Blind Dating (2006)

Director:

James Keach

Writer:

Christopher Theo

Release Date:

26 April 2007 (Malaysia)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Date at your own risk.

Plot:

A blind young man (Pine) thinks he finds love with an Indian woman (Jay), though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.

Plot Keywords:

Surgery | Love | Blind Man | Barbecue | Restoration Of Sight

Cast

Jennifer Alden	...	Jasmine (as Jenny Alden)
Chris Pine	...	Danny
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Larry
Steve Wellington	...	Young Danny (as Steven Wellington)
Anjali Jay	...	Leeza Raja
Jane Seymour	...	Dr. Evans
Austin Rogers	...	Young Larry
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Dr. Perkins
Ashlyn Yates	...	Young Marie
Pooch Hall	...	Jay
Megan Umberger	...	Girl in Park #1
Olivia Garvey	...	Girl in Park #2
Frank Gerrish	...	Angelo
Gabriella Helmstetler	...	Girl in Park #3
Dee Macaluso	...	Lucia
John Keach	...	Boy in Park #1
Katy Mixon	...	Suzie
Kris Keach	...	Boy in Park #2
Iqbal Theba	...	Mr. Raja
Jenni Flynn	...	Kids' Mom
Sathya Jesudasson	...	Mrs. Raja
Susan Dolan	...	Mrs. Luciano
Robert Conder	...	Mr. Luciano (as Bob Conder)
Jayma Mays	...	Mandy
Sean Hammond	...	Dumbass Friend #1
Sendhil Ramamurthy	...	Arvind
Ossie Mair	...	Mr. Bhat
Jake McKenzie	...	Dumbass Friend #2
Zhara Trougi	...	Mrs. Bhat (as Zhara Trouqi)
Ayleah Hansen	...	Teenage Girl #1
Costa Milton	...	Pietro
Melissa Hildebrant	...	Teenage Girl #2
Amelia Praggastis	...	Marie
Tarance Edwards	...	Basketball Guy #1 (as Tarance M. Edwards)
Chad Martineau	...	Basketball Guy #2
Sydney Bargeron	...	Toddler #1
Dhamender Verma	...	Ravi
Uma Mason	...	Aunt Sadie
Harrinder Bachus	...	Granny
Dustin Siler	...	Student
Larry Zeng	...	Suzie's Client
Judith Benezra	...	Heidi
Clarissa Lassig	...	Emma
Frank Avila	...	Body Builder
Katherine Flynn	...	Dolores (as Katie Flynn)
Jodi Russell	...	Mrs. Van
Trenton James	...	Andre
Michael M. Terada	...	Restaurant Patron
Kendall D. Probst	...	Wine Waiter
Alex Austin	...	Mean Man
Joey Miyashima	...	Dr. Sato
James Jamison	...	TV Reporter
Irene Santiago	...	TV Journalist
Dane Stevens	...	Bus Driver (as Duane Stephens)
Jack North	...	Homeless Man
Money Gagandeep	...	Waiter
Bill McIntosh	...	Restaurant patron #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Derrick Dean	...	Cameraman
John Boccia	...	Jonnie (uncredited)
Mattie Brandon	...	Bhat's Sister (uncredited)
Skip Carlson	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Chris Darbro	...	Off-Shift Doctor #1 (uncredited)
Tennay Evans	...	Basketball Player (uncredited)
K. Danor Gerald	...	Basketball Player (uncredited)
Alex Gerrish	...	Baseball Watcher (uncredited)
Charles Halford	...	Basketball Player (uncredited)
Kari Hawker	...	Duty Nurse (uncredited)
Jennifer Klekas	...	Student (uncredited)
Joshua Ligairi	...	Drunk Punk #1 (uncredited)
Jaysha Patel	...	Young Jaysha (uncredited)
William Rowan Jr.	...	Drunk Punk #2 (uncredited)
Ann Hayward Sparks	...	Business Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
James Keach

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Theo

Produced by
Steve Bickel	....	executive producer (as Steven Bickel)
Roger Carey	....	associate producer
Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe	....	line producer
James Keach	....	producer
Joy Mellins	....	producer
Debra Pearl	....	associate producer
Jane Seymour	....	executive producer
David Shanks	....	producer (as Dave Shanks)
Christopher Theo	....	associate producer
Costa Theo	....	producer
Costa John Theo	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Heitor Pereira

Cinematography by
Julio Macat

Film Editing by
Larry Bock

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Sarah Katzman
Kate Plantin
Cate Praggastis

Production Design by
Eric Weiler

Art Direction by
Mark J. Mullins
Linden Snyder

Set Decoration by
Mark J. Mullins

Costume Design by
Cheri Ingle

Makeup Department
Gina Homan	....	makeup department head
Jenna Kilgrow	....	assistant hair stylist
Lora Laing	....	hair department head
Greg T. Moon	....	additional assistant hair stylist
Greg T. Moon	....	additional assistant makeup artist
Stephanie Scott	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Robert Hackl	....	post-production supervisor
Donald Hauer	....	production manager (as Don Hauer)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mitchell Bock	....	second assistant director
Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe	....	first assistant director
Polly Ann Mattson	....	second second assistant director (as Polly Mattson)
Robert Andrew Reeves	....	second second assistant director (as Robert Reeves)

Art Department
Michael Craig Adams	....	carpenter (as Craig Adams)
Jason Brady	....	prop intern
Reuben Kay Clark	....	carpenter
Nicole Eldredge	....	assistant property master
Russell Evans	....	carpenter
Josie Fife	....	key scenic artist
Julie Fife	....	scenic artist
Darrin Fletcher	....	storyboard artist
Libby Gilbert	....	art department coordinator
Jacob A. Jessop	....	set dresser (as Jacob Jessop)
Kalen Keach	....	set dresser
John Malmborg	....	construction coordinator (as John L. Malmborg)
Joel McKee	....	property master
Roger L. Miller	....	carpenter
Matthew Morgan	....	on-set dresser (as Matthew J. Morgan)
Stephen P. Noell	....	leadman
Jonathan Roatcap	....	set dresser
Nate Rockwood	....	art department intern
Nathan Stock	....	set dresser
David Vala	....	scenic artist
Cody Watkins	....	prop intern

Sound Department
Jason Brady	....	sound intern
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
David S. DiPietro	....	foley mixer
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor (as Richard Dwan)
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	supervising dialogue editor
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Steven Fitzmaurice)
Stacey Michaels	....	adr mixer (as Stacy Michaels)
Stacey Michaels	....	foley mixer (as Stacy Michaels)
Lon Miller	....	additional sound editor
Chris Ostler	....	sound recordist
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist (as Tim Pierson)
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders	....	sound designer
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frederick H. Stahly	....	sound editor (as Fred Stahly)
Alexandra Stein	....	sound utility
Jonathon 'Earl' Stein	....	sound mixer
Jordan Stein	....	boom operator
Larry Stensvold	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Vanderhorst	....	sound editor
Noel Vought	....	foley artist
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor (as Kevin A. Zimmerman)
John Peccatiello	....	foley coordinator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Abe Josephsen	....	special effects assistant
Rick Josephsen	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Johnathan Amerikaner	....	mti artist
Adrian Colbert	....	digital imaging
Greg Eldridge	....	iq assistant
Nicholas Hasson	....	iq artist (as Nick Hasson)
Carl Jacobson	....	digital imaging
Peter Koczera	....	senior Inferno artist
Michael D. Most	....	visual effects supervisor (as Mike Most)
Ed Thompson	....	digital imaging
Jorge Zepeda	....	iq assistant
Christopher Wild Rogers	....	digital intermediate post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Chad Camilleri	....	stunt performer
Joe Finnegan	....	stunt performer
Randy Kinyon	....	stunt performer
Bill McIntosh	....	stunt coordinator
Julie Minahan	....	stunt performer
Chris Nielsen	....	stunt performer
Anthony G. Schmidt	....	stunt performer (as Anthony Schmidt)

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Barnes	....	first assistant camera (as Steven Barnes)
Wayne Baxter	....	lamp operator
Jason Fife	....	best boy grip
Julie Fife	....	grip
Sean Flynn	....	camera intern
Bruce Hamme	....	key grip
Richard Hendricks	....	grip
Adrian Herman	....	camera intern
Judd Hillman	....	lamp operator
Gary Johnson	....	second assistant camera
Tracy Keele	....	grip
Fritz Lindbeck	....	lamp operator
Matthew Morgan	....	still photographer (as Matthew J. Morgan)
Don Muirhead	....	Steadicam operator
Don Muirhead	....	camera operator
Ryan Muirhead	....	camera loader
Loren Nebeker	....	video assist operator
K.C. Olsen	....	grip (as KC Olsen)
John Raymer	....	best boy electric (as John G. Raymer)
Alvin Simmons	....	key rigging grip
Alan E. Stoddard	....	lamp operator (as Alan Stoddard)
David Stoddard	....	gaffer (as David W. Stoddard)
Amanda Suchy	....	video assist intern
Craig C. Wallace	....	lamp operator
Jason Walser	....	dolly grip
Thomas D. Watson	....	grip
Kory Mills	....	grip (uncredited)
Kory Mills	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Simon Miya	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Charla Bowersox	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles
Elizabeth Cier	....	casting: Utah

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nancy Cavallaro	....	assistant costume designer
Alyson Hancey	....	set costumer (as Alyson N. Hancey)
Kacie Seamons	....	costume supervisor
Dana R. Woods	....	assistant costume designer (as Dana Woods)
Jacqueline Johnson	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Shawn Broes	....	digital intermediate editorial
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate producer: Modern VideoFilm
Axel Hubert	....	additional editor
Scott Maloney	....	colorist: dailies
Robb Porter	....	post-production coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Randy Starnes	....	colorist: digital intermediate

Music Department
Slamm Andrews	....	music mixer
Slamm Andrews	....	music recordist
Jeffrey Biggers	....	assistant music sound engineer (as Jeff Biggers)
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
John Samuel Hanson	....	assistant to composer
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Barbara McDermott	....	music editor
Daniel Pinder	....	music editor
Michael Raco-Rands	....	assistant to composer
Joe E. Rand	....	music editor
Matthew J. Ward	....	assistant music sound engineer (as Matt Ward)
Bill Pearson	....	score recordist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Mary B. Borg	....	driver (as Mary Borg)
Benjamin Carter	....	driver
Mark Colloton	....	driver
Jeff Fischer	....	driver
Rob 'R.J.' Johnson	....	driver
Andrew Kernan	....	driver
Randy Kinyon	....	transportation coordinator
David Madsen	....	driver
Mark Masters	....	driver
Delynn Maw	....	transportation captain (as Delynn R. Maw)
Kenny Maw	....	driver
Ronald Owens	....	driver (as Ron Owens)

Other crew
Greg W. Anderson	....	stand-in
Hayley Badham	....	additional set production assistant
Marie Brookman	....	first assistant production accountant
Stephen Carroll	....	insurance: AON/Albert G. Ruben Company
Kelsey Daniels	....	accounting production assistant (as Kelsey Landry)
Donna Eliason	....	medical technical advisor
Steven Fayne	....	legal services: US, Akim Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (as Steve Fayne)
Mario G. Flores	....	chef
Jim Foreman	....	studio supervisor: PCH Studio
Terry Gaertner	....	assistant production coordinator
June Hatch	....	production coordinator
David G. Havard	....	insurance: AON/Albert G. Ruben Company (as David Havard)
Ani Heinig	....	location manager
Andrew K. Hodge	....	assistant location manager
Jeff Horne	....	production assistant
Sheena Irving	....	assistant to producers: London
John Jencks	....	key set production assistant
Dixie Jones	....	production accountant
Richard Keith	....	assistant: James Keach
Kathy McMillan	....	teacher
Maria Mellins	....	assistant to producers: London
Derek E. Mellus	....	additional assistant location manager (as Derek Mellus)
Monica Morgan	....	production secretary
Kate Morrison	....	script supervisor
Jebb Muir	....	first helper
Jedd Muir	....	chef
Steven Nevius	....	title designer
Ken Phipps	....	stand-in
Gregory Power	....	craft service
Michael A. Riches	....	medic
Paul F. Ruegner	....	caterer: The Pig Boys Inc. (as Paul Ruegner)
Barry Smith	....	legal services: UK, Richards Butler
Mike Staheli	....	medic (as Michael Staheli)
Tom Sullivan	....	technical advisor
Joanne Valdez	....	stand-in
Aaron Winter	....	set production assistant
Brian Ainsworth	....	additional effects (uncredited)
Joshua S. Ashdown	....	set security (uncredited)
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services (uncredited)
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance (uncredited)

Thanks
Brian Ainsworth	....	special thanks
W. Mel Martins	....	special thanks (as Mel Martins)

Production Companies

• Samuel Goldwyn Films (presents)
• Milcoz Films (as MilCoz Films)
• Catfish Productions (in association with)
• Blind Guy Films (copyright holder)
• Theta Films (as Theta Film Holdings) (copyright holder)

Distributors

• Cinestar (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lizard Cinema Trade (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2006) (Romania) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Company  insurance
• Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld  legal services: US
• Avalon International Film  payroll services (as Avalon International)
• Baker Tilly & Co.  accountant: London
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Craze Agency, The  talent agency and representative
• Ear Candy Post  post-production sound services
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Modern VideoFilm  dailies and digital intermediate services
• NT Audio Services  optical soundtrack negative (as NT Audio)
• PCH Film  post-production editing
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  titles
• Pig Boys, The  catering
• R.C. Baral & Company  post-production accounting
• Rainbow Editorial Services  editing crew
• Redman Movies and Stories  grip and lighting equipment
• Remote Control Productions  music recorded and mixed at
• Richards Butler International Law Firms  legal services: UK (as Richards Butler)
• Take One! Casting  extras casting (as Take One Casting)
• Technicolor  color
• Viv Kim Negative Cutting Service  negative cutting (as Viv Kim Negative Cutting)
• Westwind Media  score mixed and recorded at
• Widget Post Production  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

Runtime:

USA:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Ogden, Utah, USA

Company:

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Danny is giving Larry a gift for being a great brother and friend, Larry comes forward and takes the bag from Danny and gives him a hug. After the hug, the next shot is of Larry taking the bag from Danny again. So, he takes the bag twice.

Quotes:

Sensitive Date:So you're really blind?
Danny:Yes.
Sensitive Date:[sobs uncontrollably]

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

'Disabilities' and Possibilities

The title and cover of this DVD suggest a film that is more fluff than substance. But don't be fooled by these clues. BLIND DATING is a well-written (Christopher Theo), well-directed (James Keach - brother of Stacy Keach and husband of Jane Seymour) story about the coping of the visually impaired, the quirks of Italian and Indian families, brotherhood, and the gamut of finding the right partner in a world of essential blind dating! One of the reasons the movie works so well is the ability of actor Chris Pine to make us believe he is blind and convey the positive manner in which people with impairments 'view' those around them.

Danny (Chris Pine) was born prematurely and as a result is blind, and as he grows toward age 21 he feels he is unattractive to women. His family is warm, loving and Italian and supportive - especially his brother Larry (Eddie Kaye Thomas) who runs a Limo service and is constantly trying to find Danny his first physical encounter, be that with hookers, girls from the office or neighborhood, or just referrals - each of whom is a disaster when it comes to dealing with a date who is blind! Danny discovers an operation that implants a camera-like contraption in his brain that will allow him the possibility to see again, even if the images are simply black and white and indistinct. In the office of ophthalmologist Dr. Perkins (Stephen Tobolowsky) is a young girl Leeza (Anjali Ray) who is Indian and whose parents have arranged a wedding with a man she does not love. And yes, in time Danny and Leeza are attracted to each other in what appears to be a doomed relationship - for family reasons. Danny has his operation and is able to see some images, but the implant fails and Danny once again is without sight - but far from being without hope, as both his and Leeza's families undergo changes of heart.

There is a sense of love that emanates from the screen, due in part to the script, the direction, and to the acting. Chris Pine is exceptionally fine in a challenging role, finding the balance between courage, comedy, and tenderness that make his character believable and lovable, and never once making a move that breaks his image as a sightless person. The entire cast is fine, including a hilarious Jane Seymour as Dr. Evans, Chris' therapist with a penchant for disrobing in front of her sightless patient! But the aspect of the film that sets it apart from many is the presentation of everyday type prejudices that can be every bit as hampering as a physical impairments! This is a warmhearted, very human comedy with many messages. Grady Harp