All Over the Guy (2001)

Director:

Julie Davis

Writer:

Dan Bucatinsky

Release Date:

7 March 2002 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

4 friends, 2 couples. Twice as much to lie about in the morning.

Plot:

"All Over The Guy" is a contemporary romantic comedy about the quest to find the "one" when "the one"...

Plot Keywords:

Best Friend | Friend | Love | Adultery | Drunkenness

Cast

Dan Bucatinsky	...	Eli Wyckoff
Richard Ruccolo	...	Tom
Sasha Alexander	...	Jackie Samantha Gold
Adam Goldberg	...	Brett Miles Sanford
Andrea Martin	...	Dr. Ellen Wyckoff
Joanna Kerns	...	Lydia
Christina Ricci	...	Rayna Wyckoff
Lisa Kudrow	...	Marie
Doris Roberts	...	Esther
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Abatemarco	...	Dr. David Wyckoff
Julie Claire	...	Lizz
Ben Foreman	...	Young Eli
Sydney Foreman	...	Young Rayna
Chris Gann	...	Stripper (as Christian Gann)
Blaise Garza	...	Young Tom
Michael Harris	...	Gary
Bev Land	...	Mitch
Donnie Land	...	Pizza Guy
Thea Mann	...	Donna
Matthew Poage	...	Bartender
Nicolas Surovy	...	Jim
Nicole Tocantins	...	Rachael
Hrach Titizian	...	AA Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Julie Davis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dan Bucatinsky

Produced by
Caroline Aaron	....	associate producer
Dan Bucatinsky	....	producer
Scott Budnick	....	associate producer
Susan Dietz	....	producer
Donnie Land	....	producer
Susan B. Landau	....	executive producer
Juan A. Mas	....	producer (as Juan Mas)
Don Roos	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Peter Stuart
Andrew Williams

Cinematography by
Goran Pavicevic

Film Editing by
Glenn Garland
Mary Morrisey

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

Production Design by
Fanée Aaron		(as Fanae Aaron)

Costume Design by
Peter Mitchell

Makeup Department
Christina Knapp	....	key makeup artist
Eden Orfanos	....	assistant makeup artist
Eleanor Sabaduquia	....	makeup artist
Brandy Dyan Sharp	....	makeup artist (as Brandy Sharp)

Production Management
Joan Kelley Bierman	....	post-production supervisor
Richard DiPatri	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milos Milicevic	....	first assistant director (as Milos Milocevic)
Cory Naylor	....	second second assistant director
Christopher Sprinkle	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jed Caeser	....	painter
Heather Cantrell	....	lead man
Flint Ellsworth	....	carpenter
Katie Mau	....	property master
Melinda Simon	....	set dresser
Debra Wilbur	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Gary S. Gelfand	....	sound designer (as Gary Gelfand)
Michael Hamm	....	consultant: Dolby (as Mike Hamm)
James B. Howe	....	foley mixer
Lee Howell	....	production sound mixer
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley recordist
Alan Kerr	....	foley artist
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby
Marcus Ricaud	....	boom operator
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
David Scharf	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging: THDX (uncredited)
Erick Schiele	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Amy Bojanowski	....	camera loader
Matthew Cozier	....	still photographer
Nate Foll	....	additional electrician
Anthony Gotta	....	gaffer
Bruce Green	....	Steadicam operator
Brad Heiner	....	key grip
Peter Jensen	....	Steadicam operator
Philip Jordan	....	electrician (as Phillip Jordan)
Alexandra Kravetz	....	second assistant camera
Michael Kvirikadze	....	camera loader
Grg Magidow	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Greg Magidow)
Andrew Medvitz	....	electrician
Dara Norman	....	electrician
Sean Peacock	....	best boy electric
Stephen Raybourn	....	electrician
Joe Torres	....	grip
Max Da-Yung Wang	....	grip
Rick Young	....	best boy grip
John D. Young	....	grip (uncredited)
William Rick Young	....	best boy grip (uncredited)

Animation Department
Olivier D. Benamou	....	computer animator (as Olivier Benamou)

Casting Department
Alyson Silverberg	....	casting associate
Barbara Stordahl	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shawn Barry	....	costume supervisor
Michelle Roth	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Susan Han	....	apprentice editor
Leah Landrey	....	assistant editor
David Lebowitz	....	assistant editor
Mato	....	color timer
Jessica Thurber	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Jeff Rabhan	....	music supervisor
Paul Rabjohns	....	music editor
Nicole Tocantins	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Jim Meech	....	transportation coordinator
Woody Wagner	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Ron Black	....	day security
Marcin Borkowski	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott Budnick	....	assistant: Susan B. Landau
Carlos Castellanos	....	production coordinator
Tanner Crane	....	set production assistant
Amy Roos Flemming	....	assistant: Don Roos (as Amy Roos)
Tricia Goken	....	script supervisor
Angela Kerensky	....	assistant: Susan Dietz
Ivan Kraljevic	....	office production assistant
Lance W. Lanfear	....	additional set production assistant (as Lance Lanfear)
Kojo Lewis	....	location manager
Patty Onagan	....	unit publicist
Matthew Poage	....	web site designer (as Mathew Poage)
Sergio Portella	....	office production assistant
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	attorney
Dan Riley	....	assistant: Irwin M. Rappaport
Steven Saporito	....	legal consultant
Chad Sugerman	....	set production assistant
Caroline Williams	....	assistant: Dan Bucatinsky

Thanks
Robert L. Goodman	....	special thanks

Distributors

• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2001) (Spain) (video)
• Lions Gate Films
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Echo Post  editorial facility
• GOPOGO  technical support
• Good Spot  title design: main titles
• Joyce's Voices  loop group
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Modern VideoFilm  dailies transfer facilities
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Runway  editorial facility
• Stage Two Audio Post Productions  post sound facility
• Title House  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

When Tom and Eli come out of the theater, a poster for The Opposite of Sex (1998) is visible by its entrance. Actors Lisa Kudrow and Christina Ricci starred in that film, Dan Bucatinsky appeared in it, and executive producer Don Roos wrote and directed it.

Goofs:

Continuity: The morning after Eli and Tom's first night together, Eli is covered by a blanket. In the next shot, Eli is wearing knee-length shorts and is not covered by a blanket.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Tom:And the thing about Rhett Butler...
Eli Wyckoff:Yeah?
Tom:He wasn't very fuzzy. Was he?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Soundtrack:

Goodbye To You

Very sympathetic and well-made but...

Very nice, easy-going and consistently charming. And still ,looking back, I find it hard to find that something special to remember from the movie. There is simply not very much to make it stand out from every other `romantic comedy' except the fact that the story is about two men! The performances are nicely turned and Ruccolo is charming in his part, as is Doris Roberts, who ultimately makes the biggest impression even though she is only on-screen for about 15 minutes. For a gay-themed movie, there is quite a large budget at work here (at least it looks that way) and that certainly is a nice change from all the grainy, blown-up indy-movies that is too common when the subject is homosexuality. And it has a script that is witty and sympathetic towards its characters, gay or straight, with some hilarious comedy from Eli's psychologist parents as portrayed by Martin and Abatemarco. But nothing new is on display here. Eli, as portrayed by Dan Bucatinsky, comes over as somewhat annoying, even though he should be the most sympathetic of the two main protagonists, mainly because he is unnatural in his wittisisms and one-liners. These lines are penned by Bucatinsky himself, by the way, and while they often are very funny, sometimes they come over as too contrived. And I couldn't escape a certain feeling of shallowness. The movie constantly touches on an interesting issue or storyline, but chickens out before anything goes too far away from the mainstream (as in the story about Tom's parents and his sister, alcoholism). And the biggest damage is done from the fact that nothing very special happens. The plot must have been written on the back of a stamp because basically Tom meet Eli, walks out of Eli, comes back to Eli and so on. But what am I complaining of? It still is nice to see a movie with gay characters acting as normal people. It is sweet, good-natured and watchable. Just not very memorable.