BLUE GOLD: American Jeans
is a tour de force around the world with jeans hunter Eric Schrader.

BLUE GOLD: American Jeans weaves together the story of how one garment connects us all.

We start our journey in the American West, and we travel around the world with jeans hunter Eric Schrader. An ambassador of Americana, Eric trades in the history and values that have made blue jeans the most expensive and sought-after item of vintage clothing on the planet.

A symbol of youth, freedom, and rebellion, blue jeans leads us through fashion history, music, and subculture dreams, to the lost tradition of American manufacturing, exploring the responsibility of Americana in a globalized world of cultural exchange, transparency, and innovation.

Eric Schrader
Alan Peterson
Bob Wood
Phil McAdams
Bryant Simon
Julian Imrie
Russ Miller
Lynn Downey
Mike Harris
Tom Chaffey
Gay Whitesides
Stephen Schrader
Holly Deim
Fabienne Davis
Zack Vargas
Jeff Rosenheim
Keanan Duffty
Andrew Bolton
Judy Collins
Bob Fisher
Tommy Hilfiger
Melissa Howard
Oliver Harkness
Seth Weisser
Gerard Maione
David Mechaly
Ewa Block

Jae Mann
Valerie Steele
Elio Fiorucci
Mario Morelli
Andrew Olah
Peter Golding
Joe Nakash
Anthony Haden-Guest
Kevin Carrigan
Brooke Shields
Harold Koda
Steven Cojocaru
Paige Adams-Geller
Isaac Mizrahi
Diane Gillman
Marky Ramone
Jimmy Webb
Anthony Bozza
Daryl Hall
Grandmaster Caz aka Curtis Brown
DJ Fabel AKA Jorge Pabon
Marc Ecko
Daymond John
Dao-YiChow
Dan Akst
Adriano Goldschmied
Renzo Rosso

Zip Stevenson
Joe Cutajar
Larry McKaughan
Sean Patrick
Madeline Harmon
Cynthia Basinet
Tania Deighton
Zebo Karimberdieva
Tara Cole
Christine Detlefsen
Masayoshi Kabayashi
Aya Mikami
Yo-Yo Ma
Johnny Diamandis
Makiko Okada
Hitoshi Yamada
You Kanatani
Tomoki Sukezane
Yoshinori Miura
Takenori Mizutama
Tsuneo Yoshimura
Andrew Chen
Jim Moore
Hideharu Yoshihashi
Ryoichi Sakamoto
Kiernan Lambeth
Glenn Mariconda

Eric Goldstein
Christine Rucci
Marcus Wainwright
Jean Touitou
Jennifer Wade
Ross C. Tucker
Sandeep Agarwal
François Girbaud
Robert Hanson
Carl Chiara
Tomomichi Takizawa
Takaomi Kaneko
Shereen El Feki
Yasmine Osman
Noah Feldman
Constantine Pleshakov
Sabine Anton
Shannon Lee
Bruce Lee
Daniel Miller
Sophie Woodward
Pierre Burton
Alex Antibe
Jerome Dahan
Henry Duarte

Directed by
Christian D. Bruun

Produced by
Christian D. Bruun
Theis Jessen
Mark Romeo

Executive Producers
Mark Romeo
Christian D. Bruun
Christine Detlefsen
Rose Ganguzza

Co-producer
Jason Watkins

Associate Producers
Raphael Avigdor
Tara Cole

Written by
Christian D. Bruun

Head Writer
John H. Marks

Writer
Theis Jessen

Additional Writer
Louis Spiegler

CREW

Edited by
Jason Watkins

Editor
Anders Bramsen

Additional Editing
Julia Bloch
Hisayo Kushida
Christian D. Bruun

Assistant Editor
David Osit

Editorial Assistants
Paul M. Capra
Doug Monaco

Cinematographer
Christian D. Bruun

Additional Camera
Heather Greer
Zahra Mackaoui
Lewis Meyer
Martin Meyer
Josh Nussbaum
William Voermann
Danielle Parsons
Trevor Metscher
J Leland Malinski
Mithun Gangopadhyay
Bao Nguyen
Caleb Heller
Achille Matassoni

Still Photography
Michael Goodman
Kevin Hansen
Raphael Avigdor
Joe Conzo

Production Coordinators
Los Angeles:
Andrew Ahn

Denmark:
Mettelise Hansen

Egypt:
Ismail Elmokadem

Pakistan:
Farhan Shahzad

Japan:
Makiko Okada
Ippei Sasaki

North Carolina:
Susan Surman

Italy:
Matteo Medri

Interview with Elio Fiorucci
Elisa Ravaglia - Menabò Group
Gian Luca Ponti
Limina

GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT

Title Sequence
Gerald Mark Soto
Chris Fung

Motion Graphics
Gerald Mark Soto
Chris Fung

Additional Motion Graphics
Kaya Ono
Christian D. Bruun

Digital Compositing
Richard Chonczynski

Digital Compositing / Animation
Christian D. Bruun

End Titles
DitlevFilms

Type Face Design
Jan-Christian Bruun

RESEARCH

Fashion Consultant
Makiko Okada

Fashion Consultant
Sandra Nygard

Fashion Researchers
Shannon Bell Price
Melissa Huber

Researcher
Paul Pangman

Archival Researcher
Prudence Arndt

Research Assistants
Alex Karolinski
David Osit

Translation
Italian:
Alessandra Mattanza

Japanese:
Makiko Okada
Hisayo Kushida

Arabic:
Eman S. Morsi

German:
John H. Marks

Production Interns
Robert Block
Melissa Huber

Consultant to the Producers
Louis Spiegler

Legal Services Provided by
André Des Rochers for Gray Krauss Des Rochers LLP Anita Surendran

SOUND / MUSIC

Original Score by
PT WALKEY

Music Supervisor
Beth Amy Rosenblatt

Music and Audio Engineer
Eli Janney

Sound Mixer
Eli Janney

Recorded and Mixed at
Frisbee Studios

Sound Mixer
Ray Ketchem

Additional Songs
"AMULET REPRISE"
Natacha Atlas Courtesy of Mazeeka Records

"MAKE SOME NOISE"
DJ CAZ

"ROCK ISLAND BLUES"
FURRY LEWIS Courtesy of DOCUMENT Records

FILMED ON LOCATION IN

USA
Boise, Boston, Greensboro, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York City, San Francisco

Denmark
Copenhagen

Japan
Tokyo, Kojima, Okayama

Egypt
Cairo

Turkey
Bursa, Istanbul

Italy
Milano

Pakistan
Karachi

China
Hong Kong

Webcam Interviews
Qatar: Doha
INDIA: Ludhiana
UK: London, Manchester

Edited in Final Cut Pro