Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Director:

Craig Gillespie

Writer (WGA):

Nancy Oliver (written by)

Release Date:

25 October 2007 (Singapore)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

The search for true love begins outside the box

Plot:

A delusional young guy strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

Plot Keywords:

Doll | Internet | Delusion | Delusional | Sex Doll

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Ryan Gosling	...	Lars Lindstrom
Emily Mortimer	...	Karin
Paul Schneider	...	Gus
R.D. Reid	...	Reverend Bock
Kelli Garner	...	Margo
Nancy Beatty	...	Mrs. Gruner
Doug Lennox	...	Mr. Hofstedtler
Joe Bostick	...	Mr. Shaw
Liz Gordon	...	Mrs. Schindler
Nicky Guadagni	...	Mrs. Petersen
Patricia Clarkson	...	Dagmar
Karen Robinson	...	Cindy
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos	...	Kurt
Billy Parrott	...	Erik
Sally Cahill	...	Deb
Angela Vint	...	Sandy
Liisa Repo-Martell	...	Laurel
Boyd Banks	...	Russell
Darren Hynes	...	Moose
Víctor Gómez	...	Hector (as Victor Gomez)
Tommy Chang	...	Nelson
Arnold Pinnock	...	Baxter
Joshua Peace	...	Jerry
Aurora Browne	...	Lisa
Alec McClure	...	Steve
Tannis Burnett	...	Nurse Amy
Lauren Ash	...	Holly
Lindsey Connell	...	Victoria
Aaron Ferguson	...	Choir Member #1
Danna Howe	...	Choir Member #2
Annabelle Torsein	...	Choir Member #3
Tim Blake	...	Choir Member #4
Torquil Colbo	...	Choir Member #5

Directed by
Craig Gillespie

Writing credits (WGA)
Nancy Oliver		(written by)

Produced by
Sarah Aubrey	....	producer
Peter Berg	....	executive producer
Whitney Brown	....	executive producer
John Cameron	....	producer
William Horberg	....	executive producer
Sidney Kimmel	....	producer
Bruce Toll	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Torn

Cinematography by
Adam Kimmel		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tatiana S. Riegel

Casting by
Robin D. Cook
Richard Hicks
David Rubin

Production Design by
Arvinder Grewal		(as Arv Greweal)

Art Direction by
Joshu de Cartier		(as Joshu De Cartier)

Set Decoration by
Steve Shewchuk

Costume Design by
Kirston Leigh Mann

Makeup Department
Ann Brodie	....	key makeup artist
Paul R.J. Elliot	....	key hair stylist (as Paul Elliot)
Burton J. LeBlanc	....	assistant makeup artist (as Burton Leblanc)
Sondra Treilhard	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Eric Bergman	....	post-production supervisor
Whitney Brown	....	production manager
James Fraser	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Libby Hodgson	....	first assistant director
Patrick Murphy	....	third assistant director
Julie O'Neill	....	trainee assistant director
Elizabeth Parker	....	trainee assistant director (as Elizabeth 'Duff' Parker)
Andrew Pritchard	....	trainee assistant director
Tim Singh	....	second assistant director
Bonnie Corey	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
David Best	....	graphic designer
Dan Conley	....	set dresser
Steven Conner	....	assistant head carpenter
Lisa Dietrich	....	on-set dresser
Nick Fischer	....	second lead set dresser
Jennifer Heimpel	....	second assistant art director
Ron Hewitt	....	property master
Alexandra Hooper	....	set decoration buyer
Mauro Iacobelli	....	head painter
William Koon	....	assistant key scenic artist (as William 'Billy' Koon)
Marc Kuitenbrouwer	....	construction coordinator (as Marc Kuitenbrouner)
Ivan Lauc	....	assistant head painter
Mari Laughlen	....	assistant property master
Francis Livingston	....	on-set carpenter
Tony Mainelli	....	head carpenter (as Anthony Mainelli)
Tania McGowan	....	trainee assistant art director
Matt Middleton	....	second assistant art director
H. Nancy Pak	....	art department coordinator
Reet Puhm	....	key scenic artist
Paul Renaut	....	second lead set dresser
Gilliane Russell	....	stand-by painter
Douglas Slater	....	assistant art director (as Doug Slater)
Richard M. Snider	....	key greensperson (as Richard Snider)
Matt Wladyka	....	lead set dresser
Traceley Young	....	assistant head carpenter
Jonathan Davis	....	art apprentice (uncredited)
Vic Rigler	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Dan Wladyka	....	leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Barney Cabral	....	supervising adr editor
Gavin Coford	....	boom operator
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	supervising dialogue editor
Henry Embry	....	sound mixer
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Stanley Johnston)
Michael Kreple	....	foley mixer (as Michael S. Kreple)
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Ken S. Polk	....	sound re-recording mixer
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders	....	sound designer
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist (as Gabe Serrano)
Ron Stermac	....	cable puller
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
James Wright	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as Jim Wright)
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor (as Kevin A. Zimmerman)
David Hingorany	....	sound mix engineer (uncredited)
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recording engineer (uncredited)
Scott Sanders	....	additional sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Shubha Dasgupta	....	special effects technician (as Shuba Dasgupta)
Brenda Klassen	....	special effects key
Laird McMurray	....	special effects coordinator
John Poulter	....	special effects technician
Marcus Rait	....	special effects supervisor
Ray Comiso	....	special effects (uncredited)
Guy Louis XVI	....	prop maker: high realism eyes (uncredited)
Shane Million	....	special effects office coordinator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Chris Brown	....	visual effects supervisor (as Christopher 'CB' Brown)
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	compositing supervisor

Stunts
Branko Racki	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Beauchamp	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Sam Bojin	....	rigging electric best boy (as Samuel Bojin)
Don Caulfield	....	electrician
Tim Davis	....	video assist operator
Heather Donald	....	camera loader
Howard Galbraith	....	best boy electric
Michael Galbraith	....	gaffer
Delroy P. Jarrett	....	electrician
George Kraychyk	....	still photographer (as George Kraychik)
Edward Lipscombe	....	best boy rigging grip
Walter Lipscombe	....	rigging grip
Rod MacNeil Jr.	....	electrician
Mark Manchester	....	key grip
Jason McGowan	....	dolly grip
Tim Merkel	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Joseph Micomonaco	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Brian Montague	....	generator operator: base cxamp
Malcolm Nefsky	....	best boy grip
Ken Pickett	....	best boy grip
Michael Plant	....	generator operator
Peter Schalakowskyj	....	grip
Tom Starnes	....	rigging gaffer
Richard Teodorczyk	....	grip
Marko Willis	....	grip (as Marco Willis)

Casting Department
Luisa Cabbidu	....	extras casting associate (as Luisa Cabiddu)
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice casting
Emerald Goldsmith	....	casting associate: Toronto
Zameret Kleiman	....	extras casting
Jennifer Markowitz	....	casting associate: Toronto (as Jen Markowitz)
Hollie Meyer	....	casting assistant
Stephanie Stenta	....	casting associate: Los Angeles

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ciara Brennan	....	costume buyer
Gerri Gillan	....	costume co-designer
Susan MacLeod	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Susan Nycz	....	costume truck supervisor
Linda Petty	....	costume supervisor
Michele Harney	....	extras wardrobe coordinator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Diane Brunjes Robb	....	first assistant editor: Toronto (as Diane Brunjes)
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter: Kona Cutting
George Chavez	....	color timer
Ivan Martin del Campo	....	post-production assistant
Faust Pierfederici	....	digital preview colorist
Pablo Prietto	....	first assistant editor: Los Angeles
Debbie Holland	....	colorist (uncredited)
Rui Martins	....	telecine operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Spring Aspers	....	music supervisor
Darius Campo	....	musician: violin
Kevin Connoly	....	musician: violin
Anthony Cooke	....	musician: cello
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Greg Dennen	....	score recordist
Thomas Diener	....	musician: viola
Andrew Duckles	....	musician: viola
Steve Erdody	....	musician: cello
Nina Evthuhov	....	musician: violin
Lorez Gamma	....	musician: violin
Christy Gerhart	....	music executive: SKE
Julie Gigante	....	musician: violin (as Julie Ann Gigante)
David Giuli	....	music copyist (as dave Giuli)
Endre Granat	....	musician: violin
Bonnie Greenberg	....	executive in charge of music: SKE
Jennifer Hammond	....	orchestrator
Joel Iwataki	....	music score mixer
Jim Kanter	....	musician: clarinet (as James Kanter)
Dennis Karmazyn	....	musician: cello
Bryan Lawson	....	music editor (as Bryan Elliott Lawson)
Bryan Lawson	....	music producer (as Bryan Elliott Lawson)
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Mike Nowak	....	conductor
David Parmeter	....	musician: bass
Bryan Pezzone	....	musician: piano
Shanti D. Randall	....	musician: viola (as Shanti Randall)
Ryan Robinson	....	scoring engineer
Ken Rosser	....	musician: whistler
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Rich Ruttenberg	....	musician: piano (as Richard Ruttenberg)
Neil Samples	....	musician: violin
George Kim Scholes	....	musician: cello
Sarah Thornblade	....	musician: violin
Kevin Tiernan	....	assistant to composer
David Torn	....	music producer
David Torn	....	musician: voice, guitars
Michael Valerio	....	musician: bass
David Walther	....	musician: viola
Michael C. Watts	....	musician: accordion
Roger Wilkie	....	musician: violin
Robert Wolff	....	pro tools operator
Sam Zeines	....	assistant music editor
Christine Bergren	....	music licensing (uncredited)
Ryan Gaines	....	music coordinator (uncredited)
Booker White	....	head of music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Brown	....	driver
John Brunt	....	driver
Mike Doyle	....	driver (as Michael Doyle)
Lorne Frederick	....	driver
Tom MacNeil	....	driver: sets
Jennifer Mccormack	....	driver: honeywagon
Frank Mizzi	....	transportation captain
Bruce Raymer	....	driver
Carl Severin	....	transportation co-captain
Evan Siegel	....	picture vehicle captain
Rohan Singh	....	driver: sets
William L. Tataryn	....	Exclusive Driver: Ryan Gosling (as William Tataryn)
Mark Van Alstyne	....	transportation coordinator
Joe Vechiola	....	driver
Brad Winans	....	driver
Ian C. Harris	....	daily driver (uncredited)
Jason McCormack	....	driver: second honeywagon (uncredited)

Other crew
Braden Aftergood	....	assistant: Mr. Cameron, Los Angeles
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances: Entertainment Clearances
Drazen Baric	....	location scout
Coralie Brady	....	assistant location manager
Karly Brown	....	assistant bianco wrangler
James Burton	....	craft service provider
David M. Chisholm	....	production coordinator
Stephanie Chris	....	office production assistant
Thomas Cobb	....	main title designer: The Thomas Cobb Group
Tracy Fedak	....	second assistant accountant
Richard Hughes	....	location manager
Craig Jackson	....	assistant location manager
Joanne Jackson	....	production accountant
Cassandra Lammerding	....	location production assistant
Kyle Limkilde	....	stand-in: Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Michael J. Linowes	....	legal counsel
Rose Lister	....	first assistant accountant
Rosalie Mackintosh	....	key wrangler: "Bianca"
Eric Macmillan	....	set medic coordinator (as Eric MacMillan)
Dino Mangos	....	location production assistant
Susan Marucci	....	script supervisor
Susan Starre McKibbin	....	payroll accountant (as Susan McKibbin)
John McLeod	....	stand-in
John Mendes	....	assistant location manager
Robert Morse	....	stand-in
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	publicist
Anna Nguyen Hubert	....	third assistant accountant (as Anna Nguyen)
Jamie Oliver	....	client services
Stacia Peters	....	assistant: Mr. Gillespie & Mr. Cameron
Vanessa Reid	....	stand-in
Michelle M. Robeson	....	production secretary
Fiona Robinson	....	office production assistant
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances: Entertainment Clearances
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	water safety
Michelle K. Smith	....	assistant production coordinator
Drew Taylor	....	location production assistant: second unit, Japan
Carolyn Trott	....	on-set medic
Ray Young	....	craft service provider
Joshua Deighton	....	production executive (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)
Bill Hong	....	operator: camera car/insert car (uncredited)
Richie Kawamoto	....	production coordinator: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (uncredited)
Mark Moore	....	location scout (uncredited)
Bob Tennent	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Daniel Villagomez	....	credits administrator (uncredited)
Andrew Whiteside	....	on-set satellite internet technician (uncredited)
Greg Whiteside	....	on-set satellite internet technician (uncredited)

Thanks
Cristine Rose	....	special thanks
Hallie Rose	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents)
• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (presents)
• Lars Productions

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Central Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Compañía General de la Imagen (CGI) (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Diaphana Films (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Equinoxe Films (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Euforia Film (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Impacto Cine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Showgate (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Versus Entertainment (2008) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Belgium) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Finnkino (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Noori Pictures (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• AON/Ruben-Winkler Entertainment Insurance  insurance (as AON/Reuben Winkler)
• Abyss Creations  provider: Real Doll
• Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services
• Catering By Davids  catering (as Catering By David's)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinespace Film Studios  production facilities
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment (Toronto, ON)
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity consultants
• Ear Candy Post  post-production sound services
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Entertainment Partners  payroll services
• International Film Guarantors  completion guaranty
• Internet On Set  on-set satellite internet
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Lars Productions  production services
• MS-Pro/MusicSupervisor.com  post-production (music services)
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Post Accounts  post-production accounting
• Post Creations  foley recorded at
• Stargrazing  craft service
• Tattersall Sound  picture editing facilities
• Tellavision  video/computer playback
• Thomas Cobb Design  main title design (as The Thomas Cobb Group)
• Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage  score recorded and mixed at
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• Wildfire Studios  re-recording facilities
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production
• William F. White International  lighting and grip equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related content

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Canada:14A | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Italy:T | Germany:o.Al. | Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | Norway:A | Argentina:Atp | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:PG | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Alton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

To help Ryan Gosling stay in character, the real doll was treated like an actual person, as is done by the characters in the movie. She was dressed privately in her own trailer and was only present for scenes that she was in.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The version of the Talking Heads song "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" played at the party was never released on vinyl. The version played in the film is a live version recorded for the Stop Making Sense album but only appears on a Special Edition CD released many years later.

Quotes:

Lars Lindstrom:I was talking to Bianca, and she was saying that in her culture they have these rites of passages and rituals and cermonies, and, just all kinds of things that, when you do them, go through them, let you know that you're an adult? Doesn't that sound great?
Gus:It does.
Lars Lindstrom:How'd you know?
Gus:How'd I know what?
Lars Lindstrom:That you were a man
Gus:Ahhh. I couldn't tell ya.
Lars Lindstrom:Was it... okay, was it sex?
Gus:Um. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's uh, yeah, yeah it's kind of - it's uh - no. Well, it's kind of sex but it's not uh, you know? I don't know. I don't know. It's - uh - good question, good question.
Lars Lindstrom:Yeah, but I have to know
Gus:[dryer buzzes] Hold that thought.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Glee: Girls (and Boys) on Film (#4.15)" (2013)

Soundtrack:

Easystreet

Wonderful

My wife and I went to see this on by birthday, and I was expecting it to be sorta quirky and off beat. I was surprised to find that this was a touching and humorous relationship-driven drama.

As already accounted here, Ryan Gosling gave a performance that many MANY of the popular actors could only DREAM of. He was brilliant, and his portrayal of Lars covered so many emotional dynamics.

However, I am going to write about Paul Schneider, who played Lars' brother, Gus. He was so subtle and funny, so spot on! His side-arc concerning being the older brother in a troubled family. . . just genius.

I would recommend this movie to everyone.