The 24th Day (2004)

Regisseur:

Tony Piccirillo

Drehbuchautor:

Tony Piccirillo (play)

Genre:

Thriller

Werbezeile:

Your next lie may be your last.

Plot:

Tom (Speedman) and Dan's (Marsden) one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive. |

Plot Keywords:

Gay | AIDS | Blood Test | Captive | Chef

Nutzerkommentare:

Quality acting and interesting script save low budget movie

Besetzung

James Marsden	...	Dan
Scott Speedman	...	Tom
Sofía Vergara	...	Isabella
Barry Papick	...	Mr. Lerner
Charlie Corrado	...	Officer #1
Jarvis W. George	...	Officer #2
Scott Roman	...	Bartender
Jeffrey Frost	...	Dan's Assistant
Jona Harvey	...	Marla
Thea Chaloner	...	Wife
Brian Campbell	...	Blondie
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Nadia Axakowsky	...	Studio Executive
Charles J. Corrado Jr.	...	Officer 1
Brian T. Delaney	...	Simon (scenes deleted)
Anthony DeFrancesco	...	Parking Garage Patron (uncredited)
Adrian Di Giovanni	...	Bartender (uncredited)

Regie
Tony Piccirillo

Buch (In alphabetischer Reihenfolge)
Tony Piccirillo		play

Produktion
Lynn Appelle	....	line producer
Lou DiGiaimo Jr.	....	co-producer
Liliana Lovell	....	executive producer
Brad Mendelsohn	....	co-producer
Nick Stagliano	....	producer

Originalmusik
Kevin Manthei

Kamera
J. Alan Hostetter

Schnitt
Robert Larkin
Aaron Mackof

Casting
Mike Lemon

Szenenbild
Norman Dodge

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Peggy Hervas

Kostüme
Leonard Pollack

Maske/Frisuren
Natalie Thimm	....	key makeup artist
Alicia Lucia	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Robert Larkin	....	post-production supervisor

Regieassistenten
Colleen Casey	....	second assistant director
Claudio Kuhn	....	first assistant director

Ausstattung (Stab)
Alan Lee	....	construction coordinator
Ron Newhart	....	lead carpenter
Eric Wagner	....	property master

Ton Stab
Timothy Anderson	....	sound editor
Kathleen Burns	....	boom operator
Eric Feldman	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Levin	....	sound editor
Peter Levin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stephen John Sullivan	....	boom operator (as Stephen Sullivan)
Mike Tsucalas	....	boom operator
Ye Zhang	....	sound mixer

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
John Baer	....	still photographer
Matt Bucolo	....	dolly grip
Ken Conly	....	gaffer
Jim Denny	....	camera operator
Stephen Furry	....	electrician
Tim McCoy	....	key grip
Rob Mock	....	grip
Anita Schillhorn van Veen	....	camera production assistant
Daniel Wiener	....	assistant camera

Casting (Stab)
Diane Heery	....	casting: Philadelphia

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Aubrie Williams	....	wardrobe assistant

Schnitt (Stab)
Robert Larkin	....	additional editor
David Pultz	....	color timer

Musik (Stab)
Abe Bradshaw	....	music consultant
Bryan George	....	music supervisor

Restlicher Stab
Frank Bellafante	....	key set production assistant
Frank Bellafante	....	product placement
Seth Carmichael	....	publicist
Andrew Cinquino	....	production assistant
Anthony DeFrancesco	....	production assistant
Frances Fiore	....	unit publicist
Kevin M. McCorry	....	production assistant
Dawn Mountain	....	production coordinator (as Dawn Mountain Jannett)
Matthew S. O'Brien	....	production assistant
Anne Marie Palopoli	....	assistant coordinator
Jason Pinardo	....	location manager
Sharon Pinkenson	....	film commissioner
Lindsey Shockley	....	production assistant
Dana Strahn	....	script supervisor
Louis Zieja	....	production assistant
Adrian Di Giovanni	....	stand-in: Scott Speedman (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Nazz Productions

Verleihfirmen

• American World Pictures (AWP) (2004) (non-USA) (all media)
• Astro Distribution (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Screen Media Films (2004) (USA) (video)
• Screen Media Ventures

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual dialogue, and for brief violence.

Länge:

92 Min | USA:96 Min (DVD)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Philadelphia Civic Center - 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Firma:

Nazz Productions

Dies und das:

Began as a play in Los Angeles with original cast members Noah Wyle and Peter Berg. A year later the play was revamped in Atlanta with Chad Darnell and Quint Von Canon.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: Tom refers to the Iowa State "Hawkeyes." The Hawkeye is in fact the mascot of the University of Iowa. Iowa State's sport teams are known as the "Cyclones."

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Tom: I walk home. I'm all scratched up, I got blood all over my face. I'm crying my eyes out. Anyway, my mother see's me. She runs in screaming, "What happened, who did thisa to you?" So I tell her Stevie Bellow jumped me from behind in the schoolyard while his pals stood there and made sure no one broke it up. So, take a guess what my mom does? She takes me back to the school yard. She finds Stevie, she tells him we're gonna fight again this time it's gonna be a fair fight.

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Quality acting and interesting script save low budget movie

The other reviews have pretty much said it all, although I expected a little more from this given the rather over-the-top ecstatic reviews (certainly I expected more than the one plot 'twist' I got just over half way through - one that had already been revealed to me on the blurb on the back of the DVD).

One can argue it's a homophobic piece or one can argue entirely the opposite, but one can't argue that it's a well scripted, well paced and well acted movie that is worthy of 90 minutes of anyone's time in the world of Hollywood formulaic drama that dominates the mainstream. There isn't, truth be told, a lot of plot here, but what little there is turns out to be surprisingly gripping, thanks to the superb job of both the actors who are never less than totally believable in their roles.

I was amazed to read one 'review' here that just appeared to be a spiteful attack on the perceived commercial success of James Marden's acting career - just because he's easy on the eye is no excuse for slating a performance that most actors would be envious of as a career best. Well worth a viewing!