The Salad Mixxxer

Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Soldinger directs. Frank Barrera behind the camera. Robert Nassau cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 12 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Directed by David Soldinger, shot by Frank Barrera. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Editor Robert Nassau shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Kurt Braunohler and Liz Cackowski and Carly Craig carry the top of the cast.
• 7IMDB entry: tt4199500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
• 9Classified under 11 themes, including "film in film", "sex toy", "electrical device", "sex comedy".

The technical file

Cinematography

Frank Barrera

Editing

Robert Nassau

Costume design

Daniel Selon

Makeup / hair

Hugo Villasenor

Runtime

11 min · 0h 11m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

The Salad Mixxxer (2014) ↗

Also by

David Soldinger

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  Infomercials

  2009 · ★ 6.0

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  ▶
  The Salad Mixxxer | Infomercials | Adult Swim

  Clip · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Abominable Pictures

  US

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  Williams Street

  US

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  Adult Swim

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerChristopher Amick
• Executive ProducerBen Mekler
• Executive ProducerDavid Soldinger
• Executive ProducerJonathan Stern
• Line ProducerFranny Baldwin
• EditorRobert Nassau
• ColoristLuke Cahill
• Key GripLeo Ibanez
• SoundCyrus Ghahremani
• First Assistant CameraDanny Gardner
• Sound MixerLee Ascher
• Unit Production ManagerFranny Baldwin
• Makeup Department HeadHugo Villasenor
• Costume DesignDaniel Selon
• Set DecorationCassandra Fuote

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• film in film
• sex toy
• electrical device
• sex comedy
• vintage
• host
• 1960s
• infomercial
• salad
• device
• short film

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2014-10-13
• Digital2014-11-12· Adult Swim

Also known as

International titles

• The Salad MixxxerUS