Freedomland (2006)


Freedomland
TaglineHis Streets. His Rules.
GenreCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsNew York City, New York, USA
LanguageItalian, English
Sound MixSDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassUrban Drama, Crime Drama
MoodAbandon All Hope
ThemesMissing Persons, Inner City Blues, Race Relations
TonesGritty, Bleak, Confrontational, Forceful, Tense
TagsGhetto, Housing Project, Lost Child, Missing Person, Race Relations

Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama-mystery film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. Richard Price adapted his own novel, which touches on themes of covert racism. Joe Roth directed the film.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Lorenzo Council

Brenda Martin

Karen Collucci

Danny Martin

Felicia

Billy Williams

Reverend Longway

Lt. Gold

Leo Sullivan

Dr. Anil Chatterjee

Priest

Fly Williams III
Rafik

Portia
Rafik's Sister, Doreen

Haneefah Wood
Rafik's Sister, Vicky

Jason Council

Joe Forbrich
Hal

Donna Cutugno
Elaine

Genevieve Hudson-Price
Tina

Calvin Hart
Boris

Marlon Sherman
Cody

Bill Walsh
County Sheriff

Brenda's Attorney

Catrina Ganey
Lorraine

Male Patient

Teodorina Bello
Female Patient

D.C. Benny
Hospital Cop

Maduka Steady
Hospital Cop

Jason Furlani
Officer Holding Hat

Visored Cop at Riot

Cassandra, Rainbow Club

Brandon Bennett
Young Boy, Rainbow Club

Ira Hawkins
Older Male Tenant

Sharon Washington
Rose, Female Tenant

Ernestine Jackson
Nurse

Santiago Socorro
Triage Nurse

Cheryl Wills
News Anchor

Leonard L. Thomas
Desk Sergeant

Brian Dykstra
Blockade Cop

Jamel Scott
Salim

Gil Deeble
Angry Male Tennant

Amanda Diva Seales
Angry Female Tenant

Shawn Andrew
Skinny Male Tenant

Jarrod Gandy
Boy in Front of Fire

Lawrence Cameron Steele
Corrections Officer

Jasmin Walker
Denise

Timothy Shannon
Buzzer Cop

Oscar A. Colon
Louis

Marisa Redanty
Female Reporter

Man in Crowd

Sapphire Quick
Rainbow Club Kid

Steven Smith II
Rainbow Club Kid

Steven Moreti
Search Party Leader

Eric L. Abrams
Cop

Douglas J. Aguirre
Detective

Jonnie Brown
Cop in Hallway

Phil Campanella
Cop

Todd Carroll
Riot Cop

Dominic Colon
Medic

Shaun Paul Costello
Rioter

Greg D'Agostino
Riot Cop

Brandon DeLaurentiis
Protester

Robert Feeley
Bystander

Barbara Ann Ferro
E.R. Doctor

Richard Gnolfo
Bailiff Beresford

Shevy Berkovits Gutierrez
Hospital Cop

James Holloway
Rookie Cop #1

Alonzo F. Jones
Doctor

John Lanzillotto
Vietnam Veteran

Chris Margaritis
K-9 Unit, Dog Handler

David McDaniel
Gannon Cop

Dolores McDougal
Search Party Member

Shareef McIntosh
Extra

Garett R. Nadrich
Gannon Resident

Lisa Marie Palmieri
Gannon Resident

Loukas Papas
Search Party Member

Gloria Parks
Civic Leader

Anthony M. Pizzuto
Armstrong Resident

Jackie Quinones
Featured

Anslem Richardson
Rookie Cop

Julia Roth
Nurse

Thomas Russo
Cop

Cassandra Seidenfeld
Armstrong Tennant

Rose Sias
Tenant #11

Justin Smith
Tenant

Brian Smyj
Cop

Ronald Sylvers
Search Party Member

Rebecca Thomas
Volunteer

Bill Walters
Searcher

Marc Yarrish
Inmate

Director

Writer

Producer

Richard Baratta
co-producer

Charles Newirth
executive producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Anastas N. Michos

Editor

Nick Moore
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Casting Director

Margery Simkin
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Production Designer

David Wasco
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Art Director

Patricia Woodbridge
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Set Decorator

Carolyn Cartwright
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Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
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Costume Designer

Michelle Matland
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Ann Roth
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Makeup Department

Allan A. Apone
makeup artist: Mr. Jackson

Nathan J. Busch II
department head hair stylist

Joseph A. Campayno
makeup artist

Anita Gibson
department head makeup

Craig Lindberg
third makeup artist

Elaine L. Offers
makeup artist: Ms. Moore

Jackie Payne
key hair stylist

Lyndell Quiyou
hair stylist: Ms. Moore

Robert L. Stevenson
hair stylist: Mr. Jackson

Victoria Wood
wig maker: Samuel Jackson

Production Manager

Richard Baratta
unit production manager

Gail Laskowski
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

H.H. Cooper
first assistant director

Karen Davis
second assistant director

Daniel Fernandez
dga trainee

Anthony Hemingway
first assistant director: second unit

Mark C. Hutchinson
additional second assistant director

Charles Newirth
second unit director

Dale M. Nielsen
second second assistant director

Tom Razzano
additional second assistant director

Art Department

Toni Barton
assistant art director

Steve Brennan
props

Eric Bryant
graphic designer

Philip Canfield
leadman

Shannon Canfield
set dresser

William J. Canfield
set dresser

Kevin Deckert
scenic artist

David R. Evans
art department researcher

Brent Godek
props

David Gulick
property master

Peter Hackman
paint foreman

Doug Huszti
assistant art director

Dierdre Kane
on-set dresser

Heather Danielle Kane
assistant property master

Julie Marr
scenic artist

Barbra Matis
assistant art director

Alexandra Mazur
assistant set decorator

Vanessa Merrill
art department assistant: graphics

Ken Nelson
construction coordinator

Addison Pettit
graphic designer

James Sadek
shop craft foreman

Amy Safhay
key greensperson

Sophia Vasilakis
shop scenic

Alyson Wellins
art department coordinator

Patrick Johnson
construction grip

Ginny Walsh
greens foreman

Sound Department

Michael Barosky
sound mixer

Mark Binder
sound effects editor

supervising foley editor

Eddie Bydalek
sound mix technician

Benjamin Cheah
sound effects recordist

Mike Chock
sound effects editor

Mark Coffey
digital sound assistant

Julie Feiner
dialogue editor

Ken Fischer
sound effects editor

Tom Fleischman
supervising sound mixer, sound re-recording mixer

Donald Flick
sound effects editor

Kevin Globerman
digital recordist

Avram D. Gold
adr editor

Pamela Kahn
foley artist

John Kwiatkowski
dialogue editor

Mary Jo Lang
foley mixer

Craig Mann
sound recordist

Daniel McIntosh
production sound mixer: second unit

Scott Morgan
foley recordist

Piero Mura
sound effects editor

Josephine Nericcio
first assistant sound editor

Myron Nettinga
supervising sound mixer, sound re-recording mixer

John Roesch
foley artist

George Simpson
supervising sound editor

Kira Smith
utility sound technician

Christopher T. Welch
adr dialogue supervisor

Greg Zimmerman
adr recordist

Special Effects

J.C. Brotherhood
special effects supervisor

Melissa L. Brown
special effects technician

Chris Jordan
special effects coordinator

Johann Kunz
special effects technician

Peter Kunz
special effects coordinator

Morgan Pitts
special effects technician

Andy Weder
special effects coordinator

Visual Effects

Glenn Allen
compositing supervisor: & Company

Kelly Bumbarger
senior compositor: R!OTt

Patrick Clancey
digital opticals

Carole Cowley
visual effects executive producer: R!OT

Michael Eaves
digital color timer

Mark Freund
visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title & Art Studio

Richard Friedlander
visual effects producer: & Company

Chris Gelles
visual effects executive producer: & Company

David Isyomin
visual effects supervisor: & Company

Alejandro Perez
dustbuster

Carla Sierra
production coordinator: R!OT

Danita Slaughter
digital opticals editor

Sean Wilson
inferno compositor: R!OT

Scott Winston
digital artist: & Company

Thomas Mathai
data manager

Stunts

G.A. Aguilar
stunt coordinator

Bill Anagnos
stunt driver

Chris Barnes
stunts

Bobby Beckles
stunts

Christiana Blain
stunts

Jill Brown
stunts

Scott Burik
stunts

stunts

Nicole Callender
utility stunts, stunts

John Cenatiempo
stunts

Rory Clarke
stunt double: Clarke Peters

Liisa Cohen
stunts

Bob Colletti
stunts

Blaise Corrigan
stunts

William Cote
stunt performer

Geoffrey Dowell
stunt double

Peter Epstein
stunts

Jeffrey Lee Gibson
stunts

Gene Harrison
stunt performer

Cort Hessler
stunts

Donald John Hewitt
stunts

Tim Lajcik
stunts

Curtis Lyons
stunts

Carmel Macklin
stunt performer

Tim McAdams
stunts

Tina Mckissick
stunts

Angela Meryl
utility stunts

Stephen A. Pope
assistant stunt coordinator , stunts

Jodi Michelle Pynn
stunts

Shabazz Ray
stunt double

Jeremy Sample
stunts

Tyree Michael Simpson
stunt cop

Manny Siverio
stunt performer

Brian Smyj
stunts

Erik Solky
stunts

Jay Spadaro
stunt performer

Shawnna Thibodeau
stunt performer

Aaron Vexler
stunts

Anthony Vincent
stunts

Douglas Crosby
assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Hans Bjerno
aerial director of photography

Matt Blades
dolly grip

Eric Boncher
electrician

Alisa M. Colley
second assistant camera

Kevin Flynn
key rigging grip

Richie Ford
rigging gaffer

Richard Girolami Jr.
rigging electrician

Craig Haagensen
director of photography: second unit

Adam Johnson
second assistant camera: second unit

Chris Kilduff
grip

Frank Masi
still photographer

Paul C. McKenna
crane technician: Technocrane

camera operator

William D. Moran
grip

Ed Nessen
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Heather Norton
first assistant camera: "a" camera

Bill O'Leary
gaffer

Justin Panzanaro
rigging grip

Louis Petraglia
rigging electric best boy

Balint Pinczehelyi
best boy rigging grip

Tom Prate
key grip

Julie Retzlaff
camera production assistant

John Romer
film loader

Michael Rudolph
electrician

Nat Russell
rigging grip

Craig Simpson
grip

Robert Vuolo
electrician

Paul Goroff
super technocrane operator

Casting Department

Katja Blichfeld
casting associate

Lee Genick
extras casting: New York

Carrie Leigh
extras casting associate

Tuffy Questell
extras casting

Serena Rosario
extras casting assistant

Ruth Salen
casting associate

Ra-Ra Taylor
extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Natalie Arango
costumer

Ghilaine Bouadana
costumer

Emily Gunshor
costume production assistant

Melissa Haley
costume department coordinator

Askia Won-Ling Jacob
costumer: Mr. Jackson

Donna Maloney
costume supervisor

Carmia Marshall
background costumer

David Paulin
costume ager/dyer

Amy Roth
costume supervisor

Susan J. Wright
costumer: Julianne Moore

Editorial Department

Julian Andraus
assistant editor: avid

Steve Calalang
dailies colorist

Mo Henry
negative cutter

Samuel Huh
editorial production assistant

John P. Husky
apprentice editor

Mike Jackson
first assistant editor

Martha Pike
digital intermediate editor

Chris Regan
color timer

Lorene Simpson
digital intermediate producer

Micah Levin
post-production assistant

Music Department

Pete Anthony
conductor

Jeff Atmajian
orchestrator

Chris Bacon
score technical assistant

Jeffrey Biggers
assistant score engineer

Brad Dechter
orchestrator

Sandy DeCrescent
music contractor

Mark Graham
music librarian

Alex Kharlamov
music programmer

Aaron Martin
technical music coordinator

Alan Meyerson
music scoring mixer, score recordist

David Olson
music editor

Justin Reeve
music coordinator

Steven L. Smith
music preparation

Stuart Michael Thomas
scoring assistant

Jim Weidman
supervising music editor

Mel Wesson
composer: additional music

Transportation Department

Christopher Weippert
driver

Other Crew

Carlos A. Acosta
location assistant

Joan Altman
production accountant

Ethan Anderson
production assistant

Mary Bailey
continuity, script supervisor

Monica Barraza
assistant production office coordinator

Jonathan Bernier
production assistant

Maria T. Bierniak
location manager: pre-production

Mirashyam Blakeslee
production assistant

Matt Carr
production assistant

Felix Chen
payroll accountant

Kyle Cooper
title designer

Ana Cuadra
production assistant

Roberto De Jesus
production assistant

John DeSimone
production coordinator

Michael Diliberti
assistant: Mr. Rudin

Kat Donahue
location coordinator

Brother Eden Douglas
photo double

Jules Eggli
production assistant

Ryan Ferguson
location assistant

McCord Fitzsimmons
production assistant

Jesse Fox Chaney
additional production assistant

Damon Michael Gordon
assistant location manager

Abi Jackson
location assistant

Aaron Janus
assistant: Mr. Rudin

Kate Johnson
accounting production assistant

voice looping: multiple voices

Seth Kleinberg
associate producer: main titles

Julie Kuehndorf
unit publicist

Kirstin Liu
office production assistant

Zakiya Lucas
production assistant

Melanie Lopes Lumelleau
accounting clerk

Lynn Matsumoto
assistant: Ms. Falco

Dan McCann
assistant: Ms. Moore

Patrick McDonald
key set production assistant

Rob Muia
shop foreman, stage manager

Desmond Osei
additional set production assistant

Derek Pastures
parking coordinator

John Perez
location scout

Kia Perry
production assistant

Cory Poccia
office production assistant

Pam Prichard
stand-in: Julianne Moore

Shabazz Ray
stand-in: Samuel L. Jackson

K. Frazier Robinson
assistant to writer

Ulises Rodriguez
office production assistant

Jonathan Roumie
location scout

Andrew Saxe
location scout

Stephen Schuster
title designer: main titles

Mira Shin
assistant: Mr. Rudin

Pat Sones
assistant location manager

Rodney Tait
location assistant

Leonard L. Thomas
assistant: Mr. Jackson

Thomas J. Whelan
location manager

Jelani Atu Wilson
location assistant

Marisa Wu
location assistant

Tasha Zamsky
animal trainer

Andrew Zee
assistant: Mr. Newirth

Alexander Zweig
assistant to head writer

Production Company

Revolution Studios

Scott Rudin Productions
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Distributor

Buena Vista International

Columbia Pictures

Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina

FS Film Oy

Falcon

Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan)

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

SF Film

SF Film

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Effects

& Company

R!ot Pictures

Technicolor Creative Services

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes

DeLuxe Laboratories
color

EFilm
digital intermediate

Jo Anne Kane Music Services
music preparation

Orbit Digital
Avids

Panavision
cameras and lenses

Paws for Effect
animals by

Prologue Films
main titles designed and produced by

Remote Control Productions Inc.
score mixed at

Sony Pictures Studios
score recorded at

Sylvia FayLee Genick & Associates Casting
extras casting

Technicolor Creative Services
digital motion picture laboratory services

Technicolor Weddington
sound services

Todd-AO Studios (West)
sound re-recording

Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack






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