One in the Gun (2010)

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writer:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Release Date:

2010 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

All it takes is ONE IN THE GUN

Plot:

When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich wife of Arthur Webb and is enlisted to paint their home...

Plot Keywords:

Rich Wife | Passion | Femme Fatale | Murder | Crime Of Passion

Cast

Steven Man	...	Mickey Lewis
Katherine Randolph	...	Katrina Webb
Steven Bauer	...	Arthur
Stephen W. Williams	...	Ryan Lansing
Robert Davi	...	Vincent
James Russo	...	Jimmy
Robert Donavan	...	Willie
Esther Goodstein	...	Belle (as Esther M. Goodstein)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chriss Anglin	...	Art Collector
Kristina Coolish	...	Eve
Chance Dean	...	Lance
Dana Fares	...	Heather Newmark
Paul Gebeau	...	Bodyguard
Khris Kaneff	...	The Bag Man
Jennifer Pennington	...	Delphia Newmark
Kika Perez	...	Lizzie Dark

Directed by
Rolfe Kanefsky

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rolfe Kanefsky

Produced by
Miriam Bertke	....	producer
Victoria Burrows	....	producer
Michelle Czernin von Chudenitz	....	producer
Esther Goodstein	....	producer
Steven Man	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Farrell

Cinematography by
Gigi Malavasi

Film Editing by
Daniel Capuzzi

Production Design by
Justin Mansueto

Art Direction by
Paul Gebeau

Costume Design by
Echo Brooks

Makeup Department
Christine Ann Jones	....	makeup artist (as Christine Jones)
Heide Kacser	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lindsay Cozart	....	second assistant director
Nicole M. Dawson	....	second assistant director
Bryan Sharp	....	assistant director

Art Department
Khris Kaneff	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Clinton Crump	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryuichi L. Flores	....	adr recordist
Matt K. Francis	....	boom operator
Canaan Triplett	....	post audio supervisor
Canaan Triplett	....	sound mixer
Canaan Triplett	....	sound recordist
Sabi Tulok	....	dialogue editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Marjorie Alexander	....	best boy electric
Richard Amador	....	first assistant camera
Greg Bradley	....	additional key grip
Matt Hoefler	....	grip
Christina N. Jin	....	grip
Kyle Kimbriel	....	additional first assistant camera
Jason Musco	....	electrician
Joe Passarelli	....	key grip
Gregory Pickard	....	gaffer
Ari Robbins	....	Steadicam operator
John Schmidt	....	additional gaffer
Needham B. Smith	....	still photographer
Joseph Walsh	....	jib arm operator

Casting Department
Victoria Burrows	....	additional casting

Editorial Department
Eric Chase	....	high definition colorist

Music Department
Matt Bobb	....	music editor
Christopher Farrell	....	composer: original score
Tiff Jimber	....	composer: stock music
Jeff Johns	....	executive soundtrack producer

Other crew
Andrew Brown	....	assistant to producers
Lindsay Cozart	....	production coordinator
Paul Gebeau	....	armorer
Trixie Ginsberg	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Manmade Entertainment Productions

Distributors

• Artist View Entertainment (2011) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Eagle Films (2010) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• MTI Home Video (2011) (USA) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ABS Payroll & Production Accounting Services  payroll services
• Popular Press Media Group (PPMG)  publicity and marketing
• Source Lighting and Grip Rentals  grip and lighting equipment
• Wexler Video  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (HD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Manmade Entertainment Productions

Soundtrack:

Finally Through With You

A decent psycho-noir that makes the most of its limited resources

IMHO the current score of 3.9 out of 10 is too low for this film. No doubt if one were to compare the production standard to The Dark Knight Rises it probably might seem a bit shabby, but that's not the point. It's my belief that we have to judge films to a certain extent according to what they achieve with the resources available. And this shoestring budget production delivered a fairly solid twist-and-turn psycho-noir that we'd all be drooling over had it been directed by David Lynch.

The script, direction and acting were quite strong. Even within the modest limits of available budget there were moments of poetry, some fancy shots, psychological and philosophical sophistication etc. But, sad to say, the film was let down by two elements usually used to hide narrative deficiencies - the lighting and the production design.

Lighting wise it felt there was never quite a full commitment to either Drive-style contemporary film soleil, or classic-era low key noir - instead the majority of the scenes seemed to have flat and characterless lighting that brought to mind cheap daytime TV. I get it that there probably wasn't much money to play with for the production design, but it doesn't have to be expensive to paint a wall. So many of the motel and apartment sets were beige and camel and white with very little wall adornment - paint those walls plum and purple and crimson and you instantly add some Lynchian richness and menace.

The largely Hitchcockian score by Christopher Farrell was good - I've heard his work in some other films recently and have been impressed by his range and creativity. It's a shame he wasn't given more time or leeway to work on the sound design - because even a base layer of subliminal percussion and white noise would have elevated the mood of the whole piece.

Overall I give this film a solid 7 out of 10, although I'll be submitting a 10 out of 10 vote on the page to try to balance out the unfairly low current score.