"Drive" (2007) TV series

Creators:

Tim Minear
Ben Queen
(more)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A drama about various people competing in an illegal cross-country road race.

Plot Keywords:

Illegal Game | Cancellation | Hispanic | Racing Game | Clue

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Kristin Lehman	...	Corinna Wiles (7 episodes, 2007)
Emma Stone	...	Violet Trimble / ... (7 episodes, 2007)
Rochelle Aytes	...	Leigh Barnthouse / ... (7 episodes, 2007)
Taryn Manning	...	Ivy Chitty / ... (7 episodes, 2007)
Melanie Lynskey	...	Wendy Patrakas (7 episodes, 2007)
Nathan Fillion	...	Alex Tully (6 episodes, 2007)
Mircea Monroe	...	Ellie Laird (6 episodes, 2007)
Riley Smith	...	Rob Laird (6 episodes, 2007)
Kevin Alejandro	...	Winston Salazar (6 episodes, 2007)
J.D. Pardo	...	Sean Salazar (6 episodes, 2007)
Dylan Baker	...	John Trimble (6 episodes, 2007)
Brian Bloom	...	Allan James / ... (5 episodes, 2007)
Charles Martin Smith	...	Mr. Bright (4 episodes, 2007)
Cindy Williams	...	House Mother (3 episodes, 2007)
Richard Brooks	...	Detective Ehrle (3 episodes, 2007)
Michael Hyatt	...	Susan Chamblee (3 episodes, 2007)
Amy Acker	...	Kathryn Tully (3 episodes, 2007)
Tony Besson	...	Johnny Freely (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Directed by
Greg Yaitanes		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Writing credits
Tim Minear		(7 episodes, 2007)
Ben Queen		(7 episodes, 2007)
Craig Silverstein		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Produced by
John J. Gray	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 2007)
Tim Minear	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2007)
John B. Moranville	....	producer (7 episodes, 2007)
Ben Queen	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2007)
Greg Yaitanes	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2007)
Eoghan Mahony	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Tony Palermo	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Salvatore Stabile	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Tom Szentgyorgyi	....	co-executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Original Music by
Keith Power		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Cinematography by
Chris Manley		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Film Editing by
Harry B. Miller III		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting by
Barbara Fiorentino		(5 episodes, 2007)
Rebecca Mangieri		(5 episodes, 2007)
Wendy Weidman		(5 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Design by
Victoria Paul		(5 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Direction by
Michael Budge		(5 episodes, 2007)

Series Set Decoration by
Amy Vuckovich		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume Design by
Victoria J. Auth		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Makeup Department
David Abbott	....	makeup department head (6 episodes, 2007)
Jessica Anderson-Abbott	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 2007)
Linda Rizzuto	....	hair department head (6 episodes, 2007)
Sara De Pue	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Yuko T. Koach	....	key hair stylist (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Management
Drew Ysais	....	post-production supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Scott Printz	....	production manager / unit production manager (5 episodes, 2007)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Spiro Razatos	....	second unit director (7 episodes, 2007)
Yuko Ogata	....	second second assistant director (6 episodes, 2007)
Kevin Koster	....	second assistant director (5 episodes, 2007)
Loni Peristere	....	second unit director (5 episodes, 2007)
Rachel Caproni	....	dga trainee (4 episodes, 2007)
Jim Goldthwait	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
Mike Currie	....	second assistant director: second unit (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Department
Harry Conrad Chitwood	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Sasha Kanno	....	art department coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
G. Lynn Maughan	....	construction foreman (6 episodes, 2007)
Duff Miller	....	assistant property master (6 episodes, 2007)
Bobby Thomas	....	property master (6 episodes, 2007)
Kon Iliov	....	propmaker stage foreman (4 episodes, 2007)
Holly Schorz	....	graphic designer (4 episodes, 2007)
Berj Daniel Bedrosian	....	propmaker / propmaker gangboss / ... (3 episodes, 2007)
Tony Chavez	....	propmaker (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Kenneth R. Burton	....	sound re-recording mixer (7 episodes, 2007)
Dennis Carlin	....	sound utility (7 episodes, 2007)
Andre Perreault	....	sound re-recording mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Peter Rand	....	sound mixer: second unit (6 episodes, 2007)
Steve Weiss	....	sound mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Ronald L. Wright	....	boom operator (6 episodes, 2007)
Jason Krane	....	dialogue editor (4 episodes, 2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Levi Ahmu	....	visual effects artist (7 episodes, 2007)
Jarrod Davis	....	computer graphics supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Steven Meyer	....	lead digital compositing supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Tyler Nathan	....	digital compositor (7 episodes, 2007)
Jakris Smittant	....	visual effects coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Bryan Thombs	....	visual effects supervisor: opening sequence (7 episodes, 2007)
Bryan Cantrall	....	digital compositor (6 episodes, 2007)
Jamie Clark	....	digital artist (6 episodes, 2007)
Bryan Shepperd	....	visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Raoul Bolognini	....	visual effects producer (5 episodes, 2007)
Ricardo Quintero	....	digital compositor (5 episodes, 2007)
Zachariah Zaubi	....	digital compositor (4 episodes, 2007)
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007)
Bethany Pederson	....	rotoscope artist (3 episodes, 2007)
Ben Funk	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007)
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	compositor: Zoic Studios (2 episodes, 2007)
Eric McAvoy	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Stunts
Spiro Razatos	....	stunt coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Jason Ybarra	....	stunts (7 episodes, 2007)
Andy Gill	....	stunt coordinator: second unit (6 episodes, 2007)
David M. Graves	....	stunt driver (4 episodes, 2007)
Heather Arthur	....	stunt double / stunts (2 episodes, 2007)
Richard Epper	....	stunts (2 episodes, 2007)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunt driver (2 episodes, 2007)
Justin Sundquist	....	stunt double (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jonathon Bradley	....	chief lighting technician (7 episodes, 2007)
Ronald K. De torres	....	lighting console programmer (7 episodes, 2007)
Bud Kremp	....	Steadicam operator / camera operator: "a" camera (7 episodes, 2007)
Ray Milazzo	....	first assistant camera (7 episodes, 2007)
Denis Moran	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 2007)
Scott Odermann	....	key rigging grip (6 episodes, 2007)
Josh Stancil	....	best boy grip (6 episodes, 2007)
Jesse Crusing	....	electrician / additional electrician (4 episodes, 2007)
Ralph Scherer	....	dolly grip (4 episodes, 2007)
Patrick Bensimmon	....	second assistant camera (3 episodes, 2007)
Kyle Jewell	....	first assistant camera: second unit (3 episodes, 2007)
Kathryn Comkowycz	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit (2 episodes, 2007)
Matt Fortlage	....	second assistant camera (2 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Jones	....	assistant camera: second unit (2 episodes, 2007)
Michael J. Walker	....	camera operator: second unit (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting Department
Allison Bader	....	casting assistant (6 episodes, 2007)
Jennifer Cooper	....	casting associate (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joe Diaz	....	set costumer (7 episodes, 2007)
Lea Maiolo	....	costumer (7 episodes, 2007)
Susan Saldutti	....	set costumer (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Bryan Cantrall	....	on-line editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Timothy Stormer	....	post-production assistant (6 episodes, 2007)
Jeff Winston	....	on-line editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Carmelo Casalenuovo	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2007)
Todd Fulkerson	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2007)
Michael Freeman	....	post-production assistant (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Music Department
Kevin J. Edelman	....	music supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Pakk Hui	....	assistant to composer (7 episodes, 2007)
Gary Krause	....	music editor (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Transportation Department
Shawn Coulter	....	transportation (7 episodes, 2007)
D. Scott Guthrie	....	transportation coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Ron Poniewaz Jr.	....	transportation captain (7 episodes, 2007)
Alex E. Burns	....	transportation (3 episodes, 2007)
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Other crew
Abby Cobelli	....	payroll accountant / assistant accountant: payroll (7 episodes, 2007)
Michael DePue	....	base generator operator (7 episodes, 2007)
Joy Galloway	....	assistant: Mr. Moranville (7 episodes, 2007)
Andrew R. Gardiner	....	key assistant location manager (7 episodes, 2007)
Giovanna Paola Giangregorio	....	production secretary / assistant: Mr. Moranville / ... (7 episodes, 2007)
Earl Moorhead	....	auto mechanic (7 episodes, 2007)
Xavier Salinas	....	production coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Xavier C. Salinas	....	production coordinator (7 episodes, 2007)
Adam DaSilva	....	assistant to writer (6 episodes, 2007)
Bennett DeCarlo	....	key set production assistant (6 episodes, 2007)
Ben Grayson	....	assistant: Mr Yaitanes (6 episodes, 2007)
Eric Petersen	....	key assistant location manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Paulina Porter	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 2007)
Lauren Schmidt	....	executive story editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Christi Sotomayor	....	assistant production coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Alexis Olsen	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2007)
Jason Savage	....	location manager (3 episodes, 2007)
Scott Cohn	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 2007)
Mark Dennebaum	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2007)
Allan Hagan	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2007)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Fox Network (2006) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Go For Locations  locations website hosting
• Picture Mill, The  titles

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Fontana, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Dylan Baker was in every episode of the series. He was credited as a guest star for 5 of those. In the episode that became the series finale he was added to the opening credits, but this episode mostly went unseen, except online.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Alex Tulley's Landscaping Truck has a license plate is 327 FAR. His character is from Hastings, Nebraska in Adams County. With the exception of cars from Omaha and Lincoln, all Nebraska license plates start with the county number (Adams County being 14) followed by the rest. So it should be 14 - A###

Soundtrack:

Can't Stop the World

A show I actually watch! Also how to still watch it!

I admit, I'm not a usual TV viewer. My TV is for my PS2, X-Box, and a large DVD collection. I don't have cable, and only regularly watch The Simpsons on TV.

I only saw 2 ads for Drive, and had no interest in the show from them. It just didn't look interesting, though I hoped it would keep giving Nathan Fillion work, he's the kind of actor who just makes things better by being in them. Then I had to visit my family and ended up watching the Sunday premier. And I was hooked from the beginning.

It's not a highly realistic show. And the jokes about the mountains in Florida are easy, but I wanted to watch more. I wanted to know more about the characters, their motivations, and how the race was progressing. In short, I became a fan. Everyone I showed the show to has also become a fan, watched every episode, and wants more. It's the only new show I've really had any interest in this season, and I only saw it by accident (I think this may have more to say about the marketing department on FOX.) This is my kind of "mindless" entertainment, a show with tons of stuff to follow and keep track of, but a plot that is a little unbelievable in itself.

New part of the comment! Since writing this the show has been pulled. Sad. Most fans like to compare it to the treatment Fox gave Firefly. Fox seems determined to build on this rumor by holding the final episodes to show 3 months after it's cancellation, on the 4TH OF JULY, from 8 to 10 PM. In short, it's a throw away time where no one will be watching. I think FOX badly misplayed this hand, and took what could have been a OK show in the ratings into a loss.

This show was not as good as Firefly, I'll say that. But I really liked this show. They did both suffered the same basic treatment from Fox. The ad campaign failed to create much interest in the show, with many people who watch it later saying they had no idea what it was about. About 10 minutes after the premier wasn't the best show of the night they began to prepare for the pull. Also the very short time before moving the show to a time even fans would have a problem following.

Sad but true, shows like Drive, Firefly, and others like them are expensive to make compared to Game Shows, Reality shows, and 3 camera Comedies.

Also to those who haven't seen it yet. Go to www.Fox.com and check the Drive page, you can see all 4 episodes there!