Bounce (2000)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Don Roos

Writer (WGA):

Don Roos (written by)

Release Date:

15 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

This October, fall in love with fate.

Plot:

A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Airport | Alcoholics Anonymous | Beach House | Flight Simulator

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Buddy Amaral
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Abby Janello
Natasha Henstridge	...	Mimi Prager
Edward Edwards	...	Ron Wachter
Jennifer Grey	...	Janice Guerrero
Tony Goldwyn	...	Greg Janello
Lisa Carpenter-Prewitt	...	Carol Wilson
Lisa Joyner	...	T.V. Announcer
Richard Saxton	...	CNN Reporter
Caroline Aaron	...	Donna
David Dorfman	...	Joey Janello
Alex D. Linz	...	Scott Janello
Juan García	...	Kevin Walters
Mary Ellen Lyon	...	Ellen Seitz
Joe Morton	...	Jim Willer
Thea Mann	...	Karen
Matthew Frauman	...	Luke
Sam Robards	...	Todd Exner
Ty Murphy	...	Josh
David McCharen	...	Infinity Air Commercial Narrator (as Dave McCharen)
Julianne Christie	...	Zola
Jeff Garlin	...	Emcee
Johnny Galecki	...	Seth
Nicole Tocantins	...	Dionne
Ashley Montgomery	...	Prom Girl
Erik Aude	...	Prom Boy
Scott Alan Smith	...	Jack
Mark Ankeny	...	Tom
Julia Campbell	...	Sue
Michael Laskin	...	Frank Steadman
Michael Ayala	...	Court T.V. Reporter
David St. James	...	Judge
Don Amendolia	...	Infinity Attorney
John Levin	...	Janice's Attorney
Chris Harrison	...	Chicago Anchor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael R Bowman	...	Passengers Brother (uncredited)
Katherine Disque	...	Gate Attendant (uncredited)
Jeffrey M. Hoffman	...	Videographer (uncredited)
Kimberley Kates	...	Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Mike McIntosh	...	Co-pilot (uncredited)
David Paymer	...	Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
Alastair Surprise	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Andy Umberger	...	Pilot (uncredited)

Directed by
Don Roos

Writing credits (WGA)
Don Roos		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Besman	....	producer
Alan C. Blomquist	....	co-producer
Bobby Cohen	....	co-producer
Steve Golin	....	producer
Bob Osher	....	executive producer
Meryl Poster	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Robert Elswit

Film Editing by
David Codron

Casting by
Sharon Klein
Patrick Rush		(as Patrick J. Rush)

Production Design by
David Wasco

Art Direction by
Daniel Bradford

Set Decoration by
Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Costume Design by
Peter Mitchell

Makeup Department
Mustaque M. Ashrafi	....	assistant makeup artist (as Mustaq Ashrafi)
Tina Earnshaw	....	makeup artist: Gwyneth Paltrow
David Forrest	....	key makeup artist (as David Craig Forest)
Lynda Gurasich	....	key hair stylist
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair stylist: Gwyneth Paltrow
Jacklin Masteran	....	assistant hair stylist
Janine Rath	....	hair stylist: Ben Affleck (as Janine Rath-Thompson)

Production Management
Jessica Alan	....	post-production supervisor
Leslie Anne Engel	....	production supervisor: title sequence
Barbara A. Hall	....	unit production manager
Michelle Morrissey	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gabriel Echeverria	....	dga trainee
Basil Grillo	....	second second assistant director
Don H. Julien	....	second assistant director: Chicago
Michele Panelli-Venetis	....	first assistant director
Matt Rebenkoff	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Alejandro Aguilar	....	labor foreman
Dino Bitsakos	....	stand-by painter
Peter Borck	....	assistant art director
Steve Bouchard	....	propmaker gangboss
Joseph Braus	....	purchasing foreman
Ronald Cox	....	propmaker foreman (as Ron Cox)
Doug Crawford	....	carpenter
Laura J. DeRosa	....	art department coordinator
Susan Emshwiller	....	set decorator: re-shoots
Ellen Freund	....	property master
Rina Gardener	....	painter
Raymond Ginther	....	plaster foreman
Brian D. Gray	....	propmaker (as Brian Gray)
Jennie Harris	....	assistant set decorator
John Kieselhorst	....	graphic
Mike Kohnke	....	graphic
Jim Krase	....	propmaker
Sean Langdon	....	set dresser
James Malley	....	set dresser
Larry McGuire	....	lead man (as Larry A. McGuire)
Jeffrey McMahon	....	propmaker foreman
Todd Morris	....	on-set dresser
Gloria Murphy	....	assistant property master
Kris Nagle	....	welder foreman
Roderick Nunnally	....	paint supervisor (as Rod Nunnally)
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman
Reginald Piert	....	painter
Donnie R. Puga	....	second paint supervisor
Jason Puga	....	painter
Natalie Richards	....	set designer
Mary Saisselin	....	set designer
Mark Sakamoto	....	co-lead man
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator
Robert Shaklett	....	propmaker (as Robert Shacklett)
Dan Sweetman	....	storyboard artist
Gyula Toth	....	set dresser
Adrian Valdes	....	paint gangboss
Jesse Verette	....	labor gangboss
Ray Yamagata	....	art department assistant
Bryan McBrien	....	greens foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Blufer	....	sound effects
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist (as Michael Broomberg)
Willie D. Burton	....	sound recordist
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Patrick Cicero	....	apprentice sound editor
Marc Deschaine	....	adr assistant
John Michael Fanaris	....	sound effects coordinator
Bruce Fortune	....	sound effects editor (as Bruce D. Fortune)
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Mildred Iatrou	....	dialogue editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Leveque	....	supervising sound editor
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Trillby Kim Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Lowe Voigt)
Steve Mann	....	sound editor
Tim Mann	....	sound effects editor
Anthony Milch	....	sound effects editor (as Anthony R. Milch)
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (as Alyson Moore)
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Denis St. Amand	....	sound re-recording engineer
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley supervisor
Robert Troy	....	dialogue editor
Tim Walston	....	sound designer
Brooke H. Ward	....	assistant sound editor (as Broke Henderson Ward)
Bernard Weiser	....	sound editor
Lance Laurienzo	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects coordinator
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects foreman
Gary Zink	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Bruce Branit	....	visual effects
Gregory Creaser	....	imaging/timing supervisor: Digiscope
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor
Jeremy Hunt	....	visual effects
Al Magliochetti	....	visual effects supervisor
Ralph Maiers	....	digital effects artist
David Sosalla	....	digital effects supervisor: POP Film
Christopher Grandel	....	digital effects: Digiscope (uncredited)
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: checking & retouching, Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Tom McComas	....	stunt coordinator
Tom McComas	....	stunt double: Ben Affleck

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Amundsen	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Russell Ayer	....	lamp operator
Paul C. Babin	....	camera operator
Ben Beaird	....	key grip
Nick Beaird	....	grip
Christos Bitsakos	....	camera loader (as Christos C. Bitsakos)
Robert L. Blatman	....	director of photography: second unit
Tom Connole	....	additional photographer: Chicago
James F. Cornick	....	lamp operator (as Jim Cornick)
James F. Cornick	....	rigging electrician
Steve Craft	....	second assistant camera
R. Michael De Chellis	....	best boy electric
Brad Edmiston	....	assistant camera
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald	....	best boy grip
Jeffrey M. Hoffman	....	videographer
Jeff Kunkel	....	dolly grip
Eric Lee	....	still photographer
Larry Markart	....	video playback operator
Kim Marks	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael R. Marquette	....	assistant camera
Anthony Mollicone	....	grip
Chris R. Oliver	....	grip (as Chris Oliver)
Billy Pierson	....	grip
James Plannette	....	gaffer
Jerome L. Posner	....	lamp operator
Michael G. Riba	....	first assistant camera (as Michael Riba)
William Robinson	....	assistant camera (as Bill Robinson)
Michael Shugrue	....	video playback operator
John Trapman	....	aerial director of photography
Christopher Warren	....	best boy electric: additional photography
Shawn Whelan	....	grip
Eric Wolfson-Sagot	....	lighting technician
Eric Wycoff	....	lamp operator
Eric Wycoff	....	lighting technician

Casting Department
Chris Bustard	....	extras casting: additional photography
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting: Chicago
Alyson Silverberg	....	casting assistant
Steve Spiker	....	extras casting
Barbara Stordahl	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shawn Barry	....	assistant costume designer
Nick Manno	....	set costumer
Michelle Roth	....	costume supervisor
Lizz Wolf	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Doug Cilley	....	post-production assistant
Terrell Clegg	....	assistant editor
Colby Enders	....	apprentice editor
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Michael T. Wilson	....	first assistant editor (as Michael Wilson)

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor (as Mike Baber)
Simon Changer	....	score assistant engineer
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Brad Haehnel	....	music mixer
Ron Korb	....	musician: flute
Andrew Lockington	....	assistant to composer
Thomas Milano	....	music editor
Christopher S. Parker	....	music clearances
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Randy Spendlove	....	executive music producer

Transportation Department
Rick Chouinard	....	transportation captain (as Richard Chouinard)
Dusty Saunders	....	transportation coordinator
Michael R. Cairo	....	driver: Chicago second unit (uncredited)

Other crew
Delara C. Adams	....	production secretary: additional photography
Tony Antonelli	....	stand-in
Gerard Averill	....	location manager
Stephanie Boles	....	stand-in
Johnny Braz	....	craft service
Garrett Brodie	....	assistant: Mr. Golin
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Breezy Douglas	....	photo double: Gwyneth Paltrow
Tad Driscoll	....	production accountant
Andrew Federici	....	assistant to producer
Robert Foulkes	....	location scout
Michael Franck	....	helicopter pilot: Chicago
Nick Garrison	....	assistant: Mr. Affleck
Amy Hansen	....	assistant accountant (as Amy Fishman)
Charles Hansen	....	set production assistant
Marie Healy	....	assistant location manager
Judy Heinzen	....	assistant location manager
Michael Herron	....	digital video operator
Wittney Horton	....	assistant to producer
Jerry Jaffe	....	location manager
Carrie Mae Jones	....	accounting assistant (as Carrie Jones)
Christopher Kahn	....	assistant production coordinator
Lauren Lapham	....	assistant: Mr. Affleck
Dave Long	....	night light technician
Asha MacLeod	....	set production assistant
Tamara Maellaro	....	key set medic
Mike R. Manzo	....	office production assistant
Carol McConnaughey	....	unit publicist
Ray McCort	....	helicopter pilot: Chicago
Michael Neal	....	payroll accountant
Kitty Olisky	....	production coordinator
Diesel Pfingsten	....	stand-in: Mr. Robards (as Darrell Pfingsten)
Michele Platt	....	assistant to producer
Rebecca Robertson	....	script supervisor
Amy Roos	....	assistant: Mr. Roos
Lori Rothstein	....	assistant: Ms. Poster
Kyle Schember	....	accounting clerk
Hakeem Smith	....	production assistant
Natalie Stevenson	....	assistant: Ms. Paltrow
Sunday Stevens	....	set production assistant
Will Sweeney	....	assistant to producer
Mark Trapenberg	....	set production assistant
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Marion Tumen	....	additional script supervisor
DeAnne Zarkowski	....	animal trainer (as DeAnn Zarkowski)
Joe Zeoli	....	production assistant
Joe Zeoli Jr.	....	office production assistant
Norman Fessler	....	stand-in: David Paymer (uncredited)
Nicole Mandich	....	stand-in: Gwyneth Paltrow (uncredited)
Mari Wilson	....	script supervisor: additional photography (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Miramax Films

Distributors

• Miramax Films (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Highlight Film (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (????) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (????) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (????) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (????) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (????) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (????) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• New Films International
• RCV Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (video)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Giorgio Armani  wardrobe: Ben Affleck
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• Miramax Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  star trailers

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language and sensuality.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37739) | Greece:K | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Dodger Stadium - 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Chavez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

Both Tony Goldwyn (Greg) and Alex D. Linz (Scott) provided voices for Tarzan in Tarzan (1999).

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of people on the beach when Buddy gets up off the couch to answer the door when Abby shows up.

Quotes:

Buddy Amaral: So, what do you think?
Seth: It's fine. You get a window. I get to work for a guy who gets a window.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

I Second That Emotion

Above average romance

What makes BOUNCE rise above the average of romantic films is the direction of Don Roos, who also made the eccentric THE OPPOSITE OF SEX. Here he avoids sappiness but every now and then the film gets quite melodramatic. However, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck are surprisingly good and have a nice chemistry, in a good and warm date movie.

7/10