Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

Director:

Nicholas Stoller

Writer (WGA):

Jason Segel (written by)

Release Date:

18 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

From the guys who brought you "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"

Plot:

Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex ... and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Hawaii | Resort | Hotel | Luau | Rock Star

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

Jason Segel	...	Peter Bretter
Kristen Bell	...	Sarah Marshall
Mila Kunis	...	Rachel Jansen
Russell Brand	...	Aldous Snow
Bill Hader	...	Brian Bretter
Liz Cackowski	...	Liz Bretter
Maria Thayer	...	Wyoma
Jack McBrayer	...	Darald
Taylor Wily	...	Kimo
Davon McDonald	...	Dwayne the Bartender (as Da'Vone McDonald)
Steve Landesberg	...	Dr. Rosenbaum
Jonah Hill	...	Matthew the Waiter
Paul Rudd	...	Chuck
Kala Alexander	...	Greg
Kalani Robb	...	Helpful Hawaiian Waiter
Francesca DelBanco	...	Hostess at Buffet
Branscombe Richmond	...	Keoki
Billy Bush	...	Himself
William Baldwin	...	Detective Hunter Rush
Jason Bateman	...	Animal Instincts Detective
Peter Lewis	...	Suspect on 'Animal Instincts' (as Peter Gray Lewis)
Trula M. Marcus	...	Lawyer on 'Crime Scene' (as Trula Marcus)
Kirk Fox	...	Mixer
June Diane Raphael	...	Ann at the Bar (as June Raphael)
Ahna O'Reilly	...	Leslie
Tanisha Harper	...	Model
Carla Gallo	...	Gag Me Girl
Murray Miller	...	Photographer
Cynthia Lamontagne	...	Female Bartender
Max Alexander	...	Big Dracula Head (as Maxwell Alexander)
Kris Fitzgerald	...	Man who Proposes
Brittany Ross	...	Screaming Girlfriend
Kaleo	...	Singer in Band (as Joe 'Kaleo' Kelii)
Peter Salett	...	Keyboard Player
Gedde Watanabe	...	Hotel Manager
Allan Jeff Ho	...	Male Bar Patron
Chaunnel Salmon	...	Female Bar Patron
Mervyn Lilo	...	Fire Dancer
Philip Matila	...	Luau Band Leader
Danielle Prem	...	Hula Dancer
Tehina-Mai K. Mataele	...	Hula Dancer
Agnes Matila	...	Hula Dancer
Genny Wilson	...	Engaged Luau Woman
Scott Francis Russell	...	Engaged Luau Man
Kristen Wiig	...	Yoga Instructor
Luis Accinelli	...	Mr. Lopez
Carla Alapont	...	Spanish Sex Girl
Carol Binion	...	Puppeteer
Tim Blaney	...	Puppeteer
Julianne Buescher	...	Puppeteer
Leslie Carrara	...	Puppeteer (as Leslie Carrara-Rudolph)
BJ Guyer	...	Puppeteer (as B.J. Guyer)
Sean Cw Johnson	...	Puppeteer (as Sean Johnson)
Scott Land	...	Puppeteer
Drew Massey	...	Puppeteer
Michael Oosterom	...	Puppeteer
Michelan Sisti	...	Puppeteer
Kevin Carlson	...	Puppeteer
Victor Yerrid	...	Puppeteer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Abernathy	...	Fan (uncredited)
Massi Furlan	...	Bar Patron at Table (uncredited)
Joy Gohring	...	Willow (uncredited)
Heléna Guenzel	...	Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Jean Huynh	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Elizabeth Keener	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Amanda MacLachlan	...	Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Albert Miranda	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Sam Puefua	...	Local boy (uncredited)
Kirsten Roeters	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Phillip Sanchez	...	Theater Group (uncredited)
Errol James Snyder	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Channing Swift	...	Club patron (uncredited)
Caroline Timm	...	Bar patron (uncredited)
Brian Tochi	...	Makani (uncredited)

Directed by
Nicholas Stoller

Writing credits (WGA)
Jason Segel		(written by)

Produced by
Judd Apatow	....	producer
Shauna Robertson	....	producer
Rodney Rothman	....	executive producer
Richard Vane	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Lyle Workman

Cinematography by
Russ T. Alsobrook		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Kerr

Casting by
Jeanne McCarthy

Production Design by
Jackson De Govia

Art Direction by
Scott Meehan
Alicia Maccarone		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
K.C. Fox

Costume Design by
Leesa Evans

Makeup Department
Linda Arnold	....	key hair stylist
Desne J. Holland	....	makeup artist (as Desne Holland)
Tania Kahale	....	hair stylist: Hawaii
Tracey Levy	....	key makeup artist
Vickie Mynes	....	hair stylist
Brooke Bell	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Leo Corey Castellano	....	prosthetic design and application (uncredited)
Karen Iboshi Preiser	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Wendy Robin	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Lotus Seki	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Leah Vautrot	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Renee Confair	....	production supervisor: Hawaii (as Renee Confair Sensano)
D. Scott Easton	....	unit production manager
Nadia Paine	....	production supervisor
Lisa Rodgers	....	post-production supervisor
Don Zepfel	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernie Bonner Axelrod	....	second second assistant director: Hawaii (as Bernadette Axelrod)
Chamonix Bosch	....	second second assistant director
Peter Hollocker	....	second second assistant director: Hawaii
Gary Marcus	....	first assistant director
Dawn Massaro	....	second assistant director (as Dawn Massaro Adams)
Tim Trella	....	second unit director
Wainani Young-Tomich	....	second second assistant director: Hawaii (as Wainani Tomich)

Art Department
Alejandro Aguilar	....	labor foreman: Hawaii
Alexander Aguilar Jr.	....	labor foreman (as Alex Aguilar Jr.)
Alvin S. Cabrinha Jr.	....	second assistant property master: Hawaii (as Alvin Cabrina)
Peggy Casey	....	buyer
Phil Dagort	....	set designer
Jim Dultz	....	puppet supervisor
Doug DuRose	....	assistant property master
Everett A. Galisa	....	on-set dresser: Hawaii (as Everett Galisa)
Francis Hekekia	....	labor foreman: Hawaii
Damon Hight	....	construction foreman
Kay Kropp	....	paint foreman
Alicia Maccarone	....	set designer
Eugene McCarthy	....	property master
Jeffrey McMahon	....	construction foreman: Hawaii
Jennifer Moller	....	art department coordinator
Samuel Pactol	....	stand-by painter
Alvin Pittler	....	construction foreman: Hawaii
Cynthia C. Rebman	....	on-set dresser (as Cynthia Rebman)
Brent Rice	....	lead man
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator (as John Samson)
Christopher Stanback	....	art department coordinator: Hawaii
Mark Woods	....	leadman: Hawaii
Antonio Andraus	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jason Beale	....	art department coordinator: re-shoots (uncredited)
Susan A. Burig	....	graphic designer (uncredited)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Doug Crawford	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Richard Ewan	....	painter (uncredited)
Alyce Fahsholtz	....	painter (uncredited)
Jeff Hay	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Camille Komine	....	buyer (uncredited)
Craig K. Lewis	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Michael McCombe	....	greens foreman (uncredited)
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman (uncredited)
Sarah Regan	....	painter (uncredited)
Erik Soderstrom	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Andre Sowards	....	on-set dresser: additional photography (uncredited)
Sharon Speller	....	decorator painter (uncredited)
Darrell Tachibana	....	greensman: Hawaii (uncredited)
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Maret Wicken	....	head paint foreman: reshoots (uncredited)
Maret Wicken	....	set painter gang boss (uncredited)
Liloa Wong	....	head greens coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
George H. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor (as George Anderson)
Bill Burns	....	assistant adr editor
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Thom Ehle)
Keith Elliott	....	foley recording mixer (as Keith Elliot)
Tammy Fearing	....	adr supervisor
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Kemp	....	dialogue editor
Kraig Kishi	....	boom operator
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Chet Leonard	....	cableman
Rhys Maitland-Jones	....	sound mix technician
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Cindy Marty	....	sound effects editor
James Matheny	....	dialogue editor
George Novotny	....	foley recording mixer
John Reynolds	....	cableman: Hawaii
Joe Schiff	....	foley editor
Roy Seeger	....	foley editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Orest Sushko	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cherie Tamai	....	first assistant sound editor
Rachael Tate	....	adr recordist
Greg Townsend	....	dubbing recordist
Richard Van Dyke	....	production sound mixer
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Garry Fiferman	....	sound (uncredited)
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Archie Ahuna	....	special effects coordinator: Hawaii
Jon G. Belyeu	....	special effects coordinator
Kenneth Bosse	....	special effects
Chris Jones	....	special effects foreman
Clarence Logan	....	special effects: Hawaii
Noa Lyons	....	special effects: Hawaii
Scott Land	....	puppet builder (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Josh Bolin	....	compositor: Yard VFX
Chris Chappell	....	compositor: Yard VFX
Scott M. Davids	....	visual effects supervisor: Yard VFX
Jalal Jemison	....	compositor: Yard VFX
Paulina Kuszta	....	visual effects coordinator
Evelyn Lee	....	digital artist
Benjamin Locke	....	compositor: Yard VFX (as Ben Locke)
Anita Razzano	....	compositor: Yard VFX
Sam Dabbs	....	titles (uncredited)
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Michael Rivero	....	computer display graphics (uncredited)

Stunts
Natalie Bridgman	....	stunts
Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack	....	stunts (as Chuck Hosack)
Brian L. Keaulana	....	stunts (as Brian Keaulana)
Tim Trella	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Trisler	....	stunts
Danny Wynands	....	stunts (as Dan Wynands)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Samantha Bahramian	....	electrician
Curtis Bradford	....	gaffer
Alan Brady	....	rigging best boy electric: Hawaii
Cole Chetney	....	grip: Hawaii
Robert Chinello	....	best boy grip
Hector Corona	....	electrician (as Hector J. Corona)
Rick Crum	....	electrician: Hawaii
Chuck Cullen	....	electrician: Hawaii
Daryl Didier	....	rigging gaffer
Jerome Fauci	....	Steadicam operator
Jerome Fauci	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Matt Floyd	....	rigging grip
Henry Fordham	....	grip: Hawaii
Michael J. Fowler	....	24 frame playback operator (as Mike Fowler)
Deena Frooman	....	electrician: Hawaii
Vance Gage	....	rigging best boy grip: Hawaii
Jason Garcia	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Craig Garfield	....	dolly grip
Jeff Graham	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Timothy Hedgecock	....	best boy grip (as Tim Hedgecock)
David Homcy	....	second assistant camera: marine unit, Hawaii (as Dave Holmcy)
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Steve Irwin	....	24 frame video operator
Willow Jenkins	....	video assist operator
Michael Keola Jones	....	dolly grip: Hawaii
Don King	....	director of photography: marine unit, Hawaii
Charles Kramer	....	electrician: Hawaii
Scott Lisetor	....	grip: Hawaii
Daniel L. Magat	....	electrician (as Dan Magat)
Jai Mansson	....	first assistant camera: marine unit, Hawaii
Clement Morey	....	camera loader
Jim Murphy	....	grip: Hawaii
Robert Murphy	....	electrician (as Rob Murphy)
Kevin Phillips	....	grip
Blake Pike	....	rigging best boy
Mike Prioste	....	second assistant camera: Hawaii
Jason Rury	....	electrician
Rigney Sackley	....	second camera assistant
Rigney Sackley	....	second camera assistant: "a" camera
T. Daniel Scaringi	....	key grip (as TD Scaringi)
Aaron Schulte	....	rigging best boy
Dan Squires	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mary F. Stankiewicz	....	assistant camera
Jeff Tomhave	....	electrician (as Jeffrey Tomhave)
Chris Trillo	....	electrician
Michael Wahl	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Doug Wall	....	grip (as Douglas Wall)
Glen Wilson	....	still photographer
Jason Young	....	electrician
Justin Babin	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Mark Carlile	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Nathan Dean Fetzer	....	rigging electrician: re-shoots (uncredited)
Danny Gonzalez	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Annie McEveety	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Riggs Murdock	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)
Terry Pfrang	....	camera operator (uncredited)
John Savedra	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Nicole Turegano	....	additional camera loader (uncredited)
Michael Ursetta	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nicole Abellera	....	casting associate
Johanna Bautista	....	casting assistant: Hawaii
Anna Fishburn	....	casting: Hawaii
Wendy Hoffman	....	adr voice casting (as Wendy Hoffmann)
Rich King	....	extras casting
Leslie Woo	....	casting assistant
Joanne Bloom	....	casting assistant (uncredited)
Kyle Burch	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Elizabeth Dionne	....	casting manager (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elena Balshem	....	puppet costumer
Kay Carter	....	set costumer: Hawaii
Suzanne Cranfill	....	costume supervisor
Ariel Gold	....	set costumer
Molly Grundman	....	key costumer (as Molly Elisabeth Grundman)
Michelle Margolis	....	set costumer
Grace Pyke	....	key costumer (as Grace Kelly Pike)
Hayley Stuppel	....	set costumer
Robyn Zucker	....	set costumer: Hawaii
Anatole Brattson Jr.	....	costume production assistant (uncredited)
Kristen Evenson	....	costumer (uncredited)
Mila Hermanovski	....	key costumer (uncredited)
Olivia Miles	....	costumer (uncredited)
Diana Savone	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Brooke C. Thatawat	....	key costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Nathan Bruner	....	apprentice editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Jimmy Fusil	....	digital intermediate producer
Mikki Levi	....	post-production assistant
Brian Scott Olds	....	assistant editor
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist
Michael L. Sale	....	additional editor (as Michael Sale)
Dov Samuel	....	first assistant editor
Reza Amidi	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)
Shaun Aprahamian	....	dvd online editor (uncredited)
Randy Whitlock	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)
Lee Wimer	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Steve Bartek	....	orchestra conductor
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation
Bryan Carrigan	....	music programmer
Brad Haehnel	....	score mixer
Tony Hugar	....	pre-record engineer: Honolulu
Luana Jackman	....	vocal contractor: choir
Jonathan Karp	....	music editor
Jonathan Karp	....	music supervisor
Kathy Nelson	....	executive in charge of music: Universal Pictures
Tim Rodier	....	additional orchestrator
Peter Salett	....	production music consultant
Carl Sealove	....	additional music editor
Lyle Workman	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
William Ballard	....	transportation coordinator
Tom Rebber	....	transportation captain
John Reed	....	transportation coordinator: Hawaii
Jonathan Reed	....	dispatcher: Hawaii
Leroy Reed	....	transportation captain: Hawaii
Robert Suka	....	transportation co-captain: Hawaii
Kristen Wadsworth	....	driver
Selena Carrillo	....	transportation office coordinator (uncredited)
Daniel Davis	....	driver (uncredited)
Royale Edward	....	driver (uncredited)
Don Haggerty	....	driver (uncredited)
Bill Lopez-Arjona	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Dayne Ahuna	....	craft service: Hawaii
Andrea Arriaga	....	office production assistant: Hawaii
Carol Binion	....	puppeteer
Tim Blaney	....	puppeteer
Rachel Block	....	office production assistant
Shannon Bradley	....	assistant: Mr. Robertson
Julianne Buescher	....	puppeteer
John Butters	....	assets manager
Michelle D. Camero	....	assistant: Mr. Stoller
Travis Cameron	....	office production assistant: Hawaii
Kevin Carlson	....	puppeteer
Leslie Carrara	....	puppeteer (as Leslie Carrara-Rudolph)
Joe Clary	....	office production assistant (as William Joe Clary)
Greg Cohen	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow
Misty Connelly	....	personal assistant: kristen bell
Sonia Y. Dawson	....	second assistant accountant: Hawaii
Jan Dennehy	....	production accountant
Mary Doeffinger	....	assets manager: Hawaii
Scott Ejercito	....	dailies projectionist: Hawaii
Aaron Ellis	....	set production assistant
Andrew Epstein	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow
Ngozi Erondu	....	accounting clerk: Hawaii
Katie Eustermann	....	second assistant accountant
Missy Eustermann	....	post-production accountant
Serena Rios Flores	....	production secretary: Hawaii
W. Harry Fortuna	....	office production assistant
Maude F. Furia	....	second assistant accountant (as Maude Furia)
BJ Guyer	....	puppeteer
Mark Harden	....	animal trainer
Matthew Henick	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow
Taires Hiranaka	....	office production assistant: Hawaii
Carole Humphreys	....	assistant accountant: UK
Sean Johnson	....	puppeteer
Xanadu Kekuewa	....	craft service: Hawaii
Krista Kuebler	....	second assistant accountant
Gary Kurashige	....	medic
Ali Lanza	....	travel coordinator: Hawaii
Brenda Lopez	....	script supervisor
Drew Massey	....	puppeteer
Stephanie McKinnon	....	production secretary
Joseph A. Mileto	....	craft service (as Joseph Milito)
Elizabeth Mitchell	....	accounting clerk: Hawaii
Erin Morris	....	payroll clerk
Gunnar Moulton	....	office production assistant
Boone Narr	....	animal wrangler
Harley Pasternak	....	personal trainer
Robert Paulsen	....	assistant location manager
Allan Rafael	....	set production assistant
Angela Randazzo	....	payroll accountant
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist
Larry Ring	....	location manager
Art Rivers	....	location manager: Hawaii
Zachary Roth	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow (as Zack Roth)
Chaunnel Salmon	....	assistant location manager: Hawaii
Anneke Scott	....	set production assistant
Darius Shahmir	....	office production assistant: Boston
Michelan Sisti	....	puppeteer
Ashley C. Smith	....	assistant production coordinator: Hawaii (as Ashley Smith)
Sarah Sprague	....	production coordinator
Joshua Stickler	....	set production assistant (as Josh Stickler)
Lauren Suarez	....	assistant production coordinator
Chance P. Tassone	....	craft service (as Chance Tassone)
Jacob M. Torres	....	assistant location manager (as Jacob Torres)
Kari Tyler	....	accounting clerk
Anthony Vallejo-Sanderson	....	set production assistant
Laura Whitehead	....	clearance coordinator
Rob Wong	....	marine coordinator: Hawaii
Lisa Yadavaia	....	assistant: Mr. Apatow
Mark Yaeger	....	medic: Hawaii
Keegan Zall	....	set production assistant
Natalie Alexander	....	ADR voices (uncredited)
Karen Mae Black	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Meghan Burchfield	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Toby Burge	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Adam Davis	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Alyce Fahsholtz	....	assistant production office coordinator (uncredited)
Amanda Finn	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David J. Forsythe	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mary Gutfleisch	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jesse Heiman	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Carl Kocis	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Tim LaDue	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Craig Langus	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Austin Lapierre	....	office production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Scott Markus	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tamra Natisin	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Jesi Rosemeyer	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Ben Shelton	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Miker Stovall	....	assistant production office coordinator (uncredited)
Donna Tegan	....	set production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Apatow Productions

Distributors

• B and H Films (2008) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Myndform (2008) (Iceland) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Canada (2008) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Universal Films Canada)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• fX Network (2010) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (puppets)
• Pacific Vision Productions (additional visual effects) (as Pacific Vision)
• Yard VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Audio Resources Studio  pre-recording: Honolulu
• Bebee  night lights
• Capitol Records  pre-records and strings recorded at
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Corbis  stock photographs
• First Team Rentals  camera cranes
• Getty Images  stock footage courtesy of
• Iron Orchid Films  stock footage courtesy of
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop  puppets
• Location Junkies  layout board (uncredited)
• Oppenheimer Cine Rental LLC  cameras and lenses
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Right Lobe Design Group  titles
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Sunset Sound Studios  rhythm sessions recorded at (as Sunset Sound)
• Synxspeed  post-production facilities (foreign dub)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Urband & Lazar Music Publishing  soundtrack
• Verve Records  soundtrack (as Verve Forecast)
• Wayno's Catering  catering: Hawaii

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, language and some graphic nudity.

Runtime:

111 min | 118 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hawaiian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Ireland:15A | USA:R (certificate #44109) | Norway:11 | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:Btl | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | Argentina:16 | Peru:14 | Iceland:12 | Germany:12 | Brazil:16

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Apatow Productions

Trivia:

In at least two scenes in the film, a poster for the San Diego-based band "The Rugburns" can be seen hanging on the wall behind Peter when he is playing his piano. The Rugburns and their lead singer/songwriter Steve Poltz are known for their humorous and self-deprecating songs, much like the song Peter sings upon returning from Hawaii about needing to see a psychiatrist.

Goofs:

Continuity: (Around 57:30) When Matthew the waiter is doing his English accent when giving his demo to Aldous Snow, Aldous' shirt collar corner alternates between pointing towards his chest and away from his chest. Also the yellow beads and red beads on his necklace alternate positions between shots.

Quotes:

Darald: God put our mouths on our head for a reason. No!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-04-19)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Dracula's Lament

Funny and sweet without seeming too formulaic

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - A slacker composer Peter (Jason Segel from "Knocked Up") has a breakdown after his girlfriend Sarah (Kristen Bell of "Heroes"), the star of a hit TV show, dumps him for a British pop star. Peter goes to Hawaii to try and forget about Sarah, which proves to be a poor choice when he finds Sarah is not only in Hawaii, but they are staying at the same hotel. Paul Rudd, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill and Mila Kunis co-star.

This was a funny movie! It's a more mature than your average comedy. It survives comedically without leeching off too many other bits of pop culture, unlike Knocked Up. There is the exception of some funny spoofs of CSI and Ghost Whisperer, two fatted calfs rip for killing. Everyone is allowed to be funny, even the women, and they are. I enjoyed the occasional "Scrubs" style cut-aways which were frequently funny. The best one has to be the week Peter spent in the same pair of sweat pants.

This was a lucky stroke from from first time director Nicholas Stoller and first time writer (in addition to lead actor) Jason Segel. I hate making comparisons to other actors, but I kept thinking of Judge Reinhold when I saw Segel. Not that that's a strike against him.

Segel is a fresh face in the comedy genre, and is adept at playing sympathetic slacker and funny man in one. Kirsten Bell acts much better in this than Heroes, and it's a nice change of pace to not recognize Paul Rudd in appearance and character immediately. Bill Hader is funny as always. What really comes across in this film is that everyone, even Sarah Marshall, seems like a 3-dimensional character. Hopefully the days in comedies when people are bitchy or vile just for the hell of it are gone. Even the shallow pop star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), who is the rival to Peter, is likable. There's no animosity between the two men. It's nice to have a comedy where we don't have to demonize anyone.

It's a cute film, sometimes hilarious, but the first half is definitely funnier than the second half. I might pick it up on DVD sometime.

B+