Gerry (2002)

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Writers (WGA):

Casey Affleck (written by) &
Matt Damon (written by) ...
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Release Date:

20 September 2002 (Greece)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A friendship between two twenty-something men is tested to its very limits when they go on a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them. |

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Friendship | Water | Existentialism | Campfire

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Casey Affleck	...	Gerry
Matt Damon	...	Gerry

Directed by
Gus Van Sant

Writing credits (WGA)
Casey Affleck		(written by) &
Matt Damon		(written by) &
Gus Van Sant		(written by)

Produced by
Jay Hernandez	....	associate producer
Dany Wolf	....	producer

Original Music by
Arvo Pärt

Cinematography by
Harris Savides

Film Editing by
Casey Affleck
Matt Damon
Gus Van Sant

Makeup Department
Chris Burgoyne	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Diego Conejero	....	production manager: Argentina
Jen Wall	....	production supervisor
Dany Wolf	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sally Sue Beisel	....	second assistant director
Dany Wolf	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Felix Andrew	....	sound mixer
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stuart Deutsch	....	boom operator
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Tim Rakoczy	....	assistant sound editor
Leslie Shatz	....	sound designer
Leslie Shatz	....	supervising sound editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Rebecca Wright	....	foley assistant

Special Effects by
Joshua Kornoff	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Syd Dutton	....	special visual effects: Illusion Arts
Janos Pilenyi	....	optical supervisor
Bill Taylor	....	special visual effects: Illusion Arts
Mamie McCall	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Blauvelt	....	assistant camera
Mike Blauvelt	....	third assistant camera
Anthony Cady	....	grip (as Tony Cady)
Christian Davidson	....	grip
Drew Davidson	....	grip (as Andrew Davidson)
Jamie Franta	....	grip
Alice Gu	....	assistant camera
Pablo Gómez	....	second assistant camera
Mark Hyde	....	grip
Jim Kwiatkowski	....	key grip
John Mang	....	dolly grip
Jason McCormick	....	assistant camera
Brady McElroy	....	grip
Matías Mesa	....	Steadicam operator
Bud Scott	....	best boy grip

Editorial Department
Lilah Bankier	....	assistant editor
Don Ciana	....	color timer
John Dowdell	....	hd colorist
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative cutter
Stan Sztaba	....	negative cutter
Joe Violante	....	dailies advisor
Paul Zucker	....	associate editor
Cory Ginsburg	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Jeff Eveleth	....	production assistant
Trinette L. Faint	....	assistant: Mr. Damon (as Trinette Faint)
Roger D. Faires	....	location manager
Danielle Fenati	....	production assistant
Joeby Gibson	....	production assistant
Andrew K. Hodge	....	location manager
Mary Jasionowski	....	production accountant: Los Angeles
Damon Zwicker	....	production assistant

Thanks
Bobby Bukowski	....	thanks
Ken Kesey	....	in memory of
Béla Tarr	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• My Cactus

Distributors

• Elephant Picture (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• MK2 Diffusion (France) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Rosebud (2003) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Slovenska Kinoteka (2003) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
• Cinematografica Distributori Indipendenti (CDI)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• GAGA (2002) (Japan) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2004) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Miramax Films (2003) (USA) (video)
• Odeon (2003) (Greece) (video)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• THINKFilm (2003) (USA)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Altara Films  production services: Argentina
• International Traders  production services: Jordan
• Saul Zaentz Film Center  sound re-recording and post-production

Also Known As:

"Джерри" - Russia
"Gerry" - Argentina (festival title)
"Gerry" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Gerry" - Greece

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A | Netherlands:AL | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Epsilon Motion Pictures

Trivia:

The film opens without any company credits, no actor or director credits, and not even the title of the movie (except for the Miramax Films logo in non-theatrical prints).

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie when Gerry is lying on his back, his legs change from flat to bent and back again. This obviously could not possibly happen due to his condition.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gerry:Hey, Gerry, the path.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saltlake Van Sant (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Für Alina

Having spent time in the desert makes a difference

I have spent a lot of time in the desert and I think what Gus Van Sant was trying to portray (and maybe not very effectively) is that space/time warp you experience when you find yourself in a place where your attention span must go from 1/2 second to a billion years, where one's sense of the passage of time becomes almost irrelevant. The human brain, especially in this age of MTV, cannot fathom the slowness of geologic change in the desert, and has trouble fathoming the change of perspective, where everything seems closer than it really is. I have "walked that walk" where the object you're heading toward keeps receding into the distance, and the tendency is to walk as the two Gerrys were walking in the slow shot of the sides of their heads, and hear nothing but the measured crunching of your footsteps. The long shot was perfectly appropriate. Maybe one has to spend time in the desert to "get it", but I thought the film was dead right-on with the music, the visuals and the pacing. I loved the film and will watch it again and probably again.