"Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" (2004) TV series 2004-2006

Writer:

Gary Auerbach (developer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

28 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

MTV follows eight teens living in Laguna Beach nearing the end of high school and beginning the next chapter of their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Teen | High School | College | Student | Surfing

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Kristin Cavallari	...	Herself (28 episodes, 2004-2005)
Talan Torriero	...	Himself (27 episodes, 2004-2005)
Stephen Colletti	...	Himself (27 episodes, 2004-2005)
Lauren Conrad	...	Herself (26 episodes, 2004-2005)
Alex Murrel	...	Herself (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
Taylor Cole	...	Herself (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jessica Smith	...	Herself (17 episodes, 2005)
Jason Wahler	...	Himself (17 episodes, 2005)
Dieter Schmitz	...	Himself (17 episodes, 2004-2005)
Kyndra Mayo	...	Herself (17 episodes, 2005-2006)
Alex Hooser	...	Herself (17 episodes, 2005)
Casey Reinhardt	...	Herself (17 episodes, 2005)
Cameron Brinkman	...	Himself (16 episodes, 2006)
Raquel Donatelli	...	Herself (16 episodes, 2006)
Lo Bosworth	...	Herself (15 episodes, 2004-2005)
Cedric Channels	...	Himself (15 episodes, 2005)
Christina Schuller	...	Herself (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Morgan Souders	...	Herself (14 episodes, 2005)
Kelan Hurley	...	Himself (14 episodes, 2006)
Alex Atkinson	...	Himself (13 episodes, 2006)
Morgan Olsen	...	Herself (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Trey Phillips	...	Himself (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Chase Johnson	...	Himself (12 episodes, 2006)

Series Directed by
Jason Sands		(21 episodes, 2005-2006)
Hisham Abed		(15 episodes, 2006)
George Plamondon		(11 episodes, 2004)

Series Writing credits
Gary Auerbach		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Kevin Lopez	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mark Scheibal	....	co-producer (33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Rajan Shandil	....	story producer (33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jessica Reynolds	....	talent producer (28 episodes, 2004-2005)
Colin Nash	....	producer (17 episodes, 2005)
Jennifer Dugan	....	line producer (16 episodes, 2006)
Steve Krueger	....	co-executive producer (16 episodes, 2006)
Paul Harrison	....	consulting producer (11 episodes, 2004)
Paulina Williams	....	senior producer (11 episodes, 2005-2006)
Rick Sasson	....	story producer (3 episodes, 2006)
Gary Auerbach	....	development producer / executive producer (unknown episodes)
Craig Borders	....	lead producer (unknown episodes)
Todd Darling	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Tony DiSanto	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Adam DiVello	....	development producer / supervising producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Ford	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Morgan J. Freeman	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Liz Gateley	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Tina Gazzerro	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Caroline Pessoa	....	coordinating producer (unknown episodes)
Wendy Riche	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Jason Sands	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Dave Sirulnick	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Jen Sleeper	....	associate story producer (unknown episodes)
Kathryn Takis	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)
N. Maurice Williams	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Jon Ernst		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Rob Bruce		(33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Hisham Abed		(28 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Film Editing by
Dustin Peterson		(33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Darren Kloomok		(11 episodes, 2004-2006)
Raymond Parra		(10 episodes, 2004)
Tim Sullivan		(10 episodes, 2005)
Ross Guidici		(10 episodes, 2006)
Sandra Montiel		(6 episodes, 2004-2005)
Michael Friedman		(4 episodes, 2006)
Hudie Ayalon		(unknown episodes)
Jeff Bartsch		(unknown episodes)
Jeff Becko		(unknown episodes)
Aaron I. Butler		(unknown episodes)
Jennifer Cardenas		(unknown episodes)
Oren Castro		(unknown episodes)
J. Kathleen Gibson		(unknown episodes)
Susan K. Hoover		(unknown episodes)
Shannon Mitchell		(unknown episodes)
Folmer Wiesinger		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Morgan Fahey		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Michael Figueiredo	....	post-production supervisor (44 episodes, 2004-2006)
Annika Hays	....	post-production manager (33 episodes, 2005-2006)
N. Maurice Williams	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Adam Howell	....	sound mixer / sound editor (44 episodes, 2004-2006)
John A. Willingham	....	consulting sound supervisor (44 episodes, 2004-2006)
Michael Piotrowski	....	sound mixer (11 episodes, 2004)
Scott Solan	....	sound supervisor (11 episodes, 2004)
Kris Bagley	....	sound mixer (4 episodes, 2006)
Jeffrey Adelman	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Tim Coston	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Keith A. Garcia	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Erik Llauger-Meiselman	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Jimmy J. Norris	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Carston Bell	....	aerial camera operator (44 episodes, 2004-2006)
Jason Clayton	....	assistant camera / camera operator (33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Marco Hoffman	....	camera operator (32 episodes, 2005-2006)
Alan Mackulin	....	assistant camera / additional camera operator (21 episodes, 2005-2006)
Ryan Eng	....	first assistant camera (5 episodes, 2006)
Alan Pottasch	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 2005)
Pauline Edwards	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Lewis Fowler	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Tim Harland	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
James Jansen	....	additional cinematographer / camera operator (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Lane	....	additional camera operator (unknown episodes)
Grg Magidow	....	assistant camera / camera operator (unknown episodes)
Samuel McDonough	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Mark Perez	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Mark Petersen	....	director of photography: additional photography (unknown episodes)
Jerrold Ridenour	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Troy Swisher	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
David E. West	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Chris Williams	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Vinnie Potestivo	....	talent executive (11 episodes, 2004)
Jennifer Sleeper	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Sunny Bresin	....	lead assistant editor / assistant editor (43 episodes, 2004-2006)
Jennifer Macfarlane	....	on-line editor (27 episodes, 2004-2006)
Kurt Tuffendsam	....	assistant editor (16 episodes, 2006)
Mark Mullally	....	assistant editor (11 episodes, 2004)
Annika Hays	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Tony Nagatani	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Raymond Parra	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)
Lacey Reilly	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Linda Rzezik	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Randy Starnes	....	colorist (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Jaime Paxton Morey	....	musician (8 episodes, 2004)
Jon Ernst	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)
Brit Sheridan	....	musician (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Hashim Williams	....	production coordinator (33 episodes, 2005-2006)
Hope Wilson	....	field coordinator (17 episodes, 2005)
Nick Clark	....	production assistant (16 episodes, 2006)
Andrea Gruber	....	publicist (16 episodes, 2006)
Maxwell A. Kaufman	....	production coordinator: Field (16 episodes, 2006)
Nicolae Predescu Jr.	....	production management (16 episodes, 2006)
Ralik Rachman	....	dubber (16 episodes, 2006)
Andrea Rehrig	....	talent coordinator (16 episodes, 2006)
Bridget Garcia	....	coordinator (11 episodes, 2004)
April Bennett	....	assistant to executive producer (10 episodes, 2006)
David Burberry	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2006)
Brian Runnels	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Benilda 'Bunny' Capule	....	finance manager (unknown episodes, 2006)
Johnny Andreu	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Julie Auerbach	....	consultant (unknown episodes)
James Belz	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Michael Breiburg	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Holli Bremer	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Laura Burnett	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Brad Cordeiro	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Adam Dobosz	....	field mixer (unknown episodes)
Meghan Dowd	....	script coordinator (unknown episodes)
Steve Ginsburg	....	finance manager (unknown episodes)
Ed Hajarian	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Paul Harrison	....	consultant (unknown episodes)
Peter Hoare	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Steve Krueger	....	consultant (unknown episodes)
Donovan Lovell	....	coordinator (unknown episodes)
Andy Magidow	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Tiffany Maresh	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Anthony Muro	....	tape dubber (unknown episodes)
Sam Nainoa	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jaime Paxton Morey	....	assistant to executive producer / story coordinator / ... (unknown episodes)
Jayna Pellegrino	....	assistant accountant / production assistant / ... (unknown episodes)
Eduardo Penna	....	logger (unknown episodes)
Mat Pruneda	....	story assistant (unknown episodes)
Hanne Robins	....	senior production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Mark Scheibal	....	consultant (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey Schneider	....	business affairs (unknown episodes)
Rajan Shandil	....	story assistant (unknown episodes)
April Tally	....	travel coordinator (unknown episodes)
Kimberly Walters	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Steve Watkins	....	logger (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Go Go Luckey Productions
• MTV Networks

Distributors

• Music Television (MTV) (2004-2006) (USA) (TV)
• Five Life (2006-) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Filmtools  expendables
• Montgomery & Co. Creative  main title design
• West Post Digital  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

"Laguna Beach" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Laguna Beach, California, USA

Company:

Go Go Luckey Productions

Quotes:

Lauren Bosworth:Oh, I see smoke poofs!
Lauren Conrad:You see them?
Lauren Bosworth:Smoke poofs! Does that mean people are blazing?
Lauren Conrad:...Those aren't cigarette poofs.
Lauren Bosworth:Those definitely aren't cigarette poofs...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Dane Cook/James Blunt (#31.7)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Flown

An excellent documentary about the degradation of human society.

Chances are such that no one will read this post given the number of happy reviews that precede mine. Regardless, I would just like to say that, in my honest opinion, this is by far the worst television show I have ever seen. It isn't the production, but the content that sickens me. As if reality television wasn't bad enough, we are given a show where kids bicker over prom and dates and sunshine and farts. What makes matters worse is that thousands/tens of thousands(choose quantity based on current week's ratings) of people actually care. Go out and live your lives instead of watching spoiled kids ruin their own.

I place this show in the same league of "The Andy Milonakis Show." The only positive comment I have is that I now know to stay away from Laguna Beach when I travel south.