Code of Ethics

1999, Feature Film, Suspense
JO DEANGELO (Melissa Leo, Academy Award nominee) is a government Medicaid administrator. Her department has developed a computer program that uses advanced techniques to identify people who are obtaining state funded medical care illegally. But a vicious murderer has invaded the computer network. To her horror, JO finds that the game is forcing her to choose victims, which he then murders. The game also provides her with clues which she must track down in order to stop the killer before he strikes again. In a deadly game of brinksmanship, JO and the killer try to stop each other. Along the way, JO learns some important lessons about herself and how she has been hiding from the life that she wants. The film races to a suspensful climax when the killer goes after a final target: JO herself, who is about to expose him. The final scenes as the hunter and hunted battle to survive are heartpounding. Jonathan Walker turns in a sensitive performance as MARTIN, JO’s love interest, who becomes a suspect along the way. Olinda Turturro and Dechen Thurman are memorable in supporting roles, and David Beecroft is a powerful presense as a state legislator and “heavy.”

Hear a medley of music from the score >

Cast
Melissa Leo, as JO DEANGELO
David Beecroft, as PETER VAN LEUVEN
Pat Cooper, as MR. DEANGELO
Jonathan Walker, as DR MARTIN LORING
Olinda Tuturro, as CLAUDIA
Chevi Colton, as GRANDMA
Dechen Thurman, as EDDY THURMAN
Joe Lisi, as DETECTIVE STONE
Barbara Orson, as RACHEL

Crew
Dawn Radican, Executive Producer, Writer/Director
Joe Foley, Producer
Brian Heller, Director of Photography
Tom Ohanaian, Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer and Music Supervisor
Sandra Luzzi-Sneesby, Producer
Armando Perez, Key Production Assistant
Charlie Walker, Production Assistant
Rebekah Michaels, Camera Operator
Adam McCarthy, Location Manager
Alan Tyler, Principal Artist and Animated Character Creation
Bonita Flanders, Art Director
Karen Webber, Set Decorator
Steve Beatrice Set Dresser

Night of the Beast

A trucker helps a mother and son out of a blizzard and into a small hotel in the middle of the night, where others have been driven by the weather to spend a horrifying night together, as they discover that the hotel's clerk is really a demon set on rape and murder. One by one the beast picks them off, until the final climax, in this talky and sometimes humorous horror film...

Hear a medley from the film > NOTB_medley

Cast

Bruce Haas
Greg Chopoorian
Pat Toppa
Joseph Petrucci
Rick Albanese
Tess L’Heureux
Scott Sherakow
Sharon Lyons
Jeffrey Ira
Richard Madigan
Abigail Jefferson

Crew

Bruce Haas, Writer/Director/Producer
Tom Ohanian, Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer original score

The BOXed Man

BOXED MAN is all laughs from the first scene, but it’s also an old-fashioned story about a young man trying to make good. Raised by his grandmother, since childhood ACE comes out of college clueless but desperate to earn enough money to get her from the nursing home. His dreams of riches are met with unyielding reality at his first job, selling boxes, as one zany character after another crosses his path - including his truly psychotic boss EDWARD. But he meets some good folks along the way too, including love interest BONNIE.

He uncovers a plot to discredit him and steal his commissions, which sets into motion a comic and satisfying ending. ACE doesn't get everything he wanted, but he learns a lot along the way.

** 1998 Winner - RI International Film Festival ** ** "Best of Fest" - Audience Award ** To see info on the IMDB website, please use this link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135815/

Cast

Richard “Ace” Aceto, as RICK WILLIAMS
Terry Leander, as BONNIE
Elliot Cohen, as EDWARD COX III
John Cicero, as BOB WISH
Samuel Babbitt, as LESTER BUTZ
Carl Rugerrio, as DAVE
Ethel Groff, as RICK’s GRANDMOTHER
Gerard Marzilli, as ROD
Greg Gemma, as VINCE VEGA
Michael Johnson, as MIKE
Neil Santono, as STEVE
Paul Gilroy, as FRANK CASTERS
Karen Kessler, as TONI
Billy Price, as WILLIAM PRICE
Elaine Sullivan, as ANN
Sherri Quaglia, as SUE
Don Cornell, as MR SIMPSON
Mary Concannon, as EDWARD’S WIFE
Damon Hartley, as COMIC WAITER
Nicholas Pasyanos, as NICK

Crew

Nick Pasyanos, Writer/Director
Thomas Ohanian, Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer/Music Supervisor
Nick Pasyanos, Director of Photography
Guy Weston, Camera Operator
David Mack, Sound Recordist
Danielle Cayer, Sound Recordist
Michael Paquin, Sound Recordist
Carolyn Kent, Script Supervisor
Alyson Lalli Rogers, Casting assistant
Neil Bowman, Casting assistant
Elizabeth Mack, Casting assistant

Oneida

I was hired by the Onedia indian tribe of upstate NY to write the score for a “docudrama” which they had produced. This chronicles the life of their greatest leader, Oskanondoanha. The Oneidas were one of the few tribes which sided with the white colonists in the revolutionary war, fighting alongside Americans to gain their independence from Great Britain. This was a difficult story, filled with great travail.

❝I am very happy with the way the score came out for this movie. I was striving for a rich sound, at once beautiful and haunting, and with the dogs of war barking in the background with percussion and horns. It was really a great joy and honor to work with the Oneida people on this score.❞

Hear a medley from the film > Oneida_medley

The Paradox Parallel

1998, Short film, science fiction comedy
A series of seemingly disconnected events haunt a troubled young man, who believes that a Jungian kind of connection must exist among them. He is humored by his wife, who loves him but believes he is slightly crazy. At the same time, he is encouraged by a strange story from a local second-hand shop owner, played by the late Tiny Tim. Writer/Director Mark Frizzel is a noted stop motion animator, and he created his own charming low-tech effects for this talky, tongue-in-cheek science fiction short film.

❝Rather than mugging to the camera with the score, I wrote it mostly serious, but with a playful edge. Due to the very nature of this bizarre story, it was just good fun to work on, and nice to work with Mark.❞

Hear a medley from the film > PP_medley

Credits

Written and directed by Mark Frizzel
Starring the late great Tiny Tim!
Original score: Grant Maloy Smith

Bad Hair Day

All kinds of things go through a young woman’s mind as she deliberates what to do with her hair in a chic LA hair salon, in this half-fantasy, half-farce. The characters whom inhabit her trance are as memorable as they are cliche.

❝The score for this quirky, dreamlike comic short film is just the same - lyric, bouncy, and pseudo-serious.❞

Hear a medley from the film > BHD_Medley

Shrub

An odd but charming short film about a young girl’s discovery of an inner “room” inside an enormous shrub outside her house. When she enters this world, she hears echoes and voices from the past. She soon figures out that the events that she is learning about are somehow related to her own mother’s choldhood years before, and some dramatic events which occured. Suddenly her present situation makes sense, and she gains a new understanding of how her life has come to be the way it is.

❝I wanted a lush, orchestral sound for this film - and to underscore the childlike charm of her mystical discoveries. Shrub was an interesting and lovely project to work on.❞

Hear a medley from the film > Shrub_Medley

Pray for Power

HEATHER (Lisa Boyle) has been struggling in Boston to break into the high stakes world of modeling for years. Just as she is on the brink of her first major breakthrough, she witnesses a brutal murder. Although she tries to conceal her identity, it is not long until the killers learn of her existence, and Heather along with her reluctant boyfriend JAMIE, find themselves being pursued throughout Boston by deadly criminals.

Without warning, HEATHER and JAMIE are pulled headlong into a nocturnal world of high stakes money laundering, blackmail and murder. The two are, dragged onto a rocket ride through the lurid underbelly of Boston after midnight. When, in addition, the press links HEATHER to the high profile in murder case, she finds her career spiraling toward disaster as the killers continue to close in on her.

It is not long until HEATHER realizes that she has no choice, but to confront the villain’s head on. She uses herself as bait to trap the killers, setting the stage for the story's violent climax, which takes place seventeen stories above the city of Boston. At this moment, her only choice is to … Pray for Power.

This film is available for purchase on DVD from several outlets. To see info on the IMDB website, please use this link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281148/

❝When Brad first showed me the great look of this film, and I experienced its raw humanity, I knew that the score had to be as tough and uncompromising as the film and story itself. I wanted it to be gritty, but using the orchestra as the underbelly, but use modern percussion and guitars for flavor and edge. I really like the way the score turned out. I had written a James Bond like opening titles theme, but Brad and Marc really wanted a tough-sounding rock song, which wove in the main aspects of the song, so I dipped into my high school years listening to Alice Cooper, and wrote the title track “Pray for Power,” which I still enjoy listening to today.❞

• Hear the frightening alley scene from the score > PFP_Alley_scene
• Hear the original James Bond type opening titles that I wrote > coming soon (was not used)
• Hear the final opening titles song > coming soon

Cast

Lisa Boyle, as HEATHER LEIGHTON
Christopher Roblee, as JAMIE WATERS
Jonathan Slater, as Neil Soloman
Charlie Broderick, Russell Carbone
Jon Alex, Kyle Dawson
Bob Druwing, as Lance Kysar
Glenn Phillips, as Manny

Crew

Marc Johnson, Executive Producer, Writer
Brad Jacques, Director, Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer
John Leuba, Director of Photography
Sabrina Allen-Biron, Production Designer
Kelley McMahon, Producer
Angela Peri, Casting

Serial Intentions

2001, Feature film, thriller
Detective STEVE MCCORMACK (Mark Grant) of the Massachusetts State Police, is still recovering from a terrifying shoot-out, in which a woman was gunned down while he pled with the attacker not to kill her. But a serial killer is on the loose in a small town not far from the big city, and he is sent with a rookie officer, JAMIE GARRETT (Christy Scott-Cashman), to investigate. At first the small town seems idyllic, and they are welcomed by SHERIFF GREGORY (Ken MacDonald). But not all the residents are so accomodating, a hostage incident haunts mark grant's characterand they find themselves at odds with each other and with half the town. When yet more killings occur, and they are stil without clues, STEVE calls in an old friend, reporter VIRGINIA MADDEN (Erin Gray, of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century fame, as well as Baywatch and Silver Spoons) to publicize the events. Soon enough they find themselves at the center of a maelstrom, in which they become both the hunters and the hunted -- by a remorseless killer bent on even more killing. Or is there more than one killer?

❝The music for this film is "orchestral, with an edge," reflecting the high-tech method in which the killer hunts his victims. Music clips as well as a video trailer are available. Left-click to play; right-click to save the clips to your hard drive. All material is copyrighted and is presented for demo purposes only. All rights are reserved.❞

• Hear the main theme/opening titles > SI_Title_music
• Hear a score segment: “playful mood” > SI_Playful_mood
• Hear a score segment: “somber mood” > SI_Somber_mood
• Hear a score segment: “creepy tension” > SI_Creepy_tension
• Hear a score segment: “sneak tension” > SI_Sneak_tension
• Hear a score segment: “resolution” > SI_Resolution

Cast

Erin Gray, as VIRGINIA MADDEN
Mark Grant, as STEVE MCCORMACK
Christy Scott-Cashman, AS JAMIE GARRETT
Ken MacDonald, as SHERRIF GREGORY
Joffrey Spaulding, as LT BURNS
Frank Annese, as RICO CARTE
Kevin Foster McCarthy, as THE CORONER
Greg Alldredge, as DEPUTY KAYE
Steven Michael Harris, as PHILIP
Bob Druwing, as ZYNSKY
Owen Donovan Yarde, as THE DRILL SERGEANT
Michael Zammito, as OFFICER THOMPSON
Robert Martin, as THE MOTEL MANAGER
Kate Houston, as POLICE CADET
Jason Daniel Roberts, as PERPETRATOR
Patricia Mizzen, as NIGHTCLUB GIRL
Rita Montenez, as SWEET GIRL
Jessica Collins, AS WAITRESS
Diane Wager, as TIFFANY
Loum Snow VII, as ERNIE

Crew

Mark Grant , Executive Producer/Writer
Brad Jacques, Director, Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer/Music Supervisor
Matthew Wagenknecht, Director of Photography
Scott Kehs, Production Designer

Patte-Anne Ardizzoni, Co-producer/Publicity
Rex Moon, Associate Producer
Gregory Lording, Producer
Kelley McMahon, Producer
Anton Gold, Sound Mixer
Napoleon Palmer, 1st AD
Paul Bremer, 2nd AD
Peter Ozarowski, 1st AC
Kevin Rapf, 2nd AC

Sherryn Lynn, Makeup and Hair Stylist
Fay Dearborn, Script Supervisor
Jeni Zaharian, Wardrobe
Michael Zammito, Gaffer

Hope High

2003, Feature film, comedy
This was the first film produced by SCENE:TEENS, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping at-risk teens learn a craft - film making - from professionals. Seven mis-matched teenagers from an inner city high school are struc by the tradgedy, when one of their own is killed by a bomb. Bumbling Special Agent SAM BRINDLE comes into the picture to track down the bomber.

❝I came into this picture near the end of shooting - when several source cue songs needed to be recorded. First, a comic rap number was needed for one of the protagonists, a character named KOOKIE WOODS, the result is the track below of the same name. Then a more serious song was needed, called WHY, and beautfully sung by Wynell and Jason, two of the young actors. Finally WE ARE EACH OTHER, written and sung by Wynell. I was struck by the raw talent of these young people.❞

• WHY - sung by Wynell and Jason, with a small part sung by me > HH_why
• WE ARE EACH OTHER - sung by Wynell > HH_We_are_each_other
• KOOKIE WOODS - old school rap parody, lyric and backing vocals by director Dawn Natalia > HH_Kookie_Woods

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• See a trailer from the film > CLICK

Cast

Khari O’Connor, Kookie Woods
Wynnel Wilson, Angel Desoto
Vincent Farrell, Lenny Bromowitz
?, FBI Special Agent Sam Brindle
Larry Natalia, Barney Cooper
Janelle Clark, Mrs. Woods
Leidy Valencia, Gwen

Crew

Dawn Radican, Writer, Producer, Director, and Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer, Post Sound editor
Tony Lockwood, Additional Camera

Extra Credit

2004, Feature Film, comedy
Kookie Woods, a poor high school sophomore, is tired of being teased by the basketball team for not sporting the cool clothes. So, he devises a crazy scheme to rob credit card payments to buy what he needs to fit in. But when Kookie's caper becomes the case in the latest silly reality show "Who Wants to Marry a Secret Agent?" he learns a valuable lesson about appreciating his own reality. (from the producer's website).grant smith as a croc hunter, prepares the net

This was the second film produced by SCENE:TEENS, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping at-risk teens learn a craft - film making - from professionals. A sequel to first film HOPE HIGH, this one picks up some time shortly after that story ended, and bumbling Special Agent SAM BRINDLE (this time played by Ken Rondeau) is funnier than ever. Film composer Grant Maloy Smith makes his feature film acting debut as insane crocodile hunter and game show host wanna-be JAKE LAWRENCE. At first JAKE is comic relief as the prima donna game-show host with the outrageous Sydney twang, but later we see the darker side of him, as he plots to kill KOOKIE, first with a whacky machine, and finally with a revolver.

❝This was the first feature length film that I both scored and acted in. And I had a big role, so there were lots of lines, and more than 20 long days of shooting for me. In Extra Credit, I played semi-crazy Aussie JAKE LAWRENCE - a washed-up has-been. Basically this character is an alter-ego of the real-life croc hunter and naturalist Steve Irwin (who sadly died a few years ago). Learning the Sydney twang was as much fun as scoring the film months. I taught myself by using the accent on the unsuspecting for weeks leading up to shooting. Everywhere I went: grocery stores, the post office - basically anywhere where they didn’t know me, I would pretend to be an Aussie. That was a great way to get good fast. Being the composer and coming in at the end of the process, I was always envious of the special bond that the actors and production crew had. Now I know what it's like, and I will always treasure it. We had stress -- and lots of fun.❞

• Hear a medley of music from the film > EC_Medley
• Hear the hilarious opening titles music > EC_Title_music
• Watch a trailer for this film > CLICK
• Photos from production are available here for viewing > CLICK

Cast

Khari O’Connor, Kookie Woods
Wynnel Wilson, Angel Desoto
Vincent Farrell, Lenny Bromowitz
Kenny Rondeau, FBI Special Agent Sam Brindle
Grant Maloy Smith, Jake Lawrence
Jed Griswold, Larry Barry
Bobby Silvia, Lyle Barrows
Meghann Falzone, Kyla
Lee-ann Wilber, Kayla
Jenn Metivier, Carla
Jessica Gardner, Maya
Lynn Cruise, Mia
Dawn Radican, Pia
Rachel Knutton, Darla
Larry Natalia, Barney Cooper
Janelle Clark, Mrs. Woods
Garry McDonough, "I"
Bobby Callison, "U"
Leidy Valencia, Gwen
Sparky Schneider, Cab Driver
Joyce Searles, DMV Bureaucrat
Nick Pasyanos, Abductee
Katherine Smith, Kid in Bank

Crew

Dawn Radican, Writer, Producer, Director, and Editor
Christian DiRezendes, Director of Photography
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer, Post Sound editor
Rachel Knutton, Wardrobe Assistant
Matt Palumbo Sound Recordist, Boom
Tony Lockwood, Additional Camera
Corrine Lupoli Joyce, Make-up
Deb Bushara, Location Scout
Santos Javier, Spanish Music
Brandon Kane, Additional Sound
Larry Natalia, Graphic Artist
John Guilbault, Additional Director
Andy Sciscioli, Post Technician
Dustin Giguere, Assistant Camera
Adriana Minicapilli, Editing Assistant
Kyle Thibault, Assistant Sound
Doug Green, Editing Assistant

L’estinzione

A short, dream-like film, in which a man is confronted with the consequences of his actions, and ultimately, achieves redemption. This was Team Medford's Debut film, a classic mob tale which won the 2006 Filmerica 72 Hour Film Challenge.

❝This was my first film with “the mobsters” Mike Ianero and Jon Pierce, and it really set the stage for our later projects, including FAMILY GATHERING and THE MOB: A MUSICAL. These guys are real gems to work with, and they do great work.❞

Cast

Mike Ianero
Jon Pierce
Larry Natalia

Crew

Dawn Radican, Director/Writer
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer
Josh & Lance Reno, Camera operators
Adam, Matt, Set design/props
Sean Carroll, Lighting/Location sound
Steve Marra, Alexia Set builders
Allison Goldman, Locations

A Bridge Too Slow

In this upside-down world, people live in cars. They go to work in office complexes which are inside busses and trucks parked along the roads and bridges. Courthouses, offices, and banks are large trucks and panel vans.

In this quirky short comedy, everyman JIM PORTER (played by Grant Maloy Smith) faces the challenge of his life. A large corporation is using the courts and eminent domain to have Jim and his entire neighborhood evicted from the bridge they have called home for decades, in order to make room for a more upscale development. Jim and his neighbors fight for their rights in this short 3 minute film, set within the context of a local Boston news broadcast. Staged as a black comedy.

❝What I remember most about this project is the long day of shooting in a Boston February, and freezing my rear end off, being outside the entire day. But looking back it was whacky fun, especially working with the Team Medford production group led by Dawn Natalia. A few days later, in my cozy and warm studio, I had a blast writing a perky and uptempo theme, which I am proud of. It was meant to remind you of a British sit-com theme song.❞

Hear the main theme from the film:
COMING

You can watch this film on www.filmaka.com

Cast

Grant Maloy Smith, as JIM PORTER
Alison Golman, as MRS PORTER
The rest of the list is coming!

Crew

Dawn Radican, Director/Writer (dialogue)
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer of music and lyrics
Josh & Lance Reno, Camera operators
Adam, Matt, Set design/props
Sean Carroll, Lighting/Location sound
Steve Marra, Alexia Set builders
Allison Goldman, Locations

Family Gathering

Short film
Team Medford Productions - comedy, played AGENT GRUNT, one of two FBI agents monitoring a family of mobsters in a restaurant, from a surveillance van parked outside. This comedy takes place at the end of a three-year investigation, and by this time the FBI agents are sick to death of each other, the cramped quarters, and endless hours of listening to monotonous conversations from their subjects. Now the mobsters seem ready to finally spill the salient points of their illegal activities, but are they listing the ingredients to a massive bomb, or is a pasta sauce from the old country? And will the FBI agents be able to thwart the plot before they kill each other?

❝This my reunion with Jed Griswold. We had played together in EXTRA CREDIT a few years ago, and here was another chance to become dim-witted cartoon characters with each other again!❞

You can watch this film on www.filmaka.com

Cast

Grant Maloy Smith, as SPECIAL AGENT GRUNT
Jed Griswold, as SPECIAL AGENT HOPPER
Mobster 1, Jon Pierce
Mobster 2, Larry Natalia
Mobster 3, Mike Ianero

Crew

Dawn Radican, Director/Writer (dialogue)
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer
Josh & Lance Reno, Camera operators
Adam, Matt, Set design/props
Sean Carroll, Lighting/Location sound
Steve Marra, Alexia Set builders
Allison Goldman, Locations

Anemia

In this short comedy, a man visits his doctor to discuss the results from his medical exam. He is run down and exhausted all the time, in short, he is anemic. Suddenly the doctor's office walls moves aside and the man bursts into a vibrant yet forboding show tune! He laments his condition, which is caused by a lack of iron. As the short song unfolds we learn that he is, in fact, a vampire, and yet he has an embarassing secret - he doesn't like the taste of blood!

The centerpiece of this three minute comedy short is the broadway-esque paen that our vampire sings so passionately, written and arranged by Grant Maloy Smith. Grant also did the voice-over for the doctor character, and some foley. A brilliant performance by actor Bobby Sylvia brings the character to life, or death, as the case may be!

❝This was a great challenge and lots of fun. The assignment: write a show tune that a guy will jump up and sing out of the blue, as if on stage. In the lyrics we will learn that he is a vampire and yet he doesn't like the taste of blood -- so it's affecting his health and spirit. And make it funny, they said. Hmmm. OK, I thought about that for a few days, and came up with the basic musical theme, then made a two minute orchestration from it. I wrote the words in about an hour, and sang it using my best Boris and Natashia slavic accent. I hope you enjoy this campy send-up.❞

Hear the song > anemia_bobby (Bobby Sylvia version)
Hear the song > Anemia_grant_ (Original version sung by Grant Maloy Smith)

• The original 10 episides are available here for viewing > CLICK
• Photos from production are available here for viewing > CLICK

Cast

Bobby Sylvia, The Vampire

Crew

Dawn Radican, Director/Writer (dialogue)
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer of music and lyrics
Josh & Lance Reno, Camera operators
Adam, Matt, Set design/props
Sean Carroll, Lighting/Location sound
Steve Marra, Alexia Set builders
Allison Goldman, Locations

The Mob: A Musical

2007, Feature Film, Comedy
Broadway showtunes meet the Sopranos in this one of a kind "mobster musical", meant to be a send-up with heart, and lots of fun all around.
FBI undercover agent Hopper (Jed Griswold), last seen in the film "Family Gathering", enlists fellow agent Tommy Marone (Bobby Sylvia) to gain the trust of some notorious mobsters, and trick them into staying at a "safe house" that is anything but. The mobsters have a hard time adjusting to their new rustic surroundings, in a hick New England town completely lacking in the luxuries and conveniences that they have grown to love. Brand new local cop Lt. Campbell (Grant Maloy Smith) gets involved, much to their chagrin.

Now being extended to a full length motion picture with Hollywood backing, the film will be reshot completely resolution in 2010. The final film will have approximately 10 songs.

Cast

Larry Natalia, as MICKEY MOSCAPONE
Mike Ianero, as MARIO FROMAGGIO
Jon Pierce, as SAL SCAMOTZ
Bobby Sylvia, as FBI Agent TOMMY MARONE
Grant Maloy Smith, as LT LUCAS CAMPBELL / CIA AGENT MANNING
Jed Griswold, as FBI AGENT HOPPER

Crew

Dawn Radican, Director, Writer
Dawn Radican, Sr. Editor
Josh, Lance Ren, Camera operators
Team Medford, Production and editing
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer, Foley, re-recording mixer
Adam, Matt, Set design, props
Sean Carroll, Lighting
Steve Marra, Location Sound
Steve Marra & Alexia, Set builders
Allison Goldman, Location & Set construction

Solitaire

2008, Feature Film, Drama
Set in 1998, Solitaire follows the story of four young men growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Without good role models in their lives, they turn to a life of petty crime, stealing video tapes. Eventually they are tricked into stealing a box of signed TITANIC tapes, but discover that it contains $250,000 worth of heroin. Bad turns to worse, and one of the boys is arrested. Protagonist Ritchie finally comes to terms with the loss of his father, and finally makes the right choices about what to do with his life.

To hear some cues from the original score, please see the Solitaire cues page.

❝I enjoyed working with Christian again, after a long hiatus since EXTRA CREDIT (2004). I really liked the feel of this film. The interplay between the young stars seemed very real to me. This movie called out for a street-hip score with a throaty saxophone, and some urban rythms, and I had a great time creating them. The premiere in Providence was a great evening, and I hope that this film gets distributed widely.❞

Cast

Nicholas Jandl, as RICHE

Alex Fraioli, as BLONDY
Julia Fraioli, as RUBY
Kenny Harris, as JOEY
James Margelony, as ROGER
Short Sleeve Sampson, as MORRIS
Anthony Goes, as SMOG
Richard DeAgazio, as SCARY DUDE
David Kane, as RADIO ANNOUNCER
Coleen Galvin, as THE WAITRESS
RAND ALLEN SABATINI, as ROGER’S DAD
TONY LEPORE, as HIMSELF

Nick Albanese, as the GUITAR PLAYER

Crew

Victor Franko (Frank Dagostino), Writer and Director
Christian De Rezendes, Cinematographer and Editor
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer of original score, and sound design
Vin Fraioli, Co-Producer
Rand Allen Sabatini, Co-Producer
James Friedman, Art design
Greg Chopoorian, Animator
Tim Labonte, Production assistant

Children of Providence

2008, Drama, Feature film
This feature length film tells the stories of people who own three stores in a small New England town. Their unique stories interweave and interact in unexpected ways, culminating in a heartfelt ending.

Awards
Winner! John Muir award

www.childrenofprovidence.com

Cast

Roxie, Deanna Pellecchia
Molly, Danielle DeVito
Tammy, Hannah Dalglish
Ralph, Robin Stone
Angelina, Lizz Codd
Gerald, Peter Deffet
Ann, Stephanie Franck
Alan, Michael Bolger
Bill, Mick Jones
Banker/emcee, Clark Smith
Smiley, Mark Axelson
Bartender, Vlad Tenenbaum
Sam, Christina Robson
Harry, Sam Brown
Nancy, Jenny Letendre
Jim, Bill Grandgeorge
Melida, Megan Goller
Belinda, Joanne Fayan
Roxie’s Husband, Kyle Maddock
Mature Tammy, Stacy Giffin
Phil, Lewis Shore
Red-haired boy, Jared Remson

Crew

Gary Shore, Writer, Director and Producer
Christian de Rezendes, Editor
Michael De Quattro, Score
Choreography, Deanna Pellecchia and Gary Shore
Additional Choreography, Danielle DeVito
Grant Maloy Smith, Sound design
Costumes, Dorisa Boggs and Suzanne Jordan
Associate Producers, Dorisa Boggs, Suzanne Jordan & Trevor Elliott
Theatrical Stage Design, Trevor Pellettier
Production Coordinator, Jacob Shore
Production Assistants, Lewis Shore, Emilie Shore
Artistic Advisor, Aaron Eastwood

Petty Crime

This film is in production. Details will follow as the project is completed, in early 2009.

❝I love the combination of gritty realism and art in this uncompromising story.❞

Cast

Information coming

Crew

Story by Tara Mantel
Directed by Mark Grant
Original Score by Grant Maloy Smith

First Hours

FIRST HOURS is a pilot promo which gives a fast-paced preview of this drama. The heroes are CDC (Centers for Disease Control) workers who are sent to investigate health crises anywhere in the USA, or beyond. Their work is varied and fast paced, especially in the pilot promo, which illustrates what could happen if a terrorist got hold of a lethal reagent with the intention of killing tens of thousands in a major city.

You can see a promo for the pilot here > CLICK

Cast

Dawn Natalia as Dr. Jill Macy
Larry Natalia as Andrew Pierce
Ed Benjamin as Dr. Ben Aldridge
Grant Smith as John Woodburn
Andrei Savkov as Aslan Buslayev
Laura Benjamin as CDC Lab Scientist
Curtis Brown as CDC Lab Scientist
Sarah Register as CDC Secretary

Crew

Dawn Natalia, Writer/Director
Josh Leonard, Sean Carroll, Editors
Josh Leonard, DP & Camera
Grant Maloy Smith, Composer
Arthur Deluca, Wardrobe
Curtis Brown, Grip
Sarah Register, Production Sound
Goose and Gander Media, Executive Producer

The Rich and the Poor Are Naked

This independent film was made during 2009, and will be playing in film festivals around the world during 2010.