Movies:
Timecode
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2000
- Interactive featurette: Mike Figgis' Video Diary
- DVD-ROM features:
- Digitally mastered audio and video
- Version 15 [theatrical release] presented in full-screen [rated R]
- English 5.1 [Dolby Digital] and 2-channel [Dolby Surround]
- Director's commentary for version 15
- Interactive audio mix option for version 15
- Full-length unrated version one of "Time Code" in English [Stereo] with director's commentary
- Mike Figgis' Shooting Score;
- The Red Mullet;
- Link to othe official "Time Code" website
- Theatrical trailer
- Interactive menus
- Production notes
- Rating:
- Genre: Comedy Drama
- Movie Type: Showbiz Comedy, Showbiz Drama
- Themes: Romantic Betrayal, Filmmaking, Love Triangles
- Director: Mike Figgis
- Main Cast: Xander R. Berkeley, Golden Brooks, Saffron Burrows, Viveka Davis, Richard Edson, Salma Hayek, Holly Hunter, Kyle MacLachlan, Leslie Mann, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeanne Tripplehorn
- Release Year: 2000
- Country: US
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Director Mike Figgis helmed this ground-breaking experimental feature, filmed with four synchronized digital video cameras in four separate locations. The story, outlined in advance but otherwise improvised, was enacted in a single continuous take, like a stage play, with the unedited images from all four locations presented on the screen at once. Figgis and his crew chose the best single run-through, and the result is the film's final release version. The story focuses on four main characters around the casting sessions for a film called Bitch of Louisiana to be directed by Lester Moore (Richard Edson): Alex Green (Stellan Skarsgard), the studio executive overseeing Moore's project; his wife Emma (Saffron Burrows); gangster Lauren Hathaway (Jeanne Tripplehorn); and her unfaithful lover Rose (Salma Hayek). These characters' paths cross as murder, infidelity, and dirty dealings are interrupted by an earthquake and its aftershocks. Time Code 2000 also features Kyle MacLachlan, Holly Hunter, Julian Sands, Steven Weber, Danny Huston, Viveka Davis, and Laurie Metcalf. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie GuideReview
Almost by default, Mike Figgis' audacious experiment with the powers of digital video is one of the director's better efforts. The design of the film -- four continuous takes, onscreen at once -- virtually guarantees that something interesting will be happening at least 25% of the time. At its best, there's too much to absorb in one sitting. Figgis' choice of improvisers, however, proves to be a mixed bag. Stellan Skarsgård and Holly Hunter shine in scenes which require them to be honest, sardonic, and even tragic; Julian Sands and Salma Hayek, meanwhile, show a heretofore unseen comic side. On the other hand, femme fatales Jeanne Tripplehorn and Saffron Burrows essentially twiddle their thumbs for much of the film and overact when they get the opportunity to say or do anything. For all its claims of "invention," Timecode is actually conventionally engrossing: with its simplistic plot -- involving infidelity and insensitivity at a slick Hollywood production company -- the overall result is like watching a juicy soap opera through four grainy surveillance cameras. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie GuideCast
- Xander R. Berkeley - Evan Watz
- Golden Brooks - Onyx Richardson
- Saffron Burrows - Emma
- Richard Edson - Lester Moore
- Salma Hayek - Rose
- Holly Hunter - Executive
- Kyle MacLachlan - Scott "Bunny" Drysdale
- Leslie Mann - Cherine
- Stellan Skarsgård - Alex Green
- Jeanne Tripplehorn - Lauren Hathaway
Viveka Davis - Victoria Cohen; Aimee Graham - Sikh Nurse; Glenne Headly - Therapist; Andrew Heckler - Auditioning Actor; Holly Houston - Alex's Assistant; Danny Huston - Randy; Daphna Kaster - Auditioning Actor; Patrick Kearney - Drug House Owner; Elizabeth Low - Penny; Mía Maestro - Ana Pauls; Laurie Metcalf - Dava Adair; Suzy Nakamura - Connie Ling; Alessandro Nivola - Joey Z; Zuleikha Robinson - Lester's Assistant; Julian Sands - Quentin; Steven Weber - Darren Fetzer
