Son in Law (1993)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Steve Rash

Writers (WGA):

Patrick J. Clifton (story) &
Susan McMartin (story) ...
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Release Date:

2 July 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He's a relative nightmare.

Plot:

Having gotten a taste of college life, a drastically changed farm girl returns home for Thanksgiving break with her best friend, a flamboyant party animal who is clearly a fish out of water in a small farm town.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Marriage | School | Country | 90s

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Pauly Shore	...	Crawl
Carla Gugino	...	Rebecca Warner
Lane Smith	...	Walter Warner
Cindy Pickett	...	Connie Warner
Mason Adams	...	Walter Warner Sr.
Patrick Renna	...	Zack Warner
Dennis Burkley	...	Theo
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Tracy (as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen)
Dan Gauthier	...	Travis
Ria Pavia	...	Carol
Lisa Lawrence	...	Lisa
Graham Jarvis	...	Principal
Nick Light	...	Mud Wrestling Announcer
Ernie Kinney	...	Horace
Troy Shire	...	Cowboy
Adam Goldberg	...	Indian
Robert M. Koch	...	Country Club Waiter (as Robert Koch)
Ryk O.	...	Halloween Fairy
Garret Sato	...	Male Hairdresser
Emily Dole	...	Thumper
John Hatton	...	Fiddle Player
Jim Henken	...	Guitar
Lynn Coulter	...	Drums
Mike George	...	Bass
Jay Leach	...	Musician
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cherie Chetyrbok	...	Girl on beach (uncredited)
Flea	...	Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
Brendan Fraser	...	Link (uncredited)
Adam Lieberman	...	Young Man in Bar (uncredited)
Cheryl Rusa	...	Mud Wrestler (uncredited)
Maurice Schwartzman	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Beth Stolarczyk	...	Woman in Resturant (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Rash

Writing credits (WGA)
Patrick J. Clifton		(story) (as Patrick Clifton) &
Susan McMartin		(story) &
Peter M. Lenkov		(story)
Fax Bahr		(screenplay) &
Adam Small		(screenplay) and
Shawn Schepps		(screenplay)

Produced by
Hilton A. Green	....	executive producer
Peter M. Lenkov	....	producer
Michael Rotenberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Peter Deming

Film Editing by
Dennis M. Hill

Casting by
Cheryl Baver

Production Design by
Joseph T. Garrity

Art Direction by
Pat Tagliaferro

Set Decoration by
Dena Roth

Costume Design by
Molly Maginnis

Makeup Department
Susan Germaine	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Frederic W. Brost	....	unit production manager
Gary Maxwell	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shari Beth Goldstein	....	dga trainee
Steven Hirsch	....	first assistant director: second unit
Richard Peter Schroer	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jerram A. Swartz	....	first assistant director
Janet Van Etten	....	second assistant director
Michael Scott Bryant	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Pat Chapman	....	assistant property master
Barry Chusid	....	set designer
Lance Clarke	....	set dresser
Michael Goyak	....	set dresser
Mervyn Johnson	....	construction foreman
Kristin Frances Jones	....	assistant property master
Alan D. Laslovich	....	construction coordinator
Glenn Matayoshi	....	property master
Mitchell G. Myers	....	set dresser
Joe Northrop	....	painter foreman (as Joseph A. Northorop)
Kirk M. Petruccelli	....	assistant art director
Anna Rita Raineri	....	set dresser
Gay Redinger	....	lead person
Danielle Simpson	....	set dresser (as Danielle M. Simpson-Abaravich)
Ralph Votaw	....	labor foreman
Joe Ward	....	labor foreman
Mort Zwicker	....	construction foreman
Debi Shirk Tagliaferro	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bruce Bisenz	....	sound mixer
Joe Campana	....	assistant sound editor
Stuart Chasmar	....	sound editor
Denis Dutton	....	sound editor
David Gertz	....	foley artist
Mike Goodman	....	supervising adr editor (as Michael Goodman)
Darrell Hanzalik	....	adr editor
Edward M. Hirsch	....	sound editor
David J. Hudson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Molina	....	sound editor
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator
John Salcedo	....	sound playback
Allan Schultz	....	sound editor
Randall K. Tomlin	....	sound editor
James Troutman	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Derrick Crane	....	special effects
Todd A. Marks	....	special effects
Cliff Wenger	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Todd A. Marks	....	computer effects supervisor
Jack Sessums	....	head model maker

Stunts
Greg Brickman	....	stunts
Gary Combs	....	stunt coordinator
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunts (as Glory Fioramonty)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts
Leonnie Parkinson	....	stunts
Lonnie Parkinson	....	stunts
James Pratt	....	stunts
Ken Watson	....	stunts
Mike Watson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Bosworth	....	lamp operator
Scott Browner	....	camera operator
Jim Grce	....	best boy electric
Todd Griffith	....	best boy grip
Lisa Guerriero	....	second assistant camera
Rick Herres	....	grip
Paul Hughen	....	director of photography: second unit
Steve Hurson	....	first assistant camera (as Stephen D. Hurson)
Dennis Kunnell	....	rigging grip
Craig Molsberry	....	lamp operator
Robert W. Morgenroth	....	video playback operator
Elliot Nachbar	....	grip
James P. Noble	....	electrician
Tim Perovich	....	grip
Michael O. Sajbel	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael O. Sajbel	....	second assistant camera
Marc David Schultz	....	rigging gaffer
Sam Seig	....	gaffer
Philip Sloan	....	key grip
Cliff Sperry	....	dolly grip
Dave Tutokey	....	electrician
Steve Venetis	....	rigging gaffer
David Wood	....	lamp operator
Luke Wynne	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Jennifer Barrett	....	casting assistant
David Koenig	....	casting assistant
Lisa Miller	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julie Glick	....	set costumer
Leslie Lengacher	....	set costumer
Valerie Zielonka	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Richard Candib	....	additional film editor
Jimmy Hill	....	assistant editor (as James B. Hill)
Suzanne Hines	....	associate editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Sam Seig	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
John Deacon	....	musician: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (as Queen)
C.C. Deville	....	musician: guitar, "Hey, Good Lookin'"
Richard Gibbs	....	conductor
Philip Giffin	....	orchestrator
Sidney James	....	music production supervisor
Sid Page	....	concert master
John Rosenberg	....	conductor
Jeff Vaughn	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Jon Carpenter	....	transportation coordinator (as John Carpenter)
Shane Greedy	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Newell Alexander	....	adr loop group
Rosemary Alexander	....	adr loop group
Kelly Burkhard	....	assistant to director
Kelly Burkhard	....	assistant to producer
Mitch Carter	....	adr loop group
David Cowgill	....	adr loop group
Jon Djanrelian	....	craft service
Ike Eisenmann	....	adr loop group
Frank J. Ellison	....	assistant production accountant
Elisa Gabrielli	....	adr loop group (as Elisa Pensler-Gabrielli)
Miranda Garrison	....	choreographer
Jackie Gonneau	....	adr loop group
Vincent G. Gonzales	....	key set production assistant
Betty A. Griffin	....	script supervisor
Kristin Hansen	....	production coordinator
Cynthia Kler	....	production assistant
Nick Light	....	production assistant
L.A. Maddos	....	adr loop group
Burke Mattsson	....	title designer
Connie McAloney	....	assistant production accountant
Thomas John McGowan	....	studio teacher (as Tom McGowan)
Kate McGregor-Stewart	....	dialogue coach
Larry McKinney	....	animal trainer
Edie Mirman	....	adr loop group
Tawny Moyer	....	adr loop group
Kate Neumann	....	production assistant
Nancy A. Newhouse	....	legal service
Rex Peterson	....	animal trainer
Juddson J. Plum	....	assistant to producer
Donald A. Potts	....	location manager
John D. Sarviss	....	helicopter pilot
Roger Senders	....	assistant production coordinator
Diana Smith	....	animal trainer
Phil Smith	....	wrangler
Don Spinney	....	wrangler
Susan Steinlauf-Pascal	....	unit publicist
George W. Stokes	....	production assistant (as George Stokes)
Dennis Tufano	....	adr loop group
Ron Ugland	....	animal handler
Donald H. Walker	....	production accountant
Brett Williams	....	assistant location manager
Robert Clotworthy	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Chris Romberg	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hollywood Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (1993) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)

Other Companies

• L.A. Mad Dogs  adr loop group

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for elements of sensuality.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | UK:12 (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (1994) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

References to Encino Man (1992), which also starred Pauly Shore and Brendan Fraser.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Crawl arrives in South Dakota and is chasing the chickens, he almost runs into the pen where the bull is. When he encounters the bull, a wire can be seen pulling on the bull's horns to make his head move.

Quotes:

Walter: Uh... Crotch...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

Soundtrack:

Electric Harley House (Of Love)

i'm making my friends rent this.

when i first saw that this movie was going to be playing on TV, i only new of pauly shore as this joke of a comedian who wore really weird outfits back in the day. i still decided to watch it and i was impressed. shore brings a fresh breath of air to the screen. in this movie, he plays crawl a college adviser that probably needs his own adviser as well. carla gugino, in an underrated role, plays becca, a midwestern "farm girl" with a simple family and a movie-cliché boyfriend travis. when she heads off to ucla, she meets crawl and he quickly turns her into a bubbly, blonde Californian girl. she decides to bring crawl home for the thanksgiving break. when travis decides to propose, becca needs a distraction. crawl then decides to make everyone believe that him and becca are engaged already. this leads to crawl spicing up the romance between becca's parents, befriending her brother, and even getting the dancers at the local bar to get a little loose. i'm not going to reveal the end, but i liked it. anyway, don't rent it if you want a poignant performance; rent it if you want to laugh your butt of and enjoy an often-missed part of 90's humor.