The Toe Tactic
- Studio
- Orchard Pictures, Hubbub, Hermetic Pictures, Group TACtical Toe, Gigantic Pictures; In Assocation With: Chicken And Egg Pictures
Synopsis
The nimble creativity of animator Emily Hubley brings to life a layered world of live action and illustrated images. Mona Peek is a young woman engulfed by loss. Her father recently passed away, her wallet disappears, and she is isolated from those around her. Her life, and the lives of her neighbors, are manipulated by four capricious dogs playing a game of cards. Winsome newcomer Lily Rabe interacts with animated forms that push, pull and caress the film's flesh-and-blood cohabitants through a journey of renewal. The unique kinetic flow of Hubley's remarkable feature debut is enhanced by Yo La Tengo's equally innovative score.
Characters
Ralph, Timmy, Honey, Eunice, Maestro; Live Action: Mona Peek, Police Officer, Dad, Hector Freegood, Stalker Timmy, Honey Woman, Tooot, Young Mona, Lacticia Utt, Elevator Man, Honey Strumpet, Night Elevator Man, Wilson Utt, Victoria Hadaway, Mom, Cramden, Bar Patron
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Emily Hubley
- First Assistant Director
- Jim McKinney
- Second Assistant Director
- Brian Wray
- Second Second Assistant Director
- Patrick Huber
- Additional Second Assistant Director
- Greg Staley
Producing
- Producer
- Emily Hubley, Jen Small
- Executive Producers
- Brian Devine, Jason Orans, David Raymond
- Associate Producers
- Jeremiah Dickey, Ayanna Quint
- Line Producer
- Paul Jarrett
Writing
- Writer
- Emily Hubley
Voices
- Voice
- Don Byron (Ralph), David Cross (Timmy), Andrea Martin (Honey), Marian Seldes (Eunice), Eli Wallach (Maestro), H. Jon Benjamin (Police Officer), Xander Berkeley (Dad), Kevin Corrigan (Hector Freegood), Richard Cox (Stalker Timmy), Ann Dowd (Honey Woman), Jon Glaser (Tooot), Hillary Hubley (Young Mona), Sakina Jaffrey (Lacticia Utt), Daniel London (Elevator Man), Jane Lynch (Honey Strumpet), Eugene Mirman (Night Elevator Man), Sean J. Moran (Wilson Utt), Novella Nelson (Victoria Hadaway), Mary Kay Place (Mom), John Sayles (Cramden), Dwayne Tan (Bar Patron [uncredited])
Music
- Music
- Yo La Tengo
Animation
- Animation Director
- Emily Hubley
- Animator
- Jeremiah Dickey, Emily Hubley
Editing
- Editor
- Ray Hubley
- Assistant Editors
- David Calvo-Cohen, Matthew H. Giordano
Crew
- Cinematography
- Andrij Parekh
- Second Assistant Camera
- Greg McMahon
- Best Boy Grip
- Adam Lukens
- Key Grip
- Matt Walker Matthew Walker
- Grips
- Rusty Bennett Justin Bennett, Dylan Crawshay-Williams, Rob Harlow
- Grip (Additional Photography)
- Josh M. Allen
- Animation Compositor
- Tara Knight
- Animation Intern
- Joy Marie Smith
- Ink and Paint Artists
- Mario Camacho, Jeremiah Dickey, Emily Hubley, Biljana Labovic, Lisa LaBracio
- Key Rigging Grip
- Chang Ganczewski David Ganczewski
- Additional Grip
- Elizabeth Stern
- Still Photographer
- John Rockwell Harris
- Gaffer (Additional Photography)
- Smokey Nelson
- Rigging Gaffer
- Nicola Guarneri
- Chief Lighting Technician
- Richard P. Ulivella
- Balloon Light Operator
- Alexander Engel
- Best Boy Electric
- Michael Yetter
- Electricians
- Daniel Lipski, Christian Miller, David Woolner
- Additional Electrician
- Jarrod Kloiber
- Casting
- Ali Farrell, Laura Rosenthal
- Production Design
- Aleta Shaffer
- Art Direction
- Irmak Ucar
- Art Department Production Assistant
- Jason Goldberg
- Property Master
- Hudson Meredith
- Assistant Property Master
- Jonathan Langager
- Art Intern
- Tory Noll
- Intern
- Shurouq Algusane
- Set Decoration
- Shannon Finnerty
- Costume Design
- Deirdre Wegner
- Makeup Department Head
- Joelle Troisi
- Makeup Artist
- Michelle Kearns
- Assistant Makeup Artist
- Laura D'Ambra
- Key Hair Stylist
- Joelle Troisi
- Production Manager
- Arthur Vincie
- Unit Production Manager (Second Unit)
- Cherry Montejo
- Production Sound Mixer
- Bryan Dembinski
- Sound Mixer (Second Unit)
- Justin Gray
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Cory Melious
- Sound Effects Editor
- Eric Strausser
- Foley Recording Mixer
- Don White
- Foley Recording Assistant
- Jenna Dalla Riva
- Foley Artists
- Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm
- ADR Recordist
- Mark Garcia
- Music Editor
- Mike Patrick
- Music Consultants
- Dawn Sutter Madell, Beth Urdang
- Boom Operator
- Thomas W. Jordan
- Dialogue Editor
- Eric Strausser
- DI Supervisor
- Tim Spitzer
- Costume Shopper
- Lauren Plymel
- Wardrobe Supervisor (Reshoots)
- Lauren Plymel
- Production Coordinator
- Ali Moussavi
- Digital Intermediate Producers
- Jane Lane, Jean Lane
- Digital Intermediate Finishing Artist
- Peter Heady
- HD Colorist
- John Dowdell
- Production Office Coordinator (Re-Shoots)
- Maura Anderson
- Production Assistants
- Scott Friedman, Tim Kane, Justin Lange, Tricia Peck, Clarke Williams
- Additional Set Production Assistant
- Bronson Lamb
- Office Production Assistant
- Shohreh Tolou
- Script Supervisor
- Tony Osso
- Additional Script Supervisor
- Sharon Watt
- Lead Stand-In
- Becca Anderson
- Stand-In (Kevin Corrigan)
- Bona Weiss
- On-Set Teacher
- Lygia Day Szelwach
- Location Manager
- Jonathan Urband
- Animal Handlers
- All-Star Animals
- Post-Production Services and Facilities
- Ovasen
Companies and other credits
- Voice: Live Action: Lily Rabe (Mona Peek)
- Post-Production Facilities: Goldcrest Post Production New York
Production notes
The film had its premiere at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
The screenplay for The Toe Tactic was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters and Filmmakers Labs.
The screenplay for The Toe Tactic was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters and Filmmakers Labs.