Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Steve Carr

Writers (WGA):

Kevin James (written by) &
Nick Bakay (written by)

Release Date:

16 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

Safety never takes a holiday.

Plot:

When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to the a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

Plot Keywords:

Mall | Security Guard | Shopping Mall | Parody | Police Officer

Cast

Kevin James	...	Paul Blart
Keir O'Donnell	...	Veck Sims
Jayma Mays	...	Amy
Raini Rodriguez	...	Maya Blart
Shirley Knight	...	Mom
Stephen Rannazzisi	...	Stuart
Peter Gerety	...	Chief Brooks
Bobby Cannavale	...	Commander Kent
Adam Ferrara	...	Sergeant Howard
Jamal Mixon	...	Leon
Adhir Kalyan	...	Pahud
Erick Avari	...	Vijay
Gary Valentine	...	Karaoke Singer
Allen Covert	...	Jerky Security Guy
Mike Vallely	...	Rudolph
Mike Escamilla	...	Blitzen
Jason Ellis	...	Prancer
Jason Packham	...	Comet
Rick Thorne	...	Cupid
Victor T. Lopez	...	Donner
Natascha Hopkins	...	Vixen
Jackie Sandler	...	Victoria's Secret Sales Associate
Mookie Barker	...	Mr. Ferguson
Jackie Flynn	...	Officer
Richie Minervini	...	Bank Manager
Brie Hill Arbaugh	...	Bank Teller (as Brie Arbaugh)
Bernie McInerney	...	Old Man on Scooter
Steffiana De La Cruz	...	Shopper with Kids
Dylan Clark Marshall	...	Jacob
Tyler Spindel	...	SWAT Tech
Bas Rutten	...	Drill Instructor
Teresa Zantua	...	Shopper
Dahlia Salem	...	Mother
Zele Avradopoulos	...	Victoria's Secret Customer #1
Maria Arcé	...	Victoria's Secret Customer #2
Robert Harvey	...	SWAT Officer
Billy Concha	...	Joe's Patron #1
Michael Burton	...	Joe's Patron #2
Carl Randall	...	Father Carl
Carla Antonino	...	Joe's Waitress
Ruby Wendell	...	Ruby the Waitress
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dale Appel	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Joel Arsenault	...	Mall Cop (uncredited)
Amber Baldinelli	...	Girl in Mall throwing play balls (uncredited)
William Bornkesell	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Katelyn Cahill	...	Wedding Guest / Dance (uncredited)
Patrick Canty	...	New Jersey Police Academy trainee (uncredited)
Chemi Che-Mponda	...	Mall Shopper / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Desiree April Connolly	...	Christmas Shopper (uncredited)
Nicki Connors	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Jeffrey Corazzini	...	Security guard (uncredited)
Kevin DeCoste	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Michael DeMello	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Hannah Depew	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Vincent J. Earnshaw	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Suzanne England	...	Amy's Friend at Joe's (uncredited)
Susan Farese	...	Upscale shopper (uncredited)
Sari Gagnon	...	Mall shopper (uncredited)
David J. Garfield	...	Surveillence Officer (uncredited)
Albert Gornie	...	Wedding guest (uncredited)
Sophya Gudelman	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Teresa Haney	...	Mall shopper (uncredited)
Cody Harter	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Patrick Mel Hayes	...	Shopper / Terrorist victim (uncredited)
Matt Heron-Duranti	...	Mall shopper (uncredited)
Mark Hetherington	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Frankie Imbergamo	...	Usher (uncredited)
Haytham Kandil	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
Dan Marshall	...	Mall Shopper / Dancing Bistro Waiter at Wedding (uncredited)
Adam Masnyk	...	Black Friday Shopper (uncredited)
Todd Mello	...	NJ Police Officer (uncredited)
Martin Montana	...	Police Recruit (uncredited)
Jason Mulcahy	...	Police Recruit (uncredited)
Scott Neufville	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Brieann Rich	...	Mall shopper (uncredited)
Michael Rich	...	Mall Game shopper (uncredited)
Nicholas Rich	...	SWAT team member (uncredited)
Gary Roscoe	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Steve Scarfo	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Cate Smit	...	William Sonoma Employee (uncredited)
Stream	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)
George J. Vezina	...	Bar patron / shopper (uncredited)
Donald Warnock	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jon Warnock	...	Late-Night Mall Denizen (uncredited)
Mike Wendt	...	Mall Shopper (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Carr

Writing credits (WGA)
Kevin James		(written by) &
Nick Bakay		(written by)

Produced by
Doug Belgrad	....	producer
Barry Bernardi	....	producer
Samuel Dickerman	....	creative executive
Gino Falsetto	....	associate producer
Todd Garner	....	producer
Jack Giarraputo	....	producer
Kevin James	....	producer
Adam Sandler	....	producer
Jeff Sussman	....	executive producer
Jason Taragan	....	associate producer
Matthew Tolmach	....	producer

Original Music by
Waddy Wachtel

Cinematography by
Russ T. Alsobrook		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeff Freeman

Casting by
Jeanne McCarthy
Anne Mulhall

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake

Art Direction by
Alan Au

Set Decoration by
Tracey A. Doyle		(as Tracey Doyle)

Costume Design by
Ellen Lutter

Makeup Department
Carla Antonino	....	second makeup artist
Cheryl Daniels	....	additional hair stylist
Corrina Duran	....	makeup department head
Rob Fitz	....	special makeup effects artist
Ed French	....	special makeup effects artist
Brenda McNally	....	key hair stylist
Jennie-kay Murphy	....	hair stylist
Jeremy O'Neail	....	special makeup effects artist
L. Sher Williams	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Pamela Thur	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Eric Chapman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mark S. Constance	....	second second assistant director
Greg Guzik	....	second assistant director
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Aimee Butterfield	....	prop assistant
Aimee Butterfield	....	props
Christina Chandler	....	buyer
Gary Chandler	....	set dresser
Danica Chipman	....	set buyer
John Collins	....	assistant art director
Stephen DeBoer	....	general foreman
Noah Dubreuil	....	assistant property master
Jeff Errico	....	storyboard artist
Joe Gagnepain	....	set dresser
Jennifer Gerbino	....	property master
John Healey	....	set dresser
Deborah Kehs	....	set dresser
Vincent Lucido	....	storyboard artist
John F. O'Neil	....	on-set dresser
Katie Packard	....	set decoration assistant
Katrina Parsons	....	set dresser
Colby E. Peterson	....	construction estimator
John Pungitore	....	set dresser
Shauna Sanchez	....	set dresser
Robert Schleinig	....	leadman
Carly Serodio	....	art department coordinator
Robert Smedley	....	construction foreman
Nathan Steele	....	welding foreman
Theodore Suchecki	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Deb Adair	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Baker	....	sound utility
Michael J. Benavente	....	supervising sound editor
Anita Cannella	....	foley artist
William Freesh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Harwood	....	sound recordist
Amy Kane	....	foley artist
Larry Kemp	....	dialogue editor
Tricia Linklater	....	first assistant sound editor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
David Obermeyer	....	sound mixer
Egor Panchenko	....	ProTools playback mixer
Kevin S. Parker	....	utility sound
Jeremy Peirson	....	sound editor
Joel Reidy	....	boom operator
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound effects editor
Elmo Weber	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Williams	....	sound mixer
Ulrika Akander	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Larry Dean Bivins	....	special effects foreman
Ray Bivins	....	special effects coordinator
Gary Pilkinton	....	special effects technician
Kenneth Salter	....	special effects technician
Nicholas Tzikas	....	production assistant

Visual Effects by
Arin Artounian	....	computer/video engineer
Riley Benard	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios B.C.
Josh Cole	....	compositor
Mike Diltz	....	digital compositor
Safeer Ghaznavi	....	digital compositor
David Langtry	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Geoff Leavitt	....	visual effects supervisor: Framework Studios
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Chris Olivas	....	roto/digital paint artist
Harrison Rutherford	....	digital compositor
Andrew Schwartz	....	compositor
Richard Servello	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Winbush	....	designer/animator

Stunts
Bob Colletti	....	stunt double
Jacob Dewitt	....	utility stunts
Mike Escamilla	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunt double
Randy Haynie	....	head stunt rigger
Nicole Mayne	....	stunt double
Chris O'Hara	....	stunt coordinator
Courtney Schwartz	....	stunt double: Jayma Mays
Jason Shupe	....	utility stunts
Aaron Vexler	....	stunts
Anthony Vincent	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Beinhocker	....	rigging electric
Adam D. Bouchard	....	electrician
Curtis Bradford	....	chief lighting technician
Al Bruce	....	rigging grip
Jan Burgess	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Patrick Capone	....	director of photography: second unit
Robert Clark	....	electrician
Trevor Cohen	....	set videographer
Nathan Coscia	....	rigging electrician
Tim Driscoll	....	key grip
Brian Dwiggins	....	electrician
Chris Engles	....	rigging grip
Jason Garcia	....	first assistant camera
Jeff Graham	....	B camera
Jeff Graham	....	first assistant camera
Amanda Hannan	....	rigging grip
Terrence Hayes	....	camera operator
Chris Henry	....	lighting balloon technician
Christian J. Hollyer	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Dan Hutchinson	....	electrician
John Joyce	....	Steadicam operator
John Joyce	....	camera operator: "b" camera
John R. Kaplan	....	grip
Nicholas Kay	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Zach Lazar	....	generator operator
Damon Lemay	....	loader
Paul C. McKenna	....	crane technician: Technocrane
Clinton McMahon	....	grip
Brandon J. Meadows	....	additional grip
Symon Mink	....	additional first assistant camera: "c" camera
James R. Mitchell	....	rigging gaffer
Paul Murphey	....	supervising video engineer
Phil Nason	....	electrician
Michael Peterson	....	best boy electrician
Lance Rieck	....	scorpio head technician
Raul Riveros	....	digital imaging technician
Edwin Rubio	....	grip
Rigney Sackley	....	second camera assistant
Rigney Sackley	....	second camera assistant: "a" Camera
Wayne Simpson	....	generator operator
S. Benny Smyth	....	gaffer: second unit
Jeff Tanger	....	best boy rigging electric
Aaron Tyburski	....	rigging electrician
Joe Christofori	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Joanne Bloom	....	casting assistant
Matt Bouldry	....	casting assistant
Angela Peri	....	extras casting
Carolyn Pickman	....	location casting
Leslie Woo	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurie Buehler	....	tailor
Hillary Derby	....	costumer
Caroline Errington	....	costume supervisor
Patrick Guzzo	....	costumer: Kevin James
Bettina Hastie	....	seamstress
Alyson MacInnis	....	set costumer
Joanna Murphy	....	costume shopper

Editorial Department
Brian Addie	....	visual effects editor
Zahida Bacchus	....	digital intermediate producer
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist
J.J. Titone	....	assistant editor
Reed Whorton	....	post-production assistant
Reza Amidi	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Stuart Grusin	....	music editor
Bryon Rickerson	....	temp music editor
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Teresa Haney	....	transportation
William O'Brien	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Dane Benton	....	set production assistant
Daryl Blonder	....	catering assistant
Brooke Bowden	....	set production assistant
Jenna Byrnes	....	production assistant
Winter Cantagallo	....	set production assistant
Stephanie Charbonneau	....	set production assistant
John Currie	....	stand-in: Jacob
Kenneth Donaldson	....	set production assistant
James Ferrera	....	unit publicist
Mario Garcia	....	assistant: Mr. Garner
Chad Goyette	....	set production assistant
Jason Habelow	....	production assistant
Jill Habelow	....	production assistant
Charles Harrington	....	location manager
Jennifer Haskell	....	location assistant
Lori Hornung	....	production coordinator
Allison Hurney	....	production assistant
Dawn Jeffory	....	acting/dialog coach
Jeffery Mannarini	....	set production assistant
Marilyn McCallman	....	location assistant
Carrie Mitchum	....	catering chef
C.B. Mullen	....	production assistant
Lucas Nalepinski	....	assistant location manager
Lucas Nalepinski	....	location scout
Matthew E. Pado	....	set production assistant
Paul Pawlowski	....	post-production accountant
Jennifer Perkins	....	assistant: Mr. Sandler
Crystal Marie Perry	....	production assistant
Joe Piasecki	....	location scout
Eric C. Pike	....	production accountant
Herb Polack	....	production assistant
Kai Quinlan	....	location assistant
Kai Quinlan	....	location scout
Allan Rafael	....	set production assistant
Ronit Ravich-Boss	....	script supervisor
Carlin Reagan	....	production secretary
Arestia Rosenberg	....	assistant to producer
Jared Rosen	....	supervising video playback engineer
Jeremy Svenson	....	assistant: Mr. Sussman
Jeremy Tate	....	assistant: Mr. Giarraputo
Kristie Thompson	....	set production assistant
Anne Marie Wilson	....	stand-in
Eli Wolstan	....	production secretary
Josh Woolf	....	set production assistant
Chad Yavarow	....	set production assistant
Nate Oldham	....	assistant: Mr. James (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures
• Happy Madison Productions
• Relativity Media (in association with)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Ster-Kinekor Pictures (2009) (South Africa) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Company, The (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Iceland) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• EasCare Ambulance  on-set medical services
• Film Source  purchased unused film stock
• Fisher Technical Services Rentals  camera & performer flying system
• Framework Studio  titles
• HALA Studios  stage
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• i24P  dailies and color correction

Also Known As:

Mall Cop (USA) (working title)
Untitled Kevin James Comedy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some violence, mild crude and suggestive humor, and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44266) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG | South Korea:All | Mexico:A | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Burlington Mall - 75 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

The first movie ever released in the month of January to gross over $100 million during it's initial release.

Goofs:

Continuity: While still in the security office, Paul Blart eats the Pixie Stix from his shirt pocket and then leaves the room. In the next scene, when he's showing the new guy around & gets knocked off his Segway by the old man, you can clearly see that the Pixie Stix is back in his shirt pocket.

Quotes:

Veck Sims: When are you gonna give up, Blart?
Paul Blart: How about now? I'll meet you on the corner of "NE" and "VER"!

Movie Connections:

References College (2008)

Soundtrack:

I Can't Hold Back

Not A Kevin James fan, this is a positive review

Never watched King of Queens, never have been a Kevin James fan but always liked him better than his pal Ray Romano. I was coerced into seeing this Mall Cop movie. I give it a 6 out of 10. Now some may say that is a low rating, some may say better than mediocre.....for me who normally does not like this guys type of humor, this is a great rating!!! It was mildly entertaining...for me it gets the extra star to put it at 6 because it's refreshing to see some humor that's not overly sarcastic, deeply degrading to someone else (except the title character), or just downright cruel. This relied on what I call "Bill Cosby" sense of humor. Funny but overall clean. A bit cheesy, but I think that's what Kevin and the screenwriters were going for. Normally I don't get why people think he's funny but in this case, I did get it....and you can't help but like the guy. Without giving any detail, the bar scene for me was one of the most Laugh Out Loud moments in the movie. The way KJ zips around on the Segway is pretty hilarious although because of it's consistency throughout the movie it wears off a bit. I agree with previous reviews of how the villains kind of downgraded the movie a bit. If that was smarter, or those parts were rewritten, it could have been a lot funnier. Another surprising aspect is Kevin's agility, and athleticism. In this particular movie he is very physical (or at least stunt doubles allow him to appear that way) Overall my 6 out of 10 rating should be perceived as a great rating for this movie. I previously never liked this actor, I thought the title was dumb as dirt, and although I always keep an open mind I would be lying if I didn't say that my expectations were very, very low for this. Certainly not as bad as I thought it would be, and not as great as I thought it could have been. Kevin and cast made this a little better than average...and it changed my mind about my hesitation with this guy....I hope someone puts him in a good movie with a great script in the future (better than Chuck and Larry, Hitch). I believe it will do well on cable. One last thing that I must mention was great, at 82 mins...it was just long enough to not overdue what should be viewed as a kinda silly concept.