Compliance [Blu-ray]

Director: Craig Zobel, Criag Zobel Craig Zobel

Overview

Inspired by actual events, writer/director Craig Zobel's sophomore feature Compliance examines the complex hierarchy of authority through the experiences of a teenage fast-food restaurant clerk who falls victim to a twisted practical joke. Becky (Dreama Walker) is doing her best to get through another tough shift when a man claiming to be a police officer calls to speak with her stressed-out manager Sandra (Ann Dowd). According to the man on the phone, Becky has just stolen money from a customer, and likely still has the cash on her person. When Becky denies any wrongdoing, the man on the phone insists that Sandra detain the frightened girl in the back room of the restaurant, an action that sets into motion a shocking sequence of events.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/08/2013
UPC:	0876964005173
Original Release:	2011
Rating:	R
Source:	Magnolia Home Ent
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	27,423

Special Features

Behind The Scenes Of Compliance; Interview With Director Craig Zobel; AXS TV: A Look At Compliance; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ann Dowd	Sandra
Dreama Walker	Becky
Pat Healy	Officer Daniels
Bill Camp	Van
Philip Ettinger	Kevin
Ashlie Atkinson	Marti
James McCaffrey	Detective Neals
Matt Servitto	Supplier
Nikiya Mathis	Connie
Ralph Rodriguez	Julio
Stephen Payne	Harold
Amelia Fowler	Brie
John Merolla	Customer
Desmin Borges	Officer Morris
Matt Skibiak	Robert Gilmour
Maren McKee	Daughter
Raymond McAnally	Portland Detective
George Asatrian	Convenience Store Clerk
Rebecca Henderson	Lawyer
Jeffrey Grover	Television Journalist
Heather McIntosh	Composer

Technical Credits

Craig Zobel

Craig Zobel	Director,Screenwriter,Producer,Producer,Screenwriter,Director
Sophia Lin	Producer
Lisa Muskat	Producer
Tyler Davidson	Producer
Theo Sena	Producer
Carina Alves	Executive Producer
James Belfer	Executive Producer
David Gordon Green	Executive Producer
Kerry Barden	Casting
Paul Schnee	Casting
Rich Bologna	Sound/Sound Designer
Jean-Paul Chreky	Script Supervisor
Christof Gebert	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

Director Craig Zobel delivers a hard-hitting and tense study of morality with Compliance, a menacing drama meant to provoke strong reactions and discussions after the credits roll. The ripped-from-the-headlines tale of a fast-food employee who is forced to endure extreme mental, physical, and eventually sexual abuse because of a prank call gone horribly awry is successfully adapted for the screen, with Adam Stone's artful cinematography providing the claustrophobic feel required for the deplorable back-room crime. Much of the film relies on the two female leads, effectively played by Ann Dowd and Dreama Walker, who lend a realistic air that's necessary for the drama to work. Viewers who have read up on the actual event that inspired the movie might question a few instances when the filmmakers softened the harshness of the incident, yet the majority of the situation's horror still comes through without feeling exploitive.