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Bad Influence
Synopsis
Successful LA marketing analyst Michael Boll (James Spader) seemingly has it all-except a sense of self-confidence. Enigmatic drifter Alex (Rob Lowe) enters Michael's life and immediately begins to exert a negative influence. As Michael's self-esteem zooms (aided by generous dollops of sex and drugs) he allows himself to be dragooned into a life of crime by the demonic Alex. The doppelganger aspects of Bad Influence, and the film's many unexpected twists and turns, echo films of Alfred Hitchcock, especially Strangers on a Train. The film's boldest stroke is to cast the likeable Lowe as the bad guy (albeit a charming one) and the often villainous Spader as the malleable milquetoast.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    Curtis Hanson,
  • Writer:
    David Koepp,
  • Producer:
    Steve Tisch,
  • Cinematographer:
    Robert Elswit,
  • Editor:
    Bonnie Koehler,
  • Executive Producer:
    Richard Becker, Morrie Eisenman,
  • Cast:
    Rob Lowe, Lisa Zane, Marcia Cross, James Spader, Rosalyn Landor,
  • Associate Producer:
    Bonnie Koehler,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Axel Hubert, Phillip Kos,
  • First Assistant Director:
    David Womark,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Tommy Burns,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Roee Sharon,
  • Co-Producer:
    Bernie Goldmann,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Dane A. Davis,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Cynthia Upstill, Sydney Gilner,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Jamie Rubin,
  • Boom Operator:
    Scott Jacobs, Scott Jacobs,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Dean R. Brown,
  • Construction Foreman:
    Michael Atwell, Erich W. Schultz,
  • Location Manager:
    Steve Housewright, Stuart Ganong,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Margi Newquist,
  • Production Sound Mixer:
    Peter Bentley,
  • Property Master:
    Cyd Smyllie,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    John Kwiatkowski,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    G.W. Brown, Kimberly Ellen Lowe, Stuart Copely,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Rebecca Nicolaou, Tracy Toon, Melinda Garey,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Brian Ralph,
  • Foley Editor:
    Mark Larry, Tom Hammond,
  • Art Direction:
    Will Combs,
  • Foley Artist:
    Jerry Trent, Joan Rowe,
  • Dialect Coach:
    Lillian Glass,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    Robert A. Preston, Steve Venetis, Anthony G. Nakonechnyj,
  • Key Grip:
    Thaddeus Wadleigh,
  • Assistant Hairdresser:
    Mimi Vodnoy, Haim Adut,
  • Still Photographer:
    Michael Paris,
  • Stunts:
    Carlos A. Herzer, Carol Neilson, Shane Dixon, Gary Price, Jerry Spicer, Pat Romano,
  • Production Assistant:
    Bill Badalato, Lonnie Kragel, Jerry McNally, Paul Toth, Grace H. Wang, Anthony Wooten, Robert Leveen,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Deahdra Scarano,
  • Executive In Charge Of Post Production:
    Brad Arensman,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Jon Caradies,
  • Apprentice Sound Editor:
    Nancy Tracy,
  • Production Accountant:
    Paulette C. Fine,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    James 'Obee' Oberman,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Falaniko S. Loa,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Brian LeGrady, Keith Banks,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Damon Cardwell,
  • Choreographer:
    Sarah Elgart,
  • Grip:
    Troy Webb, Ivan H. Migel, Ezra Migel, James Campana, Lon Thompson, Dante Cardone,
  • Production Secretary:
    Michele E. Carnes,
  • ADR Editor:
    Randy Vandegrift, Jim Borgardt,
  • Costumer:
    Andrea Strazis,
  • Leadman:
    Peter Borck,
  • Casting Associate:
    Robyn Ray,
  • Electrician:
    Cindy Lagerstrom, Larry Roth, David Maddux, David C. Dean, John R. Manocchia, Walter Santucci,
  • Scenic Artist:
    George Hinzo,
  • Set Decoration:
    Leslie Morales,
  • Gaffer:
    Jim Grce, Bob Field, Stephen Sharp,
  • Music:
    Trevor Jones,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Lisa Kasteler,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    Liz Matthews,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Scott Wilder,
  • Production Executive:
    Louis G. Friedman,
  • Costume Design:
    Malissa Daniel,
  • Executive In Charge Of Production:
    Avram Butch Kaplan,
  • Production Design:
    Ron Foreman,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Sharon Ilson, Sheryl Berkoff,
  • Key Hair Stylist:
    Frances Mathias,
  • Focus Puller:
    Mitchell Amundsen,
  • Set Buyer:
    Christina Volz,
  • Music Editor:
    Dan Carlin Sr.,
  • Casting:
    Lisa Beach,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Carol Fenelon,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Charley Gilleran,
  • Color Timer:
    Mike Stanwick,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Iya Labunka,

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