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Script

Filming Timeline

• September 30th: Filmed the political ad featuring Ryan Sams

• October 8th: Filmed the sequence featuring Jose Cabrera, Shane Hall and Braden Leiner

• October 10th: Filmed the political ad featuring Eddie Noll

• October 11th: Filmed the sequence featuring James Oglethorpe and Finn Connelly

• October 15th: Filmed all non-D.C. Andrea Tiu and Kenyon Byrd segments in the following order:

  • Cutting the tape

  • Interrogation by the Chester Brothers/saved by the Tourist

  • Outside the Police Station

  • Taxi cutaway

  • Car montage

  • Police Station

  • Driving away

• October 21st: Filmed the sequence featuring Eric Salem (and the redo of the taxi cutaway)

• October 25th-29th: Filmed all scenes in Washington, D.C.

• October 30th: Took photo of Kyle Schreiner

• October 31st: Filmed the sequence featuring Anna Klus

Trivia

• Karis Bauer came up with the title as Logan Bauer and Andrea Tiu were on the phone suggesting ideas. From the beginning, they wanted the title to be able to be abbreviated to "D.C.", since the film takes place there. Thus, Karis came up with the title Devious Crimes and it stuck. It was temporarily called "D.C. Movie" before this, and was briefly considered to be titled D.C.: Devious Crimes after her suggestion, but scrapped.

• The film is L.A.B. Productions' most ambitious yet. It holds many records:

  • Length: The film sits at just under 23 minutes. The Time Travel Movie (2018) sits at somewhere around 25 minutes, though the exact length is unknown. It can be assumed that Devious Crimes is longer--and certainly more substancial. This record was surpassed by The Breadwinner 2 (2025).

  • Cast: The film has 16 members in its cast, more than any other at the time of release. The closest to this number is 8 Guys, 1 Couch (2019), with 12 cast members. This record was surpassed by The Breadwinner 2 (2025).

  • Location: The movie was filmed in Washington, D.C. Most other projects have been filmed in Ohio, particularly in Cincinnati. Some have been filmed elsewhere, such as in Indiana like Seafood Seekers (2020) and Welcome to Camp Nowhere (2020), in Kentucky like This is Cinema (2024). The only other project recorded out of this midwest bubble was in Florida for Teleportation Kid- Hawaiian Vacation (2019), despite the name of the film.

  • Time: The film was announced and released in 56 days. This is unusual for L.A.B. Productions--especially nowadays--where films have been revealed and released rather quickly, usually a month in advance at most. The film had begun planning even earlier. Aside from that, time spent filming and editing took way longer than usual as a result of the length of the film. This record was surpassed by The Breadwinner 2 (2025).

• This film has its roots in Case Closed (2024), where the film's opening scene came from.

• The D.C. trip took place from October 25th to 28th.

• Concepts for the film were negotiated immediately after the filming of Stuck in a Philadelphia (2024), primarily about character concepts and names. 

• The abundance of references to the 1988 film Rain Man comes from Mr. Schreiner, who appears in the film, having used the film in class the prior year. The escalator scene and song are a clear homage to the film. Both Devious Crimes and Rain Man were filmed in CVG airport.

• The taxi scene is both a reference to the Family Guy episode "Peter's Sister" (Season 14, Episode 6) with the given dialogue and a reference to the 1999 video game Crazy Taxi, with the music being the main menu theme. The Family Guy quote was also referenced in two AP Family Guy (2024) bits.

• "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper plays during Harrison's ad segment due to its relevance in American Hot Wax class, a class Ryan Sams and Logan Bauer took together whilst filming.

• The goal with the music was to select "girlboss music" primarily, though there are of course some exceptions. This can primarily be seen with different songs chosen for character introductions--especially for the Tourist, Curtis Simon, and the Chester Bros.

• Who is the Miniboss?

• Jose struggled with memorizing the name of his company. There were a LOT of retakes on that line specifically, which can be seen in Bloopers | Devious Crimes.

• Anna's segment was the last part filmed, on Halloween. This was the only part filmed after the D.C. trip concluded.

• Clark County, Idaho, the location Curtis Simon is stated to have been from, is a real place.

• Daniel Rahn and Charles Healy's school photos are on clear display in the Chester brothers' lair.

• During Gabrielle's part in the credits, Patrick Cavanaugh waves in a silly way at the camera.

• The concept of the Chester brothers came from a voicemail left to Logan Bauer from José Cabrera asking to get his roofing done.

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