Amazon Studios, Magnolia Pictures, & Low Mind Films In Association with Better Wide Present GIMME DANGER A Film by Jim Jarmusch Running time: 108 min Official Selection 2016 Cannes Film Festival – World Premiere 2016 Toronto International Film Festival 2016 New York Film Festival FINAL PRESS NOTES Distributed in Canada by Films We Like Bookings and inquires: [email protected] SYNOPSIS Emerging from Ann Arbor Michigan amidst a countercultural revolution, The Stooges’ powerful and aggressive style of rock-n-roll blew a crater in the musical landscape of the late 1960s. Assaulting audiences with a blend of rock, blues, R&B, and free jazz, the band planted the seeds for what would be called punk and alternative rock in the decades that followed. Jim Jarmusch’s new film GIMME DANGER chronicles the story of The Stooges, one of the greatest rock- n-roll bands of all time. GIMME DANGER presents the context of the Stooges emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relates their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy. DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT – JIM JARMUSCH No other band in rock’n’roll history has rivaled The Stooges’ combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a front man who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud. There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion. GIMME DANGER is more an 'essay' than a document. It's our love letter to possibly the greatest band in rock'n'roll history, and presents their story, their influences and their impact, complete with some never-before-seen footage and photographs. Like the Stooges and their music, GIMME DANGER is a little wild, messy, emotional, funny, primitive, and sophisticated in the most unrefined way. Long live The Stooges!" - Jim Jarmusch ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS JIM JARMUSCH (Writer / Director) Born in Akron, Ohio, Jim Jarmusch lives and works in New York. Films include Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Year of the Horse (1997), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), The Limits of Control (2009), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Paterson (2016), Gimme Danger (2016) and the short film "Int. Trailer. Night." (2002). TOM KRUEGER (Director of Photography) Tom Krueger has shot a wide array of projects from feature films to television, commercials, music videos, documentaries, and shorts. His credits include FISHING WITH JOHN starring and directed by John Lurie, The UNITED STATES OF POETRY directed by Marc Pellington; MANNY AND LO starring Scarlett Johansson, and COMMITTED starring Heather Graham, which won the Sundance Award for Cinematography, both directed by his sister, Lisa Krueger. Tom wrote and directed the feature film You're in Charge, along with the award winning short film FUZZY LOGIC. Tom has also shot several long form music films including U2 in 3D, and U2 LIVE AT THE ROSE BOWL. His music video credits include DAVID BOWIE, STEVIE WONDER, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BOB DYLAN, PUBLIC ENEMY, CYPRESS HILL, REM, and many more. AFFONSO GONÇALVES (Editor) Affonso Gonçalves has edited over thirty films, including three Sundance Film Festival winners: Benh Zeitlin’s BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, Debra Granik’s WINTER’S BONE and Ira Sachs’ FORTY SHADES OF BLUE. His latest film is the upcoming feature from Amazon Studios, WONDERSTRUCK, starring Julianne Moore. Gonçalves' other film credits include Jonas Carpignano's MEDITERRANEA, Tod Williams’ THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, Jim Jarmusch's ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE and Ira Sach's LOVE IS STRANGE. He teamed up with Todd Haynes on the acclaimed HBO mini-series “Mildred Pierce” and the movie CAROL and worked on the HBO series “True Detective.” ADAM KURNITZ (Editor) Adam Kurnitz is a Brooklyn-based film editor. His work includes the documentary feature Gimme Danger (Cannes, 2016) Missing People (Hot Docs, Doc NYC '15) This is How I Roll (Seattle True Independent Film Festival '12) as well as the narrative short “Touch” (Palm Springs International Short Fest, NBC Universal Short Film Festival '15). He's also worked on Desert Runners (IDFA '13) and Death Metal Angola (Rotterdam Film Festival '13). He is currently cutting a feature length documentary for Sara Driver. JAMES KERR (Animator) James Kerr is best known for animated GIF project Scorpion Dagger, where he has been pumping out new work since and littering social media since early 2012. Through animation and digital collage, Kerr hopes to convey a vision of the world around him by repurposing elements from the art canon in a manner to give the works a new life off the canvas on which they originally appear. CREDITS AMAZON STUDIOS PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH BETTER WIDE A FILM BY JIM JARMUSCH JIM OSTERBERG AS IGGY POP RON ASHETON SCOTT ASHETON JAMES WILLIAMSON STEVE MACKAY MIKE WATT KATHY ASHETON DANNY FIELDS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JIM JARMUSCH PRODUCED BY CARTER LOGAN PRODUCED BY FERNANDO SULICHIN PRODUCED BY ROB WILSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SERGE LOBO JOSÉ IBÁÑEZ JON KILIK DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY TOM KRUEGER EDITED BY AFFONSO GONÇALVES ADAM KURNITZ ANIMATION JAMES KERR SOUND DESIGNER ROBERT HEIN JIM OSTERBERG RON ASHETON SCOTT ASHETON JAMES WILLIAMSON STEVE MACKAY MIKE WATT KATHY ASHETON DANNY FIELDS Production Coordinator Arielle de Saint Phalle Archivists Sierra Pettengill Lisa Bell Weisdorf Production Sound Mixer Michael Guggino Additional Production Sound Mixer John Hollis Motion Graphics Chris King Camera Assistants Jose Fernandez Nick Lorden Nathan McAlpine Production Assistants Noah Stahl Ian McCabe Mitchell Wu Assistant Editors Kathryn Shubert Eric Spang Giancarlo Baldino Production Accountant Peita Carnevale Iggy Pop Management Henry McGroggan Representation Central European Organization Personal Assistant to Iggy Pop Spencer Weisberg Digital Intermediate by Harbor Picture Company Senior Colorist Joe Gawler D.I. Producer Matt Caruso Senior Conform Artist Chris Mackenzie Support Engineers Gautam Sinha Mark Dellas Supervising D.I. Producer Kevin Vale Sound Post Production Services provided by Harbor Picture Company Supervising Sound Editor Robert Hein Dialogue Editor Luciano Vignola Assistant Sound Editor Ian Gaffney Rosenfeld Re-Recording Mixer Rob Fernandez Additional Re-Recording Mixer Josh Berger Foley Artist Jay Peck Foley Recording Stepping Stone Foley Music Editors Affonso Gonçalves Adam Kurnitz Legal Council Donaldson + Callif Dean R. Cheley Financing and Distribution Counsel Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC Victoria S. Cook Hayden M. Goldblatt Sasha Levites Buisness Affairs Consultant Stacey Smith Copyright Research Motion Picture Information Service Elias Savada Music Clearance Coordinator Ilyse Wolfe Tretter, ESQ "Asthma Attack" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "I Wanna Be Your Dog (Cale Mix)" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "I Wanna Be Your Dog" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "T.V. Eye" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges "L.A. Blues" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "Cock In My Pocket" Written by James Osterberg, James Williamson Performed by Iggy and The Stooges Courtesy of Skydog Records "Head On" Written by James Osterberg, James Williamson Performed by Iggy and The Stooges Courtesy of Easy Action Recordings Ltd. "Head On" Written by James Osterberg, James Williamson Performed by Iggy and The Stooges Courtesy of Skydog Records "Gimme Danger" Written by James Osterberg, James Williamson Performed by Iggy and The Stooges Courtesy of Skydog Records "Night Life" Written by Larry G. Wilcox Performed by Skitch Henderson "No Fun" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "Again And Again" Written by James Osterberg Performed by The Iguanas Courtesy of Norton Records "I’m A Man" Written by Ellas McDaniel Performed by The Prime Movers Blues Band Courtesy of Michael Erlewine of The Prime Movers "Too Much Alcohol" Written by J.B. Hutto Performed by J.B. Hutto And His Hawks Courtesy of Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. "The Leading Brand" Written and Performed by Earl Hooker Courtesy of North Lopham Rocks "Out In The Streets" Written By Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich Performed by The Shangri-Las Courtesy of Island Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Dirt" Written by James Osterberg Jr., Ronald Asheton, Scott Asheton, David Alexander Performed by The Stooges Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment