RV (2006)

Director:

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writer (WGA):

Geoff Rodkey (written by)

Release Date:

28 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

One family. Eight wheels. No brakes.

Plot:

Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they ultimately have to contend with a bizarre community of campers.

Plot Keywords:

Sibling Rivalry | Acronym In Title | Bicycle | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | First Love

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Bob Munro
Cheryl Hines	...	Jamie Munro
Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque	...	Cassie Munro
Josh Hutcherson	...	Carl Munro
Jeff Daniels	...	Travis Gornicke
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Mary Jo Gornicke
Hunter Parrish	...	Earl Gornicke
Chloe Sonnenfeld	...	Moon Gornicke
Alex Ferris	...	Billy Gornicke
Will Arnett	...	Todd Mallory
Tony Hale	...	Frank
Brian Howe	...	Marty
Richard Ian Cox	...	Laird (as Richard Cox)
Erika-Shaye Gair	...	Cassie, age 5
Veronika Sztopa	...	Gretchen
Rob LaBelle	...	Larry Moiphine
Brian Markinson	...	Garry Moiphine
Kirsten Williamson	...	Tammy
Brendan Fletcher	...	Howie
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Joe Joe
Stephen E. Miller	...	Organ Stew Guy
Malcolm Scott	...	Kenny
Deborah DeMille	...	Dump Lady
Chad Krowchuk	...	Scruffy Teenager
Ty Olsson	...	Diablo Pass Officer
Bruce McFee	...	Independence Pass Officer
Rebecca Erwin Spencer	...	Waitress
Giacomo Baessato	...	Hip Hop Wannabe
Justin Chartier	...	Hip Hop Wannabe
Andrew Botz	...	Hip Hop Wannabe
Barry Sonnenfeld	...	Irv

Directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld

Writing credits (WGA)
Geoff Rodkey		(written by)

Produced by
Warren Carr	....	associate producer
Bobby Cohen	....	executive producer
Matthias Deyle	....	producer: IMF
Lucy Fisher	....	producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Dan Maag	....	line producer: IMF
Aslan Nadery	....	executive producer: IMF
Graham Place	....	co-producer
Volker Schauz	....	executive producer: IMF
Philip Schulz-Deyle	....	line producer: IMF
Chris Soldo	....	associate producer
Douglas Wick	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Fred Murphy

Film Editing by
Kevin Tent

Casting by
Sean Cossey
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Michael S. Bolton

Art Direction by
Kelvin Humenny

Set Decoration by
Carol Lavallee

Costume Design by
Mary E. Vogt

Makeup Department
Donna Bis	....	department head hair stylist
Katherine James	....	makeup department head (as Kathrine James Gibson)
Cheri Minns	....	hair stylist: Mr. Williams
Cheri Minns	....	makeup artist: Mr. Williams
Linda Nelson	....	hair stylist: second unit
Joanne Preece	....	makeup artist: second unit

Production Management
Warren Carr	....	production manager
Paul A. Levin	....	post-production supervisor
Drew Locke	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott J. Ateah	....	second unit director
Shelley Cox	....	third assistant director
Steve Eathorne	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jess Maldaner	....	third assistant director: second unit
David Massar	....	first assistant director: second unit
Travis McConnell	....	trainee assistant director
Joanna Moore	....	second assistant director
Kayla Popp	....	second assistant director: second unit
Chris Soldo	....	assistant director

Art Department
Don Anderson	....	assistant property master
Victoria Balharry	....	graphic designer
Dean Barker	....	property master
Michael A. Billings	....	set buyer
Nancy Anna Brown	....	assistant art director
Joelle Ciona	....	set designer
Cathy Cowan	....	assistant art director: Alberta
Jack Crowells	....	daily greens
Coral Dambrauskas	....	greens lead
John Dambrauskas	....	greens coordinator
Kieran Gelfand	....	scenic artist
Frank Haddad	....	head greensman
Craig Henderson	....	construction coordinator
Brad Kaughman	....	scenic painter
Michel Rheault	....	construction buyer
Christopher J.A. Smith	....	set dresser
Milena Zdravkovic	....	conceptual illustrator

Sound Department
Rick Bold	....	boom operator
Joseph Bonn	....	assistant sound editor
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist
Vincent Cirilli	....	ProTools engineer
Michael Dressel	....	foley supervisor
Juno J. Ellis	....	supervising adr editor
Lisa Hannan	....	foley editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist
Bradley Kita	....	sound utility
Peter F. Kurland	....	production sound mixer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul N.J. Ottosson	....	sound designer
Paul N.J. Ottosson	....	supervising sound editor
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Kelly Coe	....	special effects crew
Chris Hatchwell	....	special effects assistant
Tony Lazarowich	....	special effects director
Dale Shippam	....	special effects technician
Attila Vaski	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Andrea Caretta	....	digital artist
Brian Corpus	....	technical operations manager: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Mitchell Ferm	....	visual effects producer
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Tom Lamb	....	digital compositor
Doug Luberts	....	data & video I/O supervisor
Robert Marty	....	visual effects editor
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects artist
Lee Nelson	....	visual effects
James P. Noon	....	visual effects
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
César Romero	....	digital compositor
James D. Tittle	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
Xye	....	visual effects
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Guy Bews	....	stunt performer
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt double
Jim Finkbeiner	....	stunts
Corry Glass	....	stunt double: Cheryl Hines
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt double: Robin Williams
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt driver
Owen Walstrom	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Terry Calhoun	....	best boy electric
Darryl Foulds	....	grip
Stephen Jackson	....	gaffer
Martin Keough	....	unit gaffer
Steve Koster	....	aerial director of photography
Cary Lalonde	....	second assistant camera
Joseph Lederer	....	still photographer
Don McCuaig	....	director of photography: second unit
David McKnight	....	digital video assist operator
Ryan Monro	....	dolly grip
Craig Nix	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Kim Olsen	....	key grip
Sasha Proctor	....	camera trainee
Clint Silzer	....	dolly grip: second unit
Aaron Stewart	....	lamp operator
Aaron Stewart	....	rigging best boy
Alison J. Stewart	....	grip (as Alison Rigby)
Andrew Thom	....	generator operator
Roger Vernon	....	director of photography: second unit
Zoran Veselic	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Landin Walsh	....	rigging lamp operator
Lance White	....	digital video assist operator: second unit
Ian C. Harris	....	generator operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Tony LaHaye	....	extras casting assistant
Alyson Lockwood	....	extras casting
Courtney Sheinin	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Derek J. Baskerville	....	costumer: Mr. Williams
Lanny Campbell	....	costume dyer/breakdown
Mary-Kate Killilea	....	assistant costume designer
Anthea Mallinson	....	costume dyer/breakdown

Editorial Department
Ryan Helsley	....	assistant digital intermediate producer
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
David Marks	....	post-production assistant
Alexis Seymour	....	first assistant editor
Graham Tucker	....	apprentice editor
Lawrence Howard Williams	....	post digital media operator
Thor Roos	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris P. Bacon	....	composer: additional music
Ramiro Belgardt	....	music editor
Thomas S. Drescher	....	music editor
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
James T. Hill	....	score recordist
David Mansfield	....	composer: additional music
Blake Neely	....	composer: additional music
Julia Newmann	....	scoring intern
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Mike Behuniak	....	picture car mechanic
Steve Ellis	....	transportation captain: second unit
Michael Fennimore	....	transportation captain
Red Murphy	....	transportation coordinator
Neil Patten	....	picture car mechanic
Rick Rasmussen	....	picture car coordinator
Dale Tarrant	....	picture car mechanic

Other crew
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Michael Bendner	....	production assistant
Katherine Bennett	....	stand-in
David Benning	....	trainee location manager
Nick Bergstedt	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Julie Black	....	assistant: Mr. Daniels
Andrew Buziak	....	second payroll accountant
Nicole Chartrand	....	production assistant
Donald Colafranceschi	....	production assistant: re-shoot
Shannon Corrie	....	set production assistant
Mary B.R. Couch	....	assistant: Mr. Sonnenfeld
Jim Dunlap	....	assistant accountant
Jennifer Ganton	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoot
Flax Glor	....	publicist
Rob Graham	....	computer playback operator
Patti Henderson	....	script supervisor
Danny Ho	....	playback graphics producer
Tish Johnson	....	production accountant
Colette Jost	....	assistant accountant
Greg Kansky	....	production assistant
Karin Korchinski	....	assistant production coordinator
Flo Krisko	....	animal trainer
Vicky Lambert	....	assistant choreographer
Michael Leder	....	production assistant
Bliss McDonald	....	production coordinator
Rod McDonough	....	glassworks
Kenneth Meisenbacher	....	location scout
Megan Moran	....	assistant: Ms. Fisher
Claudia Morgado Escanilla	....	script supervisor: second unit
Robert Murdoch	....	location manager
Lenore Nemani	....	location scout
Amy Peltonen	....	assistant: Mr. Wick
Joi Perle	....	assistant: Mr. Sonnenfeld
Carol Phiniotis	....	production assistant
John Poliquin	....	production assistant
Susan Ringo	....	consultant: Mr. Sonnenfeld
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
V.W. Scheich	....	assistant: Barry Sonenfeld
Jeremy Smith	....	assistant: Mr. Place
Meghan Snyder	....	assistant: Ms. Fisher
Rebecca Erwin Spencer	....	assistant: Mr. Williams
Patrick Stark	....	extras wrangler
Michael Umble	....	publicist
Courtney Wieden	....	assistant: Mr. Wick
Mike Witherington	....	production assistant
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
John Rakich	....	location scout (uncredited reshoots - Toronto)

Production Companies

• RV Camping Productions Ltd.
• Red Wagon Productions
• IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG
• Intermedia Films
• Relativity Media

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Nina Saxon Film Design  title design
• Orbit Digital  HD services
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• Widget Post Production  ADR recording facility

Also Known As:

RV: Runaway Vacation (Australia) (UK)
Chaoscamper RV, Die (Germany)
Recreational Vehicle (USA) (alternative spelling)
Runaway Vacation (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for crude humor, innuendo and language.

Runtime:

USA:98 min

Country:

UK | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | South Korea:All | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Malaysia:U | UK:PG (original rating) | Sweden:Btl | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-7 | Iceland:L | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

RV Camping Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

A life-long fan of camping, Jeff Daniels has owned an RV for years. According to a Detroit radio interview, his RV driving lessons for the movie were quickly canceled when he arrived on location in his personal recreational vehicle.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bob is talking to Todd on the phone (right after the family finds Bob after he pretended to be sick) the moisture on Bob's shirt changes from shot to shot.

Quotes:

Bob Munro: [after taking a sudden and far swerve to get away from the Gornickes] Where did you learn to drive like that?
Jamie Munro: How do you think I get the kids to school on time?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Alien (1979)

Soundtrack:

Never Ending Song Of Love

Entertaining, Funny Film!

Once again, Robbin Williams doing what he does best. It is refreshing to see Williams getting back to his comedy roots. I was kinda reluctant to see this film after reading some of the other User Comments on IMDb...but knowing that Sonnenfeld directed, and of course, Williams in the lead, I knew I had to take the family to see it, and I'm glad I did. My 12 and 13 year old kids, my Wife and myself laughed from beginning to end. Our family could also relate to the "RV" lifestyle, as we are RV'rs as well, and it is nice to see a movie made that centers around this ever-growing hobby/lifestyle. Either see the movie now, or wait till it releases on DVD, but see it...you won't be disappointed!