Safe Men (1998)
| Release Date | 07 August 1998 |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
| Genre | Comedy, Crime |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Crime Comedy, Comedy of Errors, Farce, Buddy Film |
| Themes | Unlikely Criminals, Assumed Identities |
| Tones | Goofy, Light, Madcap |
| Tags | Gangster, Mistaken Identity, Robbery, Safecracker, Singer |
Safe Men is a 1998 film written and directed by John Hamburg. The crime-comedy starred Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn as a pair of aspiring lounge singers who are mistaken for ace safe crackers and get mixed up with a Jewish mobster, Big Fat Bernie Gayle (Michael Lerner) and Big Fat's intern, Veal Chop (Paul Giamatti).
Cast and Crew
Cast
Michael Schmidt
Bernie Jr.
Christina Kirk
Hannah
Raymond Serra
Barber
Ray Iannicelli
Swoop
Jacob Reynolds
Ira
Mark Shanahan
Party Coordinator
Emily Doubilet
'Sweet' Denise Schneider
Sidney Zubrow
Pappy
Adam Moreno
M.C. Victor
Ellen Hauptman
Joyce Kaufman
John Tormey
Older Guy
Don Picard
Gunter
Dee Dee Friedman
Barbara
Carl Don
Hyman
Seth Herzog
Gold Trophy
Allen Swift
Sol
Richard Bolster
Gold Trophy
Brian Mullen
Himself signing autographs
Ian Helfer
Janusz
Marina Kotovnikov
Bar Mitzvah Guest
Director
Writer
Producer
Ellen Bronfman
producer
Jeffrey Clifford
producer
Jonathan Cohen
producer
Andrew Hauptman
producer
Eva Kolodner
line producer
Original Music
Theodore Shapiro
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Cinematographer
Michael Barrett
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Editor
Suzanne Pillsbury
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M. Scott Smith
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Production Designer
Anthony Gasparro
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Art Director
Ondine Karady
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Set Decorator
James Clauer
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Costume Designer
Catherine Marie Thomas
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Makeup Department
Rita Da Silva
additional makeup artist, additional hair stylist
Kyra Panchenko
key hair stylist, key makeup artist
Ariyela Wald-Cohain
assistant hair stylist, first assistant makeup artist
Production Manager
Doreen A. Dixon
post-production supervisor
Katie Roumel
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Grant
second assistant director
Brian Jude
second second assistant director
Julian Petrillo
additional first assistant director
John M. Tyson
additional first assistant director
Rob York
first assistant director
Art Department
Syd Butler
art assistant
Christopher Doogan
scenic artist
Sherief Elkatsha
set dresser
Gretchen Gnaeding
set dresser
Drew Hubner
swing
Akeo Ihara
property master
Chad Johnson
art assistant
Julian Laverdiere
specialty prop designer/builder
Katy Petty
on-set dresser
Adam Raymont
scenic artist
Andrea Stanley
carpenter coordinator
Roxy Toporowych
art assistant
Sound Department
Stephen Altobello
foley recordist
Coll Anderson
sound mixer
Michael C. Casper
sound re-recording mixer
John T. Cucci
foley mixer
Mike Decker
additional boom operator
Joe Dohner
sound re-recording assistant
Andrew Edelman
additional sound mixer
Elizabeth Henderson
foley artist
William Hooper
foley editor
Jason Kaplan
assistant sound editor
Jeanette King-Segnini
audio post coordinator
Andrew Kris
adr recordist
Daniel J. Leahy
sound re-recording mixer
Richard LeGrand Jr.
supervising sound editor
Bob McNabb
sound effects editor
Dan O'Connell
foley artist
James Palumbo
assistant sound editor
David Pastecchi
boom operator
Dave Paterson
foley editor
Mary Ellen Porto
sound editor
Harry E. Snodgrass
sound designer
Reilly Steele
sound re-recording engineer
Samuel Webb
first assistant sound editor
Juan Carlos Zaldívar
supervising sound editor
Stunts
Roy Farfel
stunt rigger
Manny Siverio
stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter S. Abraham
Steadicam operator
Joe Arcidiacono
camera operator: second camera
David Ariniello
dolly grip, best boy grip
Cesar Baptista
grip
Scott Barnard
assistant camera: additional camera
Gregory Blum
rigging grip
Hugo Bonilla
additional grip
Jenny Carchman
additional still photographer
Abigail Cohen
additional still photographer
Ian Cohen
additional electrician
Christina Conroy
additional electrician
Moira Demos
third electrician
Vincent Dow
additional electrician
Matthew W. Flannery
second assistant camera
Christopher B. Green
first assistant camera
Lloyd Handwerker
additional first assistant camera
James Harker
additional electrician
James Janowsky
grip
Chris Karlof
best boy electric
James Levine
still photographer
Steven Lubensky
first assistant camera
Charles McEntee
third grip
Martin Nowlan
additional best boy electric
Steve Ramsey
additional electrician
Edward Read
key grip
Antonio Rossi
assistant camera: second camera
Damon Salerno
additional grip
Joyce Schneider
electric intern
Melissa Soltis
second assistant camera
Joia Speciale
additional first assistant camera
Nathan Thoma
additional best boy electric
James Thorne
gaffer
Clarissa Weiss
additional electrician
Gregory S. Williams
electric intern
Casting Department
Susan Fried
extras casting
Julie Lichter
casting associate
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisa Grosso
wardrobe assistant
Pamela Kezal
assistant costume designer
Editorial Department
Sarah Brockhoff
first assistant editor
Ray Bushey III
post-production assistant
Lisa Cossettini
first assistant editor
John Dicker
assistant editor
Bob La Rossa
color timer
Sharon McGeeney
negative cutter
Patricia Sztaba
negative matcher
Stan Sztaba
negative matcher
Music Department
Johnny Caruso
music editor
John Katovsich
music coordinator
Ann Kline
associate music supervisor
Michelle Kuznetsky
music supervisor
Mary Ramos
music supervisor
Transportation Department
Kevin Flynn
transportation captain
Other Crew
Anna Abrahams
assistant: Mr. Hauptman
René Brar
production assistant
Dane Carson
craft service
John Chamberlin
location manager
Jeremiah Clancy
additional production assistant
Ivana Damjanov
production accountant
Cindy McGraw Dircks
key office production assistant
Jeffrey Dutemple
additional production assistant
Elaine Epstein
additional craft service
Samanta Giblin
production assistant
Deborah Goldstein
assistant production office coordinator
Sarah Hendler
office production assistant
Janet Henry
assistant location manager
Hooky Hollywood
production assistant
Kristin Hondros
production office coordinator
Nicki Infante
production accountant
Chris Lally
production assistant
Rob Mackey
additional production assistant
Symon Mink
production assistant
Nicole Petitpierre
continuity supervisor
Craig Seti
video dailies
Michael Sibley
location scout
Jared Siller
location assistant
Sandy S. Solowitz
heavyworks technical support
Brian Steinberg
production assistant
Derek J. Tabacco
production assistant
Randal Williams
additional production assistant
Trevor Engelson
production assistant
Production Company
Andell Entertainment
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Blue Guitar Films
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Distributor
October Films
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United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures
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CIC Vídeo
Universal Pictures (Spain)
Universal Pictures
Miscellaneous
Effects House, The
opticals
Magno Sound and Video
video dailies
Number Seventeen
titles
One Step Up
foley recorded at
Paris Studios
grip and electrical equipment provided by
REI Media Group
titles
Sound One Corporation
sound mixing facility
T.H.E. Tools
editing system
Universal Studios Sound Facilities
sound re-recording
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
John Hamburg
Along Came Polly (2004)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Little Fockers (2010)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Safe Men
Zoolander (2001)
