A
BRAD DUGDALE
Production
Executive Producer
Brad Dugdale
Produced by
GRANT SMITH
Directed by
RANDALL BLAUM
Story by
Brad Dugdale
Grant Smith
David Scotland
Randall Blaum
| URPA
Narrator |
KÜRT NORBY |
| Bobby
Narrator |
PATRICK WENK-WOLFF |
| Bobby |
JOSEPH PANWITZ |
| Father |
PATRICK WENK-WOLFF |
Credit Card Stories
SEAN SEDGWICK
POLARIS BANKS
ADAM DEANGELIS
JOSH GREEN
KATE GAFFNEY
(Credit Card Stories are
true. Presenter's received monetary stipends for their contributions to
this project.)
Comedy of Debt Commercials Writer
ALI WOOD
(With concepts and contributions
by Grant Smith, Brad Dugdale & Randall Blaum)
Comedy Spot Troupe
AUSTIN BRAGG
EMILY HALL
JACK REDA
MIKE GREGOREK
MATT HARTMAN
Extras
MICHAEL WOOD
JONATHAN WILCOX
WENDY GRICE
MARK HAYES
CHRIS THOMPSON
Experts
Our Genuine Thanks and Gratitude to:
ROBERTA BASKIN
Executive Director
The Center for Public Integrity
WALTER CAVANAUGH
World Record Holder for
Most Credit Cards Owned
by One Person
Dr. NEAL CUTLER Ph.D.
Associate Director,
UNCG Gerontology Program
U.S. SEN. MARK DAYTON
D-Minnesota (2000
- 2006)
TAMARA DRAUT
Director,
Economic Opportunity Program Demos
SAM GERDANO
Executive Director,
American Bankruptcy Institute
ANYA KAMENETZ
Author, Generation Debt:
Why Now is a Terrible Time
to be Young
SUSAN KEATING
National Foundation for
Credit Counseling
LAURA LEVINE
Executive Director,
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Finance
DR. ROBERT MANNING
Director, Center for Consumer Financial
Services,
Rochester Institute of Technology
Author, Credit Card Nation
ADRIAN MARSH
Entrepreneur
National Black Business Council
ED MIERZWINSKI
Consumer Program Director,
U.S. PIRG
JILL MILLER
Managing Director,
Women Work!
MARY ANN MITCHELL
President/CEO, CC-OPS
National Black Business Council
LARRY NOBLE
Executive Director,
Center for Responsive Politics
SHANNON ORR
Former Credit Card
Call Center Employee
BOB PIFKY
Sr. VP Marketing Services,
Visa USA (1989-2004)
TRAVIS PLUNKETT
Legislative Director,
Consumer Federation of America
DR. MICHAEL STATEN
Distinguished Professor & Director,
Credit Research Center
Georgetown University
ELIZABETH WARREN
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
TODD ZYWICKI
Professor of Law
George Mason University
PRODUCERS
Randall Blaum
David Scotland
Screenplay
DAVID SCOTLAND
RANDALL BLAUM
JOSEPH PANWITZ
PATRICK WENK-WOLFF
1st Assistant Director
DAVID SCOTLAND
Director of Photography
Comedy of Debt / Interviews
BRYAN SWOBODA
Director of Photography
Bobby / Narrator
JOSEPH PANWITZ
Camera Operators
Comedy of Debt / Interviews
ED ZAREH
MATT DINSMORE
SUSANA TRAVIESO
Editor
JOSEPH PANWITZ
Assistant Editors
MIKE WOOD
PATRICK WENK-WOLFF
Keying, Compositing,
Visual Effects
JOSEPH PANWITZ
Costumes, Makeup, Hair,
Set Design, Comedy of Debt
SUNNY CHAYES
Properties
SUNNY CHAYES
ED ZAREH
Audio Recording Comedy of Debt
TERRY KELLY
Audio Mixer
STEVE DEUTSCH
Boom Operator Washington D.C.
ROGER SORKIN
Interview Transcripts
GLENNA L. BAIN
AMANDA TRIGGS
"UR PREAPPROVED" THEME SONG
©2006, ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED
Lyrics - Grant Smith and Brad Dugdale
Music - Grant Smith
Performed by Grant Smith
Original Acoustic Guitar Tracks & "Star Spangled Banner"
(Acoustic Guitar Version)
GRANT SMITH
Grant Smith's Music Recorded by
MIKE PHILLIPS
TIED TO THE TRACKS STUDIOS
(SOMEWHERE IN IDAHO)
Film Research & Booking of Expert Interviews
GRANT SMITH
Interview Transcripts
GLENNA L. BAIN
AMANDA TRIGGS
Production Assistants
JOLENE BENNER
WENDY GRICE
Latin Translation
RONALD RANDOLPH
EXECUTIVE LINGUIST AGENCY, INC.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
THE COMEDY SPOT - BALLSTON COMMON MALL
ARTINGTON, VIRGINIA
ACTIVITY ROAD STUDIOS
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ALBERT RASCON & CHAD HUGGINS
KEVIN MAX, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS,
OREGON STATE TREASURY, & CREATOR/HOST
OF "THE PRICE IS WRONG"
THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF OF SHELDON H.S, EUGENE, OREGON, FOR THEIR
COOPERATION WITH THIS FILM.
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