Love Ranch (2010)

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Writer (WGA):

Mark Jacobson (written by)

Release Date:

6 January 2011 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

When It Comes To Love... Everyone Pays A Price.

Plot:

A drama centered around a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada.

Plot Keywords:

Brothel | Boxer | Fight | Argentine | Cancer

Cast

Helen Mirren	...	Grace Bontempo
Joe Pesci	...	Charlie Bontempo
Sergio Peris-Mencheta	...	Armando Bruza
Gina Gershon	...	Irene
Taryn Manning	...	Mallory
Scout Taylor-Compton	...	Christina
Bai Ling	...	Samantha
Elise Neal	...	Alana
Bryan Cranston	...	James Pettis
Rick Gomez	...	Tom Macy
M.C. Gainey	...	Warren Stamp
Gil Birmingham	...	Johnny Cortez
Emily Rios	...	Muneca
Melora Walters	...	Janelle
Raoul Trujillo	...	Hernan Prado
Bo Brown	...	Leroy Colter
Wendell Pierce	...	Naasih Mohammed
Harve Presnell	...	Dr. Smathers
Leslie Jordan	...	Martin Hainsworth
Niki J. Crawford	...	Tawny
Esodie Geiger	...	Reba
Dylan Kenin	...	McMurphy
Suzanne Michaels	...	Stella Sands
Roseanne Vau	...	Mary Fench
Kevin Wiggins	...	Husband
Beth Bailey	...	Wife
Mia Stallard	...	Chrissy
Stephen Eiland	...	Fat Customer
Mark Sivertsen	...	Horny Fan
Chad Brummett	...	Drunken Fan
Steven Michael Quezada	...	First Drunk (as Steven Quezada)
Dale O'Malley	...	Second Drunk
Ryil Adamson	...	Bellner
Maulik Pancholy	...	Dr. Singh
Vic Browder	...	Orderly
Rocky Burke	...	Fight Referee
Daniel Caplin	...	Ring Doctor
Guadalupe Contreras	...	Ring Announcer
William E. Marshall	...	Colter's Manager
Robert Padilla	...	Bruza's Cut Man
Dominic Orlandini	...	Sports Reporter
Rio Hackford	...	Ranch Bartender
Robert Harvey	...	New Years Eve John (as Bob Harvey)
Philip R. Keay	...	John #1
Jerry Gardner	...	Ranch John #1
John Hardman	...	Ranch John #2
Luce Rains	...	Ranch John #3
Christopher Hagen	...	Ranch John #4
Allan Pacheco	...	Ranch John #5
Neil Summers	...	Drunken John
Bar-n	...	Band at New Year's Party
Larry Emerson	...	Member of Band at New Year's Party
Bernie Rogers	...	Member of Band at New Year's Party
Carl Johnson	...	Member of Band at New Year's Party
Terrill Harvey	...	Member of Band at New Year's Party
Jonathan Tso	...	Member of Band at New Year's Party
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andy Anderson	...	Roulette Player
Luke Kearney	...	70s realtor
Robert Malone Barnes	...	Drunk john (uncredited)
Robert Anthony Brass	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Jim Burleson	...	John (uncredited)
Jeffrey T Ferguson	...	Casino Patron (uncredited)
Scott Flick	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rich Gill	...	High Roller (uncredited)
Alessandra Hayden	...	Ranch Girl (uncredited)
Bob Jesser	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Daniel Knight	...	John (uncredited)
Diego Joaquin Lopez	...	Fight Fan (uncredited)
Victoria Monroe	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Michael Neal Powell	...	Fight Fan / Brothel Patron (uncredited)
Wayno Sanchez	...	Fight Fan (uncredited)
Tavia Schwartz	...	Fight Fan #2 (uncredited)
Rob Shapiro	...	Cowboy (uncredited)
Big Spence	...	Casino Player (uncredited)
Scot Weaver	...	Man Roped by Cowboy (uncredited)

Directed by
Taylor Hackford

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Jacobson		(written by)

Produced by
Lou DiBella	....	producer
Taylor Hackford	....	producer
Mark Jacobson	....	executive producer
Anne Johns	....	line producer
Marty Katz	....	producer
Lisa Dennis Kennedy	....	co-producer (as Lisa Ann Dennis)
Marcus Schöfer	....	executive producer
Tiffany Tiesiera	....	associate producer
Frederick R. Ulrich	....	associate producer (as Fred Ulrich)
Jeff G. Waxman	....	co-producer (as Jeff Waxman)
David Bergstein	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Chris Bacon		(original music by)

Cinematography by
Kieran McGuigan		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Paul Hirsch

Casting by
Nancy Klopper

Production Design by
Bruno Rubeo

Art Direction by
Mark Alan Duran		(as Mark Duran)

Set Decoration by
Maria Nay

Costume Design by
Melissa Bruning

Makeup Department
Lorraine N. Alex	....	additional hair stylist (as Lori Alex)
Jennifer Bell	....	hair department head
Shannon Bouldin	....	hair stylist
Jessie Brown	....	additional makeup artist
Debra Clair	....	additional hair stylist (as Debra R. Clair)
Vanessa Jaramillo	....	additional makeup artist
Carmen L. Jones	....	additional hair stylist
Mary Hedges Lampert	....	additional hair stylist (as Mary Lampert)
Liz Lash	....	additional makeup artist
Blair Leonard	....	makeup department head
Jennifer McDaniel	....	makeup artist
Deidre Parness	....	additional makeup artist (as Deirdre Parness)
Luigi Rocchetti	....	makeup designer
JoAnn Stafford-Chaney	....	key hair stylist (as Joann Stafford Chaney)
Teri Ann Uccan	....	assistant hair stylist
Danlee Winegar	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Marty Katz	....	unit production manager
Lisa Dennis Kennedy	....	post-production supervisor (as Lisa Ann Dennis)
Tiffany Tiesiera	....	production supervisor: second unit
Howard Young	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Keri Bruno	....	second second assistant director
Alan B. Curtiss	....	first assistant director
Keith Potter	....	additional second assistant director
Keith Potter	....	first assistant director: second unit
Raymond Prado	....	second unit director
Basti Van Der Woude	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Alan Allinger	....	construction general foreman
Rodney Armanino	....	construction coordinator
Roger Ashley	....	set dresser: Reno, Nevada
Ruben Bankston	....	propmaker: Reno, Nevada
Pierre Barrera	....	set dresser
Ben Bishop	....	greens
Wren Boney	....	set dresser
Barbara Lee Brice	....	draper
Doug Butts	....	construction gang boss
Robbie A. Clark	....	painter
Fred Copeland	....	set dresser: Reno, Nevada
Anna Cosentine	....	painter
Ryan Cowles	....	art department
Casey Davis	....	assistant props
James Duddy	....	set dresser
Gary Eilar	....	set dresser
David Flaherty	....	greens
Marisa Frantz	....	set designer
Lyn Gawron	....	art department coordinator
Severino Gonzales	....	set dresser
Maxwell Goodman	....	laborer
Tara Grey	....	contruction buyer/estimator
Mike Hanrahan	....	set dresser
Mark Hansen	....	property master
Jason Hogan	....	propmaker: Reno, Nevada
David Hopkins	....	on-set dresser
Robert Jackson	....	set dresser
Janice B. Jacobson	....	paint utility technician
Lynn A. Johanson	....	lead scenic (as Lynn Johanson)
Steve Kahn	....	construction gang boss
Peter Lane	....	tool man
Dale Lotreck	....	construction utility technician
JoAnna Maes-Corlew	....	graphic designer (as Jo Anna Maes Corlew)
William Maloney	....	stand-by painter (as William A. Maloney)
Jonathan Delaney Marsh	....	key greens
Edward McLoughlin	....	leadman
John Millard	....	set dresser (as John R. Millard)
Johanna Nelson	....	art department production assistant (as Johanna M. Nelson)
Daniel Nemanick	....	painter: reno, Nevada
Kenneth Pattison	....	painter (as Kenneth E. Pattison)
Brooke Peters	....	additional set designer
Brooke Peters	....	draftsperson
Christina Pizzala	....	painter
Raymond Prado	....	storyboard artist
Randy Redinger	....	propmaker: Reno, Nevada
Sarah Robinson	....	paint foreman
Jonas Rodriguez	....	construction utility technician
Ian Scroggins	....	set dresser
Liv Selinger	....	set dresser gang boss
Trina E. Siopy	....	assistant property master (as Trina Siopy)
Robert A. Vigil	....	laborer (as Robert Vigil)
Joel Winder	....	construction gang boss
Carl Zeller	....	construction foreman
Mark Bankins	....	set decoration buyer (uncredited)
Joseph Fedo	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Mark Gadbury	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Andrea Hambuchen	....	draper (uncredited)
Paul Harman	....	signwriter (uncredited)
Andy Linderkamp	....	carpenter (uncredited)
James Walton	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
Karen Baker Landers	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising adr editor
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator (as Joe Brennan)
David Brownlow	....	sound mixer: second unit
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor (as Dino R. Dimuro)
Cole Gittinger	....	cable utility sound
Per Hallberg	....	supervising sound editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Dan Hegeman	....	sound effects editor (as Daniel Hegeman)
Chris Hogan	....	dialogue editor (as Christopher W. Hogan)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	supervising foley editor
Chris Jargo	....	supervising adr editor
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist (as Chris Moriana)
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Negrete	....	assistant sound editor (as Tony R. Negrete)
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
William Sarokin	....	sound mixer
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Drew Webster	....	sound stage technician
David Young	....	audio engineer (as David M Young)
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Joe Freeman	....	special effects technician
Nicole Hansen	....	special effects technician (as Nicole Hansen Solum)
Neil King	....	special effects technician
Geoffrey C. Martin	....	special effects coordinator (as Geoffrey Martin)
Gary Petersen	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Steve Alvanos	....	vice president: stock footage restoration, Reliance Mediaworks
Sheryl Benko	....	visual effects coordinator
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects producer: CaféFX
David Ebner	....	visual effects supervisor: CaféFX
Fortunato Frattasio	....	cg supervisor: Wildfire VFX
Fortunato Frattasio	....	flame artist: Wildfire VFX
Ryan Gomez	....	image processing supervisor: stock footage restoration, Reliance Mediaworks
Eliot Hartley	....	visual effects coordinator
Maureen Healy	....	compositor: Wildfire VFX (as Maureen Nixon)
Holly Gregory Horter	....	compositor: Wildfire VFX (as Holly Horter)
Manny Juarez	....	image porocessing apprentice: stock footage restoration, Reliance Mediaworks
Richard Malzahn	....	compositor: Wildfire VFX (as Richard Mailzan)
Caleb Owens	....	compositor: Wildfire VFX
Bruce Peecher Jr.	....	lead image processing: stock footage restoration, Reliance Mediaworks
Lauren Ritchie	....	visual effects producer: Wildfire VFX
Elaine Siles	....	stock footage restoration producer: Reliance Mediaworks
Dottie Starling	....	visual effects supervisor: Wildfire VFX
Jeff Barnes	....	production executive: CaféFX (uncredited)
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: Café FX (uncredited)
Glenn Hiramatsu	....	digital artist: CafeFX (uncredited)
Elbert Irving IV	....	visual effects coordinator: Wildfire VFX (uncredited)
Katie Miller	....	visual effects coordinator: Wildfire VFX (uncredited)
O.D. Welch	....	production executive: Caf&eacute'FX (uncredited)

Stunts
Gary Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Michael S. Walter	....	stunt double (as Michael Walters)
Luke Kearney	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Abeyta	....	electrician
Charles F. Arnold III	....	grip (as Charlie Arnold)
Adam Austin	....	libra head technician (as Adam Devitt Austin)
Frank Ayers	....	on-set 24 frame video playback
Liza Bambenek	....	additional second assistant camera
Bradley Barnes	....	electrician
Adam Barth	....	key digital video assist operator
Theodore Y. Bott	....	electrician (as Theo Bott)
Chip Byrd	....	additional first assistant camera
Liz Cash	....	additional camera loader
Chuck Cohen	....	additional camera operator
Paul Conti	....	video playback
James F. Cornick	....	rigging best boy (as Jimmy Cornick)
Jacob Cottrell	....	dimmer board operator
Jacob Cottrell	....	electrician
David Cummings	....	rigger
Stephen DeRespino	....	grip: Reno, Nevada
Ryan Eustis	....	additional second assistant camera
Tyler Fletcher	....	assistant video assist
Christopher Flurry	....	camera loader (as Chris Flurry)
Jay Foley	....	best boy grip
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer (as Richard Foreman)
Mario Gerard	....	videographer (as Mario Girard)
Augustus Gordon	....	rigging electrician (as Gus Gordon)
Lamarr Gray	....	rigging chief lighting technician (as Lamarr 'Gooch' Gray)
Chris Haarhoff	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Chris Haarhoff	....	steadicam operator
Stuart Hall	....	grip: Reno, Nevada
David Hammer	....	techno crane technician
Hank Herrera	....	key grip
Dale Holmen	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Tom Hutchinson	....	daily first assistant camera (as Thomas Hutchinson)
Chuck Katz	....	additional first assistant camera
James R. Lay	....	techno crane technician (as James Lay)
Nikki LeBlanc	....	rigging electrician
Jeff Lomaglio	....	key rigging grip
Brian Lucas	....	electrician: Reno, Nevada
Brian Malone	....	best boy rigging grip
Otis Mannick	....	dolly grip
Sam Mares	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael L. May	....	phantom camera technician
Mark Mele	....	rigging electrician
David Jaxx Nagro	....	rigger (as Jaxx Nagro)
Louis Nelson	....	electrician
Charlie Newberry	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Alexander Paul	....	additional camera loader
Mark S. Pearce	....	rigger (as Mark Pearce)
Gabriel Pfeiffer	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Gabe Pfeiffer)
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Phil Pfeiffer)
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	director of photography: second unit (as Phil Pfeiffer)
Chad Rivetti	....	digital imaging technician
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: "a"camera, steadicam
Ronald Romero	....	grip
Jorge Sanchez	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Terry J. Sanchez	....	grip (as Terry Sanchez)
Rodney Sandoval	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Tom Shaughnessy	....	libra head technician (as Tom Schaughnessy)
Vladimir Shumilin	....	electrician: Reno, Nevada
Barbara Speelman	....	electrician: Reno, Nevada
John Stearns	....	electrician
Josh Steinberg	....	dolly grip
Eric Stillions	....	electrician
Dyanna Taylor	....	additional camera operator
James R. Tynes	....	chief lighting technician (as Jim Tynes)
Jake Wasserman	....	videographer: New York boxing
Ralph Watson	....	director of photography: second unit
Peter Weidenfeller	....	dolly grip
Steve Wong	....	additional first assistant camera
Brannon D. Brown	....	camera technician: Phantom HD (uncredited)
Allen Eaves	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Matt Ervin	....	electrician (uncredited)
Richard Galli	....	rigging electric (uncredited)
Steve Jones	....	rigging electric (uncredited)
David Melhorn	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Dave Midthunder	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Richard Pink	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Mark Sheets	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Eric Steinig	....	grip (uncredited)
Mark Steinig	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jo Edna Boldin	....	casting: New Mexico
Elizabeth Gabel	....	extras casting director
Katy Houska	....	extras casting assistant
Eileen Kennedy	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Marie A. Kohl	....	casting associate: New Mexico (as Marie Kohl)
Hannah Macpherson	....	casting assistant: New Mexico
Rebecca Stover	....	extras casting assistant
Toni Suttie	....	casting: Reno, Nevada
William Arute	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Jim Burleson	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deborah Andrews	....	costumer (as Deborah E. Andrews)
Deborah Andrews	....	tailor (as Deborah E. Andrews)
Maria Bentfield	....	costumer
Sally Blair	....	set costumer: Reno, Nevada
Bradford Booth	....	costumer
Nancy Ceo	....	assistant costume designer (as Nancea Ceo)
John Deering	....	key costumer
Ela Jo Erwin	....	assistant costume designer
Robin Fletcher	....	set costumer: Reno, Nevada
Juliet Hyde-White	....	costumer (as Juliet M. Hyde White)
Lindsay Kouri	....	set costumer
Lindsay Kowie	....	costumer
Roberta Souder Langhofer	....	costumer (as Bobbi Langhofer)
Nancy Molleur	....	seamstress
Janine Palmieri	....	costume production assistant
Ana Torres Brooks	....	costumer
Allyson Traub	....	costumer
Jesse Trevino	....	costumer (as Jessie Trevino)
Cassidy Zachary	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Alastor Arnold	....	digital intermediate colorist (as Alastor Pan Arnold)
Randall James Bol	....	post-production coordinator
Dax Brooks	....	first assistant editor
Regan Copeland	....	digital intermediate editor
Tom Dailey	....	assistant editor
Brian Gee	....	assistant editor: FotoKem
Mark Griffith	....	digital intermediate colorist
Gina Hirsch	....	assistant editor
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer
Jon Rocke	....	colorist: dailies
David Rosenthal	....	i/o supervisor
Bill Schultz	....	digital film services general manager
Pamela Scott-Farr	....	digital intermediate producer
Erin White	....	assistant editor: FotoKem
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Wooly Beater	....	musician: drums
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
The Comstock Loads	....	musicians
Marylou Eales	....	music coordinator
Chris Fogel	....	score mixer
Chris Fogel	....	score recordist
The Gemini	....	conductor (as Gemini)
The Gemini	....	orchestrator (as Gemini)
Truckee Green	....	musician: guitar
Velvet Hammer	....	musician: guitar
Jill Meyers	....	music clearance
Dee Dee Pearlstein	....	musician: bass
Michael T. Ryan	....	music editor
Sa-Frye	....	musician: guitar
Joel Sill	....	executive music producer
Curt Sobel	....	music editor
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Kent Boyer	....	driver
Benette Cantu	....	driver
Robert Chavez	....	driver
Arthur Claunch	....	driver
Christy Claunch	....	driver
Vincent Cordova	....	driver
William 'Fleet' Eakland	....	picture car coordinator
Lindsey Elliot	....	driver
Kenny Flores	....	driver (as Ken Flores)
Cody Frost	....	driver
Jason Fujita	....	driver
Manuel Gonzales	....	driver: chef
Carl Goodwin	....	driver
Carl Goodwin	....	transportation dispatcher
Ofisa Isaia	....	driver
Sherman Jackson	....	driver
Crystal Jordan	....	driver
Sam Lucero	....	driver
Jared Mangano	....	driver
Jimmy W. Masterson	....	driver (as Jimmy Masterson)
Collin Meador	....	driver (as Colin Meador)
Jared Meador	....	driver
Lewis Meador	....	driver
Jade Peterson	....	transportation captain
Paul Ray	....	driver
Patrick A. Reynolds Jr.	....	driver (as Patrick A. Reynolds Sr.)
Patrick A. Reynolds Jr.	....	transportation coordinator (as Patrick 'PJ' Reynolds)
Josh Reynolds	....	driver
Eric Rivera	....	driver
Jose A. Salazar	....	driver (as Jose Salazar)
Lyle Christensen	....	driver: camera car (uncredited)
Mike McKenny	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Steve Aguino	....	assistant location manager
Madame Susan Austin	....	technical advisor: bordello
Howard Baral	....	post-production accountant
R.C. Baral	....	post-production accountant
Frymi Biedak	....	production assistant
Jim Burleson	....	coordinator: boxing event
Todd Byington	....	location assistant
Daniel Cabeza	....	project coordinator
Matthew Chase	....	set production assistant: Reno, Nevada
Jeremiah Clum	....	location assistant
Rob Corlew	....	co-production coordinator
Steve Corona	....	dialect coach
Antonio Correa	....	production assistant: boxing
Michael Dellheim	....	location manager
Lucinda Englehart	....	representative: Aramid Capital Partners
Ben Ferguson	....	physical trainer: Mr. Paris-Mencheta
Shelli Fine	....	assistant production coordinator: Reno, Nevada
Daniel Fisch	....	production intern
Sara Jo Fischer	....	assistant: Taylor Hackford (as Sara Fischer)
Mochele Frankland	....	representative: Aramid Capital Partners (as Michéle Frankland)
Matt Freeman	....	set production assistant
Linda H. Friedman	....	assistant: Joe Pesci (as Linda Friedman)
Stephen Gale	....	assistant craft service: Reno, Nevada
Jimmy Glenn	....	boxing trainer: New York
Emily Gruendike	....	set production assistant
Marcy Guiragossian	....	set production assistant: Reno, Nevada
Jessica Harary	....	office production assistant: Reno, Nevada
Doug Harris	....	co-head production finance
Linda Diane Holley	....	stand in: Ms. Mirren (as Linda Holley)
Kyndall Holstead	....	co-production coordinator
Abel Horwitz	....	assistant: Helen Mirren
David Hunter	....	chef assistant
Lisa H. Jackson	....	assistant production coordinator (as Lisa Jackson)
Jean E. Jacobson	....	payroll accountant (as Jean Jacobson)
Allison Jandreau-Heil	....	assistant craft service
Andrew Grey Johnson	....	second assistant accountant (as Andrew G. Johnson)
Steve Kahn	....	medic: construction
Campbell Katz	....	assistant: Marty Katz
Andrew C. Keeter	....	production executive (as Andy Keeter)
Joanna Kennedy	....	script supervisor
Brandon Lopez	....	project production finance
Manuel Lopez	....	chef assistant
Robert Lunt	....	additional craft service: Reno, Nevada
Cutter Martin	....	key set production assistant
Carmen Matthews	....	assistant craft service
Lorrie McNaught	....	insurance broker: AON
Marciano Moreno	....	assistant cook
Mike Moriarty	....	assistant: Lou DiBella
Wendy Neel Brogan	....	co-head production finance (as Wendy Brogan)
Brian Netto	....	assistant: Taylor Hackford
Kerry Newberry	....	first assistant accountant (as Kerry Yancheski)
Jimmy Nickerson	....	boxing coordinator
Alfred Nittoli	....	stand-in: Mr. Pesci
Robert Padilla	....	boxing trainer: New Mexico
John D. Park	....	set production assistant: Reno, Nevada (as John Park)
Luke V. Randall	....	production intern (as Luke Vincent Randall)
Ray Reyes	....	business & legal affairs
Larry Rice	....	weather guru
Angel Rivera	....	boxing trainer: New York
Michael Roccuzzo	....	production accountant
Rufus Rosendo	....	office production assistant
Matthew Rowland	....	representative: Screen Capitol International
Marissa Salgado	....	key medic
Susan Schafey	....	additional craft service: Reno, Nevada
Bill Schmidt	....	production assistant
Aaron Z. Schor	....	key office production assistant
Debbie Seif	....	second assistant accountant
Sanjay Sharma	....	representative: Screen Capitol International
Larry Sheffield	....	project attorney
Chason Simpson	....	stand-in: Mr. Peris-Mencheto
Andrew Smirnow	....	production intern
Louise Spencer	....	unit publicist
Rowan Stanland	....	key assistant location manager
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement coordinator: Stone Management (as Adam Stone)
Cat Stone	....	product placement coordinator: Stone Management
Yu-Fai Suen	....	representative: Aramid Capital Partners
Lisa Vanallen	....	key craft service (as Lisa Van Allen)
Steve Watson	....	chef
Gavrilah Wells	....	set production assistant: Reno, Nevada
Stephanie Wescott	....	payroll accountant
Howard Young	....	production controller
Josef Brandmaier	....	financing: HVB [de] (uncredited)
Alex Castillo	....	extras production assistant (uncredited)
Nick Cessac	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Bryan Chacon	....	extras production assistant (uncredited)
Aubra Cohen	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Brooke Fair	....	assistant craft service (uncredited)
Francisco A. Fernandez	....	additional office production assistant (uncredited)
Marissa M. Gonzales	....	assistant office production coordinator (uncredited)
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach (uncredited)
Patrick Hutchison	....	extras production assistant (uncredited)
Ned Lathrop	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Deborah Mitchell	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Eva Neufahrt	....	controller (uncredited)
Ryan J. Pezdirc	....	additional office production assistant (uncredited)
Wendy Rohland	....	post accounting (uncredited)
Vanessa Sharp	....	utility stand-in (uncredited)
Kara Silverman	....	extras production assistant (uncredited)
Mitch Spacone	....	system support: FotoKem (uncredited)
Toni Staniewicz	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Casey Wayne	....	photo double (uncredited)
Jaron White	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Rob R. Yoo	....	production intern (uncredited)

Thanks
Bellamy Brothers	....	the producers wish to thank (as The Bellamy Brothers)
Calexico	....	the producers wish to thank
Rick Dees	....	the producers wish to thank
Daryl Dragon	....	the producers wish to thank (as The Captain and Tennille)
James Newton Howard	....	the producers wish to thank
KC & The Sunshine Band	....	the producers wish to thank
Bill Richardson	....	the producers wish to thank
Keely Smith	....	the producers wish to thank
Toni Tennille	....	the producers wish to thank (as The Captain and Tennille)

Production Companies

• Aramid Entertainment Fund (as Aramid Entertainment Fund Limited) (presents)
• Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds 3 GmbH & Co. KG (as VIP Medienfonds 3)
• Rising Star (in association with)
• Anvil Films
• DiBella Entertainment
• Capitol Films

Distributors

• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Starway Film Distribution (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2010) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (all media)
• Aventi (2011) (France) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Denmark) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Finland) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (France) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Iceland) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Norway) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (Sweden) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (UK) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (USA) (all media)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Nem
• Roadshow Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Wildfire Visual Effects (visual effects)
• CafeFX (visual effects) (as CaféFX)
• Reliance MediaWorks (stock footage restoration)

Other Companies

• AON  insurance
• Absolut Video  VideoAssist equipment provided by
• Aramid Capital Partners  funding
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Crowd In A Box  inflatable extras
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• EMS Payroll  extras payroll (uncredited)
• FotoKem Digital Film Services  digital intermediate
• FotoKem  color
• Hyperion Sound  music recorded and mixed at
• Imaginary Forces  main & end titles design
• Integrity Casting  casting: Reno, Nevada
• No Stone Unturned Security & Investigative Services  set security
• Panavision  Genesis digital cinematography system
• Reel Chefs Catering  catering
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end crawl by
• Stone Management  product placement
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recorded at (as Todd-AO)
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, pervasive language and some violence

Runtime:

USA:117 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46084) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Australia:MA (2011) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Aramid Entertainment Fund

Trivia:

This is Joe Pesci's first substantial role in a film since Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). Although Pesci did appear in the 2006 film, "The Good Shepherd", his role was only a brief cameo.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: After Grace kicks Bruza out of her car, she drives to his trailer park where we see a small satellite dish attached to one of the trailers, but mini dishes weren't used by private residences in 1976.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Grace Bontempo:Selling love will make your rich. That's what my mother taught me. Just don't put your heart in it.

Movie Connections:

References "The $64,000 Question" (1955)

Soundtrack:

One Night (With You)

No raunch in this ranch makes movie a dull boy

Love Ranch fooled me but good. For some reason, I was picturing a raucous, raunchy comedy about a legal brothel run by Joe Pesci and Helen Mirren. But it's not really that way at all; no, this is a standard-issue melodrama about an abusive misogynist who runs his part of the world, his steely wife who runs the business side of the things, and the hapless pro boxer who gets mixed up with them. It's not funny because it's not supposed to be, and that's kind of sad; there's potential for laughs, but in the end all you get are clichés and bad character choices.

Charlie (Pesci) and Grace (Mirren) Bontempo open up the first legal brothel in Nevada. She's the daughter of a prostitute, he's done a stretch in San Quentin. It's the 1970s. They have a pretty good setup for themselves; good-looking women, steady clients, and the law on their side (and in their pockets). They don't want for much, seemingly. Then Charlie, a hotheaded tempest in a teacup if ever there was one, gets the idea that they'll garner more respect (or, more accurately, he will) if they own a successful professional boxer. So he buys the contract of one Armando Bruza, an up-and-coming Argentinian, much to Grace's chagrin. Charlie's banking on his guy doing well in his next fight, based on the rumor that Muhammed Ali would take on the winner.

Here, Pesci plays a slightly watered-down version of Tommy DeVito from Goodfellas. He's foul mouthed, ill tempered, not very bright about a great many things, and seems to survive on chutzpah and the good grace of, well, Grace. Naturally, being the proprietor of a brothel has its privileges, and Charlie samples the wares with some regularity, an occurrence that Grace idly tolerates. When she's asked to become Bruza's manager - as a felon, Charlie can't get a license - she's reluctant, but the swarthy boxer has other ideas. And so it goes.

Now, there's nothing inherently wrong with predictability. If I expect A to happen, and A happens, that's okay - as long as A wasn't spelled out as a fait accompli. If I expect A to happen, but B happens, that is also okay - as long as B is plausible. Here, I expect A to happen, and A happens, and it's obvious from almost the start of the movie that A will happen. This extends to character development as well. If a character does something, say, out of character (!), that's fine - as long as it propels the plot AND makes some bit of sense. Otherwise, it's just a ploy to get me to keep watching. In this movie, Charlie's character is so one-dimensional that when he makes an attempt to be lovey-dovey with Grace it's not even remotely believable. I can blame Pesci a little for this, but it just seem as if he had much to work with.

And for a movie that uses a brothel as its main background, there's very little naughty stuff going on; they may as well have set it in a video store, if those still existed. There's a side plot about some high-and-mighty moral compass waging a war against the legal brothel, but it's barely touched upon, pardon the pun. (The other puns are unpardonable.) The plot just bounces around from issue to issue, circling the main story threat of Bruza, Grace, and Charlie. The result is sometimes maudlin and hackneyed and other terms writers use to describe crappy writing.