It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

Directors:

Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck

Writers:

Ryan Fleck (screenplay)
Anna Boden (screenplay)
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Release Date:

7 January 2011 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think.

Plot:

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Plot Keywords:

Psychiatric Ward | Insight | Therapy | Preparatory School | Mental Illness

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Keir Gilchrist	...	Craig
Dana DeVestern	...	Alyssa (as Dana De Vestern)
Lauren Graham	...	Lynn
Jim Gaffigan	...	George
Karen Chilton	...	Nurse Harper
Zach Galifianakis	...	Bobby
Aasif Mandvi	...	Dr. Mahmoud
Jared Goldstein	...	Ronny
Alan Aisenberg	...	Scuggs
Zoë Kravitz	...	Nia
Thomas Mann	...	Aaron
Jeremy Davies	...	Smitty
Rosalyn Coleman	...	Monica / 'Under Pressure' Nurse #1
Viola Davis	...	Dr. Eden Minerva
Lou Myers	...	Jimmy
MacIntyre Dixon	...	Roger
Emma Roberts	...	Noelle
Bernard White	...	Muqtada
Novella Nelson	...	The Professor
Matthew Maher	...	Humble
Molly Hager	...	Becca
Ato Blankson-Wood	...	Jennifer
Adrian Martinez	...	Johnny
Daniel London	...	Solomon
Caitlin Kinnunen	...	Science Geek
Stephen Scott Scarpulla	...	HS Director
Jee Young Han	...	HS Do-Gooder
Leo Allen	...	Mr. Reynolds
Morgan Murphy	...	Joanie
Billy McFadden	...	Little Craig
Susan Blommaert	...	HS Teacher (as Susan J. Blommaert)
Mary Birdsong	...	Bobby's Ex
Ethan Herschenfeld	...	Acid Head
Ben Folstein	...	Neil
Kenya Brome	...	Under Pressure Nurse #2
Delia Reed	...	Under Pressure Nurse #3
Stewart Steinberg	...	Charlie Custodian
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ariana Altman	...	Veronica (uncredited)
Steve Antonucci	...	Acid Trip Rollerblader (uncredited)
Kevin Cannon	...	Psychiatric Patient (uncredited)
Valentina de Angelis	...	Jenna (uncredited)
Martin Pfefferkorn	...	Zapping Mental Patient (uncredited)

Directed by
Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anna Boden		screenplay
Ryan Fleck		screenplay
Ned Vizzini		novel

Produced by
Patrick Baker	....	executive producer
Ben Browning	....	producer
Michael Maher	....	executive producer
Kevin Misher	....	producer
Peter Rawlinson	....	executive producer
Jeremy Kipp Walker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Broken Social Scene

Cinematography by
Andrij Parekh

Film Editing by
Anna Boden

Casting by
Cindy Tolan

Production Design by
Beth Mickle

Art Direction by
Michael Ahern

Set Decoration by
Carrie Stewart

Costume Design by
Kurt and Bart

Makeup Department
Bobby Diehl	....	hair department head
Dierdre Harris	....	additional hairstylist
Michael Marino	....	special effects makeup (as Mike Marino)
Michael Marino	....	special makeup design: Emma Roberts
David Presto	....	key makeup artist
Sarah Stamp	....	key hair stylist
Nicole Wodowski	....	makeup artist
Leo Won	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Kelley Cribben	....	post-production supervisor
Holly S. Rymon	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mariela Comitini	....	first assistant director
Kara Doherty	....	second assistant director
Brad Robinson	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Patricia Colburn	....	scenic artist
Rachel Jones	....	art department coordinator
Jessie Katz	....	art department production assistant
Dan-ah Kim	....	assistant art director
Michael Leather	....	leadman
Francis Maiorino	....	props
Jessica Panuccio	....	assistant set decorator
Maia Rose	....	on-set dresser
Sarah Shriber	....	art department production assistant
Alexis Weiss	....	property master

Sound Department
Jamie Baker	....	supervising foley editor
Timothy R. Boyce Jr.	....	sound utility
Michael Chobot	....	sound intern
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Heather Gross	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Hsu	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Hsu	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Marissa Littlefield	....	adr editor
Colin McLellan	....	adr recordist
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor (as Branka Mrkic-Tana)
Angela Organ	....	assistant sound editor
Ric Schnupp	....	adr recordist
Steve F.B. Smith	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Jason Stasium	....	pro tools playback mixer
Jeffrey Stern	....	dialogue editor
Noah Timan	....	sound

Special Effects by
Phillip Beck	....	second special effects (as Philip A. Beck)
Phillip Beck	....	special effects coordinator (as Philip Beck Jr.)

Visual Effects by
Joao G. Amorim	....	visual effects designer (as Joao Amorim)
Mark Corotan	....	visual effects designer
Cidalia Costa	....	CG animator
Marion Engelbach-Ennis	....	smoke artist (as Marion Ennis)
Lisa Hung	....	compositor
Lewis Kofsky	....	visual effects and animation producer
Amber Kusmenko	....	compositor
Eric Leverenz	....	digital imaging
Tom Lynch	....	compositor
Annie Moore	....	visual effects line producer
Josephine Noh	....	compositor
Mark Rubbo	....	compositor
Anthony Santoro	....	lead visual effects artist
Anthony Santoro	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt coordinator
Don Hewitt	....	stunt rigger (as Don Hewitt Sr.)
Kevin Rogers	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
K.C. Bailey	....	still photographer
Joe Belschner	....	company grip
Maceo Bishop	....	steadicam operator
Alan Blagg	....	key rigging grip
Nicole Cosgrove	....	assistant camera
James Daly	....	camera loader
Tim Ferraer	....	dolly grip
Spencer Gillis	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Spencer Gillis	....	second assistant camera
Nicholas Kuhn	....	camera intern
Kate Larose	....	"b" camera first assistant
Ludovic Littee	....	assistant camera
Daniel Luebke	....	best boy rigging electric
Christian May	....	generator operator
Toby Miller	....	additional rigging electrician
John J. Moers	....	documentary cameraman
William Newell	....	gaffer
Alexander Riezebeek	....	camera production assistant
Lara Sfire	....	electrician
Yoshi Sonoda	....	rigging electrician
David Stern	....	key grip
Jonathan Stern	....	best boy electric
Craig Striano	....	grip
Craig Striano	....	scorpio head technician
Brett Walters	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera

Animation Department
Helen Chang	....	animation line producer
Brian Drucker	....	animation supervisor
Brian Drucker	....	animator
Brian Drucker	....	lead animation designer
Dominie Mahl	....	background artist
Dominie Mahl	....	creative supervisor: animation/paintings

Casting Department
Adam Caldwell	....	casting associate
Heather Reidenbach	....	extras casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amy Andrews	....	costume supervisor
Sarah Mae Burton	....	costume coordinator
Scott T. Coppock	....	costume distresser
Laura Deutsch	....	costume intern
Rhonney Greene	....	additional set costumer
Kortney Lawlor	....	set costumer
Chandra Moore-Telfer	....	costume ager/dyer (as Chandra Moore)
Yinxia Asia Ng	....	costume intern
Elisa Santiago	....	set costumer
Abby Walton	....	costume intern

Editorial Department
Victoria Anderson	....	colorist assistant
Dana Bloder	....	digital intermediate project manager
Kristyn DiPane	....	dailies producer
Barbara Jean Kearney	....	digital intermediate executive producer
Alex Kopit	....	associate editor
Jeffrey Leiser	....	colorist assistant
Richie Roefaro	....	colorist assistant
Richie Roefaro	....	final cut pro technician
Jed I. Rosenberg	....	post-production assistant
Tim Stipan	....	digital intermediate colorist
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer
Martin Zeichner	....	colorist

Music Department
Ohad Benchetrit	....	music scoring mixer
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Broken Social Scene	....	score producer
Dan Evans Farkas	....	music editor
Jessica Garey	....	music coordinator
Andrea von Foerster	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Robin Monaghan	....	driver
Timothy Paustian	....	transportation captain
Thomas Reilly	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Ainsley Bartholomew	....	accounting clerk
Justin Bischoff	....	key set production assistant
Barnett Brettler	....	set production assistant (as Michael Brettler)
Jeffrey A. Brown	....	location manager
Matthew Fleischman	....	production assistant
Joshua A. Friedman	....	paperwork production assistant
Jessie Gant	....	assistant post accountant
Steve Gilbaud	....	production accountant
Jamie Horwitz	....	first assistant accountant
Joshua Huffman	....	production coordinator
Chad Matthew Hursa	....	production assistant
Jocelyn Jacobs	....	database assistant
Leigh Janiak	....	assistant to producer
Nikki Kelly	....	asset manager
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance
Julie Kuehndorf	....	unit publicist
Eric Ladd	....	title designer
Yana Collins Lehman	....	post production accountant
Adam Levy	....	set medic
Mia Lidofsky	....	staff production assistant
Alex Lombardo	....	production secretary
Amanda Lynch	....	office production assistant
Molly McMillen	....	second assistant accountant
Ryun Montenegro	....	production assistant
Patrick O'Connor	....	production assistant
Tony Osso	....	script supervisor
Chelsea Rickling	....	office production assistant
Matthew Roper	....	set medic
Teddy Schenck	....	location assistant
William Sepulveda	....	key craft service
John Skidmore	....	assistant production coordinator
Eva Vedock	....	key craft service
Jamie Vermilye	....	location assistant
Matthew H. Wiesner	....	assistant location manager

Thanks
Andrew Goldman	....	special thanks
Craig Kestel	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Focus Features (presents)
• Wayfare Entertainment
• Misher Films
• Journeyman Pictures (in association with)
• Gowanus Projections (in association with)
• Start Motion Pictures

Distributors

• Focus Features (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2011) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2011) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Waylen Group (2011) (Taiwan) (video)
• WoWow (2012) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Curious Pictures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• C5  post-production sound and ADR facility
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Digital Cinema  re-recorded at (as Digital Cinema LLC)
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Rhino Records  soundtrack
• Soundtrack New York  additional ADR recorded at
• Technicolor Creative Services  digital intermediate (as Technicolor New York)
• Technicolor Design  titles (as Technicolor Design, Hollywood)
• Thought Equity  stock footage (as Thought Equity Motion)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic issues, sexual content, drug material and language

Runtime:

Argentina:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46141) | Malaysia:PG-13 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:AL | Germany:6 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Focus Features

Trivia:

In the scene where Craig describes other classmates of his, when it shows him you can see he's reading the book 'Be More Chill' by Ned Vizzini, who also wrote 'It's Kind of a Funny Story'.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Craig first encounters Bobby in the waiting room at the hospital at the beginning of the movie Bobby asks him why he is "in the hospital alone in the early hours of Sunday morning?" Later on in the film Craig narrates that he has been in the psychiatric ward since the previous Saturday.

Quotes:

Bobby:Well, well, well! Still working on it, Cool Craig?
Craig:It's not what you think.
Bobby:I think the two of you were playing the question game outside, that's what I think.
Craig:...Well, I... guess it is what you think then.
Bobby:I thought so.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Richard Roeper & the Movies: It's Kind of a Funny Story (#1.81)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Not At My Best

Great Acting, Script, and all around movie

The real treat about this movie is the performance from Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts. Both of them do a superb job, and left me wanting even more. The entire script is actually funny, and I mean funny as in you will be giggling the entire movie. This movie just makes you feel good, it makes you want to experience life even more. It has a great message, and keeps to the plot of the book a lot better then most adapted screenplays. Going back to the acting performance though, it really is something. While Zach Galifianakis usually plays the oddball in blockbuster comedies, he does a FANTASTIC job being a psych ward patient who is absolutely hilarious. Emma Roberts shocked me, to be honest. I've only seen her in Nancy Drew and a small glimpse in her Tween TV show "Unfabulous" in which her acting was borderline on being downright awful. In this movie, she completely breaks out of that role, and jumps into one that the people who aren't the ages of 10-13 and female will actually like! Several times during the movie i honestly didn't believe it was the same girl. She really does a great job. The bottom line is that this movie is great. It's not the best, but it is a movie worth seeing that has a very good story and great acting to complement it. See. This. Movie.