Due Date (2010)

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers (WGA):

Alan R. Cohen (screenplay) &
Alan Freedland (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 November 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Leave Your Comfort Zone

Plot:

High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay on a road trip in order to make it to his child's birth on time.

Plot Keywords:

Birth | Wallet | Road Trip | Aspiring Actor | Cross Country

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Robert Downey Jr.	...	Peter Highman
Zach Galifianakis	...	Ethan Tremblay / Ethan Chase / Stu
Michelle Monaghan	...	Sarah Highman
Jamie Foxx	...	Darryl
Juliette Lewis	...	Heidi
Danny McBride	...	Lonnie
RZA	...	Airport Screener
Matt Walsh	...	TSA Agent
Brody Stevens	...	Limo Driver
Jakob Ulrich	...	Patrick
Naiia Ulrich	...	Alex
Todd Phillips	...	Barry
Bobby Tisdale	...	Carl
Sharon Conley	...	Airport X-Ray (as Sharon Morris)
Nathalie Fay	...	Flight Attendant
Emily Wagner	...	Flight Attendent
Steven M. Gagnon	...	Air Marshall
Paul Renteria	...	Border Guard
Marco Rodríguez	...	Federali Agent
Mimi Kennedy	...	Sarah's Mom
Tymberlee Hill	...	New Mother
Keegan Michael Key	...	New Father (as Keegan-Michael Key)
Aaron Lustig	...	Dr. Greene
Jon Cryer	...	Alan Harper
Charlie Sheen	...	Charlie Harper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Haji Abdullah	...	Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Cesar Aguirre	...	Airline Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jeremy Ambler	...	TSA Agent (uncredited)
Charley Barksdale	...	Flight Passenger (uncredited)
James Belyeu	...	Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Tina Borek	...	Driver (uncredited)
Shannon Brinson	...	Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Peter Choi	...	Orderly (uncredited)
Frances Cobb	...	Airport Traveller (uncredited)
Kennith Edwards	...	Business Traveler (uncredited)
Howard Fine	...	Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Folden	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Gilbert Galon	...	Airport Pedestrian (uncredited)
Joseph Harold	...	Private Johnson (uncredited)
Cyrah Hawkins	...	Orderly (uncredited)
Barry Hopkins	...	Airport Patron (uncredited)
Grant Blanks Kristol	...	Airport Car Rental Customer (uncredited)
Chris Labadie	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
Erica LaRose	...	Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Sarah Reagin	...	Airport Security Agent (uncredited)

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

Art Department
Bil Barnes	....	set dresser (as Bil 'Horndogger' Barnes)
Mychael Bates	....	property master
David D. Baumann	....	second unit property master
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Lance Cheatham	....	set dresser
Courtney Cocherell	....	set decoration coordinator
Sage Emmett Connell	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Doug Crawford	....	propmaker
Brendon Crigler	....	set dresser
Jack Evans	....	buyer
Jeremy Farlow	....	carpenter
Jane Fitts	....	graphic designer
Carol Francoso	....	scenic foreman
Keith A. Frutiger	....	painter
Darren Gibson	....	construction foreman
Amy Giedraitis	....	props
Kiel Gookin	....	art department production assistant
Michael Gowen	....	construction buyer
Julie Hardin	....	set dresser
Justin C. Hosp	....	set dresser
Christopher Isenegger	....	art department coordinator
Lynn A. Johanson	....	paint foreman
Charles Kern	....	camera scenic
Calla Klessig	....	assistant art director
Tammy S. Lee	....	set designer
Eliot Levin	....	props
Eric Luling	....	on-set dresser
Bryan McBrien	....	greens coordinator
Jeffrey McMahon	....	general foreman construction
Gordon McVay	....	set dresser
Nichole Miller	....	painter
Ash Minnick	....	props
Hugh D.G. Moody	....	assistant art director
David H. Nash	....	general foreman: Atlanta
Mark Nave	....	welder
Christopher Neely	....	leadman
Roderick Nunnally	....	paint supervisor
Jamie Rama	....	illustrator
Taraja Ramsess	....	set dresser: Atlanta
Prentice Randolph	....	on-set dresser
Kelly Richardson	....	art department coordinator: Atlanta
Siobhan Roome	....	set designer
Alisha Rothman	....	props
Meghan Ruby	....	art department staff assistant
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator
Ernest M. Sanchez	....	set dressing gangboss
Erin Santini	....	props
Erin Santini	....	set dresser
Kyle Smithers	....	art department production assistant
Michael P. Sweeney	....	assistant property master
Jenna Sylvester	....	buyer
Andre Taft	....	pre-visualization artist
Lawrence Tolle	....	props: second unit
Robert Williams	....	gang boss: Atlanta
Chris Windisch Jr.	....	laborer (as Chris Windish)
Nichole Wleklinski	....	set dresser

Sound Department
David A. Arnold	....	dialogue editor (as David Arnold)
Petra Bach	....	adr supervisor
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Bautista	....	sound utility
Benjamin Beardwood	....	dialogue editor
David V. Butler	....	supervising dialogue editor
Cameron Frankley	....	sound designer
Cameron Frankley	....	supervising sound editor
Jonathan Fuh	....	boom operator
José Antonio García	....	sound mixer
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Jason W. Jennings	....	foley editor
Jason W. Jennings	....	sound designer
Jason W. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Ai-Ling Lee	....	foley editor
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound designer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
Jon Michaels	....	first assistant sound editor
Jon Michaels	....	foley editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Matt Vowles	....	sound re-recording mixer: foreign language versions (foreign language versions)
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Edwardo Santiago	....	sound utility (uncredited)

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)

Stunts
Michael Adams	....	stunts
Michael-David Aragon	....	stunt driver
M. James Arnett	....	stunts
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey G. Barnett	....	stunts
Jon Braver	....	stunt performer
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt driver
Bobby Burns	....	stunt driver
Laurence Chavez	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunt driver
Laurie Creach	....	stunts
Shawn Crowder	....	stunt driver
Shawn Crowder	....	stunts
R. Blaine Currier	....	stunt driver
Mark D'Allessandro	....	stunts
J.J. Dashnaw	....	stunts
Loren Dennis	....	stunt rigger
Edward A. Duran	....	stunt driver
Andy Dylan	....	stunts
Kennith Edwards	....	precision driver
Tom Elliott	....	stunt driver
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Norman Epperson	....	precision driver
Glenn Foster	....	stunt double: Robert Downey Jr.
Marc C. Geschwind	....	stunt driver
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunt performer
Al Goto	....	stunt driver
Al Goto	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunt coordinator
Derek Graf	....	stunts
Nicole Graf	....	stunts
Jessie Graff	....	utility stunts
Zedric Harris	....	utility stunts
Steve Hart	....	stunts
Dana Hee	....	stunt performer
Sara Holden	....	stunt driver
Terry Jackson	....	stunts
Ben Jensen	....	stunt driver
Ethan Jensen	....	stunts
Gary Jensen	....	stunts
Oliver Keller	....	stunt driver
Michael Francis Kelly	....	stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunt driver
Rob King	....	stunt driver
Horace Knight	....	stunts
Joel Kramer	....	stunt driver
Malosi Leonard	....	stunts
Matt Leonard	....	stunts
Terry Leonard	....	stunts
Will Leong	....	stunt performer
Scott Leva	....	stunt rigger
Jennifer Rose Locke	....	precision driver
Deborah L. Mazor	....	stunts (as Debbie Mazor)
Ed McDermott II	....	precision driver
Ed McDermott II	....	stunt driver
Angelique Midthunder	....	stunt driver
Tim Mikulecky	....	stunts
Rick Miller	....	stunt driver
Chris Nielsen	....	stunt driver
Eric Norris	....	stunt driver
Justin Price	....	stunt driver
Derick Pritchard	....	stunt driver
Brandi Quinn	....	precision driver
L. Stephanie Ray	....	precision driver
Brieann Rich	....	stunt driver
Michael Rich	....	stunt driver
Nicholas Rich	....	stunt driver
Scotty Richards	....	precision driving coordinator (as Scott Richards)
Timothy J. Richardson	....	precision driver
Cody Rowlett	....	precision driver
Don Ruffin	....	stunts
Tomas Sanchez	....	stunt driver
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt driver
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunts
Spike Silver	....	stunts
Tony Snegoff	....	stunt driver
Buddy Sosthand	....	stunt driver
Sonny Tipton	....	stunt double: Zach Galifianakis
Jason Tubbs	....	stunt driver
Chrissy Weathersby Ball	....	utility stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts
Jim Wilkey	....	stunt driver
Scott Workman	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunts
Danny Wynands	....	stunts
Merritt Yohnka	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Irie Bailey	....	grip
Greg Baldi	....	camera operator: second unit
Bradley Barnes	....	lighting technician
Patrick Barnes	....	technocrane technician
Mike Barnett	....	ultimate arm operator
Adam Barth	....	video assist
Mike Bellantoni	....	grip
Hugh Braselton	....	second assistant camera
Matthew Brookman	....	best boy: second unit
Chip Byrd	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Alex Calderon	....	set lighting
Mark Carlile	....	lighting technician
Erick Castillo	....	film loader: second unit
Tim Christie	....	dolly grip (as Timothy Christie)
Sean Patrick Crowell	....	key grip
David Cummings	....	rigging grip
Julie Donovan	....	key first assistant camera
Ryan Eustis	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Tammy Fouts	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Raphael Freud	....	lighting technician
Mary Funsten	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Richard Galli	....	electrician: New Mexico
David Ghegan	....	best boy electric
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Melinda Sue Gordon	....	still photographer
John Gorman	....	lighting technician
Todd Grunberger	....	rigging best boy grip
Bryan G. Haigh	....	key second assistant camera
Adam Harrison	....	best boy rigging gaffer
Tom Hutchinson	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Luke Kalteux	....	lighting technician
Dylan Kelling	....	rigging grip
Douglas Kieffer	....	lighting technician
Tommy Klines	....	assistant camera
John Koth	....	best boy grip
Robert LaBonge	....	director of photography: second unit
Tommy Lohmann	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Luis Martinez	....	second unit
W. Ted Mayer	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Sean McClellan	....	lighting technician
Glenn E. Moran	....	rigging gaffer
Joey Moran	....	lighting technician
Trevor Murphy	....	camera production assistant
Charlie Newberry	....	additional second assistant camera
David Newbert	....	grip
David Norris	....	aerial director of photography: Atlanta
David B. Nowell	....	aerial director of photography (as David Nowell)
Clayton Null	....	rigging grip
Sheridan O'Donnell	....	electrician intern
Connor O'Malley	....	lighting technician
Scott Odermann	....	grip
Jared Olguin	....	rigging electrician
Jeremy Antonio Oliver	....	lighting technician
Jerry Parker	....	electrician
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial director of photography: New Mexico
Paul V. Perkins	....	key grip
George Peters	....	camera operator
Jessica Ramos	....	film loader
Joel A. Ruiz	....	rigging electrician
Rob Sackett	....	second assistant camera
Rob Salviotti	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Bob Scott	....	camera operator: second unit
Joseline Segovia	....	electrician intern
S. Benny Smyth	....	grip
S. Benny Smyth	....	grip: Atlanta crew
Josh Stancil	....	rigging key grip
Calvin Starnes	....	grip
Jeff Stewart	....	electrician
Larissa Supplitt	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Cameron Thorburn	....	dolly grip: second unit
Peter Tommasi	....	scorpio head technician
John Trunk	....	video assist
Porter Versfelt III	....	camera operator: EPK
Jarred Waldron	....	gaffer
Hootly Weedn	....	set lighting technician
Cody West	....	grip
Scott Wetzel	....	video assist
Dan Williams	....	grip: second unit
Amos James	....	grip (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

Other crew
Samuel Adler	....	production assistant: second unit
Steve Aguino	....	assistant location manager
Erik Aguirre	....	second assistant accountant
Sam Alvelo	....	set production assistant
Kevin Amick	....	set medic
Gaytra Arnold	....	accounting clerk
Rodney Austin	....	set production assistant: second unit
Ryan Babbs	....	stand in for Zach Galifianakis
Rachel A. Bailey	....	locations production assistant: second unit
Jules Baker-Smith	....	assistant: Susan Downey
Justin Barnes	....	location production assistant: second unit
Eddie Billue	....	rigging medic
Cory L. Bol	....	travel coordinator
Rachel Bris	....	craft service assistant
Lava Buckley	....	production assistant: New Mexico
Clint Buckner	....	production assistant
Michael J. Burmeister	....	location manager: grand canyon
Jeanne Byrd	....	script supervisor
Chris Carrington	....	on-set medic
Christopher Ciketic	....	first assistant accountant
Brian Clark	....	rigging medic
Jennifer Clark	....	first assist accountant
Elizabeth Cohen	....	assistant to Mr. Galifianakis
Joann Connolly	....	set production assistant
Kyle Cooper	....	title sequence: executive producer
Rose Cox	....	craft service
Craig Crumpton	....	stand-in: Zach Galifianakis
Jeffrey W Curtis	....	production assistant
Derron Delaney	....	medic
Michael Dellheim	....	location manager: New Mexico
Mandi Dillin	....	key assistant location manager
Stephen Dirkes	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Michael Dorner	....	payroll accountant
Nicholas R. Doyle	....	production assistant: second unit
Danessa Dudley	....	set production assistant: second unit
Lucas Dunning	....	accounting clerk
Karlyn Exantus	....	production assistant
John Findley	....	location manager: Atlanta (as John Findley III)
Sean Fonseca	....	production assistant
Andy Gaines	....	production assistant
Michael A. Galasso	....	production secretary
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Erica Getler	....	assistant: David Witz
Aaron Giombolini	....	production assistant: New Mexico
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Erin Rose Grindler	....	second assistant accountant (as Erin Rose)
David Gutterman	....	production assistant
David Halagarda	....	production assistant
Mark Harden	....	dog trainer
Mark Hochman	....	video/computer graphics
Jonas Huerta	....	production assistant
Meredith Humbracht	....	production coordinator: Atlanta
Jim Ivy	....	on-set medic: second unit
Koichiro Iwagami	....	production assistant: New Mexico
Brian E. James	....	location assistant: Dallas
Allison Jandreau-Heil	....	key craft service
Robert Johnston	....	assistant payroll accountant
Amir Kovacs	....	photo double: Robert Downey Jr.
Ken Lavet	....	location manager
Brian G. Lax	....	key medic: New Mexico
Ken Lingad	....	unit publicist
Colette Longo	....	construction set medic
Chasity Lowe	....	medic
Casey Madigan	....	key set production assistant
Christine Mammolito	....	assistant to Robert Downey Jr.
Karen Marie Mason	....	key assistant location manager/scout
Kent Matsuoka	....	location scout
Crystal McAlerney	....	production coordinator: second unit
Phillip J. McLaughlin	....	production assistant
Ernie John Montoya	....	key craft service
Tristan Parrish Moore	....	locations production assistant: second unit
Maida N. Morgan	....	location manager: travel unit
Guy Morrison	....	key assistant location manager
Shanna Morrow	....	office production assistant: second unit
Joseph Nadeau	....	production assistant: second unit
Boone Narr	....	animal trainer
Danilo Olivas	....	set medic
Scott Parker	....	post-production accountant
Ryan J. Pezdirc	....	additional set production assistant
Caitlin Pickall	....	assistant: Mr. Goldberg
Susie Pilzninski	....	second assistant accountant
Mark Ver Ploegh	....	second assistant accountant
Trudy Ramirez	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jimmy Rich	....	assistant to Robert Downey Jr.
Jimmy Rich	....	assistant: Robert Downey Jr.
Alan Robbins	....	set medic
Paul B. Roberts	....	key assistant location manager: New Mexico
Rufus Rosendo	....	accounting clerk
Sean K. Russell	....	production assistant
Gregory Santoro	....	production assistant
Tina Marie Sauls	....	assistant: Jules Baker-Smith (as Tina Sauls)
Tina Marie Sauls	....	production assistant (as Tina Sauls)
Tom Schaus	....	helicopter pilot
Susie Schelling	....	medical consultant
Jamie Lynn Schultz	....	production assistant (as Jamie Schultz)
Ann Shimabukuro	....	set production assistant: second unit
Ian Simon	....	production assistant
Gene Michael Smith	....	additional crowd production assistant
Michael C. Smith	....	police coordinator (as Mike Smith)
Kyle Smithers	....	production assistant: Atlanta
Robin Spears	....	production assistant
Frances Stafford	....	production assistant
Rebecca Puck Stair	....	assistant location manager
Rowan Stanland	....	key assistant location manager
Spooky Stevens	....	unit publicist
Brandon Stewart	....	office production assistant
Johnny Stockard	....	set production assistant: second unit
Paul Straw	....	production secretary
Mary Sunshine	....	production accountant
Mark Swenson	....	production coordinator
Carlos Tapia	....	assistant location manager
Marcus Taylor	....	set staff assistant
Greg Tresan	....	animal wrangler
Jason Underwood	....	assistant location manager
Andrea Vestrand	....	assistant production coordinator: New Mexico
Déborah Wakshull	....	location scout
Courtney Nordessa Ward	....	assistant production coordinator: Atlanta
Lindsey Washington	....	payroll clerk
Brian Austin Wenrich	....	assistant travel coordinator
James Wilkerson	....	location assistant
Sarah J. Williams	....	assistant production coordinator: second unit
Jeff Winn	....	key craft service
Jason Zorigian	....	assistant production coordinator
Scottie Knollin	....	photo double: Zach Galifianakis (uncredited)
Ethan Patterson	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Arturo Portillo	....	stand-in: Robert Downey, Jr. (uncredited)

Thanks
James Martin Kelly	....	thanks
Bill McCamey	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents)
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• Green Hat Films

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2010) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Garsu Pasaulio Irasai (2010) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Films (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2010) (Finland) (all media)
• Warner Home Video France (2011) (France) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video France (2011) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Spain) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Digiscope (visual effects)
• Kolbeco Productions (visual effects) (as Kolbeco)
• Method Studios (visual effects) (as Method)

Other Companies

• Absolut Video  video assist equipment
• Albuquerque Studios  stage facilities
• Boone's Animals for Hollywood  animals supplied by
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Corbis  stock photography
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• EMS Payroll  extras payroll
• Film Art  artwork
• Filmtools  expendables
• Framepool  stock footage
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Movie Movers  office trailer
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Panavision Remote Systems  camera cranes and dollies
• Panavision  cameras (as Panavision Hollywood)
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services
• Prologue Films  main titles designed by
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  modem card rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Scenechronize  production management software
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging  digital intermediate services (as Motion Picture Imaging)
• WaterTower Music  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, drug use and sexual content

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46109) | Malaysia:18 | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:16 | Chile:Y7 | Japan:R15+ | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 (w) | Portugal:M/12 | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

As Ethan and Peter enter the hospital looking for Sarah, there is a sign that reads "Meghan W. Ruby Maternity Center". Meghan Ruby was an art department staff assistant on the film.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: While driving through Texas, there is a sign with directions to Interstate 75. Interstate 75 is several hundred miles east of Texas.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Peter Highman:I just had the strangest dream. It's Friday. We're at the hospital. But it's not a hospital, it's a, a, a forest of sorts. And I know that because right next to you there's a bear. A grizzly, cooling his feet in a stream. And all of a sudden, you begin to deliver, and I can't get to you. But the bear can. And the next thing I know, he is holding our beautiful baby boy. And here's where it gets odd. Uh, he chews the cord. But, strangely, I'm okay with it. That's gotta be a good sign.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.4" (2011)

Soundtrack:

New Moon Rising

Stick with its predecessor - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

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.