Abandoned (2010) (V)

Director:

Michael Feifer

Writers:

Jeffrey Schenck (story) &
Peter Sullivan (story) ...
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Release Date:

24 August 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

No clues. No evidence. No answers. No trace.

Plot:

Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Sanity | Ransom | Threatened With A Gun | Los Angeles California

Cast

Brittany Murphy	...	Mary Walsh
Dean Cain	...	Kevin Peterson
Mimi Rogers	...	Victoria Markham
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Dr. Markus Bensley
Jay Pickett	...	Detective Franklin
Tim Thomerson	...	Cooper
Scott Anthony Leet	...	John Holloway
America Young	...	Amanda
Tara Subkoff	...	Nurse Anna
Kristen Kerr	...	Christine
Denver Dowridge	...	Barry Conyers
Javen Campbell	...	Dr. Daley
Caia Coley	...	Nurse Jennifer
Lindsay Morris	...	ER Nurse
Joe Walsh	...	Markham's Assistant
Shirell Ferguson-Coleman	...	Receptionist (as Shirell Ferguson)
Tino Struckmann	...	Security Guard JJ
Stan Bly	...	John
Helene Kaye	...	Elderly Woman
Kat Delancey	...	Trauma Nurse
Wood Dickinson	...	Business Man at Bank
Diane Healey	...	Police Dispatcher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Crystal Leah Chacon	...	Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)
Anita Gallup	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Gene Richards	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Adam Weinberg	...	Hospital Employee (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Feifer

Writing credits
Jeffrey Schenck		(story) &
Peter Sullivan		(story)
Peter Sullivan		(screenplay)

Produced by
Barry Barnholtz	....	producer
Wood Dickinson	....	executive producer
Michael Feifer	....	producer
Jerry Fruchtman	....	executive producer
Peter Fruchtman	....	executive producer
Diane Healey	....	associate producer
Zelma Kiwi	....	executive producer
Joe Moore	....	line producer
Jeffrey Schenck	....	producer
Peter Sullivan	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Andres Boulton		(music by)

Cinematography by
Denis Maloney		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Bryan Roberts

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Richard G. Calderon

Art Direction by
Rosemary Calderon

Costume Design by
Alicia Joy Rydings

Makeup Department
Claudia Londoño	....	makeup department head (as Claudia Londono)
Simon Monjack	....	hair stylist: Brittany Murphy
Simon Monjack	....	makeup artist: Brittany Murphy

Production Management
Yaron Kaplan	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ian Alloway	....	second second assistant director
Yaron Kaplan	....	first assistant director
Joe Moore	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Rachel Ferrari	....	graphic designer
Rachel Ferrari	....	set dresser
Patrick Thomerson	....	art production assistant

Sound Department
Jithu Aravamudhan	....	sound effects editor
Romain Bigorgne	....	foley editor
Andres Boulton	....	sound designer
Daniel Khim	....	assistant sound editor
Michael C. Martin Jr.	....	audio post-production coordinator (as Michael Martin)
Mike Weinstein	....	production sound mixer
Bastien Benkhelil	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Romain Bigorgne	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Bryan Roberts	....	visual effects

Stunts
Andrew Amani	....	stunt double: Dean Cain
Jeri Habberstad	....	stunt double: Brittany Murphy
Tony Snegoff	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Nathaniel Bozen	....	best boy electric
Bob Bradshaw	....	swing
Shane Detwiler	....	swing
Brent Dilger	....	gaffer
Jeff Dorer	....	digital asset manager
Vernon Furniss	....	second assistant camera
Alex Konowitz	....	best boy grip
Denis Maloney	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Keith Morgan	....	gaffer
Rich Pereksta	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Rocky Rodriguez	....	best boy grip
James Rydings	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Curtis Sherman	....	gaffer
Dwight Elliott Stone	....	key grip (as Dwight Stone)
Reza Tabrizi	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Reza Tabrizi	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Joe Webb	....	electrician
Bobby Woo	....	swing

Animation Department
Alyssa Herter	....	background artist

Casting Department
Helene Kaye	....	background casting
Stan Landsman	....	background casting
Eddie Jaszek	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Gregory	....	costume assistant
Janae Murray	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Taylor D. Conroy	....	on-line editor
Greg H. Hamlin	....	colorist

Music Department
Chad Rehmann	....	composer: additional music (as Chad M. Rehmann)

Transportation Department
Anastasia Levine	....	driver
Lauren Levine	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Ian Alloway	....	set production assistant
Linda Andersson	....	caterer
Andrew Appel	....	set production assistant
Gerard Barrera	....	set production assistant (as Gerry Barrera)
Arthur Bonner	....	production coordinator
Liana Bryer	....	executive assistant
Erika Canchola	....	production attorney
Christopher Celentano	....	set production assistant (as Chris Celentano)
Lindsay Cohen	....	script supervisor
Heidi Colburn Gil	....	assistant: Michael Feifer
Tom Dadourian	....	set production assistant
Brooks Eggerth	....	set production assistant
Sabina Fischer	....	insurance
Jamie Hall	....	set production assistant
Jamie Hall	....	stand-in: Brittany Murphy
Spencer Hardesty	....	set production assistant
Joey Harris	....	set production assistant
Anthony King	....	set production assistant
Tara Sattler	....	production legal intern
Adam Weinberg	....	set production assistant

Thanks
Brittany Murphy	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Renegade Pictures (I)
• ARO Entertainment
• Barnholtz Entertainment
• Feifer Worldwide

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• BBI Films (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• BBI Films (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film Medya (2010) (Turkey) (all media)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
• SP Films (2011) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Vicol Entertainment (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Beverly Hills Rent-a-Car  trucks
• Board Patrol  layout board
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cinerep / AMPS  generator
• DRO Entertainment  special thanks
• DeWitt Stern Insurance Services  insurance
• Digital Post Services  trailer mastering
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Filmlook Media & Post  image processing
• Landsman/Kaye Casting Partners  background casting (as Landsman/Kaye Casting)
• Leave It Linda Catering  catering
• Line 204  production rentals
• Line 204  walkies
• Ramo Law PC  production legal (as Law Offices of Elsa Ramo)
• Sage Lighting & Grips  lighting services (as Sage Lighting and Grip)
• Soundasart  sound design and mix
• VJ's Studio Equipment Rentals  honeywagons (as VJ's Studio Rentals)
• Wintech Video  cameras

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45726) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16 (Blu-ray) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Renegade Pictures (I)

Trivia:

When Detective Franklin (Jay Pickett) is searching for Kevin Peterson inside the hospital building, he eventually goes down a narrow escalator. The wall below is painted purple and the floor is black and white checkered tiles. This location is actually inside the Los Angeles Center Studios. That particular escalator leads to an underground parking lot.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double for Dean Cain when his character Kevin Peterson is clinging on to the pipes towards the end of the movie. Stunt man is clearly much smaller than Dean Cain.

A good send-off for Brittany Murphy

Her real-life death was tragic. Also sad her last movie was direct-to-video. It's a decent-to-good movie, but retreads grounds covered by many movies in the same genre. If it had struck out on it's own and paved new ground, or tried harder to be original the film could have been a better send-off for Brittany's career. All credit to the actress for a fine performance, especially considering she was gravely ill. It's far from Heath Ledger as Joker, but given the material she does a pretty good job. Interesting to note that she looked ill throughout the movie and I don't think it was an intended look. At times she was ghastly, sunken face black rings around her eyes. According to Wikipedia she was severely anemic (losing blood) which explains her paleness and ghastly appearance. She was also suffering from pneumonia.

Dean Cain does a fine job of playing her mysterious boyfriend, able to play the good guy well and leave you wondering about his motivations because he has played villainous roles since his Superman days. Mimi Rogers plays the hospital administrator well making you wonder if she is part of a conspiracy or just doing her job. Overall, this is pretty much a mystery and thriller movie. The downside is once the mystery is revealed (and it is done a bit too soon in my opinion)then it begins to retread many movies of the same vein, once I saw the big "reveal" everything that came after was standard formula and very predictable.

The movie is nice as a rental but I advise you rent it and not blind-buy it. If you like what you see it's a nice movie to have in a collection, not a must-buy, but if you like Brittany Murphy and want to own her last screen appearance then I recommend getting this. Had she not died it still would have been a decent movie, not great but worthy of seeing and maybe owning. I liked her outing in Across The Hall (and having just looked it up the rating for that was a 6 too but thought that was better than this). Maybe this is knocked down to a 5 because of a lack of originality and the acting in the latter half of the movie. I won't be surprised if the fan rating is higher based on her death.

It's a decent movie, but been rehashed plenty of times before (notably a lot of Ashley Judd 90's movies). It starts out well and keeps a good mystery going until one point in the film where you knew where everything was heading down a very worn path made by much better films like Double Jeopardy. Maybe I am overrating it due to the actress's death, but I kinda liked the movie. Read my review here -

http://www.movie-vault.com/reviews/abandoned-bluray/