Alpha Dog (2006)
| Release Date | 27 January 2006 |
| US Box Office | $15,000,000 |
| Tagline | Inspired by true events. |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Acton, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Crime Drama, Docudrama |
| Themes | Drug Trade, Kidnapping |
| Tones | Lurid, Forceful, Confrontational, Tense |
| Tags | Crime Lord, Debt, Drug Dealer, Drug Trade, Kidnap |
Alpha Dog is a 2007 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz and related events in 2000. It portrays the involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young middle-class drug dealer in California. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Foster, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Anton Yelchin with Harry Dean Stanton, Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Matthew Barry
Interviewer
Fernando Vargas
Tiko 'TKO' Martinez
Alec Vigil
P.J. Truelove
Frank Cassavetes
Adrian Jones
Nicole Dubos
Neighborhood Girl on Couch
Jesse Erwin
Employee
Danny A. Abeckaser
Latino Youth #1
James Molina
Latino Youth #2
Alexandra Cassavetes
Jonna Kirshner
Chuck Pacheco
Chucky Mota
Frank Peluso
Gay 'Lumpy' Yeager
Greg Williams
De Rosa
Shirley Kurata
Lu
Patrick Nguyen
V.C.
Chris Kinkade
Juergen Ballenbacher
Bobby Cooper
Bob Nolder
Stephanie A. Fowler
Delores Stratten
Natasha Elliott
Bathroom Party Girl
Adrianna Belan
Leigh Fecske
Mario Ardila Jr.
Santa Fe Kid
Curt Clendenin
Bar Patron
Angela Meryl
Party Girl
Emilio Roso
Undercover Cop
Sadie
Dale Dierker's Dog
Kristen Williams
Reporter
Director
Writer
Producer
Matthew Barry
co-producer
Robert Geringer
executive producer
Marina Grasic
executive producer
Nancy Green-Keyes
co-producer
Andreas Grosch
executive producer
Brad Jensen
associate producer
Avram 'Butch' Kaplan
executive producer
Sidney Kimmel
producer
Jan Korbelin
executive producer
Todd Lewis
line producer: additional photography
Steve Markoff
executive producer
Michael Mehas
associate producer
Chuck Pacheco
producer
Frank Peluso
associate producer
Andreas Schmid
executive producer
Original Music
Aaron Zigman
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Cinematographer
Robert Fraisse
Editor
Alan Heim
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Casting Director
Matthew Barry
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Nancy Green-Keyes
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Production Designer
Dominic Watkins
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Art Director
Alan Petherick
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Set Decorator
Fainche MacCarthy
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Costume Designer
Sarah Jane Slotnick
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Makeup Department
Gracie Atherton
makeup artist: Ms. Stone
David A. Brooke
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Linda De Andrea
hair stylist: Ms. Stone
Yuri Everson
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Stephanie A. Fowler
key makeup artist
Steve Frakes
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Robert Freitas
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Rebecca George
key hair stylist: additional photography
Alec Gillis
special makeup effects artist
Zoe Hay
makeup artist: additional photography
Bill Jacob
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Matthew Killen
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Steve Koch
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Eryn Krueger Mekash
makeup department head
Mike Larrabee
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Mike Manzel
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Brandon Messersmith
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Steven Munson
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Bunny Parker
department head hair
Gerald Quist
makeup artist: Mr. Willis
Justin Raleigh
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Shannon Soucie
key hair stylist
Robert L. Stevenson
hair stylist: Ms. Stone
Garth Winkless
makeup effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Tom Woodruff Jr.
special makeup effects artist
Production Manager
Kerstin Dyroff
production manager: VIP
Avram 'Butch' Kaplan
unit production manager
Todd Lewis
production supervisor
John Michaels
production supervisor: VIP
Zara Roberts
post-production supervisor: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Michael Toji
post-production supervisor
Howard Young
production supervisor: additional photography
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julia Patricia Butler
dga trainee: additional photography
Alexandra Cassavetes
second unit director
Vernon Davidson
second assistant director
Christophe Le Chanu
second second assistant director
Jay Ostrowski
second second assistant director
David Ticotin
first assistant director: second unit, first assistant director
Kea Watson
dga trainee
Art Department
Laine Abramson
set decorating buyer: additional photography
Abu Bekka
sculptor
Mark Boucher
stand-by painter
William 'Otto' Broberg
assistant property master
John Brunot
on-set dresser: additional photography
Richard Brunton
lead man: additional photography
Satcha Congdon
foreman: additional photography
Dale DeStefani
construction coordinator
Gerald Gates Jr.
paint foreman: additional photography
M. Marcos Gonzalez
gang boss
Omar Guerrero
labor foreman: additional photography
Scotty Guyson
assistant props: additional photography
Jill Haber
painter: additional photography
David Harris
greensman
Amy Heinz
set designer
Eric Hill
set dresser: additional photography
Jonathan R. Hodges
property master
Stephen Kelley Jr.
set dresser
Trevor Larkin
assistant props: additional photography
Alejandro Luna
set dresser
Tom Meyer
production designer: additional photography
Michelle Millay
sculptor
David M. Milstien
set dresser: additional photography
Douglas A. Mowat
set decorator: additional photography
Christopher Neely
set dresser: additional photography
Fred O'Connor
gang boss: additional photography
Catherine Pryor
set dresser
Buddy Ray Reynolds
assistant props
Jill Rolie
set decoration buyer
Karina Romeo
property master
Kelton Schultz
set dresser: additional photography
Bruce S. Seymour
on-set dresser
Jeff Shewbert
propmaker gangboss
Mark Summitt
propmaker foreman
William Swartz
set dresser: additional photography
Samuel J. Tell
set dresser: additional photography
Joshua Towers
set dresser
Phil Tubach
lead man
Rick Valencia
painter
Mark Wagner
set dresser
Tom Watson
lead painter
Douglas Womack
construction coordinator: additional photography
Jonah Markowitz
art director: reshoots
Sound Department
Robert Althoff
dubbing recordist
Steve Bartkowicz
re-recording engineer
Robert Batha
sound effects editor
Kelly Cabral
dialogue editor, adr editor, sound designer, supervising sound editor
Eric Gotthelf
adr mixer
David Holmes
cableperson
Mark Jennings
boom operator
Jeff Malham
re-recording engineer
Aynee Osborn
assistant sound editor
Laura Rush
cableperson
Brad Sherman
sound re-recording mixer
Unsun Song
dubbing recordist
Christopher Sposa
boom operator
Edward M. Steidele
foley artist
Lauren Stephens
adr editor, dialogue editor , sound effects editor
Carolyn Tapp
adr recordist
Jon Taylor
sound re-recording mixer
Chris Trent
foley mixer
Jerry Trent
foley artist
Ed White
sound mixer
Craig Woods
sound mixer
Julie Altus
adr recordist
Kevin Konarzewski
adr mixer: Vancouver
Daryl Lathrop
adr recordist
Randolph Saucedo
sound recordist
Special Effects
Charles Cooley
special effects: additional photography
Tom Seymour
special effects key
J.D. Streett
special effects coordinator
Visual Effects
Roger Ames Berger
digital intermediate iq artist: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Michael Caplan
visual effects producer: Engine Room
Eric Heavens
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Andrew Honacker
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Michael Kirylo
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Robyn Marie Kralik
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Dave Piedra
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Jared Sandrew
digital effects artist: Engine Room
John Scheer
digital intermediate iq artist: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Dan Schmit
visual effects supervisor: Engine Room, visual effects
Gregory S. Scribner
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Cyrena Vladish-Addison
visual effects coordinator: Engine Room
Ulf Wallin
visual effects still photographer: Engine Room
Dan Williams
digital intermediate iq assistant: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Stephen Wilson
digital effects artist: Engine Room
Justin Denton
digital effects artist
Patrick Paul Mullane
digital compositor: Engine Room
Rob Reinhart
digital artist
Chuck Toussieng
visual effects
Stunts
Robert Alonzo
stunts
Clayton J. Barber
stunt double: 'Jake'
Andy Dylan
stunts
Greg Fitzpatrick
stunts
Cody Gill
stunt double: 'Zach'
Daniel Hernandez
stunts
Angela Meryl
stunts
Huan Quang Nguyen
stunts
Carrick O'Quinn
stunts
J.J. Perry
stunts
Kerry Rossall
stunt coordinator
Nathan Siebring
stunt double
Kofi Yiadom
stunts
Chris Daniels
stunt double
Ralf Koch
stunt double: Emile Hirsch, stunts
Tom McComas
stunt driver
Matthew Rugetti
utility stunts
Jon Valera
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Barbor
electrician
Joseph E. Bates
grip: additional photography
Bobby Brown
first assistant camera: "b" camera, additional photography
Kevin Chickanis
grip: second unit
Robert Chinello
second company grip: additional photography
Jeffrey N. Civa
first assistant camera: "a" camera
Steve Colgrove
electrician
Tim Collins
dolly grip, dolly grip: additional photography
Nicholas Davidoff
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Suzanne Dietz
camera loader
Gordon Tadd Eto
electrician: additional photography
Mark Fellman
still photographer: additional photography
Craig Garfield
grip, grip: additional photography
Michael E. Gips
electrician: additional photography
Michael Gulbin
grip
Mitch Gulbin
grip: additional photography
Jeffrey M. Hall
chief lighting technician
Timothy Hedgecock
best boy electric
Michael Herron
video assist operator: additional photography
Chris Hill
video playback operator: additional photography
Lamar D. Houston
electrician: additional photography
Vessie Kazachka
camera loader: additional photography
Francis Kenny
director of photography: additional photography
Kia Dawson
second assistant camera: "b" camera, additional photography
Jack Kohtala
grip: additional photography
Richard Lamphiear
electrician: additional photography
Yaron Levy
electrician
Willie Mann
grip: additional photography
Greg McEachen
electrician: additional photography
Darren Michaels
still photographer
John Pirozzi
director of photography: second unit
Geoff Regan
video playback operator
Eric Roizman
camera operator: "b" camera, additional photography
Alfredo Rosado
second assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Ann Rosencrans
electrician
T. Daniel Scaringi
key grip
Lee Schmicker
best boy electrician: additional photography
Mick Spitalnick
grip
Phoebe Sudrow
camera assistant: second unit
Stephen J. Ullman
camera operator: "a" camera
Grady Upchurch
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Gil Valle
second company grip
Lieven Van Hulle
video assist operator
Doug Wall
grip, grip: additional photography
Greg Williams
first assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Abbe Wool
electrician
Kai Steven Christensen
electrician
Andrew Korner
electrician
Ralph Mendoza
aerial photography: spacecam
Steve Randolph
additional camera operator
Casting Department
Scott Blasko
extras casting assistant
Lisa Hamil
casting associate
Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Tina Kerr
extras casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lucinda Campbell
costume supervisor
Amber Jordyn
key set costumer
Shirley Kurata
set costumer
Marta Villalobos
set costumer
Sarah de Sa Rego
costumer: second unit
Editorial Department
Shawn Broes
digital intermediate editorial: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Joe Fineman
post-production consultant: EPC
Joe Finley
digital intermediate colorist: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Jim Flynn
assistant editor
Justine Halliday
assistant editor
Chris Jacobson
digital intermediate imaging: Modern VodeoFilm Inc.
Brad McLaughlin
post-production assistant
Pat Repola
vice president of post-production: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Ed Thompson
digital intermediate imaging supervisor: Modern VideoFilm Inc.
Brian Singbiel
editorial production assistant
Nick Wenger
post-production assistant
Music Department
Spring Aspers
music supervisor
Paul Bushnell
composer: additional music
Steve Dewey
electronic music programmer
Ismael Gallegos
additional orchestrator
Paul Graham
composer: additional music
Mateo Laboriel
composer: additional music, electronic music programmer
Jeffrey Potokar
assistant music editor
Satnam Ramgotra
musician: percussion
Angie Rubin
music editor
Michael Stern
music scoring mixer, music scoring recordist
Jesse Voccia
electronic music programmer
Michael Jay
additional music editor
Transportation Department
James C. Alford
driver
Henry Bautista
transportation captain
Ronnie Blay
driver
Dave Calaway
driver
Robert C. Cawley
driver
Delbert Clough
driver
Kelly Colgan
driver
Eric Compton
driver
Howard Brady Davidson
transportation coordinator
Luis Esteban
transportation office coordinator
Michael D. Kuljis
driver
David Machado
driver
David Menapace
driver
Samuel W. Moore
driver
John Morello
driver
Dale Moser
driver
Thomas O'Donnell
driver
Neil Scognamiglio
driver
James Sherwood
driver
Ross Lasi Tanoai
driver
Jim Frear
transportation captain
J. Armin Garza II
driver: camera car
Other Crew
Kyle Alexander
key assistant location manager: additonal photography
Andrew Balek
production office assistant
Beth Bargas
first assistant accountant
Damian Baxter
production office assistant
Samuel Bayer
title designer: main and end titles
Michael Bergemann
location manager: Palm Springs
David Bond
assistant: Mr. Cassavetes, additional photography
Josef Brandmaier
production advisor
Page Buckner
product placement and clearances
Eric Burrows
security
Jeanne Byrd
script supervisor
Tia Cardello
animal wrangler
Sarah Clifford
animal coordinator, animal trainer
Curtis Collins
location manager: additional photography
W. Ty Crawford
key set production assistant
McDermott Will Emery
tax advisor: VIP
Heidi Falconer
unit publicist
Frank Fattori
production office assistant
S.J. 'JoJo' Fieger
production coordinator
Stephen Fischer
assistant location manager
Nancy A. Flint
studio teacher
Ted F. Gerdes
legal clearance: Gerdes Law
Jeff Grimm
production assistant: additional photography
Justin Haut
assistant production coordinator
Zach Hunt
production assistant: additional photography
Derek Hurd
craft service
Frank Isaac
completion bond: International Film Guarantors Inc.
Sarah Jensen
production assistant
Fallon Johnson
production assistant: additional photography
Ryan Krayser
production assistant
Josh Kuhn
craft service
Solomon J. LeFlore
production financing
Matthew Troy Littrell
craft service assistant
Stephen Monas
production counsel: Business Affairs Inc.
Ken Mowe
title designer: main and end titles
Eva Neufahrt
production controller: VIP Medienfond
Frank Peluso
assistant: Mr. Cassavetes
Christy Powers
set medic
Ramona Reed
payroll accountant: additonal photography
Mike Revell
production accountant
Matt Rosen
production counsel: Business Affairs Inc.
Paul Schreiber
location manager
Claudia Sendlbeck-Schickor
tax advisor: VIP
Amy Smolev
payroll accountant
Zachary Steinback
production office assistant
Babette Stith
script supervisor: additional photography
George J. Tasch III
assistant location manager: Palm Springs
Allen E. Taylor
production controller
Scott Trimble
assistant location manager, location scout
Heather Tyler
accountant: post-production
Davanee Wahlquist
production assistant
Joan Weidman
completion bond: International Film Guarantors Inc.
Jennifer E. Welch
production secretary
Berit Wetzel
legal advisor: VIP
Wade Whitman
location manager
Karla Withrow
production assistant
Anthony Woods
set medic, set medic: additional photography
Howard Young
accountant: additional photography
Cassandra Barbour
rights and clearances
Stephen J. Eads
assistant: Bruce Willis
Oscar J. Flores
assistant production coordinator: additional photography
Jason Aaron Goldberg
stand-in
Michael J. Harker
completion bond company representative
Florian Harms
legal counsel: VIP
Debi Karolewski
assistant: Sharon Stone
Nick Lee
stand-in
Deane Madsen
photo double: Anton Yelchin
Myke Mansberger
studio services manager
Randy McKenney
stand-in
Aaron Merrell
production finance: SKE
Ezna Sands
story consultant
Laura Sevier
rights and clearances
Ryan Tighe
production assistant
John Trujillo
layout board
Thanks
Samuel Bayer
thanks
Matthew Rugetti
thanks
Jon Valera
thanks
Production Company
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
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A-Mark Entertainment
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Alpha Dog LLC
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VIP 2 Medienfonds
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Distributor
Cathay-Keris Films
Concorde Filmverleih
Icon Film Distribution
Intersonic
Metropolitan Filmexport
Monopole-Pathé
Pachamama Cine
Paradiso Entertainment
Scanbox Entertainment
Sidus FNH
Universal Pictures
Argentina Video Home
BBC Television Centre
Manga Films
Moviemax
Paradise Group
Paradiso Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Veronica
Special Effects
Engine Room
Modern VideoFilm
Miscellaneous
AONAlbert G. Ruben Insurance Services
insurance
Business Affairs
production counsel
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera cranes and dollies
Clairmont Camera
cameras
Entertainment Clearances
clearances
Entertainment Partners Service Group
payroll
Fintage House
collection account management
Gerdes & Associates Law
legal clearances
International Film Guarantors
completion bond
J.L. Fisher
camera dollies
Leonetti Company
electric equipment
Magic Film and Video Works
negative cutting
Milan Records
soundtrack
Modern VideoFilm
opticals, digital intermediate
Silver Screen Caterers
catering
Sound Satisfaction
foley recording facilities
T.D.S. Grip
grip equipment
The Racket
sound editorial services
Todd-AO Studios
re-recorded at
Union Bank of California
production financing
Warner Bros. Studios
adr recording facility
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