Management (2008)

Director:

Stephen Belber

Writer (WGA):

Stephen Belber (written by)

Release Date:

21 May 2009 (Israel)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A touching comedy

Plot:

A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.

Plot Keywords:

Motel | Motel Manager | Buddhism | Asian | Interracial Friendship

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Sue
Steve Zahn	...	Mike
Margo Martindale	...	Trish
Fred Ward	...	Jerry
James Hiroyuki Liao	...	Al
Woody Harrelson	...	Jango
Katie O'Grady	...	Corporate Bliss Receptionist
Yolanda Suarez	...	Marissa
Kevin Heffernan	...	Jed
Don Burns	...	Businessman (as Don Stewart Burns)
Kimberly Howard	...	Colleague
Collin Crowley	...	Wally
Gilberto Martin del Campo	...	Priest
Mark Boone Junior	...	Jack (as Mark Boone Jr.)
Garfield Wedderburn	...	Bus Driver
Josh Lucas	...	Barry (as Easy Dent)
Dominic Fumusa	...	Stan Ball
Tzi Ma	...	Truc Quoc
Joan Riordan	...	Mary
Robert Projansky	...	Homeless Man #1
Jerry Foster	...	Homeless Man #2
Yuqin Wang	...	Betty
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Taylor Renee Campbell	...	Yoga Student (uncredited)
T.J. Civis	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Ranielle Gray	...	Yoga Class Member (uncredited)
Moreen Littrell	...	Colleague #2 (uncredited)
Michael J. Prosser	...	Dick #2 (uncredited)
Jenna Rae	...	Soccer Player (uncredited)
Brent Simon	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Rian Turner	...	Aberdeen Pedestrian (uncredited)
Robert Zorn	...	Vietnam Veteran (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Belber

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen Belber		(written by)

Produced by
Jennifer Aniston	....	executive producer
Marty Bowen	....	producer
Jordana Glick-Franzheim	....	associate producer
Wyck Godfrey	....	producer
William Horberg	....	executive producer
Sidney Kimmel	....	producer
Nan Morales	....	executive producer
Jim Tauber	....	executive producer
Bruce Toll	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna
Rob Simonsen

Cinematography by
Eric Alan Edwards		(director of photography) (as Eric Edwards)

Film Editing by
Kate Sanford

Casting by
Joseph Middleton

Production Design by
Judy Becker

Art Direction by
Simon Dobbin

Set Decoration by
Vera Mills

Costume Design by
Christopher Lawrence

Makeup Department
Molly Craytor	....	additional makeup artist
Dena Fayne	....	key hair stylist
Whitney James	....	makeup department head
Beth Miller	....	additional key hair stylist
Jennifer Strauss	....	assistant hair stylist (as Jena Strauss)
Paula Sutor	....	key makeup artist
Melissa A. Yonkey	....	hair department head

Production Management
Michael Bederman	....	unit production manager
Christy Dimmig	....	post-production supervisor
Michael D. Jones	....	unit production manager: Oregon

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Davis	....	second assistant director (as Karen D. Davis)
Shelly Heyward	....	second second assistant director (as Shelly M. Heyward)
Nan Morales	....	second unit director
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director (as Donald L. Sparks)

Art Department
Eztrella Armijo	....	art department intern
Tyan Bardon	....	construction foreman
Daas Bersano	....	gang boss
Philip Blackburn	....	set dressing swing (as Philip S. Blackburn)
Scott Braucht	....	art department production assistant
Charles A. Carlsen	....	greens
Garret Christensen	....	art department assistant
Brady J. Condit	....	set dresser
Noreen Coyne	....	art department coordinator
Ken Erck	....	key scenic artist
Sean Fong	....	leadman
Stephen Frankland	....	props assistant (as Stephen T. Frankland)
Jenelle Giordano	....	set dressing swing
Randal R. Groves	....	construction coordinator
Katie Hofsommer	....	set decorator: additional photography
Rob Howeth	....	art director: additional photography
Adam Johnson	....	set dressing swing
Jeffrey Brian Johnson	....	set dresser
Bree Judah	....	scenic artist
Sean Kennedy	....	set decoration buyer (as C. Sean Kennedy)
Ellen Lepinski	....	paint gang boss
Rick Lepinski	....	general foreman (as Rickey Lepinski)
Greg McMickle	....	property master
Bekka Melino	....	set dresser
Amber Overstreet	....	intern
John Pearson-Denning	....	assistant property master
Allyson Peterson	....	art department production assistant
Renee Prince	....	painter
Dean G. Roberts	....	construction foreman
Dan Schaefer	....	storyboard artist
Ryan Warren Smith	....	on-set dresser (as Ryan Smith)
Teresa Tamiyasu	....	set decoration buyer (as Teresa J. Tamiyasu)
Mark Tomlinson	....	set dresser
Johnny Trudell	....	gang boss (as Johnny R. Trudell)
Adrianna Valencia	....	construction auditor
Erin Van Dyke	....	art department intern
Chandler Vinar	....	set dressing gangboss
Harold 'Willy' Wilson	....	set painter (as Harold W. Wilson)
Jose Solis	....	signwriter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Robert Batha	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Bullock Jr.	....	boom operator (as Rich Bullock)
Kelly Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Melissa A. Corns	....	sound effects editor (as Melissa Corns)
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley artist (as Dominique Tadach)
Carlos Delarios	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Carlos DeLarios)
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Eric Flickinger	....	sound mix technician
Eric J. Goldstein	....	utility sound (as Eric Jan Goldstein)
Rachel Holley	....	sound effects editor
Matt Hovland	....	adr mixer
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Glenn Micallef	....	production sound mixer
Ryan Murphy	....	sound mix technician
Jason Oliver	....	sound recordist
Aynee Osborn	....	dialogue editor (as Aynee Osborn Joujon-Roche)
Sarah Payan	....	adr editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Philip A. Schwartz	....	second boom: additional photography
Philip A. Schwartz	....	utility sound: additional photography
George Tyson	....	additional boom operator
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Greg Watkins)

Special Effects by
Ray Brown	....	special effects
Casey Pritchett	....	special effects (as William Casey Pritchett)
Carly Sertic	....	special effects
Kai Shelton	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Casey Allen	....	senior flame artist
Trent Claus	....	flame artist
Chris Ingersoll	....	flame artist
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	compositor
Thomas Nittmann	....	executive visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Brian Nugent	....	senior flame artist
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects

Stunts
Tony Lee Boggs	....	stunt coordinator (as Tony Boggs)
Chris Burket	....	aerial stunt coordinator
Joe Jennings	....	aerial stunts (as Joseph Murphy Jennings)
Scott E. Smith	....	aerial stunts (as Scott Smith)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Banholzer	....	grip
Andy Barden	....	electrician
Melani C. Brown	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Melanie Brown)
Chris Burket	....	aerial director of photography
Chris 'Chalky' Chalk	....	additional electrician (as Chris Chalk)
David Corbett	....	additional electrician
Harry Dawson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paul Fanning	....	rigging gaffer
Brian Fleskes	....	additional grip
Bruce 'Sarge' Fleskes	....	gaffer (as Bruce Fleskes)
Andrew Gallegos	....	electrician (as Drew Gallegos)
Greg Gasson	....	aerial cinematographer
Nate Goodman	....	camera loader
Jeffrey Greeley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mike Hanauska	....	grip (as Michael Hanauska)
Suzanne Hanover	....	still photographer
Patrick R. Heffernan	....	key grip: Los Angeles
Tom Heigl	....	additional loader
Jesse Homan	....	additional grip
Steve Hubert	....	additional electrician
Chip Ingram	....	grip
Tim Jankowski	....	additional electrician
Ian Jennings	....	additional grip (as Ian S. Jennings)
Curt Klein	....	video assist assistant
Brent Lawson	....	best boy grip (as Brent T. Lawson)
Brian C. Lawson	....	dolly grip
Bruce Lawson	....	key grip
Brian LeGrady	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jay Levy	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Jay S. Levy)
Matthew May	....	additional electrician
Andrew McDowall	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Joe Meade	....	camera operator: second unit
Moira Morel	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
John S. Moyer	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as John Moyer)
Stephen Purcell	....	additional electrician
Greg Schmitt	....	Steadicam operator (as Greg P. Schmitt)
Sigfried Seeliger	....	additional electrician (as Justin B. Sigfried Seeliger)
Bryan Seidel	....	additional electrician
Brian Sicotte	....	additional grip
Rich Sutherland	....	additional electrician (as Richard Sutherland)
Jean Margaret Thomas	....	additional grip
Juliana Tobon	....	production photographer
Joe Vitellaro	....	grip
Scott A. Walters	....	best boy electric
James Walton	....	video playback operator (as James H. Walton)
Justin C. Ward	....	additional electrician (as Justin Ward)
Martin Oliver Edward Wright	....	video assist operator

Casting Department
Lauren Dickey	....	casting: Los Angeles
Veronica Gilbert	....	extras casting assistant
Eryn Goodman	....	casting assistant: Oregon
Diana Hammons	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Jonathan Clay Harris	....	casting: Los Angeles (as Jonathan Harris)
Diane Kerstein	....	extras casting assistant
Lori Lewis	....	casting associate: Oregon
Christian Rodriguez	....	casting intern
Lana Veenker	....	casting: Oregon

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cindy Bagby	....	additional costumer
Nikki Bartnick	....	costumer (as Nikki Paulson-Bartnick)
Marilyn Madsen	....	cutter/fitter
Stephen K. Randolph	....	costume supervisor
Emilea A. Rivera	....	tailor/stitcher
Chapin Simpson	....	key costumer
Katherine Wright	....	costumer: Ms. Aniston

Editorial Department
George Chavez	....	color timer
Mindy Elliott	....	first assistant editor
Suzy Ortega	....	assistant editor
Faust Pierfederici	....	digital preview colorist
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Jeff Smithwick	....	digital film colorist
Dan Williams	....	digital color assistant

Music Department
Joe Ayoub	....	musician: bass
Missy Cohen	....	music editor
Mychael Danna	....	score producer
Jim Dunbar	....	music coordinator
Brett Farkas	....	musician: guitar
Bonnie Greenberg	....	executive in charge of music
Brad Haehnel	....	score mixer
Brad Haehnel	....	score recordist
Jen Monnar	....	supervising music editor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Joe Rudge	....	music clearances
Rob Simonsen	....	orchestrator
Amritha Vaz	....	assistant to composers (as Amritha Fernandes Bakshi)
Joey Waronker	....	musician: drums

Transportation Department
Victoria Mischa Austreng	....	driver (as Victoria Austreng)
Nick Edgerton	....	driver (as Nik Edgerton)
Steve Evans	....	driver (as Steven C. Evans)
Barry E. Golob	....	driver (as Barry Golob)
Ryder Greene	....	driver
Russell Hajek	....	driver
Mark 'Sparky' Haleston	....	driver (as Mark Haleston)
Bart Heimburger	....	driver
Gary Jackson	....	driver (as Gary W. Jackson)
Philip Krysl	....	driver (as Philip L. Krysl)
Nathon S. Lewis	....	exclusive driver: Steve Zahn
Brendan McKeon	....	driver
Greg McVey	....	driver
Andrew Mott	....	driver
David Norris	....	transportation coordinator
John Petty	....	driver
Robert Platt	....	driver
Thomas Platt	....	driver
Gary Roberts	....	driver
Joe Soleberg	....	driver: honeywagon (as Joel Solberg)
Eric Solmonson	....	transportation captain
Dean Starkey	....	driver
Laura Stride	....	driver
John Sundby	....	driver
Bernard Szymanski	....	driver
Rick Wiley	....	driver: camera car
Don Williams	....	driver: fuel truck

Other crew
Guy Adan	....	publicist
Taylor Renee Campbell	....	stand-in (as Taylor Renee Campell)
Matthew Cohen	....	assistant: Mr. Godfrey
Nell Drake	....	payroll accountant
Charles Fagin	....	key assistant location manager
France Myung Fagin	....	location manager
Allison Furgal	....	assistant production coordinator
Shaun Gavin	....	assistant location manager
Carolyn Golden	....	production assistant
Shayna Goldstein	....	set teacher
Adam Green	....	production assistant: additional photography
Linda Griffis	....	clearance coordinator
Barbara Harris	....	adr group coordinator
Tracy Harshman	....	assistant: Mr. Harrelson
Lauren Henry	....	head animal trainer
Mischa Jakupcak	....	production assistant
Mary Jasionowski	....	production accountant
Krysta Kelley	....	additional caterer
Alex Klaue	....	production assistant (as Alexandria K. Klaue)
Johanna Klingenberger	....	first assistant accountant
Nathon S. Lewis	....	assistant: Mr. Zahn (as Nathon Lewis)
Nathon S. Lewis	....	personal trainer: Steve Zahn
Drew Lindo	....	production secretary: additional photography
Carolyn Mcguinness	....	assistant: Ms. Aniston (as Carolyn McGuiness)
Meredith Meade	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Suzanne Schnulle Murphy	....	post-production accountant: Pass Accounting, Inc. (as Sue Murphy)
Heather Neeld	....	production coordinator
Sandy Parker	....	script supervisor
Wilson Peery	....	assistant production coordinator
Jenna Rae	....	assistant: Mr. Belber
Sheila Roberts	....	craft service
Jason Ruffolo	....	set production assistant
Taylor Saxon	....	on-set medic (as Taylor A. Saxon)
Ann Shimabukuro	....	production assistant
Roland Sonnenburg	....	animal trainer
Andrew Ticer	....	location assistant
Dena Twain	....	assistant: Mr. Bowen
Crystal Walen	....	production assistant (as Crystal Faith Walen)
Robert Warberg	....	assistant location manager
Benn Wiebe	....	production assistant (as Benjamin Wiebe)
Patsy Williams	....	craft service
Derek Wilson	....	production assistant
Andrea Young	....	production assistant
Aaron Merrell	....	director of production: SKE (uncredited)
Gary Stone	....	cast security (uncredited)
Daniel Villagomez	....	legal administrator (uncredited)

Thanks
Henry Belber	....	special thanks
Sage Belber	....	special thanks
John Buzzetti	....	special thanks
Ted Chervin	....	special thanks
Katie Firth	....	special thanks
Todd Hoffman	....	special thanks
Chris Messina	....	special thanks
Kevin Tent	....	special thanks
Lucie Tiberghien	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (presents)
• Temple Hill Entertainment (presents)

Distributors

• Festive Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sidus FNH (2010) (Korea) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Earth Star Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Imagem Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paradise Group (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Pinema (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA)  package by
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity consultants
• EMS Payroll  extras payroll (uncredited)
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• FilmWest Productions  production services
• Honig Company, The  publicity
• NovaStar Digital  sound post-production
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  cellular fax rentals
• Rutabaga Background Casting  extras casting
• Studio Trucks  transportation

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

USA:94 min | Canada:93 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44651) | Netherlands:9 | Iceland:10 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:7 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Beaverton, Oregon, USA

Company:

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Trivia:

A Catholic priest in Portland, Oregon, received an invitation to read for a scene involving a priest, while filming occurred in that city. A Portland-based member of the casting department told him that writer/director Stephen Belber was unsatisfied with the readings and characterizations that auditioning actors had been giving for the very brief lines in the scene. The casting department told the priest they found him through a random Internet search, yet he happened to be a serious film buff (for instance, he has an IMDb account). He had even hoped that someday he might get a bit part as a priest in a film. But he declined the invitation to read for the part in Management (2008), after seeing the script of the scene in question and learning more about the film's storyline and about some of its other content. A modified version of the scene - without a priest - is in the film.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Near the beginning of the movie Sue (Jennifer Aniston) is sitting in her hotel room on the bed looking down at the email screen on her laptop. The left-hand side of the screen shows there are 4 unread emails but there are actually 8 unread emails. The top right-hand corner of the screen says 'Viewing messages: 1 to 8 (8 total)' but there are actually 15 messages displayed.

Quotes:

Sue Claussen:Compact fluorescents.
[showing her apartment for the 1st time]
Mike:Oh, too bad.

Movie Connections:

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Soundtrack:

All the Old Showstoppers

Aniston keeps it real, her best performance ever

The movie was completely different from what I thought it would be. And I was in for a sweet surprise. I thought it would be a bad movie. I was wrong. Jennifer Aniston was pure genius. This girl can act. Bravo ! Keeping up with her very well were also Steve Zahn and Woody Harelson. Aniston was so much better than her last couple of movies, her character has life, depth, versatility. I think this is my favorite of her performances ever. And the movie is so simple but it has so much life in it ! No superheroes or not even heroes, just simple people with simple feelings. I'd take that every day. Overall heartwarming and feel good. I recommend wholeheartedly.