Hurricane Season (2009)

Director:

Tim Story

Writer (WGA):

Robert Eisele (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

They Turned a Tragedy Into a Triumph.

Plot:

A year after Hurricane Katrina, Al Collins, a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles...

Plot Keywords:

Hurricane Katrina | High School Basketball | State Championship | Team | Rebuilding Team

Cast

Forest Whitaker	...	Al Collins
Taraji P. Henson	...	Dayna Collins
Bonnie Hunt	...	Principal
China Anne McClain	...	Alana Collins
Bow Wow	...	Gary
Khleo Thomas	...	Raymond
Isaiah Washington	...	Coach Simmons
Robbie Jones	...	Brian Randolph
J.B. Smoove	...	Team Bus Driver
Michael Gaston	...	Coach Frank Landon
Courtney B. Vance	...	Mr. Randolph
Lil' Wayne	...	Lamont
Odessa Sykes	...	Gary's Nurse
Irma P. Hall	...	Grandma Rose
Jackie Long
Lance E. Nichols	...	Pastor at Rec Center
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Jonathan's Father
Tarra Riggs	...	Leslee Suthall
Deneen Tyler	...	Stephanie Davis
Jarod Einsohn	...	Randy Verdin
Elton LeBlanc	...	Basketball Coach
Samantha Beaulieu	...	Barricade Cop #2
Cynthia LeBlanc	...	Head Nurse
J. Omar Castro	...	Barricade Cop
Karen Kaia Livers	...	Young Mother #2
Kenneth Brown Jr.	...	Sports Announcer
Ross Rouillier	...	Game Attendee
Lindsey G. Smith	...	Courtney
Daniel Vincent	...	Audience
Anthony Michael Frederick	...	Maurice
Jalene Mack	...	Andrea Wall
Eric D. Hill Jr.	...	Christian
Sharon K. London	...	Shop Keeper
Kesha Bullard	...	Young Mother #1
Monica R. Harris	...	High School Student
Larry Gamell Jr.	...	Reverend
Liann Pattison	...	Raymond's Nurse
Wil Pollard	...	Basketball Player
Maliek Golden	...	Kendall Davis
Kimberly North	...	Reporter
Victor Tijerino	...	National Guardsman (as Victor Hugo Palacios)
Ryan Dunston	...	Basketball player
Chloe' Lemoine	...	WHS (Panther) Cheerleader
Elise Kaywood	...	High School Student
Antoine Spillers	...	Church Member
Natasha "Sasha" Angelety	...	Motel Patron (uncredited)
Alexander Asefa	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Barbara Balentine	...	Fan (uncredited)
Dewayne Bateman	...	Fan (uncredited)
Arianne Binnings	...	FEMA Official (uncredited)
Jessica 'Jessie' Blake	...	Security Guard (uncredited)
Dane Brown	...	Player's Dad (uncredited)
Scheryl W Brown	...	High School Office Employee (uncredited)
Stephanie Renee Casso	...	Superdome Evacuee / Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Stanley Chauvin	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Jon Dainty	...	Sideline Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Dominique DuVernay	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Kay Freeman	...	Fan (uncredited)
Geraldine Glenn	...	Fan (uncredited)
Brian Hartley	...	Supporting (uncredited)
Rodney Hebert	...	Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Mark E. Howell	...	Fan (uncredited)
Vianca Johnson	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Topher Jones	...	Cop (uncredited)
Judy Kern	...	Basketball Game Fan (uncredited)
Jeremy Evan Kerr	...	Lion Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Laurie Lee	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Demorian Lizana	...	Football Player (uncredited)
John Calvin McCann	...	Patriot's Towel / Ball boy (uncredited)
Jay Oliver	...	Storm Survivor (uncredited)
Tony Pallo	...	Sports Spectator (uncredited)
Lyssa Prine	...	Panther Fan (uncredited)
Scott Schlueter	...	Metropolitan Police (uncredited)
Sean M. Sellers	...	Student (uncredited)
Chaz Smith	...	Superdome Evacuee / Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Logan Douglas Smith	...	Sideline Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Terry Lee Smith	...	Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Elizabeth Tranchant	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Jeremy Dean Turner	...	Basketball Fan (uncredited)
Dawna Williams	...	Basketball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim Story

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Eisele		(written by)

Produced by
Stephanie Allain	....	producer
Michael Beugg	....	producer
Raymond Brothers	....	producer
Lee Cleary	....	co-producer
David Gaines	....	associate producer
Scott Glassgold	....	producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mark Mancina

Cinematography by
Larry Blanford

Film Editing by
Stuart Levy

Casting by
Victoria Thomas

Production Design by
Carlos Barbosa

Art Direction by
Carlos Osorio

Set Decoration by
Bradford Johnson

Costume Design by
Gersha Phillips

Makeup Department
Debra Denson	....	makeup department head
Melissa Forney	....	hair department head
Remi Savva	....	makeup artist
Yolanda Sheridan	....	makeup artist
Bret Mayo	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Jeff Maynard	....	executive in charge of post-production
Samson Mucke	....	assistant unit production manager
Carey Len Smith	....	post-production executive
Matthew Stein	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Altieri	....	second second assistant director
David Arnold	....	second assistant director
Lee Cleary	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Kristin Cauldwell	....	set dresser
William Anthony Duncan	....	scenic artist
Jamie Jo Friederick	....	graphic designer
Mimi Gauthier	....	assistant set decorator
Steven Kerlagon	....	scenic charge
Andree Lago	....	scenic foreman
Ty Landry	....	on-set dresser
Twig Leveque	....	assistant property master
James D. MacDonald	....	art department assistant
Wright McFarland	....	set designer
Trey Merrill	....	swing gang
Jarrette Moats	....	art department coordinator
Michael O'Sullivan	....	construction utility
Zachary Ognan	....	set dresser
Brad Quintana	....	painter
Johnnie Ruth Richey	....	assistant props
Maggie Rolland	....	props
Michelle Rolland	....	property master
George Sanchez	....	plaster foreman
Corie Savary	....	third property assistant
Craig Serody	....	leadman
Ben Wisdom	....	set dresser
Frank Zito	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Bryce Anderson	....	boom operator
Walter Anderson	....	sound mixer
Michael Fowler	....	adr recordist
Albert Gasser	....	sound effects editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Glynna Grimala	....	fx editor
Jonathan Jory	....	adr mixer
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound effects editor
Dror Mohar	....	sound editor
Douglas Murray	....	adr mixer
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Jan Petrov	....	adr recordist
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Shamburger	....	boom operator
David Stanke	....	first assistant sound editor
Billy Theriot	....	adr mixer
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Michael H. Clark	....	special effects technician
William Dawson	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Tom Martinez Jr.	....	digital effects artist
Robert Nall	....	digital artist
Roger Nall	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Andrus	....	key grip
Sidney Brisco	....	lighting technician
Jacob Bynum	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Rene Crusto	....	grip
Steve Drake	....	key rigging grip
Brian Fosnaugh	....	best boy electric
Brian Gunter	....	camera operator
Thairon Harvey	....	lighting technician
Robert Hicks	....	best boy grip
Bruce Jackson	....	lighting technician
Ryosuke Kawanaka	....	second assistant camera
Jessica Lakoff	....	camera production assistant
Byron Marigny	....	lighting technician
Alan Markfield	....	still photographer
Myron Parran	....	second assistant camera
Meiklejohn Pate	....	grip
Mike Sheeren	....	dolly grip
Chris Strong	....	gaffer
Cody Strong	....	lighting technician
Brandon Swain	....	lighting technician
Randy Tharpe	....	grip
Tony Varuola	....	rigging gaffer
Louis Zlotowicz	....	film loader

Casting Department
Sally Allen	....	location casting
Alexandra Capps	....	extras casting assistant
Toni Cobb Brock	....	location casting
Albert H. Bongard IV	....	extras casting assistant
Yesi Ramirez	....	casting associate
Wendy Talazac	....	extras casting
Laurie Lee	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kasey C. Bazil	....	key set costumer
Tracey Dundas	....	costumer
Annette Farnsworth	....	set costumer
April Justin	....	key costumer
Whitney Kyles	....	assistant costume designer
Nori Musarra	....	set costumer
Alexis Ozment	....	set costumer
Sharlene Ruffino	....	set costumer
Jill Stoutz	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Lisa Cossettini	....	assistant editor
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Jimmy Fusil	....	digital intermediate producer
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist
Darin Wooldridge	....	additional digital colorist: Technicolor

Music Department
Chuck Choi	....	score mixer
Marlon Espino	....	music technical consultant
Marc Fantini	....	composer: additional music
Steffan Fantini	....	composer: additional music
Mike Flicker	....	supervising music editor
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Angela Leus	....	music coordinator
Dave Metzger	....	composer: additional music
Del Spiva	....	music editor
Dexter Story	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Pauline Sissie Franklin	....	driver
Deborah Muscarello	....	driver

Other crew
Heather A. Allen	....	craft service assistant
Prarthna Arias	....	video playback services
Heather Babineaux	....	key craft service
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Jackie Bissley	....	unit publicist
Jennifer L. Brooks	....	second assistant accountant
Mark Brown	....	production assistant
Brian Buccellato	....	assistant: director
Eric Carle	....	epk sound
Andrew Cavaness	....	location assistant
Lauren Clouatre	....	production secretary
Mona Coulter	....	travel agent
Mandy Diasselliss	....	studio teacher
Michael J. Fisher	....	basketball coordinator
Ashley Foster	....	set production assistant
William Day Frank	....	assistant to producers
Michael Goldberg	....	payroll accountant
Mariah Breitel Hembree	....	post script services (as Mariah Breitel)
Trameka Howard	....	security coordinator (2008)
Ted Jordan	....	stand-in
John Lavis	....	set medic
Tanya Leal Soto	....	assistant: Forest Whitaker
Ronald J. Levin	....	production counsel
Renee Marsella	....	base camp production assistant
Carly Nason	....	office production assistant
Sara Nicole Powell	....	travel coordinator
Katie Pryor	....	basketball coordinator's assistant
Vince Robinette	....	production accountant
Ariel Schwab	....	production assistant
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor
M. Gerard Sellers	....	location manager
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Mark C. Stevens	....	key set production assistant
Stephanie Strother	....	assistant production coordinator
Trey Sullivan	....	first assistant accountant
Elizabeth Tranchant	....	stand in for bonnie hunt
Ashleigh Tucker	....	production coordinator
Marc Wielage	....	digital dailies
Joseph Zarske	....	production assistant

Thanks
Micah Haley	....	thanks: Deputy Film Commissioner, The New Orleans Film Commission

Production Companies

• Dimension Films
• IAM Entertainment
• Story Company, The

Distributors

• CN Entertainment (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Maldives) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)
• Vivendi Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• 11:11 Mediaworks

Other Companies

• 424  sound re-recording
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Event Rental  locations equipment rentals
• Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
• New Orleans Film Commission, The  film commission
• North Projects  behind the scenes
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief sexual humor

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Chalmette, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Was filmed April-June 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was set to be theatrically released in early 2009, but due to the financial troubles of the Weinstein Company, it will see a straight-to-DVD release on February 9, 2010.

Goofs:

Continuity: Brian Randolph was scribbling graffiti inside of his locker when one of his teammates tells him not to do that because he's on the West Bank, no longer in New Orleans East. In the conversation that follows, the number of lines that Brian has written changes from three to one and back to three lines.

It's Hurricane Season

I thought this would be a cheap movie given that it Lil Wayne and Bow Wow in the movie but boy was I surprised. Hurricane Season is a great story of triumph in the face of tremendous adversity. It puts you in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. It showed how people's lives were turned upside down. The life and history of a town swept away in just a few moments. In one of the darker times of our nation's history it illustrates what makes the human spirit so powerful. And how a group of misfits can become brothers and form a collective bond that can accomplish anything. As someone who has watched every sports movie known to man, I dare say this movie is a better basketball movie then Coach Carter. And is easily right up there in inspiration with Rudy. I love how the movie showed such a powerful resiliency from such young men. Move over Remember The Titans, Hurricane Season is ready to take you by storm.