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The Chameleon

Year:

2011

Duration:

France:106 min | 94 min (DVD)

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.6

Director:

Jean-Paul Salomé

Details

Country: Canada

Release Date: 2011-06-10

Filming Locations: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Anne Le Ny

Marc-André Grondin

Frederic Fortin / Nicholas Marc Randall

Famke Janssen

Jennifer Johnson

Ellen Barkin

Kimberly Miller

Emilie de Ravin

Kathy Jansen

Tory Kittles

Dan Price

Brian Geraghty

Brian Jansen

Nick Stahl

Brendan Kerrigan

James DuMont

B.R.P.D. Cop A

Ritchie Montgomery

Diner Owner (as Ritchie Montgomerey)

Lance E. Nichols

FBI Doctor (as Lance Nichols)

Estelle Larrivaz

Female Gendarme

Xavier Beauvois

Gendarme

Lindsay Soileau

Girl #1 (as Lindsey Soileau)

Katy Peppard

Girl #2 (as Katy Preppard)

Nick Chinlund

Mitch

Kent Jude Bernard

Pool Player #1

Gabe Begneaud

Pool Player #2

Gio March

Spanish Policeman (as Sergio March)

Everett Sifuentes

Superintendent

Josh Gates

Tattoo Artist

J.D. Evermore

Worker

Gary Grubbs

John Striker

Jean-Paul Salomé

Attorney

Logan Douglas Smith

County Sheriff #1 (as Logan Smith)

Braden Delee

Young Frederic

Brett Beoubay

County Sheriff (uncredited)

Sean M. Blanchard

Spanish Orphan Boy (uncredited)

Allen Boudreaux

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Andrew Breland

News Reporter (uncredited)

Thomas C. Daniel

County Sheriff (uncredited)

Gino Galento

Sleazy Neighbor (uncredited)

Geraldine Glenn

Court Stenographer (uncredited)

Emily D. Haley

Hotel Trash (uncredited)

Dakota Hill

Shopper (uncredited)

Bob Huff

Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Elaine Huff

Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Brock Patrick Kaufman

Trailor Park Boy (uncredited)

Judy Kern

Parade Partyer (uncredited)

Jeremy Evan Kerr

Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

Cynthia LeBlanc

Country Bar Patron (uncredited)

Elton LeBlanc

Country Bar Patron (uncredited)

Laurie Lee

Bar Patron / Parade Partyer / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Sharon K. London

Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Corbin McCarthy

Neighbor (uncredited)

Jay Oliver

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Leesa Pate

Parade Partyer / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bill Perkins

Cop (uncredited)

Holly Rochelle

Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Chaz Smith

Airport Passenger (uncredited)

Sarah J. Thompson

Background (uncredited)

Elizabeth Tranchant

Girl in Car (uncredited)

Dawna Williams

Attorney (uncredited)

Scott Yarnell

Prisoner (uncredited)

Anthony Zanlungo

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Loosely based on the story of Frédéric Bourdin, a French serial impostor nicknamed "The Chameleon" by the press. In 1997 Bourdin claimed to be Nicholas Barclay, a Texas native that disappeared 3 years earlier. Although Bourdin had brown eyes and a French accent, he convinced the family he was their blue-eyed son, saying he had escaped from a child prostitution ring. Bourdin lived with the family for almost 5 months until March 6, 1998. In late 1997 a local private investigator grew suspicious while working with a TV crew that had been filming the family. In February 1998 the FBI got a court order to take the young man's fingerprints and DNA, which later identified him as Bourdin. In September 1998, Bourdin pleaded guilty to passport fraud and perjury in a San Antonio federal court. He was imprisoned for six years.

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Goofs

(at around 33 mins) Brendan Kerrigan (Nick Stahl) is driving a burgundy colored Camaro with a spoiler on the trunk, and (at around 18 mins) he is clearly driving a burgundy colored Trans Am with no spoiler.

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Quotes

Kimberly Miller: You know what I'll tell ya, kid? There's a lot of people who will do just about anything to forget their past and start over from scratch. It might be your lucky break. You oughta make the most of it.

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Kimberly Miller: Cheers. Welcome to Hell.

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Kimberly Miller: I was never a very good mother to you. I guess you forgot that too, huh?

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