The Paperboy (2012)

Director:

Lee Daniels

Writers (WGA):

Peter Dexter (screenplay) and
Lee Daniels (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 October 2012 (Belgium)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. |

Plot Keywords:

Death Row Inmate | Florida | Reporter | Bathroom | Topless Pregnant Woman

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Zac Efron	...	Jack Jansen
Matthew McConaughey	...	Ward Jansen
Nicole Kidman	...	Charlotte Bless
John Cusack	...	Hillary Van Wetter
David Oyelowo	...	Yardley Acheman
Scott Glenn	...	W.W. Jansen
Ned Bellamy	...	Tyree Van Wetter
Nealla Gordon	...	Ellen Guthrie
Macy Gray	...	Anita Chester
Edrick Browne	...	Hustler #1
Kevin Waterman	...	Victim
Danny Hanemann	...	Sheriff Thurmond Call
Peter Murnik	...	Death Row Guard
John P. Fertitta	...	Sam Ellison (as John Fertitta)
Jay Oliver	...	Mr. Guthrie / Wedding Guest (as James Oliver)
Gary Clarke	...	Weldon Pine
Ava Bogle	...	Renee / Nail Biter
Adam Sibley	...	Eugene
J.D. Evermore	...	Gate Guard
René J.F. Piazza	...	Kitchen Supervisor
Phyllis Montana LeBlanc	...	Bartender
Paul Fisher	...	Wedding Photographer (as Paul Michael Fisher)
Lydia Rooks	...	Charlotte Girlfriend #1
Nicole Barré	...	Charlotte Girlfriend #2
Camille Balsamo	...	Pam / Beach Girl #1
Leslie Hippensteel	...	Kim / Beach Girl #2
Grace Hightower	...	Yardley's Girlfriend
Lorrie Chilcoat	...	Wedding Singer
Stephanie Jordan	...	Singer #1
Carmen Barika	...	Singer #2
Nicole Porche	...	Singer #3
Faizon Love	...	Comedian
Stiggidy Steve	...	Hustler #3
Rahsaana Ison	...	Lady in Bar
Katarzyna Wolejnio	...	Jennifer
Nikolette Noel	...	Nancy
Corrina Lyons	...	Cousin Alice
John Thompson	...	Interviewer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kassidy Ison	...	Little School Girl
Kristen Beevers	...	Beach Goer (uncredited)
Chip Carriere	...	Coach Northcutt (uncredited)
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grant Case	...	Surfer Dude (uncredited)
David A Cole	...	Extra (uncredited)
Adrienne Esteen	...	Housekeeper (uncredited)
Amye Gousset	...	Receptionist (uncredited)
Russell M. Haeuser	...	Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Emily D. Haley	...	Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Monica R. Harris	...	Background (uncredited)
Jeanine Hill	...	Honeymoon Girl (uncredited)
John C. Klein	...	Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Ken Massey	...	Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
John Calvin McCann	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Danyiell Oviedo	...	Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Shawn M. Richardz	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Robyn Sprehe	...	Miss Betty (uncredited)
Aspen Steib	...	Bartender 2 (uncredited)
Shannon Trosclair	...	Pregnant Woman (uncredited)
Glen Warner	...	Transit Rider (uncredited)

Directed by
Lee Daniels

Writing credits (WGA)
Peter Dexter		(screenplay by) and
Lee Daniels		(screenplay by)
Peter Dexter		(based on the novel by)

Produced by
Michael Benaroya	....	executive producer
Ed Cathell III	....	producer
Lee Daniels	....	producer
Cassian Elwes	....	producer
Asger Hussain	....	co-producer
Simone Sheffield	....	co-producer
Hilary Shor	....	producer

Original Music by
Mario Grigorov

Cinematography by
Roberto Schaefer

Film Editing by
Joe Klotz

Casting by
Leah Daniels
Billy Hopkins

Production Design by
Daniel T. Dorrance

Art Direction by
Wright McFarland

Set Decoration by
Tim Cohn

Costume Design by
Caroline Eselin

Makeup Department
Kimberly Amacker	....	key makeup artist
Tanya Cookingham	....	key makeup artist: additional photography
Bailey Domke	....	life casting: Autonomous FX South
Mary Donovan	....	hair stylist
Karri Farris	....	makeup artist
Krystal Kershaw	....	makeup artist
Jack Lazzaro	....	third makeup artist
Robin Mathews	....	makeup department head
Robin Mathews	....	prosthetic makeup department head
Robin Mathews	....	special makeup effects designer
Candace Neal	....	hair department head
Jami Ross	....	assistant makeup artist
Amy Wood	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Ed Cathell III	....	unit production manager
Todd Gilbert	....	executive in charge of post-production
Robert Mazaraki	....	production supervisor
Robert Van Norden	....	production supervisor: additional photography

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott August	....	second assistant director
Thomas Fatone	....	first assistant director
Richard L. Fox	....	first assistant director
Sebastian Mazzola	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
John Blanchard	....	construction coordinator
Angela Boulet	....	props
Marisa Creed	....	art department coordinator
Lisa De Alva	....	property mistress: additional photography
Shannon De Vergnette	....	art assist
Jaime Fernandez	....	assistant property master
Chad Harris	....	assistant set decorator
Annie Holstein	....	art department intern
John Edwin Howard	....	props
Nicole LaBranche	....	graphic artist
Kristin Lekki	....	graphic artist
Sam Lothridge	....	on-set dresser
Carl Mastio	....	greens
Taylor Newman	....	set decoration assistant
Pat A. O'Connor	....	leadman
Brad Oltmann	....	set dresser
Bill Walters	....	set dresser
Andrew Wert	....	property master
Robert Wilson Jr.	....	standby scenic artist
Niko Zahlten	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Brian Bowles	....	dialogue and adr supervisor
Patrick Christensen	....	adr recordist
Amber Conroy	....	boom operator: additional photography
Robert Fernandez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Miles Fuqua	....	adr recordist
Jason Gaya	....	adr mixer
Dennis Grzesik	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Matthew Haasch	....	foley supervisor
Steven Huerstel	....	sound utility
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
Jay Meagher	....	sound mixer
Fred Paragano	....	adr mixer
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Michael Piotrowski	....	boom operator
Sarah Vorhees	....	adr assistant

Special Effects by
Edward Joubert	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Richard Aponte	....	visual effects artist
Aaron Askew	....	visual effects artist
Bradley M. Baxter	....	vfx lead artist
John Brizzi	....	technical support
Aaron T. Brown	....	visual effects artist
Chris M. Cooper	....	visual effects artist
Peter Cromwell	....	visual effects artist
Alexandre Daigle	....	visual effects network administrator supervisor
Dusty Emerson	....	visual effects supervisor
Joshua Garza	....	CG artist
Nathan Grubbs	....	digital compositor
Errol Hanse	....	visual effects artist
Jack Hebert	....	visual effects artist
Travis Howe	....	visual effects coordinator
Matthew S. Jennings	....	quality control lead
Kevin Langley	....	quality control
Ryan Markley	....	3D lead artist
Kyoung Kay Park	....	visual effects artist
Dee Anne Phillips	....	visual effects editor
Stephen H. Porter	....	visual effects project manager
Kaleb Prichard	....	visual effects artist
Nagy Richard	....	digital compositor
Dustin Scholl	....	colorist
Patrick Schultz	....	visual effects artist
William Tatum III	....	visual effects artist
Anton Tsolov	....	visual effects artist
Juvenal Vique	....	visual effects artist
Andor Záhonyi	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Stanton Barrett	....	stunt double: Zack Effron
Chris J. Fanguy	....	utility stunts
Chris J. Fanguy	....	water safety
Shauna Galligan	....	stunt double
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher Guy Grant	....	utility stunts (as Christopher Grant)
Kortney Manns	....	stunt double: David Oyelowo
Tim Soergel	....	stunt performer
Tracy E. Thomas	....	stunt double: John Cusack
Kevin Waterman	....	stunt performer
Kevin Waterman	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Austin Alward	....	second assistant camera
Troy Anderson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Joe Cassano	....	a dolly grip
Sharla Cipicchio	....	assistant camera
Duane Cooper	....	best boy grip
Anne Marie Fox	....	still photographer
Rick Grover	....	key grip: additional photography
Peter Gulla	....	camera operator: additional scenes
Kristopher Hardy	....	assistant camera
Jerry M. Jacob	....	camera operator
Hai Le	....	camera intern
Josh Oliver	....	electrician
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas	....	electrician
Sam Pearcy	....	film loader
D.J. Phillips	....	camera intern
Derek A. Schwebel	....	video assist
Ben Wachsmann	....	grip
Adam Ward	....	camera operator: "a" camera

Animation Department
Dwight Carter	....	animator
Esteban Olide	....	CG artist

Casting Department
Ericka Bonilla	....	casting assistant
Erin Darke	....	casting associate
Kacee Devoe	....	casting associate
Rahsaana Ison	....	casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andree Fortier	....	costume supervisor
Darren Manzari	....	costume assistant
Susan Thomas	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Nick Detisch	....	post-production assistant
Brian Hayashi	....	post-production coordinator
Kat Spiess	....	first assistant editor
Tim Stipan	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kevin Vale	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Nick Baxter	....	scoring mixer
Arturo Cardelús	....	orchestrator
Lynn Fainchtein	....	music supervisor
Annette Kudrak	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Christie Chaplin	....	driver
Greg Faucett	....	transportation coordinator
Travis Hux	....	transportation captain
Buddy Pine	....	production van driver
Michael Schlumbrecht	....	picture car coordinator
Vevi Wilson	....	dot compliance coordinator

Other crew
Gavin Atilano	....	production secretary
Lauren Beale	....	production assistant
Mark Behar	....	production assistant
Pauline Boudreaux	....	set medic
Beau Brasseaux	....	stand-in
Sean Paul Braud	....	alligator wrangler
Tanja Crouch	....	post-production facilities manager
Angel De La Vina	....	set production assistant
Derek Di Biagio	....	assistant to Matthew McConaughey
Sean J. Donnelly	....	assistant location manager
Robert Douthat	....	photo double/stand-in (Matthew McConaughey )
Johnny Eastlund	....	production assistant
Cliff Fleming	....	aerial ground coordinator
Cory Fleming	....	helicopter pilot
Nicole Flowers	....	first assistant accountant
Jeff Galpin	....	head animal trainer
Moira Glace	....	production assistant
Zoila Gomez	....	production coordinator
Christopher Guy Grant	....	alligator wrangler (as Christopher Grant)
Eric Green	....	marketing and publicity
Jeffrey Greenstein	....	executive assistant to Avi Lerner
Monica R. Harris	....	stand-in
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach: nicole kidman
Sofia Hujabre	....	assistant production coordinator
John Landers	....	craft service
Diego J. Martinez	....	production executive
David Ross McCarty	....	location manager
Mark Micucci	....	post production accountant
Jeffery Nowell	....	stand-in
Holly O'Quin	....	set medic
Maureen O'Reilly	....	payroll accountant
Ashley Gwen Patrick	....	additional set production assistant
Susan Pusateri	....	production staff
Bradley Randall	....	production assistant
Antonio Sabatini	....	stand-in
Tyler Samardick	....	additional craft service
Amy Sanderson	....	script supervisor
Francine Segal	....	dialect coach to Zac Efron & Matthew McConaughey
Chaya Supannarat	....	production consultant
Cid Swank	....	unit publicist
Ray Tamayo	....	senior staff accountant
Tanya Thanadpojanamart	....	distribution services
Carole Turner	....	stand-in
Scott Varnado	....	intern: Mr. Daniels
Charlie Wachtel	....	assistant to michael benaroya
Jason Waggenspack	....	key assistant location manager
Nicole Williams	....	production assistant
Aaron V. Williamson	....	fitness trainer
Stephen Winter	....	archival clearance
Jonathan Yunger	....	assistant to mr. lerner
Nimrod Zalmanowitz	....	epk creator

Thanks
Santiago Rizzo	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Benaroya Pictures
• Lee Daniels Entertainment
• Millennium Films
• Nu Image Films

Distributors

• Entertainment One Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Millennium Films (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Nikkatsu (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (2013) (Australia) (theatrical)
• D Films (2012) (Canada) (all media)
• Eagle Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Future Film (2013) (Finland) (all media)
• Midget Entertainment (2013) (Denmark) (all media)
• Millennium Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• Millennium Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Millennium Entertainment (2013) (USA) (video) (VOD)
• Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (all media)
• TriPictures (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cineworks Digital Studios  color & dailies by
• Cineworks Digital Studios  digital color correction
• Cineworks Digital Studios  digital screening facility
• Cineworks Digital Studios  hd telecine dailies transfer
• Cineworks, New Orleans  HD dailies telecine transfer
• Cineworks, New Orleans  daily film processing
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Event Restroom  restrooms
• Hollywood Trucks  Entertainment Transportation
• Nu Image Films  funding
• Paragon Studios  sound post-production
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD Editing Equipment Provided By
• Post Modern Sound  ADR recording facility
• Road Rebel  production travel
• Silver Screen Supply  climate control
• Silver Screen Supply  production rentals
• Sonic Magic  post-production sound services
• Southern Costume Company  costumes and wardrobe
• Technicolor Postworks New York  digital intermediate

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MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, violence and language

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Netherlands:16 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA15+ | Hong Kong:III | Brazil:16 | Japan:R15+

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Benaroya Pictures

Trivia:

Pedro Almodóvar was several times approached to helm this project and seriously considered to make it his first English-speaking feature. He finally declined but, allegedly, he participated in early versions of the script.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Interviewer:[off-screen] Just tell me when you're rolling.

Movie Connections:

References "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967)

Soundtrack:

Wedding March

apologies to nicole and zac

I'm sorry Nicole but there were two reasons I did not want to go this movie - yourself and Zac. I changed my mind because I have read all Pete Dexters books and wondered if someone would ever be able to translate his words to screen; especially with Dexters novel 'Train' in my head. Lee Daniels 'Precious' was hard work but something twigged he might be the person to give a visual voice to Dexter and he did. I have a feeling all the actors combined to do the same - so apologies to Nicole and Zac. McConaughey better be careful as he's going into dark places - Killer Joe noted. Cusack scared me to stillness. I have a great love of cinema and want to be challenged. I caught my breath, popped out of Dendy Opera Quays cinema at 11:40am to the beautiful, sparkling Sydney Harbour looked across the way to Anish Kapoors installation outside our MCA and felt relief to be back in a safer, clearer more caring world.