My Girl 2 (1994)

Director:

Howard Zieff

Writers (WGA):

Laurice Elehwany (characters)
Janet Kovalcik (written by)

Release Date:

11 February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

There's being a kid. There's being an adult. And then there's that year in between.

Plot:

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met...

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Search | Hospital | Earring | Mortician

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Dan Aykroyd	...	Harry Sultenfuss
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Shelly Sultenfuss
Anna Chlumsky	...	Vada Sultenfuss
Austin O'Brien	...	Nick Zsigmond
Richard Masur	...	Phil Sultenfuss
Christine Ebersole	...	Rose Zsigmond
JD Souther	...	Jeffrey Pommeroy (as John David Souther)
Angeline Ball	...	Maggie Muldovan
Aubrey Morris	...	Alfred Beidermeyer
Gerrit Graham	...	Dr. Sam Helburn
Anthony R. Jones	...	Arthur
Ben Stein	...	Stanley Rosenfeld
Keone Young	...	Daryl Tanaka
Richard Beymer	...	Peter Webb
Jodie Markell	...	Hillary Mitchell
David Purdham	...	Mr. Owett
Kevin Sifuentes	...	Julio
Lauren Ashley	...	Judy
Roland Thomson	...	Kevin
Devon Gummersall	...	Rich Boy
Dan Hildebrand	...	Hari Krishna
Charles Fleischer	...	Cab Driver
George Wallace	...	Gnarly Old Man (as George D. Wallace)
Lisa Bradley	...	Katie
Brendan Cowles	...	Acting Troupe
Alex Donnelley	...	Acting Troupe
Misa Koprova	...	Acting Troupe
Mark Jupiter	...	Acting Troupe
Mary Elizabeth Murphy	...	Acting Troupe
Alex Nevil	...	Acting Troupe
Cindy Benson	...	Esther
Bart Sumner	...	Harold
James R. Parkes	...	Lenny (as James Parkes)
Rachel Wagner	...	Nancy
Ryan Olson	...	Kevin's Gang
Beau Richardson	...	Kevin's Gang
Renee Wedel	...	Beverly Hills Matron (as Renée Wedel)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Megan Butler	...	Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)
Tamara Olson	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Wendy Schaal	...	Emily Pommeroy (uncredited)

Directed by
Howard Zieff

Writing credits (WGA)
Laurice Elehwany		(characters)
Janet Kovalcik		(written by)

Produced by
Joseph M. Caracciolo	....	executive producer
David T. Friendly	....	executive producer
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Devorah Moos-Hankin	....	associate producer
Howard Zieff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Cliff Eidelman

Cinematography by
Paul Elliott		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Wendy Greene Bricmont

Casting by
Alan Berger

Production Design by
Charles Rosen

Art Direction by
Diane Yates

Set Decoration by
Mary Olivia McIntosh

Costume Design by
Shelley Komarov

Makeup Department
Linda Arnold	....	hair stylist
June Brickman	....	makeup artist: Ms. Curtis
Frank Griffin	....	makeup artist (as Frank H. Griffin Jr.)
Frances Mathias	....	hair stylist
David B. Miller	....	makeup artist: Mr. Aykroyd

Production Management
Joseph M. Caracciolo	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan Brimfeld	....	second assistant director (as Alan H. Brimfield)
Clare Durand	....	dga trainee
Jerry Sobul	....	first assistant director
David Ticotin	....	second second assistant director (as David A. Ticotin)

Art Department
Harold Fuhrman	....	set designer
Randy Gunter	....	assistant property master
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator (as Sherman G. Labby)
Mark Wade	....	property master

Sound Department
Michael J. Benavente	....	sound editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	sound editor
Simon Coke	....	sound editor
Bill J. DiDonna	....	boom operator (as William J. DiDonna)
Susan Dudeck	....	sound editor
Julia Evershade	....	supervising sound editor
Jonathan Klein	....	foley editor (as Jonathon Klein)
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Oscar Mitt	....	assistant sound editor
Jim Moore	....	adr recordist
Josephine Nericcio	....	assistant sound editor
Donald Ortiz	....	assistant sound editor
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
John J. Stephens	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Stephens)
David E. Stone	....	sound editor
John Sutton	....	production sound mixer (as John Sutton III)
Donald Sylvester	....	foley editor
Steve Kraus	....	adr engineer (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Boyd	....	camera operator
Douglas A. Degrazzio	....	video assist operator (as Doug DeGrazzio)
Debra Dotts-Sladek	....	second assistant camera (as Debra Dotts)
Charley Gilleran	....	second grip (as Charley H. Gilleran)
Robert Kositchek	....	director of photography: second unit
Gemma La Mana	....	still photographer
Dwight Joseph Lavers	....	dolly grip (as Dwight Joseph La Vers)
Patrick Reddish	....	chief lighting technician
Scott Andrew Ressler	....	first assistant camera (as Scott Ressler)
Steve Venetis	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Thaddeus Wadleigh	....	key grip (as Thad Wadleigh)
John S. Campbell	....	best boy (uncredited)
Lisa Guerriero	....	film loader (uncredited)
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Ivan H. Migel	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Shane Liem-Jacobson	....	casting associate (as Shane Liem)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alison Gail Bixby	....	set costumer
Norman A. Burza	....	wardrobe: men (as Norman Burza)
Marilyn Madsen	....	assistant to costume designer (as Marilyn Madsen Brands)
Elaine Maser	....	wardrobe: women

Editorial Department
Brent Brooks	....	first assistant film editor
Carolyn Calvert	....	second assistant film editor (as Carolyn Horton)
Richard Conkling	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Jeffrey Pollack	....	music consultant
Armin Steiner	....	music scoring mixer
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Transportation Department
John Orlebeck	....	transportation captain
David Severin	....	transportation co-captain (as David C. Severin)

Other crew
Sara Burton	....	assistant location manager
Angela Flurry	....	assistant: Mr. Zieff
Mary E. Fox	....	assistant production accountant
David Gati	....	production assistant
Don Gillespie	....	production assistant
David J. Grant	....	assistant: Mr. Caracciolo
Betty A. Griffin	....	script supervisor (as Betty Abbott Griffin)
Charles Harrington	....	location manager
Tracy L. Kettler	....	production secretary
Marty Kohne	....	production assistant (as Marty Kohn)
Pia Mehr	....	studio teacher
Seth Miller	....	production assistant (as Seth A. Miller)
Anne S. Reilly	....	unit publicist
Kathy Sarreal	....	production coordinator
Sharon B. Taksel	....	assistant accountant
Carole Wattles	....	production accountant (as Carole A. Wattles)
Seth Yellin	....	production assistant
Ted Yonenaka	....	craft service
James Lumb	....	assistant: producers (uncredited)
Mike Muscat	....	acting coach (uncredited)
Bill H. Schwocho	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Imagine Films Entertainment

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1994) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• UGC Distribution (1995) (France) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1997) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• LK-TEL (1994) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Command Performance  caterer
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutter
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Wynands Productions Inc.  sets constructed by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Norway:5 | Portugal:M/12 | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Kelly Gulch - 1801 North Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga Canyon, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Imagine Films Entertainment

Trivia:

Carrie Fisher was an uncredited script doctor on the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the beginning of the movie, when Vada and Harry go bowling and Vada rolls her strike, just as the ball touches one of the pins, you can see that all of the pins were yanked backwards as if strings were attached to each of the pins.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Vada Sultenfuss:[narration to audience] I remember before I was born, wounded up like a fur ball in the highly overrated fetal position, luckily I'm not claustrophobic, but on rainy days I still felt a tightness in my left shoulder. So now that my stepmother's pregnant, I understand what the baby's going through, and I'm not jealous at all, really, not at all.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1994)

Soundtrack:

MY GIRL

Okay... not great, not exactly good, but... okay.

Dan Ackroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis and Anna Chlumsky return as Vada the hypercondriac flies to Los Angeles in hopes of finding out about the mother she never knew.

This time, her boy friend (and then boyfriend) is played by Austin O'Brien (The Babysitters Club Movie) as Nick.

Not in anyway as good as the original 1991 feature, 'My Girl', but okay as a family film. 4/10.