Free Samples (2012)

Director:

Jay Gammill

Writer:

Jim Beggarly

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A Stanford law-school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life...

Cast

Jess Weixler	...	Jillian
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Tex
Jason Ritter	...	Wally
Halley Feiffer	...	Nancy
Tippi Hedren	...	Betty
Keir O'Donnell	...	Danny
Jocelin Donahue	...	Paula
Whitney Able	...	Dana
Eben Kostbar	...	Matthew
Jordan Davis	...	Peter
James Duval	...	Antonio
Matt Walsh	...	Mr. Hightower
Craig Gellis	...	Steel
Suzy Nakamura	...	Neighbor
Cory Knauf	...	Noah
Joseph McKelheer	...	Richard Swinger
Montré Burton	...	Mr. Vanilla
Madison Leisle	...	Anna
Joe Nunez	...	Yani Perez
Angel Parker	...	Joel's Mother
Johari Powell	...	Joel
John Rosenfeld	...	Joe
Jennifer June Ross	...	Penny
Wendy Shapero	...	Homeless Stacy
Choice Skinner	...	Larry
Jeff Sloniker	...	Harvy
Anthony Traina	...	Adam
Tanner Vale	...	Twin Robby
Taylor Vale	...	Twin Bobby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abigail McFarlane	...	Patricia
Barrett Shuler	...	Tommy

Directed by
Jay Gammill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Beggarly

Produced by
Jim Beggarly	....	co-producer
Jay Gammill	....	co-producer
Sarah Beth Goer	....	associate producer
Mark Gould	....	co-executive producer
Kevin Iwashina	....	executive producer
Cory Knauf	....	co-producer
Eben Kostbar	....	producer
Eric Kramer	....	co-executive producer
John Madden	....	co-executive producer
Tony Mayer	....	co-executive producer
Joseph McKelheer	....	producer
Nick Mystrom	....	executive producer
Michael Potts	....	executive producer
Bill Rothacker	....	co-executive producer
Martin Schmitz	....	co-executive producer
Travis Stevens	....	associate producer
Michael Van Gilder	....	co-executive producer
Richard Wham	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Eric Elbogen

Cinematography by
Reed Morano		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jay Gammill
Franklin Peterson

Casting by
Joe Lorenzo

Production Design by
Jeffrey Givens

Art Direction by
Julie Ziah

Costume Design by
Alisha Silverstein

Makeup Department
Lara Cilento	....	key makeup/hair
Ashley Cordova	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Erin Owens	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Vanover	....	first assistant director
Victor Winters	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Anthony Cafaro	....	leadman

Sound Department
Josh Bissett	....	audio mixer
Charles German	....	boom operator
Geoff Green	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Akers	....	first assistant camera
Tony Banando	....	grip
Francisco Bulgarelli	....	electrician
Andrew Dickieson	....	key grip
Nick Erickson	....	best boy grip
Oren Kaplan	....	digital imaging technician
Reed Morano	....	camera operator
Yuki Noguchi	....	electrician
Christopher Pritzlaff	....	gaffer
Jonathan Pritzlaff	....	grip
Joseph Segura	....	second assistant camera
Jarret Sexton	....	best boy electrician
Kevin M. Slee	....	still photographer
Matty Sumida	....	digital imaging technician

Casting Department
Sergia Louise Anderson	....	casting assistant
Kimberly Dollar	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Smith	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Chris Hall	....	colorist
Matty Sumida	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Louis Dargenzio	....	transportation consultant
Jim Martell	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Julius Amaya	....	production secretary
Tim Banach	....	event coordinator
Ben Bolea	....	production assistant
Tiffany Boyle	....	packaging and sales executive
Beth Caldarello	....	production coordinator
Erika Canchola	....	production attorney
Joe Hardesty	....	key set production assistant
Evan Kopczyk	....	assistant production office coordinator
Elana Kostbar	....	assistant to producer
Marcy Kostbar	....	assistant to producer
Erin Owens	....	production manager
Daniel E. Parr	....	production accountant
Jonathan Pringle	....	production assistant
Irish Quinn	....	key set production assistant
Pamela Robison	....	script supervisor
Liz Sandiford	....	production assistant
Shannon Sonnier	....	publicist
Anthony Traina	....	producer asst

Thanks
Timothy Alverson	....	special thanks
Belinda Benko	....	special thanks
Guilherme Campellon	....	special thanks
Louis Dargenzio	....	special thanks
Rik DeLisle	....	special thanks
Dominic DeMaria	....	special thanks
Vineet Dewan	....	special thanks
Stephanie Drachkovitch	....	special thanks
Steven Edell	....	special thanks
Eric Kallevig	....	special thanks
Oren Kaplan	....	special thanks
Dave MacLean	....	special thanks
Alex Marino	....	special thanks
Thomas J. Nordberg	....	special thanks (as Tom Nordberg)
Michele Nordin	....	special thanks
Greg O'Bryant	....	special thanks
Tom O'Leary	....	special thanks
Erik Olson	....	special thanks
Kim Pollard	....	special thanks
Collin Redden	....	special thanks
Kim Redden	....	special thanks
Shwn'ee Reddick	....	special thanks
Tim Rettley	....	special thanks
Allison Schroeder	....	special thanks
Vero Shamo-Garcia	....	special thanks
Lindsey Shockley	....	special thanks
Kevin M. Slee	....	thanks
Suzanne Spangler	....	special thanks
Steven Sprung	....	special thanks
Lonny Stevens	....	special thanks
Paul Todisco	....	special thanks
Ariel Vergez	....	special thanks
Matt Walker	....	special thanks
Steve Watson	....	special thanks
Joanne Roberts Wiles	....	special thanks
Kay Wilson	....	special thanks
Inman Young	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Film Harvest

Distributors

• Anchor Bay (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• Media International Pictures (2011) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Mongrel Media (2013) (Canada) (all media)
• Starz Entertainment (2013) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• CAP  screening facility
• NPI Entertainment Payroll  cast payroll (as NPI Production Services)
• Ramo Law PC  production and distribution legal services (as Law Offices of Elsa Ramo)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Film Harvest

535th Review: Nice small movie about honesty and ice-cream....

Free samples is what an indie movie should be: small, quirky interesting, more character than action - about real life rather than just imagination, and this is Free Samples. It's a film that requires little effort to enjoy but is full of little vignettes that leap off the screen.

All in all, I for one enjoyed this more than many big budget movies: the characters have something to say, the comedy is nicely observed, the camera is tight (even semi-documentary), it's well edited and well shot with a great sense of slacker pace about it and it has a charm of its own.

Seriously, a nice gentle comedy set sround one day of looking after an artificial ice-cream van (so free samples) with some vitriol in the exchanges - the whole thing come across as ten times more honest than most comedies and this is one I would warmly recommend.