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The Art of Self-Defense (2019) [R]

Release Date:
July 12, 2019

Original Title:
The Art of Self-Defense

Alternate Titles:
A Arte da Autodefesa
El arte de defenderse
L'art de l'autodéfense
L'arte della difesa personale
La mejor defensa es un ataque
Umetnost samoodbrane
W obronie wlasnej
Искусство самообороны
ジ・アート・オブ・セルフ・ディフェンス
호신술의 모든 것

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
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Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA15+  BE: 18  BR: 16  CA: R  DE: 16  FI: K-16  FR: 12|16  GB: 15  KR: 15  MX: C  PL: 16  RU: 16+  US: R 

Runtime: 104

Overview from TheMovieDB

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

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Production

Additional Gaffer:
Scott Phelps

Art Direction:
Chad Blevins

Assistant Costume Designer:
Tora Eff

Assistant Director:
Diletta Di Nicolantonio

Best Boy Electric:
Eliot Brown

Best Boy Grip:
Daniel Williamson

Boom Operator:
Tasha Ann Ladwig

Chief Lighting Technician:
Matt Ware

Co-Producer:
Lisa Ciuffetti
Camille Bertrand

Costume Design:
Jami Villers

Digital Compositor:
Casey Curtiss

Digital Imaging Technician:
Jared Hardy

Director:
Riley Stearns

Director of Photography:
Michael Ragen

Dolly Grip:
David Lowe

Editor:
Sarah Beth Shapiro

Electrician:
Hunter Zieske
Zach Erwin

Executive Producer:
David Zellner
Nathan Zellner
Andrew Karpen
Munika Lay
Kent Sanderson

Fight Choreographer:
Mindy Kelly

First Assistant Camera:
Geoffrey Storts

First Assistant Director:
Siena Brown

Gaffer:
Matt Ware

Graphic Designer:
Gregory Sheppard

Grip:
Seth Ware

Hair Department Head:
Elissa Ruminer

Key Grip:
Tyler Buchholz

Key Makeup Artist:
Elissa Ruminer

Makeup Department Head:
Amy L. Forsythe

Original Music Composer:
Heather McIntosh

Producer:
Andrew Kortschak
Walter Kortschak
Stephanie Whonsetler
Cody Ryder

Production Design:
Charlotte Royer

Production Sound Mixer:
Chris Polczinski

Property Master:
Eli Kleinsmith

Prosthetic Designer:
Toby Sells

Screenplay:
Riley Stearns

Script Supervisor:
Brett Durbin

Second Assistant Camera:
Josh Boyd

Second Assistant Director:
Stephanie Adams

Second Second Assistant Director:
Erick Lagunes

Set Decoration:
Emily Blevins

Set Designer:
J. Ryan McCleney

Set Dresser:
Becca Brooks Morrin

Sound Effects Editor:
Raymond Park

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Demetri Evdoxiadis

Sound Recordist:
Zack Goldsborough

Special Effects Coordinator:
Wayne Beauchamp

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Aaron Worman

Steadicam Operator:
Dave Ogle

Still Photographer:
Isaac Harrison

Stunt Coordinator:
Mindy Kelly

Stunt Double:
Josh Fried
T. Ryan Mooney
Nikki Stanley

Stunt Driver:
Dan Mast
Heather Bonomo
Steve Terada
Nick DeKay

Stunts:
Ross Kohnstam

Supervising Sound Editor:
Demetri Evdoxiadis

Utility Stunts:
John Ross

Visual Effects:
May Satsuki Asai

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