Tenure (2008)

Director:

Mike Million

Writer (WGA):

Mike Million (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A college professor competes for tenure with a hot-shot female colleague.

Plot Keywords:

Tenure | College | Sasquatch | Publication | Journal

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Luke Wilson	...	Charlie Thurber
Gretchen Mol	...	Elaine Grasso
David Koechner	...	Jay Hadley
Sasha Alexander	...	Margaret
Bob Gunton	...	William Thurber
Rosemarie DeWitt	...	Beth
Michael Cudlitz	...	Tim
William Bogert	...	Dean Leakey
Andrew Daly	...	Warren
Ellen Tobie	...	Professor Hannah Slocumb
Zach Selwyn	...	Buck
Hilary Pingle	...	Robin
Nathan Pham	...	Stan
Van Hughes	...	Ben
Lily Holleman	...	Blair
Robert Farrior	...	Dave Bundy
Paul Rescigno	...	Bradley
Robbie Rescigno	...	Milton
Lyman Chen	...	Steve Kim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keith Adams	...	Goth 2
Jenn An	...	Roxane (as Jennifer An)
Richard Graves	...	Goth
Nina Hodoruk	...	PBS Telethon Host
Atif Lanier	...	Whales Basketball Player
Kimberly Whittaker	...	College Student
John Wooten	...	Big Foot
Joe Zarriello	...	Student in Charlie's Class
Frank Apollonio	...	Student (uncredited)
Anthony Keating	...	Drunk Student at Party (uncredited)
Drew McAuliffe	...	Teaching Assistant (uncredited)
Tom McNutt	...	Tenure board professor (uncredited)
Stefan Niemczyk	...	Hammer Head Jock (uncredited)
Will Souders	...	Jansen (Basketball Player) (uncredited)
Jared Uhrich	...	Elaine's Class Student (uncredited)
Gabriel Valentino	...	Frat Party Patron (uncredited)
David Von Roehm	...	Business Schlub (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Million

Writing credits (WGA)
Mike Million		(written by)

Produced by
Jeff Abberley	....	executive producer
Julia Blackman	....	executive producer
Tai Duncan	....	producer
Jared Goldman	....	co-producer
Richard Hull	....	executive producer
Dominic Ianno	....	executive producer
Brendan McDonald	....	producer
Kelly Rodriques	....	executive producer
Paul Schiff	....	producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Steve Yedlin

Film Editing by
Tom McArdle

Casting by
Freddy Luis
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
Beth Mickle

Set Decoration by
Christine Wick

Costume Design by
Teresa Binder		(as Teresa Binder-Westby)

Makeup Department
Adrienne Bearden	....	makeup department head
Juanita Bennett	....	key makeup artist
Diane Dixon	....	hair department head
Anthony Giunta	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Holly S. Rymon	....	production supervisor
Daniel Schnider	....	executive in charge of production
Michael Toji	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mariela Comitini	....	first assistant director
Amy D'Alio	....	second assistant director
Brad Robinson	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Michael Ahern	....	graphic artist
Jason Currie	....	set dresser
Amber Haley	....	set decorator: additional photography
William F. Hennessy Jr.	....	set dresser (as William Hennessy Jr.)
Rachel Jones	....	art coordinator
David McCole	....	set decoration foreman
Morgan Miller	....	on-set dresser
Arizona Newsum	....	art department production assistant
Joseph Siwinski	....	leadman
Todd Siwinsky	....	assistant property master (as Todd Siwinski)
Nancy Stroud	....	stand-by scenic
Jeff Tanner	....	property master
Ed Raza	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Robert Fitzgerald	....	adr supervisor
John D. Gooch	....	additional boom operator (as John Gooch)
Fredrick Helm	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Kellet	....	sound mixer
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor
Doug Latislaw	....	adr mixer
Sean Madsen	....	sound engineer
Maggie Malyn	....	post sound coordinator
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Alexander Pugh	....	sound effects editor
Dave Rainey	....	boom operator
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Utt	....	sound engineer
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Ward	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Ben Whitver	....	adr mixer
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Manny Dubon	....	iq artist

Stunts
Don Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator (as Don Hewitt Sr.)
Mick O'Rourke	....	stunt utility

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon C. Breen	....	grip (as Jon Breen)
Katherine M. Butler	....	first assistant camera
Ryan Callahan	....	dolly grip
Anthony DeFrancesco	....	third assistant camera
Thomas Devine	....	electrician
Amy Ecklund	....	additional second assistant camera
Chris Heinrich	....	additional camera operator
April Lanci-Leseur	....	assistant camera
Rob Mabin	....	best boy electric
James 'Otis' Mayfield	....	second assistant camera
Alan J. Mehlbrech	....	Steadicam operator
Alan J. Mehlbrech	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Colin J. Peters	....	electrician
Brian Raby	....	lamp operator
Daniel Rieser	....	key rigging grip
I. Nate Scaglione	....	generator operator (as Nate Scaglione)
Anneke Schoneveld	....	still photographer
Jon Sibert	....	key grip
Michael M. Silver	....	gaffer
Tim Weston	....	grip
Wade Whitley	....	additional first assistant camera

Casting Department
Kellie Gesell	....	casting associate
Regina Haigh	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Diane Heery	....	casting: East Coast
Jason Loftus	....	casting: East Coast
Wayne Morse	....	casting associate
Rhiannon Wescott	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eden Daniels	....	assistant costume designer
Jaime Dollhopf	....	costume supervisor (as Jaime Cockerham)
Lorraine Hawk	....	costume production assistant
Tamika Jackson	....	intern
Kara Morasco	....	tailor
Angeline Zeigler	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Carl L.W. Bochek III	....	post-production coordinator
Bob Fredrickson	....	color timer
Sue Gates	....	digital intermediate colorist
Ken O'Keefe	....	first assistant editor
Chris Rauch	....	digital dailies

Music Department
Michael Brake	....	music editor
Michael Dobbins	....	technical music assistant (as Michael J Dobbins)
Maarten Hofmeijer	....	music editor
Tracy McKnight	....	music supervisor
Thomas Parisch	....	music preparation
T. Colby Trane	....	music coordinator (as Colby Trane)
Frederik Wiedmann	....	music mixer
Frederik Wiedmann	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Gregory J. Cimino	....	transportation captain
Carl Erb	....	transportation captain
William McCleery	....	fuel truck driver
Gabe Turiello	....	camera car driver
John Yarbrough	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Magi Berciano	....	legal associate
Jared Berenholz	....	location intern
Erik Bright	....	unit publicist
Tracy L. Connors	....	key set production assistant
Denise DePalma	....	medic
Katie Diesinger	....	production assistant
Tim Downs	....	location manager
Lena Drobot	....	craft service
Shannon Dry	....	first assistant accountant
Christopher D. Faber	....	production assistant
Lindsay Feldman	....	production coordinator
Tal Fiala	....	account executive
Rudi Fischer	....	location manager
Suzanne Friedline	....	adr voice match
Dan Gorman	....	location scout
Lauren Harrison	....	additional set production assistant
David Jennis	....	set production assistant
Joanna Johnson	....	legal and business affairs
Martin Kitrosser	....	script supervisor
Talia Leone	....	assistant production coordinator
Stephen Lippross	....	production accountant
Melissa Marino	....	location department intern
Jennifer Marren	....	set production assistant
Victoria Mazgalev	....	production intern
Eddie Michaels	....	unit publicist
Mary Linda Phillips	....	adr voice match
Corinna Pieloch	....	publicity department
Michyl-Shannon Quilty	....	production coordinator: reshoots
Bev Reid	....	assistant to mr abberley and mrs blackman
Ed Resetar	....	assistant: Paul Schiff
Abby Lyn Rogers	....	production secretary
Jo Rogers	....	head of creative affairs: Scion Films
Shannon Rose	....	assistant: producer
Phillip L. Rosen	....	production legal
Eric J. Scheiner	....	production assistant
Adam Schoon	....	production assistant
Nick Snyder	....	office production assistant
Kevin Streckewald	....	location manager
Bridget Tyler	....	creative executive
Dana Wilkey	....	product placement

Production Companies

• 120dB Films (in association with)
• Blowtorch Entertainment
• Scion Films (in association with)
• Tenure Productions

Distributors

• California Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
• VVS Films (2009) (Canada) (all media)

Other Companies

• Barbizon Electric Co. Inc.  electric equipment (as Barbizon Electric)
• Brand New School  opening titles
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cut Music  music editorial services
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Diane Heery Casting  extras casting (as Heery Casting Inc.)
• Eastern Effects  grip and electric equipment
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• In Good Taste  catering
• Insignia Public Relations  unit publicity
• Lotus Post  ADR recording
• Modern Studio Equipment  dollies (as Modern Equipment)
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• Monkeyland Audio  sound re-recording
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Truman Van Dyke Company  insurance (as Truman Van Dyke)
• Wow & Flutter  ADR recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and drug content

Runtime:

USA:89 min | Germany:90 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Bryn Mawr College - 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

120dB Films

Trivia:

Was on the 2005 Black List of the best unproduced screenplays.

Movie Connections:

Features "In Search of..." (1976)

Soundtrack:

If Something's Wrong

Not a bad movie...

I am not going to bash this movie as many have done... I saw the movie, and was think I set the bar too high. Without giving away too much of the movie, I found that the acting was good, the story was different from a "bottled, formulaic, Animal House-ish" rewrite college comedy.

It was smart, clever, and told a good tale, there was only a small amount of unanswered questions I had in my mind when it ended... I stared at the screen and said... "OK...it wasn't awful, it was .... well OK"

The bottom line is, I am not going to say it was a horrible movie, because it was not... I found that I was entertained by the movie, and they did not try to market it as a blockbuster.. A decent film, and not too far removed from what it was about.. trying to get tenure at a College.