Sydney White (2007)

Director:

Joe Nussbaum

Writer (WGA):

Chad Gomez Creasey (written by)

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Freshman year is no fairy tale.

Plot:

A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.

Plot Keywords:

College | Sorority | College Professor | Newspaper Headline | Ex Boyfriend

Cast

Amanda Bynes	...	Sydney White
Sara Paxton	...	Rachel
Matt Long	...	Tyler
Jack Carpenter	...	Lenny
Jeremy Howard	...	Terrence
Crystal Hunt	...	Dinky
Adam Hendershott	...	Jeremy
Danny Strong	...	Gurkin
Samm Levine	...	Spanky
Libby Mintz	...	Christy
John Schneider	...	Paul White
Arnie Pantoja	...	George
Donté Bonner	...	Embele
Brian Patrick Clarke	...	Professor Carleton
Lauren Leech	...	Katy
Cree Ivey	...	Young Sydney
Ashley Eckstein	...	Alicia (as Ashley Drane)
Lisandra Vazquez	...	Amy
Chris Carberg	...	Moose
Kierstin Koppel	...	Goth Girl
Jeff Chase	...	Big Ron
Jobeth Locklear	...	Flirty Girl
Tait Moline	...	Danny the Tranny
Adam Vernier	...	Football Fan #1
Carlos Navarro	...	Football Fan #2
Nadine Avola	...	Pin Me Sister
David Skyler	...	Hacker
Phyllis Fludd White	...	Librarian
Arielle Quatro	...	Student Newscaster (as Arielle Grace)
Jennifer Skidmore	...	Waitress
Pixee Wales	...	Old Woman
Susie Abromeit	...	Cheerleader
Brooke Newton	...	Sorority Girl
Evan Todd	...	Student
Cornelius John Laws	...	Beta Singer
Brent A. Westbrook	...	Beta Singer
Dustin R. Grant	...	Beta Singer
Nathanael P. Morano	...	Beta Singer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melissa Bosco	...	College student (uncredited)
Alana Cadiz	...	Alpha Nu Gamma Sister (uncredited)
Chris Cavallaro	...	Homeless (uncredited)
Connor Christie	...	10 Year-old boy (uncredited)
Jamie Cline	...	Student (uncredited)
Archie Cogollos	...	Homeless bum (uncredited)
Josh Cole	...	College Student (uncredited)
Arthur 'A.C.' Curran	...	S.A.U. Student (uncredited)
Matt Doolittle	...	Beta Fraternity Member (uncredited)
Richard Andrew Evans	...	Homeless Man (uncredited)
Darwin 'Mightymouse' Francis	...	Extra (uncredited)
Rod Grant	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Garrett Harrison	...	Kappa Pledge Date (uncredited)
Jamie Hartley	...	Sorority Sister (uncredited)
David How	...	Goth Student (uncredited)
Amy Lyn Howell	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Bjorn Jiskoot Jr.	...	Student (uncredited)
Micaela Johnson	...	Plain Jane (uncredited)
Nathena Lewis	...	Student (uncredited)
Natricia Lewis	...	Student (uncredited)
Amy LoCicero	...	Kappa Pledge (uncredited)
Adam Lopez	...	Student (uncredited)
John Archer Lundgren	...	Ambling Man (uncredited)
Mitchell Maggin	...	College Student (uncredited)
Eric Mentis	...	Student (uncredited)
Freddie T. Mitchell	...	Student at Flyer (uncredited)
Tony Morales	...	Construction Worker / Parent (uncredited)
Michelle Moretti	...	Kappa Pledge (uncredited)
Cynthia Murell	...	Rushee (uncredited)
Tom Myers	...	Construction Worker / Parent (uncredited)
Wesley Nielsen	...	Homeless Man (uncredited)
Christine Padovan	...	Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Jeremy Palko	...	Beta Frat Brother (uncredited)
Jenny Robinson	...	Bunchy Hathaway (uncredited)
David W. Scott	...	Parent (uncredited)
Thomas Noel Smith	...	Homeless Wretch (uncredited)
Joanne Spracklen	...	Blonde workout girl (uncredited)
R.J. Stallman	...	Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Jonathan Stanley	...	Frat Boy (uncredited)
Adonis Stevens	...	Army ROTC (uncredited)
Bruce Timmons	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Rachel Titen	...	Gamma Phi Sorority Sister (uncredited)
Andy Ussach	...	Fraternity Boy (uncredited)
Aries Marvin Uzzle	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Melissa K. Webb	...	Sorority Sister (uncredited)
Stacy Westbrook	...	Busty Girl on Treadmill (uncredited)
Ashlea Wiest	...	Sorority Sister (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Nussbaum

Writing credits (WGA)
Chad Gomez Creasey		(written by)

Produced by
Guy McElwaine	....	executive producer
Wayne Morris	....	executive producer
Dara Resnik Creasey	....	co-producer
David C. Robinson	....	producer (as David Robinson)
James G. Robinson	....	producer
Clifford Werber	....	producer

Original Music by
Deborah Lurie

Cinematography by
Mark Irwin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Danny Saphire

Casting by
Pam Dixon

Production Design by
Mark Garner

Art Direction by
Andrew White

Set Decoration by
Shawn McFall

Costume Design by
Beverly Safier

Makeup Department
Cori Adkins	....	makeup artist
Deborah Brozovich	....	hair stylist
Regina S. Chaney	....	makeup artist
Nancy Cummings	....	additional makeup artist
Alberta Dellaratta	....	hair stylist
Lee Grimes	....	makeup department head
Jane Hassinger	....	key hair stylist
Ann-Maree Hurley	....	makeup artist
Terrie Irwin	....	hair stylist
Diane Maurno	....	key makeup artist
Matthew Petty	....	hair stylist
Randa Squillacote	....	hair department head
Christine Wostak	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Andy Fraser	....	executive in charge of production
Dan Genetti	....	post-production supervisor
Wayne Morris	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Finn	....	second assistant director
Charissa Forth	....	second second assistant director (as Charissa Forth Kane)
James Giovannetti Jr.	....	first assistant director
Taz Goldstein	....	second unit director

Art Department
John Balling	....	charge scenic
William R. Bricker	....	propmaker
Gordon Cheatum	....	propmaker
Manuel Cordero	....	set designer
Stitch Crisp	....	property master
Michael A. Diemer	....	scenic artist
Michael Edling	....	construction coordinator
Michael D. Fitzgerald	....	set dresser
Brigan Gresh	....	art department coordinator
Bradley Hagelin	....	propmaker
Jeffrey Harris	....	propmaker
Elaine Kooser	....	set decoration buyer
Brent Kunze	....	art department production assistant
Brian Latimer	....	graphic designer
Jeff 'J.Mac' McDonald	....	set dresser
William D. McLane	....	assistant property master
John K. Meyer	....	propmaker
Dimitri Molimis	....	art department production assistant
Doug Nichols	....	draftsman
John Ogonoski	....	propmaker
James B. Perdue	....	lead scenic
Jeremy Alan Read	....	set dresser (as Jeremy A. Read)
Jack Reeves	....	scenic artist
Vincent Richter	....	propmaker
Jeffrey Ritz	....	propmaker
Roger Sherman	....	scenic artist
Gene Siegmund	....	propmaker
Frank Sleeman	....	construction gang boss
Dan Stewart	....	propmaker
Ian Forsyth Stewart	....	art department production assistant
John Tegethoff	....	set dresser
Ryan Tindall	....	propmaker
Dan Wilkerson	....	on-set dresser
Jim S. Williams	....	lead man
Douglas Winters	....	foreman
Ryan C. Wolfgang	....	props (as Ryan Wolfgang)

Sound Department
Thomas E. Allen	....	sound mixer
Tommy Allen	....	boom operator
James Bailey	....	foley artist
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark D. Fleming	....	sound re-recording mixer
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Brian James	....	sound utility
Jacob Kemp	....	boom operator
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound editor
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound editor
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound editor
Katherine Rose	....	foley artist
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Thomas Kittle	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Danny Albano	....	digital compositor: Technicolor Digital Services
David Beedon	....	digital effects artist
Anthony Davis	....	digital compositor: Technicolor Digital Services
Fortunato Frattasio	....	digital effects artist
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Sean Rourke	....	digital effects supervisor: Digiscope
Christopher Stack	....	imaging supervisor: Digiscope
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration

Stunts
Matt Allmen	....	stunts
Jennifer Badger	....	stunt coordinator
Kevin Ball	....	stunt performer
Laurence Chavez	....	stunts
John Evanko	....	utility stunts
Reece Fleetwood	....	stunts
John Gilbert	....	stunts
Robyn Graham	....	stunts
Kurt Hockenberry	....	stunts
Joop Katana	....	stunt double
Dave Kramer	....	stunts
David Brian Martin	....	utility stunts
Josh Mueller	....	stunt performer
Phi-Long Nguyen	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts (as Mike Owen)
Josh Petro	....	stunts
Susan Saddler	....	stunts
Nick Stanner	....	stunt double
Clark Tucker	....	stunts
Jimmy Waitman	....	stunts
Michele Waitman	....	stunt double
Traci Wilks	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Christopher Alley	....	electrician (as Chris Alley)
Grayson Austin	....	Steadicam operator
Ben Bardin	....	key grip
Frank Boone	....	dolly grip
David S. Campbell	....	camera operator
Stephen Campbell	....	camera operator
Stephen Campbell	....	director of photography: second unit
Gary H. Clay	....	rigging best boy grip (as Gary Clay)
Shiloh Eck	....	electrician
Peter Eisner	....	rigging grip
Richard Falk Jr.	....	rigging electrician (as Richard Falk)
Chris Fisher	....	assistant camera
Sean Fisher	....	grip
Marvin Haven	....	dolly grip
Marvin Haven	....	grip
Tom Hunt	....	grip
Kevin Jackson	....	best boy grip
Gordy Jorian	....	electrician
Peter Kantor	....	grip
J. Steven Latham	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Alan J. Malatesta	....	electrician (as Alan Malatesta)
Kevin McKenna	....	digital video assist operator
Patrick K. Meng	....	key rigging grip (as Patrick Meng)
Jason Miller	....	video playback operator
John Oliveri	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Gene Page	....	still photographer
Ken Palladino	....	rigging electrician (as Kenneth Palladino)
Peter Perez	....	rigging grip
Humberto Recio	....	electrician
Rob Scott	....	gaffer
Andy Seely	....	electrician
Louis Smith	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Phil Stevenson	....	rigging electrician
Scott Stuart	....	rigging best boy
Brooks Toran	....	additional electrician
Danny Vanzura	....	film loader
Robert Veliky	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Marc Wostak	....	rigging gaffer (as Marc Wostack)

Casting Department
Jennifer Conrader	....	extras casting
Katye Kalivoda	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Melaine Moreno	....	extras casting
Kimberly Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Mark Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Gerald Tejada	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Candace Rice	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Allyse Manoff	....	digital intermediate producer
Faust Pierfederici	....	digital preview colorist
Bart Rachmil	....	assistant editor
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Ethan Von Zamft	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music clearances
Naimee Coleman	....	vocalist
Matt Lewkowicz	....	composer: additional arrangements
Michael Lloyd	....	executive music consultant
Jen Pray	....	music clearance
David Sabee	....	music contractor
Ben Schor	....	music editor
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Rebekah Touma	....	music coordinator
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Kevin Craig	....	transportation captain
David Neil Enfinger	....	driver: production van

Other crew
Tyler Lee Allen	....	stand-in
Tighe Arnold	....	production secretary
Carla Bailey	....	assistant craft service
Eduardo J. Belaval	....	film runner
David Bermejo	....	stand-in
Shawn 'Bigwheel' Bidwell	....	location assistant
Eileen Bobeck	....	clearance and product placement
John Bonaccorse	....	key set production assistant
Brian Burger	....	location production assistant
Jared B. Callan	....	production assistant
Andrew Campbell	....	set production assistant
Craig Chamberlin	....	stand-in
Mark Craig	....	caterer
Jennifer Dowling	....	accounting production assistant
Frank J. Ellison	....	controller
Erik Finsrud	....	stand-in
Adam Fraum	....	location production assistant
John Garrett	....	location manager
Karen Gill	....	assistant: Joe Nussbaum
Zak Grausam	....	first assistant accountant
Amy Gretenstein	....	film runner
Patty Harrigan	....	production assistant
Jennifer Henderson	....	animal trainer
Kyle Hickman	....	stand-in
Bjorn Jiskoot Jr.	....	stand-in
Jenna Kehrli	....	production assistant
Ashley Kravitz	....	rights and clearances
Krystian Lagowski	....	key set production assistant
Chandra Leigh	....	stand-in
Alan Levi	....	location scout
Kerry Levin	....	set production assistant
April Mackin	....	animal trainer
Karen Manuel	....	production assistant
Daniel Manus	....	assistant: Clifford Werber
James Martin Jr.	....	assistant craft service
Drew Massey	....	puppeteering coach
Michael J. McCarthy	....	craft service
Stacey McGillis	....	location assistant
Kevin McKenna	....	digital video operator
Tammy Middleton	....	production assistant
Greg Mielcarz	....	unit publicist
Leslie Moak	....	production coordinator
Michelle Montgomery	....	adr loop group
Megan Morris	....	behind-the-scenes
Joshua Muller	....	set production assistant
Bruce Newberg	....	set production assistant
Ron Parsell	....	production captain
Maria Gabriella Pennington	....	assistant: Amanda Bynes (as Maria Pennington)
Jason Nathaniel Powers	....	stand-in
Jason Quimby	....	assistant location manager
Cassie Richardson	....	location scout
James G. Robinson	....	presenter
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Dawn Scott	....	catering assistant
Aaron Semel	....	assistant: James G. Robinson (as Aaron Semmel)
Gary Sewell	....	payroll accountant
Sheryl Sirmons	....	first assistant accountant
Dominica Sliwa	....	second assistant accountant
B. Logan Walden	....	set production assistant
Kathryn Waters	....	script supervisor
Janet M. West	....	assistant: James G. Robinson (as Janet West)
Heather Wilk	....	location production assistant
Heather Wilk	....	office production assistant
Dana Wilkey	....	product placement
Ricardo Williams	....	stand-in
Alice Wymer	....	assistant production coordinator
Jamie Cline	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Alan Maxson	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Levi Stevens	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Morgan Creek Productions
• SW7D Productions
• Clifford Werber Productions

Distributors

• Morgan Creek International (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digiscope (digital visual effects)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)

Other Companies

• Nina Saxon Film Design  title design
• Axium/Avalon Entertainment Services  payroll services
• Background Entertainment  extras casting
• Brand-in Entertainment  product integration
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Continental Film Laboratory  laboratory
• Full Sail Real World Education  production facilities
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  grip and lighting equipment
• Klass Entertainment  Versace clothing and bags provided by Klass Entertainment
• Klass Entertainment  product placement
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Paskal Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  opticals
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language, sexual humor and partying

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43712) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:12A | New Zealand:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:12 | Sweden:Btl (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Church Street Station - 129 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

In the last scene of the movie, Amanda Bynes is wearing a shirt from her own Steve & Barry's clothing line.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Greeting card given to Sydney at beginning of film states: "Congratulations! Your (sic) going to college!"

Quotes:

Rachel Witchburn:I'm the last person you wanna mess with.
Sydney White:No. You're the first.

Movie Connections:

References "Doctor Who" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Warning

Not the most original, but sweet, harmless and entertaining!

Maybe I just haven't seen a good "teen girl" movie in so long. In fact, I don't remember the last time I went and saw a "teen girl" movie. Maybe if there were more out there was fun as this, I would. Basically, I had boring, rainy Saturday and a little sister. The trip to the theatre wound up with the two us laughing our heads off and all the appropriate "aww" moments.

The premise is a modern-day Snow White on a college campus. A little contrived, but hey, it apparently worked. Sydney is your average tomboy who is under all sorts of pressure to pledge herself to her dead mother's old sorority. Well, the sorority girls are no longer what they used to be, and the pampered princesses throw Sydney out into the rain. She winds up taking refuge at the Vortex, a student housing building where lives the guy she dumped for a sorority mission and his six bizarre roommates.

Honestly, I didn't think it would work. But it did, and besides the cuteness there is a little more moral meat as Sydney and her new friends lead a student body revolution. Yeah, it's cheesy and we've seen the revenge-of-the-nerds theme many a time before, but it's so goodhearted and fun that I couldn't help but love it, stereotypes, predictability, and all.

All the characters seemed very much into their roles. I wouldn't say I'm an Amanda Bynes fan, but she failed to annoy me this time around! It was a great blend of an old story with modern college life with clever, roll-your-eyes references to the original Disney animated film. It might bother some people, but as a Snow White fan I thought they were cute.

It's definitely a girl movie, I'll give you that, so if you can't put up with the silliness and the cheesiness, you will not enjoy it. But if you're a girl looking for a cute movie with a lot of harmless fun, this will hit the spot. This is one I will definitely buy on DVD and watch when I need something light and fun.

Not the most artistic of film making and not a whole lot of focus on in-depth characters and originality, but as a former teenage girl, I will happily give this adorable little film 7/10 for sheer sweetness, a good heart, and a passion for doing the right thing. Sometimes we just need that girly spunk.