Set It Off (1996)


Set It Off
Release Date06 November 1996
Budget$9,000,000
US Box Office$36,000,000
TaglineDeal with this. The only breaks you get are the ones you take.
GenreAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsDowntown, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Thriller, Buddy Film
MoodAdrenaline Rush
ThemesBank Robbery, Class Differences, Inner City Blues
TonesAngry, Bleak, Forceful, Rousing, Earnest, Tense
TagsBank Robbery, Black [race], Brother, Butcher, Janitor, Lesbianism, Single Parent

Set It Off is a 1996 action and crime film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise (in her theatrical debut), as four close friends in Los Angeles, California who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves and their families.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Lida 'Stony' Newsom

Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims

Francesca 'Frankie' Sutton

Tisean 'T.T.' Williams

Detective Strode

Keith Weston

Vincent Baum
Jajuan

Van Baum
Jajuan

Chaz Lamar Shepherd
Stevie Newsom

Nate Andrews

Detective Waller

Samantha MacLachlan
Ursula

Samuel Monroe Jr.
Lorenz

WC
Darnell

Edmund L. Shaff
Mr. Zachery

Natalie Desselle
Tanika

Black Sam

Bruce Williams
Bruce

Gordon Embry
Doctor

Charles Walker
Captain Fredricks

Geoff Callan
Nigel

Rosanna Iversen
Patrice

Jeris Poindexter
Pete Rodney

Tamara Clatterbuck
Luther's Girlfriend

Tonia Rowe
Waitress

Big Daddy Wayne
B.B.

Mark Thompson
TV Anchor

Darryl Gibson
Bundy

Twain Taylor
Detective

Walter Robles
Homeless Man

George Fisher
Cop

Brantley Bush
Bank Customer

Guy Driving Low Rider

Francesca Poston
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Byron Quiros
LAPD Officer

George Marshall Ruge
Undercover Detective

Director

Writer

Takashi Bufford
,

Kate Lanier

Producer

Allen Alsobrook
co-producer

Takashi Bufford
co-producer

Bob Degus
associate producer

executive producer

producer

Mary Parent
executive producer

Dale Pollock
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Marc Reshovsky
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Editor

John Carter
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Casting Director

Robi Reed-Humes
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Production Designer

Robb Wilson King
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Set Decorator

Lance Lombardo
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Costume Designer

Sylvia Vega-Vasquez
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Makeup Department

Paul Anthony
hair stylist

Ora Green
hair stylist

Rea Ann Silva
makeup artist

Phyllis Williams
makeup artist

Production Manager

Diana Kaufman
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Michelangelo Csaba Bolla
assistant director

Regina Gordon
assistant director

Basil Grillo
dga trainee

Sandra M. Middleton
assistant director

Donald Sparks
assistant director

Don Wilkerson
assistant director

Art Department

Jimmy Adams
set designer

George Atamian
set dresser

John Paul 'J.P.' Jones
property master

Dean B. Katz
lead man

John 'Skip' Weaver
assistant property master

Sound Department

Pembrooke Andrews
assistant dialogue editor

Gregg Barbanell
foley artist

Gabriel Cubos
boom operator

Paul Curtis
foley editor

Andrew DeCristofaro
supervising sound editor

David Farmer
sound effects editor

Marc Fishman
sound re-recording assistant

Elisabeth Flaum
sound effects editor

William Freesh
sound re-recording mixer

Marshall Garlington
sound re-recording mixer

Aleksandr Gruzdev
sound re-recording mixer

Richard Lightstone
sound

Laura Macias
foley artist

Paul Menichini
sound editor, sound effects editor

Mike Moser
sound effects editor

Vince Nicastro
foley artist

Ann Scibelli
supervising sound editor

D. Chris Smith
sound effects editor

Ken Teaney
sound re-recording mixer

Robert Troy
dialogue editor

Brandon Walker
adr recordist

Harry Woolway
sound effects editor

Special Effects

Charles Belardinelli
special effects boy

Thomas L. Bellissimo
special effects

Joel P. Blanchard
special effects technician

Frank Iudica
special effects technician

Malia Thompson
special effects assistant

George Zamora
pyrotechnician

Stunts

Chuck Aaron
stunts

Michael Adams
stunts

Rick Avery
stunts

LaFaye Baker
stunts

Perry Barndt
stunts

Daniel W. Barringer
stunts

Charles Belardinelli
stunts

Thomas L. Bellissimo
stunts

John L. Bennett
stunts

Simone Boisseree
stunts

Dan Bradley
stunts

Bob Bralver
stunts

Tony Brubaker
stunts

Hal Burton
stunts

Phil Chong
stunts

Roydon Clark
stunts

Jadie David
stunts

Vince Deadrick Sr.
stunts

Scott A. Dunley
stunts

stunts

Glory Fioramonti
stunts

Dick Hancock
stunts

Glenn Hermans
stunts

Larry Holt
stunts

Chris Howell
stunts

Claudette James
stunt double: Kimberlie Elise

Donna Keegan
stunts

Hubie Kerns Jr.
stunts

Barbara Anne Klein
stunts

Fred Lerner
stunts

Frank Lloyd
stunts

Denver Mattson
stunts

Dwayne McGee
stunts

Bob Minor
stunts, stunt coordinator

Rita Minor
stunt double: Cleo

Roger Minor
stunts

Faith Minton
stunts

John Moio
stunts

Francine Morris
stunt double: Frankie

Chris Novicki
stunt performer

Conrad E. Palmisano
stunts

Alan D. Purwin
stunts

George Marshall Ruge
stunts

Michael J. Sarna
stunts

Rick Seaman
stunts

Robair Sims
stunts

Ben Skorstad
stunts

John Tamburro
stunts

George P. Wilbur
stunts

Gerard G. Williams
stunts

Harry Wowchuk
stunts

Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
stunts

Kevin Beard
utility stunts

Kelsee King-Devoreaux
stunts, stunt double: Stony

Camera and Electrical Department

Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald
best boy grip

Kevin Garnett
video assist operator

Jon Kranhouse
aerial photographer

Duane Manwiller
first assistant camera: "b" camera

Juan Morse
electrician

Karl Owens
first assistant camera: second unit

Jon Philion
assistant chief lighting technician

Steve Reinhardt
electrician

D. Stevens
still photographer

Henry Tirl
Steadicam assistant, first assistant camera: "a" camera

Don Tomich
rigging gaffer

Richard Kelley
assistant camera

Darren Michaels
additional unit photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Paulette E. Holmon
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Joe Fineman
post-production consultant

Mato
color timer

Dirk Westervelt
associate editor

Music Department

Pete Anthony
conductor, orchestrator

Anna Bonn
score coordinator

Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra contractor

Robert Fernandez
scoring mixer

Christopher Kennedy
music editor

Larry Mah
score mixer

Pilar McCurry
music supervisor

David Reynolds
electronic score supervisor

Dana Sano
music executive

Steven L. Smith
music preparation

Melodee Sutton
music coordinator

Richard Ziegler
music editor, additional music editor

Joshua Winget
music playback

Transportation Department

Russ Tolliver
transportation co-captain

Other Crew

Michael Anthony
location manager

Matt Boatright-Simon
production assistant

Keith Bohanan
assistant location manager

David Crockett
production accountant

Robert L. Dohan
location manager

Andre Gaudry
assistant location manager

Karen R. Jones
unit publicist

Angie Lotto
computer technician

Lance Mancuso
key medic

Alan D. Purwin
ground aerial coordinator: additional photography

Lou Simon
technical advisor

Lavern Whitt
production assistant

Branko Wohlfahrt
weapon specialist

Pamella D'Pella
location manager

Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
aerial coordinator

Production Company

New Line Cinema

Peak Films
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Distributor

New Line Cinema

Asso Film

Constantin Film

H.O.M. Vision

Image Entertainment

Líder Films

New Line Home Video
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RCV Film Distribution

RCV Film Distribution

RCV Film Distribution

RCV Home Entertainment

Roadshow Entertainment Video

Roadshow Entertainment

Top Tape

VCL Communications GmbH






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