Americano (2005)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Kevin Noland

Writer:

Kevin Noland (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Do what scares you.

Plot:

"Americano" centers around Chris McKinley, a recent college graduate backpacking through Europe who...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Backpacking | Bullfighting | Coming Of Age | Fly Fishing

Cast

Joshua Jackson	...	Chris McKinley
Leonor Varela	...	Adela
Timm Sharp	...	Ryan
Ruthanna Hopper	...	Michelle
Dennis Hopper	...	Riccardo
Martin Klebba	...	Matador
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Bocci
Ashley Eisenhauer	...	Adios Girl
Norberto Morán	...	Seller street / fights bulls
Mighty Mike Murga	...	Midget spain waiter
Mark Edward Roberts	...	Walter (Bartender)
Jenny Starnes	...	Bar Girl

Directed by
Kevin Noland

Writing credits
Kevin Noland		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Bircumshaw	....	executive producer
Daniela De Carlo	....	co-producer
Ruthanna Hopper	....	producer
Clark McCutchen	....	producer
Kelly J. Noland	....	producer
Kevin Noland	....	producer
Maricel Pagulayan	....	producer
Mark Edward Roberts	....	producer
Alvaro Ron	....	co-producer
Alvaro Ron	....	line producer
Gustavo Ron	....	executive producer
Nick Satriano	....	producer

Original Music by
Sebastian Arocha-Morton
Peter Golub

Cinematography by
Robert Christopher Webb		(as Rob Webb)

Film Editing by
Kevin Krasny

Casting by
Karen Meisels

Production Design by
Rebecca Howard
Barbara Lange

Art Direction by
Jason E. Baldwin

Costume Design by
Diane Roberts

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniela De Carlo	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles
Francis Dreis	....	second unit director
Candela Figueira	....	first assistant director
Pilar Posse	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles

Art Department
William Eliscu	....	production design consultant
Vincent Lucido	....	storyboard artist
Cynthia Nibler	....	property master: Los Angeles

Sound Department
Mark Epstein	....	sound mixer
Mary Erstad	....	sound mixer
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor

Stunts
Martin Klebba	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Katie Bogner	....	first assistant camera
Eric S. Boland	....	gaffer
Cory Clay	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
David George Ellis	....	still photographer
Lewis Fowler	....	first assistant camera
Soren Garcia-Rey	....	video assist operator
Doug Glover	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Doug Glover	....	director of photography: second unit
Erik Gonzales	....	best boy: USA
Tom Kirlin	....	second assistant camera
BJ McDonnell	....	Steadicam operator
Timothy Shawn Neary	....	key grip
Robert Christopher Webb	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Rob Webb)

Casting Department
David Aguilar Iñigo	....	casting: Spain
Vanessa Schiff	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jean Bone	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
David B. Baron	....	additional editor
Casey P. Chinn	....	additional editor
Migueltxo Molina	....	editorial consultant
Jorge Ortiz Yus	....	colorist: Spain

Music Department
Rochelle Sharpe	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Sean Afsahi	....	production assistant
David Aguilar Iñigo	....	key set production assistant: Spain
Bryan Amburgey	....	production assistant
Ed Baran	....	publicist
Stefan De Vries	....	script supervisor
John Robinson Irwin	....	creative marketing manager
Quint Jenkins	....	production assistant
Clark McCutchen	....	production attorney
Stephanie Mojica	....	publicity assistant
Migueltxo Molina	....	location manager
Maitena Muruzabal	....	production coordinator
Naroa Sancho	....	production assistant
Mark Allan Staubach	....	production assistant

Thanks
Samantha Aisling	....	special thanks
Lance Barton	....	special thanks
Robert A. Masciantonio	....	special thanks
Mark Nicholson	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Mark Edward Roberts Productions
• Americano LLC
• Spirit Lake Pictures

Distributors

• New Films International (2005) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Spirit Lake Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Americano Productions
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• MTI Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA | Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Mark Edward Roberts Productions

Quotes:

Narrator: The story of our life, in the end, is not our life, it is our story.

pretentious American man meets annoying woman and they waste 2 hours of your time with their boring story

This is undoubtedly the most pretentious and terrible film I have ever watched. It is ignorant, trying to be cultured but just comes across as embarrassingly cringe-worthy and wooden. The main female character who is supposed to be (I think) passionate and exciting is instead annoying and fake. Its obviously an American portrayal of what they see as culture on this side of the ocean(European countries) but it does nothing but expose the ignorance of the American film industry. The only slightly redeeming fact about this movie is Jackson's character's best friend who is pretty funny (but is not even on the screen very much). I have never written a review on anything before but feel like it would be selfish in this case not to warn the rest of the world not to waste 2 hours watching this film as I have done. (well actually it was so bad I switched it off before the end). Basically if you ever think about watching this film...DON'T.