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Directed by | |||
| Michael Lehmann | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Rob Perez | (written by) (as Robert Perez) | |
Produced by | |||
| Stuart M. Besser | .... | co-producer | |
| Tim Bevan | .... | producer | |
| Liza Chasin | .... | executive producer | |
| Eric Fellner | .... | producer | |
| Debra Hayward | .... | executive producer | |
| Michael London | .... | producer | |
| Jennifer J. Thomas | .... | line producer: additional unit, San Francisco (as Jennifer Thomas) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Rolfe Kent | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Elliot Davis | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Nicholas C. Smith | |||
Casting by | |||
| Joseph Middleton | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Sharon Seymour | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Yvonne J. Hurst | (as Yvonne Hurst) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Lesley Beale | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Jill M. Ohanneson | (as Jill Ohanneson) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Kathrine Gordon | .... | hair stylist | |
| Jana Hudson | .... | second assistant makeup artist (as Tanya Hudson) | |
| Howard Leonard | .... | hair stylist assistant: San Francisco (as Butch Leonard) | |
| Thom MacIntyre | .... | first assistant hair stylist (as Thom McIntyre) | |
| Lisa Taylor Roberts | .... | makeup artist (as L. Taylor Roberts) | |
| Tone Rorvik | .... | first assistant makeup artist | |
| Gina Sherritt | .... | first assistant hair stylist | |
| Jenny-King Turko | .... | makeup artist: San Francisco (as Jenny King Turko) | |
| Gretchen Davis | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| Miia Kovero | .... | hair stylist: Josh Hartnett, additional photography (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Chris Baillie | .... | trainee assistant director | |
| Blake Banbury | .... | trainee assistant director | |
| Penny Charter | .... | second assistant director | |
| Chris Ferguson | .... | third assistant director | |
| Walter Gasparovic | .... | first assistant director | |
| Rebecca Greeley | .... | second assistant director: San Francisco | |
| Kevin McNamara | .... | second second assistant director: San Francisco | |
| Lope Yap Jr. | .... | first assistant director: additional San Francisco unit (as Lope Yap) | |
| David Hakim | .... | second assistant director: additional San Francisco unit (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Vaughan V. Baker | .... | paint coordinator (as Vaughan Baker) | |
| Christine Barr | .... | art department production assistant: San Francisco | |
| Claudia Bestor | .... | on-set product placement | |
| Craig Brisker | .... | construction foreman | |
| William Glenn Burdett | .... | lead carpenter (as Glenn Burdett) | |
| William Glenn Burdett | .... | lead painter (as William Burdett) | |
| Noel Burke-Gaffney | .... | paint foreman | |
| John Burke | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Susie Cowley | .... | sign painter (as Sue Cowley) | |
| Tom Ehline | .... | construction coordinator: San Francisco | |
| Jerry Frigault | .... | lead carpenter | |
| Stephen J. Gardner | .... | property master: San Francisco (as Steve Gardner) | |
| Don Halton | .... | set designer | |
| Haida Harper | .... | assistant property master (as Haida G. Harper) | |
| Gail Irvine | .... | property buyer | |
| Kristen Johnson | .... | assistant art director | |
| Bryan Korenberg | .... | property master | |
| Kitty Laflamme | .... | scenic artist | |
| Geoffrey Lake | .... | greensperson: San Francisco (as Geoff Lake) | |
| Bill Lammers | .... | maintenance person | |
| Franklin Leibel | .... | lead painter | |
| Jeremy Lew | .... | scenic carpenter | |
| Francis Mallette | .... | scenic artist (as Frances Mallette) | |
| Greg McDonald | .... | lead carpenter | |
| Bill McGirr | .... | assistant props: San Francisco | |
| Nicholas Meeks | .... | on-set dresser: San Francisco | |
| Barbara Munch | .... | set decorator: San Francisco | |
| Diane Nachlik | .... | leadman (as Diana Nachlik) | |
| Nanci Noblett | .... | art director: San Francisco | |
| Ryan Ostiguy | .... | scenic artist | |
| Geoff Phillips | .... | lead laborer | |
| David Pirrie | .... | scenic artist | |
| Doug Poetker | .... | scenic helper | |
| Jim Poynter | .... | lead man: San Francisco (as James Poynter) | |
| Steve Reintjes | .... | lead painter (as Steve Reinties) | |
| Tom Richardson | .... | lead scenic artist: San Francisco | |
| Marlee Siemens | .... | set painter | |
| Martin Sigmund | .... | lead carpenter | |
| Mark Spence | .... | scenic carpenter | |
| Anneke Van Oort | .... | draftsperson | |
| Glenn Woodruff | .... | props (as Glenn 'Woody' Woorduff) | |
| M. Danica Ban | .... | set dresser daily (uncredited) | |
| Laurie Edmundson | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
| Paul Jenkinson | .... | leadman (uncredited) | |
| Ocea Ringrose | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
| Sandy Walker | .... | set buyer (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Chris Barron | .... | digital sound transferer (as Christopher Barron) | |
| Rick Bold | .... | boom operator | |
| Karen Brocco | .... | supervising assistant sound editor (as Karen A. Brocco) | |
| Tim Burby | .... | digital sound transferer | |
| Brian Chumney | .... | digital editorial services | |
| John Countryman | .... | digital sound transferer | |
| Edwin Dunkley | .... | video services (as Ed Dunkley) | |
| Jonathan Greber | .... | digital sound transferer | |
| Lora Hirschberg | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| David Hunter | .... | digital editorial services | |
| David Husby | .... | sound mixer | |
| Noah Katz | .... | digital editorial services | |
| Brian Magerkurth | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Michael Meiser | .... | cableman: San Francisco | |
| Marnie Moore | .... | foley artist | |
| Tom Myers | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Margie O'Malley | .... | foley artist | |
| Frank Rinella | .... | foley recording engineer | |
| Gary Rizzo | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Jerry Ross | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Fred Runner | .... | boom operator: San Francisco | |
| Jurgen Scharpf | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Robert Shoup | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Kent Sparling | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Nelson Stoll | .... | sound mixer: San Francisco | |
| Erich Stratmann | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| John Torrijos | .... | video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos) | |
| Viet Tran | .... | foley recording assistant | |
| Wayne Williams | .... | sound assistant | |
| Karen G. Wilson | .... | adr editor (as Karen Wilson) | |
| Marshall Winn | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Sean England | .... | machine room operator (uncredited) | |
| Jeff Gomillion | .... | adr mixer (uncredited) | |
| Brandon Proctor | .... | sound mix technician (uncredited) | |
| Philip Rogers | .... | adr recordist (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Walter Shemley | .... | special effects coordinator | |
| James Kozier | .... | special effects technician (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Sean Afshar | .... | visual effects editor: Stargate Digital | |
| Jon Craig | .... | compositor: Stargate Digital | |
| Adam Ealovega | .... | visual effects supervisor: Stargate Digital | |
| Eric Grenaudier | .... | visual effects supervisor: Stargate Digital | |
| Kenya Hadley | .... | visual effects editor: Stargate Digital | |
| Rob Konuch | .... | compositor: Stargate Digital | |
| Frank Lawas | .... | visual effects I/O supervisor: Stargate Digital | |
| Sam Nicholson | .... | visual effects producer: Stargate Digital | |
| Sean O'Brien | .... | visual effects coordinator: Stargate Digital | |
| Anthony Ocampo | .... | CGI artist: Stargate Digital (as Tony O'Campo) | |
| Valeri Pfahning | .... | compositor: Stargate Digital (as Val Pfahning) | |
| Victor Scalise | .... | visual effects post-production supervisor: Stargate Digital | |
| Jaison Stritch | .... | CGI supervisor: Stargate Digital | |
| Peter V. Ware | .... | visual effects producer: Stargate Digital (as Peter Ware) | |
| Scott Williston | .... | CGI artist: Stargate Digital | |
| Arlene Bogna | .... | visual effects (uncredited) | |
| Corey Bramall | .... | digital artist (uncredited) | |
| Dan Brittain | .... | digital artist (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Duane Dickinson | .... | stunts: waiter | |
| David Jacox | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Heath Stevenson | .... | stunt double: Matt | |
| Jim Dunn | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Stuart Aikins | .... | casting: Canada | |
| Dena Berman | .... | casting assistant | |
| Sean Cossey | .... | casting associate: Canada | |
| Nancy Hayes | .... | casting: San Francisco, Nancy Hayes Casting | |
| Michelle Levitt | .... | casting assistant: San Francisco | |
| Annette McCaffrey | .... | extras casting | |
| Michelle Morris | .... | casting associate (as Michelle Morris Gertz) | |
| Sonia Henkel | .... | extras casting assistant (uncredited) | |
| Cheri Larsen | .... | extras casting assistant (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Michelle Baines | .... | costume set supervisor | |
| Cathy Darby | .... | costumer: prep | |
| Ruth Elke | .... | set costumer | |
| Mellisa Glass | .... | additional costumer: San Francisco | |
| Jana MacDonald | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Daniela Moore | .... | costumer: San Francisco | |
Music Department | |||
| Tony Blondal | .... | orchestrator | |
| Robert Fernandez | .... | scoring mixer (as Bobby Fernandez) | |
| Bonnie Greenberg | .... | music supervisor (as Bonnie Greenberg-Goodman) | |
| Daryl B. Kell | .... | music editor: temp music (as Daryl Kell) | |
| Suzan Mann | .... | music clearances | |
| Kathy Nelson | .... | executive in charge of music: Universal | |
| Randall Poster | .... | music consultant | |
| David Sabee | .... | musician contractor (as David Saybee) | |
| Nick South | .... | music editor | |
| Randy Spendlove | .... | executive in charge of music: Miramax | |
| William T. Stromberg | .... | conductor (as William Stromberg) | |
| Kerry Wikstrom | .... | additional orchestrator | |
| Karen Bennett | .... | assistant music editor (uncredited) | |
| Steven Gizicki | .... | music consultant (uncredited) | |
| Annette Kudrak | .... | music editor (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Peter Borkent | .... | driver | |
| Sandy Broadfoot | .... | driver | |
| Barry Bryant | .... | driver | |
| Harry Carlson | .... | driver | |
| Ian Doiuglass | .... | driver | |
| Thomas Dwyer | .... | driver (as Tom Dwyer) | |
| Shawn Henter | .... | driver | |
| Dan Irwine | .... | driver (as Dan Irwin) | |
| Donald Kasich | .... | transportation captain: San Francisco (as Don Kasich) | |
| Ken Meier | .... | driver | |
| R.G. Miller | .... | driver | |
| Rory Moffatt | .... | driver: camera truck | |
| Rory Moffatt | .... | transportation co-captain | |
| David Pappas | .... | transportation coordinator: San Francisco | |
| Les Peters | .... | transportation captain | |
| Mike Porohowski | .... | driver | |
| Ed Robertson | .... | driver | |
| Bret A.W. Smith | .... | driver | |
| Don Steele | .... | driver | |
| Ian Thompson | .... | unit driver | |
| Bob Thorner | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Mark Tyrrell | .... | driver | |
| Ian 'Moss' Urquhart | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Other crew | |||
| Tom Amundsen | .... | adr voice | |
| Jeffrey Andersen | .... | office production assistant (as Jeff Anderson) | |
| Melanie Aron | .... | assistant: Mr. Lehmann | |
| Courtney Atinsky | .... | office production assistant: San Francisco | |
| Craig Bankey | .... | unit publicist | |
| Bob Bedard | .... | catering head chef | |
| Tim Bennett | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Fanny Bessette | .... | stand-in: female utility | |
| Jackie Bissley | .... | accounting clerk | |
| Rich Brown | .... | payroll accountant | |
| Peter Camilleri | .... | assistant chef | |
| Mitch Carter | .... | adr voice | |
| James Chandler | .... | craft service: San Francisco | |
| Katie Cooper | .... | assistant: Mr. Bevan, Working Title Films | |
| Emily Coutts | .... | craft service | |
| Emily Coutts | .... | first aid | |
| Sara Curran | .... | head of legal and business affairs: Working Title Films | |
| Tony Davis | .... | production coordinator: Working Title Films | |
| Derek Delost | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Debbie Derkach | .... | craft service (as Debra Derkach) | |
| Debbie Derkach | .... | first aid (as Debra Derkach) | |
| Moosie Drier | .... | adr voice | |
| Lara P. Fox | .... | script supervisor (as Lara Fox) | |
| Shefali Ghosh | .... | chief financial officer: Working Title Films | |
| Kelli Gillam | .... | payroll: San Francisco | |
| Trista Gormley | .... | production coordinator: San Francisco (as Trista Paige Gormley) | |
| Brad Greer | .... | dailies runner: San Francisco | |
| Marcy Guiragossian | .... | key office production assistant: San Francisco | |
| Michelle Harris | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Sarah Harvey | .... | assistant: Los Angeles, Working Title Films | |
| Sonia Henkel | .... | extras wrangler | |
| Carol Hocking | .... | first assistant accountant | |
| Andrea Hughes | .... | extras wrangler | |
| Aliza James | .... | assistant: Mr. Fellner, Working Title Films | |
| Saisie M. Jang | .... | location assistant: San Francisco | |
| Petra Janopaul | .... | set production assistant: San Francisco | |
| Andrew Keilty | .... | stand-in: Ryan | |
| Shelly Kennedy | .... | craft service | |
| Shelly Kennedy | .... | first aid | |
| Mary Kwan | .... | body double: Erica | |
| Matthew Laborteaux | .... | adr voice (as Matthew Labyorteaux) | |
| Mike Lane | .... | client services | |
| Andrea Larsen | .... | production accountant: San Francisco | |
| Shane Lennox | .... | key location production assistant | |
| Judith Linn | .... | set production assistant: San Francisco | |
| Sandra Louie | .... | location assistant: San Francisco (as Sandy Louie) | |
| Jennifer Lung | .... | key assistant location manager: San Francisco | |
| Christina Ma | .... | adr voice | |
| Erica Maletz | .... | production coordinator | |
| Adam Marcus | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Karen McCullough | .... | first assistant production coordinator | |
| Jonathan Mecenas | .... | office production assistant: San Francisco | |
| Susanne Milka | .... | on-set production assistant (as Susie Milka) | |
| Edie Mirman | .... | adr voice | |
| Stephanie K. Mitchell | .... | assistant: Mr. Besser (as Stephanie Mitchell) | |
| Angela Morrison | .... | chief operating officer: Working Title Films | |
| Don Munro | .... | second assistant production coordinator | |
| Eva Napolean | .... | client services | |
| Gordon Ng | .... | client services | |
| Tammy Nielsen | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Laura Obenaus | .... | assistant: Mr. London, Vancouver | |
| Cy Peck | .... | on-set production assistant | |
| Gracle Poletti | .... | adr voice (as Gracie Moore Poletti) | |
| Joyce Quan | .... | production coordinator: additional San Francisco unit | |
| Mavis Quek | .... | trainee assistant location manager | |
| Matt Riley | .... | stand-in: Matt | |
| Renee Russo | .... | client services | |
| S. Steven Sach | .... | location manager (as Steve Sach) | |
| Baljeet Samra | .... | stand-in: Erica | |
| Steve Sangster | .... | assistant location manager (as Stephen Sangster) | |
| Nina Saxon | .... | title designer: Nina Saxon Film Design | |
| Sheeraz Shah | .... | vice president legal and business affairs: Working Title Films | |
| Mark Simone | .... | production assistant: Los Angeles | |
| Rose Solomon | .... | assistant production coordinator: San Francisco | |
| Gail Stempler | .... | location manager: San Francisco (as Gail Stempler Lake) | |
| David Tamkin | .... | key location production assistant | |
| Janice Tetlock | .... | location scout | |
| Kelly Tindal | .... | assistant chef | |
| Scott Trimble | .... | location assistant: San Francisco | |
| Claudette Wells | .... | adr voice | |
| Ping Wu | .... | adr voice | |
| George Young | .... | production associate: San Francisco | |
| Steve Bannatyne | .... | location assistant (uncredited) | |
| Brian Dettor | .... | set production assistant (uncredited) | |
| Jerrold McKinley Ivery | .... | accounting clerk (uncredited) | |
| Randee Lynne Jensen | .... | creative assistant (uncredited) | |
| Kimie Kimura-Heaney | .... | location assistant (uncredited) | |
| Ian Alexander Martin | .... | photo double: Mr. Dunne (uncredited) | |
| Brittney Nance | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
| Laura Obenaus | .... | clearance (uncredited) | |
| Darren Robertson | .... | playback coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Victor Scalise | .... | title designer (uncredited) | |
| Adam Schardein | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
| Daniel Shepherd | .... | assistant to producers (uncredited) | |
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Michael Lehman's "40 Days and 40 Nights" is a surprisingly funny, smart, edgy romantic comedy with an amazing sweetness to it. This is a feat given some of the graphic dialog, and outrageous sight gags. Credit the star power of Josh Hartnett, the skillful direction of Michael Lehman, and a brisk and "in your face" screenplay by Rob Perez. The movie intends to offend, and we give it permission to do so-- the effect is a fun time at the movies.
Josh Hartnett plays young Dot Commer, Matt, who is suffering since his break up 6 months ago from Nicole (a viciously good Vinessa Shaw). Matt has visions of a Black Hole fissuring from the ceiling whenever he is having sex with women which is very often-- poor guy. Matt confides in his brother, John (Adam Trese), a priest completing his probationary period. John is not the tower of strength and inspiration that Matt is looking for. Then by design, divine intervention, or sheer insanity, Matt chooses abstinence for 40 days and nights until Lent. And this is extreme-- no fondling and... no masturbation. No one believes Matt will last 40 days, much less a week. Among the faithless is Matt's roommate, Ryan (Paulo Costanzo), who betrays Matt confidence and tells his co-workers at Matt's Internet company. They start a pool on a website predicting Matt's demise. In the meantime, Matt pursues a relationship with a great girl, Erica (a beautiful Shannyn Sossamon), who he met at the local laundromat. Also by design it just happens that Erica has a history of dating weirdos, and she works for Cyber Nanny, a company that safeguards against porn-sites. Matt also finds out that Nicole is back from Europe and now engaged, and she will not let him forget this. What makes the movie special is that Matt really falls in love with Erica without sleeping with her, and that he remains abstinent, because he said so... This is refreshing. Josh Hartnett is great here. His Matt is a good-looking, charming guy who makes an insane choice and lives with it. Hartnett also comes across as empathetic, as a man thrust in an almost impossible situation where everyone is betting on his failure. He has a quiet strength about him, is very funny, and totally believable. Shannyn Sossamon is stunning-- you can see why Matt falls for her. And when she wonders if Matt is gay, this is hilarious. Sossamon's Erica is smart and compassionate with great humanity. Playing a woman wondering why the guy she is attracted to doesn't want to have sex with her is not an easy role... or natural.
The humor in "40 Days" is raw, though enjoy the ride. Afterall it is a romance, managed well by Lehman, Harnett, and Sossamon. And we don't mind being offended as long as it is done smartly with style, and that we are ultimately touched.