Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

Director:

Dale Launer

Writer (WGA):

Dale Launer (written by)

Release Date:

13 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Imagine if sex appeal came in a bottle.

Plot:

Tate Donovan, a geek biochemist with no luck at all with women, is persuaded by his friends to visit a gypsy...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Potion | Gypsy | Love Potion | Aphrodisiac

Cast

Tate Donovan	...	Paul Matthews
Sandra Bullock	...	Diane Farrow
Mary Mara	...	Marisa
Dale Midkiff	...	Gary Logan
Hillary B. Smith	...	Sally
Anne Bancroft	...	Madame Ruth
Dylan Baker	...	Prince Geoffrey
Blake Clark	...	Motorcycle Cop
Bruce McCarty	...	Jeff
Rebecca Staab	...	Cheryl
Adrian Paul	...	Enrico Pazzoli
Ric Reitz	...	Dave
Steven Burnett	...	Ron
Jordan Baker	...	Joanne
Ken Strong	...	Dick Webster
Gary Watkins	...	Secret Service Agent
Scott Brian Higgs	...	Male Secretary (as Scott Higgs)
James Sbardellati	...	Dino
Libby Whittemore	...	R.T. Moreno
David Baer	...	Marisa's Driver
Marc Gowan	...	Priest
Esther Huston	...	Mary
Lisa Guerrero	...	Blonde at Bar (as Lisa Coles)
Timothy Martin	...	Man at Bar
Susan Fassig	...	Cheryl's Friend
Rob Cleveland	...	Station Cop
Kathryn Firago	...	Woman in Bridesroom
Jennifer Hale	...	Catty Woman
Victoria Tabaka	...	Catty Woman
David Dwyer	...	Riot Cop
Virgil Beckham	...	Riot Cop
Ann Taylor Boutwell	...	Church Lady
Edith Ivey	...	Church Lady
Andra Millian	...	Matron
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karen Beyer	...	Pat Taylor (uncredited)
Barry Hopkins	...	Delivery Man (uncredited)
Chris Jenkins	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Lavon Lacey	...	Mail Man (uncredited)
D. Taylor Loeb	...	Alison (uncredited)
Petra Verkaik	...	Art Party Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Dale Launer

Writing credits (WGA)
Dale Launer		(written by)

Produced by
Jeffrey Downer	....	associate producer
Thomas M. Hammel	....	executive producer
Dale Launer	....	producer

Original Music by
Jed Leiber

Cinematography by
William Wages

Film Editing by
Suzanne Pettit

Casting by
Wendy Kurtzman

Production Design by
Linda Pearl

Art Direction by
Thomas Minton

Set Decoration by
Sally Nicholaou Hamilton

Costume Design by
Timothy D'Arcy

Makeup Department
Julie Fehl	....	key hair stylist (as Julie Fehl Bontier)
Sarah Mays	....	assistant hair stylist
Sarah Mays	....	assistant makeup artist
David B. Miller	....	effects makeup
Sheri Short	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Thomas M. Hammel	....	unit production manager
Paul Kurta	....	unit production manager: Los Angeles
Susan Moore	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rob Corn	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles
Carey Dietrich	....	second assistant director: Los Angeles
Peter Merwin	....	second assistant director
James Sbardellati	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michael Atwell	....	construction foreman
Peter Bankins	....	property master: Los Angeles
Steven Blutstein	....	set dresser
Jeff Cronin	....	gang boss
Gerald D'Alesio	....	set dresser
Bruce Harris	....	assistant construction coordinator
George A. Lee	....	assistant property master
Brian Markey	....	construction coordinator
Ray Maxwell	....	construction foreman
Amy McGary	....	lead person (as Amy McGary-West)
Virginia L. Randolph	....	art director: Los Angeles (as Virginia Randolph)
Sarah Burdick Stone	....	set decorator: Los Angeles (as Sarah Burdick)
Richard Blake Wester	....	property master (as Richard Wester)
Thomas N. Williams Jr.	....	storyboard artist
Karen Young	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley walker
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Ron Bedrosian	....	foley mixer
Charles R. Beith Jr.	....	sound editor
Billy B. Bell	....	sound editor
Glenn E. Berkovitz	....	production sound mixer: Los Angeles (as Glenn Berkovitz)
Karla Caldwell	....	adr editor
David C. Eichhorn	....	sound editor (as David Eichhorn)
Frank Fleming	....	sound recordist
Gregory M. Gerlich	....	supervising sound editor: Los Angeles
Robert W. Glass Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
G. Michael Graham	....	supervising sound editor
Jim Hawkins	....	sound mixer
Grover B. Helsley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip A. Hess	....	sound editor
J. Michael Hooser	....	sound editor
William Jacobs	....	sound editor: Los Angeles
Kristi Johns	....	supervising adr editor
Dick Le Grand	....	sound editor: Los Angeles (as Richard M. LeGrand)
Gary Macheel	....	sound editor (as Gary JJ Macheel)
A. David Marshall	....	sound editor
Joseph Melody	....	co-supervising sound editor
Kelly J. Quinn	....	sound editor: Los Angeles
Peter Redding	....	boom operator (as Peter Martin Redding)
Richard D. Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joan Rowe	....	foley walker
Richard S. Steele	....	sound editor
Daniel Kent	....	boom operator: second unit (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Harold Weed	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Greg Anderson	....	stunts
Davis Bates	....	stunts
Lonnie R. Smith Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (as Lonnie Smith)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Allen Anderson	....	best boy electric
Allan Bullard	....	grip (as Alan Bullard)
Joe Clayton	....	chief lighting technician (as Joseph Clayton)
Guy D'Alema	....	still photographer
Ian Dodd	....	first assistant camera
Dale Fowler	....	electrician
Bob Griffith	....	key grip: Los Angeles
Paul Hamacher	....	grip
Victor Hammer	....	director of photography: Los Angeles
Robert Horne	....	camera operator
Scott W. Leftridge	....	dolly grip (as Scott Leftridge)
Tully McCulloch	....	electrician
Russell McElhatton	....	camera operator: Los Angeles (as Russ McElhatton)
Paul Mergenhagen	....	electrician
Christopher Moreman	....	film loader: Los Angeles (as Chris Moreman)
Greg Morse	....	24 frame video
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	best boy grip
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Chris Ridley	....	grip
James 'Brandy' Spear	....	second assistant camera
David St. Onge	....	lighting technician: Los Angeles
C. Ashley Sudge	....	grip
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Karen Cooper	....	casting assistant
Debby Corper	....	casting assistant
Shay Griffin	....	casting: Atlanta
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Martin Brodfuehrer	....	costumer
Deborah Myles Davis	....	costumer
Tracy Thornton	....	costume supervisor
Todd Roberts	....	costume fabricator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Samuel Craven	....	first assistant editor
Laura M. Grody	....	second assistant editor (as Laura Grody)
Alisa Hale	....	apprentice editor: Los Angeles
Victor Livingston	....	additional editor: Los Angeles
Mike Mertens	....	color timer (as Michael Mertens)
Barbara Riley	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Mick Corey	....	scoring engineer
Mark Green	....	music editor
Tom Hardisty	....	scoring engineer
Roger Nichols	....	scoring engineer
Ellen Segal	....	music editor: Los Angeles
Frank Welker	....	special vocal effects

Transportation Department
Clay Bartholomew	....	transportation captain: Los Angeles
Edward Flotard	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles
Cindy Parker	....	transportation coordinator
J.L. Parker	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Janice Benton	....	trainer
Michael J. Burmeister	....	location manager: Los Angeles (as Michael Burmeister)
Carol Sue Byron	....	production accountant
Suzanne Lynette Carter	....	medic
Mary Courtney	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Bonnie Daniels	....	production accountant: Los Angeles
Stu Dodge	....	assistant production coordinator (as Stuart Dodge)
Shari Beth Goldstein	....	assistant: Mr. Launer
Edie Michelle Harrell	....	assistant location manager
Bryan Hudson	....	trainer: Atlanta
Nancy G. James	....	craft service
Kimberly Jase	....	post-production accountant
Peter Levin	....	programming consultant
Greg Lille	....	trainer
John 'Mo-Jo' Loehle	....	production assistant
Brian McMillan	....	head trainer (as Brain McMillan)
Valerie E. Norman	....	script supervisor (as Val Norman)
Tom Pietschner	....	location manager (as Thomas Pietschner)
Stephanie Ryan	....	assistant: Mr. Launer
Stephanie Ryan	....	assistant to director
Judith Saunders	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles (as Judy Saunders)
Michael C. Smith	....	police coordinator
Susan Steinlauf-Pascal	....	unit publicist (as Susan Steinlauf)
Rick Stevenson	....	programming consultant
Sean Swint	....	production assistant
Neal Thompson	....	title designer: main titles
Todd Turner	....	production assistant
Faye Walker	....	assistant: Mr. Launer
Jamie Thompson Watkins	....	assistant: Mr. Launer
Kelley Wood	....	production coordinator
Karen Yokomizo	....	assistant production accountant
Diane Alexander	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Albert B. Cooper IV	....	representitive: Georgia Film Office (uncredited)
Riley Kathryn Ellis	....	studio executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Penta Pictures
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Aquarius TV (2000) (Greece) (TV)
• First Independent Films (UK) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Atlanta Casting  extras casting
• Brian McMillan's Animal Rentals Unlimited  animal training
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Club America Vacations  special thanks
• Echo Film Services  sound editing
• Location Catering of the South  catering
• Magick Lantern  post-production services: Atlanta
• Ryder Sound Services  sound
• Soundworks West  music recorded at
• The Casting Group  extras casting
• The Read House  special thanks

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for elements of sensuality

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #31327) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | UK:PG | UK:15 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Penta Pictures

Trivia:

The sorority house that Tate Donovan enters for his "panty raid" is the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at Georgia Tech.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Paul steals the yellow sports car after leaving the police station, he takes off and there's a shot of the tachometer over his shoulder. The tach revs up close to red-line, but the engine sound doesn't match.

Quotes:

Diane Farrow:You know, all my life, I've felt ugly, and now I have the worlds most desireable man telling me that I am beautiful. I have the Prince of England at home pining for me. I mean, Paul, this is like a dream come true. i could be a princess.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shrek 2 (2004)

Soundtrack:

LOW RIDER

Tell Your Troubles To The Gypsy

I suppose that any of us living in urban areas have many times wanted to visit one of those basement apartments inhabited by alleged gypsies who have all kinds of cures for whatever ails you. If it's an affair of the heart there are test model love potions running all the way from one to Love Potion No. 9.

Poor nerdy Tate Donovan can't seem to get a date nowhere, no how is persuaded by friends to visit one of those gypsies played with real bite by Anne Bancroft. She gives him Love Potion No. 8 and the stuff really does work. And Donovan being a biochemist actually figures out just how. In fact he and colleague Sandra Bullock try and boy do they like it and each other.

But they have to experiment and Bullock hits the jackpot with the Prince of Wales played by Dylan Baker over here on a goodwill visit across the pond. He gets within the prescribed distance of Bullock and she could be the next Queen of Great Britain. As for a girl that Donovan's been putting his normally clumsy moves on, Mary Mara, she winds up in the end with more boyfriends than she could possibly have time for.

It all comes to a head when a guy Bullock has been off and on seeing for years all of a sudden becomes madly infatuated with her again and they're about to be wed. Dale Midkiff of course has an agenda of his own and if Donovan's to stop him he'll need out of Anne Bancroft's medicine cabinet, the latest model, Love Potion No. 9.

Donovan and Bullock are amusing and the rest of the cast gives them good support. I think you'll get a laugh from the doings at 34th and Vine and a little bottle of Love Potion No. 9.

Good for what ails you.