Take Me Home Tonight (2011)

Director:

Michael Dowse

Writers (WGA):

Jackie Filgo (screenplay) &
Jeff Filgo (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 March 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Best. Night. Ever.

Plot:

Four years after graduation, an awkward high school genius uses his sister's boyfriend's Labor Day party as the perfect opportunity to make his move on his high school crush.

Plot Keywords:

Party | Sister | Friend | Night | Clerk

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Topher Grace	...	Matt Franklin
Anna Faris	...	Wendy Franklin
Dan Fogler	...	Barry Nathan
Teresa Palmer	...	Tori Frederking
Chris Pratt	...	Kyle Masterson
Michael Biehn	...	Bill Franklin
Jeanie Hackett	...	Libby Franklin
Lucy Punch	...	Shelly
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Ashley
Demetri Martin	...	Carlos
Michael Ian Black	...	Pete Bering
Bob Odenkirk	...	Mike
Angie Everhart	...	Trish Anderson
Jay Jablonski	...	Benji
Edwin Hodge	...	Bryce
Candace Kroslak	...	Ally
Nathalie Kelley	...	Beth
Wade Allain-Marcus	...	Broder
Robert Hoffman	...	Tyler 'Dance Machine' Jones
Ryan Bittle	...	Rick Herrington
Bruce Nelson	...	Officer Frank Johnson
Seth Gabel	...	Brent
James Sharpe	...	Steven
Erin Eisenhower	...	Tyler's Girlfriend
Kimberly Dearing	...	Betsy
Clement von Franckenstein	...	Frances Triebverbrecher
Jennifer Sommerfeld	...	Martina (as Jennifer Sommerfield)
Kyle Gonnell	...	D.J. Rubik’s3
Dustin Leighton	...	That Loser Who Always Shows Up At The Party With A Guitar
Joe Jones	...	Jake
Richard Meek	...	Arnold
Megan Mieduch	...	Betsy's Friend
Meghan Stansfield	...	Claire
Diana Newton	...	Popular Girl
Ginnifer Goodwin	...	Banky
Alicia de la Vega	...	D.I.N.K.
Michael Rolland	...	Party Guy
Josh Smith	...	Rocker Dude
David Vincent Merenda	...	Drunk Guy
Annie Boon	...	Crying Girl
Dany Wolf	...	Guest At Banker Party
Wil Daly	...	Guest At Banker Party
Roxanne Lauren Knouse	...	Guest At Banker Party
Richie Keen	...	Guest At Banker Party
Darla Haun	...	Record Store Manager
Chien Yang	...	Korean Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Sotelo	...	Claire's dance partner
Kaily Alissano	...	Popular Girl (uncredited)
Charan Andreas	...	Highschool Student (uncredited)
Douglas L. Cook	...	Drunk in Double-Breasted Suit (uncredited)
Wendy Crawford	...	Mall Mom (uncredited)
Tenley Dene	...	Model at Party (uncredited)
Rob Edwards	...	Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
Saleem Hassan Erakat	...	Party Goer (uncredited)
Pat Giglio	...	Car Salesman (uncredited)
Kate Haas	...	Guest at Kyle's Party (uncredited)
Edward Hong	...	Math Olympian Dude (uncredited)
Christina Jo'Leigh	...	Financial Analyst (uncredited)
Marcus Jordan	...	Drug Dealer (uncredited)
Greg Joseph	...	Banker (uncredited)
Chris Labadie	...	Party Patron (uncredited)
James Leatherman	...	Banker (uncredited)
Justin Mack	...	Party Goer (uncredited)
J.C. Marquez Pulita	...	Student (uncredited)
Danae McKillop	...	Busty Woman at Bankers Party (uncredited)
Ciro Mennella	...	Banker (uncredited)
Jared Scott Mercier	...	Guest at Kyle's Party (uncredited)
Molly Anne Mercier	...	Guest at Kyle's Party (uncredited)
Michael Ortiz	...	Banker (uncredited)
Michelle Pentecost	...	Party Patron (uncredited)
Paul Piriyaparnt	...	Mall Patron (uncredited)
Sheba Price	...	Guest At Banker Party (uncredited)
Chelsea Ryan	...	Prom Date (uncredited)
Derek Savells	...	Weirdo (uncredited)
Jeremy Ray Smolik	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Joanna St. Clair	...	Guest at Banker Party (uncredited)
James Stickel	...	Guest At Banker Party (uncredited)
Catherine Urbanek	...	Popular Girl #2 (uncredited)
Jobeth Wagner	...	Highschool Punk (uncredited)
David Lee Walton	...	Luxury Car Salesman (uncredited)
Melissa Wiehl	...	Banker's Wife (uncredited)
Austin Zirk	...	Suncoast Shoplifter (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Dowse

Writing credits (WGA)
Jackie Filgo		(screenplay) &
Jeff Filgo		(screenplay)
Topher Grace		(story) &
Gordon Kaywin		(story)

Produced by
Sarah Bowen	....	executive producer
Susan Bowen	....	producer
Topher Grace	....	executive producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	producer
Gordon Kaywin	....	executive producer
Tucker Tooley	....	executive producer
James Whitaker	....	producer
Dany Wolf	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Trevor Horn

Cinematography by
Terry Stacey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lee Haxall

Casting by
Joanna Colbert
Richard Mento

Production Design by
William Arnold

Art Direction by
Elliott Glick

Set Decoration by
David Smith
Donna Stamps

Costume Design by
Carol Oditz
Maria Schicker		(additional costumes)

Makeup Department
Natasha Allegro	....	hair stylist
David Anaya	....	hair stylist
Valerie Badalian	....	additional makeup artist
Thom Cammer	....	hair stylist
Kimberly Carlson	....	hair stylist
Lisa Collins	....	additional makeup artist
Mary Fennello	....	hair stylist
Mary Fennello	....	makeup artist
Kristine Frank	....	assistant makeup artist
Bari Goldin	....	additional hair stylist
Carla Ibbotson	....	additional hair stylist
Loretta James-Demasi	....	makeup artist
Deborah K. Larsen	....	makeup department head
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup artist (additional photography)
Michele Lee	....	makeup artist
Adrienne Lynn	....	hair stylist (as Adrienne Booth)
Sheryl Ptak	....	key makeup artist
Salpie	....	additional makeup artist
Kim Santantonio	....	hair department head
Debra Schrey	....	makeup artist
Shermagne Umali	....	assistant hair stylist
Dana Vargas	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor
Catherine A. McCabe	....	production supervisor
Lisa Rodgers	....	post-production supervisor
Valerie Bleth Sharp	....	production supervisor
Haley Sweet	....	production supervisor
Dany Wolf	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David M. Bernstein	....	first assistant director
Matthew Heffernan	....	second assistant director (additional photography)
Michael Judd	....	second second assistant director
Jody Spilkoman	....	second assistant director
Michelle Vogler	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Edward J. Borasch Jr.	....	property master
Gene Bowen	....	general foreman
Daniel Boxer	....	property master
Susannah Carradine	....	art department coordinator
Roberta Chapman	....	painter
Craig Cheply	....	lead scenic
Steven DeSantis	....	construction coordinator: additional photography
Vicki Dittemore	....	set dresser
Terry Kempf	....	construction coordinator
Brandon Kihl	....	on-set carpenter
Larry D. Koszakovszky	....	assistant props
Aaron Newton	....	general foreman
John M. Oswald	....	on-set dresser (as John Oswald)
Brent Rice	....	lead man
Peter Sattler	....	graphic designer
Michael Semon	....	assistant propmaster
Jacob Sopeland	....	set dresser
Ted Sorensen	....	set dresser
Sarah Sprawls	....	set decoration buyer
Tamiko Styre	....	art department production assistant
Laura Whitehead	....	art department coordinator
Eva Firshein	....	buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Wade Barnett	....	adr recordist
Javier Bennassar	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Collins	....	assistant sound editor
Lara Dale	....	foley artist
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recording assistant
Brian Dunlop	....	foley editor
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor
Russell Farmarco	....	dialogue editor
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
David Hingorany	....	sound mix engineer
Robert Jackson	....	supervising sound editor
Kate Jesse	....	boom operator
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Scott Kramer	....	additional recordist
Tim Limer	....	mix recordist
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Lisa Pinero	....	sound mixer
David Raymond	....	sound utility
A. Josh Reinhardt	....	foley mixer
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Callie Thurman	....	assistant sound editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer

Special Effects by
Erick Brennan	....	special effects coordinator
Quin Davis	....	special effects technician
Chris Jones	....	special effects technician
Randy Reyman	....	pyrotechnician
Bruno Van Zeebroeck	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Kenneth Armstrong	....	digital artist: Comen VFX
Tim Carras	....	visual effects supervisor
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer
Brandon Criswell	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Daniel Durand	....	operations: Comen VFX
Elizabeth Marriner	....	digital artist: Comen VFX
Bonnie Stern	....	accounting: Comen VFX
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration

Stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt double: Topher Grace
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunt coordinator
Sean Graham	....	stunt double
Webster P. Whinery Jr.	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Agee	....	electrician
Joshua Anderson	....	daily electrician
Douglas Arnold	....	best boy rigging grip
Ed Ashhurst	....	grip
Ed Ashhurst	....	technocrane technician
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Russell Beard	....	electrician
Michael S. Beckman	....	lighting technician: re-shoots
George Bianchini	....	Steadicam operator
Ralph Michael Brekan	....	lamp operator
Ralph Michael Brekan	....	lighting technician
Bobby Bukowski	....	director of photography: second unit
Oliver Cary	....	camera operator
Dustin Chittum	....	lighting technician
Betty Chow	....	second assistant camera
Joe Collins	....	camera operator
Cary Cook	....	camera operator
Rick Davidson	....	camera operator: "b" camera additional photography
Ravi Devineni	....	video assist: second unit
Brandon Ellsworth	....	dolly grip
Troy Felder	....	on-set grip
Michael P. Fredrickson	....	key rigging grip
Greg Harris	....	lighting technician
Patrick R. Heffernan	....	key grip: los angeles
Danny Hernandez	....	key grip
Glen Holland	....	lighting console programmer
Laura Hudock	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Kale Jessen	....	video assist
Xavier Luevano	....	grip
Patriq Luo	....	electrician
Lee Lusby	....	grip
Jon McGinty	....	lighting technician: second unit
Jon McGinty	....	rigging electrician
Don Mosley	....	rigging gaffer (as Donald Ray Mosley)
Geoff Nangle	....	grip
Robert S. Nielsen	....	electrician: second unit
Robert S. Nielsen	....	lighting technician: second unit
Robert S. Nielsen	....	rigging electrician
Ray Patrick	....	super technocrane operator
Matthew Pebler	....	film loader
Felipe Pena	....	rigging electrician
Ryan Polack	....	second assistant camera
Craig Pressgrove	....	assistant camera
Steve Ramsey	....	gaffer
Todd SanSone	....	camera technician: aerial unit
Amishjim Schulze	....	rigging grip
Von Scott	....	assistant camera
Bruce Sharp	....	rigging gaffer
Kurt E. Soderling	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Cory R. Starr	....	electrician
Cory R. Starr	....	lighting technician
John Stewart	....	best boy electric: underwater scenes
Ian S. Takahashi	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit
Michael Tesfai	....	lighting technician
Jeremy Tiffin	....	grip
Jay Todd	....	grip
Neal Welty	....	grip

Casting Department
Jesse Lucy Allen	....	casting assistant
Chris Bowe	....	casting associate
Larissa Burbridge	....	casting assistant (as Larissa Markiw)
Faith Hibbs-Clark	....	head of local casting
William E. Johnson III	....	casting assistant
Terry L. Lamfers	....	casting executive
Sean McIntosh	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gina G. Aller	....	costumer
Steve Constancio	....	key set costumer
Emily Dominguez	....	costumer
Tina Ficaro	....	costume supervisor: re-shoots
Brenda E. Hayes	....	set costumer
Elizabeth Lancaster	....	set costumer
Christine Orth	....	key costumer
Marty Pavatea	....	costumer
Reiko Porter	....	set costumer
Jonny Pray	....	costume supervisor
Dalhia Schuette	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Tracy Adams	....	additional editor
David Allen	....	post-production assistant
David Berman	....	assistant editor
Thomas Calderon	....	first assistant editor
Danny Elhaj	....	post-production assistant
Ashley Farber	....	digital intermediate data manager
Ryan C. Fill	....	post-production assistant
Blake Harjes	....	assistant editor
Carl S.G. Moore	....	digital intermediate producer
Kurt Smith	....	color timer
Jeff Smithwick	....	digital film colorist
Kevin Tent	....	additional editor
Pascal Vaguelsy	....	post-production coordinator
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor
Darin Wooldridge	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Ian Broucek	....	music coordinator
Jeff Carson	....	music editor
Season Kent	....	executive in charge of music
Happy Walters	....	executive in charge of music

Transportation Department
Ryan Allen	....	dot supervisor
Wesley S. Bloom	....	driver
Rick Collins	....	picture car coordinator
Gabe Davila	....	driver: mechanic
Royale Edward	....	driver
John Feinblatt	....	transportation captain
Hal Gibson	....	transportation
David Lee Haggerty	....	driver
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator: reshoots
Brian J. Louis	....	picture car mechanic
Dennis McCarthy	....	transportation coordinator
Jack Jay Reece	....	driver (as Jay Reece)
Leonard Suppes	....	driver
Christopher Weippert	....	driver

Other crew
Kaily Alissano	....	photo double
Jeremy Alter	....	location manager: additional photography
Crista Birgy	....	first assistant accountant
Martin Blankemeyer	....	script editor
Katie Botkin	....	production assistant
Lisa Breitman	....	adr voice
Megan Brown	....	second assistant accountant (as Megan Brown)
Cristal Calderon	....	production assistant
Anthony Calla	....	production assistant
Erik J. Carpenter	....	set production assistant
Elissa Cohn	....	office production assistant
Kyle Cookmeyer	....	assistant craft service
Elizabeth David	....	stand-in
Tana David	....	post facilities coordinator
Ravi Devineni	....	production assistant
Dustin Ellis	....	assistant craft service
Ryan C. Fill	....	loop group voice
Tara Fischer	....	production assistant
Kat Garcia	....	stand-in
David Giere	....	production medic
Josh Godfrey	....	assistant to Topher Grace and Gordon Kaywin
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Rosemary Graham	....	production secretary
Terri Greening	....	production accountant
Katie L. Greisiger	....	travel and housing liaison
Denton Hanna	....	location manager
Timothy P. Haskins	....	location coordinator
Juan Heinrich	....	sequence consultant
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	on-set dialect coach
Natalie Hsieh	....	assistant: Mr. Whitaker
Vickie M. Hsieh	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Ryan Johnson	....	stand-in
Ben Kennedy	....	stand-in
Aaron Kes	....	location assistant
Gavin Kleintop	....	production assistant
Austin Lapierre	....	production assistant
Thomas Loftus	....	senior vice president of business and legal affairs
Skylar Mathey	....	production assistant
Kent Matsuoka	....	key assistant location manager: additional photography
Karen Mattingly	....	script supervisor
Peter McKernan	....	aerial coordinator
Amanda Myers	....	stand-in
Andy Nelson	....	accounting clerk (as Andrew Putman-Nelson)
Ann Pattison-Bingham	....	assets representative
Leigh Ann Philipps	....	assistant to director
Alana Porter	....	stand-in
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist
David M. Rodriguez	....	post production accountant
Jason Sallee	....	assistant location manager
Cavin Gray Schneider	....	stand-in (as Cavin Gray)
Tracey Shrier	....	production assistant
Natasha Shumny	....	post facilities coordinator
Aaron R. Smith	....	production assistant: reshoot
Vinnie Sorce	....	stand-in
Mike Tank	....	location assistant
Mike Tank	....	location scout
Lisa Wade	....	stand-in
Neal Welty	....	production assistant
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	payroll accountant
Julie Wintz	....	assistant to producers
Tara Wise	....	photo double
Paul Yang	....	production assistant
Kenneth Yanga	....	production assistant
Naomi Yospe	....	production coordinator
Jason David Young	....	stand-in

Production Companies

• Rogue Pictures (presents) (as Rogue)
• Imagine Entertainment (presents)
• Relativity Media (in association with)
• Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte (in association with)

Distributors

• Relativity Media (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Rogue Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Geneon Universal Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• Rogue (2011) (USA) (all media)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Pictures (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Waylen Group (2012) (Taiwan) (video)

Special Effects

• Comen VFX (visual effects and main title sequence)

Other Companies

• Film Art  artwork
• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Good Faith Casting  local casting
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Relativity Media  funding
• Relativity Music Group  soundtrack
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Universal Republic Records  soundtrack
• Wildfire Studios  editorial facilities
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production services
• Wildfire Studios  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #43909) | Malaysia:18 | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA (2011) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Metrocenter Mall - 9801 N. Metro Pkwy W., Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Rogue Pictures

Trivia:

The movie took 4 years to be released.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) gives his speech before entering the ball, in the crowd is a party-goer wearing an Adidas beanie with the modern 3 sloped bars logo. The film is set in 1988, but the modern Adidas logo wasn't designed until 1990.

Quotes:

Matt Franklin:Tonight we're not thinking... just doing.

Movie Connections:

References "ALF" (1986)

Soundtrack:

Situation

Formulaic but follows the formula well.

A classic tale of unrequited love and a second shot at that love ala John Hughes complete with a hero that lies to get his foot in the door then has to make a complete jackass of himself after being honest blows up in his face, a goofy misguided sidekick, and a fantastic 80's soundtrack. Like I said, the format is not original but the content was well done. The painful awkward moments were very painful and awkward, the funny bits were very funny, you felt there was a connection there (albeit a one way connection at first since it's that kind of a movie), and it didn't seem forced (even the over the top redemption seemed to fit well). People that don't enjoy slightly grown up teen comedies may not enjoy this film but I for one had a blast.