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Jamie Marks Is Dead

"How far would you go to be remembered?"

2014 1h 41m EN
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★5.6TMDB · 115
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No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

“How far would you go to be remembered?”

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Behind the camera

Director
Carter Smith
Writers
Carter Smith
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carter Smith, shot by Darren Lew. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by François-Eudes Chanfrault. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Eric Nagy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Noah Silver and Cameron Monaghan and Morgan Saylor carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to be remembered?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2381046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Carter Smith directs. Darren Lew behind the camera. François-Eudes Chanfrault scores. Eric Nagy cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 1Shot for just $2.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
  • 2Released 12 years ago.
  • 3Directed by Carter Smith, shot by Darren Lew. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
  • 4Original score by François-Eudes Chanfrault. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
  • 5Editor Eric Nagy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
  • 6Noah Silver and Cameron Monaghan and Morgan Saylor carry the top of the cast.
  • 7Marketing tagline: "How far would you go to be remembered?".
  • 8IMDB entry: tt2381046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
  • 9Classified under 9 themes, including "high school", "haunting", "death", "troubled teen".

The technical file

Cinematography
Darren Lew
Original score
François-Eudes Chanfrault
Editing
Eric Nagy
Production design
Amy Williams
Costume design
Rachel Dainer-Best
Makeup / hair
Nicole Bridgeford
VFX supervisor
Neal Jonas
Stunt coordinator
Anthony Vincent
Runtime
101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical)
1.37:1 (Academy)
Status
Released
Budget
$2,200,000
Original language
EN
Certification (US)
NR

Awards

  • Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography

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Production companies

Who made it

  • MO

    Mountaintop Productions

  • VE

    Verisimilitude

Key crew

  • NovelChristopher Barzak
  • ProducerHunter Gray
  • ProducerAlex Orlovsky
  • ProducerOmri Bezalel
  • ProducerJacob Jaffke
  • Costume DesignRachel Dainer-Best
  • Production DesignAmy Williams
  • EditorEric Nagy
  • Script SupervisorZorinah Juan-Lieber
  • Executive ProducerHezi Bezalel
  • Line ProducerZeke Dunn
  • Executive ProducerMarcelo Gandola
  • Executive ProducerMichael W. Gray
  • Associate ProducerTrace Henderson
  • Associate ProducerDawn Cullen Jonas
  • Executive ProducerJohn Logan
  • Executive ProducerRachel Schnipper
  • CastingJodi Angstreich
  • CastingMaribeth Fox
  • Casting ConsultantLaura Rosenthal
  • CastingCindy Tolan
  • Art DirectionSteven Jos Phan
  • Set DecorationNora Mendis
  • Makeup EffectsNicole Bridgeford

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

  • high school
  • haunting
  • death
  • troubled teen
  • lgbt
  • ghost
  • gay theme
  • homosexual
  • upstate new york

Release history · US

When it landed

  • Premiere2014-01-19· Sundance Film Festival
  • Theatrical2014-08-29NR· New York City, New York
  • Theatrical2014-07-28· New Fest

Also known as

International titles

  • 杰米·马克斯已死CN

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