Nobel Son (2008)

Nobel Son (2008)

 

 Synopsis:
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He’s struggling to finish his PHD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discreet. As if Barkley’s world is not bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the end requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. In the words of Michel de Montaigne, the 16th century philosopher: “There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead.”

Theatrical Release   
12/5/2008  
Director  Credit
Randall M. Miller  Director
Cast  Credit
Shawn Hatosy  Thaddeus James
Alan Rickman  Eli Michaelson
Mary Steenburgen  Sarah Michaelson
Bryan Greenberg  Barkley Michaelson
Eliza Dushku  City Hall
Bill Pullman  - Cast
Danny DeVito  Gastner
Ted Danson  Harvey Parrish
Mary Pat Gleason  Ruby
Larry Hankin  Dr. Polaczek
Juliette Jeffers  Claire
Dean Rader-Duval  Ernie
Ernie Hudson  - Cast
Tracey Walter  - Cast
Lindy Booth  - Cast
Kevin West  - Cast
Production Credits  Credit
Art Klein  Executive Producer
Ronald Savin  Co-Producer
Randall M. Miller  Producer
Jody Savin  Producer
Henry Suarez  Co-Producer
Tom Soulanille  Executive Producer
Michael Ravine  Executive Producer
J P O’Neill  Co-Producer
Jane Baum  Co-Producer
John Faiz Kayyem  Co-Producer
Production Companies  Credit
Gimme Five Productions  Production Company
Unclaimed Freight  Production Company
Prama Corporation  Production Company
Distribution Companies  Credit
Pyramid  Foreign Distribution Rights
Freestyle Releasing  Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Freestyle
 Releasing  Domestic Distribution Rights
Locations  
Los Angeles, California, USA  
Pasadena, California USA  
Writer  CreditRandall M. Miller  Screenplay
Jody Savin  Screenplay
Art Department  Credit
Craig Sterns  Production Designer
Laura Evans  Set Decorator
Craig Stearns  Production Designer
Casting  Credit
Richard Pagano  Casting Director
Film Camera  Credit
Michael Ozier  Director of Photography
Music  Credit
Jonathan McHugh  Music Supervisor
Paul Oakenfold  Music
Mark Adler  Music
Production Management  Credit
Brian Relyea  Assistant Director
Terry Spazek  Unit Production Manager
Rhonda DeVictor  Production Coordinator
Sound  Credit
Kelly Oxford  Sound
Visual Effects  Credit
Josh Hakian  Special Effects Coordinator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup  Credit
Lynn Barber  Makeup – Makeup Department
Kathryn Morrison  Costume Designer