License to Wed.”
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License to Wed Production Notes and Credits
Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski star in the new comedy
“License to Wed.”
Newly engaged, Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore)
can’t wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. The problem is that
Sadie’s family church, St. Augustine’s, is run by Reverend Frank (Robin Williams), who
won’t bless Ben and Sadie’s union until they pass his patented, “foolproof” marriage prep
course. Consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some
outright invasion of privacy, Reverend Frank’s rigorous curriculum puts Ben and Sadie’s
relationship to the test.
Forget happily ever after—do they even have what it takes to make it to the
altar?
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a
Robert Simonds/Phoenix Pictures production of a Ken Kwapis film, “License to Wed.”
The film also stars Christine Taylor, Eric Christian Olsen and Josh Flitter.
Directed by Ken Kwapis from a screenplay by Kim Barker and Tim Rasmussen &
Vince Di Meglio and story by Kim Barker & Wayne Lloyd, “License to Wed” was
produced by Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Nick Osborne and Robert Simonds.
Bradley J. Fischer, David Thwaites, Kim Zubick, Dana Goldberg and Bruce Berman
served as executive producers, with Christine Sacani, Louis Phillips and Trevor
Engelson co-producing.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography John
Bailey, production designer Gae Buckley and editor Kathryn Himoff. The music is by
Christophe Beck.
“License to Wed” is being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
This film has been rated “PG-13” by the MPAA for “sexual humor and language.”
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
GETTING DOWN THE AISLE
“To get a driver’s license, you need hours and hours of classroom instruction, a
learner’s permit, behind-the-wheel training, and so on. But, to get a marriage license, all
you have to do is show up at the courthouse and pay. This gives the bride and groom
much more time to focus on the truly important things, like finding the right venue, the
best photographer, the hippest DJ...etc.,” director Ken Kwapis smiles. “Who cares if you
end up in divorce court a year later as long as the wedding cake was to die for?”
In “License to Wed,” Ben Murphy and Sadie Jones are young, blissfully in love,
and have the best intentions of spending the rest of their lives together. However, like
many young couples, they have no idea what they’re getting into. Fortunately, Reverend
Frank is here to help with his highly successful marriage prep course.
Producer Robert Simonds offers, “This is a very real-life situation. There are
certain challenges of marriage that are common and unavoidable. Instead of dancing
around them and hoping that everything just works out, a pre-marital exploration of these
obstacles can increase the likelihood of a marriage staying together—and make for
some pretty funny situations.”
Producer Nick Osborne says, “There’s been a recent surge in popularity of
marriage prep classes, which teach couples how to communicate fairly, balance
finances, keep the romance alive, etc. In our movie, Reverend Frank teaches the
course, and he’s the kind of guy who’ll find the hot buttons in your relationship and push
them until they fall off. It’s his attempt at curbing divorce by weeding out the bad
couples.”
The story of “License to Wed” was inspired by a friend of co-screenwriter Kim
Barker who was getting married and told her about a marriage prep course he was
taking. Barker recalls, “There was a particular church where my friend and his fiancée
wanted to get married, but before the minister of the church would marry them, he
required that they pass his marriage prep course. Then my friend described the minister
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and how he seemed a little off because he was swearing a bit in their first meeting,
which made me laugh.”
Following her creative instincts, Barker co-wrote a fictional story around an
offbeat minister who takes his job a tad too seriously. “I’ve always been drawn to quirky
individuals, especially those who aren’t afraid to do things their own way. I think most
people exhibit a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder in one way or another, and
Reverend Frank is no exception. His obsession is creating happy, life-long unions...or at
least preventing divorces.”
In selecting the right director for the project, Simonds notes, “The story has both
simple comedic elements and complex emotional aspects at the same time. There’s a
lot of physical comedy in the script, but we also wanted to provide the audience with a
chance to be emotionally invested in the characters. Looking at his past projects, Ken
Kwapis has a strong grasp of how to blend both comedy and emotion to great effect.”
Executive producer Kim Zubick affirms, “Ken has a great track record, and he
can handle a wide range of material. Whether it is a film like ‘The Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants’ or his work on ‘The Office,’ he knows how to make it work. What
Reverend Frank does in this movie is very unusual; I don’t think many marriage prep
courses are actually like this in real life—at least I hope not—but we are playing it as if
it’s completely real. Ken was the perfect director to pull this off.”
Kwapis says he instantly connected with the themes in “License to Wed” when
he read the script. “It amazes me that even half of all marriages last these days. Most
people see marriage as a day at the beach. Reverend Frank shows us all the blood,
sweat and tears that go into making them work. Our film is a cautionary tale for the
young and affianced—don’t dive in unless you know you can swim.”
THE WEDDING PARTY
The search for the right actor to don Reverend Frank’s collar didn’t take long.
Producer Mike Medavoy notes, “When I read the script, I just knew that Robin Williams
would be ideal for the role. In addition to being an incredibly funny actor and comedian,
he’s such a passionate and compassionate person. While Reverend Frank puts Ben
and Sadie through some really trying situations, at the core, likeability was a key
component for building the character.”
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Academy Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams says he gravitated
towards the project “for the characters, mostly, and the idea that Reverend Frank is
genuinely trying to help people. He creates simulated exercises and scenarios that a
young couple might not even think about or have to deal with until they’re already
married, when it’s too late. But if a couple doesn’t drop out and actually graduates his
class, they’ll be one step closer to living happily ever after.”
Kwapis remarks, “Robin Williams was the perfect choice to create an irreverent
Reverend. His ad-lib abilities, of course, are the stuff of legend. He can riff on anything
in his path, which, more often than not, was me. You wouldn’t believe the number of
ways you can mangle the name Kwapis. There is a method to Reverend Frank’s
madness. No matter how perverse his tactics, his goal remains noble: keeping couples
together.”
The bride-to-be character in the film, Sadie Jones, has long dreamed of getting
married at St. Augustine’s and will let nothing get in the way of fulfilling that dream. It’s
where her parents tied the knot, and where she was christened by Reverend Frank—
both very compelling reasons any groom would be reluctant to challenge.
Kwapis offers, “For the role of Sadie, I wanted someone who is adorable but
strong. Sadie is the girl that guys would do anything for, including something as crazy
as Reverend Frank’s patented marriage prep course. Mandy Moore could not be more
winning in this part, and it gave a chance to show off her comedic skills. Mandy is daffy
and real; she is Everywoman, but the funny version.”
“The thing that really struck me about this script, and what made me want to be a
part of this film so badly, was that whatever situation these characters found themselves
in, it really felt grounded and relatable,” says Moore. “I have yet to find myself in these
situations for real—like getting married—but when I do, I’ll certainly be much better
prepared!”
On the other side of the marriage equation is Sadie’s fiancé, Ben Murphy. For
the role, Kwapis knew exactly who he wanted. “I helped launch ‘The Office’ and knew
from the moment I first worked with John Krasinski that he was a rare find, a perfect
blend of comic actor and leading man. He was my very top choice for the role of Ben.
John has an innate ability to be both funny and grounded. He is both understated and
expressive. As fans of ‘The Office’ can attest, John really knows his way around an
awkward pause.”
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Krasinski states, “I really wanted to do this movie. When I heard that Ken got
hired on to direct, it made me even more excited to do it. I am completely and totally
indebted to him for bringing me on.”
Osborne attests, “John was always on the top of the list for Ken, and when we
screen-tested Mandy and John, we couldn’t have agreed more. We saw real chemistry
between the two. We could see them as a couple struggling through the course
together...for better or for worse.”
Being paired with Moore onscreen for the first time, Krasinski notes, “I was very
excited to work with Mandy. She’s so sweet, and she brought such incredible warmth to
the set.”
Moore offers, “I’ve had a blast with John. We have a really good rapport. He’s
so talented and such a sweetheart; it’s been such a treat to work with him.”
In the film, Ben bravely proposes to Sadie in front of the entire Jones family at
her parents’ 30th wedding anniversary. Sadie accepts, but there’s a hitch to getting
hitched as the jubilant moment quickly spirals towards a pragmatic discussion about
where to have the wedding.
“Ben just wants a simple, casual wedding somewhere exotic, like the Caribbean,
not knowing that marrying Sadie comes with a stipulation,” says Krasinski.
“Sadie has dreamt of getting married at St. Augustine’s all her life because she
wants to keep the family tradition, so she’s very determined to make it happen and is
sticking to it,” states Moore.
To arrange a date at the church, Sadie introduces Ben to Reverend Frank, who
informs them that, as luck would have it, St. Augustine’s is booked solid for the next two
years. However, there has just been a cancellation, which opens up a slot in three
weeks. Sadie excitedly agrees to the abrupt wedding date, at which point the Reverend
tells them he won’t marry the couple unless they pass his mandatory prep course.
When it came to designing and shooting the prep course scenes, “imagine
marriage as a theme park, with thrill rides representing the various trials and tribulations
a couple undergoes. That’s how I conceived of the marriage prep course in the film.
wanted the audience to experience an emotional roller- coaster ride—thirty years of
marriage crammed into three weeks,” Kwapis says.
“Sadie’s the type that welcomes this kind of a challenge. To her, it’s just one
more thing that will bring her and Ben closer, and more in love,” says Moore.
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Ben, on the other hand, can’t help but feel a little uneasy, especially when
Reverend Frank introduces two very important rules they must follow: Rule Number
One, they must each write their own wedding vows, which are only to be revealed at the
wedding ceremony; Rule Number Two, effective immediately, they are to have no sex
until the honeymoon.
“Rule Number Two is, without a doubt, one of the hardest rules to follow for a
modern couple, and that’s the beauty of the prep course,” states Williams. “I especially
like the idea of putting a young couple’s relationship to the test that way. Let’s just take
that tool out of your toolbox and see what you have left.”
“In the beginning of a typical relationship, the sex is everywhere, but after about
15 or 20 years, it’s another story,” Williams jokes, continuing, “Reverend Frank owes the
high success rate of his class to his commitment to helping couples discover what it is in
their relationship that will give it the staying power it needs to last through the years.”
Before Ben even realizes he’s being tested, Reverend Frank not-so-subtly grills
him with piercing personal questions. Krasinski notes, “One of the tests Ben goes
through with Reverend Frank is playing catch. What Ben thinks is a casual conversation
turns into 20 questions of a very personal nature: how long Sadie and Ben have been
dating, whether they sleep together, and things like that. I think Reverend Frank does
identify Ben as somebody who is worthy of Sadie, but just wants Ben to prove it, not only
to Sadie but also to Ben himself. He wants Ben to really understand why he wants to
get married and to look at the relationship past the starry-eyed perspective.”
Another exercise from Reverend Frank’s class involves the care and feeding of
eerily lifelike, but decidedly creepy-looking, animatronic babies. Drawing inspiration from
real-life experiences, Kim Barker recalls a high school assignment designed to teach
students the responsibilities of being a parent. “I remember, in one of my classes, we
had to carry around eggs for a week, 24 hours a day, as if they were real babies. We
had to take care of them; you couldn’t just leave them in your locker. From that idea, we
created a stress test in which Ben and Sadie would be responsible for something 24/7.
Initially, the idea was to use simple devices like baby pagers and, eventually, the idea
evolved into the twin robotic babies."
Designed by makeup and special effects company Drac Studios, the animatronic
babies were controlled remotely via radio transmitters. Eye movements, hand
movements, mouth movements, and even bowel movements were controlled
independently. Each function was precisely coordinated and rehearsed for each shot.
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Moore recalls, “Handling the babies was pretty difficult. I would hope that they
are actually more temperamental than real babies because they required a whole lot of
maintenance...and battery changes. They were also really heavy and smelled funny.
was surprised at how much effort it took to make them work behind the scenes. There
were four different people controlling one baby. Poor John...he had to do more scenes
with the babies than I did.”
Krasinski agrees, “There’s a scene where Sadie and Ben are in a department
store creating their wedding registry, and while Sadie’s picking out dinnerware I’m stuck
with the two babies, who suddenly decide to have a complete breakdown.”
Unbeknownst to Ben, the tot-sized terrors are being controlled remotely by
Reverend Frank’s right-hand man, a precocious minister-in-training, referred to in the
script as Choir Boy. Played by Josh Flitter, Choir Boy adjusts the “Robo Mood” of the
animatronic babies by flipping the switches on the remote control from “Calm,” skipping
the intermediate stages of “Cranky” and “Berserk,” and going directly to “Meltdown.”
“The toughest role to cast was Choir Boy,” Kwapis notes. “He’s like a miniature
thug, a little henchman who does all Reverend Frank’s heavy lifting. Most of the
candidates read the part as if they were little cherubs. When Josh Flitter walked into the
casting session, it was as if he was channeling every Hollywood tough guy from Edward
G. Robinson to James Gandolfini. The idea of Josh as a marriage enforcer was too
irresistible to pass up.”
Flitter says, “Choir Boy is enrolled in Reverend Frank’s ‘Ministers of Tomorrow’
program, and his life goal is to become the greatest reverend ever when he grows up.
He wholeheartedly believes in the prep course that Reverend Frank created and is the
one who gets things done behind the scenes.”
Choir Boy has covertly bugged Ben and Sadie’s bedroom with a mini-microphone
that gives Reverend Frank around-the-clock surveillance of the couple’s conversations.
In one instance, the bug serves to prevent a violation of Reverend Frank’s much-
dreaded Rule Number Two.
Rule Number Two notwithstanding, perhaps one of the more stress-inducing
tests in the Reverend’s course is the word association exercise with in-laws. Under the
guise of a wine and cheese tasting, the test is designed to open the lines of
communication between Ben and his future relatives, including Sadie’s older, jaded, and
recently divorced sister, Lindsey, played by Christine Taylor.
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Taylor offers, “Having just gone through a nasty divorce, my character is very
sarcastic and bitter. She has no faith in marriage, or men for that matter, and is very
wary about Sadie getting married so suddenly. She’s definitely feeling like the black
sheep in the family being surrounded by her parents’ and grandparents’ successful
marriages—and now Sadie and Ben’s engagement. She can’t help but act a little
standoffish towards Ben, and it becomes really apparent during the in-laws exercise.”
Also invited to the wine and cheese tasting is Sadie’s attractive, sophisticated,
wealthy—and male—best friend, Carlisle, played by Eric Christian Olsen. “Carlisle is
Sadie’s B.F.F. They grew up together, took baths together, and know everything about
each other. He’s definitely part of Sadie’s family. This presents an interesting dynamic
for Ben, who should be made to feel very territorial by Carlisle’s mere presence. I mean,
you can’t really blame Ben for feeling a bit insecure when Carlisle’s around because,
besides having a good relationship with Sadie’s family, he’s also very charming, very
talented, and has great teeth and cheekbones,” smiles Olsen.
While Sadie confides in Carlisle for advice on just about everything, Ben seeks
out his best friend, Joel, who provides Ben with a slightly different point of view. Played
by actor-comedian DeRay Davis, Joel has been married for some time—complete with
two children and a lawnmower—and can perhaps be best summed up as a man’s man,
or as Davis puts it, “the everyman who thinks that men should be kings again. Joel
knows that, for him, the days of being the master of his domain have long passed since
he got married. So, living vicariously, he secretly wants Ben to reign as a free man just
a little bit longer.”
As Ben and Sadie get caught in the crossfire of conflicting influences and endure
the demands of the prep course, their true personalities materialize, putting their
compatibility to the ultimate test.
Krasinski states, “Ben and Sadie had never fought prior to enrolling in Reverend
Frank’s class, but as soon as the course begins and they’re feeling the pressure, Sadie’s
type-A personality really begins to emerge. She’s someone who is very organized, gets
things done, and needs to have them done a certain way, whereas Ben is happy to wake
up with a smile and just sort of get through the day. Then, when Sadie starts showing
favoritism towards Carlisle’s opinions, and Sadie’s sister starts in on Ben’s passive
nature, he can’t help but feel like everyone is teaming up against him.”
Sometimes the truth hurts, but other times the truth can be really funny. Taylor
notes, “When Reverend Frank asks Lindsey to word associate with Ben, she, in her
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sarcastic, cutting way, calls him ‘assertive,’ which is the complete opposite of how she
really feels about him. She actually thinks Ben is a big pushover, and not necessarily
the right guy for Sadie. When Ben is asked to word associate with Lindsey, he calls her
‘blonde,’ which she takes as a cue to attack him right back. It was a really fun scene to
shoot. We kept blowing takes because everybody around the table was making
everyone else laugh so much.”
With a comedic dynamo like Robin Williams on the set, Kwapis encouraged
everyone to expect the unexpected. “With Robin, who has an inexhaustible desire to
invent, you have to make sure there’s plenty of film in the camera and you have a group
of actors who can hold their own when the ad-libs start flying.”
“My favorite thing about working with Ken is the fact that he just hands you the
ball, and gives you the leeway and the freedom to get into the moment,” says Moore.
“He doesn’t call ‘Action’ to begin a scene. Instead, he simply says, ‘Go ahead.’ It’s so
relaxed and conversational. Even though Ken was very supportive and gave us a lot of
freedom on the set to improvise, I was still terrified to try things in front of Robin because
he’s such a comic legend. But I was really impressed with him because he was so
considerate of all the other actors and so collaborative.”
The chance to work with Robin Williams was also an incredible highlight for
Krasinski, who reveals that when he was much younger he had written Williams a fan
letter asking for, and receiving, an autographed photo. “I was a big fan of Robin’s, and
had seen all of his movies. Even before I wanted to be an actor, I just loved, loved to
watch his work. So to act in a film with him now is nothing short of surreal. And, he’s
even funnier and more enthusiastic in person than he is on film.”
Too funny, perhaps; as Kwapis says, “The great hazard of putting together such
a group of nimble comic talents is that it was often impossible for them to get through a
take without laughing. Keeping a straight face became a Herculean task for John in
particular, faced with Robin’s onslaught of quips.”
Additionally, both Kwapis and Krasinski enjoyed an “office” party of their own
while shooting scenes featuring co-workers from “The Office,” including Brian
Baumgartner as Jim, Ben and Sadie’s potato skin-loving prep course classmate; Mindy
Kaling as Joel’s demanding wife, Shelly; and Angela Kinsey as Judith, a jewelry store
clerk.
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NO PALM TREES IN CHICAGO
Though the story is set in Chicago, the film was primarily shot on location in and
around Los Angeles.
Location manager Tom Hillman notes, “Ken’s initial vision for the setting of this
film was Anytown, USA. He wasn’t originally going for Chicago, but he liked the
architecture and feel of the city and its suburbs.”
However, with a fairly short pre-production schedule, the filmmakers opted to
shoot Los Angeles for Chicago. Hillman and the team searched for neighborhoods
within the massive Los Angeles urban sprawl for settings that could pass for Chicago.
Co-producer Christine Sacani states, “It’s one thing if you are shooting L.A. for
L.A., but when you’re shooting L.A. for Chicago there are a number of
considerations...like avoiding palm trees.”
“There aren’t really any palm trees in Chicago,” says Hillman. “If you go down
into the Adams district of Los Angeles, there are a lot of craftsman-style houses, but the
people who settled there many decades ago were proud that they lived in L.A. so they
flooded the place with palm trees, even though the palm tree isn’t indigenous to Los
Angeles. But when you go to Pasadena and South Pasadena, the early developers
planted more deciduous trees, which look much more Midwestern.”
One of the centerpiece locations for the story is St. Augustine’s Church. After
scouting several locations, the filmmakers selected the First Congregational Church in
Long Beach, California. Constructed in 1914, the structure still looks very much the
same today as it did then.
“Oddly enough, that was the first church that played in my head when they said
Chicago. We had sold ourselves on a different church in downtown Los Angeles but,
through what can appropriately be deemed as divine intervention, it had problems and
didn’t end up working out,” recalls Hillman. “I then took them to what had been my first
choice, which ended up being much better for us. The church in Long Beach was a lot
warmer, a lot smaller, and more containable. When Ken and the producers saw it in
person, they said, ‘Oh my god, look at these windows. Look how beautiful this is!’”
With the climax of the film taking place in an exotic location, the filmmakers were
also faced with another decision. “I think Jamaica was what Ken had in mind. At one
point, it was going to be a winery, but it didn’t have the right tropical feel. The California
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coast is still the California coast,” Hillman states. “You have to bring in a lot of greens to
sell it as a tropical beach, which can be done, but it takes a whole lot of set dressing.”
At first, the idea of filming these scenes in Jamaica seemed impractical, given the
production schedule. Paraphrasing the old studio adage, Kwapis quips, “A tree is a tree,
so let’s shoot it in Malibu.”
In the end, the filmmakers found no substitute for the real thing. The company
trekked down to the Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach & Villa Resort in Jamaica for the
final week of filming.
Kwapis concludes, “There’s no place on the West Coast that can substitute for
Jamaica. The blue of the Caribbean is so specific—it’s turquoise, really— there’s
nothing else quite like it. It was the perfect backdrop to shoot the film’s big finish.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
ROBIN WILLIAMS (Reverend Frank) is an Academy Award-winning actor and
comedian with a career that spans over three decades. He won an Oscar for his
performance in Gus Van Sant’s “Good Will Hunting,” and garnered previous Academy
Award nominations for his work in “The Fisher King,” “Dead Poets Society” and “Good
Morning Vietnam.” Williams has also received six Golden Globe awards, including the
Cecil B. DeMille Award. Additionally, he shared the National Board of Review Best Actor
Award with Robert De Niro for “Awakenings,” and, in 2004, he received the prestigious
Career Achievement Award from the Chicago International Film Festival.
More recently, Williams lent his voice talents to the Oscar-winning animated
feature “Happy Feet,” and played Theodore Roosevelt in the blockbuster holiday
comedy “Night at the Museum.” In the same year, he also starred in Barry Levinson’s
political satire “Man of the Year,” the hit comedy “RV” for director Barry Sonnenfeld, and
Patrick Stettner’s dark thriller “The Night Listener,” opposite Toni Collette.
Following “License to Wed,” Williams will be seen this fall in Kirsten Sheridan’s
“August Rush,” with Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Terrence Howard.
He is currently filming the buddy comedy “Old Dogs” opposite John Travolta. The film is
slated for release in 2008.
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Williams first captured the world’s attention as Mork from Ork on the popular
television series “Mork & Mindy.” He trained at New York’s Julliard School and made his
cinematic debut as the title character in Robert Altman’s “Popeye.” He followed up with
starring roles in Paul Mazursky’s “Moscow on the Hudson” and “The World According to
Garp,” George Roy Hill’s adaptation of John Irving’s acclaimed bestselling novel.
His filmography also includes such hit films as Chris Columbus’ “Mrs. Doubtfire,”
Mike Nichols’ “The Birdcage,” Tom Shadyac’s “Patch Adams,” Steven Spielberg’s
“Hook” and Joe Johnston’s “Jumanji.” Williams lent his voice talents in creating the
memorable character of the Genie in the blockbuster adventure “Aladdin” and voiced the
character of Fendor in the 2005 animated feature “Robots.” Additionally, he was the
voice of Dr. Know in Steven Spielberg’s “Artificial Intelligence: AI.”
Williams began his career as a stand-up comedian and is well known for his free-
associative monologues. In 2002, after a 16-year absence from the stand-up scene, he
hit the road with a sold-out 26-date U.S. tour. With its last stop on Broadway, the one-
man show was filmed as “Robin Williams: Live on Broadway” and garnered five Emmy
Award nominations.
Offstage, Williams takes great joy in supporting philanthropic efforts around the
world, benefiting health care, human rights, education and environmental protection.
Last year, he presented “Comic Relief 2006” with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, a
live concert to benefit families affected by Hurricane Katrina. To date, the Comic Relief
organization has raised over $50 million.
MANDY MOORE (Sadie Jones) is a multi-talented performer who has already
achieved much success as an actress and as a recording artist. Moore counts “License
to Wed” as her second of three feature films to be released this year and, in June, will
release her fifth record album.
Moore most recently starred opposite Diane Keaton in “Because I Said So,”
under the direction of Michael Lehmann. This August, Moore will star in Justin
Theroux’s “Dedication,” with Billy Crudup, Tom Wilkinson and Bob Balaban. The film
premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Last year, Moore
appeared in Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales,” which premiered at the 2006 Cannes
Film Festival, and stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Seann William Scott and Sarah
Michelle Gellar.
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In Brian Dannelly’s sardonic 2004 comedy “Saved!,” Moore’s performance as the
seemingly perfect Christian girl Hilary Faye garnered much critical acclaim. The film
also starred Jena Malone, Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit.
Moore’s additional film credits include Paul Weitz’s “American Dreamz,” opposite
Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe, Jennifer Coolidge, Chris Klein, Judy Greer and Dennis
Quaid; John Turturro’s musical “Romance and Cigarettes,” with James Gandolfini,
Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mary-Louise Parker; Andy Cadiff’s “Chasing Liberty”;
and Clare Kilner’s “How to Deal.” She also lent her voice talents in the live action/CGI
animation family film “Racing Stripes.” In 2002, Moore starred opposite Shane West in
Adam Shankman’s romantic drama “A Walk to Remember,” for which she won an MTV
Movie Award for “Breakthrough Female Performance,” and performed four songs
featured on the film’s soundtrack.
Moore made her feature film debut playing a haughty high school cheerleader in
Garry Marshall’s hit family comedy “The Princess Diaries,” also starring Julie Andrews,
Anne Hathaway and Hector Elizondo.
On television, Moore has made appearances in NBC’s popular comedy “Scrubs”
and the HBO hit series “Entourage.”
Moore’s new record album, “Wild Hope,” showcases her first foray into
songwriting. All of the songs on the album were co-written by Moore in collaboration
with such acclaimed singer-songwriters as Lori McKenna, Rachael Yamagata and The
Weepies. “Wild Hope” will be released on June 19.
Her debut album, “So Real,” went platinum after only three months on the charts,
and includes the top ten single “Candy.” Moore’s second album, “I Wanna Be With
You,” was released in May 2000 and also went platinum. Her self-titled third album,
another major seller, featured the hit single “Cry.” Her fourth album, “Coverage,” was
released in October 2003 and featured a collection of classic songs by such artists as
Elton John, Joan Armatrading, Todd Rundgren and Cat Stevens.
Beyond film, television and music, Moore has an exclusive line of contemporary
tees and dresses based on original concepts and designs called MBLEM.
JOHN KRASINSKI (Ben Murphy) currently plays paper product pusher Jim
Halpert on NBC’s hit comedy “The Office.” The show won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Comedy Series in 2006 and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
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Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2007, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy in 2007.
On film, Krasinski recently provided the voice of Sir Lancelot in “Shrek the Third,”
with Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy. He can also be seen in the
upcoming indie comedy “Smiley Face,” directed by Gregg Araki and starring Anna
Farris, Adam Brody, John Cho, Danny Masterson and Jane Lynch. The film premiered
at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and is scheduled for release this summer.
Krasinski is currently filming the 1920s-era romantic comedy “Leatherheads,”
opposite George Clooney and Renée Zellweger, under the direction of Clooney.
Krasinski will play Carter Rutherford, a straight-laced college football sensation, who is
hired by team owner and confirmed bachelor Jimmy “Dodge” Connelly, played by
Clooney. When the sport becomes commercialized, “Dodge” finds himself falling for
Rutherford’s reluctant fiancée, Lexi, played by Zellweger. The film is currently scheduled
for release this December.
Krasinski’s other feature film credits include Christopher Guest’s “For Your
Consideration”; Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday”; Bill Condon’s “Dreamgirls” and “Kinsey”;
Sam Mendes’ “Jarhead”; “Duane Hopwood”; and the animated family adventure
“Doogal.”
Behind the camera, Krasinski recently wrote and directed the film adaptation of
David Foster Wallace’s novel Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The film stars Julianne
Nicholson as a graduate student who is coping with a recent breakup by conducting
probing and revealing interviews with various men.
Krasinski graduated from Brown University as an honors playwright, and later
studied at the National Theater Institute.
CHRISTINE TAYLOR (Lindsey Jones) starred in the smash hit comedy
“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” opposite Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, and is
perhaps best-known for her role as Matilda Jeffries in the fashion industry satire
“Zoolander,” starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich and Jerry
Stiller. Taylor also starred in “The Wedding Singer,” with Adam Sandler and Drew
Barrymore, and received much attention for her performance as Marcia Brady in “The
Brady Brunch Movie” and its aptly named sequel, “A Very Brady Sequel.”
Upcoming, Taylor has a cameo in the romantic comedy “Dedication,” starring
Mandy Moore and Billy Crudup, and co-stars opposite Lisa Kudrow in the comedy
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“Kabluey,” which will premiere at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. Her other film
credits include such films as “Desperate But Not Serious,” for director Bill Fishman; “Kiss
Toledo Goodbye,” starring Robert Forster, Michael Rapaport and Christopher Walken;
and Adam Rifkin’s “Denial.” She has also appeared in Andrew Fleming’s “The Craft”
and “Overnight Delivery,” starring Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd.
On television, she played the lead in the 1996 sitcom “Party Girl,” and has guest-
starred on “My Name is Earl,” “Spin City,” “Friends,” “Seinfeld,” “Ellen” and “Murphy
Brown.” Taylor made her television debut as Melody Hanson on the Nickelodeon series
“Hey Dude.”
Outside of her career in film and television, Taylor is involved with Project A.L.S.,
an organization dedicated to raising funds for research towards finding effective
treatments and a cure for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou
Gehrig’s Disease).
ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN (Carlisle) recently wrapped the indie comedy
“Sunshine Cleaning,” starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn and
Clifton Collins Jr.
Olsen recently starred in the highbraü comedy “Beerfest,” for director Jay
Chandrasekhar of Broken Lizard. He was also recently seen in the Tony Goldwyndirected
drama “The Last Kiss,” with Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck and
Rachel Bilson. His other film credits include “Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met
Lloyd,” “Cellular,” “Not Another Teen Movie” and “The Hot Chick,” along with the indie
features “Local Boys” and “Mojave.”
On television, Olsen currently stars in the sitcom “The Loop,” from the creative
team of Pam Brady and Will Gluck. His other TV credits include “Get Real,” “24” and
“ER.”
JOSH FLITTER (Choir Boy) can currently be seen in Andrew Fleming’s family
mystery adventure “Nancy Drew,” with Emma Roberts, Max Thieriot and Tate Donovan.
Last year, Flitter was seen on the big screen as Stewart in “Big Momma’s House
2,” starring Martin Lawrence and Nia Long. In 2005, he starred opposite Shia LaBeouf,
playing his caddy Eddie Lowery, in “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” directed by Bill
Paxton.
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Flitter’s other film credits include “Duane Hopwood,” which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival, and Michel Gondry’s award-winning drama “Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind.” He can also be heard in the animated film “Air Buddies,” as well as
the upcoming “Snow Buddies” and “Horton Hears a Who.”
On television, Flitter played the title role in “Stephen’s Life,” and made regular
appearances on Bravo’s “Situation: Comedy,” the reality show produced by Sean Hayes
in search of the next hit sitcom. Flitter’s other television credits include “Phil of the
Future,” “All My Children,” “Ed,” “Prodigy/Bully,” “Whoopi,” “My Life with Men,” “One Life
to Live” and “Blue’s Clues.”
Flitter began acting when he was five years old and appeared in numerous
commercials, including an Office Depot spot for which he won a Bobby Award.
DeRAY DAVIS (Joel) will next appear on the big screen in the Will Ferrell
basketball comedy “Semi-Pro.” He is a series regular on the hit MTV series “Wild ‘N
Out,” and wrote and performed the comedy skits on Kanye West’s LPs “Late
Registration” and “The College Dropout.”
Davis’ other film credits include “School for Scoundrels,” “Code Name: The
Cleaner,” “Scary Movie 4,” “The Fog,” “Johnson Family Vacation,” and “Barbershop 1 &
2.”
Additionally, Davis has a recurring role on “Reno 911!” and appeared in the HBO
hit series “Entourage.” He has also performed standup on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,”
“Comedy Central Presents: DeRay Davis,” Comedy Central’s “Laffapalooza” and
“Premium Blend,” and NBC’s “Late Friday.”
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
KEN KWAPIS (Director) is an award-winning director who has moved easily
between the worlds of feature filmmaking and television directing. He previously
directed “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” a film adaptation of Ann Brashares’
best-selling novel, starring Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Alexis
Bledel. Kwapis recently signed to direct the film adaptation of another best seller, He’s
Just Not That Into You.
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For television, Kwapis helped launch some of the most innovative comedies of
the past decade. He directed the pilot of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning series “The
Office,” starring Steve Carell, John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson, and directed this
season’s premiere and final episodes. Kwapis earned an Emmy nomination for his work
as a producer-director of FOX’s “Malcolm in the Middle.” He also directed the pilots for
the groundbreaking HBO series “The Larry Sanders Show,” and the Emmy Award-
winning “The Bernie Mac Show.” He also directed episodes of such critically acclaimed
comedies as “Freaks and Geeks” and “Bakersfield, P.D.”
Kwapis’ feature film credits include the romantic comedies “The Beautician and
the Beast,” starring Fran Drescher, and “He Said, She Said,” starring Kevin Bacon and
Elizabeth Perkins. “He Said, She Said” was conceived and co-directed with Kwapis’ wife
Marisa Silver. His other films include “Dunston Checks In,” starring Jason Alexander
and Faye Dunaway; “Vibes,” starring Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper; and “Sesame
Street Presents: Follow That Bird,” starring Jim Henson’s Muppets.
Kwapis’ film “Sexual Life” marked his first effort as a writer-director. Adapted
from Arthur Schnitzler’s play “La Ronde,” “Sexual Life” premiered to rave reviews at the
Los Angeles Film Festival and aired on Showtime in 2005. The ensemble cast includes
Anne Heche, Elizabeth Banks and Kerry Washington.
Kwapis studied filmmaking at Northwestern University and the University of
Southern California. He won the Student Academy Award in Dramatic Achievement for
his USC thesis film “For Heaven’s Sake,” an adaptation of Mozart’s one-act comic opera
Der Schauspieldirektor (“The Impresario”).
KIM BARKER (Screenwriter/Story) counts “License to Wed” as her first
produced feature screenplay. Her next project, the comedy “All About Steve,” stars
Sandra Bullock and is set to begin production this summer.
TIM RASMUSSEN & VINCE DI MEGLIO (Screenwriters) count “License to Wed”
as their first screenplay credit for a major studio. They are currently in post-production
on their debut comedy feature “Smother.” Written by Rasmussen & Di Meglio, with Di
Meglio directing and Rasmussen producing, the film stars Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard,
Liv Tyler and Mike White.
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WAYNE LLOYD (Story) counts “License to Wed” as his first onscreen writing
credit. He previously worked in production on such films as “The Fog,” “Scary Movie 3”
and “Hope Springs.”
MIKE MEDAVOY (Producer) has played a role in the success of some 300
feature films over the past four decades. Seventeen of those films were nominated for
Academy Awards for Best Picture and seven have won, including “One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Platoon,” “Dances With Wolves,” “The Silence of the Lambs,”
“Amadeus” and “Philadelphia.”
In 1995, Medavoy founded Phoenix Pictures with Arnold W. Messer, and the
company has since produced over 30 films. Phoenix’s recent films include David
Fincher’s “Zodiac,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. and
Anthony Edwards; “Miss Potter,” directed by Chris Noonan and starring Renée
Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson; Steven Zaillian’s “All the King’s Men,”
with Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia
Clarkson and Anthony Hopkins; and Marcus Nispel’s “Pathfinder,” with Karl Urban. Rod
Lurie’s “Resurrecting the Champ,” starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett,
premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and will be released this summer.
The company’s other film productions include “The Mirror Has Two Faces,” “The
People vs. Larry Flynt,” “U Turn,” “Urban Legend,” “Lake Placid,” “Basic,” “Dick,” “The
Thin Red Line” and “Holes.”
Medavoy began his career in the mailroom at Universal Studios and from there
was promoted to casting director. In 1965, he joined General Artist Corporation and
soon after a merger with Creative Management Agency was promoted to Vice President.
He became one of the leading talent agents in Hollywood, and maintained a client roster
that included Jane Fonda, Hal Ashby, Michael Crichton, Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz,
Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, John Milius,
Robert Aldrich, Jeanne Moreau and George Cukor. In 1971, Medavoy joined
International Famous Agency as Vice President in charge of the motion picture
department and was involved in packaging such films as “The Sting,” “Young
Frankenstein” and “Jaws.”
In 1974, Medavoy shifted gears to film production, joining United Artists as
Senior Vice President of Production. During his tenure, he, together with his colleagues
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and superiors, influenced the production and release of such seminal films as “One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky” and “Annie Hall.”
Medavoy co-founded Orion Pictures in 1978, and was integral in bringing the
world such award-winning pictures as “Platoon,” “Amadeus” “RoboCop,” “Mississippi
Burning,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “The Terminator”, “Dances with Wolves” and “The
Silence of the Lambs.”
In 1990, Medavoy assumed chairmanship of TriStar Pictures and helped bring to
fruition such acclaimed films as “Philadelphia,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,”
“Sleepless in Seattle,” “Cliffhanger,” “The Fisher King,” “Basic Instinct,” “Legends of the
Fall” and “Hook.”
Aside from entertainment, Medavoy has been a longtime community activist and
humanitarian. He serves on the Board of Directors of various organizations, including
the Museum of Science and Industry and the Los Angeles Board of Parks and
Recreation. He is also a member of the University of Tel Aviv, a trustee of the UCLA
Foundation, an advisor to the Board at the Kennedy School at Harvard University, a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an honorary fellow of the DeSantis
Center National Advisory Board. In 2002, former California Governor Gray Davis
appointed Medavoy to the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center’s Executive
Advisory Board.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1992 Motion Picture
Pioneer of the Year Award; the 1998 Cannes Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award;
the 1999 UCLA Neil H. Jacoby Award; the 2004 Louis B. Mayer Motion Picture Award
from Florida Atlantic University; and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
and Producer’s Guild of America Vision Award. He was honored in 2005 by the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
ARNOLD W. MESSER (Producer) teamed with his longtime colleague and friend
Mike Medavoy to launch Phoenix Pictures after two decades in the industry as one of
the most influential executives. As President and Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix
since 1995, he has overseen more than 30 features, many as producer or executive
producer.
Messer is a graduate of Harvard Law School and began his entertainment career
in 1979 as senior counsel of Columbia Pictures Television. After a stint as Viacom
International’s Vice President of Business Affairs, he was named Senior Executive Vice
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President and President of TriStar Pictures’ Telecommunications Group in 1983. He
oversaw all theatrical production and ancillary marketing activities of the company.
In 1987, he returned to Columbia Pictures as Executive Vice President, where he
supervised worldwide television production and distribution, negotiating major
international television agreements. In 1989, he was named President of the
International Releasing Group for Sony Pictures Entertainment. In that role, Messer was
in charge of long-term global strategy and overseeing international production.
Among Messer’s feature film producing credits are “Zodiac,” “Pathfinder,” “Miss
Potter,” “All the King’s Men” and “Basic.” He also served as executive producer of
“Stealth” and the television series “The Chris Isaak Show.”
Currently, Messer serves as executive producer on the drama “Resurrecting the
Champ,” which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and will be released this
summer. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett.
NICK OSBORNE (Producer) is a founding partner of Underground Films, a
production company based in Los Angeles.
Alongside his partner, Trevor Engelson, Nick most recently served as executive
producer on the comedy adventure “Zoom,” starring Tim Allen, Chevy Chase and
Courteney Cox, and co-executive producer on ABC Family’s holiday comedy “Santa
Baby.”
Upcoming projects for Osborne and Underground Films include the inspirational
drama “Class Act,” starring Halle Berry; the comedies “All About Steve,” starring Sandra
Bullock, “Rising Son,” “Muskrat Love,” “Soccer Mom,” and “Wishworks.”
He is currently penning a screenplay adaptation of Agatha Christie’s spy thriller
Destination Unknown, and has just finished his first novel, The Convert.
Osborne began his entertainment career as an intern for Silver Pictures and later
for Phoenix Pictures, where he worked his way through the ranks to Vice President of
Production. At Phoenix, he worked on a diverse slate of films, including “Apt Pupil,” “U
Turn,” “The Thin Red Line” and “Lake Placid.” In 1998, Osborne shepherded the hit
thriller “Urban Legend” to the big screen.
In 1999, he left Phoenix to start his own production company, O/Z Films, where
he served as an executive producer on the “Urban Legend” sequel “Urban Legends:
Final Cut.” In 2001, O/Z Films evolved into Underground Films.
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Osborne studied at USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program, and has a B.A. in
Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He has also served as an
aid worker and teacher with International Rescue Committee’s Project Trust in
Peshawar, Pakistan.
ROBERT SIMONDS (Producer) is one of Hollywood’s most prolific producers of
motion picture comedies and family films. His over 30 features have generated in
excess of $3.5 billion worldwide.
BRADLEY J. FISCHER (Executive Producer) is currently Co-President of
Production for Phoenix Pictures. He most recently served as producer on David
Fincher’s “Zodiac,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. and
Anthony Edwards. The film marked his second collaboration with screenwriter and coproducer
James Vanderbilt after the two completed the mystery thriller “Basic,” for which
Fischer served as a co-executive producer.
Fischer began his career at Phoenix in 1998 as an executive assistant to the
company’s Chairman and CEO, Mike Medavoy. Within a year, he was promoted to
director of development, and, by 2002, he was named Vice President of Production. In
2004, he became the company’s Senior Vice President of Production and in January of
2007 he was promoted to Co-President of Production.
He also recently served as executive producer on Marcus Nispel’s Viking saga
“Pathfinder,” starring Karl Urban, Clancy Brown and Russell Means, and as producer on
the upcoming drama “Resurrecting the Champ,” directed by Rod Lurie, starring Samuel
L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett.
Fischer graduated from Columbia University in 1998 with a B.A. in Film Studies
and Psychology.
DAVID THWAITES (Executive Producer) is currently Co-President of Production
at Phoenix Pictures. He most recently served as producer on “Miss Potter,” starring
Renée Zellweger, and as executive producer on “All the King’s Men,” starring Sean
Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson and
Anthony Hopkins.
Born and educated in England, Thwaites began his career as a child actor
appearing in a number of television series over a ten-year period. At the age of 18,
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while an undergraduate at London University, he co-founded a film production company
that developed a number of projects, including a short called “The Skip,” which aired on
the UK’s Channel Four.
Thwaites moved to Los Angeles in 2000, and began his career in Hollywood as
an assistant to Phoenix Pictures’ Chairman and CEO, Mike Medavoy.
KIM ZUBICK (Executive Producer) is currently President of the Robert Simonds
Company, where she oversees all feature film development and production. Recent
Robert Simonds Company releases include “The Pink Panther” and “Cheaper by the
Dozen.”
Zubick most recently served as co-producer on the family comedy “Yours, Mine
and Ours,” starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. In addition to “License to Wed,”
Zubick is currently serving as executive producer of the upcoming comedies “Father
Knows Less” and “Furry Vengeance.” Her additional film credits include “Mr. & Mrs.
Smith,” “Rebound” and “Taxi.”
Formerly, Zubick served as Senior Vice President of Stewart Pictures for
producer Allyn Stewart, and, prior to that, as Vice President of Production at MGM. She
graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College.
DANA GOLDBERG (Executive Producer) is President of Production at Village
Roadshow Pictures. Since joining the company nine years ago, she has been involved
with Village Roadshow Pictures’ entire slate of films, including “The Matrix” trilogy,
“Ocean’s Eleven,” “Training Day,” “Mystic River,” “Miss Congeniality,” “Rumor Has It,”
and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” She also served as an executive producer on
the Academy Award-winning Best Animated Feature “Happy Feet,” starring the voice
talent of Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman and Nicole
Kidman; “Taking Lives,” starring Angelina Jolie; “The Dukes of Hazzard,” starring Johnny
Knoxville and Seann William Scott; and “The Lake House” starring Keanu Reeves and
Sandra Bullock.
Prior to joining Village Roadshow Pictures, Goldberg spent three years with Barry
Levinson and Paula Weinstein at Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures, where she was Vice
President of Production. She began her career in show business as an assistant at
Hollywood Pictures.
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BRUCE BERMAN (Executive Producer) is Chairman and CEO of Village
Roadshow Pictures. The company will co-produce 60 theatrical features in a joint
partnership with Warner Bros. through 2007, with all films distributed worldwide by
Warner Bros. Pictures and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
The initial slate of films produced under the pact included such hits as “Practical
Magic,” starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman; “Analyze This,” teaming Robert De
Niro and Billy Crystal; “The Matrix,” starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne;
“Three Kings,” starring George Clooney; “Space Cowboys,” directed by and starring Clint
Eastwood; and “Miss Congeniality,” starring Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt.
Under the Village Roadshow Pictures banner, Berman has subsequently
executive produced such wide-ranging successes as “Training Day,” for which Denzel
Washington won an Academy Award; “Ocean’s Eleven,” starring George Clooney, Brad
Pitt and Julia Roberts; its sequels “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen”; “Two
Weeks’ Notice,” pairing Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant; “Mystic River,” starring Sean
Penn and Tim Robbins in Oscar-winning performances; the second and third
installments of “The Matrix” trilogy, “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions”;
Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” starring Johnny Depp; the Oscar-
winning animated comedy adventure “Happy Feet”; and the romantic comedy “Music
and Lyrics,” pairing Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Village Roadshow’s upcoming projects include the psychological thriller “The
Brave One,” directed by Neil Jordan and starring Jodie Foster; the sci-fi action thriller “I
Am Legend,” starring Will Smith; and the comedy “Get Smart,” starring Steve Carell.
Berman got his start in the motion picture business working with Jack Valenti at
the MPAA while attending Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC. After earning
his law degree, he landed a job at Casablanca Films in 1978. Moving to Universal, he
worked his way up to production Vice President in 1982.
In 1984, Berman joined Warner Bros. as a production Vice President, and was
promoted to Senior Vice President of Production four years later. He was appointed
President of Theatrical Production in September 1989, and, in 1991, was named
President of Worldwide Theatrical Production, where he served through May 1996.
Under his aegis, Warner Bros. Pictures produced and distributed such films as
“Presumed Innocent,” “GoodFellas,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” the Oscar-winning
Best Picture “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Batman Forever,” “Under Siege,” “Malcolm X,” “The
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Bodyguard,” “JFK,” “The Fugitive,” “Dave,” “Disclosure,” “The Pelican Brief,” “Outbreak,”
“The Client,” “A Time to Kill” and “Twister.”
In May of 1996, Berman started Plan B Entertainment, an independent motion
picture company at Warner Bros. Pictures. He was named Chairman and CEO of
Village Roadshow Pictures in February 1998.
JOHN BAILEY (Director of Photography) has enjoyed relationships with directors
as varied as Paul Schrader, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Apted and Ken Kwapis.
”License to Wed” marks his third collaboration with Kwapis.
He has also worked with such leading directors as John Schlesinger, Robert
Redford, Herbert Ross, Walter Hill, Stuart Rosenberg, Harold Ramis, Wolfgang
Petersen, Jonathan Demme, Robert Benton, James L. Brooks and Sam Raimi, as well
as such directors on their feature debuts as Richard LaGravenese, Jennifer Jason Leigh
& Alan Cumming and Callie Khouri.
In an eclectic career, Bailey has photographed such mainstream Hollywood films
as “Ordinary People,” “Silverado,” “The Accidental Tourist,” “Groundhog Day,” “In the
Line of Fire,” “As Good as It Gets,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “The Sisterhood of
the Traveling Pants” and “Must Love Dogs”; such offbeat films as Norman Mailer’s
“Tough Guys Don’t Dance” and Jason Miller’s “That Championship Season”; and such
genre-bending pictures as “Swimming to Cambodia,” “A Brief History of Time” and “The
Kid Stays in the Picture.”
Bailey’s other film credits include “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”; “The
Anniversary Party”; “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in The Universe”; Paul
Schrader’s “Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters,” for which he shares the 1985 Cannes
Film Festival Award for Best Artistic Contribution with composer Philip Glass and
production and costume designer Eiko Ishioka; “Incident at Loch Ness” for Werner
Herzog; and “The Architect,” which debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
His upcoming projects include the romantic comedy “How I Met My Boyfriend’s
Dead Fiancée,” due out this September, and John Krasinski’s directorial debut film “Brief
Interviews with Hideous Men.” Bailey is currently shooting the crime comedy “Mad
Money” for Callie Khouri.
Beyond his work as a cinematographer, Bailey also directed the 1994 film noir
thriller “China Moon,” starring Ed Harris, Benecio del Toro and Madeline Stowe, and has
written essays and film articles for the New York Times, American Cinematographer,
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ICG and DGA Monthly. He has served on the juries of the Venice Film Festival and
CamerImage in Poland, on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences and as vice president of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Bailey is married to noted film editor Carol Littleton.
GAE BUCKLEY (Production Designer) reunites with director Ken Kwapis on
“License to Wed.” She previously served as production designer on Kwapis’ “The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” Kevin Costner’s Western drama “Open Range,”
starring Robert Duvall, Costner and Annette Bening and the action-filled “Death and Life
of Bobby Z.” She is currently in pre-production on “The Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants 2.”
As an art director, Buckley’s film credits include “What Women Want,” “Coyote
Ugly,” “Tin Cup,” “The Craft,” “The Little Rascals,” “Indecent Proposal” and “Three
Wishes.” Her set designer credits include “Wayne’s World,” “Coneheads” and “Good
Night and Good Luck.”
Buckley began her career in filmed entertainment with work on music videos and
commercials. She received a degree in Architecture from Cornell University, and has
also studied drawing at The Brooklyn Academy of Art and scenic painting at The Lester
Polikoff School of Scenic Painting in New York City.
KATHRYN HIMOFF (Editor) counts “License to Wed” as her fourth collaboration
with director Ken Kwapis. She previously worked with Kwapis on “The Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants,” “Sexual Life” and the pilot episode of the Emmy Award-winning
comedy series “The Office.” Additionally, she edited the pilot episode of the Golden
Globe-winning primetime series “Ugly Betty.”
Himoff also recently edited and co-produced the indie noir thriller “Lonely Hearts,”
starring John Travolta, James Gandolfini and Salma Hayek. Her other film credits
include “Pollock,” for Ed Harris; the documentary “Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion”; Rob
Zombie’s “House of a 1000 Corpses”; Roger Avary’s “Killing Zoe”; and Allison Anders’
“Mi Vida Loca.”
Prior to establishing a career in film editing, Himoff served as a story
development executive for various film production companies in Los Angeles, and
received a degree in Theater from Boston University.
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CHRISTINE SACANI (Co-Producer) is a veteran producer of more than 40 film
and television productions.
Prior to filming “License to Wed,” she served as co-producer and line producer
on Ken Kwapis’ 2005 screen adaptation of the best-selling Ann Brashares novel The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Sacani previously co-produced “New York Minute,”
starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
With television production as the foundation of her producing career, Sacani
counts among her accomplishments the Emmy Award-winning family dramas “Eloise at
Christmastime” and “Eloise at the Plaza,” starring Julie Andrews and Sofia Vassilieva;
the musical drama “South Pacific,” starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr.; the crime
drama “Thin Air,” with Joe Montegna and Marcia Gay Harden; and the two critically
acclaimed productions “Trapped in a Purple Haze,” starring Jonathan Jackson and
JoBeth Williams, and “The Rosa Parks Story,” starring Angela Bassett.
Born in New York, Christine graduated from New York University with a B.F.A. in
film and television. She began her career in the entertainment industry in 1987 and
moved to Los Angeles in 1988 to pursue her career as a producer.
LOUIS PHILLIPS (Co-Producer) joined Phoenix Pictures in 2001, and is
currently Senior Executive Vice President of Production, Post-Production and Music.
Prior to joining Phoenix, he had been a production executive at Paramount, Disney and
Jim Henson Pictures.
Phillips most recently served as an executive producer on David Fincher’s
“Zodiac,” and is executive producer on the upcoming drama “Resurrecting the Champ,”
starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett. His other executive producing credits
include “Miss Potter,” starring Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson; and
“Holes,” Andrew Davis’ adventure drama starring Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight.
In addition to “License to Wed,” Phillips also co-produced Marcus Nispel’s Viking
saga “Pathfinder” and the mystery thriller “Basic,” starring John Travolta and Samuel L.
Jackson. In 2005, Phillips produced “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary,” the third film in the
hit horror franchise.
TREVOR ENGELSON (Co-Producer) most recently served as executive
producer of the comedy adventure “Zoom,” starring Tim Allen. He is currently a partner
at Underground Films & Management with producer Nick Osborne.
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Underground Films’ upcoming projects include the inspirational drama “Class
Act,” starring Halle Berry, and the comedies “All About Steve,” starring Sandra Bullock,
“Venus Kincaid,” “Stepmonster,” “Rising Son,” “Muskrat Love,” “Soccer Mom” and
“Wishworks.”
Engelson started his film career on the set of the action movie “Deep Blue Sea”
as a production assistant, and thereafter became an assistant at Endeavor Talent
Agency. He is a graduate of the USC Annenberg School of Communications.
CHRISTOPHE BECK (Composer) has composed the score of well over 40
feature films and nearly 20 television shows. With over 15 years of experience, Beck
has scored a wide array of projects, including such action films as “The Sentinel” and
“Elektra,” the comedies “The Pink Panther” and “Bring It On,” and such dramas as
“Under the Tuscan Sun” and “Year of the Dog.”
He also recently composed the score of “We Are Marshall,” starring Matthew
McConaughey, Matthew Fox and David Strathairn. His other film credits include “School
for Scoundrels”; “Yours, Mine and Ours”; “Taxi”; “A Cinderella Story”; “Saved!”;
“Garfield”; “Cheaper by the Dozen”; “American Wedding”; and “Just Married.”
Beck began his scoring career on the Canadian television series “White Fang,”
and from there went on to score three seasons of the hit television series “Buffy the
Vampire Slayer,” for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition.
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WARNER BROS. PICTURES Presents
In Association with VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES
A ROBERT SIMONDS/PHOENIX PICTURES Production
A KEN KWAPIS Film
CAST
Reverend Frank..........................................................................ROBIN WILLIAMS
Sadie Jones..................................................................................MANDY MOORE
Ben Murphy ............................................................................... JOHN KRASINSKI
Carlisle...........................................................................ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN
Lindsey Jones........................................................................CHRISTINE TAYLOR
Choir Boy........................................................................................JOSH FLITTER
Joel ...................................................................................................DeRAY DAVIS
Mr. Jones................................................................................... PETER STRAUSS
Grandma Jones .......................................................................GRACE ZABRISKIE
Mrs. Jones ...................................................................................ROXANNE HART
Shelly..............................................................................................MINDY KALING
Judith the Jewelry Clerk ..............................................................ANGELA KINSEY
Janine.......................................................................................RACHAEL HARRIS
Jim ................................................................................... BRIAN BAUMGARTNER
Jewelry Clerk ........................................................................... JESS ROSENTHAL
Jewelry Store Customer..........................................................VAL ALMENDAREZ
Louise .....................................................................NICOLE RANDALL JOHNSON
Church Kid Sarah .........................................................................TASHANA HAYE
Church Kid Laurie...........................................................SARAH KATE JOHNSON
Church Kid Manny ......................................................................... TRAVIS FLORY
Joel & Shelly’s Kids ..............................................................DOMINIC SWINGLER
DEVIN SWINGLER
DIEGO SWINGLER
Macy’s Clerk ......................................................................... CYNTHIA ETTINGER
Macy’s Changing Room Lady....................................................... GILLIAN SKUPA
Macy’s Security Guard ............................................................PONCHO HODGES
Coach ......................................................................................... RUBEN GARFIAS
Carlisle’s Girlfriend .................................................................... KELSEY HARPER
Expectant Father ......................................................................... DAVID QUINLAN
Birthing Mom.................................................................................... IRENE KARAS
Doctor ............................................................................................ DEREK GREEN
Delivery Doctor .................................................................... CHRISTINE CANNON
Belly Dancer ...................................................................ANELIA DYOULGEROVA
Starbucks Customers..............NATHAN BARRETT, DARLA VANDENBOSSCHE
SEAN TYSON, CHIU-LIN TAM, GUY FAUCHON
St. Augustine’s Choir Director ..................................................GRANT GERSHON
St. Augustine’s Choir............................CRISPIN BARRYMORE, TANIA BATSON
JOSEPH BAZYOUROS, EDIE LEHMANN BODDRICKER
PAUL BENT, CINDY BOURQUIN, LEANNA BRAND
ANDY BROWN, KAREN HOGLE BROWN
VICKY PRESTON BROWN, ALVIN CHEALEBERTA LORÁL, PABLO CORÁ, CLAIRE FEDORUK
AMY FOGERSON, RACHELLE FOX, MICHAEL FREED
MICHAEL GEIGER, DYLAN GENTILE, SCOTT GRAFF
STEVEN HARMS, SAUNDRA HALL HILL
MARIE HODGSON, CLYDENE JACKSON
DIANA ZASLOVE KAHN, TERI KOIDE, BOB LEWIS
SEAN McDERMOTT, ALICE KIRWAN MURRAY
BOBBI PAGE, STEVE PENCE, FLETCHER SHERIDAN
KEVIN ST. CLAIR, CAHEN TAYLOR, CARMEN TWILLIE
WINTER WATSON, JOHN WEST
GERALD WHITE, EYVONNE WILLIAMS
Stunt Coordinators..........THOMAS ROBINSON HARPER, MELISSA R. STUBBS
Stunts................................................... JACK CARPENTER, JACOB CHAMBERS
ROBERT M. COLE, DONNA EVANS MERLO
ANNIE ELLIS, CHRISTIAN FLETCHER
J. ARMIN GARZA II, TAD GRIFFITH
JIM HALTY, MICHAEL HANSEN
OAKLEY LEHMAN, JIM PRATT, TIM RIGBY
LARRY RIPPENKROEGER, ERIK RONDELL
MICHAEL RUNYARD, DAVID SCHULTZ
TIM TRELLA, MARK VANSELOW
FILMMAKERS
Directed by.........................................................................................KEN KWAPIS
Screenplay by...........KIM BARKER and TIM RASMUSSEN & VINCE Di MEGLIO
Story by…............................................................KIM BARKER & WAYNE LLOYD
Produced by..................................................................................MIKE MEDAVOY
ARNOLD W. MESSER
NICK OSBORNE
ROBERT SIMONDS
Executive Producers...........................................................BRADLEY J. FISCHER
DAVID THWAITES
KIM ZUBICK
DANA GOLDBERG
and BRUCE BERMAN
Director of Photography..........................................................JOHN BAILEY, A.S.C.
Production Designer.......................................................................GAE BUCKLEY
Edited by........................................................................KATHRYN HIMOFF, A.C.E.
Casting by..................................... SHANI GINSBERG, C.S.A. & JAKKI FINK, C.S.A.
Costumes Designed by .................................................................. DEENA APPEL
Co-Producers..........................................................................CHRISTINE SACANI
LOUIS PHILLIPS
TREVOR ENGELSON
Music by.................................................................................CHRISTOPHE BECK
Music Supervisor........................................................................SPRING ASPERS
Unit Production Manager.......................................................... RICHARD PRINCE
First Assistant Director ....................................................MARTY ELI SCHWARTZ
Second Assistant Director...............................................CYNTHIA A. POTTHAST
Supervising Art Director................................................................ ANDREW CAHN
Art Director.........................................................................................SUE HENZEL
Set Decorator................................................................................ KAREN O’HARA
Assistant Art Directors ...........................ELIZABETH FLAHERTY, AUSTIN GORG
Set Designer....................................................................................JAMES TOCCI
Graphic Designer................................................................................. JANE FITTS
Art Department Coordinator ..............................................MONICA FROMMHOLZ
Art Department Assistant............................................................. BRITTANY PALA
Leadperson............................................................................ANTHONY CARLINO
On Set Dresser............................................................................PHILIP THOMON
Property Master ..................................................................................... TIM WILES
Assistant Props...............................MICHAEL BERTOLINA, JEFFREY BARNETT
Script Supervisor .........................................................................VEDA SEMARNE
A Camera Operator ....................................................................MATT MORIARTY
B Camera Operators ......... MICHAEL RINTOUL, MICHAEL TSIMPEROPOULOS
Steadicam Operator ..................................................................... BOB GORELICK
A Camera 1st Assistant............................................................. PETER KUTTNER
B Camera 1st Assistants ............. JANICE RUONA, CHELI CLAYTON SAMARAS
A Camera 2nd Assistant............................................................... JENNIFER BELL
B Camera 2nd Assistant...............................................................TOMMY TIECHE
Still Photographer ........................................................................... PETER SOREL
Sound Mixer..........................................................................CRAIG WOODS C.A.S.
Boom Operator...........................................................................MARK JENNINGS
Video Assist........................................................................................DAVID KATZ
Assistant Costume Designer ................................................. MICHELLE HARPER
Costume Coordinator ...........................................................NICKOLAUS BROWN
Set Costumer........................................................................... GLORIA FONSECA
Costumers ..................................................BOB MOORE, KATHLEEN MUSSEHL
Hair and Make-Up for Mr. Williams...................................................CHERI MINNS
Hair Department Head/Hair for Ms. Moore.................JANINE RATH-THOMPSON
Hairstylists ..................................... DAVID DANNON, ROXANE GRIFFIN-CRANK
NICOLE VENERABLES
Make-Up Department Head..............................................................SCOTT EDDO
Key Make-Up/Make-Up for Ms. Moore......................................STEVE ARTMONT
Make-Up Artist................................................................................JAMES R. KAIL
Chief Lighting Technician................................................MIKE “MOISHE” MOYER
Assistant Chief Lighting Technicians...............KEN BALLANTINE, EARL BROWN
Rigging Gaffer............................................................................. DAVID BURNETT
Key Grip...........................................................................................ART BARTELS
Best Boy Grip................................................................... BRUCE CHIMEROFSKY
Dolly Grip......................................................................GEORGE SANTO PIETRO
Key Rigging Grip ..................................................................JOSEPH A. GRAHAM
Best Boy Rigging Grip .............................................................. STEVEN W. GAGE
Special Effects Coordinator......................................................... TOM BELLISIMO
Special Effects.........................CHARLES BELARDINELLI, JOHNNY FRANCO III
MALIA THOMPSON, SHANNON THOMPSON
Post Production Coordinator .................................................MARGO JOHNSTON
1st Assistant Editors...............................ANGELA BARTON, JEFFREY C. PRICE
2nd Assistant Editors.................................. TIM WILSON, PETER TACKABERRY
Post Production Associate...........................................................BEN BRANDFON
Production Office Coordinator ...................................................... SUSAN DUKOW
Assistant Production Office Coordinator ...................................... ANDREW ZILCH
Production Secretary............................................................JAMIE R. ROBINSON
Location Managers.....................................TIMOTHY HILLMAN, ALRICK BURKE
Assistant Location Managers .........................JUSTIN HEALY, PERRI FICHTNER
STEPHEN ANDRZEJEWSKI
CATHERINE KAGAN, SUZETTE ELLIS
Animal Handlers ...................................................BIRDS & ANIMALS UNLIMITED
Production Accountant .......................................................... KATHRYN MINDALA
Assistant Production Accountants.......................SANDRA L. YEARY, LAURA TIZ
Assistant to Mr. Kwapis ....................................................REBECCA RAJKOWSKI
Assistant to Mr. Williams ........................................ REBECCA ERWIN SPENCER
Assistant to Ms. Moore.............................................................. JAMIE PAGLIANO
Assistants to Mr. Simonds............................... JULIE VALINE, TERRI GODDARD
Assistants to Mr. Medavoy .......................................TIM MARION, DOUG McKAY
Assistant to Mr. Messer..................................................................RON PUCKETT
Assistant to Mr. Osborne............................................................ NICOLE WRIGHT
Construction Coordinator.................................................................... JONAS KIRK
Construction Foreman............................................................... MARCEL WORCH
Greens.............................................................LEE RUNNELS, TODD WOLCOTT
Standby Painter ....................................................................... TIMOTHY ACKERS
Transportation Coordinator......................................................... RUSS McINTYRE
Transportation Captain..................................................................WAYNE STONE
Catering .............................................................................LIMELIGHT CATERING
Craft Service.......................................NICK MESTRANDREA, LLOYD JACKSON
Staff Assistants............................................LAURA BRODY, KENISHA GOODEN
KRISTEN KOPP, RUBEN MARQUEZ
SANTINO MOREA, PAIGE POTTER
Set Staff Assistants ..........................SCOTT DVORAK-SHELDON, ISAAC MEIJA
LORENZO dela ROSA, DeANDRE “SILKY” RUSSELL
ELIJAH CSIDER, ONEIL BURKE
RALPH FARQUHARSON, JAHSEN LEVY
NICOLAS NEWBY, SIMON PACKER
Additional 2nd Assistant Directors... EMILY McGOVERN, SARAH BLUMENTHAL
2nd 2nd Assistant Directors........JOHN “PONCH” PONTRELLI, AMANDA LOPEZ
DGA Trainee.................................................................................STACY STUART
Extras Casting ...................................................................................... JEFF OLAN
Casting Assistant......................................................................FREYA KRANSOW
Unit Publicist...............................................................................MICHAEL UMBLE
Studio Teacher .......................................................................... RHONA GORDON
Animatronic Babies by..................................................................DRAC STUDIOS
Jamaica Production Services by ................... FLIM SHOW PRODUCTIONS, LTD.
VANCOUVER UNIT
Unit Production Manager....................................................................... JIM ROWE
Art Director.................................................................................KEVIN HUMMENY
Set Designer...................................................................................JAY MITCHELL
Property Master............................................................................ELLEN FREUND
Assistant Property Master .............................................MICHELLE HENDRIKSEN
Script Supervisor...........................................................................SUSAN LAMBIE
A Camera 1st Assistant........................................................... PATRICK STEPEIN
B Camera Operator ............................................................ RICHARD S. WALDEN
Sound Mixer................................................................................ MICHAEL McGEE
Boom Operator .................................................................. MICHAEL HIBBERSON
Assistant Costumer Designer.........................................COURTNEY ANDERSON
Costume Supervisors ............................. ROBIN McMULLEN, SANDRA BLACKIE
Costumer......................................................................................MARNIE ANDER
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician ............................................ ANDY GUICHON
Rigging Gaffer...........................................................................GAETAN JALBERT
Production Coordinator.................................................................... EVA MORGAN
Location Manager.......................................................................KENDRIE UPTON
Construction Coordinator..................................................... WOODY WOODRUFF
Craft Service/First Aid.....................................................................NANCY KRESS
Transportation Coordinator.............................................................. MARK ANGUS
Transportation Captains ........................................ TIM FORTIN, SUZETTE ELLIS
Supervising Sound Editors ... GEOFFREY G. RUBAY, M.P.S.E., JASON GEORGE
Re-recording Mixers ................................ STEVE PEDERSON, BRAD SHERMAN
Dialogue/ADR Editors.................................................................... JED M. DODGE
DANIEL S. IRWIN, M.P.S.E., CHRIS JERGO
Foley Editor......................................................................................... BOB BEHER
Sound Effects Editors ...................................DINO DIMURO, BRUCE STAMBLER
KAREN VASSAR
First Assistant Sound Editor ..................................................... JOHN G. CANNON
ADR Mixer .......................................................................THOMAS J. O’CONNELL
Foley Mixer.........................................................................................DAVID JOBE
Foley Artists............................................................DAVID FEIN, HILDA HODGES
Music Editors...............................................WILL KAPLAN, DAVID CARBONARA
Additional Music by..............................................................................ADAM BLAU
Score Recorded and Mixed by.......................................................CASEY STONE
Orchestra Conducted by.....................................................NICK GLENNIE-SMITH
Orchestrations .............................................................................. KEVIN KLIESCH
Music Coordinator ...........................................................................RYAN GAINES
Main Title Sequence Designed by...................................THOMAS COBB GROUP
Ben’s Doodles................................................................................MARK BRISTOL
Opticals by...................................................................................... PACIFIC TITLE
Negative Cutter..................................................................................... MO HENRY
Color Timer........................................................................................BOB RARING
Visual Effects by .............................................................. ROCKET SCIENCE VFX
TOM TURNBULL, ROBERT CROWTHER
IAN BRITTON, MATT HANSEN, BARB BENOIT
“Ever Present Past”
Written and performed by Paul McCartney
Courtesy of Hear Music
“Oh Happy Day”
Traditional, arranged by David O
Performed by Grant Gershon and members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
“If U Stay Ready”
Written by Dajuan Walker, Robert Bacon Jr., David Blake, George Archie Jr. and Wilbert Milo
Performed by Suga Free
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“You’re Late”
Written by David O, Dan Fogelman, Vince Di Meglio and Tim Rasmussen
Performed by Grant Gershon and members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
“Groove Is In The Heart”
Written by D’mitry Brill, Dong-Hwa Chung,
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Herbie Hancock and Kier Kirby
Performed by Deee-Lite
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Pray”
Written by MC Hammer and Prince Rogers Nelson
“Dash’s Song”
Written by Brett Rolen
Performed by El Centro
Courtesy of Long Live Crime Records/MS-Pro
“Let Me Take You Far Away”
Written by Jon Merkin, Eliad Shapiro, Andrew McNellis and Jeremy Stein
Performed by The Shake
Courtesy of LoveCat Music
By arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
“Devil Take My Soul”
Written by Benjamin Darvill and Tim Gordine
Performed by Son Of Dave featuring Martina Topley Bird
Courtesy of Kartel Ltd.
By arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
“Dora The Explorer Theme”
Written by Josh Sitron, Billy Straus and Sarah Durkee
Courtesy of Nickelodeon
“Won’t You Join Me For A Drink?”
Written by N. Hollywood
Performed by Lemon
Courtesy of Freshly Squeezed Music
“It Must Be Love”
Written by Labi Siffre
Performed by Madness
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Records Ltd.
“Stop In The Name Of Love”
Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
“Every Time”
Written by Mindi Abair and Matthew Hager
Performed by Mindi Abair
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“New Shoes”
Written by Matty Benbrook, Jim Duguid and Paolo Nutini
Performed by Paolo Nutini
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Everybody Ona Move”
Written by Michael Franti, David Shul and Carl Rogers Young
Performed by Michael Franti & Spearhead
Courtesy of Anti, a division of Epitaph
“Oh Happy Day”
Arranged by Edwin Hawkins
Produced by Rohan Dwyer, Paul Lewis, Carol Dexter, Christopher Smith
Performed by Carol Dexter, Latoya Hall, Claudine Hyatt, Dwight Richards, Christopher Smith
The Major League Baseball trademarks depicted in the film were licensed by
Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.
CORBIS
AP/Wide World Photos
Dress The Set
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Shot on location at Sandals Resorts and Royal Plantation, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
American Humane Association monitored the animal action.
No animal was harmed in the making of this film. AHA01401
Camera & Lenses by PANAVISION ®
Camera Dollies by CHAPMAN/LEONARD STUDIO EQUIPMENT, INC.
Color by TECHNICOLOR ®
KODAK Motion Picture Products
FUJIFILM Motion Picture Products
DOLBY Digital SDDS DTS Digital
Approved #43543
Motion Picture Association of America
IATSE
This motion picture
© 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. - - U.S., Canada, Bahamas & Bermuda
© 2007 Village Roadshow Films (BVI) Limited - - All Other Territories
Story and Screenplay
© 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. - - U.S., Canada, Bahamas & Bermuda
© 2007 Village Roadshow Films (BVI) Limited - - All Other Territories
Original Score
© 2007 Warner-Hollywood Music, LLC
Phoenix Pictures
Warner Bros. Distribution