THE CALLER
a Film by Richard C. Ledes
When you can’t control your life, control your death.
Starring Elliott Gould, Frank Langella
An energy business exec is assisted by a private investigator in his effort to expose his corporation's corrupt practices.
Director's Nachträglichkeit
THE CALLER (2008), my second feature film, was based on a screenplay of which most of it was written by Alain Didier-Weill (1939 - 2018), a French psychiatrist and a prominent Lacanian psychoanalyst who had done his analysis with Jacques Lacan and who became a close friend of mine. He was also a playwright whose works continue to be produced. The screenplay he showed me that became the origin of The Caller was the only one he ever attempted...
An excerpt from the essay “The Caller”
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The Caller
Synopsis
A corporate executive (Frank Langella) hides his identity as he hires a detective (Elliott Gould) to watch a man he describes as a cold-blooded killer. The detective soon meets the "sophisticated lady" of the man he has been paid to follow (Laura Harring). Unbeknownst to the detective, the man he has been hired to follow is also his client.
Cast
Costume Designer
Tere Duncan
Robert Miller
Frank Langella
Jimmy
Elliott Gould
Turlotte
Laura Harring
Eileen
Crew
Richard C. Ledes
Director
Alain Didier-Weill & Richard C. Ledes
Writers
René Bastian, Linda Moran & Richard C. Ledes
Producers
Co-Producer
Ged Dickersin
Adam Folk
Associate Producer
Helen Stenborg
Jimmy’s Mother
Anabel Sosa
Lila
Edoardo Ballerini
Teddy
Chandler Williams
Sammy
Stephen Kazmierski
Director of Photography
Madeleine Gavin
Editor
Kelly McGehee
Production Designer
Beth Amy Rosenblatt
Music
Music Supervisor
Todd M. Thaler
Casting
