Rent Control (2002) (TV)

Director:

David Eric Brenner

Writer:

David Eric Brenner (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

All's Fair in Love and Rent

Plot:

An attractive couple in their early 20's, Holly and Calvin arrive in the Big Apple fresh from Iowa. They are optimistic...

Plot Keywords:

Apartment Building | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Melissa Joan Hart	...	Holly Washburn
Ryan Browning	...	Calvin
Carmen Electra	...	Audrey
Andrew Kavovit	...	Dennis
Don Novello	...	Rico
Joseph D. Reitman	...	Vincent
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Aunt Agatha
Joel Michaely	...	Peter
Beege Barkette	...	Claire Fealy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ric Borelli	...	Sleazy Building Manager
Alan Dale	...	George
Gerard Facchini	...	Serpico
Jamielyn Kane	...	Cute Redhead
Ian Kitzmiller	...	Tom
Nicole Marie Lenz
Richard Livingston	...	Leonard Lasso
Ron Perkins	...	Gene
Shirley Prestia	...	Aunt Rose
Earl Schuman	...	Iggy
Zuhair Haddad	...	Ali (uncredited)

Directed by
David Eric Brenner

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Eric Brenner		writer

Produced by
Erik Argenti	....	associate producer
Bobby Blues	....	associate producer
Jeanette Buerling	....	executive producer (recut version)
Mike Elliott	....	producer
Christopher Fealy	....	co-producer
Ali Forman	....	executive producer
Joseph P. Genier	....	producer
Lisa Gooding	....	associate producer
Allison Graham	....	producer
Melissa Joan Hart	....	executive producer
Allison Kingsley	....	associate producer
Lisa Marie Kurbikoff	....	associate producer (as Lisa Marie Elwes)
Colm O'Mara	....	co-producer
Tim Swain	....	executive producer
Holly Wiersma	....	producer

Original Music by
William Goldstein
Boris Zelkin

Cinematography by
Christopher Duddy

Film Editing by
Brett Hedlund

Casting by
Lonnie Hamerman

Production Design by
Nava

Set Decoration by
John Jacob Earl

Costume Design by
Billy Ray McKenna

Makeup Department
Eryn Krueger Mekash	....	key makeup artist (as Eryn Krueger)
Colleen LaBaff	....	key hair stylist
Eva Lohse	....	assistant makeup artist
Angie Wells	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Karen Gorodetzky	....	production manager
Allison Graham	....	production supervisor
Jan Kikumoto	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Craig Borden	....	assistant director
Gerard Facchini	....	second assistant director (as Gerard A. Facchini)
Lisa Looney	....	second second assistant director
Joe Zimmerman	....	second unit director

Art Department
Sean Boyriven	....	on-set dresser
Kenny Caldwell	....	set dresser
Phil Genier	....	scenic artist
Dion W.H. Holt	....	property master
Tom Humphrey	....	lead man (as Thomas Humphrey)
Hassan Jamal	....	set dresser
Rose Martillano	....	scenic artist
Gail Mosley	....	assistant set decorator
Kim Mosley	....	scenic artist
Jesus G. Munoz	....	carpenter
Sergio Muñoz	....	lead carpenter (as Sergio Munoz Salinas)
Peter Velepec	....	scenic artist
Roger Wright	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Stuart C. Bailey	....	foley mixer
Patrick O. Bird	....	sound re-recording mixer
Evelyn Dutton	....	foley artist
John W. Frost	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Hamilton	....	dialogue editor
Doug Hart	....	boom operator
Scott C. Kolden	....	supervising sound editor
Kitty Malone	....	foley artist
Roger Park	....	boom operator
John Perez	....	adr mixer
Alan B. Samuels	....	sound mixer
Gail Steele	....	foley artist (as Gail Ganley-Steele)
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Bartlett	....	lighting technician (as Timothy Bartlett)
Brian Bartolini	....	electrician
Geraldine Brezca	....	second assistant camera
Peter Calcaterra	....	lighting technician
Ian S. Casas	....	dolly grip
Taylor Drake	....	grip
Manny Duran	....	key grip
Matt Ford	....	lighting technician
John Habell	....	best boy electric
John Hoffma	....	electrician
Amy Albano Jachyra	....	first assistant camera: New York
Lisa Marie Kurbikoff	....	still photographer (as Lisa Marie Elwes)
David Leite	....	best boy grip
Jeff Miller	....	grip (as Jeffrey J. Miller)
Antonio Morici	....	lighting technician
Gary Morris	....	grip
Richard Paisley	....	chief lighting technician
Trans Phung	....	lighting technician
Jim Pond	....	first assistant camera
Jeff Porter	....	first assistant camera
Art Santamaria	....	second assistant camera
Blake Scripps	....	camera loader
Peter Wiehl	....	director of photography: New York second unit
Eric A. Wilmot	....	second assistant camera: New York

Casting Department
Chadwick Cohn	....	casting associate
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kimberly Engelman	....	wardrobe supervisor
Chantal Filson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Jason Yanuzzi	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Jerry Deaton	....	composer: additional music
Deeji Mincey	....	music editor
Derek Platt	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Joseph E. Jones	....	transportation coordinator
Roger Roberge II	....	transportation coordinator (as Roger Roberge)

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	business and legal affairs
Jordan Burwick	....	location manager
Arthur Dix	....	script supervisor
Melissa Elliott	....	title designer
Erica K. Gooding	....	production coordinator
Lori Grabowski	....	script supervisor
Deborah M. Kalfon	....	craft service
Kati Kocsis	....	production assistant
David Liebshardt	....	production assistant
Gilchrist Macquarrie	....	production assistant
Sam Nainoa	....	set production assistant
Erin K. O'Brien	....	location scout
Diane Pacheco	....	production accountant: The Audit Trail
Ted Reagan	....	production assistant (as Ted 'Terminator' Reagan)
Aaron Richmond	....	production associate (as Aaron 'Boy' Richmond)
Sharon Ricketts	....	assistant: Mr. Elliott
Jessica Taverna	....	production assistant
Deborah Wallace	....	craft service
Joanne M. Zecca	....	production office assistant
Joe Zimmerman	....	fight sequence director

Production Companies

• Shankly Productions
• Capital Arts Entertainment
• Hartbreak Films
• Hippofilms

Distributors

• FilmMates Entertainmnet (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Audit Trail, The  production accounting
• Ideal Post Sound  sound re-recorded at
• Image Resolution, The  titles and opticals
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Santa Clarita Studios  grip equipment

Also Known As:

Aunt Agatha's Apartment (Australia)

Runtime:

Philippines:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Shankly Productions

Trivia:

In many countries around the world, the title "Rent Control" has been changed to "Aunt Agatha's Apartment", mainly because most non-Americans have no idea what a rent controlled apartment actually is.

Soundtrack:

So In Love

Hilariously awful- for the love of God, don't show to your children.

My friends and I were hanging out and came upon this movie completely by accident. We watched it for a good twenty minutes, our mouths hanging open.

What can't be emphasized enough- what I'm still reeling from- is how this managed to be screened on the ABC Family channel. If I were a parent, I'd be appalled, likely, making phone calls about it. How a movie featuring an endless parade of weirdos- including a sadomasochist (!!)and a necrophiliac (!!!!)- and centering on a couple's attempts to rid themselves of an old lady's body, could ever be construed as "family" entertainment is mind-boggling. "Rent Control" is only a family movie insomuch as it features Melissa Joan Hart- having not developed one jot as an actor since her kid-stardom- and is wretched in that particular way that afflicts most children's films: simplistic, poorly shot, with terrible jokes and lines of duologue- really, whole scenes- that make no sense. Basically, it's a film about perverts geared toward five-year-olds. I'm the last one to talk about Hollywood corruption of the youth, but, holy sh**.