Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

Director:

Malcolm D. Lee

Writer (WGA):

Malcolm D. Lee (written by)

Release Date:

8 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Going home is no vacation.

Plot:

A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South. |

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Wager | Talk Show | Talk Show Host | Spanking

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Roscoe Jenkins
James Earl Jones	...	Papa Jenkins
Margaret Avery	...	Mamma Jenkins
Joy Bryant	...	Bianca Kittles
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Clyde Stubb
Nicole Ari Parker	...	Lucinda Allen
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Sheriff Otis Jenkins
Mike Epps	...	Reggie
Mo'Nique	...	Betty
Damani Roberts	...	Jamaal Jenkins
Brooke Lyons	...	Amy
Liz Mikel	...	Ruthie Jenkins
Carol Sutton	...	Ms. Pearl
Deetta West	...	Ms. Addy
Louis C.K.	...	Marty
Brandin Jenkins	...	Junior
Krystal Braud	...	Callie (as Krystal Marea Braud)
Reginald Davis Jr.	...	Young Roscoe
Gus Hoffman	...	Young Clyde
Ara Grigsby	...	Young Betty
Samantha Smith	...	Young Lucinda
Erin Cummings	...	Sally
Affion Crockett	...	Dayquan
Amber Duke	...	Racquel
Angie Fox	...	Flight Attendant
Robin McGee	...	Airline Employee
Taylor Polidore	...	Homely Girl
Werner Richmond	...	Family Pastor
Rich Medina	...	DJ
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ted Ferguson	...	1st Class Airline Passenger
Monyetta Shaw	...	Banquet Dancer with Clyde

Directed by
Malcolm D. Lee

Writing credits (WGA)
Malcolm D. Lee		(written by)

Produced by
Gary Barber	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	executive producer
Timothy M. Bourne	....	executive producer
Charles Castaldi	....	producer
Malcolm D. Lee	....	executive producer
Mary Parent	....	producer
Scott Stuber	....	producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Greg Gardiner

Film Editing by
George Bowers		(co-editor)
Paul Millspaugh		(co-editor)

Casting by
Aisha Coley

Production Design by
William A. Elliott

Art Direction by
Gary Baugh

Set Decoration by
Teresa Visinare

Costume Design by
Danielle Hollowell

Makeup Department
Debra Denson	....	makeup department head
Valerie Gladstone-Hapel	....	assistant hair stylist
DeeDee Kelly	....	star request makeup artist
Krystal Kershaw	....	additional makeup artist
Ebony Star Parson	....	additional makeup artist
Kenneth Walker	....	department head hair stylist

Production Management
Timothy M. Bourne	....	unit production manager
Sean T. Stratton	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Davis	....	second assistant director
Tom Martin	....	additional 2nd assistant director
Sherman Shelton Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Kenneth Brown	....	propmaker
Lisa Akes Crouch	....	greensman
Michael Crowe	....	lead propmaker foreman
Dennis DeWaay	....	construction coordinator
James Diggs	....	lead painter
Warren Drummond	....	storyboard artist
Lindsay Good	....	art department coordinator
L. David Gordon	....	drapery foreman
Mark Hanks	....	set dresser
Shannon Harrelson	....	art department assistant
Ryan Heck	....	assistant art director
Joey Kent	....	set dresser
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Carolyn Lassek	....	assistant property master
Trey Merrill	....	set dresser
Robert Possum Miller	....	propmaker
Eric Orr	....	prop assistant
Erika Rice	....	set dresser
Kelly Anne Ross	....	buyer
Phil Shirey	....	leadman
Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson	....	property master
Pierre Vial	....	additional set dresser
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Michael Wilks	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Bobbi Banks	....	adr supervisor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Greg Crawford	....	adr mixer: Atlanta
Pud Cusack	....	sound mixer
Paul Hackner	....	dialogue editor
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Maguire	....	foley mixer
Bill Meadows	....	sound recordist
Jason Oliver	....	sound recordist
Anthony Ortiz	....	boom operator
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Ross Simpson	....	additional boom operator
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Bernard Weiser	....	adr editor
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor
Aaron Zeller	....	sound utility
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Jack Lynch	....	special effects supervisor
Richard E. Perry	....	effects rigger
Bob Trevino	....	special effects foreman
Jeffery D. Woodrel	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Madhava Reddy	....	digital intermediate
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration

Stunts
Bob Colletti	....	stunts
Dave Pope	....	utility stunts
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunt coordinator
Derrick Simmons	....	stunt double: Cedric the Entertainer
Durk Tyndall	....	utility stunts
John Zimmerman	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Bartolini	....	gaffer
Justin Cooley	....	camera production assistant
Stephen Crowley	....	rigging gaffer
Sean Cruz	....	rigging electrician
Joshua Davis	....	best boy electric
Claire Farrand-Stone	....	second assistant camera
Robert Foster	....	additional camera operator
Tony Jenzano	....	video assist playback
Ty Landry	....	grip
Peter McAdams	....	dolly grip
Jody Miller	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jody Miller	....	steadicam operator
Charlie Nauman	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Bill O'Drobinak	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robert Owen	....	rigging
Myron Parran	....	assistant camera
Robert Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Jacob Ross	....	grip
Jorge Sánchez	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ted Sapp	....	rigging key grip
Randy Stone	....	second assistant camera
Jeff Taylor	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Todd Thompson	....	rigging grip
Eric A. Tuxen	....	camera operator: 24p hd camera
Robert Veliky	....	camera loader
Earl Woods	....	lighting technician

Casting Department
Jay DeFelice	....	key extras casting assistant
Ryan Glorioso	....	extras casting
Natalie Patterson	....	casting assistant
Leslie-Ann Reale	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mitzie Corbin	....	set costumer
Wendy M. Craig	....	costume supervisor
Whitney Kyles	....	assistant costume designer
Lexi Price	....	costume assistant
Susan Thomas	....	costumer
Eulyn Womble	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	digital film colorist
Dax Brooks	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Mike Sowa	....	digital preview timer
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Marty Frasu	....	scoring sound supervisor
Bonnie Greenberg	....	music supervisor
Jim Harrison	....	music editor
Gregory Jamrok	....	orchestrator
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Tony Mandracchia	....	musician
David Marquette	....	scoring crew
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Dona Oxford	....	musician
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Billy Sullivan	....	musician
Fred Vogler	....	scoring mixer
E. Gedney Webb	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	driver: set dress
Adam Fox	....	transportation dispatcher
Charles Landers	....	driver
Fred Teague	....	transportation captain
Chad Wadsworth	....	production van operator

Other crew
Alicia Accardo	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Anise	....	stand-in: Samantha Smith (as Jennifer Spears)
Aaron Askew	....	second assistant accountant
Jenna Avgerenos	....	animal trainer
Barbara Babb	....	set production assistant
Craig Bilsky	....	digital laboratory project manager
Robin Brackeen	....	second assistant accountant
Karen Brady	....	location scout
Brooke Coleman	....	assistant to producer
Zavion M. Davenport	....	accounting clerk
Mandy Diasselliss	....	studio teacher
Robert M. Donaldson	....	assistant location manager
Gino Falla	....	assistant accountant
Chris Silver Finigan	....	production accountant
Jordan Brendan Finnegan	....	assistant: Mr. Castaldi
M. Everette Flynn	....	production secretary
Felisha N. Grice	....	set production assistant
Hodge Grigsby	....	production assistant
Kathleen Kat Holton	....	construction accountant
Heather Holty	....	digital laboratory project manager
Kenyea Johnson	....	production assistant
Kathleen Kat Holton	....	construction accountant
Matthew Keim	....	production assistant
Shauna L. Kroen	....	first accountant
Roxann Langlois	....	travel coordinator
Rachel McDonald	....	set production assistant
John A. Metoyer	....	set production assistant
Terry Milam	....	stand-in: Louis C. K.
Tianna Mockett	....	production assistant
Cindy Penaranda	....	assistant: Malcolm D. Lee
Greg Pittman	....	animal coordinator
Katherine Pittman	....	head animal trainer
Breon Pugh	....	stand-in
Arian Reed	....	unit publicist
Amber Tassin	....	production assistant
Amy H. Tung	....	assistant production coordinator
Gregor Wilson	....	production supervisor
Caleb Womble	....	production coordinator
Anthony Yuse	....	set production assistant
Holden Zapple	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• IFP MSB
• Spyglass Entertainment
• Stuber/Parent
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Studios

Other Companies

• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Danetracks  sound design and editorial
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Klass Entertainment  product placement
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Performing Animal Troupe  trained animals
• Wildfire Studios  ADR recording facility

Also Known As:

The Better Man (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some drug references.

Runtime:

USA:114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44018) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Centenary College - 2911 Centenary Boulevard, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

IFP MSB

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-02-09)" (2008)

Going home is no vacation.

A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

By the end of this movie's trailer, you would've thought "Oh, not again." No, that's what you were thinking. Don't deny it. Even I did too. But the trailer is very misleading and I found myself liking this movie more than I was going to. A lot more.

What I loved about this movie were the characters and moral. And yes, I loved those things. Each of the characters are unique and have their own memorable moments. Also, this movie had some pretty decent jokes, much better than many other comedies released this time who use clichéd and predictable jokes.

What I also admired about this movie was the family matter and moral this movie was trying to give out. I found it oddly touching and very sweet. Unfortunately, the other jokes this movie seem to have were also predictable, gross, unfunny, and crude. Some scenes in the movie just ruin the sweets scenes before it because it felt like the filmmakers just want to make people laugh.

Like I said, the characters were memorable. The most notable were James Earl Jones, Nicole Ari Parker, and Mo'Nique. Mo'Nique, I must say, is the funniest character in here, in my opinion. She throws each joke at you and you can't have enough!

Yes, the trailers for this movie were misleading so the movie was actually quite decent. The jokes were actually funny, the characters memorable, and the moral is very touching for anyone who has a family. Sure, it had its bad moments but this is better than most comedies released this year.