Prime Time (1997)
An avant garde prison power struggle as witnessed through the point of view of the inmates’ only television set with the biggest troublemaker and sweetest seducer on the cellblock. The Knicks have just taken the Bulls to overtime, but it’s time for Star Trek. The film took two days to shoot, one week to edit, and one year to create the special effects. With it being Shot on 16mm film and transferred to video and then edited on a computer - the first student film at Columbia to be edited digitally.
Director: Dave Monahan
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Johnny Garcia as Sis |
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Elvis Nolasco as Moody |
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A. Russell Andrews as Karp |
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Keith A. Glascoe as Lamchop |
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Jasha as Klien |
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Divine Eternal as Peck |
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Jason Hale as Mick |
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Johnathan Tucker as Fink |
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Robert Margolis as Spud |
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Larry Attile as Leary |
| Production | Debi Zelko | Producer |
| Production | Olivier Poncet | Producer |
| Directing | Sabin Streeter | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joe Turner Lin | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Mary Prendergast | Production Manager |
| Directing | Cheryl Miller | Continuity |
| Art | Sarah Schenk | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pauline Yablonsky | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Regina Park | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Patrick Aysseh | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jennifer Lucas | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Peter Bucossi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Mitch Gross | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Shavaun Pizer | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Olivier Poncet | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Olivier Poncet | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Olivier Poncet | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Annette Danto | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | William MacGhee | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Dave Anderson | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Tony Rossi | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Adrian Truini | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Tom Shinn | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | Jesse Gordon | Electrician |
| Lighting | Ben Younger | Electrician |
| Lighting | D.K. Kaufman | Electrician |
| Camera | Lisa Cholodenko | Grip |
| Editing | Rich Coen | Negative Cutter |
| Directing | Dave Monahan | Director |
| Writing | Dave Monahan | Writer |
| Editing | Dave Monahan | Editor |
| Camera | Joe Foley | Director of Photography |
| Production | Meg Simon | Casting |