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The Learning Curve is a 2001 American thriller film about two Los Angeles nightclub scenesters who team up as con artists. It explores themes of ruthless ambition and its consequences. The film was directed by Eric Schwab, and stars Carmine Giovinazzo, Norbert Weisser, and Monet Mazur.
Plot
Paul Cleveland (Carmine Giovinazzo) fights off Georgia s (Monet Mazur) attacker. A strong bond develops between the two and the ambition of Cleveland begins to surface rapidly as he starts to participate in scams with Georgia to raise enough money to leave his job as a hospital orderly behind. When they try to scam Marshal (played by Vincent Ventresca) by staging a road accident using Georgia as a distracting female hitchhiker it seems that they have struck a very dangerous individual as he produces a gun and kidnaps them.
Marshal is head of a record company and controls a very large financial empire and he takes Paul and Georgia to his offices where he eventually makes them an offer and congratulates them for their enterprise. The ambitious Cleveland then offers his further services to Marshal in a similar way to Bud Fox approaching Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street The similarities between Gordon Gekko and Marshal are apparent as he begins to reward Cleveland for tasks accomplished. The empty warehouse that he gives them for Georgia and Paul to freely decorate and furnish is a similarity. Paul soon begins to become obsessed with how much Marshal needs him and begins to neglect Georgia in preference to Marshal s lucrative offers. Georgia also begins to become disenchanted with their lifestyle and this becomes the theme for the rest of the film as her ethics begin to clash with Marshal s organization and Paul s trance like obedience to him.
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- The Learning Curve at IMDb
| Year | 1999 |
| ReleaseDate | 2001-09-25 |
| RuntimeMins | 113 |
| RuntimeStr | 1h 53min |
| Plot | A pair of young amateur grifters in L.A. try to run a scam on a real pro. He owns a record label and has very ambitious aspirations. He ends up forcing them to do his dirty work and for awhile everything goes well. |
| Directors | Eric Schwab |
| Writers | Eric Schwab |
| Stars | Carmine Giovinazzo, Norbert Weisser, Monet Mazur |
| Produced by | Susan Bluestein,Oscar Delgado,Michael Hofstein,Ed Licht,Puntip Limrungroj,Margaret M. Quitter,Daarek Szeto,Carey Westberg |
| Music by | Zoran Borisavljevic |
| Cinematography by | Michael Hofstein |
| Film Editing by | Adam C. Frank |
| Casting By | Susan Bluestein |
| Production Design by | Nya Patrinos |
| Art Direction by | Chandra Telfer |
| Costume Design by | Roger J. Forker |
| Makeup Department | Sherilyn Segal,K. Troy Zestos |
| Production Management | Ed Licht,Robin Winter |
| Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Patricia Earnest,Ed Licht,Michael Melamed |
| Art Department | James ‘Pat’ Satcher,Alan Estridge,Sandra O’Toole,Pat Satcher,Chandra Telfer |
| Sound Department | John Brasher,Peter Brown,David V. Butler,Tim Chilton,Matthew T. Duncan,Paula Fairfield,Stephen Hunter Flick,Clifford ‘Kip’ Gynn,William Jacobs,Jerry Jordan,Ryan Juggler,Rick Owens,Scott Rusch,Donnie Saylor,Kevin Sorensen,Addison Teague,Evan T. Chen |
| Special Effects by | Josh Hakian |
| Visual Effects by | Travis Baumann |
| Stunts | Jacob Chambers,Marian Green,Maria R. Kelly,Bob McGovern,Lee Smith,Lee Whittaker,Nancy Young |
| Camera and Electrical Department | Douglas Aiken,Michael Alexonis,Lonn Bailey,Nate Barlow,John Bonfield,Clay Campbell,Marie Chao,Jamie Companeschi,Ray Dominguez,Roy C. Granada,Roy Grenada,Scott MacDonald,Matthew A. Petrosky,Roberto Schein,Robert D. Tomer,Rick Tullis,Richard Walden,Wade Whitley,Vernon Wynne |
| Casting Department | Donna Asch,Stacey Pianko |
| Costume and Wardrobe Department | Terri Middleton |
| Editorial Department | Craig Galka,Margaret Liu,Adam Severin,Dava Whisenant |
| Location Management | Deven Chierighino,Justin W. Hill,Gary Watt |
| Music Department | Fernand Bos,Jay Duerr,Lisle Leete,Ted Lowe |
| Script and Continuity Department | Kristine Kelly,Greg Kortz |
| Transportation Department | George Hilton,Mike Storc,Stanley Storc |
| Additional Crew | Kevin James Burns,Michael Donner,James Miklaszewski,Christian L. Rehr,Kei Rowan-Young,Benjamin Sacks,Alphonso Slater,Mike Tristano,Sharice Zulo |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Companies | Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), O.C.E. Presentation |
| Countries | USA |
| Languages | English |
| ContentRating | R |
| ImDbRating | 5.1 |
| ImDbRatingVotes | 480 |
| MetacriticRating | 16 |
| Keywords | bare chested male,boxer shorts,fbi federal bureau of investigation,scam,drinking |
