Flirt (1995)

Director:

Hal Hartley

Writer:

Hal Hartley (writer)

Release Date:

7 August 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

New York, Berlin, Tokyo

Plot:

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Japan). A lover has to choose...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Repeated Event | Germany | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Anthology

Cast

Paul Austin	...	Men's Room Man #
Robert John Burke	...	Men's Room Man # (as Robert Burke)
Martin Donovan	...	Walter
Erica Gimpel	...	Nurse (as Erica Gimple)
Michael Imperioli	...	Michael
Holt McCallany	...	Bartender
Lianna Pai	...	Woman at Phone Booth
Harold Perrineau	...	Men's Room Man # (as Harold Perrineau Jr.)
Parker Posey	...	Emily
Bill Sage	...	Bill
Patricia Scanlon	...	Woman at Bar
Paul Schulze
Karen Sillas	...	Doctor Clint (as Karen Silos)
Hannah Sullivan	...	Trish
José Zúñiga	...	Cab Driver (as Jose Zuniga)
Boris Aljinovic	...	Simon(e), fashion stylist
Dominik Bender	...	Johann
Susie Bick	...	Model
Jorg Biesler	...	Mike, laborer #3
Nils Brück	...	Tom
Bono Dost	...	Photographer
Dwight Ewell	...	Dwight
Peter Fitz	...	Doctor
Amina Gusner	...	Photographer
Jacob Klaffke	...	Werner (as Jacob Klatfke)
Sebastian Koch	...	Dick
Stefan Kolosko	...	Assistant
Joy Kraft	...	Greta's daughter
Geno Lechner	...	Greta, Werner's wife
Elina Löwensohn	...	Nurse
Hasan Ali Mete	...	Man with Leather Jacket
Lars Rudolph	...	Peter, laborer #2
Frank Schendler	...	Harry
Maria Schrader	...	Woman at Bar
Gerhard Severin	...	Mac, the Bartender
Susanna Simon	...	Elisabeth, Dwight's friend
Sabine Svoboda	...	Barkeeper
Hans Martin Stier	...	Boris, laborer #1
Yuri Aso	...	Shoko, jailbird #2
Tomoko Fujita	...	Nurse
Toshizo Fujiwara	...	Mr. Ozu
Chikako Hara	...	Yuki, Ozu's wife
Junji Iijima	...	Dancer
Morito Ikeda	...	Dancer
Mansaku Ikeuchi	...	Tomo, younger policeman
Kumiko Ishizuka	...	Naomi, Miho's friend
Yutaka Matsushige	...	Doctor
Natsumi Mizuno	...	Narumi, jailbird #3
Masatoshi Nagase	...	Hal's assistant
Hirofumi Nakagawa	...	Dancer
Miho Nikaido	...	Miho
Tetsuya Tabata	...	Dancer
Meikyô Yamada	...	Mochi, policeman
Kenji Yamaguchi	...	Dancer
Tetsushi Yamazaki	...	Dancer
Eri Yu	...	Kazuko, jailbird #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hal Hartley	...	Hal - Miho's boyfriend (uncredited)

Directed by
Hal Hartley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hal Hartley		writer

Produced by
Jerome Brownstein	....	executive producer
Reinhard Brundig	....	executive producer
Martin Hagemann	....	line producer
Ted Hope	....	producer
Carleen L. Hsu	....	associate producer
Satoru Iseki	....	executive producer
Hisami Kuroiwa	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Hal Hartley		(as Ned Rifle)
Jeffrey Taylor

Cinematography by
Michael Spiller

Film Editing by
Steve Hamilton

Casting by
Billy Hopkins

Production Design by
Steve Rosenzweig

Art Direction by
Karin Wiesel

Set Decoration by
Amy Tapper

Costume Design by
Alexandra Welker

Makeup Department
Judy Chin	....	makeup artist
Midori Onuma	....	hair stylist
Midori Onuma	....	makeup artist
Gabrielle Theurer	....	hair stylist
Gabrielle Theurer	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Kelly Miller	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Apicella	....	assistant director
Mary-Jane April	....	assistant director
Michael Baskett	....	third assistant director
Hans Schönherr	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Pietro Cecchini	....	assistant sound editor
Jeanne Gilliland	....	boom operator
Jeff Pullman	....	sound mixer
Jennifer Ralston	....	sound editor
Steve Silkensen	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Higashino	....	still photographer
Toshiaki Ozawa	....	gaffer
Storn Peterson	....	first assistant camera
Linda Phillips	....	best boy: New York
Helmut Prein	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Lila Mirochin	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Joe Cimino	....	assistant editor: Tokyo
Susan Littenberg	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Larry Ganem	....	location manager
Joyce Hsieh	....	production accountant
Kendall McCarthy	....	production office liaison
Monika Petrillo	....	script supervisor (as Monika von Manteuffel)
Jacqueline Sullivan	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft (NDF)
• Pandora Filmproduktion
• True Fiction Pictures

Distributors

• Artificial Eye
• Atalanta Filmes (Portugal)
• Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1996) (USA)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Madman Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Miramar Home Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Prime Films S.L. (Spain)

Also Known As:

Flört (Hungary) [hu]
Flerte (Brazil) [pt]
Flirt (Spain) [es]
Flirt (Portugal) [pt]
Flirt (Greece) [el]
Flirt (New York-Berlino-Tokyo) (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and nudity.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft (NDF)

Quotes:

Emily: I want you to tell me if there's a future for me and you.
Bill: A future, huh?
Emily: Yes.
Bill: How can I answer that?
Emily: Yes or no.
Bill: I can't see the future.
Emily: [annoyed] You don't *need* to see it if you know it's there.

Movie Connections:

Version of Flirt (1993)

This is the ONLY movie that I have ever walked out of

The EXACT scene was played out over and over again WORD for freaking WORD but the gimmick was this same dull scene was acted out by DIFFERENT people in DIFFERENT cities.

Wow! What a concept!

When we got to what I think was the third go round with the gay couple, I just said to myself, "you've got to be an idiot to endure one more second of this garbage"! At that moment, for the first and only time in my film going history, I had ZERO interest in the balance of a film. I stick with even the most boring and goriest of movies because there is always hope that things will improve. Maybe, just maybe, I'll get something out of the experience. Not this time. "Flirt" was just too unbearable to stay in the theater.

What a piece of SCHIT!

Lowest possible rating 1/10