Monte Carlo (2011)

Director:

Thomas Bezucha

Writers (WGA):

Thomas Bezucha (screenplay) &
April Blair (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

1 July 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

She's having the time of someone else's life.

Plot:

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Monte Carlo | Young Woman | Cell Phone | Misunderstanding

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Selena Gomez	...	Grace Bennett / Cordelia Winthrop Scott
Katie Cassidy	...	Emma Perkins
Leighton Meester	...	Mary 'Meg' Kelly
Cory Monteith	...	Owen Andrews
Andie MacDowell	...	Pam Bennett-Kelly
Brett Cullen	...	Robert Kelly
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes	...	Amanda
Joe Camp III	...	Carl at Diner
Luke Bracey	...	Riley
Valérie Lemercier	...	Madame Valerie
Franck de la Personne	...	Manager at Grand Belle
Máté Haumann	...	Concierge at Grand Belle
István Göz	...	Doorman at Grand Belle
Attila Árpa	...	Security at Grand Belle
Joël Lefrançois	...	Manager at Le Petite Sommeil
Virág Bárány	...	Maid at Le Petite Sommeil
Shay Cunliffe	...	Cashier at Eiffel Tower
Barna Illyés	...	Paparazzi 1
Dániel Mogács	...	Paparazzi 2
Gábor Nagypál	...	Paparazzi 3
Matt Devere	...	Steward on Jet
Pierre Boulanger	...	Theo Marchand
Christophe Malavoy	...	Bernard Marchand
Catherine Tate	...	Alicia Winthrop Scott
Giulio Berruti	...	Prince Domenico da Silvano
Bruno Abraham-Kremer	...	Police Captain
Arnaud Aldigé	...	Bellhop at Hotel de Paris
Antal Leisen	...	Room Service at Hotel de Paris
Richard Rifkin	...	Auction Bidder 1
Sophie Thompson	...	Auction Bidder 2 (as Sophie Care Thompson)
George Mendel	...	Auction Announcer
Séverine Vasselin	...	Waitress on Yacht
Vilma Szécsi	...	Flower Market Woman
Ben O'Brien	...	Strolling Policeman
Bernadett Kis	...	Touring Architect (Romania)
Éva Magyar	...	School Director (Romania)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Romain Cottard	...	Desk Clerk at Hotel de Paris
Wayne Brett	...	Policeman Outside Café (uncredited)
Kamel Laadaili	...	French AirPort Security (uncredited)

Directed by
Thomas Bezucha

Writing credits (WGA)
Thomas Bezucha		(screenplay) &
April Blair		(screenplay) &
Maria Maggenti		(screenplay)
Kelly Bowe		(screen story)
Jules Bass		(novel "Headhunters")

Produced by
Denise Di Novi	....	producer
Alison Greenspan	....	producer
Nicole Kidman	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	producer
Per Saari	....	executive producer
Deborah Schindler	....	executive producer
Forest Whitaker	....	executive producer
Stan Wlodkowski	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Giacchino		(music by)

Cinematography by
Jonathan Brown		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeffrey Ford		(film editor)

Casting by
Kate Dowd
Veronika Varjasi

Production Design by
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Art Direction by
Ray Chan		(supervising art director)
Mónika Esztán

Set Decoration by
Véronique Melery

Costume Design by
Shay Cunliffe

Makeup Department
Márta Antal	....	crowd makeup artist
Frédérique Arguello	....	hair stylist
Csilla Blake-Horváth	....	makeup artist (as Csilla Horváth)
Szandra Bíró	....	makeup artist
Paul Gooch	....	makeup artist
Judit Halász	....	hair stylist
Frances Hannon	....	make-up and hair designer
Éva Kozma	....	crowd makeup supervisor
Júlia Morvai	....	additional makeup artist
Florence Roumieu	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Gilles Castera	....	production manager: Paris
Guillaume Husson	....	assistant unit manager
Krisztian Kertai	....	assistant production manager
Miklós Tóth	....	production manager
Gábor Ujházy	....	unit manager
Stan Wlodkowski	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mallorie Ballestra-Duquesnoy	....	second assistant director
Ali Cherkaoui	....	first assistant director: France & Monaco
Anna Piroska Geréb	....	assistant director runner
Julia Hargitay	....	assistant director runner: crowd
Ben Howard	....	key second assistant director
Carol Lecacheur	....	second second assistant director
Tamas Lukacs	....	second assistant director: second unit
Kati Magenheim	....	first assistant director: second unit
Gergö Marton	....	assistant director runner
Julien Petit	....	crowds assistant director
Carole Schmidlin	....	assistant director: France
Szonja Szekerák	....	third assistant director
Sébastien Tulard	....	second assistant director: second unit
Paul Vallespi	....	assistant director
Tamás Vass	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Deryck Blake	....	property master
Béla Blazsej	....	set dresser
Ricardo Contreras	....	storyboard artist
Aniko Csat	....	set decoration department coordinator
Judit Csák	....	set designer
Roberto DiCamillo	....	buyer
Pierre Farinole	....	assistant property master Paris
Beatrice Giraud	....	art department accountant
József Kiss	....	construction manager
Sebastian Csaba Kiss	....	props
Eva Kuntz	....	concept artist
Geraldine Laferte	....	assistant set decorator
Anne Le van ra	....	art department coordinator
Dora Nagy	....	graphic designer
Frank Pitussi	....	property master: Paris
Karyn Schubert	....	graphic designer
Gábor Szabó	....	stand-by props
Kinga Szabó	....	draftsman
Krisztina Szilágyi	....	assistant art director
Gabor Toth	....	buyer

Sound Department
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr stage engineer
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Susan Dawes	....	supervising dialogue editor
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Galen Goodpaster	....	first assistant sound editor
Allen Hartz	....	adr editor
Mildred Iatrou	....	supervising sound editor (as Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue editor
György Rajna	....	second boom operator
John Rodda	....	production sound mixer
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Szabolcs Stella	....	boom operator
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Furedi Csaba	....	special effects senior technician
Paul Dimmer	....	special effects floor supervisor
Gergely Glovotz	....	special effects assistant
Balázs Hoffmann	....	special effects assistant
Zoltan Kvassay	....	special effects buyer
Istvan 'Stevie' Marton	....	special effects assistant
Szilvia Paros	....	special effects coordinator
Paul Stephenson	....	special effects supervisor
John Stordy	....	special effects trainee

Visual Effects by
Steven Adams	....	vfx executive producer: BUF
Jonathan Bonte	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Corinne Candelier	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Michele Ferrone	....	visual effects producer
Paulina Kuszta	....	visual effects coordinator
Fabrice Lagayette	....	visual effects supervisor: BUF
Aline Lemaire	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Agnes Rama	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Romain Rico	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Ken Robinson	....	digital dailes colorist
Rosita Soares	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects
Eliane Truong	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Edouard Valton	....	vfx production manager: BUF
Emily Williams	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Emily Williams	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF

Stunts
Menyhért René Balog-Dutombé	....	stunts
Kinga Gavalda	....	stunt double
Stephane Girondeaud	....	stunt double: Old man
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Akos Lenkei	....	stunts
Alice Naigeon	....	stunts
Dóra Papp	....	stunt double
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Drigeard Antonin	....	electrician
Paul Armstrong	....	first assistant camera: Texas unit
Ádám Balogh	....	rigging best boy
Antal Berger	....	rigging gaffer
László Bille	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Maxime Cointe	....	first assistant camera: second unit Paris
Adam Dale	....	helicopter aerial director of photography: second unit, Paris/Monaco
Marie-Sophie Daniel	....	central loader: second unit Paris
Steve István Djuroska	....	additional rigger
Jean-François Drigeard	....	gaffer
Hugues Espinasse	....	first assistant camera: second unit Paris
Grégori Gajéro	....	second assistant camera: second unit Paris
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Manuel Gaspar	....	best boy electric
Buda Gulyás	....	director of photography: second unit, Hungary
Nándor Gulyás	....	assistant camera
Nándor Gulyás	....	second camera assistant
Larry D. Horricks	....	still photographer
Stuart Howell	....	camera operator: "a" camera and Steadicam
Alaux Jean-Marc	....	lighting balloon technician
Adam Kalacsi	....	additional rigging electrician
János Kiss	....	key grip
Malek Krimed	....	second assistant camera: second unit Paris
Cyril Kuhnholtz	....	key grip
Zoltán Lakatos	....	dimmer board operator
Olivier Landry	....	best boy: second unit
Sophie Lemaire	....	first assistant b camera
Nathan Mann	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Roger McDonald	....	camera operator: second unit
Péter Meiszner	....	camera trainee
Péter Nádai	....	rigging electrician
Sofia Olstorpe	....	second assistant camera
Lionel Pedro	....	first assistant camera: second unit
James Plannette	....	gaffer
Péter Pozsonyi	....	best boy grip
Balázs Rozgonyi	....	video assist operator
Pauline Sanderre	....	video assistant: second unit, Paris
Dick Saunders	....	second assistant camera: Texas unit
Simon Surtees	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Attila Szilágyi	....	video assist assistant: second unit
Gabor Szucs	....	grip
Masanobu Takayanagi	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit, Paris/Monaco
Masanobu Takayanagi	....	director of photography: second unit, Paris/Monaco
Gregoire Thevenot	....	central loader: Paris and Monaco
Christophe Trefigny	....	electrician
Vincent Tulasne	....	video assist operator, first unit: Paris and Monaco )
Nicolas Turchet	....	grip
István Török	....	dolly grip
François Vigon	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Marc Wolff	....	camera pilot

Casting Department
Aurélie Avram	....	extras casting: Europe
Emilie Chaumat	....	extras casting assistant: Europe
Zsolt Csutak	....	casting: Hungary
Kate Dowd	....	European casting director
Johnny Gidcomb	....	adr voice casting
Zsolt Ferenc Maier	....	extras casting
Aurelia Morain	....	extras casting assistant: Europe
Lisa Zagoria	....	casting associate
Christian Kaplan	....	executive in charge of casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zsófia Federits	....	costume aging
Jennifer Harvey	....	costume supervisor: French crew
Kata Horvath	....	costumer
Brigitta Katona	....	costumer
Jo Korer	....	costume supervisor
Péter Palotás	....	dresser
Dóra Papp	....	wardrobe assistant
Alexandra Szucs	....	costumes coordinator
Marcsi Tóth	....	costume department coordinator
Katalin Ujvari	....	principal dresser
Anikó Zalavári	....	costume coordinator

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Derek Drouin	....	apprentice editor
Akrivi Filippakopoulos	....	assistant editor
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate producer
Matt Hull	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Élodie Ichter	....	colorist assist: Efilm
Gyula István Mózes	....	assistant editor
Fabien Napoli	....	dailies color grader
Kiran Pallegadda	....	associate editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Tom Reiser	....	second colorist: Efilm
Olivier Thoret	....	post-production assistant
Adam Vándor	....	colorist: dailies
Bori Bartucz	....	dailies producer (uncredited)
Adam Jurkovich	....	dailies operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Andrea Datzman	....	score coordinator
Stephen M. Davis	....	music editor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
George Doering	....	musician
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Aaron Meyer	....	music preparation
Liza Richardson	....	music supervisor
Nic. tenBroek	....	orchestrator
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	music editor (temp score)

Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim	....	picture car assistant coordinator: France and Monte Carlo
Bobby Finn	....	driver: costume truck
Charles Heidet	....	picture car coordinator (France & Monte Carlo)
Gabor Kisgyorgy	....	transportation captain
Claudia Kossik	....	transportation coordinator
Jr. Sandor Paradi	....	transportation captain
Jérôme Servant	....	transportation coordinator
Vincent Servant	....	transportation captain
Olivier Suffert	....	driver: cast (France and Monaco)
Alexandre Thiery	....	driver: cast (France & Monte Carlo )

Other crew
Rudolf András	....	location manager
Jeremy Bau	....	assistant location manager
Csaba Benedek	....	security consultant
Françoise Bouillon-Pommerolle	....	production accountant
G.K. Bowes	....	adr voice
Bruce L. Brownstein	....	supervising location manager: Hungary
Suzie Bruce	....	assistant accountant
Mandy Butler	....	production accountant
Julien Béségher	....	extras payroll accountant: France
Jo Cameron Brown	....	dialogue coach
Hélène Cardona	....	adr voice
Damien Clement	....	assistant location manager: France
Gabriella Csoma	....	production coordinator
Kim Davis	....	location manager: Texas
Kriszta Dorogi	....	assistant location manager
Szabolcs Endrefi	....	first assistant accountant
Katie Forss	....	first assistant accountant
Lucia Foster Found	....	aerial operations coordinator
Rita Galántai	....	assistant coordinator
Larry Garrison	....	unit publicist
Alexis Giraudeau	....	facilities assistant: France
Camille Gruman	....	production secretary: second unit
Tamás Gál	....	assistant to producer
Leo Haidar	....	legal counsel
Pierre Hue	....	production assistant
Johann Jolivet	....	set production assistant
Arnaud Kaiser	....	location manager: Paris
Adrienn Kamarás	....	production secretary
Veronika Kara	....	cashier
Ferenc Kondor	....	security coordinator
Róbert Koroknyai	....	clearances coordinator
Ágnes Kun	....	production accountant: HUN
Balázs Labancz	....	production assistant
Mihaly Magenheim	....	production assistant
Gabriel Mamruth	....	payroll master
Jean David Marianne	....	account payroll extras assistant: France
Stephane Martel	....	craft manager
Frédéric Millet	....	assistant production co-ordinator
Grégoire Mouveau	....	facilities manager: Paris
Péter Mészáros	....	unit assistant
Annamária Móré	....	assistant to producer
Sebastien Ordonez	....	facilities manager
János Papp	....	health & safety advisor
Patricia Reid-Douglas	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Simonnet	....	assistant production co-ordinator
Zsolt Spitzer	....	assistant to unit manager
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager
Richard Szabó	....	security HOD
Samantha Timmerman	....	script supervisor
Csaba Veres	....	payroll accountant HUN
Xavier Wakefield	....	location manager
Gabriella Winkler	....	script supervisor
Marc Wolff	....	aerial co-ordinator
Gábor Xantus	....	medical coordinator
Éva Zöld	....	travel coordinator
Emmanuel Fleury	....	set production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fox 2000 Pictures (presents)
• Regency Enterprises (presents)
• DiNovi Pictures (as Di Novi Pictures)
• Dune Entertainment (made in association with)
• Dune Entertainment III (copyright holder) (as Dune Entertainment III LLC)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Russia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Fox 2000 Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through Warner Bros.)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Venezuela (2012) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2011) (Argentina) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• BUF

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Flying Pictures  aerial services provided by
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Sky Media Travel  travel agent
• Studio Line  post-production sound services (ADR)
• Translux  facilities and trucks
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Videoassist.hu  video assist equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief mild language

Runtime:

USA:109 min

Country:

USA | Hungary

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Datasat

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #46342) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Ireland:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:7 (DVD rating) | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

The production spent four days filming in Paris and two weeks filming in Monaco. The rest of the filming took place in Hungary with Budapest doubling for Paris and Monte Carlo. Raleigh Studios Budapest was used to substitute for Monte Carlo's Hotel de Paris for the filming.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Amanda is walking to the podium to give her graduation speech, her graduation robe is open. In the next shot when she starts her speech, it is zipped all the way to the top.

Quotes:

Grace:I finally meet a guy who likes me for me. And I'm not even me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 2011 MTV Movie Awards (2011) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Blow away

A trio of delightful lead performances give it passable quality.

More often than not, I found myself wanting to like Monte Carlo more than I actually did. It's not it's a terrible movie, but I found myself underwhelmed, mainly by the screenplay. It's full of charming moments, and some really interesting narratives and characters, but I found it to be a bit uneven, derivative bordering on tedious, and a bit overlong. I certainly don't think it's a one note story, but it still doesn't break any new ground, and even under developed.

Still, the soft spot in me can't help but give this movie a passing grade, if only for the trio of lead performances. I will admit that I am a fan of the works by Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and Katie Cassidy, so whoever came up with the idea to put all three of them in a movie together is a genius. The three of them share a terrific, irresistible chemistry that deserves a lot better than the movie they're in, with the best performance of the bunch, I'll say, belonging to miss Meester.

Like I said, I'll give it a passing grade, but if you're looking for a truly great rom-com, this sadly isn't it.

**1/2 out of ****