Getting Even with Dad (1994)

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writers (WGA):

Tom S. Parker (written by) &
Jim Jennewein (written by)

Release Date:

17 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

Timmy's not getting mad he's... Getting Even With Dad.

Plot:

Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery...

Plot Keywords:

Coin | Bakery | Sports Bag | Ice Skating | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sun. June 3	6:00 AM	HBO
Fri. June 8	6:10 AM	HBO

Cast

Macaulay Culkin	...	Timmy Gleason
Ted Danson	...	Raymond 'Ray' Gleason
Glenne Headly	...	Detective Theresa Walsh
Saul Rubinek	...	Robert 'Bobby' Drace
Gailard Sartain	...	Carl
Sam McMurray	...	Alex
Hector Elizondo	...	Lt. Romayko
Sydney Walker	...	Mr. Wankmueller
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Kitty
Dann Florek	...	Wayne
Ron Canada	...	Zinn
Ralph Peduto	...	Chapman
Bert Kinyon	...	Guard
Melvin Thompson	...	Guard
Danny Hunter	...	Armored Car Driver
Suzanne Lime	...	Secretary at Elevator
Mary Dilts	...	T.V. Reporter
Scott Beach	...	Wino
Wil Albert	...	Docent
David Kagen	...	Little League Coach
Dick Bright	...	Father at Golf Course
Barbara Scott	...	Dog-Walking Mother
Seth Smith	...	Boy in Bathroom
Roland T. Abasolo	...	Vendor
A.C. Griffing	...	Italian Waiter
Richard Koldewyn	...	Italian Waiter
Barrett Lindsay Steiner	...	Italian Waiter
Barbara Oliver	...	Nun
Charles Dean	...	Policeman at Church
Nick Scoggin	...	Scary Prisoner
Heather Bostian	...	Chatty Woman
Pamela Khoury	...	Woman on Subway
Sam Horrigan	...	Boy on Subway
Cheryl Lee	...	Leggy Blonde
Jarion Monroe	...	Ticket Seller
Joe Lerer	...	Bus Driver
Karen Kahn	...	T.V. Anchorwoman
Susan Hopper	...	Waitress at Lunch Counter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry Carlton	...	Foreman
Rico E. Anderson	...	Detective at Crime Scene (uncredited)
Wendy Bones	...	Subway rider (uncredited)
Rick Camp	...	Bakery Patron (uncredited)
Will Klipstine	...	Train Station Patron (uncredited)
Holly Lewis	...	Kissing Girl (uncredited)
Dennis Pappalardo	...	News stand vendor (uncredited)
Ken DeSoto Ramoz	...	Detective (uncredited)
Kathleen Rippert	...	Courtroom attendant (uncredited)
Joseph Quinn Simpkins	...	Man on Bus (uncredited)

Directed by
Howard Deutch

Writing credits (WGA)
Tom S. Parker		(written by) &
Jim Jennewein		(written by)

Produced by
Pierce Gardner	....	producer
Richard Hashimoto	....	executive producer
Katie Jacobs	....	producer
Jim Jennewein	....	associate producer
Tom S. Parker	....	associate producer
Elena Spiotta	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Miles Goodman

Cinematography by
Tim Suhrstedt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Halsey

Casting by
Sharon Bialy

Production Design by
Virginia L. Randolph

Art Direction by
Clayton Hartley

Set Decoration by
Barbara Munch

Costume Design by
Rudy Dillon

Makeup Department
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup artist
Barbara Lorenz	....	key hair stylist
Charlotte Parker	....	hair stylist (as Charlotte Gravenor)
Shaun Smith	....	special makeup effects artist
Ronnie Specter	....	makeup artist: Ms. Headly
Kevin Yagher	....	special makeup effects artist
Mark C. Yagher	....	special makeup effects artist
Steven E. Anderson	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Richard Hashimoto	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carol Bawer	....	second second assistant director
K.C. Colwell	....	first assistant director
John Engel	....	first assistant director: second unit (as John S. Engel)
Jack Gill	....	second unit director
Michael Alan Kahn	....	additional first assistant director (as Michael Kahn)
Molly M. Mayeux	....	second second assistant director
Cynthia A. Potthast	....	second assistant director
Roee Sharon	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Emilio R. Aramendia	....	leadman (as M.E. Aramendia)
M.E. Aramendia	....	lead man
Kristin Argue	....	drapery
Lisa Devlin	....	stand-by painter
Ellen Freund	....	property master
Stephen J. Gardner	....	assistant property master
David Heron	....	construction foreman
Janet Kusnick	....	storyboard artist
John Lister	....	set dresser
Doni McMillan	....	stand-by set dresser
Jim Poynter	....	assistant property master
Edward L. Rubin	....	set designer
Christina Marie Rudolph	....	art department coordinator
Ken Sly	....	property maker
I.J. Van Perre	....	construction coordinator (as I.J. Van Perre Jr.)
Don Weinger	....	lead set designer
Teresa Williams	....	paint foreman
J. Michael Davis	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Karen Sorum	....	painter (uncredited)
Doug E. Williams	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Agamemnon Andrianos	....	production sound mixer
David Boulton	....	adr mixer
David Gertz	....	foley mixer
Pieter Hubbard	....	sound effects editor
Allen Hurd	....	dubbing recordist (as J. Allen Hurd)
Adam Johnston	....	sound effects editor
Andy Kopetzky	....	foley editor
Jimmy Ling	....	sound effects editor
Dean G. Manly	....	second assistant sound editor (as Dean Manly)
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Patrick Moriarty	....	sound mixer: second unit
Bill Phillips	....	supervising adr editor
Bill Phillips	....	supervising sound editor
John Phillips	....	supervising sound editor
Steven Ramirez	....	sound editor
George Reinhardt	....	cable person
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hal Sanders	....	sound effects editor
Scott Shadden	....	first assistant sound editor
Douglas Shamburger	....	boom operator
Mary Ruth Smith	....	adr editor
Christina Tucker	....	adr mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Michael Meier	....	cable person (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robbie Clot	....	special effects crew (as Robert P. Clot)
Chuck Gaspar	....	special effects
Geoff Heron	....	special effects assistant
John McLeod	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Scott Schneider	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Kenny Bates	....	stunts
Sandy Berumen	....	stunts
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunts (as Robin Bonaccorsi)
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Michael Cassidy	....	stunts (as Mike Cassidy)
Mickey Cassidy	....	stunts
Lisa Dempsey	....	stunts
Joe Dunne	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	utility stunts
Jack Gill	....	stunt coordinator
Jimmy Graham	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Susan Hopper	....	stunts
Al Jones	....	stunts
Mike Martinez	....	stunts
Jennifer McAllister	....	stunts
Matt McColm	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Jim J. Poslof	....	stunts (as James Poslof)
Courtney Rains	....	stunts
John Robotham	....	stunts
Keith Tellez	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunts
Tim Meredith	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Barr	....	best boy grip (as William Barr)
James Beaumonte	....	electrician (as James S. Beaumonte)
J. Chuck Biagio	....	grip
Eric Blum	....	electrician
Mitchell B. Boyce	....	video assist operator
Phil Bray	....	still photographer
Loren Corl	....	key grip
Peter Deming	....	director of photography: second unit
Bob Field	....	gaffer
Bob Finley III	....	best boy electric (as Robert Finley III)
Chris Haarhoff	....	Steadicam operator
Don L. Henderson	....	dolly grip
Robert 'Boomer' McCann	....	rigging key grip
Dan Michalske	....	electrician (as Daniel Michalske)
Ted Morris	....	first assistant camera
Kate O'Neill	....	second assistant camera
Orlando Orona	....	grip (as Orlando J. Orona)
Bobby Powell	....	rigging gaffer (as Robert Powell)
Michael Santy	....	camera operator
Dane Spelman	....	grip
Terry Sullivan	....	electrician
Maria Varni	....	second assistant camera
Lou Weinert	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Nancy Hayes	....	extras casting
Nancy Hayes	....	local casting
Nina Henninger	....	assistant local casting
Tory Herald	....	casting assistant
Debi Manwiller	....	casting
Richard Pagano	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Becker	....	key costumer
Nancy Servin	....	seamstress (as Nancy Hart Servin)
Mary Elizabeth Still	....	key costumer
Eileen Sieff Stroup	....	costume supervisor (as Eileen Mae Sieff)

Editorial Department
Megan B. Agosto	....	first assistant editor
Colleen Halsey	....	additional editor
Blake Maniquis	....	apprentice editor
Danny Miller	....	second assistant editor (as Dan Miller)
Danny Miller	....	second assistant editor (as Dan Miller)
Mike Milliken	....	color timer
Mary Morrisey	....	first assistant editor
Lois Trent-Bring	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Bob Badami	....	music editor
Oscar Castro-Neves	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
George Doering	....	musician
Nancy Fogarty	....	music editor
Joel Moss	....	music recordist
Joe E. Rand	....	assistant music editor
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Transportation Department
Ronald Brown	....	transportation co-captain (as Ronald G. Brown)
Lee Garibaldi	....	transportation captain
Beth Howe	....	transportation office coordinator (as Elizabeth Jacobs)
John R. Lopez	....	driver: actor
Tommy Tancharoen	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Pamela Alch	....	script supervisor
Michael Allison	....	production assistant
Andrew Babington	....	assistant: Pierce Gardner
Charlotte A. Baker	....	production assistant
Lisa A. Becker	....	production coordinator
Robert Brewster	....	location assistant
George A. Cassell III	....	office production assistant
Craig Comstock	....	key set production assistant
Thomas A. Davila	....	production accountant
Gigi Davis	....	assistant: Mr. Hashimoto
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Christopher Desmond	....	set first aid
Bruce Devan	....	location manager
Marty Elfalan	....	assistant accountant
Tony Gee	....	production assistant
Debra A. Girard	....	assistant location manager
Anne Gordon	....	animal trainer
Brian Hofstetter	....	production assistant
Kellie Hudson	....	production assistant
Jim Jaffe	....	product placement
Michelle Johnston	....	choreographer
Daniele Kent	....	production secretary
Cynthia LaPointe	....	location assistant
Ellen Pasternack	....	unit publicist
Randol Perelman-Taylor	....	location assistant
Besty Salwen-Stahl	....	assistant: Katie Jacobs
Carrie Shackelford	....	assistant: Mr. Deutch
Royce Vaughn	....	production assistant
Christian Evol Wadman	....	office production assistant
James J. Wilhelm	....	craft service (as James Wilhelm)
Doug Wolens	....	production assistant
Diana Zock	....	assistant production coordinator
Mitchell Nyberg	....	set coordinator (uncredited)
Virginia Travers	....	lead stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• United International Pictures (UIP)

Other Companies

• B. P. J. Inc.  sound editing
• Buena Vista Sound  sound re-recorded at
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Cinema Research  titles
• Mason Studio Services  location equipment
• Media District Transfers  sound transfers
• Medics at the Movies  set medics
• Nancy Hayes Casting  extras casting
• Pacific Title  opticals
• R.E.D. Productions  title design

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Ireland:12RA (video rating) | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:10 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Candlestick Park - 602 Jamestown Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Saul Rubinek was really hit in the nose with a bat during the scene where he falls down the stairs at the stadium. Since Rubinek was caught off guard, his reaction gave the scene a more realistic look. The director, not thinking twice, decided to leave it in the final cut.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Timmy Gleason is in the backseat of the convertible, the viewfinder on his camera changes positions between shots.

Quotes:

Timmy:If I win this game...
Bobby:We gotta take you to Paris tonight?
Timmy:You don't have to take me to Paris, just Baskin Robbins.

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

A true American classic comedy!

Getting Even With Dad takes Macaulay Culkin's "Home Alone" magic and applies it to another hilarious plot! Mac shines in this 1994 romp that takes him on a hilarious journey through San Francisco along with Ted Danson of "Cheers" fame. Mac is glowing with charm and probably his best hairstyle to date. It is a "must-see" in my book. 10 out of 10.