Beware the Gonzo (2010)

Director:

Bryan Goluboff

Writer:

Bryan Goluboff (written by)

Release Date:

9 September 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his...

Plot Keywords:

Journalist | School Newspaper | Nerd | Misfit | Editor

Cast

Ezra Miller	...	Eddie 'Gonzo' Gilman
Zoë Kravitz	...	Evie Wallace
Griffin Newman	...	Horny Rob Becker
Stefanie Y. Hong	...	Ming Na (as Stefanie Hong)
Edward Gelbinovich	...	Scott Marshall Schneeman
Jesse McCartney	...	Gavin Reilly
Amy Sedaris	...	Diane Gilman
Campbell Scott	...	Arthur Gilman
James Urbaniak	...	Principal Roy
Marc John Jefferies	...	Stone
Lucian Maisel	...	Malloy
Jerry Grayson	...	Errol
Yul Vazquez	...	Charlie Ronald
Judah Friedlander	...	Cafeteria Guy
Steven Kaplan	...	Kevin
Tyrone Brown	...	Johnny Rock
Noah Fleiss	...	Ryan
Tyler Johnson	...	Josh
Lucy DeVito	...	Marlene
Alice June Blythe	...	Isabel (as Alice Blythe)
Dustin Ybarra	...	Hyperion
Whitney Vance	...	Kat
Conor Leslie	...	Amy
Matthew Shear	...	Dave Melnick
Colby Minifie	...	Melanie
Julia Weldon	...	Gender Bender #1
Celia Au	...	Gender Bender #2
Jordan Lane Price	...	Julie (as Jordan Price)
Peter Brensinger	...	Perv
Andrew Katz	...	Unabomber
Rafe Scobey-Thal	...	Rebel #1
Chris McKinney	...	Evie's Father
Danton Stone	...	AP History Teacher
Lynn Chandhok	...	Science Teacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip DiMola	...	Student (uncredited)
Janis Grossman	...	Cafeteria Lady (uncredited)
Billy Horton	...	Lunchroom Student (uncredited)
Serena Lam	...	Diner Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Brendan Martin	...	Security Guard (uncredited)
Danny Mastrogiorgio	...	Contact (uncredited)
Jillian Rafferty	...	Awkward Girl (uncredited)
Shalymar Rivera	...	Extra-background (uncredited)
Amelia Scaramucci	...	Freshman Girl (uncredited)
Stephanie Steele	...	Unfortunate Girl (uncredited)
Zach Warsavage	...	Student in Sunglasses (uncredited)

Directed by
Bryan Goluboff

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bryan Goluboff		written by

Produced by
Marc Bell	....	executive producer
Craig Cohen	....	producer
Sheri Davani	....	associate producer (as Shahrzad 'Sheri; Davani)
Jenny Fritz	....	executive producer
Max Gottlieb	....	executive producer
Carly Hugo	....	co-producer
Matthew Parker	....	co-producer (as Matt Parker)
Scott Prisand	....	executive producer
Susan Shopmaker	....	co-producer
Matt Weaver	....	producer (as Matthew Weaver)
Israel Wolfson	....	producer

Original Music by
The Mod
Anthony Roman

Cinematography by
Richard Rutkowski		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Colleen Sharp

Casting by
Susan Shopmaker

Production Design by
Maya Sigel

Art Direction by
Brian Goodwin

Set Decoration by
Keren Kohen

Costume Design by
Amela Baksic

Makeup Department
Jessica Abeling	....	additional hair stylist
Jessica Abeling	....	additional makeup artist
Jessica Fulton	....	additional hair stylist
Jessica Fulton	....	additional makeup artist
Cassi Hurd	....	hair stylist
Cassi Hurd	....	makeup artist
Ania Kanigowska	....	additional hair stylist
Ania Kanigowska	....	additional makeup artist
Sherri Zebeck	....	key hair stylist
Sherri Zebeck	....	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maura Anderson	....	second second assistant director
Sheri Davani	....	first assistant director (as Shahrzad 'Sheri' Davani)
John B. Semevolos	....	assistant director intern
Kamen Velkovsky	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fernanda Carolina	....	art department intern
Jeff Croghan	....	art department intern
Everett Glenn	....	art department intern
Everett Glenn	....	artist: Hyperion comic book artist
Hal Goluboff	....	designer: Parker Prep Courier
Jessie Katz	....	prop assistant
Timothy Linden	....	on-set dresser
Clinton Orman	....	art department intern
Robert J. Saferstein	....	property master
Grace Yun	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Shawn Allen	....	boom operator
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist (as Leslie Bloome)
Steve Borne	....	supervising sound editor
Branka Mrkic	....	adr editor
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
Clayton Perry	....	additional boom operator
Carl Shillito	....	foley engineer
Anthony Viera	....	sound mixer
Peter Waggoner	....	sound re-recording mixer

Stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Danya Abt	....	additional electric
Chad Battinelli	....	key grip
Danny Belinkie	....	swing
Andrei Bowden-Schwartz	....	additional second assistant camera
James Callanan	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Stephen Cannella	....	additional electric
Randolph Carty	....	additional electric
Elizabeth Casinelli	....	additional second assistant camera
Zeynep Oguz Catal	....	gaffer (as Zeynep Catal)
Boris Cifuentes	....	additional electric
Jeff Clark	....	swing
Matthew Cryan	....	best boy grip (as Matthew C. Cryan)
Tim Curtin	....	additional grip (as Timothy Curtin)
Katie Dainson	....	additional first assistant camera
Christian Flores	....	second assistant camera
Zachary Halberd	....	additional first assistant camera (as Zach Halberd)
Chris Hamilton	....	swing
Alexa Harris	....	electrician
Samuel Herbig	....	electrician
Hunter Herrick	....	additional grip
Laela Kilbourn	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ryan Minelli	....	additional grip
Bert Montanari	....	grip
Jeffrey Ponzo	....	electric intern
Steven 'Sneezy' Rolon	....	electric intern
Brendan K. Russell	....	camera assistant
Brendan K. Russell	....	camera loader
Brien Sauchelli	....	best boy electric
Muneesh Sharma	....	electric intern
Real Sprague	....	additional second assistant camera
Phillip Surmenian	....	electric intern
Brandon Taylor	....	additional grip
Travis Tips	....	additional electric
George Tur	....	first assistant camera
Brian Yost	....	grip
Sophia Zachariou	....	still photographer (as Sophia Zahariou)
Greta Zozula	....	additional best boy grip

Casting Department
Randi Glass	....	casting associate
Wil Heuser	....	casting intern
Kira Marx	....	casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lucy Cottrell	....	additional set costumer
Allison Duncil	....	wardrobe supervisor
Charlotte Greville	....	additional set costumer
Kelly Tracy	....	wardrobe intern
Alexander Wang	....	wardrobe: Ms. Kravitz

Editorial Department
Anne O'Brien	....	assistant editor
Scot Olive	....	digital intermediate colorist (as Scott Olive)

Music Department
Gabe Garzon-Montand	....	musician: additional vocals
The Mod	....	music editor
Anthony Rizzo	....	composer: additional music
Anthony Roman	....	music supervisor
Tony Verderosa	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Gina Amador	....	post-production accountant
Kelcie Beene	....	production coordinator
Andrea Boglioli	....	additional production assistant
Craig Cohen	....	legal services: McCue, Sussmane & Zapfel (as Craig P. Cohen)
Scott Friedman	....	production assistant
Daniel Lugo	....	production assistant
Mackenzie Luzzi	....	production assistant: background
Shelley Machlachlan	....	craft service
Will Mahr	....	production assistant
Pat Maloney	....	production intern
Tom Maloney	....	key set production assistant
Danielle Mandel	....	production intern
Rafi Margoles	....	production intern
Reed Mayo	....	production assistant
Ezra Pugh	....	production intern
Kacee Pyles	....	assistant production coordinator
Gustavo Rebelo	....	additional production assistant
Diego Rodriguez	....	location manager
Jordan Rogoff	....	additional production assistant
Keith G. Sklar	....	legal services: McCue, Sussmane & Zapfel
Jeff Smith	....	production assistant
Christopher Stepniewski	....	assistant: producers
Erin Sweeney	....	location assistant
Andrea Ulrich	....	script supervisor
Zach Warsavage	....	production assistant: first team
Jeffrey M. Weber	....	production assistant (as Jeff Weber)
Jonathan Wu	....	additional production assistant
Kathy Baca	....	animal handler (uncredited)
Juan Bertrán	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jeff Goldenbaum	....	head animal trainer (uncredited)
Kacee Pyles	....	clearance and licensing (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Corner Store Entertainment

Distributors

• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2012) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Tribeca Film (2011) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• All-Star Animals  animal handlers
• Indiepay  payroll provided by
• Indiepay  payroll services
• McCue, Sussmane & Zapfel  legal services
• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  animal handler
• Postworks New York  digital intermediate
• Postworks New York  sound post-production
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Sunshine Sachs  publicist (as Sunshine Sacjs & Assoc)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Corner Store Entertainment

Soundtrack:

What I Have Left

A bit smarter than the usual high school in-crowd vs out-crowd movie.

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Saw this as a Netflix streaming movie. Filmed in Queens and Brooklyn, made mostly by TV-experienced crew and cast. I enjoyed it, not as trivial and silly as many high school comedies are.

It is senior year and Ezra Miller, a member of the school newspaper staff, has adopted the name 'Gonzo' Gilman. He aspires to attend Cornell studying journalism and his idol is the journalist who became known as the first "gonzo journalist" Hunter S. Thompson.

(As a short 'aside', gonzo journalism is a no-holds-barred style that considers the style as important as content, and sometimes a good injection of fiction can make an objective article even more effective in its impact. There is a recent movie, "Rum Diary" based on Thompson's book.)

Anyway the editor of the school paper is favorite son, the popular wrestling hero, played by Jesse McCartney as Gavin Reilly, and just an extension of school policy and heavily edits Gonzo's first article, and soon after kicks him off the staff. Undaunted Gonzo decides he will fight back and start his own 'underground' newspaper, complete with a website, enlisting the help of a number of other students.

At first it appeared the movie might degenerate into the usual warring factions, the pretty and popular girls plus the muscled jocks against the not-so-attractive geeks. And, that basically is the division used here, but the story develops along a more meaningful line than many high school movies. The underground newspaper does uncover some issues, like the unhealthy operation of the school cafeteria, but it also gets the participants threatened with expulsion.

Pretty and exotic Zoe Kravitz is Evie Wallace, who has gained a not-so-nice reputation but in fact she is a fighter against the in-crowd and has a very helpful working knowledge of the internet and building web sites.

Effective are Amy Sedaris as Diane Gilman and Campbell Scott as Arthur Gilman, Gonzo's parents. As well as James Urbaniak as Principal Roy who just wants to gloss over everything.

Ultimately the movie is a type of 'coming of age' story, primarily for Gonzo Gilman, but also for several other characters.