Your Name Here (2008/I)

Director:

Matthew Wilder

Writer:

Matthew Wilder (writer)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Reality is in the mind of the beholder.

Plot:

The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors...

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bill Pullman	...	William J. Frick
Taryn Manning	...	Nikki
Harold Perrineau	...	Rich
Traci Lords	...	Julie
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Kroger
Ivana Milicevic	...	The Blonde
Dave Sheridan	...	Duke
Bruce McKenzie	...	Hank
Mircea Monroe	...	Black Turtleneck Girl
Amanda Decker	...	Luanne
Mark Weitala	...	Davey
Richard Riehle	...	Lipschitz
Charles Napier	...	Chuck
Tom Morris	...	MC
Chris Pina	...	Mr. Secretary
Claudia Choi	...	Asian Woman
Matt Kautz	...	Rent-a-Cop
Zoe Canner	...	Runaway
Adair Tishler	...	8 Year Old Laura
John McGarr	...	Goon #1
Bobby C. King	...	Goon #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shauna Leigh Alexander	...	Cleaning Lady
Yvette Araujo	...	Church Lady
Yolanda C Benton	...	Nurse
Eugenia Care	...	German Woman
Grace Chen	...	Hula Girl #1
Jacqueline Cruz	...	Hippie Chick at Party
Jennifer Dean	...	Pregnant Teen
Megan Duffy	...	Spokesgirl
Tom Fitzpatrick	...	The John
Joe Gingerella	...	Joe
Sterling Greene	...	Japanese Businessman #1
Merry Grissom	...	Biker Chick #1
Desiry Hall	...	Prostitute
Faye Jackson	...	Evil Girlfriend
Lynn Janovich	...	Bikini Bartender #2
Cassie Jaye	...	Biker's Girlfriend
Spencer Jones	...	Abusive dad
Kylah Kim	...	Hula Girl #3
Aaron Lariviere	...	Rocker #1
Kevin Leung	...	Japanese Businessman #2
Tauren Lindsay	...	Groupie #1
Gabriela Mann	...	German Daughter
Nicole Marquis	...	Switchboard Operator
Aly Mawji	...	Bruce Dern
Tracy Mercer	...	Biker Chick #2
Menamy Mitanes	...	Japanese Businessman #3
Risa Montano	...	Bikini Bartender #1
Emerald Morales	...	Hula Girl #2
Nicholas Pallos	...	Hippy
Brittany Perrineau	...	Sinner
Wali Razaqi	...	Sinner
Roey Rider	...	Rocker #2 (as Roey)
Alanna Sampietro	...	Groupie #2
Michael Q. Schmidt	...	Naked Drunk Biker
Brittany Slattery	...	Sinner
Anton Slobounov	...	Rocker #3
Chuck Spitler	...	German Man
Melissa Volden	...	Choirgirl #3
Jack Voorhies	...	Obnoxious Fan
Shauni Ray Weatherly	...	Choirgirl #4
Kris Zalan	...	Choirgirl #1
Michelle Zamora	...	Choirgirl #2

Directed by
Matthew Wilder

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matthew Wilder		writer

Produced by
Mark Burman	....	producer
Megan Duffy	....	co-producer
Jeff Goldberg	....	associate producer
Scott Pearlman	....	producer
Wali Razaqi	....	producer
Eric Ricart	....	producer
Jon D. Wagner	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Michael Roth

Cinematography by
Dave McFarland

Film Editing by
Tanner Stauss

Casting by
Freddy Luis

Production Design by
Kevin Dwyer

Art Direction by
Kevin Dwyer

Set Decoration by
Kalae Gam

Costume Design by
Sandra Burns

Makeup Department
Nikki Greene	....	makeup artist
Alex Noble	....	makeup department head
Keri Payne	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sherwood Jones	....	post-production supervisor
Sean Roldan	....	post-production supervisor
Jon D. Wagner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Graeme Finlayson	....	first assistant director
Kevin Shulman	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Blum	....	carpenter
Todd Crowell	....	art department production assistant
Jonathon Dickey	....	painter
Chris Dwyer	....	artist
Karine Grigorian	....	set dresser
Robin Guttman	....	carpenter
Cameron Hallenbeck	....	graphic artist
Jason Heath	....	artist
Eromese Igbavboa	....	painter
Gina Melfi	....	property master
Gina Melfi	....	set dresser
Chris Naab	....	artist
Molly Pabian	....	set dresser
Elizabeth Rypel	....	painter
Nathaniel Shulman	....	swing gang
Alex Ventura	....	carpenter
Mike Wooding	....	head carpenter
Susan Wooding	....	painter

Sound Department
Jose Barocio	....	boom operator
Edwin Dennis	....	boom operator
Jamey Scott	....	sound designer
Jamey Scott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jamey Scott	....	supervising sound editor
Mike Weinstein	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
David Fordham	....	pyrotechnician
David Michael Fordham	....	pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
Brandon Robinson	....	digital effects artist
Takashi Takeoka	....	title designer

Stunts
Bobby C. King	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jason Blount	....	Steadicam operator
Samuel Brownfield	....	assistant camera: second unit
Gabriel Copeland	....	second assistant camera
John Ferraro	....	electrician
Robert Giampa	....	still photographer
Joseph Lake Guffey	....	dolly grip
Joseph Lake Guffey	....	key grip
Dilip Isaac	....	electrician
Ian McGlocklin	....	camera operator
Craig O'Keefe	....	grip
Hank Palan	....	grip
John Rogers	....	gaffer
Robert Royds	....	camera operator: second unit
Ian S. Takahashi	....	first assistant camera
Corinna Vistan	....	second assistant camera
William Waters	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
Megan Duffy	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzanne Scott	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Curtiss Clayton	....	editorial consultant
Cameron Hallenbeck	....	first assistant editor
Ian P. McHenry	....	additional editor

Other crew
Andrew Clement	....	puppeteer
Elizabeth Czyzewski	....	set production assistant
Jennifer Dean	....	assistant: Matthew Wilder
Megan Duffy	....	production coordinator
Christopher Field	....	key set production assistant
Katie Ann Hodgkins	....	script supervisor
Ilsey Juber	....	assistant: Taryn Manning
Kyle McNally	....	assistant: Wali Razaqi
Larry Odien	....	baby puppeteer
Elizabeth Rypel	....	production assistant
Steven Schwedt	....	production assistant

Thanks
Sam Eigen	....	special thanks
Brandon Paine	....	special thanks
Brian Sweet	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• MEB Entertainment
• Raz Entertainment

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• EverStudios  official web site
• EverStudios  poster design
• Lenz Films  grip and lighting equipment
• Shoreline Entertainment  worldwide sales agent

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MEB Entertainment

PKD was not only saner than Frick, he was a better writer

In a way, I hate to be the first to review this film. I had high hopes for it.

I am a Phillip K. Dick freak, and have been since the days when we had to wait with 'bated breath for the next book. So the idea of a film about multiple realities, loosely based upon the multiple realities of PKD's life, appealed to me. So did the idea that the unstuck-from-reality writer in question was to be played by Bill Pullman; I'm a fan of his work. So when this film showed up before its general release here at the Sitges Film Festival, I just had to go.

And although I can see this film becoming somewhat of a cult classic, I have to admit to being underwhelmed.

The problem with Your Name Here is that it's a film that jumps about in multiple realities but which fails to sell *any* of them to us as realities.

This is in stark contrast to the stories -- and the life -- of the man whose works -- and life -- inspired this movie. Phillip jumped from reality to reality in his writing, taking us readers with him as he leapt. But no matter where he landed, it was a *real* reality, something we could believe in and adjust to as quickly as we had adjusted to the previous reality.

That's what this film lacked for me. No matter where we jumped, and into what reality, none of them felt real.