Ceremony (2010)

Director:

Max Winkler

Writer (WGA):

Max Winkler (written by)

Release Date:

16 June 2011 (Thailand)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He's the love of her life. She just doesn't know it yet.

Plot:

Two friends are off on a weekend outing. Marshall thinks the trip is to re-establish their friendship, but Sam has ulterior motives in mind as he crashes the wedding of a woman he still loves.

Plot Keywords:

Weekend | Love | Party | Beach House | Wedding

Cast

Michael Angarano	...	Sam Davis
Uma Thurman	...	Zoe
Reece Thompson	...	Marshall Schmidt
Lee Pace	...	Whit Coutell
Jake Johnson	...	Teddy
Brooke Bloom	...	Margaret Cornish
Harper Dill	...	Carol Archer
Rebecca Mader	...	Esme Ball
Nathalie Love	...	Blonde Maid
Charlie Moss	...	Nico Spicer
Lisby Larson	...	Nina Pileggi
Paul Amodeo	...	Bruce Singer
Philip Carlson	...	Butler
Catherine Russell	...	Party Guest #4
Jack Koenig	...	Party Guest #5
Jerrin Holt	...	African Man
Von Jeff	...	Von
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Triebes	...	Groomsman #2
David Boston	...	Wedding Ceremony Guest (uncredited)
Oscar J. Castillo	...	Chef (uncredited)
Joe Dolinsky	...	Chef #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Max Winkler

Writing credits (WGA)
Max Winkler		(written by)

Produced by
Kathryn Dean	....	line producer
Emilio Diez Barroso	....	producer
Daniel Dubiecki	....	executive producer
Alex Garcia	....	executive producer
Polly Johnsen	....	producer (as Polly Cohen Johnsen)
Darlene Caamano Loquet	....	producer
Jason Reitman	....	executive producer
Corrie Rothbart	....	executive producer
Billy Rovzar	....	executive producer
Rudy Scalese	....	co-producer
Matt Spicer	....	producer
Joshua Zeman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Eric D. Johnson

Cinematography by
William Rexer

Film Editing by
Joe Landauer

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Paul Schnee

Production Design by
Inbal Weinberg

Set Decoration by
Hannah Newman

Costume Design by
Heidi Bivens

Makeup Department
Qodi Armstrong	....	hair department head
Jason Hayes	....	personal hair stylist: Uma Thurman
Michelle Kearns	....	makeup department head
Julie Anna Kehoe	....	key hair stylist
Sherri Berman Laurence	....	makeup artist: Uma Thurman
Amanda Miller	....	wigmaker
Christopher Milone	....	makeup artist
Cynthia O'Rourke	....	makeup artist
Vanessa Heshima Sims	....	co-key hairstylist
Joelle Troisi	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Maura Anderson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jolian Blevins	....	second assistant director
Daniel Lugo	....	second second assistant director
Yann Sobezynski	....	first assistant director
Cedric Vara	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jamie Arbuckle	....	set dresser
Ashley Botkin	....	art department intern
Cory Brown	....	props
Katie Clinebelle	....	on-set dresser
David Gettens	....	art production assistant
Hannah Grotbo	....	art department intern
Rachel Jones	....	product placement coordinator
Michael Kall	....	key carpenter
Alicia Leatherbury-Lamberti	....	scenic charge
Richard Peete	....	property master
Dylan Pettengill	....	art production assistant
Kathleen Pullan	....	art intern (as Kathleen Pullan Blanco)
Bridget Rafferty	....	art department intern
Laurie Sheridan	....	scenic artist
Aude Temel	....	art department supervisor
John Udell	....	leadman
Rob Yapkowitz	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Shaun Brennan	....	foley artist
David Briggs	....	dialogue editor
Patrick Cicero	....	sound effects editor
Rusty Dunn	....	sound effects editor
Sam Fishkin	....	sound recordist
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lewis Goldstein	....	supervising sound editor
Justin Gray	....	sound mixer
Cate Montana	....	adr editor
Cate Montana	....	dialogue editor
Joe Origlieri	....	additional boom
Tom Ryan	....	adr mixer
Tom Ryan	....	apprentice sound editor
Eric Walendzinski	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Drew Jiritano	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Steve Drypolcher	....	visual effects

Stunts
Chris Barnes	....	marine stunt coordinator
Jeff Medeiros	....	stunt double
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator
Matthew R. Staley	....	stunt double: Michael Angarano

Camera and Electrical Department
George Bianchini	....	steadicam operator
Bob Calandro	....	grip
Ted Chu	....	camera operator: a
Nicole Cosgrove	....	assistant camera
James Daly	....	camera loader
Gregg de Domenico	....	second assistant camera
Jennifer Evans	....	dolly grip
David Giesbrecht	....	still photographer
Spencer Gillis	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Ed Koza	....	grip
James McMillan	....	key grip
Adam Miller	....	first assistant camera
Scott H. Ramsey	....	gaffer
Brett Walters	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Rich Delia	....	casting assistant
Allison Estrin	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rebecca Edmonston	....	key costumer
Olivia Janczyk	....	wardrobe intern
Rachel Keesecker	....	wardrobe intern
Kristen Konzet	....	wardrobe assistant
Stephani Lewis	....	assistant costume designer
Vanessa Porter	....	wardrobe supervisor
Shir Weinberg	....	wardrobe intern

Editorial Department
Nick Houy	....	first assistant editor
Robert Judge	....	assistant di editor
Scot Olive	....	digital intermediate colorist
Angus Spottiswoode	....	assistant editor
Matthew Evan Walsh	....	post-production supervisor (as Matthew Walsh)
Randy Yang	....	post-production intern
Corey Stewart	....	digital intermediate engineer (uncredited)

Music Department
John Carbonara	....	music editor
Matt Cartsonis	....	music producer
Joseph S. DeBeasi	....	composer: additional music
Howard Paar	....	music supervisor
Micki Stern	....	music clearance
Sherry Whitfield	....	music editor

Other crew
Noor Ahmed	....	legal
Katri Billard	....	script supervisor (additional script supervisor)
Sam Boyd	....	assistant to Matt Spicer
Andrew Cesana	....	script supervisor
Reyn Danesi	....	stand in: Reece Thompson
Shannon de Zeeuw	....	production secretary
Glenn D. Feig	....	production legal counsel
Brian James Fitzpatrick	....	production assistant
Scott Friedman	....	production assistant
Conor Griff	....	production assistant
Benjamin Hamilton	....	stand in: michael angarano
Stephanie Lou Hauge	....	office intern
Kevin Hindley	....	script clearance
Tom Maloney	....	key p/a
Tom Maloney	....	key production assistant
Christopher Menges	....	location manager
JR Myers	....	location scout
Vance Owen	....	associate producer
Ricardo Palacio	....	associate producer
Holly Pilch	....	production coordinator
Ezra Pugh	....	production assistant
Blair Richman	....	assistant to Mr. Winkler
Javier Rojas	....	craft service
Steve Shapiro	....	production accountant
Melissa Silver	....	photo double (uncredited)
Melissa Silver	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Claire Skowronek	....	production assistant: Ms. Thurman
Erin Sweeney	....	assistant location manager
Lyon Taylor	....	location scout
Chris Vecchio	....	intern production assistant (uncredited)
Chris Vecchio	....	office intern
Alexander Warrick	....	office intern

Production Companies

• NALA Films (as NALA) (presents)
• Polymorphic Pictures (in association with)

Distributors

• FilmNation Entertainment (2011) (Non-USA) (theatrical) (sales)
• Magnolia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2010) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Mongkol Major (2011) (Thailand) (all media)
• Noori Pictures (2010) (South Korea) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2010) (Romania) (all media)
• R Film (2010) (Turkey) (all media)

Other Companies

• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• PES Payroll  extras payroll
• Reder & Feig  production legal counsel
• Three Point Capital  funding

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some language, sexual references and drug use

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46151) | Singapore:PG13 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:11 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

NALA Films

Trivia:

Michael Angarano was originally cast to play as the best friend and Jesse Eisenberg was to play Sam, but Eisenberg dropped out and Angarano was promoted to the lead role.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sam Davis:[reading for children's book] He would not take no for an answer. Our young hero traveled a great many leagues beneath the ocean's surface to find his shackled mermaid. And he had no intention of leaving without her. However, the evil Sea King had other plans. Like a mad man driven by love and revenge, he unsheathed his spear gun and fired!

Unenjoyable

I watched this movie with my family after viewing the trailer. The trailer depicted the movie as being a road-trip type romantic comedy, and as a group we decided that it looked like a decent movie. Sadly, we were wrong.

Our big problem with the movie was that the main character Sam Davis (Michael Angarano) is such an a-hole that we couldn't engage emotionally with this movie. He's rude. He's a liar. He manipulates people. While he has the emotional intelligence of a 5 year old, its hard to imagine this guy writes children books, as he has no innocence and no heart.

I find it very hard to enjoy a movie where the main character is such an a-hole that you would like to shoot him yourself, and you are hoping throughout the duration of the movie that he does NOT get the girl. There was nothing "feel good" about this movie.