Brooklyn's Finest (2009)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Writer (WGA):

Michael C. Martin (written by)

Release Date:

5 March 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. |

Cast

Richard Gere	...	Eddie Dugan
Don Cheadle	...	Tango
Ethan Hawke	...	Sal
Wesley Snipes	...	Caz
Jesse Williams	...	Eddie Quinlan
Lili Taylor	...	Angela
Ellen Barkin
Will Patton	...	Lt. Bill Hobarts
Brian F. O'Byrne	...	Ronny Rosario
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Carlo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Adams	...	Doctor
Wade Allain-Marcus	...	C-Rayz
Jas Anderson	...	K Rock
Nicoye Banks	...	Slim
Ismail Bashey	...	Radio Interviewer (voice)
Shaun B'Laurent	...	Tim (as Ed Pelle)
James Thomas Bligh	...	Detective Steve Ryan
Diana Bologna	...	Italian Woman
Robert John Burke	...	Trooper Scarborough
Raquel Castro	...	Katherine
Carl Clemons	...	Club Goon
Rosalyn Coleman	...	Mother
Tawny Cypress	...	Allisa Hughes
Isabella David	...	Sarie's Friend
Paul Diomede	...	The Italian
John D'Leo	...	Vinny
Ramon Flowers	...	Junky
Lebroz Ariel James	...	Brooklyn Bruiser
Michael Jeremiah	...	Narc
Hassan Johnson	...	Beamer
Shannon Kane	...	Chantel
Ebony J Lewis	...	Shortie
Steve Lord	...	FBI Wiretap Agent
Bruce MacVittie	...	Father Scarpetti
Stella Maeve	...	Cynthia
Logan Marshall-Green	...	Melvin Panton
Tanda Mercer	...	Shortie
Ed Moran	...	Investigator #2
Kevin Navayne	...	Drug dealer
Michael Pemberton	...	Capt. Jenkins
Armando Riesco	...	Detective George Montress
Clifford Rivera	...	Thug Ballplayer #2
Wass Stevens	...	Patrick Leary
Will Stewart	...	Plainclothes Officer
Joshua Thompson	...	Jojo
Sarah Thompson	...	Sarie
Tobias Truvillion	...	Gutta
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Kordell
Yan Xi	...	Chinese Waitress
Rick Zahn	...	Police Commissioner
Michael Ahl	...	Retired policeman (uncredited)
Kristian Bernard	...	Thug ballplayer (uncredited)
Ksyn Cason	...	Sexy Female (uncredited)
John Cenatiempo	...	Smiths driver (uncredited)
Enrique Chicas	...	Kitchen worker (uncredited)
Nicky Figueredo	...	Exotic Dancer (uncredited)
Mark Fischer	...	Traffic Officer (uncredited)
Cerrone may	...	Guy in the bathroom (uncredited)
Vianca Mercedes	...	Cocktail Server (uncredited)
Scorchio Pepo	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Thomas A. Renner	...	Swat Team (uncredited)
Jessica Rich	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Richard Shankman	...	Bait Store Shopper (uncredited)
Marc Yarrish	...	Narc Officer (uncredited)

Directed by
Antoine Fuqua

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael C. Martin		(written by)

Produced by
Elie Cohn	....	producer
Antoine Fuqua	....	executive producer
Robert Greenhut	....	executive producer
Basil Iwanyk	....	producer
Jesse Kennedy	....	executive producer
John Langley	....	producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Joe Napolitano	....	co-producer
Kat Samick	....	co-producer
John Thompson	....	producer
Mary Viola	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marcelo Zarvos

Cinematography by
Patrick Murguia

Film Editing by
Barbara Tulliver

Casting by
Suzanne Smith		(as Suzanne Crowley)
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Thérèse DePrez

Art Direction by
Peter Baran

Set Decoration by
Mila Khalevich

Costume Design by
Juliet Polcsa

Makeup Department
Johann Benét	....	makeup artist
Sunday Englis	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Roderick Alleyne	....	production supervisor
Bonnie Hlinomaz	....	production manager
Joseph Lobato	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Natalie S. Brown	....	dga trainee
Angela Jensen	....	second second assistant director
John Robert Mariani	....	assistant director
Joe Napolitano	....	first assistant director
Peter Soldo	....	second assistant director
Michael Espinosa	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited in original version)

Art Department
Lauren Buckley	....	art department coordinator
Eddie DeCurtis	....	set dresser
Peter DeCurtis	....	leadman
Mandie DeMeskey	....	assistant property master
Shannon Finnerty	....	buyer
Adam Goodnoff-Cernese	....	additional on-set dresser
Derrick Kardos	....	graphic designer
Jonathan B. Lee	....	on-set dresser
Daniel Pangione	....	props
Hunter Popalis	....	art department production assistant
Michael Saccio	....	property master

Sound Department
Joshua Anderson	....	sound utility
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Fowler	....	adr recordist
Mariusz Glabinski	....	sound effects editor
Ruth Hernandez	....	adr editor
Bret Johnson	....	sound re-recordist
Richard King	....	sound effects editor
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Eric McAllister	....	assistant sound editor
Douglas Murray	....	adr mixer
Igor Nikolic	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Maurice Schell	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
John Werner	....	foley editor
Joe White	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Doug Facciponti	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Glenn Allen	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
Justin Ball	....	visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm Digital
Ella Boliver	....	digital compositor
Leslie Chung	....	digital compositor
Richard Friedlander	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
John Mangia	....	digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
Eric J. Robertson	....	visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm digital
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman	....	lead compositor: Brainstorm Digital
Jun Zhang	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Jeff Chena	....	stunt double: Richard Gere
Curtis Lyons	....	stunt performer
Carl Paoli	....	stunt double: Richard Gere
Derrick Simmons	....	stunts
Aaron Vexler	....	stunt double: Ethan Hawke

Camera and Electrical Department
Phillip V. Caruso	....	still photographer
Tom Concordia	....	additional photographer
Patrick Fontana	....	electrician
Jay Fortune	....	gaffer
Petr Hlinomaz	....	director of photography: second unit
Adam Johnson	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Kevin Kasarda	....	assistant camera
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera
Brian McClean	....	best boy electric
George Patsos	....	key grip
Scott Tinsley	....	second assistant camera
Ernest Yurich	....	grip

Casting Department
Lindsay Graham	....	casting associate
Jessica Kelly	....	casting associate
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alex Bovaird	....	costume coordinator
Debbe DuPerrieu	....	set costumer
Shawnique Hill	....	costumer: Don Cheadle
Barrett Hong	....	wardrobe supervisor
Kasia Kowalczyk	....	wardrobe production assistant
Colleen Morris	....	key tailor
Aissatou Parks	....	costumer
Lauren Press	....	assistant costume designer
Malik Summers	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Luke Franco Ciarrocchi	....	editorial production assistant
John Scott Cook	....	first assistant editor
Sean Dunckley	....	colorist: dailies
Nicholas Hasson	....	smoke editor
Yale Kozinski	....	first assistant editor
Devin Sterling	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Jabari Ali	....	associate music supervisor
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Daniel Coe	....	score preparation
John M. Davis	....	music editor
Dan Evans Farkas	....	music editor
John Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Ashley Miller	....	music supervisor
Eric Paul	....	assistant music editor

Other crew
Puloma Basu	....	location coordinator
Chris Black	....	production assistant
Devon Boyd	....	senior v.p. finance
William Kenneth Butler	....	adr loop group
Jeff Chena	....	stand-in: Mr Gere
Emma Cooper	....	publicity consultant
Dana Corl	....	accounting assistant
Benjamin A. Craig	....	production assistant
Kenneth Daniels	....	production secretary
Williamina Ellis	....	product placement assistant
Lisa Falzarano	....	paperwork production assistant
Claude Forest	....	insurance broker
Andy Goldman	....	title designer: main and end titles
Eric Green	....	marketing and publicity
Sam Halajian	....	production assistant
Hillary Hawkins	....	adr loop group
Deirdre Horgan	....	script supervisor
William Jackson	....	production assistant
Rich Koski	....	production assistant
Alan J. Lam	....	production controller
Kirstin Liu	....	production secretary
Anthony Lote	....	production assistant
Paul Lozada	....	technical advisor
Joan Mao	....	assistant: Mr. Davidson
Lisa Mastroianni	....	production assistant
Jason A. McCauley	....	location scout
Claiborne Michael McDonald	....	office production assistant
Ademola McMullen	....	key production assistant
Travis Mitchell	....	post production accountant
Karen S. Neasi	....	product placement
Rocco Nisivoccia	....	assistant location manager
Jessica C. Nolfo	....	assistant: producers
Tjamal Noni	....	location assistant
Ellen Parnett	....	production assistant
Julie Rapaport	....	assistant: producers
Ayesha Rokadia	....	assistant to producer
Jonathan Russek	....	assistant production coordinator
Peter Sabat	....	production coordinator
Benjamin L.S. Seavey	....	assistant: producers
Jon Shaw	....	set production assistant
Tim Stacker	....	assistant location manager
James P. Stephens	....	location scout
Miriam Tielmann	....	production assistant
Willie Toubman	....	location scout
Matthew H. Wiesner	....	location assistant
Greg Wyrick	....	payroll accountant
Louis Zuppardi	....	location scout
Erica Kissack	....	contact lens technician (uncredited)
Eric Papa	....	location scout (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Brooklyn's Finest Productions
• Millennium Films (financial support)
• Thunder Road Productions

Distributors

• Overture Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Cinemax (2010) (Russia) (all media) (CIS)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• Midget Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• VVS Films (2010) (Canada) (all media)

Special Effects

• Brainstorm Digital

Other Companies

• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Soundtrack  post-production sound services
• Spacecam Systems  aerial cameras provided by
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  background casting
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language.

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44829)

Company:

Brooklyn's Finest Productions