Noise (2007)

A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.

Director:

Henry Bean

Writer:

Henry Bean

Stars:

Tim Robbins, William Hurt, Bridget Moynahan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Robbins	...	David Owen
Bridget Moynahan	...	Helen Owen
William Hurt	...	Mayor Schneer
Margarita Levieva	...	Ekaterina Filippovna
Gabrielle Brennan	...	Chris Owen
María Ballesteros	...	Gruska
William Baldwin	...	Mayor's Chief of Staff
Eric L. Abrams	...	Security Cop #1 (as Eric Lenox Abrams)
Jessica Almasy	...	Crackpot Anarchist
Leora Barish	...	Tiny Juror
Michael J. Burg	...	Judson
Colleen Camp	...	Mrs. Broomell
Louis Carbonneau	...	Officer Moretti (as Lou Carbonneau)
Chuck Cooper	...	Judge Gibson
Catherine Curtin	...	Barbara

Storyline

In long flashbacks, David Owen looks back to when he lived in Manhattan with his wife and baby. The unnecessary noises of the city interrupt his life to the point that he takes a baseball bat to the windshield of cars whose alarms are blaring. After a few arrests, his wife kicks him out. On his own, he learns to avoid arrest and leaves a calling card as "The Rectifier" when he breaks into an offending car. Gruska, an enterprising young reporter, tracks him down. He tells her his story, they become lovers, and she organizes a petition drive for a ballot initiative to ban car alarms. The mayor becomes the Rectifier's bête noire. Can David fight City Hall and win?

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Plot Keywords:

noise | arrest | car alarm | female nudity | voice over narration | 

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Taglines:

The difference is I do something about it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

25 November 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

Enough Is Enough

Filming Locations:

Mahwah, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,687, 11 May 2008

Gross USA:

$16,513

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,934

Company Credits

Production Co:

Seven Arts Pictures, Fuller Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Henry Bean based David Owen on himself. In real life, Bean broke into people's cars to disable their noisy alarms. He was eventually arrested and jailed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
David Owen: See this guy? I know this guy. He's a car thief. He knows that most car alarms operate by a simple electric sensor. Jiggle the door, you complete a circuit, and trigger the siren.
Car Thief: I've been stealing cars since I was 14, and the truth is, alarms make my job easier not harder. Say somebody is walking by and sees me fiddling with the ignition.
Car Thief: [in car with alarm going off] So sorry ma'am. These stupid alarms, ya know?

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Speed Racer/Noise/Meet Bill/What Happens in Vegas.../The Fall (2008)

User Reviews

Inspiring and enhances awareness towards noise pollution

This film is about a man's quest to stop alarm noises that plagues his city every day.

I must say I greatly sympathise with David. I live in a flat where opening a window at any moment (even after midnight) means that I cannot hear even the TV. Noise pollution is a serious an pressing problem but little people seem to be fighting against it. David questions why everyone is putting up with noise, while there are millions of people passionately fighting for other causes. To come to think about it, I don't know why either. Simple questions often are the hardest to answer.

Tim Robbins is great in this film, as usual. He is convincing as a stressed and impulsive man. His character is well portrayed, and I feel connected to him. "Noise" is executed well throughout, possibly except the threesome scene which I find rather unrelated to the cause.

"Noise" is inspiring as it enhances awareness towards noise pollution, and calls for people to fight against it. I hope one day we can live in peace and quiet!