Artistic License Films

presents

Some Fish Can Fly

A Film By Robert Pappas

1998/35mm/color/1:66/DolbySR/93min.

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Synopsis

Narrator:  "I think it goes back to Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, Anthony is fighting Caesar at sea for control of the known world, and Anthony's girlfriend Cleopatra is in a boat nearby.  Just when it looks like Anthony is getting a slight advantage over Caesar, Cleopatra turns her boat around and takes off. What does Anthony do? He turns his boat around and chases after Cleopatra, deserting his own army. He'd rather chase Cleopatra than conquer the world."

"It was ten years ago that I flew to Cork City, Ireland, just before Christmas.

I was chasing Nora Murphy, the woman I was engaged to."  

SOME FISH CAN FLY is a love story that follows the romantic comings and goings of KEVIN, a New Yorker, and NORA, a woman from Ireland. The film spans ten years in their relationship, beginning on the night they met, nine months before Kevin's Christmas visit. What is unusual in terms of structure is that at some point Kevin decided to make a movie about what happened with Nora; this is the subplot of the film. We move back and forth in time between the love story, and Kevin's attempt to tell it. Both are narrated in the present.

Kevin meets Nora on a half-baked blind date with his old friend Z. Despite getting off to a rocky start, there is a mutual attraction. Nora comes back to Kevin's apartment for what turns into a seven hour kiss; "I had never kissed anything for seven hours." So begins their relationship.

We segue to several years later. We don't know what happened, but Kevin is full of plans to make a film about Nora. With his friend Chris, they set about raising the money.

Meanwhile, Nora and Kevin begin to get involved but the handwriting is on the wall; she's returning home soon. Moreover, neither is enamored with the other's country. But the more they try to break it off the more hopelessly they fall in love. Finally Kevin proposes, Nora accepts; then she promptly heads back to Ireland. The rest of the movie is about how they try to make it work against the odds.

Without giving away the ending, through the interweaving of the two narratives, the film addresses other issues, including the nature of love and the nature of art. Form and content, life and art, are folded into each other. The film concludes in the near present, but we are still not sure what will happen after the story ends.  Intrinsically, SOME FISH CAN FLY is a story of trying to make it turn out right.  Occasionally, some fish do fly; sometimes, love does conquer all.     

Crew

Director/Writer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Kane Pappas

Producers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph A. Zock

                                                                                                                      Miriam Foley

Executive Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erik Henriksen

Line Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Greenhaw

Associate Producers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Betsy Reeves

                                                                                                                    Alan Hostetter

Location Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Van Papadopooulo

1st Assistant Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Jude Piatkowski

2nd Assistant Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathew Elkind

Production Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Farrell

Assistant Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Santo

Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edward B. Kessel

                                                                                                               Marc R. Hoffman

Director of Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Denny

1st Assistant Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Wengrofsky

                                                                                                                          Nanu Segal

                                                                                                                   Sally Bonython

2nd Assistant Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frances Spieldenner

                                                                                                                     Matt Frederick

                                                                                                                    Carol Foreman

Additional Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitch Gross

                                                                                                                          Jack Conroy

                                                                                                               Robbie Anderson

Stills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rik Nagel

Sound Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Najja Noon

Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Washington

Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Shinn

                                                                                                                       Matt Bardocz

                                                                                                                        Eric Boncher

                                                                                                                        Louis Cohen

Key Grip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary Potashnik

Best Boy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sean O'Brian

Swing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Katz

                                                                                                                          Kevin Shea

Set Decoration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Awad

Props. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Remileku Sammy

                                                                                                                       Steve Granik

                                                                                                Alicia McDonald McKeon

Make-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deborah Craig

                                                                                                                Mickey Williams

Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Gretsch

                                                                                                          Euripides Rodriguez

                                                                                                                      Nives Spaleta

Production Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donna Pompei

                                                                                                                     Chad Sullivan

                                                                                                            Lisa Stephens Zock

Craft Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kinga Saravese

Additional Irish Crew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy St. Alban

                                                                                                                      Kevin Causey

                                                                                                                             Rik Nagel

                                                                                                                      Miriam Foley

Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Greene

                                                                                                                      Craig Lechner

Additional Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Luceno

Production Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Keenan

                                                                                                                       Karim Raoul

                                                                                                                Debby Feuerman

                                                                                                                      Av Berkowitz

                                                                                                                        Claire Serfky

                                                                                                                  Seward Piasecki

Audio Post Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matlin Recording

Post Mix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Guss

ADR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wilson

Assistant Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald Sampson

Assistant Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Blackburn

                                                                                                                            Jen Brooks

Extras Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy Reeves

Shot on location around New York City and in Cork City, Ireland.

Cast

Nora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy St. Alban

Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Causey

Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rik Nagel

Lyle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarke Bittner

Madeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nina Howie

Chris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Rowe

Siobhan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bridget Barkan

Linda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothea Hanrahan

Casting Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garland Hunter

The Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kirby Mitchell

Irish Bouncer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Luceno

Jilted Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Camilla Enders

Aunt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patty Croft

Pushy Suitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Gargano

American Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leslie Bell

American Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maree Kniest

Ann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Woodward

Nora's Dancing Partner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Steffen

Investor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rik Van Hunter

Patron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Mead

Waitress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Silverman

Lyle's Wife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Joyce Simmons

Humping Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrianne Martinez

Partier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tiffany Shepis

Partier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather McKinney

Kevin's Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miriam Foley

Narrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Pappas

Sophisticated Woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Ann Rowe

Make-out Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Con Horgan

Patty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Blackburn

Woman in Irish Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susanna Tsyskin

Local Irish Guy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Cunningham

Local Irish Guy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ciaran O'Reilly

Local Irish Guy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ciaran Sheehan

Little Girl at Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H. Nicole Zock

Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Cole

Biographies

ROBERT KANE PAPPAS - Writer/Director

Robert Pappas was born in and raised near New York City.  He went to Georgetown University and N.Y.U Grad Film.  He has made a variety of non-fiction and fictional pieces, from a video study of the methodology of the news media in 1981, entitled NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, to SOME FISH CAN FLY.

After N.Y.U., Robert Pappas worked at American Cable Systems, making commercials and directing local cable television.  On the side he wrote screenplays.  In 1982, he directed a short film about Native American marathon runner, Al Waguie.  ABC excerpted it for their New York Marathon coverage.  In 1983, he wrote and created a series of short informational segments entitled THE COMPUTER MOMENT, designed to demystify computers.  In 1986, he wrote the feature screenplay NOW I KNOW.  Over the next couple of years he developed the project, shot a bit of the script for promotional purposes, then raised the financing and directed the movie in 1989.  The resultant film was licensed by the LIFETIME network.  He has written and directed children's videos and received a Parent's Choice Award in 1994.

His screenplays include WHITE LIES, WASHINGTON, and SNEAKY PEOPLE (his next project, based on a novel by Tom Berger-author of LITTLE BIG MAN)

JOSEPH A. ZOCK - Producer

Joseph Zock is a founding partner of Capital Management Associates, a registered investment advisor.  He has been involved in various aspects of finance and real estate investment for the past 18 years.  He was instrumental in the production of Robert Pappas' NOW I KNOW.

MIRIAM FOLEY - Producer

Miriam Foley is a mergers and acquisitions attorney with MILBANK, TWEED in New York City.  She received her law degree from N.Y.U. School of Law. She was an Associate Producer on NOW I KNOW. In the past she worked in the story department of New Line Cinema, and has performed Off Broadway with the Irish Repertory Theatre Company and in Dublin with Rough Magic Theatre Company.

NANCY ST. ALBAN - Actress (NORA)

Nancy St. Alban recently played the romantic lead in CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame Production DURANGO.  Recent Off Broadway credits include BIRD BATH, A LIE OF THE MIND, and THIEVES' CARNIVAL.  She played Kelly on the ABC soap opera ALL MY CHILDREN.  She can also presently be seen in a variety of nationally running commercials.

KEVIN CAUSEY - Actor (KEVIN)

Kevin is the founder and Artistic Director of the Continental Divide Theatre Company in Boulder, Colorado.  He went to U.S.C.'s School of Drama and has acted in over 30 theatre productions in New York, Los Angeles, and Europe.  Kevin Causey appeared in the American Playhouse film MARKING TIME as Vincent.

Songs

"Charleen"

by Geb Guthrie, Jock Guthrie, & Carol Vecchione

© 1994, Jeb and Jock Music

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Dunmore Chix"

"Jaw of Life"

written and arranged by the Prodigals

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Traditional arranged & performed by the Prodigals

© 1998, The Prodigals

"Some Fish Can Fly"

"Hibernate"

written and sung by Spider Barbour

arranged by Spider Barbour and Jim Eppard

© 1998, Reezberry Productions

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Inside the Palladium"

"New Moon on the Horizon"

written and sung by Spider Barbour

arranged by Spider Barbour

© 1981, Reezberry Productions

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Fire, Theft & Casualty"

composed by Gene Casey and Stanley John Mitchell

performed by the Lone Sharks

© 1999, The Lone Sharks

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Ego Centric"

"Door to Door"

written and performed by Kenny Barr

© 1999, Thinktank Productions

Used by permission. All rights reserved.

"Northern Lights"

written by Anders Parker

performed by Varnaline

courtesy of Zero Hour Records

by arrangement with Bug Music, Inc.

Published by No Disciple Music (BMI)

Administered by Bug Music, Inc.