Ask the Dust (2006)
| Release Date | 02 February 2006 |
| Other Names | Ñïðîñè ó ïûëèPregúntale al vientoKárhozott szeretőkSpýtaj sa prachu |
| Tagline | Passion and ambition drive two dreamers in 1930s LA. Their love affair is ferocious and hot-blooded as they fight the city and themselves to make their dreams come true. |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Cape Town, South AfricaLos Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Romantic Drama, Period Film |
| Themes | Writer's Life, Immigrant Life, Opposites Attract |
| Tones | Earthy |
| Tags | Heritage, Relationship, Waiter/waitress, Writer |
Ask the Dust is a 2006 film based on the book Ask the Dust by John Fante. The movie was written and directed by Robert Towne. Tom Cruise (with Paula Wagner and Cruise/Wagner Productions) served as one of the film's producers. The film was released on a limited basis on March 17, 2006. It was filmed almost entirely in South Africa with the use of stages to portray Los Angeles.
Cast and Crew
Ronald France
Columbia Sweeper
Donna Mosley
Red Headed Girl
Paul Rylander
Harold the Bartender
Natasha Staples
Denver Librarian
Wayne Harrison
Heilman
Yasuhiro Yoshimura
Japanese Vegetable Man
Sid
Willie the Dog
Danny
Willie the Dog
Richard Schickel
H. L. Mencken
Tamara Craig Thomas
Sally
Director
Writer
John Fante
Producer
Don Granger
producer
Andreas Grosch
executive producer
Galit Hakmon McCord
co-producer
Kia Jam
co-producer
Jonas McCord
producer
Redmond Morris
executive producer
Chris Roberts
executive producer
Mark Roemmich
executive producer
Andreas Schmid
executive producer
David Selvan
executive producer
Original Music
Ramin Djawadi
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Heitor Pereira
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Cinematographer
Editor
Robert K. Lambert
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Casting Director
Bob Knotek
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Hank McCann
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Production Designer
Dennis Gassner
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Art Director
Tom Hannam
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Richard L. Johnson
Set Decorator
Nancy Haigh
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Beatrice De Alba
personal hair stylist: Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell, additional photography
Sue Michael
makeup artist
Colin Polson
hair stylist
Loulia Sheppard
chief hair stylist
Jenny Shircore
makeup designer, hair designer
Production Manager
Arie Bohrer
production supervisor: VIP Medienfonds
Debbi Bossi
post-production supervisor
Kerstin Dyroff
production manager: VIP Medienfonds
Alan Shearer
unit production manager
Lester Sweetman
unit manager: base camp
Beetle Van Graan
unit manager
Patricia Wheeler
production manager: South Africa
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Dunn
third assistant director
Tommy Gormley
first assistant director
Will McDonagh
second second assistant director
Eric A. Pot
second assistant director: US
Sarah Purser
second assistant director
Benjamin Rosenberg
first assistant director: US
Art Department
Paige Augustine
set dresser
David Bastiaans
construction foreperson
Jerry Bingham
title art
Micheal Brennan
stand-by set dresser
Terence Chicken
lead greensperson
Chris Cummings
art department coordinator: US
Cosmas A. Demetriou
set designer
Lyall Gardiner
hod stagehand
Ted Haigh
graphic designer
Michael Hyman
scenic foreman
Noelle King
set designer
Louise Martin
art department coordinator
Andrew McCarthy
set dressing carpenter
John Moolenschot
carpenter
Andrew Orlando
assistant property master
Hope M. Parrish
property master
Sara Philpott
set dressing coordinator
Clive Pollick
construction coordinator
Paul Rylander
on-set props
Elaine Seidel
set finisher
Patte Strong-Lord
set designer
Liz Van Den Berg
scenic artist
Suzan Wexler
set designer
Alex Wheeler
red car manufacturer
Darrell L. Wight
set designer
John Chichester
set designer
Stefan Dechant
production illustrator
Scott Owen
set dresser
Sound Department
Michael Babcock
sound effects editor
Bob Baron
adr mixer
Peter Bergren
sound effects recordist
Chris Carpenter
supervising sound mixer
Joe Dorn
supervising adr editor
John P. Fasal
sound effects recordist
Lee Gilmore
sound effects recordist
Robin Harlan
foley artist
Scott Hecker
supervising sound editor
Jurgen Human
boom operator
Elizabeth Kenton
dialogue editor
Andy Koyama
supervising sound mixer
Nico Louw
sound mixer
Bernard Marcus
boom operator
Bill Meadows
sound recordist
Sarah Monat
foley artist
Eric A. Norris
sound effects editor
Mark Pappas
foley editor
Roy Seeger
assistant sound editor
Randy Singer
foley mixer
Greg ten Bosch
assistant sound editor
Nick Towne
adr consultant
Jerome Williams
cable person
Eric Taylor Williamson
adr recordist
Byron Wilson
dialogue editor
John Clavin
sound engineer
Special Effects
Kevin Adcock
special effects coordinator
August Coleman
paint/roto artist
Doug Hardy
special effects foreperson: alien sequence
Adam Horton
special effects
Tyrell Kemlo
special effects technician
Cordell McQueen
special effects supervisor
John K. Stirber
special effects supervisor
Anton Voster
special effects assistant
Kevin Pike
special effects supervisor: second unit
Visual Effects
Neil Atkins
CG supervisor: Double Edge Digital
Shawn Booth
visual effects editor
Kevin Braun
digital optical supervisor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Nicholas Caramonta
compositor
Albert Chang
3D modeler: Double Edge Digital
Sarah Chang
rotoscoper: Double Edge Digital
Kay Chan
rotoscoper: Double Edge Digital
Roger Chao
lead modeler: Double Edge Digital
Gary Chen
rotoscoper: Double Edge Digital
Thomas Clary
digital optical coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Bill Coffin
Inferno artist: Post Logic Studios
Robert Cribbett
compositing supervisor: main titles, yU+Co
Dominic Daigle
digital artist
Alan De Castro
digital optical artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
David Drzewiecki
visual effects supervisor
Emily Fenster
associate visual effects producer: Pacific Title & Art Studio
John Follmer
visual effects executive producer: Double Edge Digital
Diego Galtieri
compositor: Double Edge Digital
David Geoghegan
digital optical artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Buddy Gheen
compositing supervisor
Brian Hanable
digital effects compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Dark Hoffman
matte painter: Double Edge Digital
Phillip Hoffman
visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Bill Holloway
visual effects compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Matthew W. Johnson
iq artist: Post Logic Studios
Josh Kent
3D artist: Lola Visual Effects
Richard Kidd
visual effects supervisor: Double Edge Digital
Robyn Marie Kralik
compositor: Double Edge Digital
Wing Kwok
rotoscoper: Double Edge Digital
Keith Lackey
technical supervisor: Double Edge Digital
David Huynh Lam
3D modeler: Double Edge Digital
Ladd Lanford
visual effects producer: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Chui Lee
3D texturer: Double Edge Digital
Michael Lloyd
matte painter: Double Edge Digital
Andrew Midgley
visual effects producer: Double Edge Digital
Robert W. Morgenroth
visual effects producer: Double Edge Digital
Thomas Nittmann
visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Brian Nugent
3D artist: Lola Visual Effects
Chris Patrick O'Connell
3D modeler: Double Edge Digital
Patrick Phillips
visual effects compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Steve Porter
digital manager: Double Edge Digital
Ryan Reeb
lead tracker: Double Edge Digital
James Rim
digital optical artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Arthur Sarkisian
3D lighter: Double Edge Digital
Robert Scifo
matte painter: Double Edge Digital
Christian Severin
visual effects
Neil Simpson
visual effects artist: Condor Post Cape Town
Matthew Desmond Smith
visual effects artist: Condor Post Cape Town
David Sosalla
visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Bill Spradlin
digital effects artist
Colin Strause
3D technical supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Greg Strause
visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Panat Thamrongsombutsakul
3D tracker: Double Edge Digital
Jamie Venable
visual effects executive producer: Svengali Visual Effects
Heiko Von Fintel
visual effects artist: Condor Post Cape Town
Edson Williams
lead Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Loeng Wong-Savun
visual effects artist
Steve Woo
visual effects operations manager: Double Edge Digital
Kevin W. Wright
digital optical coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Tom Yeh
3D modeler: Double Edge Digital
Francis Yu
digital optical artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Chih-Min Chang
visual effects coordinator
Sarah Coatts
visual effects producer: main title sequence
Jesse Rapczak
previz artist
Stunts
Daryl Andrews
stunt performer
Dermot Brogan
stunt performer
Kerry Gregg
stunt performer
Grant Hulley
stunt coordinator
Dan Hirst
stunt double: Justin Kirk, stunt performer
Jacob Mervine
stunt performer
John Smith
stunt performer
Franz Spilhaus
stunt performer
Janine Wyatt-Mair
stunt performer
Francois Grobbelaar
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Darren Bailey
remote camera technician
Neil Baillie
second assistant camera
Alan Barnes
chief rigging electrician
Peter Belcher
second camera operator
David Bloomer
still photographer
Jan Bosch
electrician
Trevor Michael Brown
additional camera operator
Greg Cameron
rigging grip: first company
Pete Cavaciuti
camera operator, Steadicam operator
Michael Corker
film loader
Bernie De Wet
rigging electrician
Daniel Du Toit
first assistant camera
Anthony English
video assist operator
Robert Fischer
grip: second company
Vincent Fletcher
chief lighting technician
Jean-Pierre Hankins
rigging electrician
Mark Hardy
grip
Norbert Kitshoff
remote camera technician
Brett Lamerton
rigging grip: second company
Brett McDowell
grip
Guy Micheletti
dolly grip, grip: first company
Ernest Mtshakazana
rigging grip: second company
Gavin Nel
rigging electrician
Lourence Nepfumbada
grip
Bruce Olinder
chief lighting technician: second unit
Justin Paterson
electrician
Sean Rau
second assistant camera
Gilliam Schoombee
electrician
Wayne Shields
assistant chief lighting technician
Stephen Vaughan
special photography
Gareth Viner
grip
Adi Visser
first assistant camera: "b" camera
Animation Department
Sanit Lin
3D animator: Double Edge Digital
Tal Peleg
3D animator: Double Edge Digital
Casting Department
Monique Bezuidenhout
casting assistant
Chris Bustard
extras casting: additional photography
Anna Feyder
casting associate: South Africa
Celestia Fox
casting associate: UK
Barbara Harris
voice casting
Jackie Mayou
extras casting
Hank McCann
casting: US
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rick De Souza
costumer
Susan Hall
assistant costume designer
Jacomina Jankowitz
costumer
Neil McClean
costumer
Moira Anne Meyer
costume supervisor
Widaad Williams
wardrobe assistant
Editorial Department
Kenny Becker
color timer
Mark Bourgeois
associate editor
Darwin Green
post-production assistant
Laurence Johnson
post-production assistant
Pamela March
associate editor
Bryan McMahan
digital colorist: Post Logic Studios
Ryan Michael Miller
pre-visualization editor: yU+co
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein
negative cutter
Jim Passon
color timer
Nicci Van Niekerk
associate editor
Music Department
Dick Bernstein
temp music editor
Jeffrey Biggers
assistant score engineer
Sally Boldt
music editor
Emir Isilay
assistant composer
Steven Kofsky
music production services
Sandrine Pecher
technical score advisor, score technical advisor
Julie Sessing
music clearance
Greg Vines
assistant score engineer
Transportation Department
David Glasscoe
action vehicle coordinator
Bizeki Magwanda
driver: Robert Towne
Vincent Ndikumana
driver: Robert Towne
Brad Saunders
transportation captain
Bradley Sweetman
transportation coordinator
Lester Sweetman
base camp captain
Other Crew
Cassandra Barbour
rights and clearances
Charles Bazaldua
adr loop group
Bouchra Bendanna
production assistant
Robert Bentley
location manager
Keah Bews
production coordinator
Charlie Bolwell
production coordinator: Los Angeles
Paul Brassell
unit assistant
Philippa Bresler
assistant: Robert Towne
Jeff Buitenveld
assistant: Don Granger
Archie Casson
assistant accountant
Catherine Charlton
dialect coach: Mr. Farrell
Karissa Corday
adr loop group
Grace Dames
assistant accountant
Vicki Davis
adr loop group
Kira Dominguez
assistant: Salma Hayek
Judi M. Durand
adr loop group
Jeff Fischer
adr loop group
Nick Fischer
assistant: Chris Roberts
Ortwin Freyermuth
legal services: Freyermuth & Associates
Katy Fyfe
assistant location manager
Jonathan Gardner
production counsel: Cohen & Gardner
Brian Gibbs
supervising production accountant
Anneliese Goldman
adr loop group
Joanne Goldstone
production accountant
Gina Goosen
assistant: Redmond Morris
Lathiem Groenmeyer
IT coordinator
Sissy Grover
production coordinator
Nicole Haeussermann
production coordinator: Ascendant Pictures
Andy Hirsch
adr loop group
Genevieve Hofmeyr
executive: Moonlighting Films
Leah Holmes
accountant: US
Gerhard Jakubowski
production executive
Sally Jones
script supervisor
Sheila Kerrigan
assistant: Christopher Eberts
Elliott Kleinberg
legal services: Kleinberg Lope Lange Cuddy & Edel
Marsha Kramer
adr loop group
Liesl Lategan
production assistant
M.J. Magbanua
unit publicist
Myrto Makrides
assistant script supervisor
Asal Masomi
publicist
Yuki Matsuzaki
adr loop group
Jeremy Maxwell
adr loop group
David Michie
adr loop group
Darren Miller
executive: Cruise/Wagner
Ryan Michael Miller
title sequence: yU+co.
Pieka Moolman
assistant production coordinator
Michael S. Murphey
film finances representative
Eva Neufahrt
controller: VIO Mediendonds
Andrew Novak
production assistant: additional photography
Leah Palen
production coordinator: USA
Iain Patton
production assistant
Noreen Reardon
adr loop group
Ryan Robertson
main title producer
Dezi Rorich
publicist, unit publicist
Arik Ruchim
assistant: Paula Wagner
John Schimmel
president of production: Ascendant Pictures
Garth Scholtz
production assistant
Vernon Scott
adr loop group
Claudia Sendlbeck-Schickor
tax advisor: McDermott Will & Emery
Laura Sevier
rights and clearances
Mpumi Simayile
assistant accountant
Brandon Starler
adr loop group
Andrew Strachan
production secretary
Luke Summers
medic
Yutaka Takeuchi
adr loop group
Jodi Tripi
rights and clearances
Tom Udell
accountant: US
J.P. Van Der Merwe
extras coordinator
Christine Vienna
assistant to executive producer
Jeremy Wall
production finance consultant
Andreana Weiner
adr loop group
Berit Wetzel
legal counsel: VIP Meidenfonds
Laura Wilcox
assistant accountant
Trish Wylie
production coordinator: pre-production
Jeff Yana
systems administrator
Garson Yu
title designer
Ruth Zalduondo
adr loop group
Thanks
Dede Allen
thanks
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
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Cruise/Wagner Productions
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Ascendant Pictures
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Capitol Films
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Moonlighting Films
Noble House Entertainment Pictures
VIP 3 Medienfonds
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Distributor
Capitol Films
Bazuca Films
Benelux Film Distribution
Cathay-Keris Films
Constantin Film
Distribution Company
Paramount Vantage
SND
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
E Stars Films
Imagem Filmes
Paradise Group
Special Effects
Double Edge Digital
Pacific Title and Art Studio
Lola Visual Effects
Condor Post Cape Town
Post Logic Studios
Svengali Visual Effects
Miscellaneous
Central Casting
extras casting
Cohen & Gardner
production counsel
Comerica Bank of California
financing bank
DeLuxe Laboratories
color
Eastman Kodak Company
printed on
Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates
research
Entertainment Clearances
rights and clearances
Film Finance
completion guarantor
Freyermuth & Associates
legal services
Kleinberg, Lopez, Lange, Cuddy, Edel & Klein
legal services
Manhattan Transfer
adr facility
McDermott, Will & Emery
tax advisor: VIP Meidenfonds
Moonlighting Films
South African production services by
Remote Camera Systems
remote camera systems
Remote Control Productions
score mixed at
Sessing Music Services
music clearance
The Food Lab
catering
yU+Co.
main title designed and produced by
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