Explicit Ills (2008)

Director:

Mark Webber

Writer:

Mark Webber (writer)

Release Date:

6 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

One voice will change everything.

Plot:

A drama of four interconnecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | Poverty | Robbery | Emergency Room | Graffiti

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Rosario Dawson	...	Babo's Mom
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Francisco Burgos	...	Babo
Martin Cepeda	...	Demitri
Rebecca Comerford	...	Kelly
Jermaine Crawford	...	Tony
Namaiya Cunningham	...	Baby on bus
Paul Dano	...	Rocco
Ruth DeSantis	...	Protester
Tim Dowlin	...	Chris
Destini Edwards	...	The Girl
Reign A'Rei Edwards	...	Rally Participant
Joe Hansard	...	Bloody Towel Man
Naomie Harris	...	Jill
Zoe Lister Jones	...	Jen
William James Kelly	...	Funeral Mourner
Ross K. Kim-McManus	...	Heslin
Jacob Lavin	...	Indy Rock Guy
Anna Martemucci	...	Sarah
Damali Mason	...	Pharmicist
Michelle Nagy	...	Cute Girl
Shoha Parekh	...	Aisha
Peter Patrikios	...	Thug
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Jacob
Ben Rekhi	...	Gulab
Ronald Robertson	...	Thrift Store Clerk
Rocco Rosanio	...	Will
J. Santiago	...	Bodega Clerk
Frances Shaw	...	Michelle (as Frankie Shaw)
Noah Simmons	...	Little boy
Eugene Smith	...	Customer
Rukiya Thomas	...	Maria
Tariq Trotter	...	Kaleef
Brian Anthony Wilson	...	Demetri's Dad
Courtney Baxter	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Evangeline	...	Young Woman (uncredited)
Stefan Niemczyk	...	Pizza Shop Waiter (uncredited)
Sara Painter	...	Yoga Student (uncredited)
Mark Webber	...	Picket Crowd Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Webber

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Webber		writer

Produced by
Gary P. Adelman	....	executive producer
Jaylaan Ahmad-Llewellyn	....	executive producer
Giancarlo Canavesio	....	associate producer
Fabrizio Chiesa	....	associate producer
Jennifer DeLia	....	associate producer
Elizabeth Destro	....	producer
J. Andrew Greenblatt	....	executive producer
Jim Jarmusch	....	executive producer
Nicholas Kalikow	....	executive producer
Michael Maizner	....	associate producer
Michael E. Morrison	....	executive producer
Missy Moyer	....	line producer
Seth Scher	....	co-producer
Sol Tryon	....	producer
Mark Webber	....	producer
Michael Wolk	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Khari Mateen

Cinematography by
Patrice Lucien Cochet

Film Editing by
Jay Rabinowitz

Production Design by
Michael Grasley

Art Direction by
Michael Hersey		(as Mike Hersey)

Set Decoration by
Clarissa Shanahan

Costume Design by
Nikia Nelson

Makeup Department
Morgan Chalfant	....	assistant makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicole Agostino	....	second second assistant director
Jason Graham	....	second assistant director
Daniel Long	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Emily Boerner	....	set dresser
Gino Fortebuono	....	set dresser
Carol Jacob	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Travis Call	....	audio post supervisor
Steve Giammaria	....	m&e mixer
Amanda Jacques	....	boom operator
Cory Melious	....	sound editor
Cory Melious	....	sound re-recording mixer
Phil Rosati	....	boom operator
Jason Trammell	....	foley artist
Tony Volante	....	supervising re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Janet Falcon	....	digital color timer
Mark O. Forker	....	digital imaging supervisor
Ryan Leonard	....	compositor
Mike Mullen	....	opening titles
Robert Pyle	....	engineering
Chris Rauch	....	dustbust and grain reduction
Chris Rauch	....	dustbuster
John-Michael Trojan	....	digital production manager
Andy Williams	....	DI supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Belschner	....	chief lighting technician
David Briggs	....	additional grip
Katherine M. Butler	....	first assistant camera
Steve Cameron	....	best boy grip
Sung Rae Cho	....	assistant camera
Jason Contino	....	additional electrician
Anthony DeFrancesco	....	second assistant camera
David Dutkus	....	best boy electric
Ray Flynn	....	director of photography: second unit
Ray Flynn	....	still photographer
Jim Gourley	....	camera assistant
King J. Greenspon	....	additional grip electric
Nicola Guarneri	....	best boy electric
Brian Harnick	....	additional grip
Matt Imbrogno	....	additional electrician
Benjamin Kitchens	....	grip
April Lanci-Leseur	....	assistant camera (as April Lanci)
Deborah Lipman	....	additional first assistant camera
Aaron Randall	....	key grip
Benjamin Semanoff	....	Steadicam operator
Benjamin Semanoff	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Andrew Wheeler	....	electrician
Lukas Wolf	....	film loader

Casting Department
Mike Lemon	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Farah	....	assistant costume designer
Tamika Jackson	....	costumer
Ashley Shartle	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Mark Farkas	....	senior conforming editor
Robert Lovejoy	....	dailies telecine
Laura Papanicholas	....	post-production coordinator
Alyson Peters	....	post-production coordinator
Mike Selemon	....	assistant editor
John-Michael Trojan	....	digital intermediate producer
Michael Wardner	....	conforming editor
Andy Williams	....	digital intermediate

Music Department
Brian Sapp	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Michèle Boissière Armstrong	....	production coordinator (as Michèle R. Boissière)
Tim Bradley	....	production assistant
Anthony Dalseth	....	electronic press kit
Sean Donnelly	....	location assistant
Edward J. Eberwine III	....	location manager
Rob Giglio	....	negative scanning
Chris Gormley	....	production assistant
Katherine Gourley	....	assistant production coordinator
John Loren Jensen	....	location assistant
Bobby Kennedy	....	set production assistant
Elizabeth Kitchens	....	production secretary (as Elizabeth Murtha)
Joe Lipari	....	production staff
Jim McNutt	....	production assistant
Paul Moore	....	production assistant
Jay Palazzo	....	film runner
Jason Pinardo	....	location manager
Marc Porterfield	....	production consultant
Diane Richey	....	assistant: Nicholas Kalikow
Shaun Rogers	....	assistant location manager
Charles S. Rowe	....	continuity
Marlena Schaefer	....	production assistant
Kate Stewart	....	production assistant
Sean M. Sullivan	....	key production assistant
Michael J. Weldon	....	production assistant
Andy Williams	....	dailies
Matt Wolford	....	duplication
Andrew Young	....	duplication
Mickey Cottrell	....	publicist (uncredited)

Thanks
Chadwick Clough	....	special thanks
John Michael Kent	....	the producers wish to thank
Sharon Pinkenson	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Mangusta Productions
• Bluhammock Productions
• Exoskeleton
• Film 101 Productions
• Riker Hill Films

Distributors

• Peace Arch Releasing (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Falcon Films (2010) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)

Special Effects

• DIVE (visual effects)

Other Companies

• DIVE  digital intermediate and dailies

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some drug use

Runtime:

USA:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Mangusta Productions

Movie Connections:

References Willow (1988)

Beautiful and thought provoking film. Me and my boyfriend loved it.

Beautiful and thought provoking film. Me and my boyfriend loved it. The director/writer did a wonderful job. Not sure what he's done before. I guess I can check him out on IMDb. We highly recommend it. Great mosaic of characters and colors. Performances are lovely and powerful. It was nice to see Rosario Dawson play something completely different. And she is so beautiful. Paul Dano blew us away with his performance of a young man who is at the bottom and who's only dream will never happened . We are sad to hear the movie is leaving the theaters this week already and that we won't be able to recommend it to our friends until it comes out on DVD. Great find.