~ The Observer ~
Fairhaven, Massachusetts, is a classic New England commercial fishing town. It is also the home to The Observer, a local newspaper, infamous for reporting on bad weather news, both on land and worse, the stories that take fisherman's lives out on the sea.

Do Dead Men Really Tell Tales? Well, in Fairhaven, most of the tales are told by a woman with a special gift to another woman whose job at The Observer is to report and write this news to locals.

Mandy, the reporter, is sure to count on three things this stormy, chilling and frightening night: she won't be able to sleep,
her husband Richard will also be wide awake and her personal source and informant Lydia McCaffrey will be waiting next door in the middle of the night to tell a tale of the living…or of the dead.

You don't need to live in a New England fishing village to feel the chill of The Observer, a first film by writer/director Jodi Lawaich.

Credits
Written and Directed by............Jodi Lawaich
Executive Producer.................Andrew Z. Paquin
Producers..........................Jodi Lawaich
...................................Evald Ridore
Director of Photography............David Christopher
Sound Editor.......................Alyer J. Breau
Assistant Camera...................Maria Luisa Gambale
Gaffer.............................Josh Dreyfuss
Sound..............................Pierre Paquin,
...................................Leslie Paquin

Original Score.....................MaryAnne Paquin
Special FX Make-up.................Jeremy O'Neail
Boom Operators.....................Dan Fitzpatrick
...................................Bethany Paquin
...................................Megan Gasek
Production Assistant...............Megan Gasek
Sound Mixing.......................Mix One Studios
Negative Cutters...................JR Post
Film Development and Printing......Fotokem
Insurance provided by..............Arts & Entertainment
Cast
(in order of appearance)
"Mandy"

Marilyn Matarrese 		   
"Richard"

Peter Berkrot		    
"Lydia"

Cyndi Geller		    
"George Silva"

Alexis Avila		    
"John Thibideau"


Alfred Kholi

    
"Ty Johnson"

Domenic Testa		    
"Remy LaGrange"

Jack McCullough		    
"Manny Medieras"

Christian Cibotti		    
"Capt. Chris Ducette"

Peter Darrigo		    
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Very Special Thanks to (in alphabetical order)
Tom and Meg Beriau
FilmShack, Inc.
Film Services, Inc.
High Output, Inc.
Lenny Manzo & Rober Patton-Spruill,
Monique & everyone else at FilmShack.
Kodak
Ken Levine and Matt Small of More than News Productions, Inc.
The Powers That Be for the fantastic weather.

Shot entirely on Kodak

© 2004