Notorious (2009)


Notorious
Release Date16 January 2009
Budget$20,000,000
US Box Office$37,000,000
TaglineNo dream is too big
GenreBiography, Drama, Music
CountryUSA
Filming Locations20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBiopic [feature], Musical Drama
ThemesMusician's Life
TagsHip Hop Music, Rap Music, Rival

Notorious is a 2009 American biopic about the life of iconic hip hop star Christopher Wallace / Biggie Smalls / The Notorious B.I.G., who is played by Jamal Woolard. The film co-stars Angela Bassett as his mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur. Other roles include Naturi Naughton as Lil' Kim and Antonique Smith as Faith Evans.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace

Mohamed Dione
Record Executive at Party

Sean 'Puffy' Combs

Dennis L.A. White
Damion 'D-Roc' Butler

Menyone DeVeaux
Hot Girl

Ginger Kroll
Debbie

Ricky Smith
Wally

Christopher Jordan Wallace
Biggie

Amanda Christopher
Keisha

Voletta Wallace

Nina Daniels
Street Commentator

Jasper Briggs
Damion

Cyrus Farmer
Selwyn

Mr. Webber

Julia Pace Mitchell
Jan

Jermaine Denny
Primo

Naquon 'Nino Brown' Jackson
Nino Brown

Lil Kim

Jason Croasdaile
Security Thug

Valence Thomas
50 Grand

Edwin Freeman
Mister Cee

John Ventimiglia
Detective Farelli

Cimone Campbell
Cute Girl Assistant

Duane Nakia Cooper
Howard Emcee

Tupac Shakur

Miya Granatella
Hot Lady

Susie Da Silva
Jessica

Faith Evans

Sean Hall-Earl
Heavy Set Guy Fan

Jelani Mashariki
Rough Guy

Tony Mui
Asian Hip Hop Guy

Atalya Slater
Female Fan

John Hills
Justice of the Peace

Lamont 'Money L' Mosley
Money L

Hisham Tawfiq
Fatigue Guy

I.N. Sierros
Cop

Sean Ringgold
Suge Knight

Marco Best
'Person on the Street'

Erskine Bonilla
'Person on the Street'

KeShauna White
'Person on the Street'

Andre Roberson
'Person on the Street'

Donté Kinsey
'Person on the Street'

Adre'an Simms
'Person on the Street'

Brandi Nicole Feemster
'Person on the Street'

Corey Browne
'Person on the Street'

Grant Hayes
'Person on the Street'

Denae Innis
T'yanna - age 3

Brandon Bailey
Fan #1

Taylor Dior
Tyanna Wallace

Sarah Donnelly
Party Girl

Fatimah Hassan
Drive by shooting witness, Vibe Party Goer

Corey Hibbert
Investor #1

Shooter

Robert Oppel
Pool Player

Ilya Jonathan Zaydenberg
California Beach Dude

Cheryl Alessio
Dancer

Joseph Basile
Neighborhood Thug

Hasan Bivings
Club Dancer

Michael Bostwick
Trife

Jonathan Charles
Howard Student

Shawntay Dalon
Howard University Member

Rico Devereaux
Puffy's Bodyguard #1

Antoine Holmes
Bad Boy Entourage

Mike Hurt
Crackhead

Osas Ighodaro
Party Girl

Alina Kaufman
Party Guest

Ebony J Lewis
Source Awards Envelope Giver

Monica Moore
VIP Guest at Party

Simone Moore
Person on the Street

Alan Mueting
Record Executive

Himself

Gordon Ramsey
Longhaired Sound Engineer

Jessica Rich
Party Girl

Ahmad Russ
Record Producer at Party

Craig Scribner
Fan

Harry L. Seddon
Jail Guard Walking Biggie

Usman Sharif
Guy #1

Lisa Stansbury
Concert Fan

Jen Steele
Groupie

Karl Thwaites
Concert Audience Member

Norman Wakefield
Suge Knight Crew

Director

Writer

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Cheo Hodari Coker

Producer

Wayne Barrow
producer

Edward Bates
producer

executive producer

Trish Hofmann
producer

George Paaswell
co-producer

Mark Pitts
producer

Robert Teitel
producer

Voletta Wallace
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Michael Grady
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Editor

Dirk Westervelt
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Casting Director

Twinkie Byrd
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Pamela Frazier
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Production Designer

Jane Musky
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Art Director

Laura Ballinger
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Set Decorator

Alexandra Mazur
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Makeup Department

Germicka Barclay
department head hairstylist l.a. unit

Geneva Nash Morgan
key makeup artist

Alex Noble
makeup artist: second unit

Laini Thompson
makeup artist: Los Angeles

Christine Domaniecki
makeup artist

Production Manager

Blair Breard
unit production manager: additional photography

Ged Dickersin
production supervisor

Stuart Macphee
post-production supervisor

George Paaswell
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jasmine Alhambra
second second assistant director

David Catalano
additional second assistant director

Marc Garland
second assistant director

Greg Hale
second assistant director: Los Angeles

Cal Naylor
assistant director: second unit

Kenyon Noble
second second assistant director

Jono Oliver
first assistant director

Yari Schutzer
second unit director

Ken Twohy
crowds assistant director

Aurora Warfield
additional second assistant director

Art Department

JoAnn Atwood
set dresser

Madeline Austin-Kulat
set decoration assistant

Lou Charles
additional set dresser

Krysten Childs
prop coordinator

David Cooney
storyboard artist

Steven T. Duke
set dresser

Jeff Errico
storyboard artist

Steve Gallo
key construction grip

Malchus Janocko
assistant art director

Kevin Ladson
property master

Jim Lillis
on-set dresser

Michele Mayas
camera scenic

Fred Merusi
construction coordinator

Eric M. Metzger
props

Timothy Metzger
leadman

Don O'Reilly
props

Kevin L. Raper
graphic designer

Diana Salzburg
shopper

Annie Spitz
production designer: second unit

Oscar Thompson
leadman

Greg Voth
graphic artist: props

Sound Department

Bobbi Banks
supervising adr editor

Wade Barnett
adr recordist

Shaun Brennan
foley artist

Laurel Bridges
boom operator

David Briggs
dialogue editor

Rachel Chancey
foley supervisor, foley artist

Rusty Dunn
sound effects editor, sound designer

Robert Fernandez
sound re-recording mixer

Lewis Goldstein
sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor

Richard Kamerman
sound intern

Nathan Lindsey
adr recordist

Travis MacKay
adr recordist

Anthony M. McCovey
sound utility: Los Angeles

Daniel McIntosh
production sound mixer: additional photography

Michael Miller
adr mixer

Christopher Mills
epk sound

Cate Montana
dialogue editor

Julio Neira
looping

Brendan Jamieson O'Brien
sound utility

Egor Panchenko
ProTools playback mixer

Lisa Pinero
sound mixer: Los Angeles

Mathew Price
production sound mixer

David Raymond
boom operator: Los Angeles

Tom Ryan
apprentice sound editor

Abigail Savage
sound editor

Timothia Sellers
sound utility

Jason Stasium
ProTools playback

Michael Suarez
sound

Eric Thompson
adr mixer

Aaron Zeller
on-set playback: Los Angeles

John Soukup
sound transfer

Visual Effects

Anton Agerbo
visual effects producer: previz

Glenn Allen
visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital

Joseph DiValerio
visual effects

Richard Friedlander
visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital

Lucien Harriot
visual effects producer: Mechanism Digital, visual effects supervisor: Mechanism Digital

Ted Keenan
visual effects producer: Mechanism Digital

Emil Kerie
visual effects

Eric J. Robertson
visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm digital

Stunts

Roy T. Anderson
stunt driver

David E. Brown
stunt player

Mike Burke
stunt driver

Rico Devereaux
stunt driver

Roy Farfel
stunt driver

Justin Rodgers Hall
stunt double

Cerrone may
stunt performer

Jeff Sanders
stunt driver

Ray Siegle
stunt coordinator: Los Angeles

Manny Siverio
stunt performer

Aaron Vexler
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Eli Aronoff
additional first assistant camera

Christian Baird
additional rigging electrician

Bob Becchio
assistant camera

Phillip V. Caruso
still photographer

Andrew Casey
Steadicam operator, camera operator: "a" camera

Kai Wai Cheng
extra grip

Rashad Clinton
grip

Jack Coffen
gaffer: additional photography

Alisa M. Colley
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Tom Concordia
additional still photographer

Lamont Crawford
key grip

James Daly
camera production assistant: additional photography

Chris Drechsler
lighting technician

James J. Ferris
electrician

Michael N. Green
lighting technician

David Harges
electrician

Kira Hernandez
assistant camera: second unit

John Hockenberry
electrician

Andy C. Huber
gaffer: second unit

Aubrey Husar
key grip: California

Larry Huston
First Assistant Camera

Travis Huston
key grip: second unit

Christophe Johnson
camera loader

Denny Kortze
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Martin Linss
cinematographer: second unit

electrician

Michael Marzovilla
gaffer

Frank McCormack
best boy electric

Paul C. McKenna
technician: Technocrane

Doug Meils
generator operator

Gary Molyneux
dolly grip

Ed Nessen
first assistant camera: "b" camera

Rome Petersson
additional rigging electrician

Linda Phillips
electrician

Irv Press
generator operator: Los Angeles

Andrew Priestley
first assistant camera

Guillaume Renberg
remote camera operator

Donald Russell
additional camera operator

Daniel D. Sariano
assistant camera

Brooke Stanford
generator operator: base camp

Nicky 'Nuckles' Vaccaro
key rigging grip

Jason Warow
assistant camera: second unit

Joe 'Jody' Williams
camera operator: "b" camera, director of photography: second unit

Douglas Pellegrino
camera operator

Casting Department

Eric Arriola
casting assistant

Lori Eastside
extras casting

extras casting

Kenneth Guity
casting intern

Robert Oppel
extras casting assistant

Tuffy Questell
extras casting

Parker Randal
casting coordinator

Zoe E. Rotter
casting associate

Ryan Torres
casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Pattie J. Barbosa
key background costumer

Janicza Bravo
wardrobe: second unit

Editorial Department

Julia Bloch
assistant editor

Brandon Bussinger
digital intermediate colorist

Tom Foligno
associate editor

Gordon Grinberg
associate editor

David Massachi
associate editor

Daniel Schloss
post-production assistant

Gilbert Carreras
color timer

Music Department

Bill Abbott
music editor

Barry Cole
music supervisor

Chris Cozens
auricle control systems

Tass Filipos
music editor

Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor

Sam Jones
assistant score recordist

T.J. Lindgren
additional music programmer

Jamie Lowry
music editor

Yann McCullough
auricle operator

Edgardo Simone
orchestrator

David Slonaker
orchestration

Kevin Teasley
composer: Rappers Won't Survive, composer: Wheels of Steel

Rick Wentworth
conductor

Nick Wollage
score engineer & mixer

Transportation Department

Tom Hallowell
driver: Los Angeles

Rick Kelleher
generator operator/driver: Los Angeles

Jeremy Morgan
transportation captain: Los Angeles

Irv Press
generator operator/driver

Sean Shepherd
generator operator/driver: Los Angeles

Noel Edwin Silva
driver: Los Angeles

Jerry Smith
transportation coordinator: Los Angeles

Andy Spilkoman
picture car coordinator: Los Angeles

Other Crew

Ajeenah Abdus-Samad
production coordinator: second unit

Allison Adamovic
production assistant: second unit

Keith Adams
location manager: additional photography

Jessica Archer
location scout

Michael Barnes
financial legal services

Geoffrey Booth
location assistant

Amanda Boyd
production assistant: second unit

Rebecca Breckel
additional script supervisor

Lauren Brundage
first assistant accountant

Cassandra Butcher
unit publicist

John Calvin Byrd
assistant publicist

Adam M. Carr
office production assistant

Manie D. Chery
production assistant

Martin J. Cummins
location scout

Cody D'Ambrosio
additional set production assistant: Los Angeles

Dante
warm-up comic

Alison Davis
assistant production coordinator

Patricia de Paula
production coordinator

Michael DeRoker
assistant location manager: additional photography

Robb Earnest
production coordinator: LA

George Easley
location assistant

Phil Eisenhower
studio teacher: second unit

Kimberly Feinman
assistant location manager

Jared Ferrie
assistant: producer

Aaron Fiesell
production assistant: second unit

Dann Fink
adr loop group director

Hal Fuchsman
staff set production assistant

Kevin Funston
location manager: Los Angeles

Jordan Gilbert
office production assistant: LA Unit

Dave Ginsberg
assistant location manager

Andrea Greer
script supervisor

Phyllis Johnson
adr loop group

Jason Kadlec
location scout

Joanna Klein
assistant to director: reshoots

Russ Klein
background production assistant: reshoots

Rich Koski
production assistant: reshoots, production assistant: re-shoots

Peter LaSala
office production assistant

Anthony McClendon
location scout

Kathy McHugh
script supervisor: Los Angeles

Amy Meisner
production assistant

Jason Messeri
production assistant

Damien Noguer
office intern

Brieann Rich
craft service

Nicholas Rich
set medic

Anthony Rue
assistant choreographer

Tanisha Scott
choreographer

Michael Sgalambro
production assistant

Kate Sharp
production secretary: second unit

Jonathan Silver
main title sequence designer

Greg Sucharew
production assistant

George L. Tarrant Jr.
assistant to director

Duffy Taylor
key assistant location manager

Natalie Threlkel
assistant production coordinator: second unit

Samantha Treiber
production assistant

Clinton Trucks
office assistant

Aimee Urmanita
production assistant: second unit

Jason Veley
assistant: director

Lena Waithe
writing assistant

Jacob Wasserman
production assistant

Steven Weisberg
location manager

Michael Woody
second assistant accountant

Oren Yaniv
production secretary

Ilya Jonathan Zaydenberg
photo double

Bianca Giancoli
body double

Terricka Hudson
stand-in: Julia Pace Mitchell

Production Company

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Voletta Wallace Films
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Bystorm Films

State Street Pictures
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Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group

Distributor

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

Fox Searchlight Pictures

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
,

FS Film Oy

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Special Effects

Brainstorm Digital
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Mechanism Digital
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Space Monkey

Miscellaneous

Liquid Soul Media
marketing and promotion

Atlantic Records
soundtrack

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera dollies

Dakota Music Services
music preparation

David Haddad
transportation equipment

Film Finances
completion guarantor

Gallagher Entertainment
insurance

Haddad's
transportation equipment

Lightnin' Production Rentals
transportation equipment

Professional Sound Services
sound equipment provided by

Scarlet Letters
end titles

Sony Pictures Stock Footage
stock footage

Wildfire Studios
adr recording facility






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