Art School Confidential (2006)


Art School Confidential
Release Date23 January 2006
US Box Office$3,000,000
TaglineWho said anything about talent?
GenreComedy, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCommunications Building, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBlack Comedy, Satire
MoodComedy on the Edge
ThemesLife in the Arts, College Life, Murder Investigations
TonesCynical, Satirical, Irreverent, Biting, Deadpan, Wry
TagsArt School, Artist, Celebrity, Jealousy, Student

Art School Confidential is a 2006 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, loosely based on the comic of the same name by Daniel Clowes. The film is Zwigoff's second collaboration with Clowes, the first being 2001's Ghost World (which was also released by United Artists). The cast includes Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Michael Lerner and Anjelica Huston.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jerome

Audrey

Professor Sandiford

Jonah

Vince

Matthew

Art History Teacher

Marvin Bushmiller

Jack Ong
Professor Okamura

Army-Jacket

Jeremy Guskin
Eno

Monika Ramnath
Flower

Isaac Laskin
Kiss-Ass

Finneus Egan
Vegan

Filthy-Haired Girl

Jean St. James
Mom

Cristen Coppen
Preppy Girl

Donald Baumgarten

Beat Girl

Travis Walck
Richard Natwick

Paul Collins
Professor David Zipkin

Chris McKenna
Mikey

Kevin

Jonah's Wife - Marie

Mom Platz

Osman Soykut
Dad Platz

Cynthia Platz

Brian Turk
Cliffy

Edith Jefferson
Doddering Aunt

Art Dealer

Lawyer

Marie L. Bain
Helena Sandiford

Richard Bakalyan
Cranky Guard

John Bliss
Vince's Grandpa

Vince's Editor

Amy Gross
Vince's Editor's Girlfriend

Kimi Reichenberg
Suburban Girl

Alexandra Ryan
Nympho Slut

Bob Golub
Hector

Woman Strangled

Zachary Maurer
Young Jerome

Brendan Walsh
Eugene

Valyn Hall
Cute Girl

Oliver Ryan Anderson
Cute Girl's Boyfriend

Curtis Taylor
Coach

Jesse Flanagan
Hurst

Dawn-Lyen Gardner
Coed

Laura Roth
Coed

Female Student

Amanda Paytas
Female Student

Chris Fogleman
Questioner

Wesley Rodgers
Questioner

Nathaniel Lee Jr.
Kid

Teacher

Erik Walker
Punching Bully

Andre Marcus
Other Bully

Wendy Haines
Grenadine Woman

Mike Stanley
Martel Drinker

Bob Jennings
Cop

Choice Skinner
Cop

Sam Sabbah
Scary Local

Chris C. Mitchell
Scary Local

Jarret Reid
Green Paint Guy

Lily Asinovsky
Girl Who Steps on Glass

Paul Michael Bloodgood
Tattooed Basketball Player

Art Dork #1

Pete Brown
Lecherous Dad

Broadway Bob D'Annunzio

Julius Callahan
Bearded Weirdo

Mike Carlucci
Football Announcer

Victoria Chalaya
Student #5

Ethan Cohn
Art Dork #2

David Fariborz Davoodian
Future Critic #1

David Diaan
Future Critic #1

Erik Eidem
Baked Sophomore

Nikki Gray
Angry Lesbian

Sham Ibrahim
Effeminate Basketball Player

Arron Kinser
Art Student

Cameron Lee
Art Student

Don W. Lewis
Future Critic #2

Sean LoGrasso
Art Student

Cameron Markham
Art Student

Asal Masomi
College Student

Ambrit Millhouse
Female Student #2

Steven J. Oliver
Dad Natwick

Nick Pellegrino
School Janitor

Girl Student

Damara Reilly
Mom Natwick

Tahmus Rounds
Next in Line

Charles Schneider
Professor Pidgeon

Arthur Thomas
Art Student

Victoria Von Dannenberg
Art Student - Tree Girl

Gary C. Warren
Art Student

Hunter Woo
Art Student

Director

Writer

Daniel Clowes
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Producer

Daniel Clowes
co-producer

producer

Barbara A. Hall
executive producer

producer

producer

Original Music

David Kitay
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Cinematographer

Editor

Robert Hoffman
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Casting Director

Ann Goulder
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Cassandra Kulukundis
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Production Designer

Howard Cummings
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Art Director

Peter Borck
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Set Decorator

Barbara Munch
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Costume Designer

Betsy Heimann
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Makeup Department

Mustaque M. Ashrafi
assistant makeup department head

David Forrest
makeup department head

Bunny Parker
hair department head

Susan Schuler-Page
assistant department head hair

Production Manager

Tad Driscoll
production supervisor

Beau J. Genot
post-production supervisor

Barbara A. Hall
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joe Camp III
first assistant director

Polly Ann Mattson
second assistant director

Shawn Pipkin
additional second assistant director

Carrie Rudolf
second second assistant director

Art Department

Russell R. Anderson
set dresser

Peter Bankins
property master

Robert Bankins
prop assistant

Tristan Paris Bourne
set designer

Daniel Clowes
artwork: Jonah

Paul Detlefson
set dresser

David R. Evans
art department assistant

Rick Glenn
set dresser

Sarah Graddy
artist liaison

Linda Griffis
art department coordinator

Bryan Hill
set dresser

Tom Hrupcho
paint supervisor

Tyler Kettenburg
set dresser

Kim Lincoln
graphic artist

Larry Lira
drapery foreman

Eric Luling
on-set dresser

Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton
artwork: Jerome

artwork: Bushmiller

Joe Ondrejko
construction coordinator

Stuart Rankine
assistant property master

Nicholas Rymond
set dresser

Greg Sanger
leadman

Charles Schneider
artwork

Mila Shah
art department production assistant

Brian Shupper
additional artwork

Garrett Shane Norlin
contributing artist

Sound Department

Lawrence L. Commans
boom operator

Mark Fay
boom operator

Nick Foley
adr recordist

Kim Foscato
associate dialog editor

Chris Gridley
associate sound effects editor

Samuel H. Hinckley
sound effects editor

Pete Horner
sound re-recording mixer

Matthew Iadarola
supervising re-recording mixer

Mark Levinson
adr editor

Chris Navarro
adr recordist

John Nutt
supervising sound editor

David Parker
supervising re-recording mixer

Gene Radzik
stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Ted Swanscott
adr mixer

Patti Tauscher
foley editor

Eric Thompson
adr mixer

Mark Weingarten
sound mixer

Special Effects

Chris Bailey
special effects coordinator

Scott Dwyer
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Jeff Barnes
production executive: CafeFX

Everett Burrell
visual effects supervisor

Lawrence Carroll
compositing supervisor: Digiscope

Travis Dutch
film scanning recording

Fortunato Frattasio
digital artist

Vicki Galloway-Weimer
visual effects executive producer: CafeFX

Bill Georgiou
visual effects designer and compositor

Derek Krauss
digital paint and roto lead

Ed Mendez
digital compositor: CafeFX

Terron Pratt
visual effects coordinator: Digiscope

Laurel Lyn Schulman
visual effects producer: Digiscope

Christopher Stack
imaging supervisor: Digiscope, colorist: Digiscope

Mary Stuart-Welch
visual effects executive producer: Digiscope

David Van Dyke
visual effects producer: Cafe FX

O.D. Welch
production executive: CafeFX

Toby Newell
compositor

Danny Torres
systems administrator

Stunts

Dan Bradley
stunt coordinator

Richard Cetrone
stunts

Paul Farber
stunt double

Jeremy Fry
stunts

Mike Massa
stunts

Darrin Prescott
stunt coordinator

J.P. Romano
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael Avallon
generator operator

Clyde E. Bryan
first assistant camera

Craig Campbell
electrician

Billy Clevenger
camera operator

Mark Cueto
electrician

Mark Shane Davis
key grip

David Dunbar
assistant rigging electrician

Brent Egan
camera loader

Tracy Estes
electrician

Eddie Evans
grip

Adam Feinberg
rigging electrician

Sean P. Fickert
best boy grip

Earl Gayer
rigging electrician

David Golia
camera operator: "b" camera

Suzanne Hanover
still photographer

Daniel Kauahi
grip

Kevin J. Lang
electrician

Melton Maxwell
chief lighting technician

Peter McAdams
grip, dolly grip: "b" camera

Ryan Nelson
grip

Chris Pavlu
rigging electrician

David D. Scott
video engineer

Barnaby Shapiro
second assistant camera

Chuck Sharp
assistant lighting technician

Gary Slemp
electrician

Peter Sorel
still photographer

Rodney Veto
key rigging grip

Troy N. Wade
dolly grip

Casting Department

John Barba
casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Suzanne Cranfill
costume supervisor

Laurel Frushour
set costumer

Alexis Jacks
set costumer

Hayley Stuppel
set costumer

Anya Teresse
assistant to costume designer

Editorial Department

Kenny Becker
color timer

Coral D'Alessandro
post-production assistant

Rick Downey
negative cutter

Michael Gay
assistant editor

Thomas M. Harrigan
first assistant editor: avid

C.J. Hsu
assistant editor

Michael Underwood
colorist: video mastering

Music Department

Michael Aarvold
score recordist , music recording engineer, music scoring mixer

Daniel Birczynski
score recordist

Lynn Hobensack
music clearance

Todd Kasow
music consultant, music editor

David Kitay
conductor

Robin Lee
music editor

William Levine
orchestrator

Dan Wallin
music scoring mixer , score recordist

Transportation Department

Morris Aroesti
driver

John W. Barbee
transportation captain

Charley Bob Burnham
driver

Gary Jackson
driver

Alan Kaminsky
transportation

Hugh Kelly
transportation

Dana Schisler
driver

Harold L. Woods
driver generator operator

Other Crew

Cassandra Barbour
rights and clearances

Michael Barnes
financial legal services

Jaclyn Bashoff
assistant: Anjelica Huston

Will Blomquist
production assistant

Allison Bona
production assistant

John R. Brewer
production assistant

Francie Brown
dialect coach

Giacun Caduff
production assistant

Elizabeth C. Camp
set production assistant

William Conacher
dialect coach

Shelly Darden
production associate

Susan Dukow
production coordinator

Erin Forrest
set production assistant

Steven Fulton
production assistant

Lisa Garvey
assistant to executive producer

Joel Goldes
dialect coach

Jesec Griffin
production assistant

Nathan Gunn
assistant: Mr. Zwigoff, post-production

Charles Heaphy
production financing

Judy Heinzen
key assistant location manager

Jimmy Kaminsky
production assistant: Mr. Minghella

Michael Kehoe
key craft service

Louis A. Lanni
set production assistant

Tim McGee
craft service assistant

Randy McKenney
extras coordinator

Ralph B. Meyer
key location manager

Scott Peterson
script supervisor

Huey Redwine
stand-in: John Malkovich

Benjamin Scissors
key set production assistant

Laura Sevier
rights and clearances

Ann Shimabukuro
additional set production assistant

Eric J. Spiegelman
production counsel

E. Michael Stankevich
assistant to producers

Sara Van der Voort
production assistant

Allen Wong
accountant

Lavinia Zetina
assistant accountant

Andrew Zilch
assistant production coordinator

Saxon Eldridge
assistant to cast

Marc C. Geschwind
extras coordinator

Andy Steinlen
hand double

Production Company

United Artists
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Mr. Mudd
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Distributor

Mongrel Media

Sony Pictures Classics

LK-TEL
,

SPI International

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Effects

Digiscope

CafeFX

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera dollies, camera cranes

Clowes Kuramoto
main titles

Corbis
stock footage

Electric Picture Solutions
Avid services

Entertainment Clearances
rights and clearances

Otto Nemenz International
cameras

RD Negative Cutting
negative cutting

Reder & Feig
production legal services

Rights & Art Clearances
clearances

Rockbottom Rentals
modem card rentals, walkie rentals

Saul Zaentz Film Center
sound editing and re-recording

Shark Productions
grip equipment

TM Motion Picture Rentals
lighting equipment

Wilshire Stages, The
ADR recording facility






Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Terry Zwigoff
Art School Confidential
Bad Santa (2003)
Crumb (1994)
Ghost World (2001)