The Proposal (2009)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Anne Fletcher

Writer (WGA):

Pete Chiarelli (written by)

Release Date:

19 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Here comes the bribe...

Plot:

A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada. |

Plot Keywords:

Deportation | Partial Male Nudity | Humiliation | Canadian Stereotype | Cross Examination

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Cast

Sandra Bullock	...	Margaret Tate
Ryan Reynolds	...	Andrew Paxton
Mary Steenburgen	...	Grace Paxton
Craig T. Nelson	...	Joe Paxton
Betty White	...	Grandma Annie
Denis O'Hare	...	Mr. Gilbertson
Malin Akerman	...	Gertrude
Oscar Nuñez	...	Ramone
Aasif Mandvi	...	Bob Spaulding
Michael Nouri	...	Chairman Bergen
Michael Mosley	...	Chuck
Dale Place	...	Jim McKittrick
Alicia Hunt	...	Coffee Barista
Alexis Garcia	...	Immigration Clerk (as Alexis R. Garcia)
Kortney Adams	...	Colden Books Receptionist
Chris Whitney	...	Medivac Pilot
Jerrell Lee	...	Jordan (as Jerell Lee Wesley)
Gregg Edelman	...	Lead Counsel Malloy
Phyllis Kay	...	Mrs. McKittrick
Kate Lacey	...	Party Guest
Gene Fleming	...	Store Owner
Mary Linda Rapelye	...	Executive Secretary
Anne Fletcher	...	Jill
B. Johnson	...	Guy in Office
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jimmy Flynn	...	Candy store boy (uncredited)
Sophya Gudelman	...	Sitka airline passenger (uncredited)
Frankie Imbergamo	...	Int. Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Dan Marshall	...	Lawyer at Publishing Company (uncredited)
Darren Ross	...	Business man (uncredited)
Salvatore Santone	...	Kid 1 (uncredited)
Stream	...	Indian Immigrant at INS office (uncredited)
Adam Zalt	...	Businessman (uncredited)

Directed by
Anne Fletcher

Writing credits (WGA)
Pete Chiarelli		(written by) (as Peter Chiarelli)

Produced by
Sandra Bullock	....	executive producer
Kristin Burr	....	production executive
David Hoberman	....	producer
Alex Kurtzman	....	executive producer
Todd Lieberman	....	producer
Mary McLaglen	....	executive producer
Roberto Orci	....	executive producer
Vitaliy Versace	....	producer

Original Music by
Aaron Zigman

Cinematography by
Oliver Stapleton

Film Editing by
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich

Production Design by
Nelson Coates

Art Direction by
Scott Meehan

Set Decoration by
Denise Pizzini

Costume Design by
Catherine Marie Thomas

Makeup Department
Elizabeth Cecchini	....	key hair stylist
Ann Masterson	....	makeup department head
Medusah	....	department head hair
Pamela S. Westmore	....	makeup artist: Sandra Bullock

Production Management
Adam McCarthy	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rosemary C. Cremona	....	second assistant director
Lynn K. D'Angona	....	first assistant director: second unit
David Mendoza	....	second assistant director: re-shoot
Courtenay Miles	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Raymond Prado	....	second unit director
Rich Sickler	....	first assistant director
Gregory J. Smith	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mollie Stallman	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tim Baum	....	assistant draper
Rachel Burgio	....	props (as Rachel M. Burgio)
Andréa Ciraldo	....	set dresser
Gina B. Cranham	....	set designer
Keith Davidson	....	set dresser
Jennifer Engel	....	assistant decorator
Shoghig Gagossian	....	set decoration production assistant
Michael Geoghegan	....	set dresser
Jane Gulick	....	property master
Jennifer Haigh	....	production assistant: art department
Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones	....	scenic gangboss
Cameron Matheson	....	set dressing gangboss
Adam McClain	....	on-set carpenter
Michael McCombe	....	greens foreman
Martin Milligan	....	on-set dresser
Sara Mills-Broffman	....	assistant properties
Lisa Nagid	....	props
James F. Oñate	....	scenic foreman
Eugene Pope	....	welding foreman
Peter Regnier	....	set dresser
Peter Rippe	....	carpenter
David Rotondo	....	construction coordinator
William C. Salter	....	construction gang boss
Barbara S. Shelton	....	camera scenic
Michelle Sherwood	....	assistant property master
Chris Sullivan	....	art department coordinator
Edward Tamayo	....	set dresser
Tricia Turczynski	....	set dresser
David Utley	....	assistant art director
Kathleen Walker	....	art department coordinator: Los Angeles
Mimi Watstein	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
Karen M. Baker	....	supervising sound editor (as Karen Baker Landers)
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Chris Jargo	....	adr & dialogue supervisor
David MacMillan	....	sound mixer
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Negrete	....	assistant sound editor
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Jamie Ritharom-Umbras	....	adr assistant
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Unsun Song	....	re-recording mix technician
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
David Young	....	sound engineer (as David M. Young)

Special Effects by
Roland Blancaflor	....	special effects technician
Nathanial Brotherhood	....	special effects coordinator
Jeff Naparstek	....	special effects foreman
William 'Barcode' Rosa	....	lab technician

Visual Effects by
Alicia Aguilera	....	digital compositor
Mike Beckman	....	digital compositor
Matthew Beightol	....	digital artist
Benjamin Bratt	....	digital artist
Jeremy Brown	....	rotoscope artist
Peter Bullis	....	digital compositor
Shannan Burkley	....	lead matte painter
Gayle Busby	....	visual effects producer
Sean Carroll	....	rotoscope artist
Dan Cayer	....	digital compositor
Aaron Chiesa	....	digital artist
Charlie Coffou	....	visual effects editor
Sean Devereaux	....	visual effects supervisor: Brickyard Filmworks
Aleksandar Djordjevic	....	lead compositor: Brickyard Filmworks
Brian Drewes	....	visual effects producer
Jaime Fortuno-Lavin	....	digital compositor
Mark Scott Friedman	....	digital compositor
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
Rich Grande	....	digital compositor
Robin Hobart	....	digital compositor
Simon Holden	....	digital compositor
Alexander Jacquet	....	digital compositor
Chris Kwiatkowski	....	tracking
Charles Lapage	....	rotoscope artist
Anu Liikkanen	....	rotoscope artist
Cornelia Magas	....	digital compositor
Indah Maretha	....	digital artist
Geoff McAuliffe	....	visual effects supervisor
Mauricio Monroy	....	digital compositor
Brian Morse	....	tracking
David Piombino	....	digital compositor
Jimi Simmons	....	digital compositor
Katie Stetson	....	data wrangler
Mark Stetson	....	visual effects consultant
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Britton Taylor	....	digital artist
Chau Tong	....	visual effects coordinator
Micole Toyloy	....	digital artist
Eric Wilson	....	digital compositor
Anthony Meschi	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Mike Massa	....	stunt coordinator
Mark Vanselow	....	stunt double: Ryan Reynolds

Camera and Electrical Department
Lee Ayrton	....	rigging electric best boy
Ken W. Ballantine	....	best boy
Eric Robert Bradshaw Bennett	....	electrician
Michael K. Bergstrom	....	key grip: 2nd Unit: Alaska
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Adam D. Bouchard	....	generator operator
Arnold F. Brown	....	electrician
Erik L. Brown	....	first assistant camera: additional photography
Graham Burt	....	camera loader
Dan Carpluk	....	grip
Chris Cotterman	....	grip: additional photography
Jeff W. Curtis	....	grip
Jonathan A. Davidson	....	best boy grip: New York
Andrew Degnan	....	second assistant camera: Los Angeles Unit
Joshua Dreyfus	....	best boy electric
Jeph Folkins	....	camera loader: additional photography
Jeff Gatesman	....	lighting console programmer
Richard Gioia	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Kerry Hayes	....	still photographer
Elizabeth Heslep	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lee-Anthony Holloway	....	rigging electrician
Darryl Humber	....	dolly grip
Josh Ingalls	....	grip: re-shoots
Twig Johnson	....	electrician
John R. Kaplan	....	grip
Gary Kelso	....	grip
Mark Killian	....	additional second assistant camera
David Knox	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Frank La Frazia	....	rigging electrician
John R. Loyd	....	grip
Bill-Brady Majors	....	key rigging grip: re-shoots
Roger Marbury	....	rigging gaffer
Damon Marcellino	....	set lighting technician: re-shoots
Jim McConkey	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mike Moyer	....	gaffer
Jeremy Noggles	....	rigging grip: re-shoots
Gary Oldknow	....	grip
Adam Peabody	....	electrician
Harry Pray IV	....	lighting technician
David Puopolo	....	rigging key grip
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Robert J. Reilly	....	rigging best boy: reshoots
Lance Rieck	....	scorpio head technician
Riko Schatke	....	best boy grip
Chris Silano	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Hannes Steixner	....	rigging grip
Timothy M. Sweeney	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Bill Trautvetter	....	additional camera operator
Aaron Tyburski	....	electrician
Barry M. Wilson	....	director of photography: second unit
Greg Wimer	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video playback engineer
Fred Young	....	electrician

Casting Department
Jandiz Estrada	....	casting associate
Bridgette Glover	....	casting associate
Stephanie R. Hunter	....	extras casting assistant
Ali Merhi	....	extras casting
Angela Peri	....	location casting
Jamie Sparer Roberts	....	casting executive

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jodi Baldwin	....	wardrobe supervisor
Ghilaine Bouadana	....	key costumer
Mickey Carleton	....	assistant costume designer
Rosa Colón	....	additional set costumer
Laura Downing	....	key costumer
Gina Rhodes	....	key seamstress

Editorial Department
George Chavez	....	color timer
Sam Daley	....	colorist: high definition dailies
Morgan Gjovik	....	assistant editor
Richie Roefaro	....	colorist assistant
Larry D. Webster	....	additional post-production services

Music Department
Buck Damon	....	music supervisor
Jerry Hey	....	orchestrator
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Patrick Kirst	....	orchestrator
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Melissa Muik	....	music editor
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Michael Stern	....	music recording engineer: additional score mixer

Transportation Department
Steven Docherty	....	transportation co-captain
Jimmy Kaminsky	....	driver
Michael Sean Ryan	....	transportation coordinator
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	driver: grip truck

Other crew
Md. Moinuddin Ali	....	production assistant: touring crew
Lisa Arnone	....	second script supervisor
Cathleen Brown	....	clearances
Ricou Browning Jr.	....	marine coordinator (as Ricou Browning)
Jillian Curran	....	production assistant
Susanna David	....	script supervisor
Tomas Deckaj	....	key set production assistant: New York Unit
Nicholas Delmenico	....	travel coordinator
Michael DeSantis	....	production accountant
Roger Dillingham Jr.	....	set medic
Jeff Dionne	....	location assistant
Matthew Lee 'Ziggy' Einzig	....	production assistant
Jane Finn-Foley	....	production secretary
Dave Grabarek	....	second assistant accountant: reshoot
Cheri Hall	....	first assistant accountant: reshoot
Cody Harter	....	stand-in
Barbara Heller	....	location manager: New York
Patrick Hodges	....	accounting clerk
Kate Kelly	....	production coordinator
Tiffany Noel Kinder	....	location scout: Boston
Renee Kitterman	....	key second assistant accountant
David LaCarubba	....	production assistant
Scott Levine	....	unit publicist
Tania Levin	....	payroll
Rebecca Locke	....	assistant production coordinator
Chris Love	....	office production assistant
James MacDonald	....	set medic
Larry Madrid	....	animal trainer
Heidi Brook Myers	....	adr loop group
Stephanie Norton	....	assistant: David Hoberman
Dave Ozug	....	assistant location manager
Joe Piasecki	....	assistant location manager
Kate Powell	....	assistant: Anne Fletcher
Jaime De La Rosa	....	stand-in: Oscar Nunez
Matthew D. Rutler	....	production assistant
Charlie Scimone	....	key craft services
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles unit
Lindsey Spaulding	....	assistant: Ms. McLaglen
Michelle Stevens	....	first assistant accountant
Benjamin Thomas	....	location scout
Angelo Vacco	....	voice actor
Ryan Van de Kamp Buchanan	....	stand-in: ryan reynolds
Richard Wilson	....	second assistant accountant: re-shoot
Rebecca Windsor	....	assistant: Todd Lieberman
Zachary Woodlee	....	assistant choreographer
Judith Babcock	....	technical supervisor: dailies (uncredited)
Karen Stark	....	location scout (uncredited)

Thanks
Mike Chambers	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Kurtzman/Orci
• Mandeville Films
• Touchstone Pictures

Distributors

• Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (2009) (Finland) (all media)

Special Effects

• Brickyard VFX (visual effects) (as Brickyard Filmworks)
• RotoFactory (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Dolce Vita Productions  production support
• Film Art  artwork
• Framepool  stock footage
• Klass Entertainment  product placement
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  star trailers, honeywagon, wardrobe
• Media Magik Entertainment  post-production
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• yU+Co.  main titles

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45211) | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:PG | Finland:S | Australia:PG | Mexico:A | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Kurtzman/Orci

Trivia:

Nowhere does it list Alaska as an actual film location. The film was actually filmed in Boston and on Boston's North Shore. In one of the scenes, you can see the famous Rockport icon, "Motif No.1", the little red shack famous for being a subject of many famous painters' and photographers' work. Snow-capped mountains (or any mountains, for that matter) are nowhere to be found on the North Shore. Those were added in digitally.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Margaret (Sandra Bullock) spits out the hors d'oeuvre she was forced to eat, the camera goes to Andrew (Ryan Reynolds). The next shot of Margaret you can see the side of her face, and she is cracking up. She walks into the next scene very serious.

Quotes:

Andrew Paxton: [as Margaret slowly descends the ladder to the dock] Congratulations. I'm a hundred.

Soundtrack:

Get Low

It was sweet

Although the movie is predictable, like most romance comedies are, nevertheless it was sweet. Sure a bit unrealistic in terms of the time line of the whole plot takes place but this is why we have movies like this, so you can escape into the fantasy of romance and humor. If you are looking for realism then watch a 3 hour drama, but if you want to escape for awhile and just enjoy a movie you don't have to think too much about then it's worth your time. If you don't want to pay to go see it in the theater, then wait for it to come out on DVD. I saw it during a private screening as part of the ATL Film Festival, for close to two hours I thought of nothing else and laughed and even cried a bit. I would definitely see it again. It may not be the best romantic comedy I have seen but the movie still holds lots of charm.