Crazy (2004)
23 minutes
What constitutes being "crazy?" And if you were, would you know it?
My baptism into film was based on these questions, combined with a friend's traumatic past. I found this project to be incredibly rewarding. There was no budget, just friends getting together on weekends to shoot something we all believed in. I am very pleased with the end result.
While scouting for the asylum location, I found instead John Smith, who played the lead admirably. (We ended up shooting the asylum in a vacant Greyhound bus station.) Peter Gabriel agreed to let us use "Mercy Street," off the 1986 album "So" - which fit seamlessly with the somber ending. This film won two awards on the film festival circuit.
Production Stills
Production
CAST
John Smith - Charlie
Michael Mitchell - Jack
Nicholas Longo - Ben
Mark B. Polin - Father
Les Shigley III - Young Charlie
James Gillies - Pickup Driver
Heidi Small - Waitress, Present
Lynlee Perrell - Waitress, Past
Les Shigley - Attendant
Pat Dowling - Attendant
Tina Hulverson - Nurse
Wendy Willow - Nurse
Robert Monroe - Cop
Allen Shigley - Father's Friend
Michelle Romag - Diner Patron
Daniel Rucker - Asylum Patient
Jack Samples - Asylum Patient
Craig Trenary - Asylum Patient
Chuck DeLuca - Asylum Patient
CREW
James Burke - writer, director, producer, music score, camera
James Gillies - producer, camera
Laurel Burke - production designer, editor
Mike Lyddon - camera
Brett Becker - sound, boom
Thomas Phillips- sound, boom
Michelle Romag - hair, makeup
Bonnie Koster - hair, makeup
Kyle White - grip
Denny Urbanec - driver
Tony Herbert - production assistant
Robert Monroe - production assistant
Jim Carter - production assistant
Tina Hulverson - production assistant
Wendy Willow - production assistant
J.T. Thistle - production assistant
Aaron Perrell - production assistant
Allen Shigley - production assistant
Very Special Thanks to:
Peter Gabriel and Real World Records for Mercy Street
Diego's Mexican Grill, Tom and Debi Cicchitti, Colophon Cafe, Old Town Christian Ministries, The ReStore, Jim Carter, Rick and Denise Bosman, Esther Muenscher, Bellingham/Whatcom County Visitor's Bureau, Laura Carter, City of Bellingham Police Department, Officer Chris Lease, Officer Mark Young, Lt. Ramsey, Lt. Sucie, The Bagelry,
Rick Decker, James and Stephanie Bell, Owen Carter, Rich Pace, Ian Sargeant, Patrick Feuer, Peter Kuehnel, Wise Guys, Doug Tolchin, Richard Adriance, Todd Schwiesow,
Fergus O'Fay, Julie Lipsius