Harvard Man (2001)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

James Toback

Writer (WGA):

James Toback (written by)

Release Date:

1 August 2001 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Passion, Seduction, Deception

Plot:

A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Philosophy | Harvard | Cheerleader | Mafia

Cast

Adrian Grenier	...	Alan Jensen
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Cindy Bandolini
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Chesney Cort
Eric Stoltz	...	Teddy Carter
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Kelly Morgan
Gianni Russo	...	Andrew Bandolini
Ray Allen	...	Marcus Blake
Michael Aparo	...	Russell
Scottie Epstein	...	Mario
John Neville	...	Dr. Reese
Polly Shannon	...	Juliet
Phillip Jarrett	...	Coach Preston
Adam Bloch	...	Kenner
Lauren Collis	...	Connie
Landy Cannon	...	Butch
Clé Bennett	...	Hal (as Cle Bennett)
Chantal Cousineau	...	Sandy
Maria Ricossa	...	Charlotte Jensen
Booth Savage	...	Steve Jensen
Mung-Ling Tsui	...	Reporter (as Mung Ling Tsui)
Brendan Ryder	...	Jonathan
Kelly Ryder	...	Jonathan's Mother
Kristi Angus	...	Bartender
Tara Samuel	...	Waitress
Ayanna Sealey	...	Coed #1
Jamie Holmes	...	Coed #2
Al Franken	...	Himself
Thomasin Franken	...	Al Franken's Daughter
Peter Mensah	...	Cyril the Butler
Joe Pingue	...	Joe
J. Miles Dale	...	Howie
Nick Bacon	...	Seth
Kate Crowley	...	Kate
Kimberly Pullis	...	Kimberly
Brian Schulz	...	Harvard Radio Broadcaster
Chris Wolfe	...	Harvard Radio Broadcaster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lyssa J. Caster	...	Girl in stands (uncredited)
Rick Ducommun	...	Police Officer Martino (uncredited)
Manajhjanihe Royalle	...	College Student (uncredited)
Emily VanSonnenberg	...	Girl in park (uncredited)
Kasia Vassos	...	Girl at bar (uncredited)

Directed by
James Toback

Writing credits (WGA)
James Toback		(written by)

Produced by
Daniel Bigel	....	producer
Michael Burns	....	executive producer
J. Miles Dale	....	co-producer
Jeff Franks	....	associate producer
Donald Kushner	....	executive producer
Peter Locke	....	executive producer
Michael Mailer	....	producer
Phil Mittleman	....	co-executive producer
Edward R. Pressman	....	executive producer
Ron Rotholz	....	co-executive producer
Jeff Sackman	....	executive producer
Alinur Velidedeoglu	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Ryan Shore

Cinematography by
David M. Ferrara		(as David Ferrara)

Film Editing by
Suzy Elmiger

Casting by
Felicia Fasano
Anne McCarthy
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Rupert Lazarus

Costume Design by
Maxyne Baker

Makeup Department
Caryn Brostoff	....	makeup artist: Ms. Gellar (as Caryn Bardunias)
Elizabeth Cecchini	....	key hair stylist
Tim Mogg	....	makeup artist
Lisa Marie Rosenberg	....	hair stylist: Ms. Gellar (as Lisa M. Rosenberg)

Production Management
Victoria Harding	....	assistant production manager
Michael Wray	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Eric Chapman	....	key second assistant director: US
Jill Girling	....	second assistant director
David McLeod	....	first assistant director
Sean Watson	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Bobby Anderson	....	picture car coordinator
Marilyn Hassen	....	assistant art director
Wayne Kimball	....	props
Adam Roffman	....	property master: Cambridge
Travis Staley	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Jamie Baker	....	adr recordist
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Chris Miller	....	post-production sound services
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Brad North	....	sound effects editor
David Novack	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joel Reidy	....	boom operator
Martin Schloemer	....	adr recordist
Tom Williams	....	sound mixer: Boston
Byron Wilson	....	supervising sound editor
David Yonson	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Graham Cunningham	....	CG supervisor
Graham Cunningham	....	digital artist
Peter Hunt	....	visual effects
Darren Kirkness	....	visual effects artist
Earl Paraszczynec	....	digital artist
Stevie Ramone	....	digital compositor
Robin Trickett	....	visual effects coordinator
Wayne Trickett	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Tye Tyukodi	....	stunt coordinator (as Anton Tyukodi)
Ron Webber	....	stunt double: Alan

Camera and Electrical Department
Jan Burgess	....	assistant camera
Jayson Clute	....	first assistant camera
Tim Driscoll	....	key grip: Boston
David Fisher	....	gaffer
Michael Guerra	....	gaffer: Boston
Amanda Hannan	....	grip
Dan Hutchinson	....	electrician
Melanie Jeffrey	....	camera trainee
John Medland	....	still photographer
Tim Metivier	....	Steadicam assistant
Tim Metivier	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark Nener	....	second assistant camera
Mike Ohorodnyk	....	best boy grip
Brian A. Pitts	....	best boy electric: Boston
Paul Collins	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Larissa Giroux	....	casting associate: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Avanzo	....	set costumer: Cambridge Ma.
Gayle Franklin	....	costume assistant set supervisor
Lindsay Jacobs	....	assistant costume designer
Aimee McCue	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Rob Evans	....	dailies colorist
Teresa Garber	....	director of post-production
Chris Miller	....	post-production services
Beatrice Sisul	....	associate editor
Bob Wenokur	....	post-production executive
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Jeanne DaSilva	....	music consultant
James Flatto	....	music editor

Transportation Department
John Coles	....	driver

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	business and legal affairs
Lyssa J. Caster	....	assistant: Ms. Gellar
Karen Chandler	....	first assistant accountant
Chris Connolly	....	development executive
Anna Dobkin	....	assistant location manager
Mary Donovan	....	assistant production coordinator
Jennifer Fraser	....	assistant to producer
Mary Fraser	....	production coordinator
Gail Gomez	....	assistant accountant
Christian Hamilton	....	assistant production coordinator
Lori Hornung	....	production coordinator: Massachusetts
Jeff N. Maclean	....	location manager
Scott Masterson	....	set production assistant
Sarah Anne Milliken	....	assistant to director
Sarah Anne Milliken	....	production assistant
Carol Pears	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Bigel / Mailer Films
• Kushner-Locke Company, The
• Lions Gate Films
• Worldwide Media

Distributors

• Cowboy Pictures (2002) (USA)
• DEJ Productions
• Kushner-Locke Company, The
• Lions Gate Films (USA)
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• United Paramount Network (UPN) (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Special Effects

• Sundog Films

Other Companies

• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Law Offices of Alan Abrams  business and legal affairs
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use, language and some strong sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:MA | France:U | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Bigel / Mailer Films

Trivia:

The entire movie was shot in 20 days.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Cindy is talking to Alan on the basketball court, the ball jumps between them between shots.

Quotes:

Alan Jensen: I want to start looking out more and get away from just looking in-- contemplating the navel of my own void-- I want to look out at the world and see it and seize it and maybe even enrich it.

Soundtrack:

String Sextet No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 18

A very poor movie

This is one of those movies that tries really hard to be quirky and off the wall but misses the point that off the wall is hard to construct. That is the feeling of this movie a construction that tries to pile in as many bizarre narrative threads as possible, lsd, tornados and the FBI. The narrative is feather light and at times scenes are so tenuously linked that it is almost laughable.

The camera work and editing style try and fit the "off the wall" strategy but just end up becoming distracting. Th acting is poor all round with the better actors in the cast looking as if they are going through the motions. This has t.v. movie written all over it !