Come As You Are

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The take

Richard Wong directs. Richard Wong behind the camera. Jeremy Turner scores. Richard Wong cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 6 years ago.
• 2Directed by Richard Wong, shot by Richard Wong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Jeremy Turner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor Richard Wong shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Janeane Garofalo and Hayden Szeto and Gabourey Sidibe carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Everyone has needs".
• 7IMDB entry: tt6722726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 94 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Richard Wong

Original score

Jeremy Turner

Editing

Richard Wong

Production design

Amy Frazzini

Costume design

Vivian Pavlos

Sound

John Wong

Runtime

107 min · 1h 47m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Come As You Are (2020) ↗

Also by

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  The Valet

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• 
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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Come As You Are - Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

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  Chicago Media Angels

  US

• FL

  Florida Hill

• TH

  The Black List

• ME

  Meridian Entertainment

  CN

Key crew

• Executive ProducerKelly Waller
• Set DecorationMolly Hickey
• Executive ProducerGeoffrey Enthoven
• ProducerJacqueline E. Ingram
• Co-ProducerOlivia Mascheroni
• Costume DesignVivian Pavlos
• Executive ProducerHans Canosa
• Sound Re-Recording MixerJohn Wong
• Executive ProducerTed Reilly
• Executive ProducerJohn Baca
• EditorRichard Wong
• Sound MixerTim Calistro
• Executive ProducerMarkie Glassgow
• ProducerGrant Rosenmeyer
• Executive ProducerMariano Vanhoof
• ProducerBarrett Stuart
• Boom OperatorNicholas Fanelli
• Production DesignAmy Frazzini
• Sound EditorJason Neumann
• Original Film WriterPierre De Clercq

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• brothel
• bodily disabled person
• montreal, canada
• loss of virginity
• man in wheelchair

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2019-03-09· South by Southwest Film Festival
• Theatrical2020-02-14