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The Art of Self-Defense

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Calorie Rating: 146
Released: 2019-07-12
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Budget: 1800000
Revenue 2400000
Homepage: https://why-karate.com/
Studios: End Cue,


Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

Director / Directors

Stephanie Adams
Second Assistant Director
Diletta Di Nicolantonio
Assistant Director

Siena Brown
First Assistant Director
Brett Durbin
Script Supervisor
Erick Lagunes
Second Second Assistant Director


Cast

Jesse Eisenberg
Character: Casey
Alessandro Nivola
Character: Sensei
Imogen Poots
Character: Anna

Steve Terada
Character: Thomas
David Zellner
Character: Henry
Phillip Andre Botello
Character: Kennith

Jason Burkey
Character: Alex
Mike Brooks
Character: Steve
C.J. Rush
Character: Other Steve

Davey Johnson
Character: Gun Store Owner
Hauke Bahr
Character: Grant
Katherine Martin
Character: Bakery Woman

Cameron Murphy
Character: New White Belt
Nicholas Hulstine
Character: Pickup Truck Driver
Lena Friedrich
Character: French Girl

Louis Robert Thompson
Character: Veterinarian
Dallas Edwards
Character: Manuel
Katherine Smith-Rodden
Character: Store Cashier

Frederic Spitz
Character: French Guy
Alex Haydon
Character: Man Wearing Pants
Mark Sawyer-Dailey
Character: Man Reading Newspaper

Leland Orser
Character: Detective McCallister
Josh Fadem
Character: Serial Killer
Scott Goodman
Character: Drunk Man

Justin Eaton
Character: Lone Man
Caroline Amiguet
Character: French Audio Instructor (voice) (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Zack Goldsborough
Sound Recordist
Raymond Park
Sound Effects Editor

Demetri Evdoxiadis
Supervising Sound Editor
Amy L. Forsythe
Makeup Department Head
Demetri Evdoxiadis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer


David Zellner
Executive Producer
Nathan Zellner
Executive Producer

Heather McIntosh
Original Music Composer
Michael Ragen
Director of Photography
Charlotte Royer
Production Design

Riley Stearns
Screenplay
May Satsuki Asai
Visual Effects
Elissa Ruminer
Key Makeup Artist

Wayne Beauchamp
Special Effects Coordinator
Toby Sells
Prosthetic Designer
Aaron Worman
Special Effects Makeup Artist

T. Ryan Mooney
Stunt Double
Emily Blevins
Set Decoration

Jami Villers
Costume Design
Casey Curtiss
Digital Compositor
Mindy Kelly
Stunt Coordinator

Nikki Stanley
Stunt Double
Chad Blevins
Art Direction
Josh Fried
Stunt Double

Cody Ryder
Producer
Andrew Karpen
Executive Producer
Lisa Ciuffetti
Co-Producer

Munika Lay
Executive Producer
Kent Sanderson
Executive Producer

Mindy Kelly
Fight Choreographer
Dan Mast
Stunt Driver
Heather Bonomo
Stunt Driver

Steve Terada
Stunt Driver
Nick DeKay
Stunt Driver
John Ross
Utility Stunts

Geoffrey Storts
First Assistant Camera
Josh Boyd
Second Assistant Camera
Dave Ogle
Steadicam Operator

Jared Hardy
Digital Imaging Technician
Isaac Harrison
Still Photographer
Chris Polczinski
Production Sound Mixer

Tasha Ann Ladwig
Boom Operator
Gregory Sheppard
Graphic Designer
Eli Kleinsmith
Property Master

J. Ryan McCleney
Set Designer
Matt Ware
Chief Lighting Technician

Eliot Brown
Best Boy Electric
Scott Phelps
Additional Gaffer
Hunter Zieske
Electrician

Zach Erwin
Electrician
Daniel Williamson
Best Boy Grip

David Lowe
Dolly Grip
Tora Eff
Assistant Costume Designer

Elissa Ruminer
Hair Department Head