Fifty Pills (2006)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Theo Avgerinos

Writer:

Matthew Perniciaro (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Darren Giles has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his...

Plot Keywords:

College | Dominatrix | Drugs | Ecstasy | Cigarette Smoking

Cast

Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Darren
Kristen Bell	...	Gracie
John Hensley	...	Coleman
Nora Zehetner	...	Michelle
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Ralphie
Monica Keena	...	Petunia
Michael Peña	...	Eduardo
Jane Lynch	...	Doreen
John Kapelos	...	Harold
Donnell Rawlings	...	C-Low
Rachel Boston	...	Lindsay
Michael Masini	...	Halo
John Marshall Jones	...	Housing Manager
Ron Yuan	...	The Soul Man
Chris J. Johnson	...	Paul
Curran Connor	...	Scott
Daniel Spink	...	Albert
Nicholas Thomas	...	Roger
Stephen Keys	...	Little Steve
Anne Bellamy	...	Grandma Jones
Christopher Boyd	...	Richard
Diora Baird	...	Tiffany
Maya Hazen	...	Bethany
Alyssa Altman	...	Susan
Jillian Murray	...	Jayne
Paul Schackman	...	Louis
Richard Embardo	...	The Kitchen Guy
Steve Swaim	...	Professor
Corrine Carey	...	Marla
Ken Rothstein	...	Security Guard
Michael Mann	...	Rick
Jeffrey Nicholas Brown	...	Homeless Joe
John C. Mann	...	Homeless Burt
Jake Demaray	...	Punk Rock Mover
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wilton Godfrey	...	Drug User
Zack Wagoner	...	Party Guest
Yesenia Yanez	...	College Student
Asusena Huezo	...	Sleeping Girl (uncredited)
Cassie Jaye	...	Halloween Nurse (uncredited)
Kent Winfrey	...	Bondage Slave (uncredited)

Directed by
Theo Avgerinos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matthew Perniciaro		written by

Produced by
Theo Avgerinos	....	co-producer
Jake Demaray	....	producer
Kevin Scott Frakes	....	executive producer
Ryan Hill	....	associate producer
Chris J. Johnson	....	executive producer
Kevin Mann	....	producer
Matthew Perniciaro	....	producer
Bill Shraga	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Manning

Cinematography by
Harris Charalambous		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Adam B. Stein

Casting by
Geralyn Flood

Production Design by
Bryce Holtshousen

Set Decoration by
Paige Bossier
Lindsey Sjoberg

Costume Design by
Jessica Flores
Jessika Flores

Makeup Department
Amber Carvaly	....	makeup artist
Adrienne Herbert	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Edward E. Cohen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Ameln	....	second assistant director
Aaron Steele	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ursula Glaviano	....	on-set dresser
Ursula Glaviano	....	property master
Joshua Green	....	on-set dresser
Joseph Hui	....	art department production assistant
Jeremiah Johnson	....	art department production assistant
Catherine Lo	....	art department production assistant
Kelsie Steffen	....	art department production assistant

Sound Department
Douglas V. Carney	....	assistant sound
Gary Day	....	sound recordist
Tim Farrell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Farrell	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Hixon	....	boom operator
Bill Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Reuveni	....	foley editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Dimitris Bogiantzis	....	gaffer
Greg Brezovec	....	electrician
Chris Cochran	....	second assistant camera
Guido Egger	....	best boy grip
Charles Ehrlinger	....	best boy grip
Corey Giann Antonio	....	swing electrician (as Corey Giannantonio)
Patrick Gomez	....	grip
Derek Gross	....	gaffer: New York
Brett Hanson	....	swing grip
Tim Luke	....	electrician
Kevin Mucha	....	electrician
Indra Newlight	....	electrician
Scott Probe	....	dolly grip
Jessica Spuehler	....	best boy electric
Matt Staples	....	key grip: New York
Oliver Taylor	....	electrician
Ben Thompson	....	key grip
Tiffany Toby	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Wilson	....	dolly grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Manon Banta	....	costumer

Music Department
Bill Jenkins	....	music editor
Alexina Matisse	....	music coordinator
Amine Ramer	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Manon Banta	....	set production assistant
Mark Bedell	....	firearms master
Bettina Clemons	....	production assistant
Craig Donnelly	....	title designer: main titles
Kevin Foley	....	assistant to producers
Gisele Fortuna	....	key set production assistant
Tessy Garcia	....	assistant production coordinator
Ryan Hanson	....	production coordinator
Brian Krupkin	....	title designer: main titles
Audrey Norris	....	script supervisor
Mark Trafas	....	production assistant
Joe Vaccarino	....	title designer: main titles
Lindsay Wasserberger	....	assistant script supervisor
Lindsay Wasserberger	....	set production assistant
Josh Zippert	....	production assistant

Thanks
Stephan Paternot	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Coalition Film
• One Day Only Productions LLC
• PalmStar Entertainment
• Picture Machine
• What Army Films

Distributors

• Imagem Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• The S.A.F.E. Team

Other Companies

• Cliff Schwartz Music  titles sound design

Also Known As:

50 Pills (USA) (alternative spelling)
'Mafiozos' tis plakas (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Um Jovem em Apuros (Brazil) [pt]

Runtime:

Germany:85 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Coalition Film

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Coleman is in the office, after he is told he is on probation, his audio is out of sync.

Movie Connections:

Features "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978)

Soundtrack:

Sing Song Sung

almost "laugh-out-loud-funny"

Having seen "Fifty Pills" last night and subsequently discovered it's score of 3/10 on IMDb, I feel the need to redress the situation.

OK, so it's not the greatest of films ever made in the already massively over subscribed college-comedy genre but it is by no means the worst. "Fifty Pills" is relatively well scripted, and, with one or two exceptions the actors play their parts well; making a good job of portraying believable characters.

Some of the jokes are obvious and predictable, but there was more than one moment when the humour leapt at us with the unexpected voracity of a demonically possessed ferret.

Most importantly, the film flowed well and there were no moments when my concentration wandered towards the events outside of Theo Avgerinos' creation. At just over 75 minutes, the movie was exactly the right length.

The aspects of "Fifty Pills" that let it down for me were the poor dialogue in scenes involving Darren's parents, and the over use of one or two running jokes.

I give this film 6 out of 10.