The Emperor Norton Trust

TO HONOR THE LIFE + ADVANCE THE LEGACY OF JOSHUA ABRAHAM NORTON

RESEARCH • EDUCATION • ADVOCACY

 ARENA | Film

The Emperor (2007)

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Audio-Visual sound, b/w

Run time 16:15


Institutional support California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)


CREW

Producer Daniel Corral

Director, Camera & Editing Thorbjorg Jonsdottir

Script Daniel Corral & Thorbjorg Jonsdottir


Camera assistants Ulrike Armstrong; Stephanie Owens; Alexandra Cuesta

Lighting Lin Qiu; Andy Knapp

Set design Caitlin Lainoff

Costume design E.B. Brooks

Set construction Oscar Arevalo

Avitor Hermes Jr. construction Barnacle Bros

Animation Hlynur Magnusson; Joice Ozaki

Titles Jesse Gregg


MUSIC

Music Daniel Corral

French horn Ryan Tanaka

Trumpet Clinton Patterson

Piano Sarah Selig

Guitar Antony DiGennaro

Electronics Phil Stearns

Violin Andrew Tholl

Viola Cassia Streb

Cello Chris Votek


CAST

Emperor Joshua Norton Jason Coleman

Eris Alexandra Yalj

Mark Twain Paul Turbiac

Newspaper editor Ryan Anderson

Newspaper secretary Loren Fenton

Frederic Marriott Aycil Yeltan

Police chief Oto Brezina

Police officer Alistair Schneider

Priest Daniel Corral

Poet Chris Young

Funeral guests & pedestrians Cara King; E.B. Brooks; Dina Noto; Ryan Philippe; Daniel Corral; Vincent Tula; Jane Pickett; Sage Lewis; Justine Depenning; Kirin Kapin; Cindy Simonian; Eric Lindley; David J. Eddington

 

Added to the Archive 24 October 2024


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