Little Black Book (2004)

Director:

Nick Hurran

Writers (WGA):

Melissa Carter (story)
Melissa Carter (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

6 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Have you ever been tempted to look inside his...

Plot:

A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book.

Plot Keywords:

Associate Producer | Set Up | Little Black Book | Plan | Female Protagonist

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Brittany Murphy	...	Stacy
Holly Hunter	...	Barb
Kathy Bates	...	Kippie Kann
Ron Livingston	...	Derek
Julianne Nicholson	...	Joyce
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Carl
Kevin Sussman	...	Ira
Rashida Jones	...	Dr. Rachel Keyes
Josie Maran	...	Lulu Fritz
Jason Antoon	...	Larry
Sharon Lawrence	...	Mom
Gavin Rossdale	...	Random
Cress Williams	...	Phil
Dave Annable	...	Bean
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Production Assistant
Vivian Bang	...	Katie
Ron Pearson	...	Warm Up Guy
Matthew Frauman	...	Backstage Production Assistant
Katie Murphy	...	Stacy - Age 7
Emma Thaler	...	Emma Greer
Mercedes Mercado	...	Honey Squeeze
Lee Cherry	...	Rapper Taye
Ross Gottstein	...	Sound Guy
Alex Alexander	...	Nurse Kisilevsky (as Alex S. Alexander)
Marjorie Loomis	...	Grandma
Lucy Lee Flippin	...	Daughter
Sara Chase	...	Colleen, Bean's Wife
Stephanie Langhoff	...	Jane
Gary Dubin	...	Father
Dan Benson	...	Phillip
Guy Wilson	...	Sean
Joey Capone	...	Bruce
Shawnacy Patrick Todd	...	Jeremy
Benjamin Caya	...	Gideon
Jason Cowles	...	Noah
Chris Dotson	...	Mudfoot
Trent Gill	...	Dan
Marshall Allman	...	Trotsky
Noah Smith	...	John
Mathew Botuchis	...	Earl (as Mat Botuchis)
Ben Ziff	...	Frank
Zac Cole	...	Brian (as Zach Cole)
Kory Alden	...	Vic
Brendan Bonner	...	Bartender
Nick Vallelonga	...	Tough Guy at Bar
Greg Baker	...	Guy #2 at Bar
Noah Harpster	...	Guy #3 at Bar
Mary Firestone	...	Receptionist (as Mary C. Firestone)
Jon Simanton	...	Midget
Louis Bernstein	...	Neighbor
Norma Lee Resnick	...	Herself
Irene Goldstein	...	Herself
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Waiter
Chad Holland	...	Chef
Natalie Denise Sperl	...	Natalie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeremy Gilbreath	...	Hallway Worker (credit only)
Americus Abesamis	...	Security Ape #1 (uncredited)
Greg Brown	...	Game Show Audience (uncredited)
Alex E. Burns	...	Hockey Fan (uncredited)
Tracy Dali	...	Kippie Kann Guest (uncredited)
Chris Farah	...	Kippie Kann Audience Member (uncredited)
Gary Hoffman	...	Intern Darren (uncredited)
Robin Hunter	...	Bobbi Buchannan (uncredited)
Paul Jacobson	...	WPKV TV Producer (uncredited)
Cameron Lee	...	Kippie Kann Audience Member (uncredited)
Betsy McIntyre	...	Dance with Rapper Taye (uncredited)
Rachel Norris	...	Angry Kippie Kann Fan (uncredited)
Johnny Pacar	...	Jamal (uncredited)
Mahta Sharif	...	Kippie Kann Audience Member (uncredited)
Carly Simon	...	Herself (uncredited)
Scott Summitt	...	Paparazzi Photographer (uncredited)
Steve Teamkin	...	Control Room Producer (uncredited)
James Wlcek	...	Hockey Player (uncredited)

Directed by
Nick Hurran

Writing credits (WGA)
Melissa Carter		(story)
Melissa Carter		(screenplay) and
Elisa Bell		(screenplay)

Produced by
Herb Gains	....	executive producer (as Herbert W. Gains)
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas	....	producer
Rachael Horovitz	....	executive producer
Lauren Kisilevsky	....	associate producer
Craig Perry	....	executive producer
Deborah Schindler	....	producer
William Sherak	....	producer
Jason Shuman	....	producer
Warren Zide	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Theo van de Sande

Film Editing by
John Richards

Casting by
Nancy Nayor

Production Design by
Bob Ziembicki

Art Direction by
Peter Andrus

Set Decoration by
Bob Kensinger

Costume Design by
Susie DeSanto

Makeup Department
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair department head
Jane Cohen	....	makeup artist: Ms. Bates
Judith A. Cory	....	hair stylist: Ms. Bates (as Judith Alexander-Cory)
Cindy Gardner	....	additional makeup artist
Kathrine Gordon	....	hair stylist: Ms. Murphy
Katherine James	....	makeup artist: Ms. Hunter (as Kathrine James)
Deborah Mills-Whitlock	....	key hair stylist (as Deborah J. Mills-Whitlock)
Tricia Sawyer	....	makeup artist: Ms. Murphy
Sherilyn Stetz	....	key makeup artist
Laine Trzinski	....	hair stylist: Ms. Hunter
Emilio Uribe	....	hair stylist
Brad Wilder	....	makeup department head
Sean Flanigan	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Brenda McNally	....	key hair stylist: Boston (uncredited)
Joe Rossi	....	key makeup artist: MA unit (uncredited)

Production Management
Sara Flamm	....	production supervisor
Herb Gains	....	unit production manager
Isabel Henderson	....	post-production supervisor
Pamela Thur	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph Aspromonti	....	assistant director: New York
Paula Case	....	assistant director
Mark S. Constance	....	second assistant director
Jeani Harris-Olivieri	....	second assistant director: additional photography (as Jeani Harris)
Vincent Lascoumes	....	first assistant director
Christophe Le Chanu	....	assistant director
Craig Miller	....	dga trainee
Richard Patrick	....	first assistant director: New York
Glen Trotiner	....	first assistant director

Art Department
George Capetanos	....	assistant property master
Jennifer Engel	....	leadman
Bill Holmquist	....	construction coordinator
Terry Kempf	....	construction general foreman
Janet Kusnick	....	storyboard artist
Thierry Labbe	....	leadman
Julia K. Levine	....	set designer
Dana McCall	....	props assistant
Richard McConnell	....	carpenter
Aaron Newton	....	propmaker
Jeff Ozimek	....	set designer
Lynda Reiss	....	property master
Steve Roll	....	propmaker
Eric Rosenberg	....	graphic artist
Aimee Rousey	....	art department coordinator
Kurt Smith	....	construction coordinator: Boston
Alex Thompson	....	scenic painter
Laura Wichinsky	....	art department assistant
Eduardo H. Esparza	....	locations foreman (uncredited)
Barry Jones	....	paint foreman (uncredited)
Caryn Marcus	....	set dresser buyer (uncredited)
Alex Thompson	....	set painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Bob Beher	....	foley editor
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound effects editor
David A. Cohen	....	dialogue editor
Craig Dollinger	....	utility sound
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Peter Hansen	....	cable person
Peter Hansen	....	second boom operator
Laura R. Harris	....	supervising dialogue editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
David Kudell	....	assistant sound editor
David MacMillan	....	sound mixer
Jeff Malham	....	re-recording engineer
Harrison D. Marsh	....	boom operator
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Joel Reidy	....	boom operator
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
David Stanke	....	first assistant sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Tim Walston	....	sound effects editor
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Williams	....	sound mixer: Boston
Scott Wolf	....	sound effects editor
Tim Kimmel	....	foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert Calvert	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Chris Antonini	....	visual effects production assistant
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Francois Bordez	....	senior modeler
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital compositor
Dylan Cole	....	matte painter: Digital Backlot
Carole Cowley	....	visual effects producer
Tony Diep	....	digital artist
Tommy Dorsett	....	visual effects editor: R!OT Pictures
Travis Dutch	....	scanning and recording
Steven Fagerquist	....	visual effects
Layne Friedman	....	computer graphics supervisor: SPI
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
Zsolt Krajcsik	....	senior technical director: SPI
Nicholas Lund-Ulrich	....	data management
Michele Moen	....	matte painter (as Michelle Moen)
Kenneth Nakada	....	visual effects supervisor: R!OT Pictures
James P. Noon	....	visual effects
Mark Sawicki	....	green screen
Carla Sierra	....	visual effects coordinator
David Taritero	....	visual effects producer
Elaine Essex Thompson	....	visual effects associate producer
Stefano Trivelli	....	lead compositor: R!OT Pictures
Dana Vanhove	....	digital production management
Sean Wilson	....	digital compositor
Xye	....	visual effects
Jeff Zaman	....	digital compositor
Michael Lafuente	....	engineer (uncredited)
Scott Palleiko	....	senior technical director: SPI (uncredited)
Jordan Soles	....	senior production services technician (uncredited)
Carey Villegas	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Mitch Zeitlin	....	video editorial coordinator: SPI (uncredited)

Stunts
Joni Avery	....	stunts
Stefanie Bari	....	stunt driver
Kate Powell	....	stunts
Gregg Smrz	....	stunt coordinator
Meredith Zealy	....	stunts
Cinda-Lin James	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Savas Alatis	....	camera operator
Colin Anderson	....	Steadicam operator
Colin Anderson	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Adam Barth	....	video assist operator
Eric Boyle	....	rigging grip
Michael Cassidy	....	first assistant camera
Michael Cassidy	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Jack Chouchanian	....	key grip
Joe Chouchanian	....	grip
James F. Cornick	....	rigging gaffer
Steven Cueva	....	second assistant camera
Ralph Del Castillo	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Tim Driscoll	....	key grip: Boston
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lamarr Gray	....	rigging best boy
Lee-Anthony Holloway	....	rigging grip
Steele Hunter	....	key rigging grip
Jessica Jennings	....	electrician
Philip Kathrens	....	electrician
Joe Kelly	....	additional best boy grip
Eric Komar	....	dolly grip: "a" camera, Boston
Christopher J. Lama	....	dimmer technician
Christopher J. Lama	....	rigging electrician
Zach Lazar	....	generator operator
David Leite	....	grip
Moshe Levin	....	director of photography: second unit
Patriq Luo	....	electrician
Roger Marbury	....	best boy electric: Boston
Peter Masterson	....	camera operator
Todd McMullen	....	camera operator
Scott Medcalf	....	lamp operator
Matthew Moriarty	....	assistant camera
Jay Nefcy	....	camera operator: video
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial director of photography
Macall B. Polay	....	still photographer: re-shoot
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	rigging assistant chief lighting technician
Chris Shadley	....	video assist operator
Michael Shanman	....	lighting board operator
Don Steinberg	....	first assistant camera
Dean Striepeke	....	video supervisor
J. Wesley Tillman	....	electrician
Michael T. Travers	....	grip
Zoran Veselic	....	first assistant camera
Michael Wahl	....	grip
Frans Wetterings III	....	rigging gaffer
Jerald L. Wilson	....	rigging electrician
Matthew E. Alper	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Tina Kerr	....	extras casting
Stephanie Laffin	....	casting associate
Mia Levinson	....	casting associate
Andrew Morgan	....	casting assistant
Wendy Stubbs	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wayne Allen	....	costumer
Mary Beth Bocchicchio	....	costumer (as Mary Beth Ramsey)
Toby Bronson	....	set costumer
Steve Constancio	....	set costumer
Jamelle Flowers	....	set costumer
Deborah Hall	....	costume supervisor
Ángela Núñez	....	costumer
Margaret Palmer	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Bob Allen	....	first assistant editor
George Chavez	....	co-color timer
David Kaldor	....	assistant editor
Pedro Kos	....	post-production coordinator
Jess Lacher	....	post-production assistant
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Zeborah Tidwell	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Fernand Bos	....	music editor
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Andrew Kaiser	....	score coordinator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
David Klotz	....	assistant music editor
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: camera car
Joey Freitas	....	driver
Robert Martini	....	transportation coordinator
Randy Peters	....	transportation coordinator
Bea S. Rembeczky	....	driver: Nick Hurran
Candace Wells	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Sam Alipour	....	assistant: Mr. Shuman
Chung An	....	assistant: Mr. Hurran
Angela Athayde	....	production assistant
Heath Banks	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Leah Bathe	....	assistant: Ms. Murphy
Amy Brassette	....	adr voice
Ericka Bryce	....	supervising medic
Kerry Carter	....	production assistant: Boston
Sean Carville	....	second assistant accountant
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
John Charles	....	software engineer: Sony DAC
Felix Chen	....	payroll accountant: Boston
Curtis Collins	....	location manager
Jennifer Corey	....	production coordinator
Kelly Cronin	....	second script supervisor
David W. Dale	....	cast assistant: Brittany Murphy
John DeSimone	....	production coordinator: New York
Steven Eddy	....	production secretary
Carey Field	....	additional set production assistant
Victor Franko	....	stand-in (as Frank D'Agostino)
Michael Fuoco	....	production assistant: Boston
Joe Gagnepain	....	location assistant
Joel Goldes	....	dialect coach: Josie Maran
Timothy J. Gorman	....	location assistant
Thomas L. Gunderson	....	head animal trainer
Ed Haas	....	video coordinator
Cheri Hall	....	first assistant accountant
Hutchi Hancock	....	set production assistant
Steve Hoare	....	production coordinator
Emily Hoge	....	production assistant
Nancy Karlin	....	script supervisor
Stephanie Langhoff	....	assistant: Ms. Goldsmith-Thomas
James D. Lee	....	assistant location manager: New York
Janet Lonsdale	....	production accountant: re-shoots
Nicole Luther	....	set production assistant
Joe Macaluso	....	production best boy
Jeff N. Maclean	....	location manager: Boston
Larry Madrid	....	animal trainer
Scott Masterson	....	office production assistant
Rebekah Merrill	....	assistant: Ms. Hunter
Joshua Mertz	....	teleprompter operator
Erik Mygrant	....	production coordinator: Boston
Jean Nakahara	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoots
Molly O'Haver	....	production assistant
Kyle Oliver	....	key assistant location manager
Evan Perazzo	....	location manager: New York
Derek Peterson	....	production assistant
John M. Pisani	....	unit publicist
Luke Poling	....	assistant accountant
Edward Poveda	....	payroll accountant
Kate Powell	....	assistant: Mr. Gains (as Kate M. Powell)
Kathy Rayle	....	assistant production office coordinator
Brandon Reim	....	assistant accountant
Jonathan Roumie	....	location assistant
Brian Salzman	....	assistant: Ms. Schindler
Brandon Schiffman	....	set production assistant
Trish 'The Dish' Stanard	....	set production assistant
Karen Stark	....	location manager: second unit
Allen E. Taylor	....	production accountant
Owen Thomas	....	production assistant
Ryan D. Thompson	....	production assistant
J. Wesley Tillman	....	fixtures technician
Kevin Vargus	....	production assistant
Craig Vegas	....	production assistant
Linda L. Wehbi	....	assistant: Ms. Bates
Helen Alexis Yonov	....	production assistant
David Zimmerman	....	assistant: Mr. Sherak
Terrence B. Zinn	....	set production assistant
Dan Hannon	....	set production assistant: Boston (uncredited)
Christopher Stanley	....	additional voice (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Revolution Studios
• Blue Star Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2004-2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Italia (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar (2005) (Brazil) (DVD) (VHS)
• Fox Network (2008) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Riot (visual effects)
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (special visual effects and animation)
• Howard Anderson Company, The (additional visual effects)
• Custom Film Effects (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Inter Video  24 frame video playback
• Lightworks  edited on
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting New York

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor and language

Runtime:

111 min | Canada:105 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:LH | France:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40118) | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

When Stacy confronts Barb on camera backstage, the monitor above their heads appears to flip the image, but it's not a monitor, it's the back of the projection screen from the main televised image that is the centrepiece of the Kippie Kann Show stage's back wall.

Goofs:

Continuity: Location of straws at lunch.

Quotes:

Stacy:Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Movie Connections:

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

Soundtrack:

Let the River Run

A sci-fi/action/thriller genre fan's review

It is very easy for a film like Little Black Book to be quickly labeled as just another "Chick Flick" starring a 20-something actress that looks pretty. But after actually taking a chance on a genre I usually run away from, I have to say this was a pleasant experience.

Brittany Murphy (Clueless) stars as the journalist-driven career girl taking on an associate producer job at a Oprah-type talk show. One of her fellow producers, played by the very-hot-for-her-age Holly Hunter gives her the usual talk of the business of how things are run. During a ideas meeting with the Executive Producer (played by the hilarious character actor, Stephen Tobolowsky, whom I met last month) the idea is pitched about snooping into a boyfriend's little black book or in this 21st century, a Palm Pilot.

The film manages to avoid the usual chick-flick clichés and gives us a central- character with a back-story and more than one-dimension (take that Mandy Moore). From the great soundtrack by Carly Simon (whom makes a cameo), to the always positive force of Diane Sawyer(?), this movie has heart and a wicked sense of humor when it comes to exposing talk shows for their secrets, lies, and pure entertainment souls.

So, here is a sci-fi/action/thriller genre fan, who will try a little harder to give chick-flicks a little more of the silver screen.

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