"Desperate Housewives" Art Isn't Easy (2007)

Director:

David Grossman

Writers:

Marc Cherry (creator)
Jason Ganzel (written by)

TV Series:

"Desperate Housewives" (2004)

Original Air Date:

28 October 2007 (Season 4, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Battle lines are drawn between Katherine and Lynette over the vacant position of Association President when a unique piece of art shows up on Wisteria Lane, while Bree's former mother-in-law draws battle lines over Danielle's unborn child.

Plot Keywords:

Boxer Shorts | Infidelity | Underwear | Love Scene | Kissing

Cast

Teri Hatcher	...	Susan Delfino
Felicity Huffman	...	Lynette Scavo
Marcia Cross	...	Bree Hodge
Eva Longoria Parker	...	Gabrielle Lang
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Edie Britt
Ricardo Chavira	...	Carlos Solis (as Richardo Antonio Chavira)
Andrea Bowen	...	Julie Mayer (credit only)
Doug Savant	...	Tom Scavo
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Orson Hodge
Dana Delany	...	Katherine Mayfair
Brenda Strong	...	Mary Alice Young (voice)
James Denton	...	Mike Delfino
Shawn Pyfrom	...	Andrew Van De Kamp
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Dylan Mayfair (credit only)
Joy Lauren	...	Danielle Van De Kamp
Brent Kinsman	...	Preston Scavo
Shane Kinsman	...	Porter Scavo
Zane Huett	...	Parker Scavo
Rachel G. Fox	...	Kayla Huntington (as Rachel Fox)
Nathan Fillion	...	Dr. Adam Mayfair
Kathryn Joosten	...	Karen McCluskey
Tuc Watkins	...	Bob Hunter
Kevin Rahm	...	Lee McDermott
Michelle Pierce	...	Tammy Rowland
Shirley Knight	...	Phyllis Van De Kamp
Jesse Metcalfe	...	John Rowland
Pat Crawford Brown	...	Ida Greenberg
Eric Payne	...	Investigator
Austin Majors	...	Brett

Directed by
David Grossman

Writing credits
Marc Cherry		(creator)
Jason Ganzel		(written by)

Produced by
Matt Berry	....	co-executive producer
Marc Cherry	....	executive producer
Alexandra Cunningham	....	co-executive producer
Bob Daily	....	executive producer
Anne Flett-Giordano	....	co-executive producer
Jamie Gorenberg	....	producer
Jeff Greenstein	....	consulting producer
David Grossman	....	executive producer
Stephanie Hagen	....	producer
Susan Nirah Jaffe	....	co-executive producer
Joe Keenan	....	consulting producer
Lori Kirkland	....	co-executive producer (as Lori Kirkland Baker)
Joey Murphy	....	executive producer
John Pardee	....	executive producer
George W. Perkins	....	executive producer
Chuck Ranberg	....	co-executive producer
Larry Shaw	....	executive producer
Charles Skouras III	....	producer
Sabrina Wind	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Steve Jablonsky

Cinematography by
Lowell Peterson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jonathan Posell

Production Design by
Thomas A. Walsh

Costume Design by
Catherine Adair

Makeup Department
Kathryn Fenton	....	make-up artist
Blake Shepard	....	makeup artist
Sherilyn Stetz	....	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Efrain Cortes	....	second second assistant director
Craig Miller	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Jason Puga	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
John Garret Gorman	....	mix stage engineer
Jason Lezama	....	dialogue editor
Robb Navrides	....	supervising sound editor
Jordan Wilby	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Mark DiSarro	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
David Carriker	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Kevin Mangold	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Jamal J. Farley	....	lighting technician
Ingrid Hartman	....	film loader
Zsolt Kadar	....	first assistant camera
Didier Koskas	....	key grip
Lon Thompson	....	gaffer
Tim Wattez	....	rigging electrician
Scott Donahue	....	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tami Eldridge	....	costumer
Tara Sanovich	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Greg Faluszczak	....	on-line editor
Greg Pastore	....	dailies colorist
Shaley Brooks	....	colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Danny Elfman	....	composer: theme music
Pieter A. Schlosser	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Bob Wachs	....	transportation co-captain
Bob Dorn	....	transportation co-captain (uncredited)

Other crew
Brian A. Alexander	....	script coordinator
John Paul Bullock III	....	script coordinator
Kendra Burrell	....	set production assistant
Nicholas Hiles	....	production assistant
Linda Leifer	....	script supervisor
Alexis Scheu	....	assistant to director
Julianne Weick	....	assistant production coordinator
Marc Garcia	....	life guard (uncredited)
Evan Liss	....	set medic (uncredited)
Lisa Maniker	....	product placement (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marc Cherry		creator

Produced by
Bruce Zimmerman	....	supervising producer (2005-)

Art Direction by
Kim Hix

Costume Design by
Marie-Sylvie Deveau
Enid Harris

Makeup Department
Maggie Fung	....	makeup department head
Lindsay Gores	....	assistant makeup artist
Tegan Taylor	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
M.C. 'Max' Berryhill	....	second assistant director
Jeanne Caliendo	....	first assistant director
Michael Helfand	....	second assistant director
Michael R. Melamed	....	second second assistant director
Brendalyn Richard	....	day-player additional second assistant director
Brendalyn Richard	....	second second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Cate Bangs	....	set designer
Jarid Boyce	....	storyboard artist
Chuck Herrmann	....	assistant property master
Lance Larson	....	assistant props
Steven Samanen	....	assistant art director
Victor M. Shannon	....	plasterer foreman
JoAnn Stevens	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Javier Bennassar	....	sound editor
Glenn E. Berkovitz	....	production sound mixer
Chuck Buch	....	sound mixer
Robert Carr	....	sound mix technician
Rob Cunningham	....	boom operator: second unit
Jesse K-D. Dodd	....	foley mixer
Klair Ethridge	....	boom operator: second unit
Lee Gilmore	....	foley editor
Thomas Giordano	....	boom operator: second unit (multiple episodes)
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Mark C. Grech	....	boom operator: second unit
Alex Names	....	sound utility
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Craig T. Rosevear	....	foley editor
Douglas Shamburger	....	boom operator (2005)

Special Effects by
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
Jennifer M. Sheppard	....	special effects office coordinator

Visual Effects by
Louis Bravo	....	visual effects editor
Darren Frankel	....	VP, post production: Stargate Digital
Sid Jayakar	....	digital compositor
Christopher Keithley	....	matte painter
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor
Rob Reinhart	....	digital compositor (as Robert Reinhart)
Victor Scalise	....	digital compositor
Jason Shulman	....	digital artist: promotional effects (season 2)
Cedric Tomacruz	....	matte painter
Peter Vazquez	....	visual effects supervisor
Peter V. Ware	....	visual effects exective producer
Doug Witsken	....	digital compositor
Christopher M. Wright	....	visual effects producer
Fabio Zapata	....	digital effects

Stunts
Jeff Brockton	....	stunt double
Wendi Bromley	....	stunt double: Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria
Chase Coleman	....	stunt performer
Dennis Fitzgerald	....	stunt double: Mark Moses
Cody Gill	....	stunt double
Dina L. Margolin	....	stunt double
Jenny Tallent	....	stunt double
Jenny Tallent	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Andrus	....	rigger
Craig Bilodeau	....	rigging grip
Ffilip Bolton	....	rigging electrician
Shane Buttle	....	set lighting technician
Joe Chess	....	Steadicam operator
Xiomara Comrie	....	assistant camera
Jesse Crusing	....	additional electrician
Lance Dickinson	....	electrician
Ryan French	....	rigging electrician
Barry Gross	....	electrician
Craig Horwitz	....	rigging electrician
Greg Jarrett	....	lighting technician
Rory Robert Knepp	....	Steadicam operator
Rory Robert Knepp	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Chelsea Low	....	Steadicam operator
Bill-Brady Majors	....	key rigging grip
Ken Metz	....	grip
Bob Myers	....	rigging grip
Morten Petersen	....	rigging best boy electric
Jim Petretti	....	electrician
Brendon Phillips	....	rigging electrician
Michael Piekutowski	....	rigging electrician
Paul Plannette	....	first assistant camera
Justin Portwood	....	grip
Maricella Ramirez	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robert J. Reilly	....	rigging grip
Brooks Robinson	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Roland Simmons	....	lighting technician
Frank Sims	....	rigging grip
John Spezzano	....	dolly grip
Michael Stumpf	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Stumpf	....	camera operator: additional unit
Joseph D. Urbanczyk	....	additional camera operator
Peter Vazquez	....	director of photography: effects unit
Naomi Villanueva	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Brad Kenny	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Gore	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Ryan Michael Miller	....	editor: title sequence: yU+co.
Abraham Park	....	post-production: Touchstone Television
Randy Starnes	....	final color timer

Music Department
Mauricio J. Balvanera	....	music editor
Steven Cahill	....	music producer
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Patrick Spain	....	score assistant engineer

Transportation Department
Darrell Dubovsky	....	driver
Brian Joseph Moore	....	driver: props truck (seasons 1 and 2)
Dana Schisler	....	driver

Other crew
Kristen Anthony	....	production assistant
Ursula Brauner	....	dog trainer
Holli Bremer	....	production assistant
Erik Carlson	....	production staff
Neil Clark	....	computer graphic artist
Kerrigan Janet Daily	....	publicist (2005)
Guin Dill	....	animal trainer
Erin Felentzer	....	publicist
Shilo Frontierro	....	additional set production assistant
Mark Gerald	....	production paramedic
Greg Goren	....	production assistant (2005-)
Kyra Green	....	production staff
Jill Hoppy	....	production assistant
JaSheika Ashel James	....	assistant: Sabrina Wind
Ryan Krayser	....	production assistant
Victoria LaFortune	....	production executive
Chris Loveall	....	assistant: Michael Edelstein
Randy Loveridge	....	assistant: Marc Cherry (season 1)
Damien Lubiak	....	production assistant: pilot
Omar McClinton	....	post-production finance: Touchstone Television
Stephanie A. Purdy	....	animal trainer
Willy Roberts	....	production assistant
Denise Rosen	....	production accountant
Yolanda Santosa	....	title designer
Adam Schindler	....	unspecified assistant
Rainbow Shalom Hayes	....	craft service (as Rainbow-Shalom Johnson)
Alexa Sheehan	....	production assistant (as Alexa Motley)
Joshua Stickler	....	production assistant
Jenny Tallent	....	lead stand-in
Shawn Tanaka	....	assistant: Felicity Huffman
Patrick Tarpey	....	animal trainer
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Matt Tulve	....	production assistant
Andre C. Verderame	....	set production assistant
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Garson Yu	....	title designer

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Pro 7 (2008) (Germany) (TV)
• TV2 (2008) (Hungary) (TV)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Venezuela:PG-13

Quotes:

Danielle Van De Kamp: You're always mean to me, just like you were to dad. You emasculated him. Well, you're not gonna emasculate me.
Bree Hodge: You don't even know what that means, you petulant sock puppet.
Danielle Van De Kamp: Who cares? I'm going to the store.
Bree Hodge: Buy a dictionary.

Movie Connections:

References "Punk'd" (2003)