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Directed by | |||
| Todd Phillips | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Alan R. Cohen | (screenplay) & | |
| Alan Freedland | (screenplay) and | |
| Adam Sztykiel | (screenplay) & | |
| Todd Phillips | (screenplay) | |
| Alan R. Cohen | (story) & | |
| Alan Freedland | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Scott Budnick | .... | executive producer | |
| Susan Downey | .... | executive producer | |
| Joseph Garner | .... | associate producer | |
| Daniel Goldberg | .... | producer | |
| Todd Phillips | .... | producer | |
| Thomas Tull | .... | executive producer | |
| Jeffrey Wetzel | .... | co-producer | |
| David Witz | .... | co-producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Christophe Beck | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Lawrence Sher | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Debra Neil-Fisher | |||
Casting by | |||
| Juel Bestrop | |||
| Seth Yanklewitz | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Bill Brzeski | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Shepherd Frankel | (supervising art director) | ||
| Desma Murphy | |||
| Clint Wallace | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Danielle Berman | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Louise Mingenbach | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Lay'Na Anderson | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Merribelle Anderson | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Jennifer Bell | .... | hair department head | |
| John Blake | .... | makeup artist: Robert Downey Jr. | |
| Richard Boggs | .... | hair stylist | |
| Vanessa Davis | .... | hair stylist | |
| LaLette Littlejohn | .... | makeup artist: Jamie Foxx | |
| Yvette Meely | .... | additional hair stylist | |
| Joseph Regina | .... | makeup artist | |
| Keith Sayer | .... | co-department head makeup | |
| Janeen Schreyer | .... | makeup department head | |
| Christopher Trujillo | .... | makeup artist | |
| Dawn Turner | .... | hair stylist | |
| Dionne Wynn | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Candice D. Campos | .... | production supervisor | |
| Don J. Hug | .... | production supervisor | |
| Susan E. Novick | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Mika Saito | .... | production supervisor: second unit | |
| Mark Scoon | .... | executive in charge of production | |
| David Witz | .... | unit production manager | |
| Barbara Russo | .... | post-production executive (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Allan Graf | .... | second unit director | |
| Zach Hunt | .... | second second assistant director | |
| Courtenay Miles | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Lindsay Moorhead | .... | second second assistant director: second unit | |
| Bill Purple | .... | second assistant director: second unit (as William Purple) | |
| Jeremy Reisig | .... | additional second assistant director | |
| Paul Schneider | .... | second assistant director (as Paul B. Schneider) | |
| Jeffrey Wetzel | .... | first assistant director (as Jeffrey J.P. Wetzel) | |
| Marcia Woske | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Chris Cline | .... | remote control vehicle technician | |
| Brett Cole | .... | special effects: New Mexico | |
| Cliff Crouch | .... | special effects: New Mexico | |
| Yves DeBono | .... | special effects supervisor (as Yves de Bono) | |
| Phil H. Fravel | .... | special effects (as Phil Fravel) | |
| Ken Gorrell | .... | on-set coordinator | |
| Scott Hastings | .... | special effects: New Mexico | |
| Jonn Herzberger | .... | special effects mechanical engineer | |
| Joel Hobbie | .... | special effects: New Mexico | |
| Danny Maldanado | .... | special effects: New Mexico (as Danny Maldonado) | |
| James Preston Mallott | .... | special effects: New Mexico | |
| Ian C. McArthur | .... | special effects technician | |
| Andrew Miller | .... | special effects technician | |
| Lisa Reynolds | .... | special effects: Atlanta | |
| Mike Sullivan | .... | special effects: New Mexico | |
| Kenneth Van Order | .... | special effects shop foreman (as Ken Van Order) | |
| David Waine | .... | remote control vehicle technician | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Aaron Chiesa | .... | digital compositor | |
| Brian Delmonico | .... | compositor: Method Studios | |
| Traci Duran | .... | visual effects editor: Method Studios | |
| Jason Forster | .... | compositor | |
| Kerry Graham | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jason Greenblum | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Shant Jordan | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jaimie Lee Jota | .... | visual effects producer: Method Studios | |
| Raechel Kasprzak | .... | production assistant: Method Studios (as Raechel Rowland) | |
| Marc Kolbe | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Marc Kolbe | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Alexander Lee | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Andy Mower | .... | compositor: Method Studios | |
| Vinh Nguyen | .... | senior compositor | |
| Terron Pratt | .... | digital effects producer: Digiscope | |
| Patrick J. Rodriguez | .... | previsualization artist | |
| Nancey S. Wallis | .... | senior digital compositor: Method Studios | |
| Stephen Wilson | .... | visual effects artist: Kolbeco | |
| Michael Zavala | .... | visual effects coordinator: Method Studios | |
| Stephen Ceci | .... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Chris B. Schnitzer | .... | director of visual effects: Warner Bros. (uncredited) | |
| Mai Suzuki | .... | digital restoration artist (uncredited) | |
| Malik Williams | .... | pipeline technical director (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Chris Bustard | .... | extras casting | |
| Mark Fincannon | .... | location casting | |
| Elizabeth Gabel | .... | extras casting | |
| Brittany A. Jones | .... | casting associate | |
| Mariann H.W. Lee | .... | extras casting | |
| Sophia Phillips | .... | casting assistant | |
| Rich Gill | .... | extras casting assistant (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Corey Bronson | .... | set costumer | |
| Sekinah Brown | .... | set costumer | |
| Lynne Duggins | .... | costumer | |
| Emily Egge | .... | set costumer | |
| Kate Heckman | .... | costume assistant | |
| Mitchell Ray Kenney | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Andrea Knaub | .... | key costumer | |
| Alison McCosh | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Kendra L. Patterson | .... | additional costumer | |
| Matt Reitsma | .... | costumer | |
| Danny Vick | .... | set costumer | |
| Peter White | .... | set costumer: Robert Downey Jr. | |
| Sally Wilkerson | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Scott Burnette | .... | assistant editor | |
| David S. Clark | .... | additional editor | |
| Mo Henry | .... | negative cutter | |
| Christopher M. Meagher | .... | digital intermediate editor | |
| Adam Ohl | .... | digital intermediate producer | |
| Daniel Paress | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Mark Sachen | .... | colorist: telecine | |
| Tory N. Thompson | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Kraig Tytus | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Jan Yarbrough | .... | senior digital intermediate colorist | |
Music Department | |||
| Mark Agostino | .... | music playback operator | |
| Fernand Bos | .... | music editor | |
| George Doering | .... | musician | |
| George Drakoulias | .... | music supervisor | |
| Jim Dunbar | .... | music coordinator | |
| Chris Fogel | .... | music scoring mixer | |
| Chris Fogel | .... | score recordist | |
| Matthew Janszen | .... | score coordinator | |
| Jake Monaco | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Jake Monaco | .... | score producer | |
| Jake Monaco | .... | score programmer | |
| Julie Pearce | .... | music editor | |
| Todd Phillips | .... | music consultant | |
| Randall Poster | .... | music supervisor | |
| Peter Rotter | .... | music contractor | |
| Andrew Silver | .... | music editor | |
| Margaret Yen | .... | music consultant | |
| Peter Afterman | .... | music clearance (uncredited) | |
| Christopher Sprinkle | .... | music consultant (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Linda Daniels Anderson | .... | driver | |
| Linda Daniels Anderson | .... | production driver | |
| Tim Barker | .... | driver: cast | |
| Arthur C. Chesser | .... | driver | |
| Christy Claunch | .... | driver | |
| Brent Conley | .... | driver: cast | |
| Tina Del Castillo | .... | driver | |
| Steven Docherty | .... | dispatcher | |
| Michael Freeman | .... | transportation captain | |
| Teresa Haney | .... | transportation | |
| Kenny Heath | .... | picture car co-captain | |
| Sherman Jackson | .... | driver: Robert Downey Jr. | |
| Lewis Jones Jr. | .... | driver | |
| Dwayne Lain | .... | driver | |
| David Marder | .... | picture car coordinator | |
| Mike McKenny | .... | transportation | |
| Ernie John Montoya | .... | driver | |
| Steve Nickolai | .... | driver | |
| Jim Petti | .... | transportation | |
| James William Ray | .... | transportation co-captain | |
| Stephen Roland | .... | driver | |
| Dan Romero | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Michael Sean Ryan | .... | transportation captain | |
| Derek Severson | .... | car hauler | |
| Jon Smith | .... | driver | |
| Lucas Stein | .... | driver | |
| Huelon F. Thrift Jr. | .... | driver: honeywagon | |
| Vince Thrift | .... | transportation | |
Thanks | |||
| James Martin Kelly | .... | thanks | |
| Bill McCamey | .... | the producers wish to thank | |
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I think that Due Date operates under the main premise that the viewer has never heard of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, for if they had, they'd be wondering why they were watching the same movie with all the jokes stripped out. Due Date is, in total, neither a terrible nor an offensive film. Its problem is that it's a little too bitter, thus eliminating with surgical precision any empathy we might have for its two protagonists. It's a road trip with an obvious end in sight and somewhat unpredictable wacky hijinks in between. You could do worse, but you could do much better.
Peter Highman (Robert Downey, Jr.) is an architect who's attempting to fly out of Atlanta back home to Los Angeles to be with his wife Michelle Monaghan, who's about to give birth. But thanks to a bag mixup with a fellow traveler named Ethan Trembley (Zach Galifianakis), Peter finds himself stranded in Atlanta, placed on the national No Fly list (minor misunderstanding, of course). Ethan offers him a cross-country ride in his rental, and off we go.
The movie uses the trope of mismatched people enduring a common experience. Peter is uptight, dithering endlessly about what to name his newborn. Ethan is, well, flighty. In fact, Galifianakis seems to be playing the same character he played in the two Hangover films: childlike, maybe psychopathic and/or sociopathic, not all there. He's wildly misinformed about such things as the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam, but he is heading west to try to make it as an actor in Hollywood. Oh, and did I mention he's carrying the ashes of his deceased father in a coffee can to dispose of along the way? Well, there's that, too.
You and I both know that there's no way Peter and Ethan will make it from Georgia to California without any problems. But Peter has no choice - his wallet was confiscated at the airport, and his bags are on their way to LA. He has no cash and no ID. It could happen to anyone. So he's essentially at Ethan's mercy. Along the way, we learn much about the characters and what makes them tick, but whereas the earlier Planes, Trains got melancholy without getting maudlin, this one achieves no such feat.
Downey, Jr. and Galifianakis give it their best shot, and to tell the truth they're not bad. They make an okay team; it's just that it's a teaming we've seen before, and much better. Steve Martin and John Candy got into their share of situations that would never happen to a normal person, but they also ran into problems with which we could all relate; here, it's more of the former than the latter. It's as if the movie keeps daring itself to get weirder and weirder.
The final, near-fatal flaw of the movie is that it really doesn't give you anyone to root for - except of course at the end. It's a comedy, after all. But these guys do some rather nasty things to each other, and not in the oh-no-he-didn't sort of way, either; rather, in the scowling, almost hateful way. It's a little disconcerting at times. But the actors do their best, as I said, and you could do worse.