Bait (2000)

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Writers (WGA):

Andrew Scheinman (written by) &
Adam Scheinman (written by) ...
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Release Date:

15 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.

Plot:

An ex-con is used by police to lure a criminal out of hiding.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Chrysler Building New York | Helicopter | Infra Red | Mirror

Cast

Jamie Foxx	...	Alvin Sanders
David Morse	...	Edgar Clenteen
Robert Pastorelli	...	Jaster
Doug Hutchison	...	Bristol
Kimberly Elise	...	Lisa Hill
David Paymer	...	Agent Wooly
Mike Epps	...	Stevie Sanders
Jamie Kennedy	...	Agent Blum
Nestor Serrano	...	Agent Boyle
Kirk Acevedo	...	Ramundo
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Julio
Megan Dodds	...	Agent Walsh
Tia Texada	...	Tika
Neil Crone	...	Supervisor
Matthew Witherly	...	Guard
Jason Jones	...	Guard
William Lynn	...	Night Watchman (as Bill Lynn)
Glyn Thomas	...	Chem-Tech Agent
Victor A. Young	...	Senator
Don Allison	...	Senator
Paul Miller	...	Dr. Harris
Gouchy Boy	...	Convict
Arnold Pinnock	...	Convict
Clé Bennett	...	Convict
Desmond Campbell	...	Convict
Shawn Lawrence	...	Warden Clay
Lee Rumohr	...	Bound Guard
Norm Spencer	...	Bound Guard
Tom Cappadona	...	Cab Driver
Jonathan Hadary	...	Cafe Owner
Ritchie Coster	...	Buyer
Stan Coles	...	General
Larry Block	...	Customer
Billy Otis	...	Odd Inmate
Navaco Bernice Downey	...	Girl in Club
John 'Frenchie' Berger	...	Medical Examiner (as John Berger)
Joe Pingue	...	Cop
Martin Roach	...	Cop
John Harper	...	Running Man
Dylan Bierk	...	Police Photographer
Bruce Beaton	...	Agent with Coffee
Ron Kennell	...	Mobile Agent
Conrad Bergschneider	...	Mobile Agent
Nik Pjeternikaj	...	Agent
Ron Bell	...	Trucker
Joanna Polley	...	Rhonda Glimsher (voice)
Lorraine McNeil	...	Woman Looking in Car Window
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jennifer Newman	...	Featured Dancer
Paul Calderon	...	Officer (uncredited)
Wesley Finucan	...	Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Antoine Fuqua	...	(uncredited)
Steve Nuke	...	FBI agent (uncredited)

Directed by
Antoine Fuqua

Writing credits (WGA)
Andrew Scheinman		(written by) &
Adam Scheinman		(written by) and
Tony Gilroy		(written by)

Produced by
Joseph Boccia	....	co-producer
Tony Gilroy	....	executive producer
Jaime Rucker King	....	executive producer
Sean Ryerson	....	producer

Original Music by
Mark Mancina

Cinematography by
Tobias A. Schliessler		(director of photography) (as Tobias Schliessler)

Film Editing by
Alan Edward Bell

Casting by
Susan Forrest
Ronnie Yeskel

Production Design by
Peter Jamison

Art Direction by
Peter Grundy
Patricia Woodbridge

Set Decoration by
Jaro Dick
John Rose
Alyssa Winter

Costume Design by
Delphine White

Makeup Department
Renee Chan	....	assistant hair stylist
Conrad E. Hilton	....	hair stylist: Jamie Foxx

Production Management
Donna E. Bloom	....	production manager: New York
Donna E. Bloom	....	unit production manager
Joseph Boccia	....	unit production manager
Tricia Miles	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marlene Arvan	....	second assistant director
Jim Chad	....	trainee assistant director
Peter Lyons Collister	....	second unit director
G. Michael Currie	....	assistant director
Meg Davies	....	third assistant director
Alan Edmisten	....	first assistant director
Patrick Hagarty	....	assistant director
Jennifer Haufler	....	trainee assistant director
Alan McKenna	....	third assistant director: second unit
Michael Pitt	....	second assistant director: New York
Peter Soldo	....	second assistant director: New York
Bob Warwick	....	second second assistant director
Sara MacDonald	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Ann Marie Auricchio	....	scenic artist
Rob Bonney	....	head carpenter
Rudy Braun	....	assistant art director
Sean Breaugh	....	set designer
Cameron S. Brooke	....	key scenic artist
Robert C. Brooke	....	lead scenic artist
David Orin Charles	....	on-set decorator
Nigel Churcher	....	assistant art director
Ron Dickey	....	property master (as Ron Dickie)
Beth Gilinsky	....	construction office coordinator
James Halpenny	....	construction coordinator
Marilyn Kiewiet	....	art director: second unit
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist
Jeffrey A. Melvin	....	assistant property master
H. Nancy Pak	....	assistant art director
Victor 'Chikko' Quon	....	assistant head painter
Dusty Reeves	....	art department coordinator
Dave Rosa	....	head painter

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	supervising sound effects editor
Karen M. Baker	....	supervising sound editor
Bob Beher	....	foley editor
Bruce Carwardine	....	production sound mixer
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	adr editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor
Todd Egan	....	assistant sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Per Hallberg	....	supervising sound editor
Craig S. Jaeger	....	supervising foley editor
Colin Jones	....	boom operator
Paul Jyrälä	....	foley editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
Charles Maynes	....	sound effects editor
Charles Maynes	....	temp effects editor
Carey Milbradt	....	sound effects editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist (as James M. Moriana)
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Negrete	....	first assistant sound editor
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Shuman	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Lauren Stephens	....	dialogue editor
Lauren Stephens	....	sound editor
Drew Webster	....	sound recordist
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Dorian Williamson	....	boom operator
Greg Zimmerman	....	foley recordist

Special Effects by
Dan Allen	....	special effects technician
Warren Appleby	....	key special effects: second unit
Matthew Giaquinto	....	special effects: ambient weather effects
Paul Hunt	....	special effects supervisor
Michael Kavanagh	....	special effects coordinator
Mike Kavanagh	....	special effects technician
Peter Kovachis	....	special effects technician
John MacGillivray	....	special effects technician
Ray McMillan	....	background plate supervisor
Ray McMillan	....	rear projection supervisor
Duncan Orthner	....	special effects technician
Skyler Wilson	....	special effects technician
Jon Davis	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Derek Liscoumb	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Tom Antos	....	digital effects artist
Dave Asling	....	model shop supervisor
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Keith Cooper	....	animator
Peter Edmonds	....	chief pyrotechnician: second unit visual effects
Chris Ellison	....	digital effects artist
John Gajdecki	....	visual effects supervisor
John Gajdecki	....	visualeffects second unit pyro supervisor
Jonathan Gibson	....	digital effects compositor
Rick Hannigan	....	optical supervisor
Aron Hatfield	....	animator
Peter Lepeniotis	....	animator
Matt McFarland	....	scan/record manager
Sean McPherson	....	compositing supervisor
Craig Small	....	digital compositor
Kurt E. Soderling	....	visual effects camera operator (as Kurt Soderling)
Norm Stangl	....	visual effects producer: SPIN Entertainment
Wojciech Zielinski	....	digital artist
Colin Cunningham	....	3D animator (uncredited)
Wendy Whaley	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunts
Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci	....	stunt performer
Matt Birman	....	stunt performer
Mary Fallick	....	stunts
Tom Farr	....	stunt rigger
Tom Farr	....	stunts
Tig Fong	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts (as Jalil Lynch)
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Layton Morrison	....	stunts
Billy Oliver	....	stunts
Branko Racki	....	stunts
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Rex Reddick	....	stunt coordinator
Larry Rippenkroeger	....	stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts
Brittney Banks	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Eric Bryson	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Brian Donahue	....	stunts (uncredited)
Thomas M. Ficke	....	stunt double: Ramundo (uncredited)
Curtis Hibbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Blair Johannes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Korhonen	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Lima	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Steve Lucescu	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
John MacDonald	....	stunts (uncredited)
Darren Marsman	....	stunt double: Jamie Foxx (uncredited)
Duncan McLeod	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Valentin Nedialkov	....	stunts (uncredited)
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Kevin Rushton	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Todd Schroeder	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dave Van Zeyl	....	stunts (uncredited)
Geoff Williams	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
K.C. Bailey	....	still photographer: New York
Brendan Bresnahan	....	video assist operator
Thomas Care	....	dolly grip
Angelo Colavecchia	....	camera operator
John Colavecchia	....	first assistant camera
Peter Lyons Collister	....	director of photography: second unit
Ciaran Copelin	....	first assistant camera: re-shoots
Christopher Dean	....	key grip
Cylvan Desrouleaux	....	assistant camera
Michael Galbraith	....	gaffer
Duane Gullison	....	rigging gaffer
John Harper	....	second assistant camera
Robert Kennedy	....	electrician
Ernie Kestler	....	daily camera operator: second unit
Lux	....	electrician
Kevin McKenna	....	video assist operator
Ryan McMaster	....	camera operator
Ralph Mendoza	....	camera operator: SpaceCam
Marvin Midwicki	....	camera operator
Juan Carlos Montalvo	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Michael Plant	....	generator operator
Nate Ranger	....	assistant camera
Rob Salviotti	....	second assistant camera
Kurt E. Soderling	....	aerial director of photography
Martin Stock	....	key grip: second unit
Davidson Tate	....	key rigging gaffer: Toronto
Johnathan Van Seader	....	camera operator: second unit
Paul Collins	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Leanna Sheldon	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathleen Meade	....	costume department supervisor
Anita Simard	....	wardrobe set supervisor: re-shoot

Editorial Department
Clara Bambrough	....	assistant editor
Ellen Fine	....	assistant editor
Kindra Marra	....	second assistant editor
Aaron Marshall	....	assistant editor: temp visual effects
Charlene Olson	....	first assistant editor
Richard Pearson	....	additional editor
Lorraine Samuel	....	assistant editor
Drew Solodzuk	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Joseph Boccia	....	music supervisor
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Steve Kempster	....	score mixer
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Jason Ruder	....	score coordinator
Chris Schwartz	....	music supervisor
Martin Tillman	....	musician: cello

Transportation Department
John Coles	....	driver
Dave Melling	....	driver
Ted Nobles	....	picture car coordinator
Steven Sacrob	....	driver
Alan Shoub	....	driver
Robert Smith	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Kelley Baker	....	accountant: New York
John 'Frenchie' Berger	....	armorer
Pauline Chung	....	set supervisor
Lee Ann Cotton	....	production assistant
Billy L. 'Butch' Frank	....	wrangler gang boss
Anthony F. Grani	....	production assistant
Paul Hiscock	....	production office assistant
Steve Holt	....	on-set medic
Lorna Howarth-Vallings	....	production assistant
Susan R. Jones	....	assistant coordinator
Alice S. Kim	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Laura H. Kreft	....	payroll accountant
Dawn Lambertsen-Kelly	....	assistant: Mr. Fuqua (as Dawn A. Lambertsen)
Cory Lawrence	....	production assistant
Soo-Won Lee	....	script supervisor: second unit
M.J. Magbanua	....	production coordinator
Joe Melton	....	production assistant
Montez A. Monroe	....	production coordinator: New York
Robin M. Reelis	....	production coordinator
Bill Richards	....	helicopter pilot
Anne Scott	....	post-production accountant
Ian Smith	....	assistant location manager
Aloma Taylor	....	payroll accountant
Dave Tommasini	....	helicopter pilot
Katherine Torres	....	assistant production office coordinator: New York
Karen Tyrell	....	unit publicist
Gayle Vangrofsky	....	assistant location manager: New York
Nick Veziris	....	gun wrangler
Thomas J. Whelan	....	location manager: New York
Kris Wood	....	playback coordinator
Amanda Alden	....	assistant production coordinator: second unit (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Castle Rock Entertainment (presents)
• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Bait Films

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Argentina) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Japan) (VHS)
• SBS6 (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Gajdecki Visual Effects (GVFX)
• Spin Entertainment

Also Known As:

Piégé (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

Canada | Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Philippines:PG-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Denmark:15 (video premiere) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | USA:R (certificate #37646) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Goofs:

Factual errors: The tracking device implanted in Sanders is said to have a 10 mile signal radius, yet it is tracked via satellite.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Life is Sweet

A good rental movie.

This was a good movie to rent. I enjoyed it for it's entertainment. This is not a movie that I would have to see over and over again, then again there are very few movies that good.

Overall, though, this was a well made and entertaining movie. After reading some of the reviews, I still hear people who are wanting perfection out of a movie before they can just sit down and enjoy. People, remember they are just movies. If you want reality watch the news. At least this movie had some good acting and some humor built into it. I'll be the first to admit that I have seen some better movies than this one, but then again, I have seen way worse.

If you just enjoy sitting back and laughing, with a little bit of adrenaline rush, rent this movie.