Peacock (2010)

Director:

Michael Lander

Writers (WGA):

Michael Lander (written by) &
Ryan O Roy (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

If he only knew what she was doing.

Plot:

A train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's bank clerk.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Nebraska | Breakfast | Train | Bank Clerk

Cast

Cillian Murphy	...	John / Emma Skillpa
Ellen Page	...	Maggie
Susan Sarandon	...	Fanny Crill
Josh Lucas	...	Officer Tom McGonigle
Bill Pullman	...	Edmund French
Graham Beckel	...	Connor Black
Keith Carradine	...	Mayor Ray Crill
Eden Bodnar	...	Louise Sternberg
Chris Carlson	...	Neil
Flynn Milligan	...	Jake
Virginia Newcomb	...	Doris
Jaimi Paige	...	Wanda
Nathan Christopher	...	Cal
Richard Latch	...	Mack
Tate Hustedt	...	Brian Sternberg
Tory Schaefer	...	Will
Craig Michael	...	Ron Sternberg
Scott Schulte	...	Priest
Peter Gregory Thomson	...	Senator Wyatt
Michael Rosner	...	Motel Manager
Paul Cram	...	Kenny
Erin Stover	...	Mother at Shelter
Bethany Larson	...	Driver
Emily Dooley	...	Glenda
John Paul Gamoke	...	Mr. Clapp
Bridget de vos Vaudt	...	Mother #1
Mark Burk	...	Foreman
Harrison Pike	...	Boy
Brian Foyster	...	Guy in Bar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bradley Steven Perry	...	Young John Skillpa (voice)

Directed by
Michael Lander

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Lander		(written by) &
Ryan O Roy		(written by) (as Ryan Roy)

Produced by
Brian Bell	....	line producer
Nicole Brown	....	executive producer
Neal Dusedau	....	associate producer
Nathan Kahane	....	executive producer
Kelli Konop	....	co-producer
Barry Mendel	....	producer
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall	....	associate producer (as Jeannine Oppewall)
Ryan O Roy	....	co-producer (as Ryan Roy)

Original Music by
Brian Reitzell

Cinematography by
Philippe Rousselot		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Sally Menke
Jeffrey M. Werner

Casting by
Richard Hicks
David Rubin

Production Design by
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall		(as Jeannine Oppewall)

Art Direction by
Anthony Dunne

Set Decoration by
David Schlesinger

Costume Design by
Suttirat Anne Larlarb

Makeup Department
Patricia Almeida	....	hair department head
Annemarie Bradley	....	hair stylist: S. Sarandon
Barney Burman	....	eyebrow covers: C. Murphy
Fabian Garcia	....	hair department head: New York
Frances Hannon	....	hair designer: C. Murphy
Frances Hannon	....	makeup designer: C. Murphy
Andrea Politte	....	assistant hair stylist
Wynona Price	....	makeup assistant
Susan Reilly LeHane	....	makeup artist: S. Sarandon
Nena Smarz	....	makeup artist: C. Murphy
Nena Smarz	....	makeup department head
Amanda Williams	....	key hair (as Amanda M. Williams)
Leo Won	....	makeup department: New York

Production Management
Sharon C. Dietz	....	unit production manager
Larry Ferguson Jr.	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tanit Lee Lascelles	....	additional second second assistant director
Jeffrey Lazar	....	first assistant director
Scott Lazar	....	second assistant director
Jason Rody	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jill Alexander	....	set decorating assistant
Mark Baty	....	signwriter
Chris Bevauns	....	muralist (as Christina Warren)
Kenneth Bryant	....	leadman
Kent Carlson	....	carpenter
Peter John Casey	....	art department assistant (as Peter Casey)
Nick Ciarimboli	....	set dresser
Chris Cleek	....	set designer
Alan Cohee	....	carpenter
Matthew Goodrich	....	carpenter
Malcolm Greeley	....	construction foreman
Gary Guttenfelder	....	carpenter
Bill Hamilton	....	set dresser
Gary Happ	....	carpenter
Maren M. Hopkins	....	props production assistant (as Maren Hopkins)
Anne Hyvarinen	....	charge scenic
Hanna Leih	....	scenic/painter (as Hannah Leih)
Elijah Lueders	....	muralist (as Eli Lueders)
Gabriel Lueders	....	scenic/painter (as Gabe Lueders)
A. Russell McGlothlen	....	set dresser
Gordon McVay	....	second set dresser
Andy Mentzer	....	scenic/painter
Andrea Metzler	....	set dresser
Lyvan A. Munlyn	....	scenic journeyman (as Lyvan Munlyn)
Tyler Osman	....	construction coordinator
Jose Pavon	....	property master
Jason Pirtle	....	set dresser
Sarah Regan	....	on-set painter
Robin Richesson	....	storyboard artist
Jamie Royster	....	carpenter
Pablo Sison	....	muralist
Christine Sysko	....	on-set dresser
Steve Sysko	....	set dresser
Selina van den Brink	....	art department coordinator
Richard W. Van Oel	....	scenic/painter (as Rick Van Oel)
Michael W. Volz	....	scenic gang boss (as Michael Volz)
Derek J.W. Wybourn	....	assistant property master (as Derek Wybourn)
Christine Youngstrom	....	art department researcher

Sound Department
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
David S. DiPietro	....	adr mixer
David S. DiPietro	....	sound recordist
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	supervising dialogue editor
Frazier Eades	....	boom operator
Kurt Kassulke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Metz	....	sound effects editor
Stacey Michaels	....	foley mixer
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Aynee Osborn	....	sound editor
Jan Petrov	....	adr recordist
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Noah Timan	....	sound mixer: New York
Noel Vought	....	foley artist
Dan Wesson	....	boom operator: New York
Kevin Zimmerman	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Ken Gorrell	....	special effects coordinator
Skylar Gorrell	....	special effects technician
James Topel	....	special effects technician
Russell Tyrrell	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Benjamin H. Bernard	....	visual effects artist
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Gus Duron	....	digital opticals editor
Edward Heede	....	digital effects artist
Andrew Lewitin	....	visual effects
Ken Locsmandi	....	visual effects supervisor
Tamar Shaham	....	visual effects coordinator
Jeremy Shuback	....	digital artist
Michael Joseph Warren	....	visual effects artist
Victor Tang	....	researcher (uncredited)

Stunts
Jared Burke	....	precision driver
Douglas Crosby	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Kent Abbott	....	video assist operator
Greg Anderson	....	rigging grip
Ryan Anderson	....	grip
Anthony Arendt	....	director of photography: second unit (as Tony Arendt)
Nicolaas Bertelsen	....	epk (as Nick A. Bertelsen)
Joe Carpita	....	additional second assistant camera
Pam Connor	....	grip
Matt Dinerstein	....	still photographer
Carlos Doerr	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Courtney Drewes	....	second assistant camera
Jack English	....	chief lighting technician
Jeff Foust	....	grip
Dan Gartner	....	electrician
Daniel R. Haizlip	....	best boy grip (as Daniel 'DJ' Haizlip)
Jay Hardie	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as James Hardie)
Marty Hechinger	....	electrician
Dave Kube	....	grip
Scott W. Leftridge	....	key grip (as Scott Leftridge)
Mark Martens	....	electrician
Valentine Marvel	....	first assistant camera
Rick Pilcher	....	electrician
John Sennott	....	electrician
Richard Speed	....	key rigging grip
Joshua Stern	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Aaron Ali Tichenor	....	camera loader (as Aaron Tichenor)
Jeff Togno	....	electrician
Matthew W. Williams	....	additional camera loader (as Matt Williams)

Casting Department
Joey Cee	....	casting assistant
Megan Fleming	....	casting assistant
Ann Wilkinson	....	local casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Traci Feuerbach	....	additional costumer
Rachael Ohman	....	key set costumer
Lenore Pemberton	....	assistant costume designer
Emma Potter	....	wardrobe supervisor
Alyssa Shipley	....	wardrobe assistant
Rebecca Trout	....	stitcher
Liz Vastola	....	costume assistant
Carole Zacek	....	stitcher

Editorial Department
Paul Allia	....	telecine colorist
Bradford L. Dean	....	first assistant editor
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Efilm
Eric McClain	....	telecine colorist
Christian Prejza	....	digital intermediate producer: EFILM
Tom Reiser	....	colorist assist: Efilm
Adam M. Weber	....	editorial production assistant
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Curtis Wade Anderson	....	driver
Frank Killen	....	driver
Carla Klein	....	driver
John McLaughlin	....	transportation coordinator
Chris Musick	....	driver: honeywagon
Aaron Pigg	....	driver
Ken Smith	....	transportation co-captain
Jonathan Wensel	....	generator operator/driver

Other crew
Alexis Auditore	....	assistant: Ms. Konop
Brian Banse	....	assistant location manager
Carol Baty	....	location scout
Lucas Baty	....	production assistant
Rebekah Boyd	....	accounting clerk
Kate Boyer	....	production assistant
Carrie Bush	....	set production assistant
Chris Butzke	....	set production assistant
Alison S. Cohen	....	production counsel
Kent Demaine	....	title designer
Steve Dixson	....	location production assistant
Chelsea Donison	....	set production assistant
Joy Ellison	....	dialect coach
Kristina Findley	....	production coordinator (as Kristina Swanson)
Robert Foulkes	....	location manager
Dana Hanson	....	office production assistant
Mike Herrera	....	paramedic coordinator
Amber Herrera-Rowley	....	craft service
West Humphries	....	caterer
Emily Kacere	....	assistant: Barry Mendel
Edde Kane	....	production assistant
Bart Klaver	....	accounting clerk
Gabriella Ludlow	....	production legal
Robbie Maass	....	office production assistant
Jackie Manning	....	production secretary
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	production accountant
Catherine Martin	....	accounting clerk
Catherine Martin	....	location controller
Maggie Martin	....	payroll accountant
Darren Matthew	....	assistant production coordinator
Alex Melli	....	assistant: director
Sarah Moritz	....	production assistant
Karen S. Neasi	....	product placement
Rob Pellecchia	....	production counsel
Jill W. Reurs	....	script supervisor (as Jill Reurs)
Tracey Schaefer	....	unit publicist (as Tracey Zemitis)
Joel Shnowski	....	production assistant
Randall Simpson	....	set production assistant
Alex Starke	....	location assistant
Heather Tyler	....	post-production accountant
Colin Walter	....	office production assistant

Thanks
Sally Sue Beisel	....	special thanks (as Sally Sue Beisel-Lander)
Sarah Caplan	....	special thanks
Greg Crauso	....	special thanks
Mark Dziak	....	special thanks
Brian Foyster	....	special thanks
Mike Gabrawy	....	special thanks
John Cameron Mitchell	....	special thanks
Todd Portugal	....	special thanks
Mary Ellen Woods	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Cornfield Productions
• Mandate Pictures

Distributors

• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2012) (Belgium) (DVD)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Imagem Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Ledafilms (2010) (Mexico) (TV)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (TV)

Special Effects

• All Special Effects

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Ear Candy Post  post-production sound services
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Props On Wheels  picture vehicles
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Runway  post-production services
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material and a scene of violence

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Denison, Iowa, USA

Company:

Cornfield Productions

Trivia:

Sally Menke's final editing project.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Maggie hands Emma Jake's birth certificate at the top it says State of Nebraska and stamped in the upper left corner it says City of Ladora. Ladora is in Iowa, not Nebraska.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mother:[in overlapping voices and moods like memories] I'm doing this because I love you. John. You know what happens... I warned you. I warned you, John. This is what you'll turn into. I warned you. Don't talk to anyone. Why would you keep things from me! Look at me. Look at me, John. Look at me. John! Don't look at me unless I tell you to. You ruined it. Don't talk to anyone. Don't talk to anyone. Don't you keep things from me! I'm doing this because I love you. Don't move a muscle unless I tell you.
[...]

Really excellent flick.

Just saw this down at one my favorite local internet theaters and I can tell you that this is definitely one of Cillian Murphy's top performances.

Of course, Murphy was brilliant in 28 Days Later and downright creepy in Batman Begins but his turn as John Skillpa, a young man apparently tormented by years and years of child abuse, shows the truer depths of his acting range.

I'm pretty sure this feature will be well overlooked by the Academy Awards, but it shouldn't be as far as I'm concerned as Murphy and the rest of a well picked cast shine in nearly every scene. To be honest, however, I wasn't thrilled with Ellen Page's performance but I believe she did a capable job in the role she played.

Keith Carradine and an almost unrecognizable Bill Pullman are the other actors of note besides, of course, the pushy but sensitive Fanny Crill played by Susan Sarandon.

What I can tell you, without spoiling the film, is that it's set in a not too distant rural America where the oddities of life must be kept well hidden for one to survive.

What is genuinely fresh and interesting though is how the mind of John Skillpa chooses to handle the forced revealing of a secret he's kept under wraps for quite some time in a quiet house where no one would suspect there was anything out of order.