Bad Teacher (2011)

Director:

Jake Kasdan

Writers (WGA):

Gene Stupnitsky (written by) &
Lee Eisenberg (written by)

Release Date:

24 June 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

She doesn't give an "F."

Plot:

A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher.

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | School | Breasts | Sexual Humor | Blackboard

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Cameron Diaz	...	Elizabeth Halsey
Lucy Punch	...	Amy Squirrel
Jason Segel	...	Russell Gettis
Justin Timberlake	...	Scott Delacorte
Phyllis Smith	...	Lynn Davies
John Michael Higgins	...	Principal Wally Snur
Dave Allen	...	Sandy Pinkus (as Dave 'Gruber' Allen)
Jillian Armenante	...	Ms. Pavicic
Matthew J. Evans	...	Garrett Tiara
Kaitlyn Dever	...	Sasha Abernathy
Kathryn Newton	...	Chase Rubin-Rossi
Igal Ben Yair	...	Arkady
Aja Bair	...	Devon
Andra Nechita	...	Gaby
Noah Munck	...	Tristan
Finneas O'Connell	...	Spencer / Twilight
Daniel Castro	...	Rodrigo (Acne Kid)
Adrian Kali Turner	...	Shawn
Eric Stonestreet	...	Kirk
Thomas Lennon	...	Carl Halabi
Paul Bates	...	School Superintendent
Jeff Judah	...	Janitor
Nat Faxon	...	Mark
Stephanie Faracy	...	Mrs. Pubich
David Paymer	...	Doctor Vogel
Alanna Ubach	...	Angela
Christine Smith	...	Danni
Paul Feig	...	Dad at Carwash
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Sasha's Mother
Melvin Mar	...	Male Teacher (Bathroom)
Rose Abdoo	...	School Secretary
Jerry Lambert	...	Morgan's Dad
Jennifer Irwin	...	Chase's Mom
Christopher Rockwell	...	Chase's Dad
David Doty	...	Armando the Homeless Guy
Molly Shannon	...	Melody (Garrett's Mom)
Rick Overton	...	Philip
Danny Trap	...	Cowboy at Palace
Matt Besser	...	Abraham Lincoln (Tour Guide)
Lee Eisenberg	...	Blacksmith (Re-Enactor)
Bruno Gunn	...	Police Officer (as Bruno Gioiello)
Jordan Van Vranken	...	Crying Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Bernard	...	Dancer in Cowboy Palace (uncredited)
Kadee Noel Brown	...	Student in Elizabeth's Class (uncredited)
B.J. Bugert	...	Student (uncredited)
Daniel Cohen	...	Kid in Elizabeth's Classroom (uncredited)
Austin Michael Coleman	...	8th Grade Student (uncredited)
Noah Dahl	...	Dim Looking Boy (uncredited)
Youlanda Davis	...	Drama Teacher (uncredited)
Christina Gabrielle	...	8th Grade Student (uncredited)
Andy Scott Harris	...	Flamboyant Boy (uncredited)
Jennifer Holloway	...	Sheila (uncredited)
Dot Jones	...	Pill-Providing Lady (uncredited)
Laurie Landry	...	Ms. Landry (uncredited)
Christopher Mason	...	Student (uncredited)
Lindsay McGrail	...	Teacher at Party (uncredited)
Daniel Messier	...	P.E. Teacher (uncredited)
Keith Middlebrook	...	Mr. Vanderbilt (uncredited)
Scott Moran	...	Johnny Walker Red (uncredited)
Ryan Seacrest	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bridget Shergalis	...	Cara (uncredited)
Victoria Strauss	...	Student (uncredited)
Joanna Theobalds	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Preston Thompson	...	8th Grader (uncredited)

Directed by
Jake Kasdan

Writing credits (WGA)
Gene Stupnitsky		(written by) &
Lee Eisenberg		(written by)

Produced by
Carey Dietrich	....	associate producer
Lee Eisenberg	....	executive producer
Georgia Kacandes	....	executive producer
Melvin Mar	....	associate producer
Jimmy Miller	....	producer
Gene Stupnitsky	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Andrews

Cinematography by
Alar Kivilo

Film Editing by
Tara Timpone

Casting by
Anya Colloff
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by
Jefferson Sage

Art Direction by
Andrew Max Cahn

Set Decoration by
Ronald R. Reiss

Costume Design by
Debra McGuire

Makeup Department
Laurene Alvarado	....	makeup artist
Pierce Austin	....	key hair stylist
Robin Fredriksz	....	makeup artist
Maggie Fung	....	key makeup artist
Nina Paskowitz	....	hair department head
Peter Robb-King	....	makeup department head
Thomas Terhaar	....	hairdresser
Lona Vigi	....	hair stylist: Cameron Diaz
Soo-Jin Yoon	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Louise DeCordoba	....	production supervisor
Georgia Kacandes	....	unit production manager
Barrett J. Leigh	....	production supervisor: additional photography

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Audrey Clark	....	second second assistant director
Carey Dietrich	....	first assistant director
Bill Purple	....	second assistant director
Steve Windle	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Laine Abramson	....	set buyer: additional photography
Ericka Bryce	....	construction medic
Vicki Dittemore	....	set dresser
Jay Dupuy	....	plaster department head
Carmine Goglia	....	on set painter
Carmine Goglia	....	stand-by painter
Michael A. Heath	....	prop paperwork
Ari Jacobs	....	art department coordinator
Ty Jones Jr.	....	set dresser
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Bruce L. Luizzi	....	leadman
Linda Luizzi	....	set buyer
Vince Luizzi	....	set dresser gangboss
Michael Mikita Jr.	....	paint supervisor
Josue Rodriguez	....	assistant property master
Joshua Sankar	....	art pa
Chris Santini	....	construction coordinator
Josh Sheppard	....	storyboard artist
Andrew M. Siegel	....	property master
Chad Simpson	....	paint foreman
James E. Tocci	....	set designer

Sound Department
Brendan Beebe	....	boom operator
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor
Keith Bilderbeck	....	sound effects editor
Greg Cosh	....	sound utility
Anne Couk	....	first assistant sound editor
Seth Gilbert	....	music playback
Robert Grieve	....	sound designer
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Shawn Harper	....	sound utility
Tateum Kohut	....	re-recording mixer
Gregg Landaker	....	re-recording mixer
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
John Pritchett	....	sound mixer
Erik Karsen Puhm	....	foley recordist
David M. Roberts	....	boom operator
Joel Shryack	....	supervising sound editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Timothy Graham	....	special effects technician
Timothy B. Graham	....	special effects
Jane Kilkenny	....	special effects technician
Edward Lozano	....	special effects technician
Eugene P. Rizzardi	....	special effects foreman
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician

Visual Effects by
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Jamie Dixon	....	visual effects supervisor
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Justin Jones	....	compositor
Shira Mandel	....	digital compositor
Richard Matsushita	....	visual effects artist
Jesse Morrow	....	visual effects artist
Cat Rowe	....	digital colorist assist

Stunts
Kelli Barksdale	....	stunt performer
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt driver
Marc C. Geschwind	....	precision driver
Jessie Graff	....	stunt double
Malosi Leonard	....	stunt coordinator
Matt Leonard	....	stunts
Terry Leonard	....	stunts
Natalie M. Meyer	....	stunt driving double: Cameron Diaz
Brian Munce	....	stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunt double: Cameron Diaz
K.T. Wiegman	....	stunt double
Thom Williams	....	stunt double: Eric Stonestreet

Camera and Electrical Department
Buzzy Burwell	....	lighting technician
Joseph V. Cicio	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Anthony Cobbs	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Louie DeMarco	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Andrew Dumas	....	assistant camera
Brent Egan	....	second assistant camera
Joseph Guerino	....	best boy electric
Michael Herron	....	digital video assist operator
David Hirschmann	....	assistant camera
Tom Howard	....	lighting technician
Jason Jensen	....	first assistant camera
Jimmy E. Jensen	....	first assistant camera
Michael Kenner	....	key grip
Koji Kojima	....	second assistant additional camera
Jeff Kunkel	....	dolly grip
Gemma La Mana	....	still photographer
Jean-Baptiste LeConte	....	lamp operator: additional photography
Michael Martino	....	first assistant camera: additional photography
Brian Minzlaff	....	lighting technician
Travis Panarisi	....	rigging gaffer
Matthew A. Petrosky	....	steadicam operator
Monty Rowan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
George Santo Pietro	....	dolly grip
Rick Thomas	....	gaffer
Nicole Turegano	....	camera loader
Christopher Warren	....	assistant chief rigging gaffer
Scott Whitbread	....	second assistant camera
Nick Zeigler	....	electrician
Uta Briesewitz	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
David Sammons	....	additional photographer (uncredited)

Animation Department
Jeiko Soh	....	animator: main title sequence

Casting Department
Lauren Cokeley	....	extras casting
Tony Hobbs	....	background casting
Juliet Seniff	....	casting assistant
Wendy Washbrook	....	extras casting: additional photography

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yulia Gershenzon	....	costumer: Cameron Diaz
Meredith J. Giangrande	....	wardrobe assistant
Jennifer Iizuka	....	set costumer
Joseph T. Mastrolia	....	costume supervisor
Katrina Mastrolia	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Zahida Bacchus	....	digital intermediate producer
John Dietrick	....	second assistant editor
Brian Gee	....	dailies assistant
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bethany Orlemann	....	first assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
John Persichetti	....	digital colorist
Douglas I. Schwartz	....	post-production assistant (as Douglas Schwartz)
Reza Amidi	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Botnick	....	scoring mixer
David Connor	....	orchestrator
Stephen Kaye	....	music consultant
Jonathan Leahy	....	music coordinator
Manish Raval	....	music editor
Manish Raval	....	music supervisor
Ronald J. Webb	....	music editor
Tom Wolfe	....	music supervisor
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Alex E. Burns	....	transportation
Craig Fehrman	....	transportation coordinator
Jon Gustafsson	....	transportation captain
Keenan Haight	....	driver
Margo Hunt	....	driver
Mel Langford	....	transportation captain
Cecil McClain	....	driver
Anthony J. Mignano	....	driver
Irv Press	....	generator operator/driver

Other crew
Jampier Arias	....	second assistant accountant
Chris Baugh	....	location manager
Michael Betz	....	key assistant location manager
Cynthia Blaise	....	dialect coach
Susan Bliss	....	post script services
Catherine Burt	....	assistant: Ms. Diaz
Unjoo Lee Byars	....	main title producer
Selena Carrillo	....	production coordinator
Amy Cohn	....	unit publicist
Drew Maximillion Davis	....	production assistant
Michelle A. De Mayo	....	first assistant accountant
Karin Dentamaro	....	location assistant: Chicago
Ron Durham	....	location scout: second unit: Springfield IL
Manija Emran	....	main titles designer
Jeanie Farnam	....	assistant location manager
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Kate Galbraith	....	assistant production coordinator
Katy Galow	....	set production assistant
Jillian Giacomini	....	script supervisor
Tom Goodrich	....	studio teacher
Tara Guckeen	....	production secretary
Heinz Healey	....	assistant to Jimmy Miller
Henry Hobson	....	main titles designer
Mark Hochman	....	computer graphics /video playback supervisor
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist
Nathan Kelly	....	assistant to Ms. Kacandes
Amanda Klein	....	second assistant accountant
Howie E. Kremer	....	location production assistant
Kristine Nadal	....	accounting clerk
Ryan Neary	....	key assistant location manager
Rick Roesch	....	payroll accountant
Jill Rosenblatt	....	production accountant
Maria C. Roxas	....	location manager: Chicago
Sean K. Russell	....	production assistant
Courtney Schade	....	post-production sound coordiator
Heather Sharpe	....	location coordinator
Rony Shino	....	key assistant location manager
John Steckert	....	production secretary
Melissa Voyagis	....	epk field producer
Tony Whitmore	....	set medic
Lauren Willdeboer	....	assistant location manager
Chad Witt	....	set production assistant
Jerome Zelle	....	assistant craft service

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• Mosaic Media Group (as Mosaic)

Distributors

• Acme Film (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2011) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Feelgood Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing Canada (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (special edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (special edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (special edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (special edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Hammerhead Productions

Other Companies

• Fletcher Chicago  additional camera equipment
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Film Source  purchased unused film stock
• Filmtools  expendables
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  grip and lighting equipment
• Prologue Films  main titles: design and production
• Reel Security  production security

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use

Runtime:

92 min | 97 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:16 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #46549) | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:18 | Germany:12 | Japan:PG12 | Sweden:Btl | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:MA15+ (DVD) | New Zealand:R16 (DVD) | Norway:11 | South Korea:18 | Brazil:14 | Peru:14 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

D.C. Stages, 1360 East 6th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

If you look closely when Elizabeth is grading the students' papers, you can see that Tristan's last name is Munck. The actor who plays Tristan is Noah Munck.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the film, Elizabeth Halsey speeds backwards violently past a school bus and makes a sharp turn leaving visible tire marks on the ground. You can see tire marks on the ground before she creates them and were probably created in previous takes.

Quotes:

Russell Gettis:Twilight, what did we talk about in class? Throw it through her, not at her.

Movie Connections:

Features Dangerous Minds (1995)

Soundtrack:

Still of the Night

Bad Teacher ?? Maybe. Bad Film? Absolutely

I know others will disagree with me, but this has got to be in the running for the pick for the Razzies this year. What a pathetic piece of crap. The storyline was boring and the jokes either over-the-top, or, worst, not even close to funny. It never fails to amaze me when really bad ideas not only get to be screenplays, but they actually wind up getting produced. And...Timberlake's character...what was he thinking when he took this role??? Yeah, Diaz is still a hot body and all, but even that couldn't save something so downright dumb. I won't bother with any spoilers; it's not worth the effort. Save your money. This one will simply insult your intelligence. I would give it a minus one if I could.