Chaos Theory

Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds), celebrated author of the bestseller The Five Minute

Efficiency Trainer, has perfected the art of living via a foolproof system of timetables and

index cards. In fact, his daily “to do” lists are legendary. A man known for playing it

safe, Frank doesn’t believe in spontaneity. Every choice he makes is

deliberate.designed to contribute to a well-ordered, predictable life.

But life, as he soon learns, never adheres to a strict schedule.

Frank’s wife, Susan (Emily Mortimer), and seven-year-old daughter, Jesse

(Matreya Fedor), find his obsession charming in small doses, but as a steady diet it can be

very frustrating. One morning, Susan attempts to loosen her husband’s scheduling

stranglehold by adding ten minutes to his day. But, by setting the clock backward instead

of forward, she inadvertently unleashes a series of mishaps that turn his meticulously

ordered life upside down. A belligerent ferryman, a ruthless seductress, a reluctant

mother-to-be and the secret amor of his best friend, Buddy (Stuart Townsend), combine

to send his life into complete chaos.

As his life unravels in several directions simultaneously, however, a stunning

family revelation forces Frank to look fate squarely in the eye. Shaken to his core, he

starts living entirely “in the moment,” allowing him to defy the conventions that have

heretofore defined him. Those carefully coordinated index cards that had once kept his

life in perfect order now become a deck of chance as Frank scribbles spontaneous ideas

on random cards, shuffles, chooses and follows the luck of the draw…with unexpected

results.

Frank is about to discover that not even an efficiency expert armed with

timetables and index cards can change the serendipitous nature of family and friendship,

love and forgiveness.

Castle Rock Entertainment and Lone Star Film Group present a Frederic Golchan

Production, “Chaos Theory,” starring Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, Stuart Townsend,

Sarah Chalke and Mike Erwin. Marcos Siega directed the film from a screenplay by

Daniel Taplitz. “Chaos Theory” is produced by Frederic Golchan and Erica Westheimer,

with Fred Westheimer serving as executive producer and Barbara Kelly as co-producer.

The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Ramsey

Nickell, production designer Sandy Cochrane and film editor Nicholas Erasmus. The

music is composed by Gilad Benamram.

“Chaos Theory” has been rated “PG-13” by the MPAA for mature thematic

material, sexual content and language.

www.chaostheorymovie.com

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

“This movie has a lot of twists and turns, but at the same time it is really very

simple,” says director Marcos Siega. “It’s a story about love and forgiveness. I believe

that if you truly love someone, you’ll forgive them almost anything, but usually not

without some trials and tribulations. What’s the saying? ‘That which does not kill us

only makes us stronger.’ That is certainly the case with some of our characters.”

As often happens, the story of “Chaos Theory” was inspired by true life events in

the life of screenwriter Daniel Taplitz. He confides, “There was a point in my life when I

was diagnosed with cancer. I didn’t necessarily want to write about that, but I was

interested in writing about what somebody does when they’re metaphorically pushed off

a cliff both physically and emotionally.how one piece of information can potentially

change their life and how they might have to reconstruct that life.”

Taplitz continues, “The story is told from the perspective of Frank, who starts out

in total control of his life, which is very ordered and meticulously planned out. But he

could never have planned for the emotional crisis that hits him and that, in turn, leads him

to start living his life randomly and by whim. But those choices have even greater

repercussions.”

Producer Frederic Golchan, who first bought the rights to the screenplay, relates

that the central themes of the story are what drew him to the script. “I thought it was

such an original story told with heart and humor, and I loved the ‘voice’ of the script. I

also thought it was about something very meaningful—love and commitment. I think

there are two kinds of love. There is the kind you give freely and unconditionally, like

the love of a parent for a child, the love Frank has for his daughter, Jesse. And there is

the kind of love you have to work on, which is more like the love between Frank and his

wife. But if you truly care about each other, it will work out in the end and be even more

rewarding. I think Frank is trying to give his prospective son-in-law, Ed, a better

understanding of the commitment he is getting into, although at first you’re not quite sure

what his motives are.”

Golchan recalls that when he met Marcos Siega, he knew he had found the right

director, starting with their shared belief in the project. “Marcos had incredible passion

for this film. He also has a specific style and a very strong sense of aesthetics, which I

appreciated. He knows what he wants and how to shoot it, so he works very, very

quickly.”

With the director set, the next order of business on “Chaos Theory” was casting,

beginning with the man at the center of the story, Frank Allen, an efficiency expert who

lives to plan rather than plans to live. But Frank could never have planned for the detour

his life was about to take.

Ryan Reynolds, who stars in the role of Frank, says he leapt at the opportunity to

portray someone whose life is unraveling before his eyes. “Playing this kind of

character—a person who’s vulnerable, a control freak whose life disassembles in a way

he can’t control—really appealed to me. A lot of people look for some kind of order in

their life, some sort of way to keep it all together. They have these maladaptive coping

mechanisms, which, in Frank’s case, is writing everything down. In a way it’s like Frank

placed all these emotional scaffolds around himself. He believes that unless he keeps

things in a very organized and ordered way, he’s going to lose himself. I think what he

discovers is that you just can’t avoid chaos, life is going to throw you curveballs no

matter what you do and no matter who you are.”

They say opposites attract, and that would certainly be the case with Frank and his

wife, Susan. Susan, who would rather live life as it comes, has grown frustrated by her

husband’s seeming inability to allow for the slightest deviation from his routine. Her

lighthearted albeit misguided attempt to thwart Frank’s obsessive time management

becomes the catalyst for a series of events that not only derail Frank’s life but threaten to

destroy her own.

Susan is played by Emily Mortimer, who offers, “Susan thought she wanted this

nice, happy home, but now that she’s got it, she’s finding it actually rather confining in

some ways. And here’s Frank, who drives her nuts with his index cards and schedules,

and she thinks, ‘Is this the rest of my life?’ So she tries in some small way to change

things up a bit by changing the clock. But instead of turning it back, she mistakenly

moves it forward by 10 minutes. Then everything backfires and it’s like chaos has been

unleashed. Susan has this urge to live life to the fullest and be adventurous, but at the

same time she has a real desire for the harmony and coziness of a family life. I think the

whole journey for Susan is trying to work out how to unite those two sides of her life and

to realize what truly matters to her.”

The two sides of Susan’s life are represented by the two most important men in

her life: her husband, Frank, who is a model of order and organization; and the couple’s

best friend, Buddy, who lives a much freer existence…and who was once Frank’s rival

for Susan’s affections.

Cast in the role of Buddy, Stuart Townsend notes, “Buddy is your good-time guy;

he’s a bachelor, drives a Porsche and doesn’t take anything too seriously. When we meet

him, it’s a flashback to the New Year’s Eve before Frank and Susan are married. Buddy

fancies Susan and thinks it’s mutual, so when she announces she’s going to marry Frank,

it kind of knocks the wind out of him. Through the movie, he is trying to get Frank to

lighten up, but at the same time, Buddy has to grow up and face his own responsibilities.

I see ‘Chaos Theory’ as a story about friendship and love, and what happens to even the

best of friends when the two get intertwined.”

Rounding out the main cast are Sarah Chalke as Paula, a seductive admirer of

Frank’s, who tries to takes advantage of him at his most vulnerable, and Mike Erwin as

Ed, a young man who develops a severe case of cold feet on the day of his wedding to

Frank and Susan’s daughter, Jesse. Elisabeth Harnois plays the grown-up Jesse, while

young Matreya Fedor plays Jesse at seven years old.

Before the start of principal photography, Marcos Siega took his cast through a

two-week rehearsal period. He felt the extra time together was vital in shaping the

relationships among his three main leads, which would later translate to the screen. As

the chemistry between the three actors jelled, the director took the added prep time to

work out his approach to filming their scenes together. “My style is not to have the

camera constantly moving,” the director reveals. “You don’t always have to cut to a

close-up when someone walks in the door, you don’t need to cut to a reaction when

someone’s being emotional, you should be able to sit on the shot and feel it. On my last

movie I decided to start applying that concept and shoot everything through one lens. I

like how it makes the viewer feel like another person in a conversation because your

depth of field never changes.”

Siega credits his director of photography Ramsey Nickell with making the visual

and technical aspects of filmmaking seamless. “I can’t say enough about Ramsey. He’s

incredibly talented and he knows what I’m looking for so I don’t have to over-explain.

We have this great dynamic.”

Nickell agrees. “I know it sounds cliché but Marcos and I definitely have a

shorthand. Going into a scene, I already have a pretty good idea of what he’s planning on

doing and how he plans on covering it. After that, it’s more about fine-tuning.”

Working with production designer Sandy Cochrane and costume designer Tish

Monaghan, Siega utilized deliberate splashes of color in both the sets and wardrobe as

subtle indicators of what was transpiring in the story. “One of the things I did was to

decide a color to represent chaos, so anytime Frank goes through something chaotic, we

played with color,” Siega explains. “The color that kept coming up was orange, so I

looked it up on the internet and it’s supposed to be the color for construction and hunger.

Okay, the movie’s not about food or construction but who cares?” the director laughs.

“Orange is a good color and it works. I like to interject some visual cue so when you’re

watching the movie and caught up in the story, it’s not going to jar you, but it will

definitely create some kind of atmosphere that you will notice, even subconsciously.”

Music is an integral element in films and, coming from a music background,

Siega knows the importance of songs and score to help drive a story. However, he also

likes to incorporate music on the set as a form of inspiration. With over 5,000 songs in

his playlist, music could constantly be heard between takes from loudspeakers around the

set. Leading up to shooting a scene, Siega chose songs that he felt would help both the

cast and crew understand not only the tone but the rhythm of the scene.

On the screen, the song selection heard in “Chaos Theory,” complementing the

score by Gilad Benamram, was especially important. In addition to helping to set the

tone, it also reflected the era, as the story takes place over the course of three different

time frames: when Frank, Susan and Buddy are in their early 20s in the early 1980s; a

few years later when Frank and Susan are married with a seven-year-old daughter; and in

the present day on the now-adult Jesse’s wedding day.

The wedding day scenes bookend the film, as almost the entire story is told in

flashback. Frank, having caught his prospective son-in-law on the verge of abandoning

Jesse at the altar, corners the nervous groom, sits him down and begins to recount the

surprising trials and tribulations of his own marriage.

Siega says the device of telling the story in flashback lends itself to the universal

experience of looking back at events with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. “You might not

want to relive them, but with the passage of time, you can look back with understanding

and even laughter. We all know that telling any story in hindsight can be really funny.”

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ABOUT THE CAST

RYAN REYNOLDS (Frank Allen) has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most

sought-after leading men and was recently named one of People magazine’s “Sexiest

Men” of 2007.

Reynolds next stars in the romantic comedy “Definitely, Maybe,” playing a soonto-

be-divorced father with a questionable past. Opening February 14, the film also stars

Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks and Kevin Kline.

In addition, Reynolds has completed work on two more films due out later in

2008: the comedy “Adventureland,” in which he stars opposite Kristen Stewart under the

direction of Greg Mottola; and the drama “Fireflies in the Garden,” with Julia Roberts,

Carrie-Anne Moss and Emily Watson. The latter will premiere at the 2008 Berlin Film

Festival and will be released in the spring. Reynolds next begins filming the romantic

comedy “The Proposal,” in which he stars opposite Sandra Bullock.

Reynolds most recently starred in John August’s thriller “The Nines,” with Hope

Davis, which premiered to critical acclaim at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He also

joined the ensemble cast of Joe Carnahan’s crime thriller “Smokin’Aces,” alongside Ray

Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Andy Garcia, Ben Affleck and Jason Bateman.

In 2005, Reynolds starred in the remake of the horror classic “The Amityville

Horror,” which opened at number one at the box office, and the romantic comedy “Just

Friends.”

He was previously seen with Jessica Biel and Wesley Snipes in the final

installment of the “Blade” trilogy, “Blade: Trinity,” playing the acerbic vampire hunter

Hannibal King. Reynolds’ break-out film role came in the outrageous campus comedy

“National Lampoon’s Van Wilder,” in which he played the title character.

EMILY MORTIMER (Susan Allen) is an award-winning actress who has built

an impressive list of film credits. Her break-out role came in the critically acclaimed

“Lovely & Amazing,” a comic, bittersweet tale of four resilient women. Mortimer’s

performance brought her praise from critics and audiences and she won a 2003

Independent Spirit Award for her role.

Mortimer most recently starred in the widely acclaimed comedy “Lars and the

Real Girl,” opposite Ryan Gosling and Patricia Clarkson. Her other recent film credits

include Woody Allen’s “Match Point,” joining a critically acclaimed ensemble cast

which included Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Matthew Goode; and the

hit comedy “The Pink Panther,” playing Inspector Clouseau’s secretary Nicole, opposite

Steve Martin.

Mortimer’s film credits also include such diverse films as Shona Auerbach’s

“Dear Frankie,” earning a London Film Critics Circle Award nomination for her

portrayal of an impoverished single mother who has moved to a seaside Scottish town

with her deaf child; first-time writer/director David Mackenzie’s “Young Adam,”

opposite Ewan McGregor, for which Mortimer earned a nomination as Best British

Actress at the 2004 Empire Awards; and Stephen Fry’s directorial debut, “Bright Young

Things,” leading an ensemble cast.

Over the last year, she has also worked continuously on a wide range of upcoming

projects, including Brad Anderson’s thriller “Transsiberian,” which just premiered at the

2008 Sundance Film Festival and also stars Woody Harrelson, Kate Mara, Eduardo

Noreiga and Sir Ben Kingsley; David Mamet’s “Redbelt,” set in the Los Angeles fight

world, opening in April 2008; and “The Pink Panther 2,” reprising her role opposite Steve

Martin.

In addition to her film projects, Mortimer played the recurring role of Phoebe,

Alec Baldwin’s character’s love interest, during the 2006-2007 season of the hit NBC

series “30 Rock.” She is currently making her off-Broadway debut in acclaimed

playwright Jez Butterworth’s “Parlour Song.”

STUART TOWNSEND (Buddy) most recently made his feature film directorial

debut with “Battle in Seattle,” which he also wrote and produced. The true-life action

drama, starring Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson and Ray Liotta, premiered at the 2007

Toronto Film Festival and will be released in March 2008.

Townsend previously starred in the romantic comedy “The Best Man,” with Seth

Green and Amy Smart; the drama “Head in the Clouds,” opposite Charlize Theron and

Penelope Cruz; the action fantasy “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman,” alongside

Sean Connery; the horror thriller “Queen of the Damned”; and the romantic comedy

“About Adam,” in which he played the title role, opposite Kate Hudson.

His additional film credits include “The Escort,” “Wonderland,” “Resurrection

Man,” “Under the Skin,” “Shooting Fish” and “Trojan Eddie.”

On television, Townsend starred in the title role of the ABC series “The Night

Stalker.” He also had a memorable guest role on the hit NBC series “Will & Grace.”

A Dublin native, Townsend divides his time between Europe and California.

SARAH CHALKE (Paula) has starred for seven seasons as the sexy, ambitious

Dr. Elliot Reid on the critically acclaimed NBC series “Scrubs.” In 2006, Chalke earned

praise for her performance in the Emmy-nominated Lifetime telefilm “Why I Wore

Lipstick to My Mastectomy,” based on the memoir by Geralyn Lucas.

On the big screen, she most recently starred in the independent feature “Mama’s

Boy,” with Diane Keaton and Jon Heder. Her film credits also include such independent

features as “Cake” and “Alchemy.”

In summer 2005, Chalke starred in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production

of “Create Fate” and completed a successful off-Broadway run of the romantic comedy

“Modern Orthodox,” under the direction of James Lapine at the Underwood Theater.

A native of Ottawa, Canada, Chalke was raised in Vancouver and began

appearing in local musical theatre productions at age eight. As a young adult, she

became an environmental reporter for the Canadian series “Nothing Too Good for a

Cowboy.” Her big break came in 1993, when she was cast as daughter Becky Conner on

the ABC series “Roseanne.”

Chalke speaks fluent French and German and, when not working, volunteers at a

hospice for terminally ill children.

MIKE ERWIN (Ed) previously worked with director Marcos Siega on the

feature film “Pretty Persuasion.” He was more recently seen in the comedy “Freshman

Orientation.” His other film credits include “Hulk,” directed by Ang Lee, “The New

Guy” and “American Pie 2.” He will next be seen in the features “Twisted” and “Say

Hello to Stan Talmadge,” both set for release in 2008.

On television, Erwin appeared in the critically acclaimed series “Jack & Bobby,”

and was an audience favorite in the role of Colin Hart on the series “Everwood.”

Additionally, he appeared opposite Marcia Gay Harden in the Lifetime original movie

“She’s Too Young.” His other television credits include guest roles on such series as

“CSI: Miami,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “CSI,” “Touched by an Angel,” “7th Heaven,”

“Judging Amy” and “Reba.”

Erwin’s professional stage credits include productions of Shakespeare’s “As You

Like It” and “Henry V,” as well as Sam Shepard’s “Cowboy Mouth.”

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

MARCOS SIEGA (Director) developed his visual style through his work on

numerous music videos before branching out into projects for both the big and small

screen.

Siega made his feature film directorial debut with the 2005 action comedy

“Underclassman,” starring Nick Cannon and Shawn Ashmore. He followed that with

“Pretty Persuasion,” which starred Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods and Ron

Livingston in a bitingly satirical take on race, sexual misconduct, media and society’s

fascination with celebrity. The independent film emerged as a hot property at the 2005

Sundance Film Festival and was released in August of that year.

Currently, Siega is serving as an executive producer on the film “Barry Munday,”

and he will next produce the feature “Something Blue,” with John Leguizamo set to star.

Before starting his directing career, Siega was a member of the New York-based

punk band Bad Trip. When not on tour, he worked in production on a variety of

television shows and films, including “Sleepless in Seattle.”

Siega directed his first music video for the song “Can’t Wait One Minute More”

by the group C.I.V. Soon after, the video appeared on MTV as a “buzz clip” and was

named Best Rock Modern Video of the Year by Billboard. Siega subsequently directed

numerous music videos for such influential artists as Weezer, Rooney, Hoobastank, Blink

182, All American Rejects, The Crystal Method, Kelly Osbourne, Everclear, Pete Yorn,

Vanessa Carlton, Jurassic 5, and P.O.D. He has consistently been one of the most

nominated directors at the MTV Video Music Awards and won the Music Video

Producers Association’s Best Music Video award for System of a Down’s “Chop Suey.”

Segueing to television, Siega began directing episodes of the series “Fastlane” and

“Oliver Beene.” He also created, directed and executive produced VH1’s “Rock The

House.” He has gone on to direct episodes of such series as “Veronica Mars,” “Cold

Case,” “The Nine,” “Shark” and, most recently, “Dexter.”

FREDERIC GOLCHAN (Producer) was born in Paris and began his career in

the film business when he worked on a Claude Lelouch film. Later, as a student at

UCLA’s Film School, he interned for Peter Guber at Columbia Pictures. While in film

school, his documentary “The Victory of the Deaf” won an Emmy Award.

After graduating, Golchan went on to receive MBAs from New York University,

Hautes Etudes Commerciales and London Business School. He then worked on Wall

Street for American Express and in Los Angeles as an investment banker in real estate.

In 1986, Golchan founded Third Eye Productions and acquired a number of

literary properties. He co-produced the international film “Flagrant Desire,” starring Sam

Waterston, Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton and Arielle Dombasle. For television, he

developed and produced “Freedom Fighter,” based on the book The Berlin Wall by Pierre

Galante and starring Tony Danza, Sid Caesar and David McCallum. In 1988, Golchan

entered a first-look deal with Columbia Pictures. At the time, he was already developing

“Quick Change,” starring Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid, for Warner Bros.

Later, at Paramount, Golchan developed and went on to serve as executive

producer on the 1994 hit “Intersection,” directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard

Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich. He then produced, with Interscope, the 1996

film “The Associate,” directed by Donald Petrie and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne

Wiest, Tim Daly and Bebe Neuwirth.

In 1999, Golchan made his debut as a screenwriter and director with the film

“Kimberly,” starring Gabrielle Anwar, Sean Astin, Jason Lewis and Molly Ringwald.

The romantic comedy was screened at a number of film festivals, including Sundance and

Deauville, before receiving international theatrical distribution and subsequent DVD

release.

Since 2002, he has been developing projects with Ted Field at Radar Pictures. He

is currently prepping “Intimate Strangers,” with Hilary Swank; “Rififi,” starring Al

Pacino; “Perfect Crime,” with Ben Stiller; and “The Woman Next Door,” with Neil

LaBute writing and Taylor Hackford directing.

Golchan has been the Vice President of the French Hollywood Circle since its

inception in 1995, and is the ambassador for two prestigious festivals in France, Cognac

and Fantastica, as well as the Manaus Film Festival in Brazil.

ERICA WESTHEIMER (Producer) most recently produced the acclaimed dark

comedy “The Savages,” written and directed by Tamara Jenkins and starring Laura

Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film has received numerous honors, including

two Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Linney).

A Los Angeles native, Westheimer studied photography and design at the School

of the Museum of Fine Arts and received a BFA from Tufts University in Boston. She

began her career in New York working in interior design before segueing to talent

publicity, celebrity styling and, finally, theatrical costume design, for which she trained

with William Ivey Long. This led to the arena of independent film in New York, where

she worked on such projects as Woody Allen’s “Hollywood Ending,” with an all-star

ensemble cast, and Kenneth Lonergan’s “You Can Count on Me,” starring Laura Linney

and Mark Ruffalo.

After ten years in independent films, Westheimer joined Lone Star Film Group as

Executive in Charge of Production, spearheading in-house production and managing coproductions

for the Beverly Hills-based film financing company.

DANIEL TAPLITZ (Screenwriter) previously wrote and directed “Breakin’ All

the Rules,” starring Jamie Foxx, and “Commandments,” starring Aidan Quinn and

Anthony LaPaglia.

FRED WESTHEIMER (Executive Producer) was born in El Paso, Texas, raised

in Houston and attended the University of Texas. While on academic break during the

summer of 1963, he began his entertainment career in the mail department at 20th Century

Fox before moving into casting and creative development for TV and film.

In 1970, Westheimer became a television agent at the William Morris Agency.

He served as head of Television Talent from 1972 until 1980, when he became head of

the Motion Picture Talent Department for six years, representing a talent roster that

included John Travolta, Elaine May and Candice Bergen.

In 2005, he left William Morris to run Lone Star Film Group, a private equity-

financed firm dedicated to financing independent features. The first release of Lone Star

Film Group is “The Savages,” which is now in theatres and has received two Academy

Award nominations: Best Actress (Laura Linney) and Best Original Screenplay

(Tamara Jenkins). The company is currently in production and pre-production on several

films.

RAMSEY NICKELL (Director of Photography) began his film industry career

in 1988 as a production assistant. While rising through the ranks to become a

cinematographer, he had the good fortune to be mentored by, among others, Wayne

Isham, Bill Pope, Larry Fong and Samuel Bayer. He collaborated with Bayer on nearly

50 music videos, including Nirvana’s unforgettable “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

As a cinematographer, Nickell has lensed numerous award-winning commercials

and music videos, and in 1999 was the recipient of the Music Video Producers

Association’s Panavision Award for Best Cinematography, for The Crystal Method’s

“Comin’ Back.”

Moving into film and television, he shot the pilot episodes of “Fastlane” and

“Chuck” with longtime collaborator McG. “Chaos Theory” marks Nickell’s second

feature film with director Marcos Siega, the first being “Pretty Persuasion,” which

premiered to acclaim at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

SANDY COCHRANE (Production Designer) trained and worked in theatre for

15 years before beginning his film career in Vancouver in the early 1980s. He has since

worked on more than 25 film and television projects, including the recent feature “In the

Land of Women,” on which he was the production designer.

His feature film credits as art director include “Paycheck,” “The Santa Clause 2,”

“Along Came a Spider,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Wrongfully Accused,”

“Hideaway,” “Look Who’s Talking Now,” “This Boy’s Life” and “Leaving Normal.”

For television, he has served as the production designer on such projects as

“Saving Milly,” “Meltdown,” “Double Bill,” “Ladies and the Champ,” “Personally

Yours” and “Miracle on the 17th Green.”

NICHOLAS ERASMUS (Editor) is originally from South Africa, and has

worked consistently with director Marcos Siega on numerous award-winning

commercials and music videos. His credits include Siega’s “Pretty Persuasion,” starring

James Woods and Evan Rachel Wood, and “Step Up 2 the Streets,” directed by Jon Chu.

Erasmus was a special sequence editor on the features “The Good Humor Man,”

from executive producer Kelsey Grammer, and “Dangerous Ground.”

Erasmus' additional editing credits include the documentaries “No Map for These

Territories” and “Tangles & Locks.”

He received Emmy recognition in 2000 for his work on NBC's Snap.com

commercial campaign.

BARBARA KELLY (Co-Producer) co-produced “Things We Lost in the Fire,”

starring Halle Berry and Benecio Del Toro; “Pathfinder”; “Memory,” starring Billy Zane,

Ann-Margret and Dennis Hopper; “They”; and “A Pyromaniac’s Love Story,” directed

by Joshua Brand.

As production manager, Kelly’s feature film credits include the sci-fi actioner “I,

Robot,” starring Will Smith, “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever,” “40 Days and 40 Nights,”

“Speaking of Sex,” “This Is My Life” and “Sea of Love.”

Her television producing credits include the crime drama series “Secret Agent

Man,” the miniseries “Atomic Train,” and the telefilms “Different,” “Circle of Deceit,”

“Jitters,” “Their Second Chance” and “Little Criminals.”

Kelly holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton University, as well as a

BA in Anthropology and an ARTC/Teaching Certificate from the Royal Conservatory of

Music.

GILAD BENAMRAM (Composer) previously collaborated with Marcos Siega

when he composed the score for the director’s previous feature, “Pretty Persuasion.”

A native of Israel, Benamram has also worked twice with director Ariel Vromen,

on the 2005 film “Simple Lies” and the 2006 film “Danika.” His additional credits

include the 2008 documentary feature “Victory Over Darkness” and the 2007 Japanese

feature “Ichijiku no kao” (“Faces of a Fig Tree”), which enjoyed a theatrical release in

Japan and was awarded the NETPAC prize at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.

TISH MONAGHAN (Costume Designer) is currently serving as the costume

designer on “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” a remake of the classic sci-fi film, starring

Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates. Her recent film credits include the

romantic comedy “Catch and Release,” starring Jennifer Garner; the thriller “The

Invisible,” starring Marcia Gay Harden; and last summer’s comedy “Hot Rod.”

Monaghan previously worked with Marcos Siega on the director’s 2005 action

comedy “Underclassman.” She has also designed the costumes for such diverse films as

the mystery thriller “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” starring Laura Linney and Tom

Wilkinson; Lasse Hallstrom’s drama “An Unfinished Life,” starring Robert Redford,

Jennifer Lopez and Morgan Freeman; Christopher Nolan’s thriller “Insomnia,” starring

Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank; the comedy adventure “Cats & Dogs”; the

Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore”; and Joel Schumacher’s “Cousins.”

For television, Monaghan’s extensive credits include such longform projects as

“The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” “Traffic,” “Sole Survivor,” “Northern Lights”

and “Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story,” as well as the current

NBC series “The Bionic Woman.”

A native of British Columbia, Monaghan earned her B.F.A. degree from the

University of Victoria, Canada. She later earned a diploma in period costume design

from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.

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CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT

and LONE STAR FILM GROUP Present

A FREDERIC GOLCHAN PRODUCTIONS

A Film by MARCOS SIEGA

CAST

Frank Allen.................................................................................RYAN REYNOLDS

Susan........................................................................................EMILY MORTIMER

Buddy Endrow .....................................................................STUART TOWNSEND

Paula Crowe .................................................................................SARAH CHALKE

Ed .......................................................................................................MIKE ERWIN

Peg the Teacher .................................................................CONSTANCE ZIMMER

Jesse Allen (7 years) ................................................................ MATREYA FEDOR

Jesse Allen ......................................................................... ELISABETH HARNOIS

Damon ............................................................................CHRIS WILLIAM MARTIN

Maid of Honor ......................................................................... JOVANNA HUGUET

Best Man........................................................................... CHRISTOPHER JACOT

Ken ................................................................................... ALESSANDRO JULIANI

Sherri................................................................................................LISA CALDER

Evil Ferryman.......................................................................................TY OLSSON

Pregnant Nancy....................................................................JOCELYNE LOEWEN

Nurse.......................................................................................PATRICIA IDLETTE

Head Nurse........................................................................... DENALDA WILLIAMS

Frank's Doctor .............................................................................. DAVID BERNER

Tracy................................................................................CHRISTINE CHATELAIN

Teacher #1.............................................................................. LINNEA SHARPLES

Target of Frank's Attack......................................................................SIMON CHIN

Tequila Girl ......................................................................... SARAH EDMONDSON

Girl #1 at Bar........................................................................CHRISTINA TWIDALE

Girl #2 at Bar..................................................... CASSANDRA BRIANNE HEARLE

Flower Delivery Boy..........................................................................KEVIN FOLEY

Nevin..................................................................................... DONAVON STINSON

Officer Fields................................................................. DARYL SHUTTLEWORTH

Judge at Wedding....................................................................LAURIE MURDOCH

Stunt Coordinator .................................................................................JON KRALT

Stunts........................................................................................ JAMES BAMFORD

SIMON BURNETT, CLINT CARLETON

DAVE HOSPES, BRAD LOREE

MELISSA R. STUBBS, CLAY VIRTUE

FILMMAKERS

Directed by....................................................................................MARCOS SIEGA

Written by.....................................................................................DANIEL TAPLITZ

Produced by........................................................................ FREDERIC GOLCHAN

Produced by.........................................................................ERICA WESTHEIMER

Executive Producer .............................................................. FRED WESTHEIMER

Director of Photography............................................................ RAMSEY NICKELL

Production Designer .............................................................. SANDY COCHRANE

Film Editor........................................................................... NICHOLAS ERASMUS

Casting by............................................................................ RICK MONTGOMERY

Co-Producer ...............................................................................BARBARA KELLY

Costumes Designed by .............................................................TISH MONAGHAN

Music by...................................................................................GILAD BENAMRAM

Associate Producer ..........................................................................KEARIE PEAK

Unit Production Manager............................................................BARBARA KELLY

Production Manager.......................................................................JULIA NEVILLE

First Assistant Director ................................................................. PAUL K. BARRY

Second Assistant Director ..............................................................PAUL BURGER

Art Director.................................................................................. MARGOT READY

Art Director Coordinator................................................................. SEAN GOOJHA

Set Decorator.................................................................................. PETER LANDO

On-Set Dresser..........................................................................COLIN MEACHAM

Lead............................................................................................ CHRIS GILMOUR

Camera Operator.................................................................TREVOR HOLBROOK

Still Photographer ..................................................................... ALAN MARKFIELD

First Assistant Camera..........................................................GARTH LONGMORE

"B" Camera First Assistant ....................................................GEORGE MAJOROS

Second Assistant Camera..................................................MAGALIE BOULERICE

Video Assist........................................................................................DAVE JOSHI

3rd Assistant Directors ................................................................ PHILIP NEE NEE

JODY RYAN

Production Sound Mixer.................................................................JAMES KUSAN

Boom Operator ...................................................................................MARK NODA

Cable Person........................................................................................ BRAD KITA

Script Supervisor ..................................................................CLAUDIA MORGADO

Costume Supervisor .............................................................. MICHELLE HUNTER

Assistant Costume Designer .......................................................ALISON FRASER

Key Costumer...............................................................................PAULA PLACHY

Costumers .............................................................................. LUISA DAL MAGRO

JUDITH FELLER

Make-up Effects by....................................CAPTIVE AUDIENCE PRODUCTIONS

Make-up Effects Artists.......................................... GREG CANNOM, BRIAN SIPE

KEITH VANDERLAAN, MARGARET PRENTICE

Key Make-up............................................................................... STAN EDMONDS

Make-up..................................................................................WENDY SNOWDON

Key Hairstylist................................................................ ANGELINA P. CAMERON

Hairstylist ........................................................................ROSEMARIE HARRISON

Property Master .............................................................................. GRANT SWAIN

Assistant Property Master ................................................................NEVIN SWAIN

Chief Lighting Technician ......................................................... OWEN K. TAYLOR

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician ........................... SAUBRIE SAID MOHAMED

Rigging Gaffer.................................................................................BILL TENNANT

Key Grip............................................................................. JOHN WESTERLAKEN

Best Boy Grips............................................... CLIFF GLADDEN, JASON RASHKE

BRYCE SHAW, TONY THORPE

Dolly Grip......................................................................CHRISTOPHER BANTING

Key Rigging Grip ..........................................................................GENE KEIGHER

Special Effects Supervisor............................................................ ALEX BURDETT

Special Effects................................................................................ADAM TAYLER

Location Manager..................................................................MONTY BANNISTER

Assistant Location Managers ..................JASON M. COLLIER, DAN KUZMENKO

Greens.........................................................................................FRANK HADDAD

GREG COOMBS, TOM LLOYD

Construction Coordinator......................................................CRAIG HENDERSON

Construction Foreman....................................................................BILL FORSTER

Scenic Artist......................................................................... MALCOLM MACLEAN

Transportation Coordinator.............................................................BOB DENNETT

Transportation Captain................................................................DAVE KENNEDY

Production Accountant ................................................................ MANDY BUTLER

Assistant Production Accountant......................................................KATIE FORSS

Production Office Coordinator .................................................. BLISS McDONALD

Assistant Production Coordinators........................................KARIN KORCHINSKI

LINDSAY OLEKSIUK

Assistant to Marcos Siega................................................MORGAN SCHECHTER

Assistants to Frederic Golchan........................................AMBER ZOE SESSIONS

CHRISTY PETERS

Assistant to Erica Westheimer.................................................... JUSTINE COGAN

Assistant to Ryan Reynolds............................................................. ELISE GAYLIE

Staff Assistants........................................................................... MICHEAL BAHTA

JERONIMO BECCAR, JITKA DERMISKOVA

DAVE EDMONDSON, SEAN FINNAN

DIANE PANOZZO, ALEX SKREPNIK

CHRIS SMITH, CAM STAPLES

Dialect Coach .............................................................................KATE PIERPOINT

Casting Assistant..................................................................CHADWICK STRUCK

Vancouver Casting ..................................................... AIKINS/COSSEY CASTING

Extras Casting ............................................................................ANDREA BROWN

Teacher.....................................................................................RACHEL GRAHAM

Post Production Supervisor............................................................JAMEY PRYDE

1st Assistant Editor.................................................ANNA JOSENHANS-HAYDEN

Post Production Coordinator ..............................................RANDALL JAMES BOL

Re-recording Mixers ..................................... MARC FISHMAN, TONY LAMBERTI

Supervising Sound Editor......................................................CHRISTOPHER AUD

Sound Effects Editors..............................................................STEVE BISSINGER

MICHAEL W. MITCHELL

Dialogue Editors.......................................................MARK L. MANGINO, M.P.S.E.

MICHAEL MAGILL

ADR Mixers....................................... THOMAS J. O'CONNELL, CHRIS MUNYON

Assistant Sound Editors ....................................................... STEPHANIE BROWN

JEFF CRANFORD, KENNY FEWELL

Foley Mixer ......................................................................................... DAVID JOBE

Foley Artist................................................................................... DAVID LEE FEIN

Music Editor..........................................................................SHERRY WHITFIELD

Additional Orchestration ......................................................MISHA PIATIGORSKY

Score Mixer..............................................................................BRYAN CARRIGAN

Catering..................................................................CINEMA SCENES CATERING

Craft Service....................................................................................... ZARA CHUN

Publicist .......................................................................................JACKIE BISSLEY

Production Services by..............................................TERMINAL CITY PICTURES

Color Timer.......................................................................CHRIS De La GUARDIA

Negative Management ......................................................................... MO HENRY

Digital Intermediate by......................TECHNICOLOR DIGITAL INTERMEDIATES

DI Colorist..............................................................................JOHN PERSICHETTI

DI Producer................................................................................. TIM R. KENNEDY

DI Conform ................................................. MIKE CANTERBURY, JOHN HIROTA

VFX and Titles by............................................PACIFIC TITLE AND ART STUDIO

Soundtrack Album on Lakeshore Records

"You Fall Off"

Written by Steve Tagliere

Performed by Gingersol

Courtesy of Gingersol

By Arrangement with Bug

"Be Gentle With Me"

Written by Peter Hobbs & Jonathan Owen

Performed by The Boy Least Likely To

Courtesy of 19 Recordings Limited

"Graceless"

Written by Alex Dezen

Performed by The Damnwells

Courtesy of Zoe/Rounder Records

Under License from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

"Calypso Slide"

Written by Walter Schreifels

Performed by Walking Concert

Courtesy of Some Records

"Better Things"

Written by Ray Davies

Performed by The Kinks

Courtesy of Koch Entertainment

By Arrangement with Sugaroo!

"Livin' Thing"

Written by Jeff Lynne

Performed by Electric Light Orchestra

Courtesy of Epic Records

By Arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

"You Sexy Thing"

Written by Errol Brown

Performed by Hot Chocolate

Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.

Under License from EMI Film & Television Music

"Say"

Written and Performed by Alex Dezen

"Electric Harmony"

Written and Performed by Alex Dezen

"Tonight and Forever"

Written by Alex Dezen

Performed by The Damnwells

"Golden Days"

Written by Alex Dezen

Performed by The Damnwells

Courtesy of Zoe/Rounder Records

Under License from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

City of Vancouver Archives

CORBIS

Special Thanks to

British Columbia Film Commission

Province of British Columbia

Filmed with PANAVISION ® Cameras & Lenses

Prints by TECHNICOLOR ®

KODAK Motion Picture Products

FUJIFILM Motion Picture Products

DOLBY Digital DTS Digital SDDS

Approved #43182 IATSE

Motion Picture Association of America

This motion picture

Story and Screenplay

Original Score

CHAOS THEORY

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