Dennis the Menace (1993)

Director:

Nick Castle

Writers (WGA):

Hank Ketcham (characters)
John Hughes (written by)

Release Date:

25 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.

Plot:

Dennis, everyone's favorite kid from the comics is back. When his parents have to go out of town, he stays with Mr and Mrs Wilson...

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Splash | Friendship | Suburbia | Barbecue

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Walter Matthau	...	Mr. George Wilson
Mason Gamble	...	Dennis Mitchell
Joan Plowright	...	Mrs. Martha Wilson
Christopher Lloyd	...	Switchblade Sam (Town Robber)
Lea Thompson	...	Mrs. Alice Mitchell
Robert Stanton	...	Mr. Henry Mitchell
Amy Sakasitz	...	Margaret Wade
Kellen Hathaway	...	Joey
Paul Winfield	...	Chief of Police
Natasha Lyonne	...	Polly
Devin Ratray	...	Mickey
Hank Johnston	...	Gunther Beckman
Melinda Mullins	...	Andrea
Billie Bird	...	Edith Butterwell
Bill Erwin	...	Edward Little
Arnold Stang	...	Photographer
Ben Stein	...	Boss
Ethel Gerstein	...	Gaggle Lady #1
Rebecca Hogan	...	Gaggle Lady #2 (as Rebecca C. Hogan)
Leona Toppel	...	Gaggle Lady #3
Peggy Goldberg	...	Gaggle Lady #4
Jack McGuigan	...	Gaggle Man
Corey Vane	...	Mike
Casey Gamble	...	Hide and Seeker
Diana Rein	...	Girl Babysitter (as Daiana Campeanu)
Robert A. Saunders	...	Broken Arm Babysitter
Beverly J. O'Donnell	...	Elderly Babysitter
Betty	...	Ruff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suzy Brack	...	Next-Door Neighbor (uncredited)
Thomas F. Evans	...	Dennis Mitchell's neighbor (uncredited)
Kirk Kelly	...	Kid in window (uncredited)

Directed by
Nick Castle

Writing credits (WGA)
Hank Ketcham		(characters)
John Hughes		(written by)

Produced by
Ernest Chambers	....	executive producer
John Hughes	....	producer
Bill Ryan	....	associate producer (as William Ryan)
Richard Vane	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Thomas E. Ackerman		(director of photography) (as Thomas Ackerman)

Film Editing by
Alan Heim

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by
James D. Bissell		(as James Bissell)

Art Direction by
Michael Baugh
Steven Wolff		(as Steve Wolff)

Set Decoration by
Eve Cauley

Costume Design by
Bridget Kelly
Ann Roth

Makeup Department
Don Abbinanti	....	assistant hair stylist (as Donald Abbinanti)
Tom Czarnopys	....	sculptor
Rodger Jacobs	....	assistant makeup artist
Dominic Mango	....	assistant hair stylist
Linda Melazzo	....	key makeup artist
Kenny Myers	....	special makeup effects artist
Linda Rizzuto	....	key hair stylist
Kelly Mann	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
R. Anthony Brown	....	unit production manager (as Tony Brown)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Camp III	....	first assistant director
James Giovannetti Jr.	....	first assistant director: second unit (as James R. Giovannetti Jr.)
Freddie Hice	....	second unit director
John Hockridge	....	first assistant director: second unit
Randall Newsome	....	second second assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
Donna L. Shreve	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Donna Shreve)

Art Department
Paul Allen	....	swing gang
Mark Bachman	....	signwriter
John Biesack	....	art production assistant
Katherine Bulovic	....	assistant to set decorator
David J. Chamerski	....	assistant property master (as David Chamerski)
Daniel B. Clancy	....	leadman (as Dan Clancy)
William Dambra	....	property master
Edward England	....	construction coordinator (as Eddie England)
Karen Fletcher Trujillo	....	set designer (as Karen Fletcher)
Aaron C. Holden Jr.	....	props: second unit (as Aaron Holden Jr.)
Philip C. Hurst	....	greens coordinator (as Phil Hurst)
John P. Kenny III	....	coordinator: Chicago (as John Kenny)
Robert E. Knight	....	scenic painter
Blake E. Matthys	....	laborer
Quentin Matthys	....	swing gang
John Mikels	....	stand-by painter
Mike Monckton	....	painter
James Nedza	....	assistant art director (as Jim Nedza)
Troy Osman	....	construction foreman
Tyler Osman	....	carpenter foreman
Jay Siroy	....	construction foreman (as Jay Sircy)
Frank White	....	laborer
David Wilson	....	assistant art director
Lisa Wolff	....	buyer
Anthony Joseph Fatigato	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
James R. Alexander	....	sound mixer (as Jim Alexander)
Christopher Assells	....	dialogue editor
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor (as Dino DiMuro)
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor
Victor Ray Ennis	....	assistant sound editor
Scott Martin Gershin	....	sound designer
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Per Hallberg	....	supervising foley editor
Rick Hart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Hogan	....	dialogue editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Mark Lanza	....	assistant sound editor (as Mark A. Lanza)
Dave McMoyler	....	sound editor
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Kelly Oxford	....	sound effects editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Alan Rankin	....	assistant sound editor
John Rice	....	assistant sound editor
Dan M. Rich	....	dialogue editor (as Dan Rich)
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Jeff Rosen	....	foley editor
Frank Smathers	....	foley editor (as Frank T. Smathers)
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising adr editor
Bill Voigtlander	....	adr editor
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor
Jeffrey A. Williams	....	boom operator (as Jeff Williams)
Ronald L. Wright	....	cable person (as Ronald Wright)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bill Kennedy	....	special effects
John D. Milinac	....	special effects (as John Milinac)
Dieter Sturm	....	special effects: second unit
Brian Wood	....	special effects
David Wood	....	special effects
Michael Wood	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Daniel Chuba	....	visual effects producer
Barry Dempsey	....	animator
Syd Dutton	....	matte paintings
Rebecca Marie	....	visual effects supervisor
Tom Martinek	....	digital scanning technician
Mike Meckler	....	assistant animator (as Michael Meckler)
Amie Slate	....	assistant animator
John Swallow	....	visual effects executive producer
Kelly Tartan	....	visual effects editor
Bill Taylor	....	matte paintings
Cathy Wagner	....	assistant animator
Luc G. Nicknair	....	visual effects motion control first assistant camera (uncredited)

Stunts
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Danny Castle	....	stunts
Christopher Epper	....	stunts
Eurlyne Epper	....	stunts
Mark Harper	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunts (as Rick LeFevour)
Stacy Logan	....	stunts
Chad Randall	....	stunts
Cris Thomas-Palomino	....	stunts (as Cris Thomas-Hice)
Kay Whipple	....	stunts
Debbie Lee Carrington	....	stunt double: Dennis (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lawrence J. Anderson Jr.	....	gaffer: second unit (as Larry Anderson)
Marsha Blackburn	....	still photographer
James Blanford	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alphonse Blumenthal	....	gaffer: second unit
Fernando M. Briones	....	dolly grip (as Fernando Briones)
Chris Collins	....	second assistant camera
Michelle Crenshaw	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Terry Dee	....	rigging gaffer
Scott Fieldsteel	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Chris Freres	....	best boy
John P. Friday	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as John Friday)
Linda Gacsko	....	assistant camera
Edward 'Gooch' Gutierrez	....	company grip
Steven Hiller	....	first assistant camera
Dave June	....	first assistant camera
Larry Kennedy	....	chief lighting technician
Mark R. Lindberg	....	gaffer: Chicago (as Mark Lindberg)
Ann Lukacs	....	camera operator: second unit
David Moenkhaus	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Dave Moenkhaus)
Flemming Olsen	....	director of photography: second unit
David L. Parrish	....	camera operator (as David Parrish)
Ted Rhodes	....	key grip
John S. Robertson	....	key grip: Chicago (as John Robertson)
Reed Smoot	....	director of photography: second unit
William Ward	....	chief lighting technician (as Bill Ward)
Steve Yaconelli	....	director of photography: second unit
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video playback operator (as Frankie Yario Jr.)
Mark N. Woods	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Susanna Griffith	....	casting assistant
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting
Patrik Simpson	....	extras casting
Suzy Sachs	....	additional casting: Washington (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell	....	costume supervisor (as Cheryl Beasly Blackwell)
David Mayreis	....	set costumer
Carolyn Schraut-Barczak	....	set costumer (as Carolyn Schraut-Barczak)

Editorial Department
Margaret Goodspeed	....	associate editor (as Margie Goodspeed)
Steve Kraus	....	editing systems technician
David Orr	....	color timer
John Spence	....	assistant editor
Seth Vamos	....	post-production coordinator
Fred C. Vitale	....	assistant editor (as Fred Vitale)
David Young	....	assistant editor (as David Eric Young)

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	music scoring mixer
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Jerry Goldsmith	....	conductor
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Kenneth Hall	....	supervising music editor (as Ken Hall)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Scott Stambler	....	music editor
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Transportation Department
John Hardy	....	transportation captain
James Hogan	....	transportation co-captain (as James A. Hogan)
Armand Paoletti	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	staff assistant (as Dawn Ascher)
Jacolyn Baker	....	location manager
Anita Boudreaux	....	assistant: Nick Castle
Michelle Breger	....	assistant: Richard Vane
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service (as Ray Bulinski)
Brandon Camp	....	production aide
William Danaher	....	dailies projectionist
Scott Delsener	....	script supervisor: second unit
Demetra Diamantopoulos	....	location assistant
Marty Elfalan	....	assistant accountant (as Martin Elfalan)
Jan Evans	....	script supervisor
Mark Gulbrandsen	....	dailies projection technician
Mark Harden	....	animal coordinator
Andrew Harmon	....	researcher
Colleen Harrick	....	assistant: Richard Vane
Sharon Kaczala	....	assistant production secretary
Ross L. Kulma	....	first aid (as Ross Kulma)
Lisa Ladek	....	assistant production secretary (as Lisa Ladek-Benoit)
Jay Lehrfeld	....	production aide
Ernie Malik	....	unit publicist (as Ernest Malik)
Mark Mamalakis	....	assistant location manager
Liz Newman	....	production secretary
Alison Parraco	....	assistant production accountant
George Patterson	....	staff assistant
Kathy Petty	....	production accountant (as Kathleen A. Petty)
Maria C. Roxas	....	location assistant
Bob Saunders	....	production aide
Bill Smith	....	consultant: garden design
Joanne W. Strangman	....	teacher (as Joanne Strangman)
Mary Tallman	....	script supervisor
Valerie Flueger Veras	....	staff assistant (as Valerie Flueger)
Jane Vickerilla	....	assistant: John Hughes
R. Ruddell Weatherwax	....	dog trainer
Robert Weatherwax	....	animal trainer
Patty Willett	....	assistant production secretary
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Lisa Wilhoit	....	additional voices (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents) (as Warner Bros.)
• Hughes Entertainment
• Warner Bros. Family Entertainment

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Falcon (1993) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (1993) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1993) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1993) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1993) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Pacific Data Images (PDI) (visual effects and animation) (as Pacific Data Images Inc.)
• Illusion Arts (matte paintings)

Other Companies

• Animal Actors of Hollywood  animals supplied by
• Holzer & Ridge Casting Inc.  extras casting (as Holzer & Ridge Casting)
• Command Performance  catering
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting (as D. Bassett & Associates)
• Deborah Ross Film Design  title design
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Big Screen Records  soundtrack released by
• Mayor's Office, Chicago  special thanks
• Chicago Film Office  special thanks
• Illinois Film Office, The  special thanks
• City & People of Evanston  special thanks
• Evanston Police Department  special thanks (as Evanston Police)
• E.J. and E. Railroad  special thanks
• Cook County Forest Preserve  special thanks
• Chicago Audio Works  post-production sound services (Chicago)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for comedic mischief

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #32484) | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Norway:10 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The nursery rhyme Dennis falls asleep to is Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Mr. Wilson investigates the vacuum cleaner, you can see the wire that is used to control the hose.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dennis:Hey, Mr. Wilson!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "CSI: NY: Commuted Sentences (#4.7)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

A String of Pearls

just good

This film had a very good point : it stands on something solid, like the old TV serie and the comic strip. Some similar films don't have this, like these awful Home Alone movies.The film can also count on the talent of Mr. Matthau. He's ideal for playing Mr. Wilson. And the kid is very alright. Another good point is that the film do not have a great success and it provides us from those ugly sequels. Sometimes a bit violent, but in a comic strip way. Good fun!