasilia Hughes	....	assistant: D. Montiel
Leigh Janiak	....	assistant: P. Baker
Brad Jasper	....	production secretary
Doe Kim-Corcoran	....	studio manager: C5, Inc. (as Doe Kim)
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance coordinator
Samantha Kreitzer	....	assistant production office coordinator
Harry Lapham	....	staff production assistant
Don Lee	....	fight trainer: B. White
Yana Collins Lehman	....	post-production accountant
Gine Lui	....	location scout
Julia Muggia	....	epk producer
Eric Myers	....	unit publicist
Rocco Nisivoccia	....	location scout
Timothy O'Malley	....	accounting clerk
James Parsons	....	production assistant
John F. Perez Jr.	....	location production assistant
Daniel Pollack	....	location scout
Jake Pushinsky	....	title designer
Cesar Quinones	....	location scout / assistant
Brian Raider	....	production assistant
Nicole Real	....	production assistant: first team
Brett Rodriguez	....	assistant: C. Tatum
Susan Saunders	....	production accountant
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Jon Shaw	....	staff production assistant
Kevin R. Shields	....	production assistant
Paul Singh	....	location assistant
Adam Taylor	....	first assistant production accountant
Darnell Taylor	....	production assistant
Wendy Taylor	....	location coordinator
Kevin Wigfall	....	assistant: T. Howard (as Kevin 'Webb' Wigfall)
Jeremy Williams	....	fight trainer: C. Tatum
Nichole Wleklinski	....	production assistant
Adam Wolenski	....	second assistant accountant
Jamie H. Zelermyer	....	production executive
David Blenk	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Michalla Petersen	....	voice-over artist (uncredited)

Thanks
Barry Cole	....	special thanks
John Finklea	....	special thanks
Gerald M. Misher	....	in memory of
Jae Nasdaq	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rogue Pictures (presents)
• Misher Films
• 5150 Action
• Relativity Media
• Scion Films
• Twins Financing (produced in association with)

Distributors

• Rogue Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• Midship (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (extended version)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Brainstorm Digital

Other Companies

• AGM Productions  French dubbing
• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• C5  post-production sound services
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Cleared By Ashley  clearance services
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Format Records  soundtrack
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  honeywagon: transportation equipment
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate
• Murphy PR  publicity
• Nina Saxon Film Design  titles designed by
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Technicolor  release printing
• Technicolor  telecine
• Universal Studios Sound Facilities  post-production sound services (as Universal Studios Sound)
• Visions from the Roof  Patrinell Staten's music administered by
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• Wildfire Studios  editorial facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense fight sequences, a sex scene and brief strong language

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44516) | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:15 | Iceland:14 | Germany:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Malaysia:18SG

Filming Locations:

DeKalb Av/Washington Park, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rogue Pictures

Trivia:

The character Zulay Velez grandmother pronounces her name slightly differently than the rest of the cast at the suggestion of writer Kevin Misher. Misher thought it would indicate a closer relationship between Zulay and her grandmother as family/friends often have pet names for each other.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last fight Evan takes off his warm up jacket twice.

Quotes:

Shawn MacArthur:So... What they got rules, or?
Harvey Boarden:Yeah! You lose, you get nothing
Harvey Boarden:Go make som money!

Movie Connections:

Edited into "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: 17 Again/State of Play/Crank High Voltage (#1.8)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

South of the Border

Pretty Darn Bad

As bad as this movie looked, I went into it with an open mind but as I suspected it was pretty bad. The dialogue was the worst part by far; it consists of some combination of mumbling and incoherent slang. The acting is terrible despite Mr. Howard doing his best to try and act his way out of the script. The narrative is scattered and cliché and has no original plot elements. You would figure a movie called "Fighting" would at least be saved by its fight sequences but its not, there are some half decent moments but most of the time you can't really tell what's going on however the final fight wasn't to bad. There are some genuine attempts at emotion throughout but usually they fall flat. There were way to many moments where I laughed but wasn't supposed to, especially the speech given right before the last fight. Overall it's a terribly acted movie with an even worst script.