The Deal (2005)

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R | 1 hr 47 mins | Thriller | Released: 6/17/2005

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Synopsis:

The time is the not-so-distant future. The place is Wall Street. The United States has been at war for three years with the Confederation of Arab States, an expensive war both in lives and oil lost. Gas prices in America have risen to an unheard of $6.00/gallon, creating not just an oil crisis but the perfect scenario for illegal profiteering. Delaney & Strong, one of the country's oldest and most respected investment banks, is having its own crisis: cash reserves are dangerously low and several recent deals have not yielded expected results. The company's best and brightest, Tom Hanson, has had his own share of recent bad luck--he hasn't brought in a single high paying client for months, his personal life is devastated by a nasty divorce, and his ethics are in serious jeopardy. When one of Delaney & Strong's largest clients, Condor Oil & Gas, approaches Tom to take over their upcoming merger after the murder of their account executive Richard Kester, Tom is stunned. Not only is Tom not an oil and gas expert, but Richard was one of his best friends. Still, Condor's CEO Jared Tolson insists and he's not a man easily dissuaded. This is a twenty billion dollar merger with a seemingly oil-rich Russian company, and both Tom and Delaney & Strong are as publicly beyond reproach as Tolson could hope. Back at Delaney & Strong, the reactions to Tom's deal sets the viper's nest abuzz. Delaney's top oil and gas man, Hank Wiess, recruits newly hired Harvard grad Shane Waller as his in-house spy as tries to discredit Tom's work. Another new hire, Harvard grad and environmental idealist Abby Gallagher becomes Tom's go-to girl as he perches precariously between revitalizing his career and trying desperately to cling to his nearly lost morals. It's not until Tom begins to unravel the proposed merger bit by bit, that pieces of a global conspiracy puzzle start to fall into place. From the oil feeds of the Middle East to the Russian Mafia and even the United States Senate, greed, fear and envy chisel away at "the deal" until finally Tom finds himself in a life-or-death race against what's right and what's real.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/17/2005

Studio	Credit
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra	Studio (New York) Score Performer
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra	Studio (Boston) Score Performer
Slovak Radio Concert Hall	Studio (New York) Music Recording
Slovak Radio Concert Hall	Studio (Boston) Music Recording
Director	Credit
Harvey Kahn	Director
Cast	Credit
Christian Slater	Tom Hanson
Selma Blair	Abbey Gallagher
Robert Loggia	Jared Tolson
Angie Harmon	Anna
Colm Feore	Hank Weiss
John Heard	Professor Roseman
Francoise Yip	Janice Long
Mike Dopud	Theo Gorbov
Paul McGillion	Richard Kester
Christine Lippa	Lucy Rahlston
Kevin Tighe	John Cortland
Philip Granger	Jerome Halliday
Jim Thorburn	Shane Waller
Jennifer Clement	Sara Kester
Viacheslav Vinnik	Nicholai Chernoff
Peter Hall	Clark Jackwell
Congress Jay Robert Inslee	Senator Lucas
Linda Darlow	Erma
Frida Betrani	Jared's Secretary
Tony Alcantar	Agent Grazer
Peter LaCroix	Rod
Aubrey Arnason	Deena Scott
Tom McBeath	Board Member 1
Marc Baur	Client 1
Nathaniel Deveaux	Officer
Valentina Ballos	Cleaning Woman
Howard Storey	Armed Security Guard
Production Credits	Credit
Harvey Kahn	Producer
Michael Carlin	Associate Producer
Christian Slater	Executive Producer
David Leuschen	Executive Producer
Sheri W. Elowsky	Associate Producer
Ruth Epstein	Producer
Chris Dorr	Producer
Bernadette Meyers	Associate Producer
Mark Shafir	Executive Producer
Robert Lee	Producer
Kevin W. Kennedy	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Milestone Entertainment	Production Company
Front Street Pictures	Production Company
Myriad Pictures	Production Company
Clean Slate Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Myriad Pictures	Foreign Distribution Rights
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Front Street Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York, New York, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Writer	Credit
Ruth Epstein	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Marnie Termuende	Postproduction Accountant
David Hutkin	Finance Manager - Production Finance Provider
Nancy Heller	Assistant Production Accountant
Svatia Sakarova	Production Accountant
Max Vega	Finance Manager - Production Finance Provider
Art Department	Credit
Michael Raylevick	Painter - Paint Coordinator
Carole Alexander	Set Dresser
Kristina Lyne	Art Director
Ian Nothnagel	Set Decorator
Andrew Deskin	Production Designer
Todd Keller	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Mark W. McGann	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Lindsay D Chag	Casting
Audrey Skalbania	Extras Casting (New York)
Alisa Knox	Casting Assistant (New York)
Alisa Knox	Casting Assistant (Boston)
Audrey Skalbania	Extras Casting (Boston)
Shani Ginsberg	Casting
Jakki Fink	Casting
Audrey Skalbania	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Grant Astle	Craft Service - Chef
Trevor Sadler	Craft Service - Assistant Chef
Sandy Reynolds	Craft Service
Stacey Moores	Craft Service - Extras Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Kathy Herndl	Loader - Camera Loader
Ed Dobbs	Color Timer
Glen Dickson	Camera Operator
Adam Sliwinski	Director of Photography
Dean Heselden	Steadicam Operator
James Dittiger	Photography - Stills Photographer
Mark Evans	Assistant Camera
Denver Collins	Director of Photography (New York)
Steven N Moore	Steadicam Operator
Darren Joseph	Assistant Camera
Robin Lindala	Camera Operator
Paul Michaud	Photography - Stills Photographer
Patrick Earley	Loader - EPK Unit
Morrison C. Huston	Assistant Camera (New York)
Denver Collins	Director of Photography (Boston)
Morrison C. Huston	Assistant Camera (Boston)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Film Finances	Completion Bond Provider
ICBEF, A Division Of Imperial Capital Bank	Funding Production Financing Provider
Jones Brown Inc	Completion Bond Provider (New York) Insurance Services
Jones Brown Inc	Completion Bond Provider (Boston) Insurance Services
Legal	Credit
Sheri W. Elowsky	Legal Counsel - US Legal Counsel (New York)
Sheri W. Elowsky	Legal Counsel - US Legal Counsel (Boston)
Carol Chestnut	Legal Counsel - Canadian Legal Counsel
Heenan Blaikie	Legal Counsel - Canadian Legal Counsel
Music	Credit
Will Holland	Song
Will Holland	Music Producer
Will Holland	Music Arranger
The Limp Twins	Song Performer
Allan Wilson	Music Conductor (New York)
Paul Talkington	Music Contractor (New York)
Jeff Vaughn	Music Recording Facilities - Music Recording Mixer (New York)
Russell Porter	Lyrics
Christopher Lennertz	Orchestrations (New York)
Christopher Violette	Music Supervisor
Chris Violette	Music Editor (New York)
Peter Fuchs	Music Engineer - Recording Engineer (New York)
Christopher Lennertz	Composer
Christopher Lennertz	Orchestrations (Boston)
Peter Fuchs	Music Engineer - Recording Engineer (Boston)
Chris Violette	Music Editor (Boston)
Russell Porter	Music Arranger
Russell Porter	Song
Russell Porter	Music Producer
Jeff Vaughn	Music Recording Facilities - Music Recording Mixer (Boston)
Allan Wilson	Music Conductor (Boston)
Jill Walsh	Song Performer
Jill Walsh	Song
The Quantic Soul Orchestra	Song Performer
Will Holland	Music Arranger - Song
Will Holland	Music Producer - Song
Marcus Trumpp	Orchestrations (New York)
Marcus Trumpp	Orchestrations (Boston)
Scott Nickoley	Song
Quantic	Song Performer
Alex Cowan	Music Producer
Alex Cowan	Music Arranger
Andrew Kinney	Orchestrations (New York)
Jamie Dunlap	Song
Jamie Dunlap	Song Performer
Scott Nickoley	Song Performer
Andrew Kinney	Orchestrations (Boston)
Adrianne	Song
Joe Lervold	Song
Gerard Marino	Orchestrations (New York)
Sweet Baby J'ai	Song Performer
Gerard Marino	Orchestrations (Boston)
Mark Thomas	Song
Adrianne	Song Performer
Corey Jackson	Orchestrations (New York)
Gunnar Olsen	Song
Joe Lervold	Song Performer
Shawn Murphy	Song
Corey Jackson	Orchestrations (Boston)
Numbs	Song Performer
Cornell Saluone	Song
Richard Bronskill	Orchestrations (New York)
Jess Klein	Song Performer
The Don Barak	Song Performer
Richard Bronskill	Orchestrations (Boston)
Rick Angulo	Song
Deb Talan	Song Performer
Jess Klein	Song
TM Juke	Song Performer
The Don Barak	Song
Phontaine	Song Performer
Bobby Jones	Song
Fosforo	Song Performer
Alex Cowan	Song
Grant Baldwin	Song
Rafael Loiederman	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Brett Armstrong	Stunt Coordinator