Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)

Director:

Les Mayfield

Writers (WGA):

Robert Adetuyi (written by) and
George Gallo (written by)

Release Date:

5 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

In a dirty world, he's our only hope.

Plot:

Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit...

Plot Keywords:

James Bond Spoof Scene | Waitress | Lingerie | Girl In Bra And Panties | Video Game

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Cedric the Entertainer	...	Jake Rodgers
Lucy Liu	...	Gina
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Diane
Mark Dacascos	...	Eric Hauck
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Shaw
Niecy Nash	...	Jacuzzi
DeRay Davis	...	Ronnie
Will Patton	...	Riley
Kevin McNulty	...	Doctor Soames
Beau Davis	...	Old Timer
Bart Anderson	...	Charlie
Tom Butler	...	Crane
Robert Clarke	...	The Butler
Rick Tae	...	Mini Bar Attendant
Kurt Max Runte	...	Dead FBI Agent
David Lewis	...	Man in Car
Gina Holden	...	Young Assistant
Kimani Ray Smith	...	Drug Lord (as Kimani Smith)
Dave Hospes	...	Agent
Douglas Chapman	...	Agent (as Doug Chapman)
Brad Kelly	...	Agent
Nickolas Baric	...	Agent (as Nicholas Baric)
Simon Burnett	...	Agent
Phillip Mitchell	...	Digital Arts Security Guard (as Phil Mitchell)
Mike Desabrais	...	Digital Arts Security Guard
Maxine Miller	...	Old Lady
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Hotel Receptionist (as Jacquie Steuart)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Dimitriou	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Frances LeCompte	...	Lady outside the hospital (uncredited)

Directed by
Les Mayfield

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Adetuyi		(written by) and
George Gallo		(written by)

Produced by
David Brewington	....	co-executive producer
Cedric the Entertainer	....	producer
John Cheng	....	co-producer
A.J. Dix	....	executive producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Brad Jensen	....	co-producer
Mark Kaufman	....	executive producer
Lucy Liu	....	executive producer
Rob Merilees	....	co-producer (as Robert Merilees)
Matt Moore	....	executive producer
Brett Ratner	....	producer
Eric Rhone	....	producer
Anthony Rhulen	....	executive producer
William Shively	....	executive producer
Jay Stern	....	producer

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
David Franco		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Matzdorff

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Coreen Mayrs

Production Design by
Douglas Higgins

Art Direction by
Ross Dempster

Set Decoration by
Shirley Inget

Costume Design by
Jenni Gullett		(as Jenny Gullet)

Makeup Department
Jack Abernethy	....	hair stylist: Lucy Liu
Erin Ayanian	....	makeup artist: Lucy Liu
Bronwyn Dubrulle	....	first hair assistant: additional photography
Rosemarie Harrison	....	first hair assistant
Tanya Howard	....	first assistant makeup artist: additional photography
Alla Kornilov	....	first assistant makeup artist
Julie McHaffie	....	key hair stylist
Julie McHaffie	....	key hair stylist: additional photography
Kenneth Parker	....	hair stylist: Cedric the Entertainer
Lisa Taylor Roberts	....	key makeup artist (as L. Taylor Roberts)
Gillian Scott	....	second assistant makeup
Lisa Waddell	....	second assistant makeup artist: additional photography
Margaret Yaworski	....	key makeup artist: additional photography

Production Management
Brendan Ferguson	....	production manager
Erin Haskett	....	production supervisor
Richard Stirling	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott J. Ateah	....	second unit director
Misha Bukowski	....	second assistant director
Michael Collins	....	third assistant director
Sam Harris	....	first assistant director
Marian Koprada	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
E. Douglas Brown	....	assistant dresser
Brian Epp	....	assistant property master
Peter Grace	....	construction coordinator
Marta McLaughlin	....	assistant property master
Wayne McLaughlin	....	property master
Dean Rossmo	....	construction buyer
Mike Sorochuk	....	construction foreman
Mark Tompkins	....	painter
Carie Wallis	....	art department coordinator
Loree Wershler	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	foley editor
Eric Batut	....	production sound mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Victor Ray Ennis	....	supervising sound editor
Daniel S. Irwin	....	adr & dialogue editor
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Fred Peck III	....	sound re-recordist
Kevin Sateri	....	foley artist
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer
Lisa Varetakis	....	adr editor
Lisa Varetakis	....	dialogue editor
David Young	....	additional sound
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Joel Whist	....	special effects director

Visual Effects by
Ann-Marie Blommaert	....	visual effects coordinator
Dan Brittain	....	digital compositor
Josh Cole	....	compositor
Pete Dionne	....	3D artist: Technicolor
Ralph Maiers	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Price	....	visual effects artist
Mark Tureski	....	film scanner operator
Noel Wright	....	compositor

Stunts
Aaron Au	....	fight choreographer
Nickolas Baric	....	stunt performer
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts
Simon Burnett	....	stunt performer
Brett Chan	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Douglas Chapman	....	stunts
Lauro Chartrand	....	additional stunt coordinator
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunt driver
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Ashlea Earl	....	stunt double: Nicollette Sheridan
Marny Eng	....	stunt double: Lucy Liu
Jeremy Fry	....	stunt driver
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double: Callum Keith Rennie
Brian Ho	....	stunt double
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunts
Kimberly Chiang	....	additional stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Harold Bernard	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Fred Boyd	....	gaffer: post-production
Stuart Collison	....	lighting technician
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	additional cinematographer
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	camera operator
Glen A. Dickson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Cameron Drinkle	....	video assist coordinator
Shauna Hanna	....	best girl grip
Russ Hawkes	....	dolly grip
Steve Holland	....	generator operator
Michael McLellan	....	key grip
Brad Oleksy	....	leadman grip
Larry Portmann	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Clayton Richard-Long	....	second assistant camera
Christopher K. Stenberg	....	video assistant
Jim Van Dijk	....	Steadicam operator
Jim Van Dijk	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Keith Woods	....	rigging gaffer

Casting Department
Paul Becker	....	dance casting
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	background casting
James Moore	....	casting assistant
Alicia Scott	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Isabel Bloor	....	costume set supervisor: re-shoot
Judith Feller	....	truck costumer
Lee Harris	....	costumer: Lucy Liu
Shanna Mair	....	costumer: preparation

Editorial Department
Randy L. Anderson	....	color timer
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Calvin Wimmer	....	first assistant editor: avid

Music Department
Kevin J. Edelman	....	music supervisor
Josh Evans	....	assistant score engineer
Mike Flicker	....	supervising music editor
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
Simon James	....	orchestra contractor
Steve Kempster	....	score mixer
Kory Kruckenberg	....	scoring engineer
Robert Puff	....	music librarian
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
Bryon Rickerson	....	additional music editor
Mark Skillingberg	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Ryan Moroz	....	transportation captain
Mike Sassen	....	driver: Cedric The Entertainer
Larry Tardif	....	driver: camera car and process trailer
Ian Thompson	....	fire truck wrangler (uncredited)

Other crew
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Dana Belcastro	....	production executive
Kelvin Bland	....	security: Cedric the Entertainer
Vitomir Bogdanovic	....	key location production assistant
Catherine Bowles	....	production assistant
Simon Bright	....	key production assistant
Matt Brutocao	....	assistant: Mr. Mayfield, Los Angeles
Ian Cairns	....	production assistant
David Carmon	....	dance double
Anita S. Chang	....	assistant: Mr. Ratner
Jeanie Kawakami Cloutier	....	photo double: Lucy Liu (as Jeanie Cloutier)
Jeanie Kawakami Cloutier	....	stand-in: Lucy Liu (as Jeanie Cloutier)
Alison S. Cohen	....	production counsel
Ian Duffy	....	production assistant
Prudence Emery	....	unit publicist
Ildiko Ferenczi	....	technical advisor
Jim Filippone	....	aerial coordinator
Rochelle Firestone	....	assistant: Mr. Rhone
Abraham Fraser	....	location manager
Philip Fuldauer	....	production coordinator
Elise Gaylie	....	assistant: Cedric the Entertainer, Vancouver
Catherine Gordon	....	assistant accountant
Frederick Heartline	....	location office assistant
Marc Jacobs	....	production resources
Sharre Jacoby	....	producer: main and end titles
Alexandra Jastrzembska	....	production assistant
Wendy Jessen	....	aerial ground safety
Luke King	....	key production assistant
Scott Kinniburgh	....	key location production assistant
Jake Kowalski	....	production assistant
Vicky Lambert	....	associate choreographer
Shane Lennox	....	assistant location manager: additional photography
Kimberly Logan	....	assistant: Cedric the Entertainer, Los Angeles
Angus MacDonald	....	production assistant
Justin Macgregor	....	key production assistant
James Melia	....	production assistant
John Mio	....	assistant location manager
Travis Mitchell	....	post production accountant
Tyler Mitchell	....	production executive
Shandra Molloy	....	production assistant
Nicole Oguchi	....	assistant production coordinator
Jaime Peters	....	payroll accountant
Tracey Renyard	....	location manager
Allan J. Ross	....	second assistant production coordinator
Stephanie Rossel	....	script supervisor
Kevin Sateri	....	assistant choreographer
Peter Scott	....	assistant: Mr. Stern & Mr. Ratner
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Michael Stirling	....	director of development
Jereme Watt	....	assistant: Mr. Mayfield, Vancouver
Tiffany Mak	....	key production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Michelle Corday	....	thanks
Claudia Costa	....	thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• FilmEngine (in association with)
• Rat Entertainment
• Bird and a Bear Entertainment
• Cleaner Films

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Kathy Morgan International (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (sales)
• Applause Entertainment (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Verve Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Kanal 2 (2007) (Estonia) (TV)
• Ledafilms (2008) (Mexico) (TV)
• New Line Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Special Effects Shop (special effects)
• Technicolor Creative Services VFX Vancouver (visual effects)
• Technicolor Creative Services VFX Toronto (additional visual effects)
• Technicolor (opticals)

Other Companies

• Bank of Ireland  production financing provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

The Cleaner (USA) (informal short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor and some violence.

Runtime:

84 min | USA:91 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #42643) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:PG | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:12A | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Vancouver International Airport, Sea Island, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Elizabeth Hurley was the original choice for Diane.

Goofs:

Continuity: In scenes involving the little red car throughout the film - internal shots have no rear view mirror while in external shots the mirror is back.

Quotes:

Diane: I can't believe you don't remember your own wife!
Jake Rodgers: I'm married?... to a white woman?... Am i Lionel Richie?

Movie Connections:

References Charlie's Angels (2000)

Soundtrack:

Prelude and Fugue No 13 in F Sharp Major

Did they run out of money?

Watching this movie, I kept thinking they couldn't afford to have a real script written, and must have run out of money when they were about 2/3 of the way through, and couldn't finish editing it. Not to mention, they probably couldn't afford Martin Lawrence for the lead role, so they filled it with Cedric the Entertainer, who does better in supporting roles. Cedric does have several funny scenes, though.

The plot is completely unintelligible, and undeveloped, but based on the genre you can predict most of the action. It's the ever-popular "hero has something secret the bad guys want, so they can sell it to terrorists for a fortune, but it's missing." Not to mention, the scenes or "shticks" that have been better done elsewhere. For example, every time Cedric tried to be funny with judo moves, I kept thinking that he ripped that off from Martin, who does it much better. There is a brief cat-fight scene that is far inferior to the one in Undercover Brother (which is an excellent movie, and much funnier overall).