Project X (2012)

Director:

Nima Nourizadeh

Writers (WGA):

Matt Drake (screenplay) and
Michael Bacall (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

2 March 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

You are invited

Plot:

3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

Plot Keywords:

Party | High School | High School Senior | Birthday Party | Found Footage

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Thomas Mann	...	Thomas
Oliver Cooper	...	Costa
Jonathan Daniel Brown	...	JB
Dax Flame	...	Dax
Kirby Bliss Blanton	...	Kirby
Brady Hender	...	Everett
Nick Nervies	...	Tyler
Alexis Knapp	...	Alexis
Miles Teller	...	Miles
Peter Mackenzie	...	Dad
Caitlin Dulany	...	Mom
Rob Evors	...	Rob
Rick Shapiro	...	T-Rick
Martin Klebba	...	Angry Little Person
Pete Gardner	...	Older Guy
Nichole Bloom	...	JB's Girl
Sam Lant	...	Freshman Party Crasher
Henry Michaelson	...	Freshman Party Crasher
Brendan Miller	...	Brendan
Brent Tarnol	...	Locker Room Guy
Kyle Kwasnick	...	Locker Room Guy
David Sanchez	...	High School Student
Ayydé Vargas	...	High School Student
Chelsea Carbaugh-Rutland	...	High School Student
Zach Lasry	...	High School Student
Michael C. Stretton	...	High School Student
Andrew Harbour	...	High School Student
Allan Chanes	...	High School Student
Holden Morse	...	High School Student
Raz Mataz	...	Party Goer
Briana Mari Wilde	...	Party Goer
Jarod Einsohn	...	Party Goer
Chet Hanks	...	Party Goer
Julian Evens	...	Party Goer
Jesse Marco	...	DJ
Chic Daniels	...	Police Officer
Kevin Dunigan	...	Police Officer
Colleen Flynn	...	Mrs. Stillson
Sophia Santi	...	Hispanic Neighbor
Jodi Harris	...	Older Guy's Wife
Frank Buckley	...	Channel 6 Reporter
Serene Branson	...	Channel 8 Reporter
Robb Reesman	...	Police Captain
Kevin Ryder	...	Kevin
Gene 'Bean' Baxter	...	Bean
Big Boy	...	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel	...	Himself
Jillian Barberie	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phillip Agresta	...	Boy at Party (uncredited)
Ciara Hanna	...	Ecstasy Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Nima Nourizadeh

Writing credits (WGA)
Matt Drake		(screenplay) and
Michael Bacall		(screenplay)
Michael Bacall		(story)

Produced by
Scott Budnick	....	executive producer
Marty P. Ewing	....	executive producer
Alex Heineman	....	executive producer
Todd Phillips	....	producer
Steve Richards	....	executive producer
Andrew Rona	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Ken Seng

Film Editing by
Jeff Groth

Casting by
Juel Bestrop
Seth Yanklewitz

Production Design by
Bill Brzeski

Art Direction by
Desma Murphy

Set Decoration by
Lisa K. Sessions

Costume Design by
Alison McCosh

Makeup Department
Merribelle Anderson	....	department head hair
Dean Banowetz	....	hair stylist
Clare M. Corsick	....	key hairstylist
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Keith Sayer	....	department head makeup
Linda Villalobos	....	key hairstylist

Production Management
Jennifer Corey	....	production supervisor: reshoots
Marty P. Ewing	....	production manager
David Jacobson	....	production supervisor
Richard Mirisch	....	post-production supervisor
Mark Scoon	....	executive in charge of production
David Siegel	....	production manager: additional photography

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Imhotep Coleman	....	second second assistant director
Allan Graf	....	second unit director
Michael Neumann	....	first assistant director
Paul Byrne Prenderville	....	second assistant director
Katey Wheelhouse	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Isidoro Avila	....	on set dresser
Michael A. Casey	....	assistant property master
Steve Coover	....	on set dresser
Joe Dunckley	....	props
Timothy M. Earls	....	set designer
Glenn Forbes	....	assistant property master
Kiel Gookin	....	assistant art director
Eddie Grisco	....	prop assistant
Damon Hight	....	construction coordinator
Christopher Isenegger	....	art department coordinator
Sean Langdon	....	leadman: reshoots
G. Lynn Maughan	....	carpenter
Jeffrey McMahon	....	general foreman construction
Michael Mestas	....	set dresser
Darren Patnode	....	set dresser
Susie Pilzninski	....	art department coordinator
Kevin L. Raper	....	additional graphic artist
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Jana Treadwell	....	set dresser: reshoots
Freddy Waff	....	leadman
Raymond Waff	....	set dresser
Matt Warden	....	set dresser
Todd Wolcott	....	stand-by greensman

Sound Department
Dane A. Davis	....	sound designer
William R. Dean	....	sound effects editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Stephanie Flack	....	dialogue editor
Eric Flickinger	....	re-recording mix technician
Matthew W. Kielkopf	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Larry	....	supervising sound editor
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	adr & dialogue supervisor
Marla McGuire	....	supervising foley editor
Monette Melvin	....	foley artist
Coleman Metts	....	production sound mixer
Jason Oliver	....	adr mixer
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Tom Ozanich	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Sperry	....	foley mixer
David A. Whittaker	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Nathaniel Acord	....	special effects technician
Ante Dugandzic	....	special effects foreman
Manuel S. Epstein	....	special effects technician (as Manny Epstein)
Scott Forbes	....	special effects coordinator
Jim Jolly	....	special effects technician (as Jim Jolley)
Harold Selig	....	special effects technician (as Hal Selig)
Michael A. Tice	....	special effects foreman
Ray L. Wilkerson	....	special effects foreman
Ronald Zarro	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Ryan Andersen	....	visual effects production assistant: Shade VFX
Meg Bailey	....	visual effects coordinator
Stephen Bender	....	digital effects artist
Austin Bonang	....	previs artist
Jason Bond	....	visual effects artist
Jeremy Brown	....	digital compositor
Sean Carroll	....	rotoscope artist
Chad E. Collier	....	data technician: Method Studios
Christopher Custodio	....	visual effects coordinator
Brian Drewes	....	visual effects producer
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital compositor
Tim Fescoe	....	digital compositor
Michael Sean Foley	....	cg supervisor
Robby Geis	....	visual effects artist
Bryan Godwin	....	visual effects supervisor: Shade VFX
Michael S. Harbour	....	head of 2d: CIS Hollywood
Joe Henke	....	visual effects supervisor
Jamison Huber	....	visual effects producer: Revelvant VFX
Steven Qi Jin	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Samuel Jørgensen	....	digital compositor
Harimander Singh Khalsa	....	compositing supervisor
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor
Charles Lapage	....	digital compositor
Dean Lewandowski	....	previsualization artist
Arnon Manor	....	visual effects producer
Connor Meechan	....	visual effects supervisor: relevantVFX
Troy Moore	....	compositor: Method Studios
Brian Morse	....	matchmover
Marc Nanjo	....	senior compositor: Method Studios
Robert Nederhorst	....	digital compositor
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Gustavo A. Pablik	....	visual effects coordinator
John Riddle	....	technical director: Shade VFX
Jaqgravan Sananikone	....	compositor
Nathan Santell	....	previsualization production manager: The Third Floor
Wendy Seddon	....	digital compositor
Maria Serrano	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Rasha Shalaby	....	texture painter
Shane Strickman	....	senior visual effects coordinator: Shade VFX
Hirofumi Takeda	....	digital compositor
Cecile Tecson	....	visual effects artist
David Van Dyke	....	visual effects executive producer: Shade VFX
Aaron Vest	....	visual effects artist
Matt Wilson	....	compositing supervisor
Ian A. Harris	....	compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Ian Holland	....	flame artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	director of visual effects: Warner Bros. (uncredited)

Stunts
Casey Adams	....	stunt performer
Cody Banta	....	stunts
Jeffrey G. Barnett	....	stunt performer
Michael H. Barnett	....	stunt performer
Jayce Bradley	....	stunts
Chris Brewster	....	stunt performer
Todd Bryant	....	stunts
Leandro Arturo Carrasquero	....	stunt performer
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Eugene Collier	....	stunt policeman
Wayne Dalglish	....	stunts
Tara Deadrick	....	stunts
Danny Downey	....	stunt driver
Seth Duhame	....	stunts
Zack Duhame	....	stunts
Katie Eischen	....	stunt performer
Timothy Eulich	....	stunt double
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Matt Flanagan	....	stunt performer
Cory Fleming	....	utility stunts
Justin Gant	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunt coordinator
Derek Graf	....	stunts
Nicole Graf	....	stunts
Jessie Graff	....	utility stunts
Sean Graham	....	stunt driver
Jessica Harbeck	....	stunts
Riley Harper	....	stunts
Zac Henry	....	stunt double: Oliver Cooper
Sara Holden	....	stunt performer
Logan Holladay	....	utility stunts
Natascha Hopkins	....	stunt performer
Terry Jackson	....	stunts
Tim James	....	stunt double
Lauren Mary Kim	....	stunt performer
Martin Klebba	....	stunts
Scott Leva	....	stunt rigger
Scott Leva	....	stunts
Mark McDaniels	....	stunt performer
Adam James Miller	....	stunt double
Ashton Moio	....	stunt player
T. Ryan Mooney	....	stunts
Brian Munce	....	stunts
Tree O'Toole	....	stunt double
Rowbie Orsatti	....	stunt double
Naomi Peters	....	stunts
LaDell Preston	....	stunt performer
Suzanne Reed	....	stunt player
Allen Robinson	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Brady Romberg	....	stunts
Luci Romberg	....	stunts
Courtney Schwartz	....	stunts
Tim Soergel	....	stunt performer
William R. Spencer	....	stunts
Jim Stephan	....	stunt double
Jim Stephen	....	stunt double
Jim Stephen	....	stunts
Jake Swallow	....	stunt performer
Danielle Taddei	....	stunts
Webster P. Whinery Jr.	....	utility stunts
David T. Woodruff	....	assistant to stunt coordinator
Scott Workman	....	stunt policeman
Nico Woulard	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Joseph Aguirre	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Joseph Aguirre	....	director of photography: second unit
Denise Brady	....	grip (2010)
Jake Capistron	....	cineflex technician
Scott Donahue	....	grip
Beth Dubber	....	still photographer
Keith Dunkerley	....	camera operator
Theodore Carl Flood	....	electrician (as Carl Flood)
Vincent Foeillet	....	camera operator
Josh Friz	....	second assistant camera
Dennis Geraghty	....	assistant camera
Peter Geraghty	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Pete Johnson	....	grip
Michael Kelly	....	gaffer: additional photography
Thomas E. Lee	....	rigging grip
Alexandre Lehmann	....	additional camera operator
Alexandre Lehmann	....	camera operator
Chase Livengood	....	lighting technician
Chris Mack	....	additional camera operator
Bill-Brady Majors	....	key grip
Bobby Maruvada	....	data wrangler
George Maxwell	....	chief lighting technician
BJ McDonnell	....	additional camera operator
Kevin McGill	....	camera operator
Michael A. Mendez	....	best boy
Chris Milani	....	best boy: electric
Jeremy Noggles	....	grip
Bradley D. Reed	....	electrician
Rj Erin Reilly	....	grip
Robert J. Reilly	....	best boy grip: re-shoots
Robert J. Reilly	....	key rigging grip
Rocky Rodriguez	....	grip
Jesse Roth	....	additional camera operator
Jesse Roth	....	first assistant camera
Paul Santoni	....	first assistant camera: 'a' camera
Jay Sheveck	....	libra technician
Liam Sinnott	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Robby Terry	....	electrician
Kevin Tiesiera	....	lighting technician
Eric Tramp	....	b camera operator
John Trunk	....	video assist

Animation Department
Aaron Schultz	....	animator

Casting Department
Chris Bustard	....	additional casting
Bill Dance	....	extras casting
Brittany A. Jones	....	casting associate
Marco V. Scola	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annalisa Adams	....	costumer
Jessie Delmore	....	set costumer
Lynne Duggins	....	costumer
Carla Terner	....	costumer
Eric Yake	....	key costumer
Steven Zimbelman	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Ryan C. Fill	....	assistant editor
Dane Jensen	....	post-production intern
Erik Kaufmann	....	digital intermediate editor
Jeff Mee	....	first assistant editor
Adam Ohl	....	digital intermediate producer
Steven Trapani	....	assistant editor
Tim Weyers	....	post-production coordinator
Jan Yarbrough	....	digital intermediate colorist
Afnahn Khan	....	post-production executive (uncredited)
Mikki Levi	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Jon Otazua	....	assistant editor: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Gabe Hilfer	....	music supervisor
Dave Lawrence	....	additional music editor
Skye Lewin	....	temp music editor
Devin Lucien	....	music consultant
Jacob Nathan	....	music coordinator
Jason Ruder	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Chris Basso	....	genny operator
Ted Basso	....	production van driver operator
George Nadian	....	transportation captain
Jim Petti	....	transportation captain
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	transportation
Chris Raines	....	picture car coordinator
Paul E. Stroh	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Matthew Ackerson	....	production assistant
John Steven Agoglia	....	location manager
Susan Bliss	....	post script services
Dashiell Boam	....	assistant to Andrew Rona
Armando Boquiren	....	key assistant location manager
Bettina Browne	....	dog trainer
Jeanne Byrd	....	script supervisor
Steven J. Chambers	....	data capture engineer: additional photography
Jim Chizmar	....	dive master: second unit
Florence Chung	....	extras coordinator
Chris Cortez	....	water safety
Jeanie Daniels	....	first assistant accountant
Alyssa Feener	....	assistant production coordinator
Alaina Filo	....	set production assistant
Richard Franceschini	....	production resources executive
Dustin Frissell	....	production assistant
Toby Gallo	....	digital acquisition supervisor
Elliot Gannon	....	set production assistant
Joseph Garner	....	assistant: Mr. Phillips
Jeremy Gilbreath	....	set production assistant
Aaron Hammersley	....	production office assistant
Hans Hernke	....	utility stand-in
Jessica Hershatter	....	intern
Jessica Hershatter	....	production assistant
Josie Hines	....	staff assistant
Michael E. Jacobson	....	set production assistant
Alice S. Kim	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Jon Kuyper	....	production executive
Caroline Livengood	....	assistant production office coordinator (as Caroline Kilpatrick)
Christopher J. Maldonado	....	editorial staff assistant
Dylan Matlock	....	set production assistant
Justin Mickelson	....	production assistant
Carolina Maria Mora	....	production secretary
Tracy Mulholland	....	adr voice
Jeffrey Neumeier	....	second assistant accountant
Eric Petersen	....	key assistant location manager
Amy Poncher	....	assistant: Nima Nourizadeh
Lara Ravdjee	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Ryan Robertson	....	main title producer
Christopher Michael Rose	....	utility stand-in
Maxwell Salberg	....	production assistant
Emma Siegel	....	set production assistant: additional photography
Weena Singh	....	set production assistant
Karl Sonnenberg	....	technical advisor
Kirk Sullivan	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Coleman Trapp	....	utility stand-in
Carrie Tyson	....	production coordinator
Jason Vigdor	....	intern
Jason Vigdor	....	production assistant
Jonathan Wheelhouse	....	production assistant
Chris Winn	....	key craft service
Eric Winn	....	craft service

Production Companies

• Green Hat Films
• Silver Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2013) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Zero VFX
• Method Studios
• Relevant VFX (uncredited)
• Shade VFX (visual effects)
• Third Floor, The (previsualization)

Other Companies

• Codex Digital  digital recording equipment
• Danetracks  Sound Design And Editorial
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Elektra Records  soundtrack
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Hula Post  Editing Systems
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Sigloch Military / Tactical  swat casting and technical services
• Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging  digital intermediate services
• WaterTower Music  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem - all involving teens (also extended cut)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #47176) | Ireland:18 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Australia:MA15+ | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:18 | Italy:VM14 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Brazil:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Green Hat Films

Trivia:

Loosely based on the house party of Corey Worthington (Delaney) in Australia. The then-teenager posted the address of his house party on MySpace, attracting around 500 people and caused over $20,000 in property damage. His party attracted journalists and was widely disliked by the public, having been assaulted by a group of teenagers after the events.

Goofs:

Continuity: When J.B. shotguns the beer, it cuts to him spitting out foam. The can in his hand has clearly not been opened.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Costa:What up my lovely females? This is your boy Costa, your host for the evening. Behind me is Thomas Kub's house. Today is Thomas Kub's birthday,
[grabs crotch]
Costa:and this is Project X, yo.

Movie Connections:

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Soundtrack:

Intro

Relatable and Entertaining

Project X is a film that, on paper, does not appeal to me at all. I predicted it to be a low budget film with some unmemorable gags and a poor plot. I was wrong. It was a surprisingly good film. The plot did, as anticipated, contain several holes and you couldn't help thinking "surely that wouldn't have happened" but after all it was based on a true story.

The film is based on some unpopular high school students, (Thomas, Costa and JB) who throw a party when one of their parents goes away for the weekend and it quickly escalates out of control. The film is seemingly shot by their friend Dex on a portable camera and some other videos in a documentary style sequence. There is a good balance of dialogue, montages of general party mayhem and Thomas completely stressing out and the films great for watching with a few of the lads.

The three of us who watched it were laughing consistently throughout the film and many of the characters were very relatable. Overall (despite being extremely far-fetched) the film was relatable, although I was hoping for a bit more development on the morning after the party.

Don't watch this film if you're looking for artistic credit, watch it to be entertained. This wouldn't have been a film I would have picked out myself but after watching it I would recommend it, although not one to watch with the family.