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A FILM BY SCOTT CAAN

THE DOG PROBLEM

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CAST

Solo Giovanni Ribisi

Lola Lynn Collins

Casper Scott Caan

Benny Kevin Corrigan

Jules Mena Suvari

Candy Sarah Shahi

Frank Tito Ortiz

Ted Kimo Leopoldo

Joe the Guard Brian Goodman

Redheaded Waitress Jennifer Carpenter

Late Night Waitress Laura Katz

Taffy Joanna Krupa

Jeffrey the Butler Crispian Belfrage

Brad Med Abrus

Escalator Girl Melissa Keller

Angry Ketchup Waitress Liz Carey

Spot Jimmy the Dog

FILMMAKERS

Writer / Director Scott Caan

Producers Jonah Smith

Palmer West

Co-Producers Jesse Johnston

Stephanie Lewis

Line Producer Brent Morris

Director of Photography Phil Parmet

Production Designer Corey Lorenzen

Editor Jeff Werner

Music Supervisor Amanda Scheer Demme

Music By Mark Mothersbaugh

Costume Designer Rebecca Bentjen

Casting By Emily Schweber

Jennifer Levy

Production Manager John S. Dorsey

Production Coordinator Krissy Goodman

First Assistant Director Jim Simone

Second Assistant Director Melissa Lekus

Second Second Assistant Director Ben Bywater

Special Effects Tom Ceglia

Albert Lannutti

Assistant Editor Chris Petrus

Set Decorator Missy Parker

Property Master Roger Dertinger

Assistant Property Master Todd Daniels

Leadman Chevy Martinez

Swing Gang Lindsay Winger

Steven D. Barr

1st Assistant Camera Rory Muirhead

Wade Whitley

2nd Assistant Camera Keith A. Jones

Additional 2nd Assistant Camera Michelle M. Opseth

Mark Patnesky

B Camera Operator B.J. McDonald

Loader Ron Elliott

Still Photographer Sam Urdank

Additional Still Photographer Mark Fellman

Gaffer Edgar Arrellano

Best Boy Electric Chris Bernal

Electricians Manuel Alvarado

James Banfield

Marcel Schoettel

Dennis Baker

Mike Lee

Henry Rocha

Roberto Ramirez

Stephen Tachera

Mike Weeks

Key Grip Vince Palomino

Best Boy Grip James Atkins

Dolly Grip T.S. Hale

Key Set Costumer Karen Cortes

Additional Costumer Kip Ren

Key Make Up Artist Barbara Lamelza

Make Up Assistant Danielle Lynn Saunders

Key Hair Stylist Tamara McNaughton

Sound Mixer Pavel Wdowczak

Boom Operator John Hays

Location Manager Eric Pilarcik

Assistant Location Manager Paul Cozzi

Location Scout Dan Beal

Script Supervisor Sharon Cingle

Production Accountant Cynthia Walker

Extras Casting Prime Casting

Assistant to Director Shannan E. Johnson

Office Production Assistant Drew Baker

Set Production Assistants Darci Dunnagan

Tonya Richardson

Justin Anderson

Patrick Caughey

Set Medic Cindy Swartz

Catering Tony Garcia

Emmanuel Leon

Craft Service Michael Schlegel

Legal Services Provided by Weissman, Wolff, Bergman

Coleman, Grodin and Evall LLC

Post Production Supervisor Stephanie Lewis

|"I Like to Move in the Night" |

|Written by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme |

|Performed by Eagles of Death Metal |

|Published by Fabulous Weapon Music (BMI) |

|and Board Stiff Music (BMI) |

|Courtesy of Downtown Recordings |

|By arrangement with Big Sounds International |

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|"Louisa" |

|Written by Donald Cumming |

|Performed by The Virgins |

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|"One Week of Danger" |

|Written by Donald Cumming |

|Performed by The Virgins |

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|"Rockskins" |

|Written and Published by Jon Abrahams |

|Performed by Jonald Rockskins |

|Produced by Jonald Rockskins |

|Courtesy of Jon Abrahams |

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|"I Made You" |

|Written by Joshua Homme |

|Published by Board Stiff Music (BMI) |

|Joshua Homme appears courtesy of Interscope Records |

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|“Walking in L.A." |

|Written by Terry Bozzio |

|Performed by Missing Persons |

|Published by Private Life Music (ASCAP) |

|Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from |

|EMI Film &Television Music and Private Life Music |

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|"I Wanna Make It Wit Chu" |

|Written by Josh Homme, Alain Johannes and Mickey Melichiondo |

|Performed by Desert Sessions |

|Published by Board Stiff Music (BMI), Famous Music LLC o/b/o and |

|Channel This Music (ASCAP) and Browndog Music (BMI) |

|Courtesy of Ipecac Recordings and Rekords Records by |

|arrangement with Big Sounds International |

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ABOUT THE FILM

THE DOG PROBLEM is a contemporary LA comedy written and directed by Scott Caan.   

 

After a year in psychoanalysis, a blocked novelist named Solo (Giovanni Ribisi) is broke and at the end of his rope.  During their last session together, Solo’s therapist (Don Cheadle) suggests that owning a pet may help, causing Solo to acquire a small dog and all of the trouble that comes along with it.  Desperate and unable to cope, Solo turns to his best friend Casper (Scott Caan), a womanizing photographer who introduces Solo to Jules (Mena Suvari), a wealthy dog collector who immediately offers to take the dog off Solo’s hands. Solo just can't bring himself to hand the dog over to her.

 

During an outing to the local dog park, Solo meets Lola (Lynn Collins), a smart and very pretty woman caring for a pit bull. This encounter sends Lola, Solo and Solo’s dog to the vet, where Solo is forced to reveal just how broke he really is.  Thus begins an arms-length relationship that becomes very close very quickly the night that Solo and Casper discover that Lola works as a stripper.  Things grow complicated when Solo’s life is threatened by his loan shark (Kevin Corrigan) while Jules, the rich dog lady, grows increasingly obsessed with Solo’s now-bandaged yet loyal canine companion.  

 

Then the dog goes missing.

 

Making great use of Los Angeles locations, Phil Parmet’s excellent photography and killer soundtrack, director Caan demonstrates a light touch with his original material that makes THE DOG PROBLEM a wryly comic date movie.

THE DOG PROBLEM is Caan’s second film as a director. His first, DALLAS 362, premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

If you spend a little time talking with Scott Caan, it quickly becomes clear that he is interested in making all kinds of movies, but is also maybe a little surprised that his second feature turned out to be a movie like THE DOG PROBLEM.

“It’s a comedy and the people in it fall in love, but I’d rather not call it a romantic comedy,” he says with palpable discomfort. “Solo is a guy trying to figure out life and how he’s ever going to have a normal relationship with a woman, but I’d rather not shove that down anyone’s throat.”

A young Hollywood actor, director and photographer who comes from an acting family (the movie and TV star James Caan is his father), Caan understands well how a certain actors get pegged with a certain image or persona. He also knows that his own image or persona as a “tough guy” comes from the many roles he’s played in films like OCEANS 11 and OCEANS 12, BOILER ROOM and GONE IN 60 SECONDS.

So how did this tough guy come to make a roman—um, a comedy in which two people fall in love?

“If you look at THE DOG PROBLEM and, for a moment, take away the dog and the girl, it’s pretty clear that this is a movie about a really messed up guy,” Caan explains. “The movie came from my desire to tell a simple human story that is dark and upsetting but also has something accessible about it. You could say the dog was my way of tricking the powers that be, but also tricking me.”

With his first film, Caan demonstrated he could write and direct and attract a name cast and financing. With that film he also learned some hard realities about the movie business.

“The reason I wrote THE DOG PROBLEM had to do with being kind of tired of hearing that the stories I wanted to tell were too dark. Movies are hard to get made, and most people don’t want to make them unless there’s a commercial component. The dog element of THE DOG PROBLEM was my way to add a commercial touch to a story about a pretty desperate guy.

“Think about it,” Caan continues. “Here is a guy who’s spent $100,000 on therapy in a single year. That’s cute and everything but something’s wrong.”

When pressed, Caan the film’s premise is based on a real-life situation, though it’s not autobiographical.

“As I was writing this I had a friend who was going to therapy every day of the week for seven months and spending a ridiculous about of money. At the end of six months I literally drove him to the Beverly Center [the location of the pet store in THE DOG PROBLEM] to help him pick out a dog. He said all of the things Solo says in the movie about getting the lowest-maintenance dog possible. Ultimately, getting that dog really helped him.”

Caan describes himself as a “dog person without a dog.”

“My life is too crazy right now to be able to give a pet enough attention,” he says.

Choosing the Actors

Caan and Giovanni Ribisi have known each other for a long time (both appeared in GONE IN 60 SECONDS and BOILER ROOM) and Caan knew Ribisi to be picky about the roles he chose.

“I knew I couldn’t ask him to do just anything,” Caan says, “but I also knew he’d be perfect for this role.

“To me, when a filmmaker is fortunate enough to get Ribisi in their movie, it’s the same as if it was the 70s and you got a Pacino or a Duvall. I’m just beginning to understand that casting is a good part of what directing is all about. To me, Giovanni is the movie.”

Once the film was ready to be made, Ribisi was the only actor to whom Caan offered the role of Solo.

“I didn’t have to give him a lot of direction,” Caan says. “We talked about the character and who he was and Giovanni knew exactly how to play him.”

When it came to cast Solo’s love interest, Caan admits he felt pressure from all sides. The role ultimately went to Lynn Collins, who has worked in such diverse films as the Adam Sandler /Drew Barrymore comedy 50 FIRST DATES to starring as Portia opposite Joseph Fiennes and Al Pacino in Michael Radford’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.

“On the one-hand, Lola is a tricky part, because a lot of actresses have played a lot of strippers in a lot of movies over the years, which meant there were a lot of tired clichés to be avoided. I was also under pressure to cast more of a name and I initially had to offer the role to someone else. But I met Lynn at a general casting meeting and knew she was exactly what I was looking for.

“Lola had to be the kind of girl you could fall in love with but she also had to be tough and independent,” Caan continues, “and that’s Lynn. She can be a princess and also break a bottle over your head in a bar brawl. Nothing about her is overstated. She’s perfect and I wanted her and fought to have her.”

Caan cast himself as a womanizing photographer who provides a lot of the movie’s more comedic subplots and situations. In addition to acting and directing Caan is also a photographer who shoots a wide range of subjects, including nudes. So what gives?

“It’s such a joke,” he says. “In my photography I do nude women and it’s such a cliché to be a photographer and sleep with the women you shoot. I never wanted to be that guy.”

But a girl Caan was dating did once ask her to take nude photos of her, and when he obliged, “I liked the way they came out and they made me want to do it more,” he says today.

“The guy in the movie is a bit of a joke, but I definitely have an understanding of him.”

Like the main character Solo, Mena Suvari’s character is also at least partly based on someone Caan once knew, a wealthy LA girl who collected dogs.

“There are a lot of girls I know that are born into money and don’t have a lot to do. They don’t really need to get a job so they buy these little dogs. I knew this one girl who really liked to take care of them and then give them away. So I gave the character a few more Paris Hilton-y qualities because I wanted to create a scenario in which all of these weird people were chasing Solo and his dog.”

Finally, Caan was faced with a number of challenges when it came to choosing the right dog, which had to be small enough to pass as a young dog yet mature enough to take commands and direction. Aesthetically, Caan wanted “an ugly dog, because ugly is funny.”

Shooting in LA

Consumers of celebrity magazines like Us Weekly and Star will surely recognize the Dog Park, a place in the Hollywood Hills where stars like Jake Gyllenhaal have been photographed giving their canine companions a workout. In THE DOG PROBLEM, the Dog Park is also the location where Solo and Lola first meet, though Lola warns Solo not to hit on her, a nod to the Dog Park’s reputation as one of LA’s busiest pick up locations.

“Every cheese-ball I know goes there to meet women,” says Caan. “When I had a dog we would go all the time, and there were always tons of pretty girls. I definitely played on that when making the movie.”

Caan is very comfortable shooting on location in Los Angeles and draws on the city’s geography and light for inspiration.

“I grew up here, I know it,” he says. “Scouting locations for THE DOG PROBLEM was a matter of looking at real LA landmarks, like a mansion in Beverly Hills, the Beverly Center and Hollywood Boulevard, and seeing how they could fit into this particular narrative.

“As a director, I feel like in some way I am a voice for the part of LA that I know. Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies really speak to me because I know that North Hollywood and the Valley are his experience of LA.”

Caan shot THE DOG PROBLEM in twenty-four days.

“It was tough to get the movie made in that short amount of time but it was also exhilarating and fun. That kind of schedule keeps everyone on their toes.”

About the Music

Caan tapped two of Hollywood’s most visible music professionals to score and layer THE DOG PROBLEM with a distinct 80s LA sound: music supervisor and “lifestyle producer” Amanda Scheer Demme and composer Mark Mothersbaugh.

Caan calls Scheer Demme, who has served as music supervisor on such diverse films as ERIN BROCKOVICH, MEAN GIRLS and GARDEN STATE, “the pioneer” behind the film’s music.

“Amanda is a friend and a force of nature and she helped me get everything I wanted for this movie,” including the 80s hit by Missing Persons, “Walking in LA,” that runs over a key montage that is the film’s dénouement.

Mark Mothersbaugh composed the original music for THE DOG PROBLEM. Long after the break-up of his band Devo, Mothersbaugh has gone on to become one of Hollywood's most respect film composers, having done the musical scores to all of Wes Anderson's films and the theme from the TV show, "Rugrats," among others. He employs most of his former Devo bandmates for these projects.

Other contributors to the soundtrack include Josh Homme, who also contributed original music performed by his bands The Eagles of Death Metal and The Desert Sessions.

“I basically came to Josh Homme's studio begging him to be a part of the movie,” Caan recalls. “I think he hated to see me in such a pathetic state, so he agreed to share an Eagles song and a Dessert Sessions track. I kept begging, so he picked up a guitar played some chords and gave me that as well.”

ABOUT THE CAST

GIOVANNI RIBISI (Solo) is one of modern cinema’s most electrifying talents, as evidenced by a series of knockout performances, which have demonstrated his incredible acting range. He received rave reviews for his portrayal of a morally torn police officer in HEAVEN, alongside Cate Blanchett, and was nominated for Best Supporting Male Actor at the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards for his emotionally charged turn in THE GIFT, directed by Sam Raimi.

Intensely committed to his craft, Ribisi has starred in a diverse slate of motion pictures within a relatively brief timeframe. Credits to date include, THE BOILER ROOM, with Ben Affleck, GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS, opposite Nicolas Cage, director Gary Marshall’s THE OTHER SISTER and Steve Spielberg’s SAVING PRIVATE RYAN in which he was a stand-out as a doomed young medic. He also appeared in Sofia Coppola’s LOST IN TRANSLATION, COLD MOUNTAIN directed by Anthony Minghella and SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW alongside Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Additional credits include LOST HIGHWAY, SUBURBIA, FIRST LOVE LAST RITES, THE THING YOU DO!, THE MOD SQUAD, SCOTCH AND MILK, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, MASKED AND ANONYMOUS, BASIC, LOVE’S BROTHER and I LOVE YOUR WORK.

Ribisi will soon be seen in THE BIG WHITE with Robin Williams and Holly Hunger, and has just completed filming on THE PERFECT STRANGER alongside Halle Berry and Bruce Willis as well as THE DEAD GIRL opposite Toni Collette.

MENA SUVARI (Jules) has become one of the most sought after young actresses in Hollywood. She was seen in the Oscar Award winning film AMERICAN BEAUTY co-starring with Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by the British Academy Awards, for her critically acclaimed performance. She also starred in the outrageous comedy hit AMERICAN PIE, and the Sony release LOSER, in which she starred opposite Greg Kinnear and Jason Biggs, directed by Amy Heckerling. Her starring role in the New Line feature film SUGAR AND SPICE was released in January 2001. She was also seen in the sequel, AMERICAN PIE 2, which grossed over $300 million worldwide.

Mena has most recently appeared in RUMOR HAS IT directed by Rob Reiner, starring opposite Jennifer Aniston, Shirley McLaine, and Kevin Costner, playing Jennifer’s younger sister, and DOMINO directed by Tony Scott, in which she stars opposite Christopher Walken and Keira Knightly. Mena was also seen in the MGM feature BEAUTY SHOP, in which she stars opposite Queen Latifah and Kevin Bacon.

Mena won critical praise recurring on the acclaimed HBO series “Six Feet Under.” Suvari played “Edie”, an eccentric lesbian performance artist.

Mena’s film, TRAUMA in which she stars with Colin Firth, and produced by Jonathan Cavendish (BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY) premiered in Sundance, 2004 and was released in the U.S. in the fall of 2005.

In 2003, Mena made her stage debut in “The World of Nick Adams” at The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, where she starred as “Marjorie” opposite Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts & Matt Damon.

In 2002, she starred in two widely applauded independent feature films. The first was SONNY starring opposite James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, and Harry Dean Stanton marked Nicolas Cage’s directing debut and premiered at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. The second film was SPUN, directed by acclaimed music director Jonas Akerlund, in which she starred opposite John Leguizamo. She played a daring role as a young woman addicted to crystal meth. The film premiered at the Deauville, Toronto, and Sundance film festivals.

In September 2001, Mena starred in the film THE MUSKETEER starring opposite Tim Roth, Stephen Rea, Catherine Deneuve, and Justin Chambers in which she plays a young French girl in 1630’s France, based on the classic tale of “The Musketeer.”

Mena was the winner of 2 Movieline Awards for “Breakthrough Performance” for AMERICAN BEAUTY and “Best Ensemble” cast for AMERICAN PIE. She also received a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for “Best Ensemble Cast” for AMERICAN BEAUTY.

She made her film debut with a starring role in the Greg Araki film NOWHERE. Her other film credits include SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS, KISS THE GIRLS and SNIDE AND PREJUDICE.

Suvari’s other acclaimed television appearances included a recurring part on the Steven Spielberg produced drama series “High Incident” and for her portrayal of an HIV-infected youth on “Chicago Hope.”

In 2003, Mena Suvari became the new worldwide advertising face of the famed Paris cosmetic company Lancôme and in 2005, Mena was featured by the acclaimed jewelry house, Harry Winston, in their winter advertising campaign, shot by the late legendary photographer Richard Avedon.

KEVIN CORRIGAN (Benny) made his feature debut in LOST ANGELS, directed by Hugh Hudson, and has since appeared in over 40 features, including WALKING AND TALKING, in which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor 1997, ILLTOWN, GOODFELLAS, BUFFALO 66, TRUE ROMANCE, LIVING IN OBLIVION, BANDWAGON, HENRY FOOL, SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS, STEAL THIS MOVIE and SCOTLAND, PA.

His most recent film credits include: Ridley Scott’s AMERICAN GANGSTER; his second collaboration with Martin Scorsese on THE DEPARTED, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon; DELIRIOUS, directed by Tom DiCillo and co-starring Steve Buscemi, Minnie Driver, Alison Lohman and Michael Pitt; ON THE ROAD AGAIN WITH JUDAS directed by JJ Lask and co-starring Eddie Kaye Thomas; THE LAST WINTER directed by Larry Fessenden and co-starring James LeGros and Ron Perlman; LONESOME JIM, directed by Steve Buscemi and co-starring Liv Tyler and Casey Affleck.

Corrigan co-wrote (with director Matthew Harrison) the film KICKED IN THE HEAD. He also starred with James Woods and Linda Fiorentino in the film, which was produced by Martin Scorsese and selected for the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

Trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute, Corrigan has appeared in a number of stage and television productions including “Grounded for Life”, “Homicide: Life on the Street”, “Subway Stories” and “Freaks and Geeks.” At the age of 17, he wrote the play “The Boiler Room,” which was performed at Playwrights Horizons and the Young Playwrights Festival. Most recently, Corrigan performed in Ken Lonergan's “Lobby Hero,” for which he received a Garland Award (BackStage West) for best performance by an actor, and in the play “Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames,” by Denis Johnson.

LYNN COLLINS (Lola) recently displayed her tremendous range and versatility starring opposite Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, and Joseph Fiennes in the leading female role in Michael Radford’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. The film made its debut at the Venice Film Festival and was released by Sony Classics in late 2004. Lynn recently finished playing the lead role of “Rosalind” in the NYSF Public Theatre’s production of “As You Like It” at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, for which she received rave reviews. Lynn also recently completed several upcoming film projects, including the William Friedkin directed film BUG, alongside Ashley Judd, NUMB, opposite Matt Perry, and Joel Schumacher’s NUMBER 23 with Jim Carrey.

She will next be seen in the Warner Bros. romantic drama IL MARE alongside Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and RAJAPUR, and independent film about a young woman’s search for love in a mystical Indian village.

Also in 2004, Collins appeared in the box office hit 13 GOING ON 30, with Jennifer Garner and 50 FIRST DATES, with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.

Collins was born and raised in Texas but moved to New York when upon acceptance into the esteemed Julliard School in Manhattan to study acting. While and Julliard, Lynn was honored with the two most prestigious awards given to drama students: The Houseman Award, for Exceptional Ability in Classical Theatre and Command of Language and the The Michel St. Denis Award, give to one member of the graduating class for Outstanding Achievement and Commitment to the Ensemble.

After graduating, Collins landed her first starring role on the New York stage, playing Ophelia opposite Live Schrieber in the NYSF Public Theatre’s production of “Hamlet.” Among other roles that followed included Shakespeare’s Juliet in Sir Peter Hall’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” at the Ahmanson Theatre and John Barton’s Shakespeare special of PBS. Collins’ landed her first leading role on Broadway in Scott Elliot’s production of “The Women” at the Roundabout Theatre.

Collins resides in Los Angeles.

SARAH SHAHI (Candy) is best known for her role as the sexy DJ Carmen on the hit show “The L Word.” She is originally from Dallas, Texas and moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Sarah has appeared in some of television's hottest shows since relocating to Los Angeles. She had a recurring role in "Alias" season one as well as in "Dawson's Creek." Other roles were in series such as "Spin City," "Boston Public," "Maybe It's Me," "Frasier," "Century City" and "Reba."

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Scott Caan has starred in numerous motion pictures, written, directed and starred in two feature films and several plays. Caan made his feature directorial debut with DALLAS 362. Starring Shawn Hatosy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Lynch, DALLAS 362 also premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, then went on to receive the Critics Choice Award at CineVegas International Film Festival, and enjoyed a theatrical release via THINKFilm.

As an actor, Caan was last seen in the romantic comedy FRIENDS WITH MONEY co-starring Jennifer Aniston. He also recently co-stared in the summer blockbuster INTO THE BLUE starring alongside Paul Walker, Jessica Alba and Ashley Scott. Caan is widely know for his wisecracking role as Turk Malloy in Steven Soderbergh’s OCEAN’S 11 (2001) and OCEAN’S 12 (2004) and is currently in production on OCEANS 13. Caan stars alongside George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and his longtime pal Casey Affleck in these films. Caan’s other acting credits include BOILER ROOM, BLACK AND WHITE, GONE IN 60 SECONDS, ENEMY OF THE STATE, VARSITY BLUES, and numerous independent films including BONGWATER, LUNCHTIME SPECIAL and Greg Araki’s NOWHERE.

Caan wrote, starred and co-directed a play in the fall of 2001 at LA’s Playhouse West called Almost Love, a comedy about a guy obsessing over a relationship and the best friend that helps him get over it. He has also written three feature scripts, the first of which, Chasing the Party, a comedy about trying to crash the ultimate Playboy mansion party, is set up at Jerry Bruckheimer Productions with Caan attached to star. He is also in the process of setting up two additional screenplays – the boxing drama The Fight and the ensemble drama Lowest Common Denominator.

THOUSAND WORDS -- Palmer West and Jonah Smith’s production company, Thousand Words, is devoted to identifying unique voices, stories and storytellers whose visions invent rather than abide by cinematic convention. Founded by West in 1998, Thousand Words is a privately owned, Los Angeles-based development, production and finance entity with a revolving credit line through JP Morgan, which affords the company the ability to develop, finance and produce films both with and without domestic distribution commitments. West and Smith most recently produced Richard Linklater’s Keanu Reeves-starrer A SCANNER DARKLY released by Warner Independent Pictures. They also produced the controversial 2006 Sundance Film Festival sensation RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR, which imagines dirty bomb attacks across Los Angeles. Directed by Chris Gorak, RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR was acquired by Lionsgate. Additional credits for Thousand Words include THE CLEARING, THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND, WAKING LIFE and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.

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