Carpool (1996) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Franklin Laszlo is a hapless, henpecked but eager-to-please carnival owner who's taking a one-shot chance at robbery in order to salvage his business and relationship with his young son. Daniel Miller is a compulsive workaholic resentfully stuck driving the neighborhood carpool, including his own two overlooked sons, on the day of a make-or-break presentation at his advertising agency. Their paths cross in the middle of a bungled robbery when Franklin flees the site, taking Daniel and his vanful of kids as hostages and beginning a comic day-long chase.

Cast & Crew

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Conrad Palmisano

Tom Arnold

David Paymer

Rhea Perlman

Jonathan Walker

Nathaniel Deveaux

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

1996

Distribution Company

WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD)

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 59m

Synopsis

Franklin Laszlo is a hapless, henpecked but eager-to-please carnival owner who's taking a one-shot chance at robbery in order to salvage his business and relationship with his young son. Daniel Miller is a compulsive workaholic resentfully stuck driving the neighborhood carpool, including his own two overlooked sons, on the day of a make-or-break presentation at his advertising agency. Their paths cross in the middle of a bungled robbery when Franklin flees the site, taking Daniel and his vanful of kids as hostages and beginning a comic day-long chase.

Directors

Conrad Palmisano

Arthur Hiller

Cast

Tom Arnold

David Paymer

Rhea Perlman

Jonathan Walker

Nathaniel Deveaux

Rachael Leigh Cook

Kay Arnold

Rick Poltaruk

Jack Thomas

Victor Magnussen

Michael Richard Dobson

Larry Musser

Michael Tiernan

Shawn Macdonald

Judy Kovar

Mikey Kovar

Colleen Rennison

Betty Linde

Kim Coates

Micah Gardener

William Bauer

Dolores Drake

Kathleen Freeman

Tatiana Chekhova

Obba Babatundé

Alexis Ioannidis

Jewel Staite

Justin Wilkie

Wren Roberts

John Tench

Mary Mcdonald

Julie Arnold

Rod Steiger

Victor Favrin

David Ward

Jordan Blake Warkol

Alan Van Sprang

David Kaye

Jeremy Radick

Edie Mcclurg

Ian Tracey

Miriam Flynn

Patti Allan

Myron Pechet

Stellina Rusich

Brian Arnold

Steve Billnitzer

Hiro Hauata

Crew

Stuart Aikins

Location Casting

Lawrence Albright

L Caroline Allart

Raymond Alley

Grace Anderson

Assistant Costume Designer

Mary Andrews

Kevin Andruschak

Denny Arnold

Sandes Ashe

Assistant Camera Operator

Ken Ashley-johnson

Scott Ateah

Ruth Atkinson

Siegfried Augustine

Paul Aulicino

Bill Babington

Assistant Editor

Charity Bailey

Ian Ballard

Carol Banever

Gail Barrett

Costume Supervisor

Robert Barryhill

Becky Bates

John Beal

Shauna Beal

Rodney Beech

Transportation Captain

Philip Beer

Guy Bews

Harry Black

Gary Blufer

Brent Boates

Storyboard Artist

Curt Bonn

Brian J Boyer

Stewart Bradley

Special Effects Coordinator

Bob Bradshaw

Jim Brebner

Assistant Director

Dillard Brinson

Don Briscoe

Lance Brown

Eric Bryson

Gavin Buhr

Jim Burrage

Kelly Cabral

Fitch Cady

Executive Producer

Yves Cameron

Peter G Capadouca

Tom Carlson

Stephen Carr

Tanya Carroll

Set Production Assistant

Clarence Carter

Dan Cervin

Special Effects

Doug Chapman

Marila Chappelle

Post-Production Accountant

Pierre-paul Charbonneau

Colby Chartrand

Lauro Chartrand

Cydnee Chasmar

Extras Agent/Coordinator

Jeff Chivers

Dean Choe

Mel Christensen

Marco Ciccone

Camera Operator

Jessica Clothier

Script Supervisor

Sandy Cochrane

Douglas Colvin

Patrick Connelly

Robin J N Coope

Rich Cowan

Assistant Director

Gavin B Craig

Doug Craik

Camera Operator

Jeffrey Cranford

Assistant Sound Editor

Mike Crestejo

Garvin Cross

Lee Aubre Culp

John Cummings

Paul Cunningham

Jayne Dancose

Makeup Assistant

Marcus Daniel

Bonnie Daniels

Production Associate

John Debney

John Debney

Marc Deschaine

Duane Dickinson

Jean-luc Dinsdale

Camera Assistant

Joe Divitale

John Dodds

Chris Dolbec

Ingrid Dordar

Mona Doulet

Victoria Down

Michael Dressel

Stephen Duke

Michelle Eastham-bartolo

Gordon Ecker

Bill Edwards

Tom Eirikson

Marny Eng

Les Erskine

Alette Falle

Alette Falle

John Michael Fanaris

Felix Fanzega

Dominique Fauquet-lemaitre

Will Fearn

Location Manager

Louis Febre

Heather Feeney

Heather Feeney

Dorothy Fehr

Allan Fenske

Vince Filippone

Assistant Editor

Jim Finbeiner

David Footman

Assistant Director

Gil Forrester

Vanessa Paris Foster

Garyle Frazer

Bruno Fruscalzo

Set Production Assistant

Mary Frymire

Set Production Assistant

Frank A Fuller

James Fuller

Steve Garber

Set Production Assistant

Sandy Garcia

Foley Recordist

Aris Georgiopoulos

Camera Assistant

Steven Gerrior

Assistant Sound Editor

Anthony Giacinti

Penny Gibbs

Production Coordinator

Bruce Giesbrecht

Assistant Editor

Rick J Giles

Cory Glass

Jason Glass

Tom Glass

Gordon Glen

Boyd Godfrey

Mark Gonzales

Casey Grant

Unit Production Manager

Casey Grant

Associate Producer

James Grant

Marilyn Gray

Alex Green

Jim Green

Leesa Green

Kasandra Greene

Office Assistant

Bill Haines

William Haines

Location Casting

Barbara Harris

Niki Harris

Nigel Harrison

Deborah Harry

Jay Hawkins

Craig Henderson

Construction Coordinator

Beverley Hendry

Beverley Hendry

Michael Herbick

Jennifer Hill

Props Assistant

Adam Hogarth

Set Production Assistant

Sharon Holownia

Eunice Holsaert

Paul Holzborn

Glenn Hoskinson

Dave Hospes

Gaston Howard

Kim Howey

Kathy Hubble

Liza Huget

Jeff Hyman

Chuck Ingram

Carol Jackson

Ernie Jackson

David Jacox

Gaetan Jalbert

Paul Jenkinson

Lead Set Dresser

Kirk Johns

Unit Location Manager

Ken S Johnson

Jamie Jones

George Josef

Walter Kachmar

Herminio Kam

Trish Keating

Costume Designer

John G Kennedy

Ken Kirzinger

Lori Knight

Yuka Kobayashi

Bryan Korenberg

Property Master

Geoff C Lands

Production Associate

L James Langlois

Michael Langlois

Pat Lauwers

Don Leask

Eric Lemay

Special Effects

Lee Lemont

John Leroy

Brad Loree

Kevin A Lublin

Julie Macdonald

Al Mackinnon

Mary Jo Macvey

J.j. Makaro

Steve Mann

Blake Marion

Phil Marshall

Phil Marshall

Phil Marshall

Cotton Mather

Kathy Mccart

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Comedy

Release Date

1996

Distribution Company

WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD)

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 59m

Articles

TCM Remembers - Rod Steiger

July 1, 2002

ROD STEIGER, 1925 - 2002

From the docks of New York to the rural back roads of Mississippi to the war torn Russian steppes, Rod Steiger reveled in creating some of the most overpowering and difficult men on the screen. He could be a total scoundrel, embodying Machiavelli's idiom that "it's better to be feared than loved" in the movies. But as an actor he refused to be typecast and his wide range included characters who were secretly tormented (The Pawnbroker, 1965) or loners (Run of the Arrow, 1965) or eccentrics (The Loved One, 1965).

Along with Marlon Brando, Steiger helped bring the 'Method School' from the Group Theater and Actors Studio in New York to the screens of Hollywood. The Method technique, taught by Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, insisted on complete immersion into the character's psyche and resulted in intense, dramatic performances and performers. Steiger made his first significant screen appearance as Brando's older brother in On the Waterfront (1954). Their climatic scene together in a taxicab is one of the great moments in American cinema.

It was a short leap from playing a crooked lawyer in On the Waterfront to playing the shady boxing promoter in The Harder They Fall (1956). Based on the tragic tale of true-life fighter Primo Carnera, The Harder They Fall details the corruption behind the scenes of professional boxing bouts. Steiger is a fight manager named Nick Benko who enlists newspaperman Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart in his final screen appearance) to drum up publicity for a fixed prizefight. While the boxing scenes were often brutally realistic, the most powerful dramatic moments took place between Steiger and Bogart on the sidelines.

As mob boss Al Capone (1959), Steiger got to play another man you loved to hate. He vividly depicted the criminal from his swaggering early days to his pathetic demise from syphilis. In Doctor Zhivago (1965), Steiger was the only American in the international cast, playing the hateful and perverse Komarovsky. During the production of Dr. Zhivago, Steiger often found himself at odds with director David Lean. Schooled in the British tradition, Lean valued the integrity of the script and demanded that actors remain faithful to the script. Steiger, on the other hand, relied on improvisation and spontaneity. When kissing the lovely Lara (played by Julie Christie), Steiger jammed his tongue into Christie's mouth to produce the desired reaction - disgust. It worked! While it might not have been Lean's approach, it brought a grittier edge to the prestige production and made Komarovsky is a detestable but truly memorable figure.

Steiger dared audiences to dislike him. As the smalltown southern Sheriff Gillespie in In The Heat of the Night (1967), Steiger embodied all the prejudices and suspicions of a racist. When a black northern lawyer, played by Sidney Poitier, arrives on the crime scene, Gillespie is forced to recognize his fellow man as an equal despite skin color. Here, Steiger's character started as a bigot and developed into a better man. He finally claimed a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as Sheriff Gillespie.

Steiger was an actor's actor. A chameleon who didn't think twice about diving into challenging roles that others would shy away from. In the Private Screenings interview he did with host Robert Osborne he admitted that Paul Muni was one of his idols because of his total immersion into his roles. Steiger said, "I believe actors are supposed to create different human beings." And Steiger showed us a rich and diverse cross section of them.

by Jeremy Geltzer & Jeff Stafford

Tcm Remembers - Rod Steiger

TCM Remembers - Rod Steiger

ROD STEIGER, 1925 - 2002 From the docks of New York to the rural back roads of Mississippi to the war torn Russian steppes, Rod Steiger reveled in creating some of the most overpowering and difficult men on the screen. He could be a total scoundrel, embodying Machiavelli's idiom that "it's better to be feared than loved" in the movies. But as an actor he refused to be typecast and his wide range included characters who were secretly tormented (The Pawnbroker, 1965) or loners (Run of the Arrow, 1965) or eccentrics (The Loved One, 1965). Along with Marlon Brando, Steiger helped bring the 'Method School' from the Group Theater and Actors Studio in New York to the screens of Hollywood. The Method technique, taught by Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, insisted on complete immersion into the character's psyche and resulted in intense, dramatic performances and performers. Steiger made his first significant screen appearance as Brando's older brother in On the Waterfront (1954). Their climatic scene together in a taxicab is one of the great moments in American cinema. It was a short leap from playing a crooked lawyer in On the Waterfront to playing the shady boxing promoter in The Harder They Fall (1956). Based on the tragic tale of true-life fighter Primo Carnera, The Harder They Fall details the corruption behind the scenes of professional boxing bouts. Steiger is a fight manager named Nick Benko who enlists newspaperman Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart in his final screen appearance) to drum up publicity for a fixed prizefight. While the boxing scenes were often brutally realistic, the most powerful dramatic moments took place between Steiger and Bogart on the sidelines. As mob boss Al Capone (1959), Steiger got to play another man you loved to hate. He vividly depicted the criminal from his swaggering early days to his pathetic demise from syphilis. In Doctor Zhivago (1965), Steiger was the only American in the international cast, playing the hateful and perverse Komarovsky. During the production of Dr. Zhivago, Steiger often found himself at odds with director David Lean. Schooled in the British tradition, Lean valued the integrity of the script and demanded that actors remain faithful to the script. Steiger, on the other hand, relied on improvisation and spontaneity. When kissing the lovely Lara (played by Julie Christie), Steiger jammed his tongue into Christie's mouth to produce the desired reaction - disgust. It worked! While it might not have been Lean's approach, it brought a grittier edge to the prestige production and made Komarovsky is a detestable but truly memorable figure. Steiger dared audiences to dislike him. As the smalltown southern Sheriff Gillespie in In The Heat of the Night (1967), Steiger embodied all the prejudices and suspicions of a racist. When a black northern lawyer, played by Sidney Poitier, arrives on the crime scene, Gillespie is forced to recognize his fellow man as an equal despite skin color. Here, Steiger's character started as a bigot and developed into a better man. He finally claimed a Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as Sheriff Gillespie. Steiger was an actor's actor. A chameleon who didn't think twice about diving into challenging roles that others would shy away from. In the Private Screenings interview he did with host Robert Osborne he admitted that Paul Muni was one of his idols because of his total immersion into his roles. Steiger said, "I believe actors are supposed to create different human beings." And Steiger showed us a rich and diverse cross section of them. by Jeremy Geltzer & Jeff Stafford

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Summer August 23, 1996

Released in United States on Video December 23, 1996

The theatrical release of "Carpool" will be accompanied by the animated Looney Tunes short "Superior Duck" from veteran director Chuck Jones.

Completed shooting November 16, 1995.

Began shooting August 8, 1995.

Released in United States Summer August 23, 1996

Released in United States on Video December 23, 1996

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