Casa de mi Padre (2012)

Director:

Matt Piedmont

Writer:

Andrew Steele

Release Date:

11 May 2012 (Mexico)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

Funniest movie you'll ever read.

Plot:

Scheming on a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

Plot Keywords:

Ranch | Mexico | Drug Lord | Sibling Rivalry | Damsel In Distress

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Armando
Diego Luna	...	Raul
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Miguel Ernesto
Genesis Rodriguez	...	Sonia
Efren Ramirez	...	Esteban
Adrian Martinez	...	Manuel
Gael García Bernal	...	Onza
Manuel Urrego	...	Officer Blancardo
Nick Offerman	...	DEA Agent Parker
Jerry Collins	...	DEA Agent #2
Louis Carazo	...	Young Miguel Ernesto
Sandra Echeverría	...	Miguel Ernesto's Wife
Elijah Velarde	...	Young Armando
Alejandro Patino	...	Hector
Eduardo Ricard	...	Old Friend #1
Pedro Lopez	...	Old Friend #2
James Victor	...	Old Friend #3
William Marquez	...	Doctor
Dan Haggerty	...	Himself
José Luis Rodríguez 'El Puma'	...	El Puma / Wedding Singer
Eric Leiderman	...	Band Member #1
Patricia Guggenheim	...	Band Member #2
Robert Dassie	...	Band Member #3 (as Bob Dassie)
Mariann Gavelo	...	Esmeralda
Molly Shannon	...	Sheila
Gayle Sherman	...	Margarite
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Friend George
Armando Guerrero	...	Father Guizman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Diana Laura	...	Wedding Planner

Directed by
Matt Piedmont

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Steele

Produced by
Emilio Diez Barroso	....	producer
Jessica Elbaum	....	producer
Will Ferrell	....	producer
Alex Garcia	....	executive producer
Darlene Caamano Loquet	....	producer
D. Scott Lumpkin	....	executive producer
Adam McKay	....	producer
Kevin J. Messick	....	producer
Ricardo Palacio	....	associate producer
Billy Rovzar	....	executive producer
Fernando Rovzar	....	executive producer
Rudy Scalese	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Andrew Feltenstein
John Nau

Cinematography by
Ramsey Nickell		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Trachtenberg

Casting by
Allison Jones

Production Design by
Kevin Kavanaugh

Art Direction by
Naaman Marshall		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
Trayce Gigi Field
Marylou Lim

Makeup Department
Kristin Arrigo	....	key hair stylist
Nicole Artmont	....	key makeup artist
Steve Artmont	....	makeup department head
Bridget Cook	....	department head hair stylist

Production Management
Damien Lubiak	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hope Garrison	....	second assistant director
Eric Fox Hays	....	first assistant director
Gavin Kleintop	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jennifer Durban	....	set dec buyer
Glenn Forbes	....	assistant property master
Rob Garlow	....	construction general supervisor
Tommy Gutman	....	assistant props
Thierry Labbe	....	leadman
Tuyet van thi Mach	....	art assistant
Amie McCarthy	....	property master
Mitch Naber	....	carpenter
Joe Ondrejko	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Joshua Adeniji	....	sound effects editor
Michael J. Anastasi	....	supervising sound designer
Brion Condon	....	sound
Nash Cubero Jr.	....	foley editor
Robert Dehn	....	sound studio manager
Derek Deitz	....	foley mixer
Angela Hemingway	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Steven Iba	....	adr mixer
Kate Jesse	....	boom operator
Richard Kitting	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael B. Koff	....	sound mixer
Tony Mederos	....	sound
Daniel Norwick	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Terhune	....	assistant sound editor
Vicki Vandegrift	....	foley artist
Andres Velasquez	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
William Dawson	....	special effects foreman
Josh Hakian	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Akemi Abe	....	rotoscoping artist
Darren A. Bell	....	visual effects executive producer: Intelligent Creatures
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Jordan Flanagan	....	digital compositor
Omar Gudjonsson	....	compositor
Mitch Paulson	....	supervising digital colorist
Sarah Wormsbecher	....	visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures

Stunts
Greg Anthony	....	stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts
Richard L. Blackwell	....	stunts
Ben Bray	....	stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Bucher	....	stunt double
Esteban Cueto	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunts
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunts
John Dixon	....	stunt double
Dino Dos Santos	....	stunt performer
Tonya Forsberg	....	stunt double
Ramiro González	....	stunts
Tad Griffith	....	stunt double
Armando Guerrero	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunt double
Brock Little	....	stunts
Alex Madison	....	stunts
Robert Madrid	....	stunts
Norman Mora	....	stunts
Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom	....	stunts
Mark Norby	....	stunts
Eddie Perez	....	stunts
Mario Perez	....	stunts
Norb Phillips	....	stunts
Audi Resendez	....	stunts
Branscombe Richmond	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts
Gilbert Rosales	....	stunts
Sean A. Rosales	....	stunts
Crystal Santos	....	stunts
Gayle Sherman	....	stunts
Jim Stephan	....	stunts
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt double
David Wald	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Bradshaw	....	grip
Marie Chao	....	second assistant camera
Chris D. Chapman	....	"a" camera dolly grip
Darryl Cowherd	....	gaffer
John Estes	....	still photographer
Rob Exner	....	best boy grip
Carlos Lopez Calleja	....	first assistant camera
Chris Lumpkin	....	key grip
Matthew C. McCarthy	....	grip
Alex Scott	....	second assistant camera
Joseph D. Urbanczyk	....	additional camera operator
Michael Ursetta	....	set lighting technician
Lance Jay Velazco	....	video assist operator
Rachel Donofrie	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Claire Benjamin	....	extras casting
Lauren Cokeley	....	extras casting
Ben Harris	....	casting associate
Peter Kousakis	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
April Dunlap	....	costumes
Olivia Hateley	....	wardrobe
Melody Koerber	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
George Chavez	....	color timer
Eddie Mikasa	....	first assistant editor
Nader Owies	....	epk assistant editor
Robert E. Phillips	....	digital intermediate producer
Rosalie A. Staley	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Rachel Fox	....	music clearances
Derek Somaru	....	music editor
Hal Willner	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Donna Brower	....	transportation dispatcher
Ricky Damazio	....	transportation coordinator
Tim Schau	....	driver

Other crew
Noor Ahmed	....	production legal
Tim Blaney	....	puppeteer
Ericka Bryce	....	supervising set medic
Patrick Calderon	....	head of social media
Clinton Wade Childress	....	production secretary
Chris Cook	....	production assistant
John Criswell	....	animatronic designer/puppeteer
Lori Dando	....	executive assistant to producer
Mike Davis	....	stock footage coordinator
Glenn D. Feig	....	production legal counsel
S.J. 'JoJo' Fieger	....	production coordinator
Vincent Joseph Flaherty	....	armorer
Todd Forsberg	....	livestock coordinator
Blake Edward Frahm	....	titles coordinator
Bernadette Gonzales	....	assistant production coordinator
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist
Zachary Kahn	....	key assistant location manager
Steve Karnes	....	weapons armorer
Ernie Macias	....	adr loop group
James A. McCoy	....	production assistant
Oscar McFarlane	....	adr loop group
Maggie Means	....	production accountant
David Midgen	....	titles producer
Dana Ledoux Miller	....	production assistant
Liliana M. Molina	....	script supervisor
Ricardo Palacio	....	assistant: darlene caamano loquet
Brittany Petros	....	assistant location manager
Patrick C. Pérez	....	dialect coach
Patrick C. Pérez	....	dialogue
Patrick C. Pérez	....	translation script
Blair Richman	....	assistant to ms. caamano loquet
Claire Risoli	....	adr loop group
Kei Rowan-Young	....	location manager
Amanda Shamis	....	clearance consultant
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement coordinator
Cat Stone	....	product placement coordinator
Cay Templeton	....	office production assistant
Melanie Tolbert	....	stand-in

Production Companies

• NALA Films
• Gary Sanchez Productions

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Pantelion Films (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shochiku Home Video (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Videocine S.A. de C.V. (2012) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2013) (Australia) (DVD)
• Midget Entertainment (2011) (Denmark) (all media)

Special Effects

• Intelligent Creatures (Visual Effects)

Other Companies

• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• NALA Investments  film financing
• Panavision Remote Systems  Supertechno cranes provided by
• Picture Mill, The  main titles
• Reder & Feig  production counsel
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production
• Stone Management  product placement

Also Known As:

"House of My Father" - USA (literal English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46786) | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Mexico:B15 | Japan:R15+ | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA15+ | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

NALA Films

Trivia:

The opening voice-over by Kris Kristofferson, "If it sounds Spanish, man, that's what it is; it's a Spanish movie," echoes the spoken opening of his version of "Me and Bobby McGee," which he wrote in 1970: "If it sounds country, man, that's what it is; it's a country song."

Goofs:

Continuity: Sonia is in the water up to most of her chest, cut to Armando, and back to her only wet up to her waist.

Quotes:

Armando:[singing] # Why does the turtle move so slow? #
Backing singers:[singing] # I don't know! #

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Maltin on Movies: The Watch (#1.83)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Casa de mi Padre

Will Ferrell fans will love this like I did. If you are worried he won't be funny in Spanish don't be. So funny. I say B+

"Ill take care of my family, let the devil take care of you." After Armando's (Ferrell) brother Raul (Luna) returns home he is happy is family is whole again. His father is happy that his favorite son is back and they are all impressed with his new girlfriend. After talking to her Armando begins to wonder about his brother's new wealth. When he finds out his brother is a drug dealer he begins to second guess everything. When a family tragedy occurs it is up to Armando to avenge the Alvarez name. I have to preface this by saying that I am a huge Will Ferrell fan and love just about everything he has done (wasn't a fan of "Semi-Pro"). After the masterpiece that was "Anchorman" he did seem to make a few movies where he played that guy over and over. I really liked it but when you saw a movie with him you knew exactly what you were gonna get. Then I saw "Everything Must Go". I gained more respect for him after that because of his stretch to become more of a dramatic actor. Then he does this movie...entirely in Spanish. I was looking forward to it but wasn't sure what to expect. I should have known however. The comedy is definitely Ferrell type comedy...over the top line delivery and totally off the wall things that you can't help but laugh at (such as we walks to a large brown calf to pick it up, when he turns around it is an obviously stuffed black one). Trying his best to make a cheesy 70's style Mexican movie he 100% attains his goal. Cheesy effects and bad editing make it that much funnier. Overall, if you like Will Ferrell you will love this movie. I sure did. Very funny. If you are worried that his humor won't work in another language don't worry. It does and then some. I give it a B+.