| Mentor | |
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| Directed by | David Langlitz |
| Produced by | Jeff Eline Gill Holland Lillian LaSalle William Whitehurst |
| Written by | William Whitehurst |
| Starring | Rutger Hauer Matthew Davis Dagmara Dominczyk Susan Misner |
| Music by | Ceiri Torjussen |
| Cinematography | Miguel Littin |
| Editing by | Simeon Hunter |
| Distributed by | BMore Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 28, 2006 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 2,000,000 $ |
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The film stars Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Susan Misner. Rutger Oelsen Hauer (rʏtxər ulsən hʌuər born January 23, 1944) is a Golden Globe -winning Dutch Film Actor. Matthew W Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor Davis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began his acting career Dagmara Dominczyk (born July 17, 1976) is a Polish - American Actress. Susan Misner (born February 8, 1971) is an American actress who has appeared in television and film
Tagline: Experience is the best teacher.
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Plot
Matthew Davis stars as Carter, introduced as a thirtysomething professor at a mediocre college. Matthew W Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor Davis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began his acting career Through flashbacks, we learn about Carter's time as a promising writer enrolled in an exclusive grad school class taught by Sanford Pollard (Rutger Hauer),a hard-drinking, hard-driving, brilliant but abrasive writer who's career has stalled since winning a Pulitzer Prize decades ago. Rutger Oelsen Hauer (rʏtxər ulsən hʌuər born January 23, 1944) is a Golden Globe -winning Dutch Film Actor. Julia (Dagmara Dominczyk) is Sanford's graduate assistant as well as his lover. Dagmara Dominczyk (born July 17, 1976) is a Polish - American Actress. Sanford and Julia 'adopt' the young, eager Carter and expose him to the world of wealth, television, and drugs. Carter travels with them to Sanford's beach house, where he and Julia eventually become lovers.
In the present, Carter has become a shadow of his former promise, a lethargic teacher, an alcoholic, excessive smoker, lacking the ability to sustain relationships. Like Sanford, he has worked his way through a series of graduate assistant girlfriends, and we watch as he allows his relationship with Susan (Lynn Chen) to wither away. Lynn Chen ( born 24 December, 1976) is an American Actress. Chen grew up in Cresskill New Jersey. Carter is on a reckless path until he receives notice that Sanford has died of cancer.
The film jumps back and forth from the present to ten years earlier, as Carter wrestles with the unresolved emotions he felt with Sanford and Julia. After attending Sanford's funeral, Carter returns to the beach house, where Sanford's will is being read. There he again meets Julia, older but still appealing, and they discover that Sanford has left the two of them his entire estate. The film ends ambiguously, with Carter and Julia driving off into the night in Sanford's vintage Porsche.
Film Notes
Mentor was first presented at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Spring of 2006. The TriBeCa Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro in a response to the September 11 2001 attacks on the World Trade Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It also was accepted at the Maryland Film Festival on May 13, 2006. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
As of January 2007, the film has not been generally released.
Editing techniques
The movie makes liberal use of flashback techniques, introducing the characters in 1997 at the end of their friendship, moving to the present day, then alternating between to sequential timelines, one in 1997 the other a decade later.
Filming locations
The film was shot entirely in Maryland. Johns Hopkins University doubled for both colleges, St. Michaels, Maryland was the location for all of the vacation scenes, and various locations in Baltimore served as the background to the story.
Cast and ratings
- Rutger Hauer as Sanford Pollard
- Matthew Davis as Carter
- Dagmara Dominczyk as Julia
- Susan Misner as Marilyn Conner
- Matt Servitto as Howard
- Peter Scolari as Jonathan Parks
- Lynn Chen as Terry Valentine
- Isabel Glasser as Margaret Burger
- Lawrence Pressman as Kendal
- Ronald Guttman as Interviewer
- Carrie Yaeger as Nurse
Quotes
- Sanford: Have you ever had fat-free cream cheese? It's just enough like the original that you know what you're missing. Rutger Oelsen Hauer (rʏtxər ulsən hʌuər born January 23, 1944) is a Golden Globe -winning Dutch Film Actor. Matthew W Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor Davis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and began his acting career Dagmara Dominczyk (born July 17, 1976) is a Polish - American Actress. Susan Misner (born February 8, 1971) is an American actress who has appeared in television and film Peter Scolari (born September 12, 1955 in New Rochelle New York) is an American Television, Lynn Chen ( born 24 December, 1976) is an American Actress. Chen grew up in Cresskill New Jersey. Isabel Glasser (born May 1, 1958) is an American actress who has starred in the movie Forever Young, Pure Country (film and the Lawrence Pressman (born July 10, 1939) is an American Actor, probably best known for roles on Doogie Howser M Ronald Guttman is an Actor. He starred in the Lost episode The Hunting Party.
Trivia
Shot on Super16mm stock. The crew was mostly local to Maryland-Virginia.
Footnotes
- ^ Maryland Film Festival Entry synopsis.
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