Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1988
Running Times: 95 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hollywood Wizard / Medusa Produzione / Rochambeau
Producers: Deven Chierighino, Mike Jittlov, Richard Kaye

SCRIPT
Script: Mike Jittlov

DIRECTION
Director: Mike Jittlov
4th Unit Director: Mike Jittlov

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Russell Carpenter
Camera Operator (The Time Tripper Sequence): Kirby Timmons

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Mike Jittlov

MUSIC
Music: Mike Jittlov, John Massari (The Time Tripper sequence, from Intimita Suite for Orchestra)
Additional Music: Bernard Herrmann (from The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)); Steve Mann (Fisher Price library music)
Song: George Gershwin (It Ain't Necessarily So)
Conductor / Orchestrator / Music Producer / Synthesizers Performed By: John Massari

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects: Jim Danforth

CAST
Mike Jittlov (The Wizard)
Richard Kaye (Harvey Bookman)
Paige Moore (Cindy Lite)
David Conrad (real name: Deven Chierighino) (Brian Lucas)
Steve Brodie (Lucky Straeker)
John Massari (Steve Shostakovich)
Gary Schwartz (Canadian thug)
Frank LaLoggia (American thug)
Lynda Aldon (Minnie Smith)
Philip Michael Thomas (Policeman Mickey Polanko)
Arnetia Walker (Tina Dreem)
Ben Kronen (C.C. de Schwartz)
Angelique Pettyjohn (Dora Belair)
Will Ryan (All the Unions)
Michele Roth (Mary Lou)
Greg Jittlov (Brother Greg)
Marie Jittlov (Mom Jittlov)
Amy Rose (Sun Woman)
Harvey J. Alperin (Harold de Schwartz)
Missy Sauppe (Harold's groupie)
Paulette Breen (studio receptionist)
Stephen Stucker (piano choreography)
Laurie Riley (girl choreography)
Mark Conlon (Moon Man)
Chuck McCollum (Meteor Man)
Bob Reed (Saturn Man)
Patrick McGreal (Jupiter Man)
Donovan Scott (the prisoner)
Paul Barselou (Angus McTavish)
David McCharen (video technician, LSD)
Joan Leizman (Murial Bookman)
Cynthia Frost (soundstage saleslady)
Ward Kimball (the IRS chief)
Christopher Barczak (hollywood tourist)
Tim Frisbie (studio projectionist)
Allan Graf, Frank Davis Jr (Bookman's guards)
Rick Heebner (the bicycle thief)
Benjamin Lum (studio guard)
Harold M. Etherington (studio director)
Phil Boroff (studio writer)
Steve Ecclesine (video editor)
Doug Crepeau (satellite buyer)
William Z. Ryan (Mr President)
Patricia Thomson (girl on suitcase)
Bob Basso (Rollie)
Annie Livingstone (skatelady)
Pete Sorensen (dancing film man)
Patty Ryan (bouncy artist)
Evelyn Carpenter (old woman)
Slim E. Leatche (IRS agent)
Eddie Paul (cycle gang leader)
Smokey Ochoa (Ying)
Jeff Knoerle (Yand)
Wilimeda Behanna, Anyavel Glynn, Jan Sayre (guards)
Randi D. Cogert, Tery McPhie, Gwen Perlman, Monica B. Herzer (girls in Avanti)
Beth Sjogren, Galyn Görg (C.C.'s groupies)
Steve Mann (boom man)
Laurie Rose (real name: Jennifer Brooks) (bellydancer)
Chris Coart (Blue Wizard)
Christine Green (White Wizardess)
William Hart (swordsman)
Jean Hart (swordslady)
Jeannie Abolt, Kristina Adolphson, Robin Antin, Kelly Balfour, Jody Baurac, Fyne Companions, Dawn Decker, Mona Devin, Lisa Durazo, Ann Elliot, Steven Espinosa, Nancye Ferguson, Lee Forbes, Kari French, Kirk Hansen, Tammy Manville, Avis Minger, Laura Miyabe, Rachelle Ottley, Laurie Schultz, Judy Schwartz, Wanda Soileau, Cheryl Song, Linda Talcott, Joseph Taylor, Genie Valen, Gwendolyn Wafer, Paige Leongng (dancers)
Lauri Riley (girl choreographer)
Jill K. Allen, Ramona Andrada, Jennifer Ball, Jade Barrett, Theresa Battle, Kim Fitzgerald, Jean Graham, Beth Holland, Barbara Hooper, Anne L. Kunkin, Valerie Maddox, Kathleen Moore, Laura Morse, Elizabeth Oakes, Renna Ostoposides, Karen Reed, Micky Rossillon, Marcela Zapf, Lori Zogaib (running girls)
Dean Barnes (old timer)
Russell Carpenter (Officer Friendly)
Jim Danforth (astronaut / union official)
Karen Danforth (two astronauts)
Margie Jesswein, Joyce Siefker (two Dutch girls)
Forrest J Ackerman
Bill Chierighino
Colleen Choy
Gerald Choy
Munyin Choy
Tina Dilley
Mollie Frankel
Gerry Furth
Luba Korinec
Phil May
Dan McLaughlin
Ella Nachtigal
Lorna Pacolt
Stan Pacolt
Brian Thomas
Martha Williams
Sandra Deakins, Vern Dietsche, Marjii Ellers, Dan Fiebiger, Kevin Flannagan, Bill Frankel, Buddy Friedman, Michael Gough, Mike Hyatt, Joe Kerezman, Ed 'Eon' Kline, Gary Lowenthal, Craig Mathieson, Louis Mitchell, Bill Morrison, Brianne Siddall, Jennine Siefker, Gail Sugimoto, Jeff Szalay, Dave Teubner, Mike Twitty, Alan White, Bongo Wolf, Colonel Harvey Wolfe, Betty B. Bandy, Mike Bloom (supporting cast)

A young film-maker in Hollywood makes a short film for an unscrupulous studio, not realising that his producer has wagered $25,000 that he will fail to bring in a useable film.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Video Distributor: Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributor: Image (ID 7209 SG - this release features a print not approved by Jittlov as some key dialogue passages are missing. Only 6000 copies were produced)

USA
Rating: PG

1988
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA (Saturn Awards)
President's Award - winner

1990
April
Day Unknown: USA - laserdisc release (Image (ID 7209 SG))

His Life Is a Special Effect...

This is the kind of movie you would make, if you had nothing better to do!

SEE ALSO
Batman (1966)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dead and Buried (1981)
The Evil Dead (1982)
Monkeybone (2001)
Queen Kong (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
The Time Machine(1960)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Animato (1969)

subliminal messages, film-making, hollywood, pixillation, satire, trade unions

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009