Queenie in Love (2001)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Amos Kollek

Writer:

Amos Kollek (writer)

Release Date:

12 September 2001 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Love | Dominatrix | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Victor Argo	...	Horace
Valerie Geffner	...	Queenie
Louise Lasser	...	Martha
Mark Margolis	...	Spencer
Austin Pendleton	...	Alvin
Joey Dedio	...	Chino
Kris Carr	...	Tzocki
David Wike	...	Skip
Joe Grifasi	...	Berthold
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pascale Armand	...	Cashier
Itcho Avital	...	Tour Guide
Jon Avner	...	Casting Director
Annica Bejhed	...	The poodlegirl
Erin Bosse	...	Dominatrix
Aliya Campbell	...	Receptionist
Jordan Charney	...	Father
Dafna Engel	...	Waiting wall woman
Phillip S. Goodman	...	Man at Door
Margaret Hall	...	Mother
Heather Rae Hatten	...	Yashiko
Cole Hawkins	...	Hector
Jim Hoyt	...	Father of the Bride
Neal Jones	...	Doctor
Alexei Kaleina	...	Queenie's Friend
Jeremy Kareken	...	Groom
James Kiberd	...	Liquer store owner
Avigayeel Kollek	...	Girl in Playground
Mikel Sarah Lambert	...	Mrs. Zuckerman
Avram Ludwig	...	Priest
Rob Ludwig	...	Robin the Hammer (as Robin David Ludwig)
Anjolie Malhotra	...	Girl Kissing in Bar
Rizwan Manji	...	Ahmed
Susan Misner	...	Chick
Larry Pine	...	Director
Jay Potter	...	Butler
Matthew Powers	...	Barman
Joan Price	...	Mrs. Frisbee
J.J. Quinn	...	Dr. Zuckerman
Dennis Reiff	...	Man Kissing Girl in Bar
Bruce Siegel	...	Dungeon Man
Irma St. Paule	...	Mrs. Newman
Alexander von Roon	...	Kinky Businessman
Gloria Wilens	...	Partygoer

Directed by
Amos Kollek

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amos Kollek		writer

Produced by
Olivier Brémond	....	executive producer
Pascal Breton	....	executive producer
Amos Kollek	....	producer
Avram Ludwig	....	co-producer
Jean-Louis Piel	....	executive producer
Rob York	....	line producer

Original Music by
David Carbonara

Cinematography by
Ed Talavera

Film Editing by
Ron Len

Casting by
Caroline Sinclair

Production Design by
Brook Yeaton

Art Direction by
Lester Poser

Set Decoration by
Jon Nissenbaum

Costume Design by
Nives Spaleta

Makeup Department
Marie Alcindor	....	hair stylist
Renee Didio	....	key makeup artist
Fiona Distefano	....	hair stylist
Fiona Distefano	....	key makeup artist
Orly Ronen	....	hair stylist
Orly Ronen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Saul Kleiman	....	production manager: second unit
Rob Siwiec	....	unit manager
Rob York	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roger M. Bobb	....	assistant director
Jason Ivey	....	third assistant director
John Kaufmann	....	second assistant director
Eric McGinty	....	assistant director
Ken Robinson	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Joe Mig	....	assistant property master
Ellen Robinson	....	property master
Ami Schiller	....	art assistant

Sound Department
Nancy Cabrera	....	foley artist
Tuli Chen	....	sound mixer
Patrick Dundas	....	foley editor
Matthew Fleece	....	foley engineer (as Matt Fleece)
Allan Gus	....	sound re-recording mixer
Josh Isaac	....	boom operator
Giles Khan	....	sound mixer
Vinit Parmar	....	boom operator
Andre Marc Shirer	....	sound mixer
Andre Strumer	....	location sound designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Uri Ackerman	....	second assistant camera
Philippe Bellaiche	....	first assistant camera
Bernard X. Brongniart	....	second assistant camera (as Bernard Xavier Brongniart)
Jose V. Cabiya-Morales	....	first assistant camera
Chachi	....	second assistant camera
Chris Clarke	....	grip
Scott Dominick	....	camera intern
Alex Eaton	....	second assistant camera
Peter D. Gelles	....	camera loader (as Peter Gelles)
Dan Keane	....	key grip
Alan McIntyre Smith	....	gaffer (as Alan Smith)
Lei Meng	....	camera intern
Ken O'Keefe	....	grip
Chachi Senior	....	assistant camera
Osnat Shalev	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Levia Hon	....	casting: second unit (as Leviah Hon)
Keith Anthony Jones	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sarah Annabella Altman	....	assistant costume designer
Ari Gandsman	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Rashana Almeida	....	assistant to editor
Ryan Schafer	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Alan Silverman	....	music scoring mixer

Other crew
Kristian Bass	....	production assistant
Dana Bick	....	production assistant
Gregory Childs	....	assistant to producers
Jordan Brendan Finnegan	....	production assistant
Chad Handley	....	production assistant (as Chad 'Luv' Handley)
Chris Jara	....	production assistant
Malika Johnson	....	production assistant
Alexei Kaleina	....	assistant production coordinator
Konstantia Kontaxis	....	script supervisor
Justin Lehman	....	production assistant
Anjali Malhotra	....	production assistant
Sal Malimo	....	title designer
Chris Marsh	....	location manager
Heidi Pena	....	production coordinator (as Heidi 'Goldie' Pena)
Ken Robinson	....	location scout
Ken Robinson	....	production assistant
Ken Schefler	....	production assistant
Osnat Shalev	....	production consultant
Amnon Shwartz	....	production assistant
J.P. Summerskill	....	production accountant (as John Paul Summerskill)
Eric Ulrich	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• AMKO Productions Inc.
• Marathon Productions

Distributors

• Pyramide Distribution
• Pyramide Distribution (France)

Other Companies

• Matlin Recording  audio post-production
• Mimondo Productions Ltd.  titles
• Rich Enterprises  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Queenie in Love (France)
Queenie enamorada (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | France:U

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Company:

AMKO Productions Inc.

Soundtrack:

No One Knows

Top class work but...

It's the kind of movie you take in and you're pleased to watched it because it's lovely acted and the directing is accurately in line with the story. It's also well-written and there are some good laughs round the corner. In fact Amos Kollek manages to dissolve the bitterness and that makes it all the more striking.

Eventually one of my friends called it pointless since the development is good but reaching an end more difficult. If you're an out-of-towner you may find the messed-up characters over the top. The humanity they stand for is quite universal but most remains personal in a way only single Jews in big US cities will feel touched.

A good movie for its film qualities but too personal a context for me to find it even better. When it comes to proselytism it's rather highbrow.