Intellectual Property (movie)

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Intellectual Property

Directed by	Nicholas Peterson
Produced by	Nicholas Peterson Martin Berneman
Written by	Nicholas Peterson Hansen Smith
Starring	Christopher Masterson Lyndsy Fonseca
Music by	Jasper Randall
Cinematography	Nic Sadler
Editing by	Nicholas Peterson Peter Devaney Flanagan
Running time	81 min.
Language	English
Budget	$750,000
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[edit] Plot

An eccentric genius is forced to confront the consequences of his own madness in this independent drama. Paul Hadley (Christopher Masterson) is a brilliant but emotionally fragile inventor who has developed a deep and not unjustifiable paranoia after a number of his most advanced ideas have mysteriously appeared as the work of other people. Convinced that someone has been spying on him -- perhaps the government, possibly industrial spies, maybe the Russians -- Hadley becomes increasingly reclusive as he works on his next project, a high-tech item he calls "the cube." One of the only times Hadley leaves his home is to eat, and after becoming a regular customer at a nearby diner, he strikes up a casual friendship with Jenny (Lyndsy Fonseca), a pretty young waitress. When Hadley leaves one of his notebooks at the diner, Jenny decides to stop by his place to return it; certain she's an intruder, Hadley attacks her before he realizes who she is, putting the woman into a coma and forcing him to confront the outside world whether he likes it or not.^[1]

[edit] Production

Intellectual Property was shot entirely on (or just outside of) one stage at Santa Clarita Studios in California. Unusual for a low budget independent film, all scenes were shot on specially constructed sets. This was made possible by recycling sets left over from previous productions at the studio.

The film was photographed on Fuji Eterna 500 stock, using an ARRI SR III Super 16mm film camera with Elite Prime lenses. Editing was achieved using the Apple Final Cut Pro system. Digital Intermediate facilities were provided by iO films in Hollywood, who scanned the Super 16mm negative, color corrected the images and transferred them via the Arrilaser to a Kodak 35mm intermediate stock. Prints were made by the Fotokem laboratory.