Date Movie (2006)

Director:

Aaron Seltzer
(more)

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

17 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Everyone wants a happy ending.

Plot:

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.

Plot Keywords:

Overweight | Greek | Spoof | Wedding Planner | Falling From Height

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Alyson Hannigan	...	Julia Jones
Adam Campbell	...	Grant Funkyerdoder
Sophie Monk	...	Andy
Eddie Griffin	...	Frank Jones
Meera Simhan	...	Linda Jones
Fred Willard	...	Bernie Funkyerdoder
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Roz Funkyerdoder
Marie Matiko	...	Betty
Judah Friedlander	...	Nicky
Carmen Electra	...	Anne
Tony Cox	...	Hitch
Mauricio Sanchez	...	Eduardo / Housekeeper
Beverly Polcyn	...	Old Cat Woman
Valery M. Ortiz	...	Jell-O (as Valery Ortiz)
Charlie Dell	...	Justice of the Peace (as Charles Dell)
Dana Seltzer	...	Wedding Planner / Receptionist
Tom Lenk	...	Frodo
Scott Bridges	...	Sam
Tom Fitzpatrick	...	Gandalf
Susse Budde	...	Jewelry Store Clerk
Josh Meyers	...	Napoleon Dynamite / Owen Wilson - Look-Alike
Nadia Dina Ariqat	...	Britney Spears Look-A-Like
Nick Steele	...	Kevin Federline Look-A-Like
Edward Moss	...	Michael Jackson - Look-Alike
Jasen Salvatore	...	Ben Stiller - Look-Alike
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Slut Twin
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Slut Twin
Lil' Jon	...	Himself (as Lil Jon)
Michael F. Brooks	...	Gay Man Dancer
Worthie Meacham	...	Gay Man Dancer
Nancy Anderson	...	Milkshake Dance Double - Julia
Allison Kyler	...	Krumpin Dance Double - Julia
Anthony Natale	...	Deaf Man
Andrea Ferrell	...	Deaf Woman
Chris Harrison	...	TV Bachelor Host
Nina Avetisova	...	Bachelorette
Brittany Buckner	...	Bachelorette
Michelle Lang	...	Bachelorette (as Michell Misty Lang)
Connor Lewis	...	Little Jack
Joni Avery	...	Mom in Alley
Mark Chadwick	...	Chef
Jeff Danoff	...	Drunkard
Jinxers	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gian Franco Tordi	...	Native King Kong (as Gianfranco Tordi)
Matt Austin	...	Fireman (uncredited)
Helena Barrett	...	Bachelorette (uncredited)
Aldo Gonzalez	...	Body Shop Employee (uncredited)
Priscilla Leona Horne	...	Milkshake Dance Double - Julia (uncredited)
Cohl Kenneth Klop	...	Little boy (voice) (uncredited)
Mindie McCullum	...	Sales Girl (uncredited)
Sonia Rockwell	...	Sales Girl (uncredited)
Laurence Todd Rosenthal	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Vanessa Vander Pluym	...	Bachelorette (uncredited)

Directed by
Aaron Seltzer
Jason Friedberg		(co-director) (uncredited)

Writing credits (WGA)
Jason Friedberg		(written by) &
Aaron Seltzer		(written by)

Produced by
Dawn Carter	....	producer liaison
Jason Friedberg	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer
Jack L. Murray	....	co-producer (as Jack Murray)
Paul Schiff	....	producer

Original Music by
David Kitay

Cinematography by
Shawn Maurer

Film Editing by
Paul Hirsch

Casting by
Amanda Harding
Amanda Koblin

Production Design by
William A. Elliott

Art Direction by
Daniel A. Lomino

Set Decoration by
Teresa Visinare

Costume Design by
Alix Friedberg

Makeup Department
Rebecca Alling	....	key makeup artist
Suzan Bagdadi	....	hair stylist: second unit
Valerie Crawford	....	hair technician
Iraina Crenshaw	....	hair stylist: Mr. Griffin
Roxy D'Alonzo	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Gabriel De Cunto	....	makeup artist
Dalia Dokter	....	prosthetic application
Romy Fleming	....	hair stylist
Jake Garber	....	makeup artist
Teressa Hill	....	hair department head
Aaron Koons	....	makeup effects lab technician
Eric Lusk	....	prosthetic lab work
Scott McGowan	....	special makeup effects artist
Geneva Nash Morgan	....	makeup artist: Mr. Griffin
Matthew W. Mungle	....	fat makeup creator and applicator
Candace Neal	....	department head hair stylist
Elaina P. Schulman	....	hair stylist
Eddie Vargas	....	prosthetic lab work
Clinton Wayne	....	special makeup effects artist
David Williams	....	makeup artist
Debbie Zoller	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Steve Barnett	....	post-production supervisor
Todd Lewis	....	production supervisor: second half only
Jack L. Murray	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Berke	....	second second assistant director
Greg Guzik	....	second assistant director
Terry Leonard	....	second unit director
Hal Olofsson	....	first assistant director
Michael Phillips	....	additional second assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Antonio Andraus	....	set dresser
Bennett Andrews	....	on-set greensman
Jamie Archer	....	construction coordinator
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	art department coordinator (as Dawn Ascher)
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man
Frank Capiello	....	key greens
Keith Christensen	....	sculptor
Paul A. Cooper	....	on-set painter
Alan Day	....	leadman
Carl Denooyer	....	set dresser
Damon Hight	....	construction foreman
Chad Koch	....	graphic designer
Tim Lehman	....	assistant lead painter
Don Miloyevich	....	property master
Michele Mulkey	....	props
Peter Nesmith	....	greensman
J. Michael O'Brien	....	propmaker
Glenn H. Roberts	....	on-set dresser
Graham Robertson	....	set dresser
Aaron G. Rodriguez	....	gang boss painter
Lori Rozzi	....	props
James Salter	....	painter foreman
Michael Samarzich	....	greensman
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Sondra Thorpe	....	set dresser
James Tripaon	....	propmaker gangboss
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Kirk Wyninegar	....	paint gangboss
Monica Yergo	....	propmaker

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound recordist
Bryan Bowen	....	sound editor
Bob Bowman	....	first assistant sound editor
Tom Fox	....	utility sound
Robert Janiger	....	production sound mixer
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anna MacKenzie	....	supervising sound editor
Jeff Malham	....	re-recording engineer
Paul D. Poduska	....	head sound effects librarian
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Orest Sushko	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects coordinator
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects director (as Mark Byers)
Matt Corrigan	....	special effects technician
Val Crawford	....	hair/fabrication: Creature FX
Tom von Badinski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital compositor
Ozzie Carmona	....	digital compositor
Carin Davis	....	visual effects producer
Alan De Castro	....	digital compositor
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Shih-hao Jason Huang	....	3D Artist: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Kent Johnson	....	visual effects supervisor
Jennifer Lee	....	editorial conform
David Lingenfelser	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Furious FX
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	creative director: Furious FX
Doug Luberts	....	video & data I/O supervisor
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects artist
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Terry Shigemitsu	....	digital effects artist
Mark Shoaf	....	CG supervisor: Furious FX
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
Bill Spradlin	....	lighting technical director
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
Bob Wiatr	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title

Stunts
Keith Adams	....	stunt coordinator
Sam Ayers	....	stunt double: Fred Willard
Helena Barrett	....	stunt double: Alyson Hannigan
Stacey Carino	....	utility stunts
Jared S. Eddo	....	stunt rigger
Jeremy Fry	....	utility stunts
Michael Gaines	....	stunts
J. Armin Garza II	....	stunt driver: ATV
Jermaine Holt	....	motorcycle stunts
Dorian Kingi	....	stunt double
James Logan	....	stunt rigger
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunt double: Eddie Griffin
Tim Mikulecky	....	stunt actor
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunts
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunt double: Sophia Monk
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunts
Nicole Randall	....	stunt double: Carmen Electra
Carl Rice	....	motorcycle stunts
Laurence Todd Rosenthal	....	stunt performer
Crystal Santos	....	stunt double: Meera Simhan
Van Vander Pluym	....	stunts
Ryan Watson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Myles Aronowitz	....	still photographer
William D. Barber	....	camera operator
Ken Bazal	....	second assistant camera
Mike Benson	....	director of photography: second unit (as Michael A. Benson)
Scott R. Boettle	....	assistant camera
Glenn Cannon	....	video assist operator
Gary Dagg	....	key grip
Donovan Davis	....	grip
Keith B. Davis	....	key first assistant camera
Kristen Eccker	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Cale Finot	....	assistant camera
Chris Goe	....	company grip
Bill Greenberg	....	rigging gaffer
Joe Kelly	....	grip
Michael Kennedy	....	electrician
Jeremy Launais	....	gaffer
Greg Lopez	....	lamp operator
Peter McAdams	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Paul A. Rychlec	....	company grip
Aaron Schulte	....	electrician
Tony Schultz	....	loader: second unit
Dennis Skog	....	rigging grip
Tim Speed	....	best boy electric
Joseph D. Urbanczyk	....	camera operator
Anthony Van Dyk	....	set lighting technician
Mike Visencio	....	electrician
Thomas D. Wazney	....	key rigging grip
Jesse Olivares	....	digital video assist operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Dan Gore	....	casting associate
Michael Hothorn	....	casting executive
Taiya Jones	....	casting assistant
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sean Coyle	....	costumes
Alexandra Dewey	....	costumer
Nikoya Gonzalez	....	costumer
Maria Lorenzana	....	costumer
Kelly Mijailovic	....	costume supervisor
Molly O'Haver	....	costumer
Neil Tansey	....	set costumer
Saeyoung Vu	....	costume provider

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Thomas Calderon	....	assistant editor
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Jonathan Schwartz	....	apprentice editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Daniel Birczynski	....	score preparation
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
William Levine	....	orchestrator
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer
Michael Aarvold	....	score engineer assistant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bruce Callahan	....	driver co-captain
Lonnie Craig	....	driver
Rita Lundin	....	transportation
Derek Raser	....	transportation coordinator
Carlos Williams	....	driver
Robert A. Wood	....	driver: production van
Damian Baxter	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Spencer Andrews	....	stand-in: Adam Campbell (as Spencer Jambor)
Andrew Balek	....	production assistant
Daniel Myers Boone	....	payroll accountant (as Dan Boone)
Stacey B. Brashear	....	key assistant location manager
Thom Buckley	....	set production assistant
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan
Kevin A. Canamar	....	supervising set medic
Patrick Chisholm	....	assistant location manager
Curt Clendenin	....	stand-in
Brad Combs	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan (as Michael Bradley Combs)
Faith Conroy	....	script supervisor
Sean Coyle	....	production assistant
David W. Dale	....	assistant: Alyson Hannigan
Amina Allean Dieye	....	clearance coordinator
Gerard Facchini	....	production assistant
Shane T. French	....	production assistant: pre-production
Kurt Greufe	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Haro	....	key location manager
Kimberly A. Harrison	....	assistant: Jennifer Coolidge
Justin Haut	....	assistant production coordinator
Gene Heeter	....	shop foreman
Damon Hight	....	general foreman
Priscilla Leona Horne	....	leg double
Mark A. Kellems	....	assistant: Mr. Murray
Kelly Kiernan	....	production executive
Stephanie Kopelson	....	production assistant
Kym Langlie	....	unit publicist
Rich Lewis	....	production assistant
Harvey Malkin	....	accountant
John Mattingly	....	production assistant
Dave McComb	....	second assistant accountant
Brian McMillan	....	animal supplier
Cheryl Miller	....	production coordinator
Travis Payne	....	choreographer
Eric Persons	....	key assistant location manager
Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson	....	research consultant
Mark Rappaport	....	puppeteer
Renata Rinyu	....	production office assistant
Dwight Roberts	....	mechanical engineer
Robyn Ross	....	assistant: Paul Schiff
Anneke Scott	....	set production assistant
Jerry Shih	....	accounting clerk
Lindsay Simon	....	production assistant (as Lindsay Dwyer)
Dan Smith	....	assistant shop foreman
Wilbert Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Griffin
Kathryn Francis Tucker	....	production assistant
Sasha Veneziano	....	assistant production coordinator
Stacy Walker	....	associate choreographer
H. Lockwood Wasler	....	auditor: construction
Alex 'Shorty' Welch	....	breakdance double (as Shorty Welch)
Kenny Yates	....	assistant: Messrs. Friedberg & Seltzer
Robbie Goldstein	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• New Regency Pictures
• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• Regency Enterprises

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2006) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• My Network TV (2010) (USA) (TV)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5) (first national airing)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title and Art Studio (digital opticals)
• Creature Effects (animatronic Jinxers)
• Forum Visual Effects (visual effects) (as Film Roman/Forum Visual Effects)
• Furious FX (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes: dollies and remote camera systems
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals (as Pacific Title & Art Studio)
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Pivotal Post  HD services
• Reel Security  production security
• Runway  post-production
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Todd-AO Studios  adr recording (as Todd-AO Studios Hollywood)
• Vine Street Studios  sound re-recording (as Todd-AO Vine Street)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language

Runtime:

83 min | 85 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Philippines:R-18 | Malaysia:18PL | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42128) | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Norway:11 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Germany:12 (unrated version) | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

According to the cast commentary, the woman pictured in the ad for the reality show that Julia goes onto is Alyson Hannigan's stunt double.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Right before the rehearsal dinner, when Andy does her cherry stem thing, the carousel slows down. A split second later, in the next shot, it revolves quickly again.

Quotes:

Frank Jones:When I first got married to your mother, we barely knew each other. Could barely even speak the English language.
Julia Jones:But you're from Jersey...
Frank Jones:I'm trying to make a point here.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Nutty Professor (1996)

Soundtrack:

You're the First, the Last, My Everything

Maybe they needed the other 4 Scary Movie writers

This has got to be one of the worst parody movies ever. No, wait - scratch that. This is one of the worst movies ever. There were so few laughs in this supposed comedy. They few chuckles I heard from the audience was a nervous laughter (as in, "I can't believe I wasted my money on this..."). The toilet humor (literally) was simply retarded, and a few jokes almost worked... if they were funny. Pretty much all of the characters were annoying, and most of the parodies themselves were just unfunny. I really don't know what could have been done to save this movie and actually make it funny. The concept was great, and "date movies" are ripe for being made fun of... yet somehow this just wasn't it.