"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Grave Danger: Volume 1 (2005)

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator)
Quentin Tarantino (story)
(more)

TV Series:

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)

Original Air Date:

19 May 2005 (Season 5, Episode 24)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The CSI Nick Stokes is kidnapped while investigating a crime scene and buried alive in a glass casket by his kidnapper...

Plot Keywords:

Million Dollars | Buried Alive | Dynamite Explosion | Coin | Explosive

Cast

William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Scott Wilson	...	Sam Braun
Tony Curtis	...	Tony
Frank Gorshin	...	Frank
Andrew Prine	...	Rodger Stokes
John Saxon	...	Walter Gordon
Lois Chiles	...	Jillian Stokes
Michael Bacall	...	Delivery Man
Clark Middleton	...	Delivery Man's Attorney
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
Conor O'Farrell	...	Undersheriff Jeffrey McKeen
Marc Vann	...	Conrad Ecklie
Archie Kao	...	Archie Johnson
David Berman	...	David Phillips
Rachel Goldberg	...	Dispatch Cop (as Rachel Lillian Goldberg)
Shannon Hazlett	...	Young Woman #1
Stephanie Hazlett-Gregg	...	Young Woman #2
Kenneth Jennings	...	Dog Handler
Christopher Allen Nelson	...	Officer Michaels
Peter Story	...	Fat Guy
Kim Yates	...	Sam's Showgirl

Directed by
Quentin Tarantino

Writing credits
Anthony E. Zuiker		(creator)
Quentin Tarantino		(story)
Naren Shankar		(teleplay) &
Anthony E. Zuiker		(teleplay) &
Carol Mendelsohn		(teleplay)

Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer	....	executive producer
Kim Cybulski	....	co-producer (as Kim M. Cybulski)
Steven Felder	....	line producer
Kenneth Fink	....	supervising producer
Jonathan Littman	....	executive producer
Carol Mendelsohn	....	executive producer
Naren Shankar	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John M. Keane

Cinematography by
Michael Slovis

Film Editing by
Alec Smight

Casting by
Eric Dawson
Carol Kritzer
Robert J. Ulrich

Production Design by
Richard Berg

Makeup Department
Aaron Koons	....	makeup effects lab technician

Production Management
Steven Felder	....	unit production manager

Art Department
Paul Byers	....	property master
Jill S. Coverdale	....	set dressing buyer
Kenneth L. Westcott	....	leadman
Debra Wilbur	....	assistant art director
Scott Williston	....	painter
James L. Eddy	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Jason Puga	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Justin Cruse	....	sound recordist
Phil Hadaway	....	sound recordist
Verna Mandel	....	sound recordist
Mace Matiosian	....	supervising sound editor
Hugh Murphy	....	assistant sound editor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Scott McGowan	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Sabrina Arnold	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Andrew M. Harvey	....	motion control producer
Mark Intravartolo	....	Inferno artist
Eric McAvoy	....	digital compositor
Steven Meyer	....	lead digital compositing supervisor
Andrew Orloff	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Andy Dylan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bratlien	....	set lighting technician
Michael D. Gonzalez	....	rigging grip
Russell Griffith	....	gaffer: second unit
Jon Haney	....	gaffer
Ingrid Hartman	....	film loader
Jeffrey G. Hunt	....	Steadicam operator
Jeffrey G. Hunt	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Gary Muller	....	first assistant camera
Gary Muller	....	steadicam assistant
John Sosenko	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Casting Department
Andy Henry	....	casting associate
Garrett McGuire	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cassandra Conners	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Sean Tompkins	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Jason Alexander	....	music supervisor
Kier Lehman	....	assistant music supervisor
Christine H. Luethje	....	music editor (as Christine Luethje)
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recordist

Other crew
Dustin Abraham	....	story editor
Meghan Burchfield	....	production assistant
Barry L. Caldwell	....	additional script supervisor
Lisa Coggan	....	set production assistant
Lily Garcia	....	production assistant
Kenny Hanson	....	production assistant
Paul McClintock	....	additional second assistant accountant
Michelle Pinkney	....	assistant: Danny Cannon
Brandy Rivers	....	assistant: executive producer: Jonathan Littman
Jeffrey D. Stevens	....	key set medic
R. Chris Cavaliere	....	key craft service (uncredited)
Alexandre Chen	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Brett Cody	....	video effects supervisor (uncredited)
Lyal Holmberg	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ann Donahue		creator
Richard J. Lewis		staff writer (2004-)
Anthony E. Zuiker		creator

Produced by
Dustin Abraham	....	co-producer (multiple episodes)
Scott Shiffman	....	line producer (season 3, episodes 5-23)

Makeup Department
Trisha Alameda	....	hair stylist
Carlton Coleman	....	special makeup effects artist
Matthew Jorgensen	....	painter/makeup lab technician
Neal Kennemore	....	makeup lab technician: WM Creations
Rich Knight	....	makeup lab technician: WM Creations
Jennifer Mann	....	makeup artist
Glenn Pulliam	....	makeup lab technician: WM Creations
Vera Yurtchuk	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anya Adams	....	dga trainee
Kate Marie Boyle	....	dga trainee
Nick Candy	....	dga trainee day player
Merry Chen	....	dga trainee
Lisa Chu	....	dga trainee (as Lisa Chu Dietze)
Mindee Clem	....	dga trainee (season 3)
Vernon Davidson	....	second second assistant director (2005)
Sebastian Davis	....	assistant director
Michael T. McNerney	....	dga trainee
Lewis Milito	....	first assistant director
Craig Miller	....	dga trainee
Craig Miller	....	second second assistant director: additional photography
Yuko Ogata	....	dga trainee
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr.	....	trainee assistant director
Joth Riggs	....	additional second assistant director
Holly Rodriguez	....	second assistant director
Carrie Specht	....	day player second second assistant director (2004)
Darlene Sterling	....	additional second assistant director
Cecilia Sweatman	....	dga trainee (season 2)
Brad Tanenbaum	....	second unit director
Robyn Linn Willey	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Clifton Anshanslin	....	scenic designer
Paul Baker	....	props
Daniel R. Bentley	....	property master
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	set dresser
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	set dresser
Bill Kincaid	....	set dresser
Thomas D. Krausz	....	set dresser
Kay Kropp	....	lead painter
Hayley Madigan	....	assistant property master (2002-2004)
Caius Man	....	propmaker
Marc Meisels	....	lead man
Daniel Novotny	....	assistant art director
Portia Perry	....	gang boss (2000-2002)
Douglas S. Reilly	....	graphic artist
Alex Thompson	....	painter

Sound Department
Adam Blantz	....	boom operator
David Diamond	....	boom operator
Jesse K-D. Dodd	....	foley mixer
David Hadder	....	boom operator
David Hadder	....	utility sound
Eric Lamb	....	assistant sound editor
Carrie Lisonbee	....	assistant sound editor
Dennis Petersen	....	sound recordist
Von Varga	....	sound utility

Special Effects by
Anthony Simonaitis	....	special effects technician (multiple episodes)

Visual Effects by
Sean Afshar	....	visual effects editor
Douglas Aiken	....	digital compositor (one episode in first season)
Adam Balentine	....	digital compositor (2005)
Christian Boudman	....	main title design & animation
Kristen Branan	....	head of production
Ken Busick	....	digital compositor
Darren Frankel	....	VP, post production: Stargate Digital
Spence Fuller	....	digital compositor
Jack Fulmer	....	CG artist
Buddy Gheen	....	screen graphics artist
Kenya Hadley	....	visual effects digital technician (2000-2004)
Martin Halle	....	visual effects
Seth Tyler Hall	....	visual effects
Josh Hatton	....	CG supervisor
Kyle J. Healey	....	previs supervisor (season 4)
Kyle J. Healey	....	visual effects plate supervisor (episode "Feel the Heat")
Jennifer Herman	....	visual effects set production assistant (season 6)
Sid Jayakar	....	digital compositor
Lane Jolly	....	compositor
Lochlon Jonston	....	visual effects
Steve Kullback	....	visual effects producer: Zoic Studios
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor
Dan Lazarow	....	3D artist
Mike Leben	....	motion control operator
Paul Le Blanc	....	CGI supervisor
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	tracker/matchmover: Zoic Studios
Sam Nicholson	....	visual effects producer
Anthony Ocampo	....	digital artist
Mike Phirman	....	digital compositor
Jim Rider	....	motion control cameraman
Jeff Sargent	....	digital compositor
Victor Scalise	....	visual effects editor
Charles Schwartz	....	matchmove and visual effects artist (2002-2003)
Maryam Sharifi	....	digital compositor
Emile Edwin Smith	....	digital artist
Jaison Stritch	....	3D visual effects supervisor
Jeff Sturgill	....	visual effects assistant cameraman: Stargate Digital
Renaud Talon	....	visual effects compositor
Cedric Tomacruz	....	matte painter
John Vassallo	....	digital effects artist (2003-2004)
Chris Qi Yao	....	CG artist
David Stone	....	render wrangler: Zoic Studios (multiple episodes) (uncredited)

Stunts
Daniel Arrias	....	stunt performer
Wendi Bromley	....	stunts
Bruce Comtois	....	stunt double
Tim Connolly	....	stunts
Danny Downey	....	stunt double
Debbie Evans	....	stunt driver
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Greg Fitzpatrick	....	stunt double: Ken Garito
Mitch Gould	....	stunts
Zac Henry	....	stunt driver
Lisa Hoyle	....	stunts
Cheryl Lawson	....	stunts
Don Lee	....	stunts
Dailyn Matthews	....	stunt actor
Deborah L. Mazor	....	stunt double: Tess Parker
Tom McComas	....	stunts
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunts
Keli Murphy	....	stunt double
Darrin Prescott	....	stunt actor (2005)
Rex Reddick	....	stunt coordinator
Rex Reddick	....	stunts
Michael A. Rizza	....	precision driver
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Ann Scott	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunts
Gene Williams	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Burton	....	grip
Shane Buttle	....	set lighting technician
George Canady	....	best boy grip
Marc Christie	....	dolly grip
Brek Cooney	....	grip
Brian Crane	....	gaffer
Thomas Enright	....	electrician
Graham Futerfas	....	electrician
Jonathan Goldfisher	....	additional camera loader
Wayne D. Goldwyn	....	time-lapse photographer
Paul Goodstein	....	key grip: second unit
Paul Hamacher	....	dolly grip
Daniel Kauahi	....	grip
Rick Lawrence	....	dolly grip
Matthew Livingston	....	grip
Michael Lowrance	....	electrician
Gary Molyneux	....	dolly grip
Robert W. Morgenroth	....	video supervisor
Linda Morgenstern	....	Steadicam assistant
Linda Morgenstern	....	first assistant camera
Bob Myers	....	grip
David H. Neale	....	set lighting best boy
David Palmieri	....	grip
Dave Perkal	....	additional camera operator
Dave Perkal	....	camera operator
Morten Petersen	....	rigging best boy electric
Ryan Pilon	....	assistant camera
Felipe Reinheimer	....	effects assistant camera
Kurt E. Soderling	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Paul Szopa	....	electrician (2002)
Stephan K. Taylor	....	electrician
Rick Tiedeman	....	additional Steadicam operator
Rick Tiedeman	....	additional camera operator: "b" camera
Peter Vazquez	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael J. Walker	....	additional camera operator (season 6)
Mark Wineman	....	24 frame video engineer
Steven J. Winslow	....	camera technician: Wescam camera

Casting Department
Mariann H.W. Lee	....	extras casting
Beth Liebetrau	....	casting intern (as Beth Soike)
Dana Olson	....	extras casting
Jill Warner	....	casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lorraine Alexis Mahru	....	set costumer
Philip Maldonado	....	set costumer
Agata Maszkiewicz	....	assistant costume designer
Kat Williams	....	daycheck costumer

Editorial Department
Tony D'Amore	....	colorist
Wade Felker	....	dailies colorist
Eric Mirich	....	post-production coordinator
Scott H. Wilson	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Rudy Chung	....	assistant music supervisor
Warren Giancaterino	....	promo music
Dick Lowry IV	....	music coordinator
Natalee Villa	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
James G. Brill	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Al J. Hersh	....	driver
Scott Jimerson	....	transportation location captain
Stephen A. Latina	....	transportation captain
Charlie Ping	....	driver
Dana Schisler	....	driver

Other crew
Walter Altman	....	production assistant
Julie Andaloro	....	publicist (2003)
Orna Banarie	....	executive assistant: Jerry Bruckheimer
Kevin Berg	....	production executive (2004-2005)
David Berman	....	head researcher
Dan Camins	....	assistant to producer
Theresa G. Corigliano	....	publicist (2003)
Michael Daley	....	script coordinator (season 6)
Jason Dudek	....	key set production assistant
Stan Eutsey	....	production assistant
Annabelle K. Frost	....	assistant to producer and director
Todd Fullerton	....	24 frame video/computer engineer
Josh Gallegos	....	office production assistant
Janice Gantenbein	....	animal trainer
Sarah Goldfinger	....	story editor (2004-2005)
Sheree Greco	....	production secretary (season 2)
Sheree Greco	....	set production assistant
Bud Green	....	production assistant
Steve Gurklys	....	additional script supervisor
Osama Hamid	....	production assistant
Jason Hariton	....	set production assistant
Kim Hedland	....	production accountant
Onalee Hunter	....	assistant to producer
Kenchy	....	executive assistant: Ann Donahue
Emily Kirylo	....	assistant location manager
Hallie Lambert	....	awards coordinator
Hallie Lambert	....	executive assistant
Michael Lecke	....	production assistant
Kelly Leffler	....	additional script supervisor
Mark Masliah	....	production assistant
Lauri Metrose	....	publicist (2004-2005)
Jeremy Mullen	....	set production assistant
Sue O'Grady	....	animal trainer
Gregg Pallini	....	production secretary
Scooter Perrotta	....	production assistant
Scooter Perrotta	....	set assistant (2004-2005)
Judy Race	....	production coordinator (2002-2003)
David Rambo	....	story editor (2004-2005)
Michael A. Rizza	....	utility stand-in
Steve Rodriguez	....	photo double (episode 401)
Steve Rodriguez	....	stand-in (episode 304)
Kevin Roy	....	additional production assistant (2002)
Tom Schaus	....	aerial helicopter pilot
Beth Sekul	....	office production assistant (season 6)
Steven E. Simon	....	additional set production assistant
Scott L. Treger	....	photo double: William Petersen
Scott L. Treger	....	stand-in: William Petersen
Kartik Vijay	....	production assistant
Randy Walker	....	police technical advisor
Pam Wilson	....	publicist (2003)
Heather Wusterbarth	....	set production assistant
Tasha Zamsky	....	animal trainer

Production Companies

• CBS Paramount Network Television

Distributors

• Kadokawa Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• TV Tokyo (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Viasat3 (2005) (Hungary) (TV)
• Vox (2006) (Germany) (TV)

Other Companies

• Brocato Transcription Services  transcription services
• Image G  motion control services

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

The episode is dedicated to Frank Gorshin, who died shortly before the episode originally aired.

Goofs:

Continuity: The piece of paper with Kelly Gordon's case notes on has the sex as 'M' and D.O.B in 1959, Kelly is quite clearly not a man or 46! If these details referred to her father this would not make him old enough to have a daughter her age.

Quotes:

David Hodges: Oh, and by the way, uh, this is just the work me. You haven't had the full David Hodges experience.
Greg Sanders: I think I'm having it right now.

Movie Connections:

References Cabin Fever (2002)

Soundtrack:

Lucky Too

Great episode from an interesting director

I'm usually very ambivalent about Quentin Tarantino's movies. To use an old but relevant term, he puts style above substance. If you strip away the hip references to pop-culture and Asian cinema, you will realize that the themes of his movies only get touched upon very superficially. Yet his cool dialog and ingenious use of continuity in PULP FICTION (1994) has been a great inspiration to movie-makers for over a decade, therefore it could be argued that he's the Godard of his generation. I personally acknowledge the significance of his movies, although I request more real substance.

Quentin Tarantino's episode GRAVE DANGER: PART 1 (of two episodes) doesn't disappoint, whether you are a fan of Tarantino or CSI. I haven't seen many CSI episodes, so my reference frame isn't exactly huge, but I understand its basic concept. In my opinion Tarantino manages to harmonically combine the usual CSI thriller elements with the classic Tarantino trademarks. It could in fact be argued that fusing completely different movie styles and genres is Tarantino's great strength. That's possibly the main reason this project fit him so well. The result is a fresh, pumped-up, stylistic CSI. It's not as ground-breaking as PULP FICTION, but who expected it to be? TV-series are always dumbed down to fit the mainstream, and that goes for the GRAVE DANGER episodes too. Yet if all TV-series were like this, the general TV standard would indeed be very high. Then again, Tarantino was gives two full episodes to operate on, which meant that he had the necessary time for character developing scenes with non-plot-driven dialog that the normal CSI directors don't have.

Regardless of you're a CSI or Quentin Tarantino fan I highly recommend watching the GRAVE DANGER episodes. It's CSI Ultimate Edition and an interesting curiosity for QT fans. 8/10