(Untitled) (2009)

Director:

Jonathan Parker

Writers:

Catherine DiNapoli (writer)
Jonathan Parker (writer)

Release Date:

2 June 2011 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Tagline:

Everyone's got an opinion.

Plot:

A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art. |

Plot Keywords:

Art | Composer | Gallerist | Taxidermy | Musical Performance

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Adam Goldberg	...	Adrian Jacobs
Marley Shelton	...	Madeleine Gray
Eion Bailey	...	Josh Jacobs
Lucy Punch	...	The Clarinet
Vinnie Jones	...	Ray Barko
Zak Orth	...	Porter Canby
Ptolemy Slocum	...	Monroe
Michael Panes	...	Grant
Svetlana Efremova	...	Russian Singer
Marceline Hugot	...	Corporate Art Buyer
Janet Carroll	...	Helen Finkelstein
Ben Hammer	...	Morton Cabot
David Beach	...	Critic at Morton Cabot's Concert
David Cale	...	Critic at Adrian's Concert
Dean Wareham	...	Critic at Adrian's Concert
Kelly Deadmon	...	Socialite at Art Dinner
Marla Sucharetza	...	Socialite at Art Dinner
Carole Schweid	...	Mother
Stan Carp	...	Father
Ray DeMattis	...	Restaurant Manager
Michael Hauschild	...	Adrian's Fan
Frank Holliday	...	Security Guard
Lawson White	...	Seth
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Franco Bulaon	...	Art Patron
Gina Gabrielli	...	Ray's Girl
Stephanie Barton-Farcas	...	Art Patron (uncredited)
Kevin Cannon	...	Lead Video Star (uncredited)
Justin Doescher	...	Arguing Boyfriend (uncredited)
Adair Moran	...	Bride (uncredited)

Directed by
Jonathan Parker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Catherine DiNapoli		writer
Jonathan Parker		writer

Produced by
Catherine DiNapoli	....	producer
Adam Goldberg	....	executive producer
Paul Jarrett	....	line producer
Matt Luber	....	producer
Lorna Nowve	....	associate producer
Andreas Olavarria	....	producer
Jonathan Parker	....	producer

Original Music by
David Lang

Cinematography by
Svetlana Cvetko

Film Editing by
Keiko Deguchi

Casting by
Deanna Brigidi

Production Design by
David L. Snyder

Art Direction by
Len X. Clayton

Set Decoration by
Kay Lee
Kay Anna Lee

Costume Design by
Deirdre Wegner

Makeup Department
Monique Benoit	....	key hair stylist
Marc Reagan	....	makeup artist
Leesa Travis	....	key makeup artist
Nicole Wodowski	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mamta Trivedi	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Dauro	....	additional second second assistant director
Sheri Davani	....	first assistant director
Patrick Huber	....	second assistant director
Scott Larkin	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Safa Ansarifar	....	art swing
Matt Ashe	....	art swing
Sarah Bricker	....	property master
Andy Coolquitt	....	carpenter
Mohammed Dagman	....	leadman
Olenka Denysenko	....	assistant property master
John El Manahi	....	assistant art director
Uriah Herr	....	leadman
Vanessa Jacobs	....	set dresser
Mick Kolodgy	....	production illustrator
Marissa Kotsilimbas	....	assistant set decorator
Molly Maguire	....	art department production assistant
Tricia Peck	....	art department coordinator
Michael Steele	....	art swing
Ned Thorne	....	props assistant

Sound Department
Richard Beggs	....	sound designer
Ronni Brown	....	foley artist
Bryan Dembinski	....	production sound recordist
Amanda Jacques	....	boom operator
Thomas W. Jordan	....	boom operator
Dave Nelson	....	print master
Dave Nelson	....	printmaster engineer
Mischa Park-Doob	....	dialogue editor
William Storkson	....	supervising sound editor
Tyler Straub	....	sound effects editor
Ramon Wesselink	....	assistant sound editor
Lukas Wolf	....	additional boom operator

Special Effects by
Mark Warren	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Kirk Henderson	....	matte artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Rik Andino	....	additional grip
Nick Anthony	....	electrician
Arthur Aravena	....	gaffer
Michael Arisohn	....	company electric
Aida Artieda	....	grip
Demian Barba	....	electrician
Matthew Cryan	....	grip
Justyn T. Davis	....	additional grip (as Justyn Davis)
Bill Dixon	....	best boy grip
Sergei Franklin	....	Steadicam operator
Lee Gillentine	....	electrician
Christopher Heikel	....	electrician
Matthew Jacobs	....	electrician
Kim Marcelino	....	electrician
Steve McNally	....	best boy electric
Ryan Minelli	....	electrician
Tom Mone	....	grip
Robbin Park	....	grip
Brooks Toran	....	company grip
Christopher Vidaic	....	key grip
Daniel Wallenstein	....	grip

Casting Department
Adam Vincentz	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ellen Pittman Stockbridge	....	wardrobe supervisor
Maura Trail	....	wardrobe production assistant

Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Christopher Marcel	....	assistant editor
Gavin Rosenberg	....	digital intermediate conformer

Music Department
Niels Bye Nielsen	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services
Katri Billard	....	script supervisor
Matthew Chilsen	....	location scout
Tal Harris	....	background production assistant
Nick Huston	....	production coordinator
Christopher Johnston	....	location manager
Keith Marlin	....	set production assistant
Ali Moussavi	....	assistant production office coordinator
Tony Osso	....	script supervisor
Demian Resnick	....	location manager
Ronak Shah	....	production assistant
James P. Stephens	....	location assistant
Abbey Taylor	....	additional production assistant
Jonathan Urband	....	assistant location manager
Lauren Vanderschuur	....	set production assistant
Clarke Williams	....	unit production assistant

Production Companies

• Parker Film Company
• Luber Roklin Entertainment
• Bossa Nova Productions

Distributors

• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinemax (2011) (Hungary) (TV)
• Homescreen (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Screen Media Films (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Emanuel Design Group  main titles and end credits
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Merge Creative Media  post-production facilities
• Murphy PR  publicity
• RedStart Design  select jewelry

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and nude images

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45463)

Filming Locations:

Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Parker Film Company

Quotes:

Madeleine Gray:Try to read this work as a mistake... it's so personal.
Adrian Jacobs:Some things are so personal... that's better to keep them to yourself.

Art Is As Art Does (with thumb poised at nose,with four fingers extended upwards)

For those with a knowledge of 20th century modern,and post modern art, this film is for you (and even if you know little about the above mentioned subject matter,this film is also for you---if you have an open mind to give it a chance). (Untitled)is a wry,sly,droll,tongue in cheek comedy about the art world & how art is/can be conceived. Adam Goldberg is Adrian Jacob,a composer who is a little too tightly wound for his own good (he almost always seems to be a walking bundle of seething rage that is threatening to explode at any moment). His music is generally atonal,harsh noise that most folk either walk out on (as evidence in the film's opening,which takes place at a sparsely attended concert of his work at a performance space in New York City,where the story takes place),or outright laugh at. His brother,Josh (played by Eion Bailey)is a successful artist. Both are attracted to Madeleine Gray (played by Marley Shelton),the owner of an uptown,posh art gallery that specializes in modern & post modern (conceptual)art that most folk regard as b.s. Jonathan Parker directs this breezy little comedy from a screenplay written by Parker & Catherine DiNapoli. Perhaps not a perfect film,but worth seeking out for those with interests that include new music (read that as experimental/noise/Avant Garde),Dadaist art (it makes sly,albeit submerged nods to the Fluxus art movement of the late 1950's/early 1960's),and gleefully thumbs it's nose at other denizens of the uptown & downtown art scenes in New York. Anybody who is/was a fan of either of the bands Luna or Galaxie 500,keep your eyes open for a cameo by Dean Wareham,who has a brief role as an art critic at one of Adrian's performances. My personal click to pick was a plum role by Lucy Punch,who is just credited as 'The Clarinet'(a fellow musician who played bass clarinet in Adrian's ensemble),but deserved far better. Rated 'R' by the MPAA for a rude word or two,some brief nudity,some rather tame sexual content & the view of a piece of art that can be regarded by some as pornographic.