Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers (WGA):

Sean Anders (screenplay) &
John Morris (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 June 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.

Plot Keywords:

Penguin | Reference To Beyonce | Reference To Acer Computers | Father Daughter Relationship | Bribery

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Mr. Popper
Carla Gugino	...	Amanda
Angela Lansbury	...	Mrs. Van Gundy
Ophelia Lovibond	...	Pippi
Madeline Carroll	...	Janie
Clark Gregg	...	Nat Jones
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Mr. Gremmins
David Krumholtz	...	Kent
Philip Baker Hall	...	Franklin
Maxwell Perry Cotton	...	Billy
James Tupper	...	Rick
Dominic Chianese	...	Reader
William Charles Mitchell	...	Yates (as William C. Mitchell)
Kelli Barrett	...	Tommy's Mom
Dylan Clark Marshall	...	Young Tommy Popper #2
Brian T. Delaney	...	Young Tom Popper, Sr (voice)
Elaine Kussack	...	Gremmins's Secretary
Harlin Kearsley	...	Town Car Driver (as Harlin C. Kearsley)
Desmin Borges	...	Daryl
Lee Moore	...	Reginald
Dominic Colon	...	Tito
Jeff Lima	...	Freddy
Frank Ciornei	...	Klaus
J.R. Horne	...	Arnold
Matthew Wolf	...	Arctic Friend (voice)
Andrew Stewart-Jones	...	Animal Control Guy
James Chen	...	Fish & Game Officer
Rafael Osorio	...	Marine & Waterfowl Officer
Curtis Shumaker	...	Sanitation Officer
Joe D'Onofrio	...	Random Man on Street
Olga Merediz	...	Nanny
Betsy Aidem	...	Tavern Hostess
Angel Caban	...	Fishmonger (as Angel L. Caban)
Chris Beetem	...	Young Developer
Charles L. Campbell	...	Old Tom Popper, Sr. (voice)
Daniel Stewart Sherman	...	Zoo Security Guard
Michael Massimino	...	Cop # 1 (as Mike Massimino)
Charlie Semine	...	Cop #2 (Quint)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Basile	...	Ice Skater
Charles Chaplin	...	A Tramp / The Lone Prospector (archive footage)
Kathryn Hoxie	...	Guggenheim Gala Attendee
Henry Kelemen	...	Young Tommy Popper #1 (as Henry Keleman)
Danielle McKee	...	Josh's Mom
Usman Ojibara	...	Bar Tender
Peter Conboy	...	Press Photographer (uncredited)
Julie E. Davis	...	Gala Guest (uncredited)
Rosemary Howard	...	CoOp Board Member (uncredited)
Cynthia Kirchner	...	Pulse Lounge Beautiful Girl (uncredited)
Mark A. Langston	...	Zoo Security Guard (uncredited)
Jeremy McLain	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Patrick O'Sullivan	...	Tom Popper Sr. (uncredited)
Stephen N. Winter	...	Fireman Dad (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Waters

Writing credits (WGA)
Sean Anders		(screenplay) &
John Morris		(screenplay) and
Jared Stern		(screenplay)
Richard Atwater		(novel) and
Florence Atwater		(novel)

Produced by
Derek Dauchy	....	executive producer
John Davis	....	producer
Linda Fields	....	associate producer
Joel Gotler	....	executive producer
Ira Napoliello	....	co-producer
Jessica Tuchinsky	....	executive producer
Mark Waters	....	executive producer
Jonathan Filley	....	line producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by
Florian Ballhaus		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Bruce Green

Casting by
Kathleen Chopin
Marci Liroff

Production Design by
Stuart Wurtzel

Art Direction by
Patricia Woodbridge

Set Decoration by
Ellen Christiansen

Costume Design by
Ann Roth

Makeup Department
Bill Corso	....	makeup artist: Jim Carrey
Jerry DeCarlo	....	hair department head
Felice Diamond	....	makeup department head
Paula Kelly	....	additional makeup artist
Michael Nickiforek	....	animal effects fabrication
Frida Norrman	....	special makeup effects shop technician

Production Management
Joan Kelley Bierman	....	post-production supervisor
John A. Machione	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
G.A. Aguilar	....	second unit director (as George Aguilar)
Steve Apicella	....	first assistant director
Adam Bernard	....	additional second assistant director
Stephanetta Bingley	....	dga trainee
Jamiyl Campbell	....	additional second second assistant director
David Catalano	....	additional second assistant director
Patrick McDonald	....	second second assistant director
Christo Morse	....	first assistant director: second unit
Matt Power	....	second assistant director
Nick Schepisi	....	second assistant director: second unit
Michael Pitt	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert Antalocy	....	carpenter
Anthony Baldasare	....	set dresser
Gary Cergol	....	graphic artist
Lou Charles	....	greensman
Jarrett Courtney	....	assistant art director
Robert Dell'arena	....	carpenter
Jerry DeRogatis	....	props: additional
Robert Dillon	....	carpenter (as Bob Dillon)
Neil Driscoll Jr.	....	set dresser
Warren Drummond	....	storyboard artist
Lauren Favelson	....	shop manager
Adam Goodnoff-Cernese	....	second on-set dresser
Vincent Guarriello	....	key construction grip
Joanna Hartell	....	greensman
Ryan Heck	....	assistant art director
Diem Hoang	....	art department assistant
Arlo Hoffman	....	on-set greens
Rumiko Ishii	....	assistant art director
Aaron Jacobs	....	construction grip
Arthur Jongewaard	....	art department production assistant
Nora Kasarda	....	art department coordinator
Robert Keller	....	carpenter (as Bob Keller)
Dan Kuchar	....	assistant art director
Francis Maiorino	....	greensman
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist
James Mazzola	....	property master
Rebecca Meis DeMarco	....	assistant set decorator
Wayne Moss	....	carpenter
Alyssa Motschwiller	....	art department coordinator: set decoration
Miroslaw Nowalski	....	carpenter
Joseph S. Patire	....	shop craftsman
Ronnie Petagna	....	head carpenter
Kathi Prate	....	set dresser
Helen Ripple	....	set dresser
Andrew Rossig	....	key construction foreman
Manny Sanchez	....	shop foreman
David Schanker	....	assistant propmaster
John S. Schlicter	....	scenic artist
Ari David Schwartz	....	on-set dresser
Karl Shefelman	....	storyboard artist
Steven Shellooe	....	on-set scenic
David Stein	....	assistant art director
Bruce Swanson	....	set dresser
Bonnie Thompson	....	set dresser
Dick Tice	....	leadman
Elizabeth Tomasetti	....	scenic artist
Sophia Vasilakis	....	shop scenic
Arthur Vitello III	....	scenic artist (as Arthur T. Vitello)
Dana Wilson	....	scenic artist
Jamie Arbuckle	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Benjamin Cheah	....	penguin sound effects recordist
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor
Mark Coffey	....	first assistant sound editor
Scott Curtis	....	foley mixer
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Donald Flick	....	foley editor
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Mangini	....	temp re-recording mixer
Danny Michael	....	sound mixer
Piero Mura	....	sound effects editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Steeves)
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Kira Smith	....	boom operator
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Gregg Swiatlowski	....	sound effects recordist
Julian Townsend	....	sound utility
Wyatt Tuzo	....	utility sound: re-shoots
Tim Walston	....	sound effects editor
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Richard Darwin	....	animatronic designer
Ken Goodstein	....	special effects technician
Devin Ladd	....	special effects
Eric Pastore	....	special effects technician
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician
Richard Terry Tjelmeland	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Suzaine Aguirre	....	digital imaging resources
Kavan Ahalpara	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Imran Ahmed	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Blondel Aidoo	....	visual effects producer
Shish Aikat	....	education manager: Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	digital image resources supervisor
Jake Albers	....	compositor
Mithun Jacob Alex	....	vfx compositor
Nick Andert	....	visual effects production assistant: Rhythm and Hues
Daniel Arkin	....	assistant visual effects editor
Nicholas Avallone	....	visual effects
Adam Avery	....	visual effects artist
Anurag Bartare	....	roto/paint artist: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Jason Bettinger	....	animation layout technical director
Vishal Bhardwaj	....	visual effects artist
Koushik Biswas	....	matchmove TD: Rhythm and Hues
Koushik Biswas	....	matchmove artist: Rhythm and Hues
Adam Blank	....	matchmove TD: Rhythm & Hues
James Bluma	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues
Sathish Kumar Bodicherla	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Ryan Bowden	....	effects technical director
Adam Briggs	....	visual effects artist
Rebecca Brookman	....	visual effects coordinator
Thomas R. Bryant	....	visual effects editor
Tom Capizzi	....	senior lighting lead
Tyler Cayce	....	technical animator
M.B. Chaitanya	....	senior animation layout td
Theju Chandran	....	digital paint/roto artist: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Jessi Chang	....	look development artist
Jo-Wan Chao	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm & Hues (as Jonathan Chao)
Tamar Chatterjee	....	digital effects artist
Vinit Chaturvedany	....	track/matchmove artist
Pranesh Chavan	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Cecil Man Ching Cheng	....	visual effects producer: Centro Digital PIctures
Vanessa Cheung	....	digital matte painter
Jothan Chin	....	compositor
Vikas Chirate	....	senior systems administrator
Jung-Yoon Choi	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Samik Roy Choudhury	....	match move technical director
Marvin Chua	....	render i/o coordinator
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
John Cook	....	lighting technical director
Krystal Cooper	....	production coordinator: International Digital Productions
Michael Crane	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Krishnendu Bikash Das	....	lighting technical director
Jose L. De Juan	....	digital effects artist
John Decker	....	sequence lighting lead
Michael Degtjarewsky	....	digital compositor
Jessica Psy DeLacy	....	technical animator
Santosh Kumar Dey	....	matchmove artist
Catherine Dingman	....	roto/prep artist
Manasa Divya	....	matchmove artist
Nicolas Donel	....	lead matte painter
Frank Du	....	lead fx
Matthew Nowicki DuVall	....	visual effects artist (as Matthew Duvall)
Chan Ee Jien	....	visual effects coordinator
Stephen Eisenmann	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Josh Elmore	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Christopher Evart	....	technical animator
Scott M. Fedor	....	compositor
Mike Fischer	....	lighting technical director
Josh Fritchie	....	digital coordinator: Rhythm and Hues
Anthony Fung	....	visual effects artist
Henry Gaw	....	render coordinator
Denil George	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Paul Gimm	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Zoran Glisovic	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Logan Gloor	....	lead lighting technical director
Alex Gomez	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Namita Gotephode	....	modeling and shading manager
Lara B. Grant	....	digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Katie Green	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	modeling supervisor: Hydraulx
David Gullman	....	visual effects production assistant
Muhammad Hafeez	....	compositor
Daniel Haffner	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Betsy Asher Hall	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Rachel Faith Hanson	....	visual effects coordinator
Benjamin Hardy	....	software and technology: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Mohamad Sharil Harees	....	roto/prep artist
Anthony Harris	....	color timing supervisor
Drew Harrison	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
John Lake Harvey	....	digital compositor
Firdaus Hashim	....	compositor
Jongwoo Heo	....	effects
Chad Hofteig	....	lead previsualization artist
Phil Holland	....	digital imaging specialist: Rhythm & Hues
Richard E. Hollander	....	visual effects supervisor
Angie Howard	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Jordan Hueckstaedt	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Atsushi Imamura	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Vinita Iyer	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Kuala Lumpur
Neh Jaiswal	....	visual effects coordinator: Rhythm and Hues
Rajeev Jeganathan	....	visual effects artist
Andrew Jennings	....	technical animator
Abhimanyu Joshi	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Brandon Kachel	....	matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
Kamalakkannan	....	digital compositor
Anoop Ani Kanakam	....	pipeline td: Rhythm & Hues
Hussin Khan	....	production & technical support: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Kilburn	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
John Kilkenny	....	visual effects executive
Shelagh Kitney	....	digital artist
Karen Klein	....	digital compositor
Alex Ko	....	rigging supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Eric A. Kohler	....	associate visual effects producer: Hydraulx
Vivekanand Reddy Kotha	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Louis Kreusel	....	digital resources technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Bill Kunin	....	visual effects supervisor
Prince Kurian	....	compositor
Kenneth Kurras	....	lighting technical director
Vikas Kurup	....	matchmove artist: rhythm & hues studios
Harry Lam	....	sequence supervisor
Ngai Charm Lam	....	background prep technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Dilesh Lamsal	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Erik LaPlant	....	cg coordinator: hydraulx
Tu Le	....	lighting td: Rhythm & Hues
Paul Ming Tak Lee	....	visual effects artist
Sun Lee	....	senior matte painter: Hydraulx
Young Lee	....	technical animation supervisor: Rhythm and Hues
Rahul Robert Lewis	....	animation layout technical director
Daniel Lindsey	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues
Eric Lo	....	assistant vfx supervisor: Centro Digital Pictures
Jose Lopez	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jianwei Low	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Mary Lynn Machado	....	look development/color & lighting: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Varun Malhotra	....	lead lighter
Karey Maltzahn	....	visual effects producer: rhythm & hues
Joe Mancewicz	....	character rigging supervisor
Mark Mancewicz	....	technical animator
James Marcus	....	animation layout td
William H.D. Marlett	....	visual effects lead coordinator
Steve Matson	....	matte painter
Jamison McCord	....	roto/paint: Hydraulx VFX
L. Patrick McCormack	....	senior manager: International Digital Productions
Mare McIntosh	....	cgi coordinator: Hydraulx VFX
Jay Mehta	....	lead compositor
Jon Meier	....	digital lighting supervisor
David Michaels	....	character technical director
Vimal Raj Mohan	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Rakesh More	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Meg Morris	....	layout supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Meg Morris	....	matchmove supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Ram Mohan Nadam Reddy	....	digital compositor
Shakil Nadkarni	....	matchmove technical director
Jeremy Nelligan	....	sequence supervisor
Brandon Nelson	....	sequence supervisor
Eric Ng	....	compositing supervisor
Onesimus Nuernberger	....	matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
Carina Ohlund	....	lighting techical director
Tyler Opatrny	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Van Ouk	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Boban Panakal Varghese Joy	....	digital production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Rachelle Paquin	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as Rachelle Bisson-Montpetit)
Bruno Parenti	....	digital compositor
Elam Parithi	....	lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Jale Parsons	....	roto/paint artist
John Paszkiewicz	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Sanjit Patel	....	software engineer
Andrew A. Paules	....	visual effects artist
Chris Payne	....	digital compositor
Kiel Pease	....	lighting technical director
Chris E. Peterson	....	previsualization artist
Joe Phoebus	....	senior effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Matthew Picarelli	....	visual effects production assistant
Abbigail Ponek	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Terron Pratt	....	digital producer: Rhythm & Hues
Poonam Maria Prem	....	lighting techical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios (as Poonam Shah)
Scott Puckett	....	visual effects production manager
Rajesh Putta	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Jason Quintana	....	crowd lead: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Raiskup	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Siddharthan Raman	....	digital compositor
Erin Ramos	....	fx supervisor
Nachiarkovil Durairaj Rangesh	....	matchmove technical director: rhythm and hues
Dean Rasmussen	....	digital artist
Aatur Ravani	....	lighting lead: Rhythm and Hues
Ridhwan Razak	....	compositor
Katherine Reihman	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Richardson	....	digital coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Keith Roberts	....	animation director
Patrick J. Rodriguez	....	previsualization supervisor
Jayaraman Sabarisan	....	matchmove artist: rhythm & hues studios
Krystal Sae Eua	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Neha Samant	....	digital production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (as Neha Sharma)
Jason Scott	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Donna Segal	....	digital compositor
Vijay Selvam	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Argha Sen	....	lead lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Seshaprasad	....	head of digital production: Rhythm & Hues Studios Asia
Laura Sevilla	....	digital compositor
Shyamchand	....	lead digital compositor
Murugan Siju	....	lead roto/prep artist
Scott Aaron Silver	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Brad Smith	....	render i/o administrator: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Snyder	....	compositor
Robert Snyder	....	visual effects technical coordinator
Hitesh Solanki	....	(lighting techical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios Kuala Lumpur )
Hitesh Solanki	....	lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues Studios Kuala Lumpur
Trevor Sommer	....	technical animator
Arpit Soni	....	digital production coordinator: Rhythm and Hues
Nic Spier	....	visual effects artist
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects
Seshadri Srinidhi	....	match move technical director
Angelo Stanco	....	technical animation lead: Rhythm and Hues
Sean Stortroen	....	sequence coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Yuki Sugimoto	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues (as Yuki Sugimoto Levy)
Radhakrishnan Sundararaj	....	paint and roto
Chris Sutherland	....	compositor
Brian Tatosky	....	2D supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Ben Taylor	....	render i/o coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Will Telford	....	digital effects supervisor: Rhythm and Hues
Richard Tepavchevich	....	compositor
Jateen Thakkar	....	lead compositor
Nicholas Theisen	....	digital imaging resources: Rhythm & Hues
Mimi Thian	....	matchmove artist
Avish John Thomas	....	paint/roto artist
Allan Toellner	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Karen Tom	....	digital coordinator
Matthew Trivan	....	visual effects artist
My Linh Truong	....	visual effects coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Devin Uzan	....	lead compositor
John Velazquez	....	animator
Rakesh Venugopalan	....	lead prep/roto artist: Rhythm and Hues Malaysia
Miles Vignol	....	effects technical director
Parikh Vishal	....	look dev artist
Sean Wallitsch	....	lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Darrin Wehser	....	lookdev supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Brian R. Wells	....	animation supervisor
Jeff Wells	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Cristina Whiteley	....	lighting techical director
Stephanie Woo	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Christian Wood	....	lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Woodside	....	technical animation lead
Yoshiya Yamada	....	lighting: hydraulx
Esther Yap	....	matchmove technical director: rhythm and hues
Michael Zavala	....	2D coordinator: Hydraulx VFX
Celine Chew	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Kyle Lovrien	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Jaikumar Pillay	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios, India (uncredited)

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator
Bobby Beckles	....	stunts
Christiana Blain	....	stunts
Scott Burik	....	stunts
Bryce Burke	....	stunts
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunt coordinator
William Cote	....	stunts (as Will Cote)
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Mark Fichera	....	stunts
Rocco Forgione	....	stunts (as Rocco G. Forgione)
Aja Frary	....	stunts
Craig Fraser	....	stunts
Shane Geraghty	....	stunts
Jackie A. Greenbank	....	stunts
Carol Jackson	....	stunts
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Luis Moco	....	stunts
Gerald Paetz	....	stunts
Christopher Place	....	stunts
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunt coordinator (as Stephen Pope)
J.C. Robaina	....	stunts
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Sharon Simms	....	stunts
Bobby Beckles	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Scott Burik	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Bryce Burke	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rocco Forgione	....	stunt double: Jim Carrey (uncredited)
Aja Frary	....	stunt double: Carla Gugino (uncredited)
Shane Geraghty	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
J.C. Robaina	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joseph Abbatecola	....	best boy grip
Blake Alcantara	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Tristan Allen	....	additional rigging grip
Bill Almeida	....	gaffer: second unit
Sebastián Almeida	....	remote head technician
Cesar Baptista	....	grip
Kyle Blackman	....	camera loader: second unit
Gustavo Brum	....	cinematographer: epk
Thomas Calandrillo	....	super technocrane operator
Liz Campbell	....	grip
Daniel Casey	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Andrew Cavagnet	....	second video assist
Lamont Crawford	....	key grip: second unit
Christopher Davis	....	electrician
Max Frankston	....	HD video effects
Nick Haines-Stiles	....	grip
Craig Paul Harris	....	rigging electrician
James Heerdegen	....	dolly grip
Ryan Heide	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Joel Holland	....	key video assist operator
Matt Howard	....	camera production assistant
Lukasz Jogalla	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael Kirsch	....	grip
Thomas Lappin	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robert Lau	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Michael A. Leo	....	genny operator
Abby Levine	....	digital imaging technician
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera
Charlie Marroquin	....	key grip
Frida Marzouk	....	electrician
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Louma 2
John J. Moers	....	documentary cameraman
Derek Murphy	....	rigging gaffer
Heather Norton	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jesse Pelikan	....	best boy rigging grip
Ozzy Phothivongsa	....	electrician
Jeff Pinette	....	digital loader
Guillaume Renberg	....	libra head operator
Lewis Rothenberg	....	digital imaging technician
Chris Schait	....	grip
Matthew Selkirk	....	second assistant camera
Patrick Shelby	....	rigging grip
Pierson Silver	....	libra head operator: second unit
Brooke Stanford	....	gaffer: second unit
Jonathan Stern	....	best boy electric: second unit
Craig Striano	....	scorpio crane technician
Scott Tinsley	....	second assistant camera
Craig Vaccaro	....	key rigging grip
John Velez	....	gaffer
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Ben Anderson	....	animator
David Apgar	....	animation lead
Srikar Balakrishnan	....	animator
Jason Behr	....	animator
Emil Bidiuc	....	animator
Jocelyn Cofer	....	animator
Stephen Dahler	....	animator
Aaron Deerfield	....	animator
Ami DeLullo	....	animator
Joseph Hoback	....	animation supervisor
Alex Jansen	....	animator
Yogesh Kaushal	....	animator
Jason Keane	....	animator
Rohit Kolhe	....	animator
Kai-Hua Lan	....	character animator (as Kevin Lan)
Daniel Patrick Lane	....	animator
Paul Ming Tak Lee	....	animator
Casey McDermott	....	animator
Tony Mecca	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Anandroop Mukherjee	....	animation technical director
Teresa Nord Storhoff	....	animator (as Teresa Nord)
Spencer Ockwell	....	animator
Jyoti Parasrampuria	....	animator
Hunjin Park	....	animator
Abhijit Parsekar	....	animator
Dixie Pizani	....	animator
Alex Poei	....	animation supervisor
John Paul Rhinemiller	....	animator
Trey Roane	....	animator: Rhythm and Hues
Spencer Roberts	....	animator
Brian Rogers	....	animator
Valerie Scheiber	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Slater	....	animator
Ryan Sluman	....	lead animator
Sreejit Sreedharan	....	animator
Nicholas St. Clair	....	animator
Wes Storhoff	....	animator
Derek Tannehill	....	animation supervisor
Luis Carlos Uribe	....	animator
John Velazquez	....	animator
Amanda Wagner	....	animator
Braden Walker	....	animator
Leslie Watters	....	animator
Danny Wawrzaszek	....	animator
Brian R. Wells	....	animation supervisor (as Brian Wells)
Lauren Wells	....	animator
Robby Wong	....	animator
Kirsten Yamaguchi	....	animator

Casting Department
Johnny Gidcomb	....	adr voice casting
Elisha Gruer	....	casting associate
Michelle Levy	....	casting associate
Jamie Schulman	....	casting associate
David M. Waldron	....	extras casting director
Jamie Jacobson	....	child extras casting (uncredited)
Christian Kaplan	....	executive in charge of casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christine Bean	....	additional assistant costume designer
Jonathan Clay	....	costume production assistant
Debbe DuPerrieu	....	additional set costumer
Colleen Ehrlich	....	costume coordinator
Elizabeth Feldbauer	....	dresser: Ms. Angela Lansbury
Eileen Goh	....	costumer
Joseph La Corte	....	background costume supervisor
Rebecca Levin	....	set costumer
Michelle Matland	....	assistant costume designer
Katie McClain	....	costume assistant (as Kathryn McClain)
Tamara Menear	....	costume coordinator
Jonathan Schwartz	....	costume assistant
Annie Semenczuk	....	costume assistant
Martha Smith	....	set costumer
Cameron Waff	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Roberto Alejandro	....	post-production assistant
Matt Breitenbach	....	assistant colorist
Liza D. Espinas	....	first assistant editor
Vanessa Galvez	....	project manager
Joe Gawler	....	digital intermediate colorist
James W. Harrison III	....	assistant editor
Scott Jacobs	....	apprentice editor
Kenny G. Krauss	....	second assistant editor
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Eric Lorenz	....	assistant editor
Darrell R. Smith	....	digital intermediate project manager
Scot Starbuck	....	colorist
Lauren Taylor	....	post-production assistant
Peter Tackaberry	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Seth Weinman	....	post-production technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Tony Blondal	....	score supervisor
Richard Bronskill	....	additional orchestrator
Stephen Coleman	....	additional orchestrator
Stephen Coleman	....	music programmer
Charles Martin Inouye	....	preview music editor
Rolfe Kent	....	conductor
Maria Newman	....	musician
Dan Savant	....	orchestra contractor
Bernd Schoenhart	....	band musician
Alistair South	....	music assistant
Nick South	....	music editor
Greg Townley	....	scoring mixer
Alice Wood	....	synth programmer

Transportation Department
Jay Immersi	....	car coordinator

Other crew
Lina Albelo	....	production assistant: 2nd Unit (2011)
Mary Jane Amato	....	first assistant accountant
Emily Anderson	....	location coordinator
Michael Anthony	....	location manager
Anderson Beast	....	set security
Cameron C. Bell	....	unit location assistant
Donna Belsky	....	studio teacher
Jeanne Bernhard	....	additional set production assistant
Alex Lee Bonner	....	production assistant
Katie Bova	....	clearance coordinator
Josée Brodeur	....	production accountant: additional photography
Vince Brown	....	production assistant: plate unit
Renee Burke	....	script supervisor
Marcus Bykowsky	....	production assistant
Robert Cavalluzzo	....	assistant location manager
Mallory Crowley	....	contact lens technician
Seth Robert Dusky	....	adr loop group
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Patricia Fernandez	....	location assistant
Alex Finch	....	key production assistant
Daniel Fine	....	key second asst accountant
Peggy Friend	....	photo double
Jammie Glenn	....	location production assistant
Cat Green	....	production assistant
Sandi Greenberg	....	production assistant
David 'Gus' Gustafson	....	assistant: Mr. Filley
Wayne Han	....	production assistant
Cat Hannon	....	second assistant accountant
Seth Hauer	....	production secretary
Vinci Jean-Baptiste	....	production assistant
Kathryn Jones	....	second assistant production accountant
Brian N. Joseph	....	production assistant
Beau Kline	....	production assistant
Julie Kuehndorf	....	unit publicist
Laura Leonard	....	assistant to John Davis
Janet Lonsdale	....	production accountant
James Macolino	....	set production assistant
Larry Madrid	....	head animal trainer
Dan Majkut	....	production assistant
Melissa Marlette	....	production assistant
Keith Marlin	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Lisa Mastroianni	....	assistant to director
Jonathan Edward Mazzei	....	production assistant
Anthony McClendon	....	location scout
Ralph Meyer	....	stand-in for philip baker hall
David Midgen	....	titles producer
Nicole Montez	....	assistant: Mr. Carrey
Meg O'Shea	....	clerk
Jakub Porembski	....	set production assistant
Christine Putnam	....	assistant production coordinator
Bill Richards	....	helicopter pilot: camera
Morgan Roche	....	office production assistant
Morgan Roche	....	office staff assistant
Trenton Rogers	....	voice cast
Matt Roozen	....	office production assistant
Joshua Shull	....	assistant location manager
Nate Shull	....	location scout
Hilary Smith	....	assistant location manager
Anibal Soto	....	clerk
C.L. Mega Sterling	....	set security
Kia W. Thompson	....	production assistant
Vanessa Weiss	....	production assistant
Shawn Willis	....	assistant location manager
Ryan Bonner	....	assistant: Mr. Anders, Mr. Morris (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents) (A Mark Waters Film)
• Davis Entertainment (as Davis Entertainment Company)
• Dune Entertainment (made in association with)
• Dune Entertainment III (copyright holder) (as Dune Entertainment III LLC)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through Warner Bros.)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Venezuela (2011) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2012) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2011) (Portugal) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (USA) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Rhythm and Hues

Other Companies

• Liquid Soul Media  marketing and publicity
• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Central Casting  background casting
• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing  costume rentals
• Moving On Up Enterprises  location security
• Picture Mill, The  main and end titles
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

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MPAA:

Rated PG for mild rude humor and some language

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital | SDDS | Datasat

Certification:

USA:PG | Malaysia:U | Singapore:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | UK:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Ireland:G | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:7 | Norway:A | Australia:G | New Zealand:G

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: Heard in the Guggenheim when a man is knocked over by the penguins.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the 1970s, Thomas Popper Jr. uses an amateur radio set to communicate with his father. It is operating around 21.2460 MHZ; however, during this time period, this was not an available voice frequency to American amateurs.

Quotes:

Mr. Popper:Hello! I have to send the penguins back.
Voice On Phone:Send-da-penguin?
Mr. Popper:Yes, send penguins.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Falcon and the D'Ohman (#23.1)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

SET'EM UP JOE

Contrived, but still Charming

Before I begin, let me say this: I like Jim Carrey. I really do. In fact, I watched Ace Ventura: Pet Detective back when I was a kid, and I still find it funny today. But, as with most actors and comedians, there is that little thing called shtick. Don't we all see a pattern when we see those familiar faces on the screen? In fact, it seems to generate the same kind of reaction: We become endeared to it at first, but then it gets real by the time the fourth or fifth movie rolls around. Will Ferrel, Adam Sandler and even Carey himself, are all the biggest 'offenders,' so to speak, in this day and age. But, for the sake of this interview, let's focus on the latter, and how this movie relates to his 'shtick.' The movie in question, if it wasn't obvious already, is Carey's latest venture, Mr. Popper's Penguins. Based loosely—the key word being 'loosely'—on the 1938 novel by Richard and Florence Atwater, "Penguins" tells the story of a work-obsessed businessman named Tom Popper, whose life is turned upside down when he inherits six penguins from his late explorer father. As is wont, his cold heart begins to melt by means of the flightless, cold-loving birds. In the meanwhile, he tries to evade suspicions of his bosses, a respected entrepreneur, and a brown-nosing zoo keeper while also rekindling his relationship with his estranged ex-wife and kids. And, yes, that's the plot in a nutshell. But, does that mean it's as mind-numbing as it sounds? No, my friends. It's not as bad as it seems.

First off, let's get the downside out of the way. The plot is thoroughly and shamelessly predictable. It is riddled with so many clichés, that I could sit there, predict every turn the movie was going to take and be right. Also, I sat there and counted six—yes, six—poop or fart jokes. There may have been a couple that I missed during a bathroom break, but I'm sure there were a couple more that I could have counted. I blush to admit it, but I do laugh at potty humor, but only when I don't expect it or it makes the movie actually funny. Again, predictability killed the mood for me.

However, for all its faults, it's more charming than repulsive. Carrey, though he is relying on his standard, over the top shtick, is not overshadowing those adorable penguins. But, aside from Carrey, his six co-stars, and his estranged family, there are two saving graces for this movie. Mr. Popper's secretary, Pippi (played by British actress Ophelia Lovibond) is a prim little poppet with a penchant for alliterating all her sentences with any and every word beginning with the letter P. She does grate a little bit, but she is still quite adorable. The other actress to show her face here is the great Angela Lansbury, who plays the owner of a restaurant that Popper used to eat at with his late father. It is so refreshing to see this woman on the silver screen again, especially for a girl who grew up with the likes of Beauty and the Beast and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (There's alliteration there, too, eh? Oh, darn this movie!). She still retains that grace and charm through all the forced dialogue and situations, and I applaud her for that.

Overall, my feelings for this movie can best be summed up by its summary on RottenTomatoes.com: "Bland, inoffensive, and thoroughly predictable, Mr. Popper's Penguins could have been worse…but it should have been better." But for all its faults, its charming, fun and completely harmless. It's probably best for kids, but animal lovers will love the cuddly penguins, and Carrey fans will like seeing their idol on screen. Give it a shot and decide for yourselves.