Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Director:

Stephen Daldry

Writers:

Eric Roth (screenplay)
Jonathan Safran Foer (novel)

Release Date:

20 January 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Plot Keywords:

Lock | Key | New York City | September 11 2001 | Nine Year Old

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Thomas Schell
Thomas Horn	...	Oskar Schell
Sandra Bullock	...	Linda Schell
Zoe Caldwell	...	Oskar's Grandmother
Dennis Hearn	...	Minister
Paul Klementowicz	...	Homeless Man
Julian Tepper	...	Deli Waiter
Caleb Reynolds	...	Schoolboy
John Goodman	...	Stan the Doorman
Max von Sydow	...	The Renter
Stephen Henderson	...	Walt the Locksmith (as Stephen McKinley Henderson)
Lorna Pruce	...	Locksmith Customer (as Lorna Guity Pruce)
Viola Davis	...	Abby Black
Jeffrey Wright	...	William Black
Hazelle Goodman	...	Hazelle Black
Bernadette Drayton	...	Prayer Group Woman
David Latham	...	Prayer Group Man
Marty Krzywonos	...	Piano Man
Jim Norton	...	Old Mr. Black
Carmen M. Herlihy	...	Denise Black
Ryka Dottavio	...	Maris Black
Chloe Roe	...	Stable Girl
Diane Cheng	...	Fong Black
Gregory Korostishevsky	...	Boris Black
Adrian Martinez	...	Hector Black
Marco Verna	...	E.S. Black
Brandon Jeffers	...	Hamlet
Martin E. Brens	...	Dick Black (as Martin Brens)
Gustavo Brens	...	Richard Black
Brooke Bloom	...	Astrid Black
Rene Ojeda	...	Ramos Black (as René Ojeda)
Madison Arnold	...	Alan Black
Henry Morales-Ballet	...	Deli Customer #1
Bryse Gregory	...	Deli Customer #2
William Youmans	...	Bartender
Kit Flanagan	...	Cassidy Black
Jenson Smith	...	Aurelia Black
Ray Iannicelli	...	Baz Black
Miguel Jarquin-Moreland	...	B.G. Black
Benjamin McCracken	...	Benjamin Black
Malachi Weir	...	Malachi Black
John Joseph Gallagher	...	Harlan Black
Sam K. Kaufman	...	Minch (as Sam Kaufman)
Stephen Kunken	...	Teacher
Kim Rideout	...	Business Woman
Chloe Elaine Scharf	...	Business Woman's Daughter
Eva Kaminsky	...	Security Guard
Chris Hardwick	...	Estate Sale Organizer (as Christopher Hardwick)
Kate Levy	...	Woman At Estate Sale
Stephanie Kurtzuba	...	Elaine Black
Catherine Curtin	...	Leigh-Anne Black
Lola Pashalinski	...	Mona Black
Clayton James Mackay	...	Boy
Bailey Grey	...	Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Cunningham	...	Actress (uncredited)
Jaiden Kaine	...	Business Man (uncredited)
Mark Morettini	...	John Black (uncredited)
Francesca Murdoch	...	Girl in the Street (uncredited)
Bill Walters	...	Homeless BG (uncredited)
Steven Weisz	...	Office Worker (uncredited)
Simon H. Williams	...	Friend in Central Park (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Daldry

Writing credits
Eric Roth		(screenplay)
Jonathan Safran Foer		(novel)

Produced by
Eli Bush	....	co-producer
Celia D. Costas	....	executive producer (as Celia Costas)
Tarik Karam	....	co-producer
Mark Roybal	....	executive producer
Scott Rudin	....	producer
Nora Skinner	....	executive producer
Marieke Spencer	....	associate producer
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Chris Menges		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Claire Simpson

Casting by
Ellen Lewis
Mele Nagler

Production Design by
K.K. Barrett

Art Direction by
Peter Rogness

Set Decoration by
George DeTitta Jr.

Costume Design by
Ann Roth

Makeup Department
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
Chris Clark	....	key hair stylist
Marjorie Durand	....	key makeup artist (as Margie Durand)
Louise McCarthy	....	makeup department head
Jerry Popolis	....	hair department head
Ivana Primorac	....	hair designer
Ivana Primorac	....	makeup designer
Janine Rath	....	hair stylist: Ms. Bullock (as Janine Rath-Thompson)
Pamela S. Westmore	....	makeup artist: Sandra Bullock
Erika Abberton	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Diane Dixon	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Linda Kaufman	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Natasha Ladek	....	wig maker: Sandra Bullock (uncredited)
Joanna McCarthy	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Deb Dyer	....	unit production manager
Claire Kirk	....	production supervisor: second unit
Jennifer Lane	....	post-production supervisor
Kate McCaslin	....	production supervisor: second unit
Kelley Smith-Wait	....	executive in charge of production
Afnahn Khan	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott Bowers	....	second assistant director: second unit
Catherine Feeny	....	second assistant director: second unit
Catherine Feeny	....	second second assistant director
Tarik Karam	....	second unit director
Amy Lauritsen	....	second assistant director
Travis Rehwaldt	....	second second assistant director
Jamie Sheridan	....	first assistant director: second unit (as James E. Sheridan)
Richard Styles	....	first assistant director
Christopher Swartout	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Derrick Alford	....	construction coordinator
Tommy Allen	....	property master
I. Javier Ameijeiras	....	assistant art director
I. Javier Ameijeiras	....	illustrator
Michael Auszura	....	assistant art director
Kevin Brink	....	set dresser
Lauren Buckley	....	art department coordinator
Dan DeTitta	....	set dresser (as Daniel C. DeTitta)
Gerald DeTitta	....	leadman (as Gerald A. DeTitta)
Lauren DeTitta	....	assistant set decorator
Nicholas DeTitta	....	on-set dresser
Christopher Doogan	....	scenic foreman
Ann Edgeworth	....	assistant property master (as Ann L. Edgeworth)
Adam Goodnoff-Cernese	....	on-set dresser
Jay Hendrickx	....	charge scenic
James Hoff	....	stand-by scenic (as H. James Hoff)
Gay Howard	....	art department coordinator: set decoration department (as G.A. Howard)
Timothy Joliat	....	set dresser
Derrick Kardos	....	graphic artist
Erika S. Katz	....	set dresser
Clifford Klatt	....	set dresser (as Cliff Klatt)
Hugh Landwehr	....	assistant art director
Joanna Leavens	....	art department assistant
Emma Lundberg	....	staff assistant (as Emma L.P. Lundberg)
Richard Nelson	....	set dresser (as Rick Nelson)
Sean O'Connell	....	set dresser
Jaime Reyes	....	scenic shopman
Brien Sauchelli	....	construction grip
Jolie Scherberger	....	set dresser (as Johanna Ruhe)
Joel Weaver	....	assistant property master
Wendy Brown	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Mary Citarella	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Jeffrey Czaja	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Miguel De Jesus	....	industrial shop person (uncredited)
Paul George Divone	....	key shop craftsman (uncredited)
Michael T. Galvin	....	set dressing foreman (uncredited)
Judy Gurr	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Samantha Higgins	....	set dresser (uncredited)
George Kousoulides	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Todd Lichtenstein	....	shop electric (uncredited)
Todd MacNicholl	....	key construction grip (uncredited)
John Mazzoni	....	best boy construction grip (uncredited)
Susan Pitocchi	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Bobby Roelofs	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Katherine Rondeau	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Dylan Sheridan	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ioannis Zaptis	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Chris Zizzo	....	key shop electric (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Barosky	....	sound mixer: second unit
Krissopher Chevannes	....	sound mix technician
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Robert Fernandez	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Roberto Fernandez)
David Flynch	....	foley editor (as Dave B. Flynch)
Brian Gallagher	....	adr mixer
Dror Gescheit	....	sound mix technician
Heather Gross	....	sound effects editor
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
Gregg Landaker	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
George Lara	....	foley mixer
Blake Leyh	....	supervising sound editor
Skip Lievsay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Skip Lievsay	....	supervising sound editor
Tony Martinez	....	adr editor
Danny Michael	....	sound mixer
Igor Nikolic	....	first assistant sound editor
Jason Oliver	....	adr mixer
Eliza Paley	....	supervising dialogue editor
Michael Rivera	....	adr mixer
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Kira Smith	....	boom operator
Julian Townsend	....	cable (as Julian L. Townsend)
Paul Urmson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lawrence Zipf	....	assistant sound editor (as Larry Zipf)
Dann Fink	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)
Daniel McIntosh	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Linda Murphy	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Bruce Pross	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)
Larry Provost	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Peter Schneider	....	additional production sound mixer (uncredited)
Paul Tirone	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Angie Yesson	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Mark Hawker	....	special effects: "Falling Man"
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects supervisor (as Steve Kirshoff)
Roy Savoy	....	special effects coordinator (as Roy J. Savoy)
Ken Goodstein	....	special effects (uncredited)
Devin Ladd	....	special effects (uncredited)
John Stifanich	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jeff Allen	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Cynthia Angel	....	visual effects production manager
John Bair	....	visual effects: Phosphene
Renuka Ballal	....	visual effects producer: Phosphene
Vivian Connolly	....	visual effects: Phosphene
Matt Dessero	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Mitchell Ferm	....	visual effects producer
Marci Ichimura	....	visual effects: Phosphene
Tram Le	....	visual effects: Method Studios
Kevin Scott Mack	....	visual effects supervisor (as Kevin Mack)
Vance Miller	....	visual effects: Phosphene
Steve Morris	....	visual effects: Company 3
Jared Pollack	....	visual effects: Company 3
Aaron Raff	....	visual effects: Phosphene
Heather Saunders	....	visual effects: Company 3
Glenn Allen	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital (uncredited)
Matt Anderson	....	visual effects coordinator: Brainstorm Digital (uncredited)
Sean Araki	....	systems engineer (uncredited)
Igor Boshoer	....	pipeline technical director: Method Studios (uncredited)
Cara Buckley	....	head of production: Method Studios NYC (uncredited)
Craig Crawford	....	digital compositor: (uncredited )
Robert Nicholas Dauphinais	....	digital compositor: Method Studios NYC (uncredited)
Eran Dinour	....	visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm Digital (uncredited)
Aleksandar Djordjevic	....	digital compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Richard Friedlander	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital (uncredited)
Wendy Garfinkle	....	visual effects producer: main & end titles (uncredited)
Matthew Hackett	....	previsual animation supervisor: Method NYC (uncredited)
Robert Henry	....	digital compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Yoshiko Hirata	....	flame artist: Company 3 (uncredited)
Tara Marie Jacobson	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Alice Kahn	....	visual effects coordinator: Method Studios (uncredited)
Ryan Leonard	....	digital compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Justin Maynard	....	matchmove (uncredited)
Alejandro Monzon	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Eddie Offermann	....	software (uncredited)
David Piombino	....	digital compositor: Method Studios (uncredited)
Jonathan Podwil	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Eddie Porter	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Kevin Quinlan	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Greg Radcliffe	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	director of visual effects (uncredited)
Adam Schwartz	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Tomoko Shin	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Christina Sidoti	....	previsualization artist (uncredited)
Jesse Spielman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Laszlo L. Ujvari	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Tim Van Horn	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Scott Winston	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Tom Zils	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Scott Burik	....	stunt performer
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunt performer
John Cenatiempo	....	stunt performer
Victor Chan	....	stunt performer
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunt coordinator
Wade Eastwood	....	stunt coordinator
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunt performer
Don Hewitt	....	stunt performer (as Don Hewitt Sr.)
Jason Northgard	....	stunt performer
Thomas Place	....	stunt coordinator
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunt coordinator (as Stephen Pope)
Keith Siglinger	....	stunt performer
Daniel Stevens	....	stunt performer
Jake Swallow	....	stunt performer
Adam Wood	....	stunt performer
Chris Barnes	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Randy Beckman	....	stunt rigging coordinator (uncredited)
Arturo Dickey	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Arturo Dickey	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Daniel Stevens	....	stunt double: Tom Hanks (uncredited)
Jake Swallow	....	stunt double: Tom Hanks (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Maceo Bishop	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Maceo Bishop	....	steadicam operator
Peter Bulavinetz	....	key grip: second unit
Sasha Burdett	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Patrick Capone	....	director of photography: second unit
David M. Carr	....	best boy rigging grip
Elizabeth Casinelli	....	additional loader
Andrew Cavagnet	....	video assist (as Andrew R. Cavagnet)
Alisa M. Colley	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, Budapest (as Alisa Colley)
François Duhamel	....	still photographer
Kevin Flynn	....	rigging key grip (as Kevin W. Flynn)
Casey Ford	....	best boy rigging gaffer
Richie Ford	....	rigging gaffer
Joseph Grimaldi	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Andrew Harris	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Joel Holland	....	key video assist
Matt Howard	....	digital loader
Chris Kilduff	....	best boy grip
John Krause	....	dolly grip
Jody Lee Lipes	....	director of photography: second unit
Abby Levine	....	digital imaging technician
Rob Mabin	....	electrician
Brendon Malone	....	dolly grip
Chris Menges	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Richard Nagle	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Bill O'Leary	....	chief lighting technician (as William O'Leary)
Tom Prate	....	key grip (as Tommy Prate)
K.C. Roballo	....	rigging grip
Gregor Tavenner	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Joseph Trammell	....	24-frame video assist (as Joe Trammell)
Rebecca Venezia	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Robert Vuolo	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Aurelia Winborn	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Aurelia J. Winborn)
Sebastián Almeida	....	remote head technician (uncredited)
Cesar Baptista	....	dolly grip: second unit (uncredited)
Cesar Baptista	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Thomas Calandrillo	....	super techno crane operator (uncredited)
Michael Cambria	....	first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Mariusz Cichon	....	digital imaging technician (uncredited)
Don Cornett	....	phantom camera technician (uncredited)
Eric Dvorsky	....	aerial camera technician (uncredited)
Bob Gambardella	....	electrician (uncredited)
Keith Gordon	....	grip (uncredited)
Elizabeth Hedges	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Ryan Heide	....	digital imaging technician: second unit (uncredited)
Jeremy Knaster	....	electrician (uncredited)
Eric Lichtenstein	....	camera staff assistant (uncredited)
Clint Litton	....	digital imaging technician (uncredited)
Brendan Malone	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Michael J. Maurer	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Kevin Meegan	....	grip (uncredited)
Joe Mellon	....	dolly grip: second unit (uncredited)
Jeff Muhlstock	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Xavier Munoz	....	grip (uncredited)
John Nijhawan	....	grip (uncredited)
Steven R. Paquette	....	grip (uncredited)
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial camera operator (uncredited)
Marialuisa Ramirez	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Stuart Rogers	....	grip (uncredited)
Michael Rudolph	....	electrician (uncredited)
Darren Ryan	....	video assist (uncredited)
Pierson Silver	....	libra head operator (uncredited)
Robert Stevers	....	dimmer board operator (uncredited)
Bob Van Heek	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Daniel Wallenstein	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Matthew Maisto	....	casting assistant
Meghan Rafferty	....	casting associate
Christina Wright	....	casting associate
Veronika Lee Daddona	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Jamie Jacobson	....	child extras casting (uncredited)
Nicah Lowry Nossaman	....	casting assistant (uncredited)
Jennifer Sabel	....	extras casting director (uncredited)
Bruce Winant	....	adr voice casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Megan Asbee	....	set costumer
Jonathan Clay	....	costume production assistant
Lucy Cobbs	....	costume staff assistant
David Davenport	....	costume supervisor
Kevin Draves	....	wardrobe supervisor (as J. Kevin Draves)
Colleen Ehrlich	....	costume administrator
Kortney Lawlor	....	costumer: Mr. Hanks
Fionnuala M. Lynch	....	costumer: Ms. Bullock (as Fionnuala Lynch)
Michelle Matland	....	assistant costume designer
Jonathan Schwartz	....	costume assistant
Martha Smith	....	set costumer (as Martha L. Smith)
Jason Adam V.	....	costumer
Natalie Abreu	....	costume production assistant (uncredited)
Scott T. Coppock	....	ager/dyer (uncredited)
Malik Summers	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Leslie Bautsch	....	post-production coordinator
Brian Boyd	....	colorist
Melinda Garrett	....	post-production coordinator
Victoria Lang	....	first assistant editor
James Lesage	....	apprentice editor (as James LeSage)
Jack Lewars	....	colorist: dailies
Paloma Mele	....	second assistant editor
Nick Monton	....	digital intermediate producer
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jay Rabinowitz	....	additional editor
David A. Smith	....	associate editor
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	colorist
Jay Tilin	....	digital conform editor
Matt Breitenbach	....	assistant conform editor (uncredited)
Marika D. Litz	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)
Daniel Paress	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Chad Schermerhorn	....	digital dailies assistant (uncredited)
Seth Weinman	....	post-production technician: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Jean-Pascal Beintus	....	orchestrator
Nicolas Charron	....	orchestrator
Peter Cobbin	....	music mixer
Peter Cobbin	....	music recordist
Alexandre Desplat	....	conductor
Alexandre Desplat	....	orchestrator
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Joel Iwataki	....	music recordist
Ryan Kelly	....	pro tools operator
Dominique LeMonnier	....	music producer
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Katherine Gordon Miller	....	music editor (as Katherine Miller)
Lewis Morison	....	music programmer
Sylvain Morizet	....	orchestrator
Eric Pfeifer	....	pro tools operator
Nic Ratner	....	music editor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet	....	musician: piano solo
Kirsty Whalley	....	score editor
Philip James Katrandjian	....	musician (uncredited)
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Tim Starnes	....	additional music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
James Fanning	....	transportation captain
John Hicks	....	transportation co-captain (as John M. Hicks)
Bryan Place	....	transportation coordinator
Frank Beggins	....	driver (uncredited)
Bill Curry Jr.	....	driver (uncredited)
Sean Heilig	....	driver (uncredited)
Tom Heilig	....	driver: cast (uncredited)
Damian Holton	....	driver (uncredited)
Bernie Martin	....	driver: cast (uncredited)
Michael Murphy	....	driver: cast (uncredited)
Edward Paustian	....	driver (uncredited)
Francis Whalen	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Maggie Biggar	....	assistant: Ms. Bullock
David E. Bisson	....	production secretary (as David Bisson)
Catherine Brelet	....	assistant: Mr.von Sydow (as Catherine von Sydow)
Steven Cardwell	....	executive assistant: Mr. Rudin
Jacquelyn Carr	....	studio production team
Marlo Carroll	....	production staff assistant
Janelle Coleman	....	additional production assistant
William Conacher	....	dialogue supervisor
Rachel Connors	....	script supervisor: second unit
Theo Cusick	....	production staff assistant: second unit
Kyle Davis	....	production staff assistant
Sam Day	....	office staff assistant
Allison Diamond	....	assistant: Mr. Hanks
Kat Donahue	....	assistant location manager
Bryant Donohue	....	production staff assistant: second unit
Jen Dougherty	....	assistant accountant (as Jennifer Dougherty)
Steve Faughnan	....	location administrator
Kathleen Fellegara	....	set medic (as Kathy Fellegara)
Rich Fellegara	....	set medic
Joe Guest	....	location manager (as Joe C. Guest)
Paul Hamill	....	facilities manager
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Joyce Heftel	....	script supervisor: pre-timing
Jessica Held	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Charles Howard II	....	production assistant
Lamont Jackson	....	security
Samson Jacobson	....	office staff assistant
Spencer Jezewski	....	production staff assistant
Matthew Kania	....	assistant location manager
Louis Katz	....	production physician (as Dr. Louis Katz)
Sherry Kecskes	....	assistant accountant
David Kennedy	....	executive assistant
Gayoung Kim	....	assistant accountant
Alex Libby	....	assistant: Mr. Daldry (as Alexander Libby)
Ginger Marley	....	production staff assistant
Timothy Martin	....	production staff assistant
Ellen Martinez	....	production staff assistant
Kate McCaslin	....	assistant: Ms. Costas
Peter McManus	....	production accountant
B.T. McNicholl	....	assistant: child acting
Joshua Mehr	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Mike Miller	....	security
Sara Neuffer	....	production staff assistant: second unit
Elizabeth Neveu	....	production staff assistant
Leda Nornang	....	production office coordinator
Victoria Northridge	....	teacher
Nick Notte	....	production staff assistant: second unit (as Nicholas Notte)
Timothy O'Malley	....	assistant accountant
Rachel Parriot	....	production staff assistant: second unit (as Rachel L. Parriott)
Jim Pellegrinelli	....	assistant production office coordinator
Abdul Rashid	....	security
Bill Richards	....	helicopter pilot (as William Richards)
Dan Sarrow	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Delaney Schenker	....	production assistant
Kelsey Schuyler	....	assistant post-production accountant
Scott Sullens	....	travel coordinator (as R. Scott Sullens)
Lygia Day Szelwach	....	teacher (as Lygia Szelwach)
Laura Taylor	....	assistant accountant
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	script supervisor
Mike Trainor	....	additional office assistant
Mike Trainor	....	location assistant
Cedric Brelet von Sydow	....	documentarian (as Cedric von Sydow)
Lisa Wiggins	....	assistant accountant
Constance Pierce Winters	....	production staff assistant (as Connie Pierce-Winters)
Louis Zuppardi	....	location manager: second unit
Jason Acevedo	....	craft service (uncredited)
Fajer Al-Kaisi	....	adr actor (uncredited)
Mara Alcaly	....	location scout (uncredited)
Malcolm Alston	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Giuseppe Ardizzone	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Arusha Baker	....	set production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Clayton Beisner	....	production staff (uncredited)
Clayton Beisner	....	stage manager (uncredited)
Adam Bennett	....	studio teacher (uncredited)
Jason Berg	....	post production assistant (uncredited)
Laura Lynn Berrios	....	hand double for sandra bullock (uncredited)
Susan Bliss	....	post script services (uncredited)
Nina Boesch	....	interaction designer (uncredited)
George Brassey	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nathan Buffaloe	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Victoria Carter	....	location scout (uncredited)
Yara Caubet	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Andrew Cesana	....	script supervisor second unit (uncredited)
Giovanni Clark	....	production assistant (uncredited)
J. John Corbett	....	title designer: main & end titles: Gravity (uncredited)
George Daratany	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Jesse Davidson	....	location scout (uncredited)
Jon Donahue	....	stand-in: Mr. Hanks (uncredited)
Pete Donohue	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nicole Evranian	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Stephen Feder	....	production staff (uncredited)
Ed Gately	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Andrea Greer	....	second unit script supervisor (uncredited)
Ryan Robert Howard	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Jodi Innerfield	....	office production assistant: prep (uncredited)
Ben Katz	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Erin Kennedy	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Andrew Sung Min Kim	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tony Kost	....	stand-in: John Goodman (uncredited)
Christopher LeStrange	....	location scout (uncredited)
Brendan C. Lynch	....	staff production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Liz Magee	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Francesco Marchione	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Peter Marschark	....	craft service (uncredited)
Kenton McKinley	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
James McKnight	....	stand-in: Jeffrey Wright (uncredited)
Lauren Mizenko	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Steven M. Morales	....	epk production manager (uncredited)
Jesse Newman	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Robert Noonan	....	location scout (uncredited)
Eric Papa	....	location scout (uncredited)
Michael Perilstein	....	adr actor (uncredited)
Phuong-Thuy Pham	....	location scout (uncredited)
Jonathan Podwil	....	paintings by (uncredited)
Darryl Prevost	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mike Reiersen	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Julian Ruhe	....	location scout (uncredited)
Joe Russo	....	epk producer (uncredited)
Mindy Silberman	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Marcus Slabine	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Scott Sousa	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Christian Vogeler	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Zach Warsavage	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Peter Weireter	....	security (uncredited)
Sally Winters	....	adr actor (uncredited)
Rufus Wyer	....	location scout (uncredited)
Ernie Zahn	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• Scott Rudin Productions
• Warner Bros.

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (theatrical) (limited)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Brothers (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (as Warner Home Video Germany)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (as Warner Home Video Germany)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Phosphene (visual effects)
• Method Studios (visual effects)
• Company 3 NY (visual effects)
• Brainstorm Digital

Other Companies

• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Arri Alexa  camera systems (as AlexaArri)
• Arri CSC  grip and lighting equipment
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Codex Digital  digital recording equipment
• Colorfront  digital dailies equipment by
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Gotham Sound and Communications  walkies provided by (as Gotham Sound)
• Grant Wilfley Casting  background casting: New York
• Gravity  titles
• J&P Craft  craft service
• Off the Shelf  catering
• POP Sound  ADR recording
• Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
• Sixteen19  post production services
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• WaterTower Music  score album

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images, and language

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #47084) | Malaysia:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:12A | Japan:G | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Sweden:11 | Singapore:PG13 | Germany:12 | UK:12A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:10 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The original cinematographer was Harris Savides who had to withdraw days before shooting began due to an illness. Chris Menges replaced him.

Goofs:

Factual errors: After Oskar runs away from the Blacks in the office building he runs into the subway. He boards the number 2 train where there are multicolored seats. The 2 train did not have this pattern of seats then.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Oskar Schell:There are more people alive now than have died in all of human history, but the number of dead people is increasing. One day, there isn't going to be any room to bury anyone anymore. So, what about skyscrapers for dead people, that are built down. They could be underneath the skyscrapers for living people, that are built up. We could bury people 100 floors down. And a whole dead world could be underneath the living one.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.23" (2011)

Soundtrack:

If You Know The Lord Is Keeping You

Although so full of raw emotion, it's hard to feel it

Grief is a process. Psychology books and personal experience will tell you that. Perhaps not all of us experience someone being ripped from our lives in an instant, but the process is always the same. Why then, is it so challenging to watch 9-year-old Oskar (Thomas Horn), whose father (Tom Hanks) dies in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, endure this all-too-familiar pain? It should be moving to see a young albeit peculiar child come to terms with this in his own way.

"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" attempts to play powerful cinematic music with extremely sensitive strings. The story is steeped in trauma and mourning, so the obvious danger would likely be creating a film that's too heavy or suffocating, but this story has moments of quirk, sincerity and even adventure. The trouble is that not until the end does the film ever let go of what Oskar calls "the Worst Day"—his code for 9/11. It haunts the entire movie, and while that can certainly be justified, it throws us out of sync with the characters, who all seem to experience the fiercest of emotions when we aren't ready for them.

The biggest problem is Oskar. It has nothing to do with the young Horn's performance, but everything to do with how Oscar winner Eric Roth was forced to adapt him for the screen. I have not read Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, but my guess is given the abundant use of narration in the movie, Oskar tells the story in the first person. Considering we are forced to follow and identify with a 9-year-old with Asperger's and probably some form of autism, understanding and relating to this character is crucial, yet maddeningly difficult.

Understandably through no fault of his own, Oskar treats his mother (Sandra Bullock) poorly, swears at his apartment building doorman (John Goodman), throws temper tantrums, lies and despite his curiosity and adventurous spirit, uses deduction in place of logic. He's a nightmare of a main character, and his constant relapses as the film flashes back to 9/11 butt in every time you start to warm up to him.

Director Stephen Daldry has experience working with troubled boys ("Billy Elliot"), but he doesn't appear to do enough to help us sympathize, which could be the result of roadblocks in the script. Given that Oskar holds secrets even from the audience until close to the end, most of which deal with revisiting 9/11, it's hard to feel bad for him. He's just a strange kid afraid to move on, which isn't exactly revelatory.

Oskar's pursuit of finding what a mysterious key found in his father's closet belongs to is supposed to be the start of an adventure, but one that never really blossoms. The closest it ever gets is the 30 minutes in which Oskar befriends The Renter (Max von Sydow), an old man choosing to be mute that lives with Oskar's grandmother in a nearby building. He accompanies Oskar on his journey and challenges him to overcome his fears, and makes for an interesting compliment to the ever-gabbing child. If you had to nominate "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" for an Academy Award, it would be for von Sydow, so in that sense perhaps he deserves recognition.

All the colorful characters you would expect Oskar to meet as he tries to find every single person with the last name Black living in New York City exist in voice-over snippets. From a quick outside glance, the story would likely be about a child going on an adventure expecting to find a meaningful answer and learning that the journey was the entire point, but it somehow ends up way more convoluted.

"Extremely Loud's" Best Picture nomination is extremely unwarranted. Despite the talent on and behind the camera, the product as a whole is messy and most importantly, unable to connect emotionally with its audience. Certainly some people will connect with a moment or two and really appreciate the film's emotional fearlessness, but anyone versed in Oscar- caliber drama knows this doesn't fit the bill despite all the venerated talent that put this movie on Oscar radars everywhere when it first came together.

Maybe it's that abundant talent that makes the film's shortcomings all the more difficult to bear, but the more you think about it, the more you realize this kind of a perspective on September 11 — from the eyes of such a challenging protagonist — probably doomed it from the start. The craftsmanship, the acting and some of the raw moments in the story make the film nothing to scoff at, but the impact of it all, which is the heart of this kind of drama, doesn't come across as it should.

~Steven C

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