OPTIMUM RELEASING & VENDÔME PICTURES Present
A PLAYTONE Production
A TOM HANKS Film
TOM HANKS
JULIA ROBERTS
BRYAN CRANSTON
CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER
TARAJI P. HENSON
GUGU MBATHA-RAW
WILMER VALDERRAMA
PAM GRIER
RITA WILSON
Executive Producers
PHILIPPE ROUSSELET
STEVEN SHARESHIAN
JEB BRODY
FABRICE GIANFERMI
DAVID COATSWORTH
Produced by
TOM HANKS
GARY GOETZMAN
Written by
TOM HANKS
and
NIA VARDALOS
Directed by
TOM HANKS
Release Date: July 1st 2011 / Certificate: 12A / Running Time: 98 mins
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Academy Award® winners TOM HANKS and JULIA ROBERTS come together
for a romantic and optimistic comedy about how the hard knocks from today’s recession
inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention and find an unexpected
second act in his life: Larry Crowne.
Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar
team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the navy.
Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry
heeds the advice of his good friends and neighbors—Lamar (CEDRIC THE
ENTERTAINER) and B’Ella (TARAJI P. HENSON)—and heads to his local college to
start over.
At East Valley Community College, Larry becomes part of a colorful group of
fellow scooter-riding students—including the charming Talia (GUGU MBATHA-RAW)
and her boyfriend, Dell (WILMER VALDERRAMA)—all trying to find a better future
for themselves.
Much to his surprise, he develops a crush on his public-speaking teacher,
Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her
deadbeat husband, Dean (BRYAN CRANSTON). Mercedes can’t deny the changes in
Larry are inspiring, nor can she deny her budding attraction to this middle-aged student,
who is undergoing a fascinating transformation.
The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to
learn an unexpected lesson: When you think everything worth having has passed you by,
you just might discover your reason to live.
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Hanks directs Larry Crowne from a script he wrote with NIA VARDALOS (My
Big Fat Greek Wedding, Connie and Carla) and produces the romantic comedy with his
longtime partner at Playtone, GARY GOETZMAN (Mamma Mia!, Where the Wild
Things Are). Their production team includes Academy Award®-winning
cinematographer PHILIPPE ROUSSELOT (A River Runs Through It, Sherlock Holmes),
editor ALAN CODY (TV’s The Pacific, Big Love), production designer VICTOR
KEMPSTER (Charlie Wilson’s War, Natural Born Killers), two-time Oscar®-winning
costume designer ALBERT WOLSKY (Bugsy, All That Jazz) and composer JAMES
NEWTON HOWARD (The Dark Knight, My Best Friend’s Wedding).
Larry Crowne’s executive producers are PHILIPPE ROUSSELET (Source Code),
STEVEN SHARESHIAN (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), JEB BRODY (Little Miss
Sunshine), FABRICE GIANFERMI (Source Code) and DAVID COATSWORTH
(Underworld: Evolution).
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Starting Over:
Larry Crowne Begins
For Tom Hanks, the story of Larry Crowne was one that was years in the making.
Just after high school, Hanks attended junior college, and his experiences there had a
huge impact. He notes: “This was in the mid-’70s, and there was a sensibility of flux. In
my class, there was somebody who was middle-aged, somebody in his fifties, somebody
who was just back from Vietnam. I became friends with almost everybody in class, and I
found this rich life experience amongst them.”
Along with Playtone partner and Larry Crowne producer Gary Goetzman, Hanks
spent the past decade producing such hit films as The Polar Express, Charlie Wilson’s
War, Mamma Mia! and Where the Wild Things Are; the Emmy Award-winning HBO
miniseries The Pacific, Band of Brothers and John Adams; and the critically acclaimed
HBO television series Big Love. Simultaneously, Hanks took on acting roles in such
blockbuster films as The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Catch Me If You Can and
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Toy Story 3. Throughout this time, the writer/director continued to take notes and build
scenes as he reflected upon the idea of what would happen to a man who starts over at the
point in his life in which many would find it unthinkable.
Shares Hanks: “Out of my experience in junior college came this character of
Larry Crowne. He has his life completely altered by the fact that he gets fired. They let
him go under the pretense that he couldn’t advance because he didn’t go to college. So
what does Larry do? Much like when I was out of high school, thank goodness, there’s a
place called junior college, where nothing is expected of you except what you put into the
day when you drive to campus.”
In 2006, Hanks further developed the concept with screenwriter Nia Vardalos,
with whom he had collaborated as a producer on the blockbuster breakout film My Big
Fat Greek Wedding. He says, “I wanted to work with Nia because I needed her expertise.
There are characters in this film that needed to have complete voices and complete arcs;
they had to be authentic. She worked on Larry Crowne for many drafts, and then I took it
and began to edit. The give and take with Nia continued right up until the end.”
In their screenplay, the writers explored the emotional toll of unemployment on a
middle-aged navy vet who, until now, had been a standout worker at U-Mart. His
frustration is matched by the financial toll of divorce, a whopping mortgage and a gasguzzling SUV. In an attempt to widen his job prospects, Larry enrolls in East Valley
Community College (EVCC) to secure a degree and make himself more marketable.
Little does he realize that this one small step will alter the course of his life.
The idea of the blue-collar guy who loses his job and has to reinvent himself was
one that came to Hanks years before the recent fiscal crisis hit the U.S. economy. In the
midst of co-writing the screenplay and witnessing the aftereffects that have left millions
of Americans in financial turmoil and with uncertain futures, Hanks could not help but be
influenced and incorporate these elements into the material.
Vardalos appreciated that the story Hanks had constructed was one that is not so
far-fetched. She notes: “What I like about this story is that it’s very real. It is for every
man, every woman out there who has felt: ‘I’m working really hard, and I don’t know if
I’m appreciated or part of an infrastructure that will make America a better place.’ All of
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us are replaceable, and that’s a harsh reality. When that happens, you have to adapt. You
have to reconstruct, pick up the pieces of your life and find a way to move on.”
It has been well over a decade since Hanks made his screenwriting/directorial
debut with the 1996 comedy That Thing You Do!, but it has long been the plan for Hanks
to direct this original screenplay. Though he took a supporting role in his last directorial
film, he always had an eye to portray the title character in this romantic comedy.
Goetzman elaborates on the details of our protagonist’s life: “Larry is a regular,
hard-working guy who has always tried to do the right thing. But look what happens to
him? He has a home that he’s underwater on, and the bank won’t give him any leeway
on his payments…so he gives up gives up his house to find a much simpler lifestyle.”
For Hanks’ longtime collaborator, production flowed in the efficient manner to
which they had grown accustomed over their decades of work together. Says Goetzman:
“As a filmmaker, Tom doesn’t procrastinate or overthink every decision. He’s very
focused, and directing for him is a natural process. Even though he’s the director and
stars in the film, he was able to divide his time between these roles efficiently and
effectively.”
New and Old Friends:
Casting the Romantic Comedy
With the shooting script ready, Hanks would make one of his first casting calls to
fellow Oscar® winner Julia Roberts. The writer/director and the actress have been friends
for years but it was their memorable pairing in director Mike Nichols’ last film, Charlie
Wilson’s War, which, according to Roberts, “cemented” their friendship. She was in
Rome on the set of Eat Pray Love when she was asked to consider working with Hanks
again.
Roberts was impressed with the part of Mercedes Tainot, the lushy college
professor who studied to become an expert in political comparative discourse between
Shakespeare and Shaw before she arrived at junior college. Much like Larry, Mercedes
has a catharsis of her own.
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The performer didn’t just bring her megawatt star power to the production,
Roberts proved her commitment to the project daily. Goetzman commends the actress’
work ethic on the set of Larry Crowne: “I’ve never seen anyone so prepared. She
brought fascinating nuances to the character and shaped Mercedes into the complicated
woman you see on screen. She’s pitch perfect.”
Hanks describes that Mercedes has found herself in a place where she feels she is
stuck. Of the character’s arc, he notes, “There comes a time when you have to stop
suffering fools…even if that means the one who sleeps in your bed every night and gets
up every morning with you. Maybe that fool has to go.”
Roberts liked the challenge of portraying the teacher with an escalating need to
drink her day away and a husband who was more interested in online porn than in his
wife. Says the performer: “The story was charming, yet topical, for so many of the
characters who are losing faith and trying to cope by rediscovering themselves. I was
intrigued by it all, especially Mercedes and her drinking problem. As an actor to be able
to play that, it is so fun and heartbreaking and challenging. She has pickled herself into
this cocoon of an unhappy life. So without hesitation, I called Tom back and said I
would hitch my wagon to his.”
The unlikely pairing of Larry and Mercedes plays out in the classroom, when
Larry’s yearning to express himself motivates the professor to challenge her numbed
existence. “Mercedes has issues,” explains Roberts. “She’s in a position where her
dreams are not coming to fruition the way she pictured them. In a way, she’s in
opposition to what Larry has decided to do for his life. She’s given up a bit, and he
inspires her to reinvigorate herself.”
While it required a great deal of juggling, Hanks’ actors were impressed that he
was able to pull off his multiple roles on the set effortlessly. Says Roberts: “Tom gives
100 percent in every department all day long. He’s happy. He’s buoyant. He’s present.
It’s mind-boggling that this is his second time directing, and he has it down. He can
shape-shift from acting to directing. It’s pretty impressive.”
Once Roberts had been cast as his leading lady, Hanks seeded his eclectic
ensemble with a mix of familiar and up-and-coming performers. The process proved to
be easier than expected, as Hanks and Goetzman knew early on what performers they
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wanted for each role. They began by upping the comedy with Bryan Cranston as
Mercedes’ husband, Dean Tainot, as well as Cedric the Entertainer and Academy Award®
nominee Taraji P. Henson as Larry’s close friends and neighbors, Lamar and B’Ella.
Cranston, an old friend of Hanks since their work together on That Thing You
Do!, welcomed the call and carved out time during the hiatus of his critically acclaimed
AMC series Breaking Bad to lens Larry Crowne. Preparing for the role of Dean Tainot,
the self-published author with a penchant for porn, turned out to be an interesting one for
Cranston. Referring to any online research, he laughs, “I didn’t go there.” The performer
does admit: “I was a bit intimidated. I needed to look as young and vibrant as possible,
so I dropped weight, got a spray tan, bleached my teeth and made sure I was firmed up.
Otherwise, how would you believe that Bryan Cranston was in Julia Roberts’ league?”
When discussing the crumbling of Dean and Mercedes’ marriage, Cranston
captures the subtext: “Any time you see couples who are separating slowly, almost at a
glacial speed, it’s not easily identifiable; it just starts slipping away. There’s the natural
instinct to self-medicate, and for the Tainots, self-medication is alcohol and the escape of
online porn. Dean justifies this as research for his next great novel, but we know better.”
Memorable characters such as Larry’s lottery-winning neighbors Lamar and
B’Ella, who host a daily yard sale on the cul-de-sac, punctuate the irreverence of the
story. Admittedly, the opportunity to work with Hanks and Roberts sparked Cedric the
Entertainer’s interest in the project, but the wisecracking character of Lamar is what fully
captured his attention. He states, “Lamar is a really funny cat. He runs a daily yard sale
as a business after winning the lottery. He didn’t move when he won the big money. He
stayed in his neighborhood and is officially the big man on the block.”
As Larry’s close friends, Lamar and B’Ella have front-row seats to observe the
changes in Larry’s world. They watch with initial dismay, and then cautious delight, as
Larry starts a new chapter in his life. The actors, who have known one another for years,
looked forward to working together again and easily fell into the rhythms of a longmarried couple.
Hanks’ interactions with his cast as a director and leading man blended on set.
Each of the cast can cite instances in which they were working with Hanks and the actor
forgot their director was not just a fellow cast member. That is, until Hanks would yell
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“cut” after a take and run to the video monitor to check out what had been shot. Sums
Henson: “He trusts his actors. It gives us all a lot of freedom, which is very rare.”
Fellow community college students provide just the spark Larry needs to get his
life together. Leading the motor-scooter pack is Talia, portrayed by British performer
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who most recently starred in the NBC series Undercovers. The
actress was eager to take on the role of the insouciant beauty who is a catalyst for Larry’s
transformation. Mbatha-Raw reflects: “I just fell in love with Talia, who is quite a free
spirit and inspires Larry to be the person he can be. That’s the beautiful message of this
movie: the end is not just the end; it’s also a new beginning. Larry is faced with this
potentially devastating experience, yet it inspires him to meet new people who have such
an impact on his life.”
The vibrantly quirky Talia’s desire to makeover Crowne from head to toe
ultimately leads to his hipper incarnation, one she nicknames Lance Corona. She also did
the same with her beau Dell Gordo, whose own real name, Don Gordon, doesn’t quite
match the black leather-clad persona she’s created.
This plays out alongside Larry’s budding crush on Mercedes. The unlikely
pairing of the attractive intellectual with a fondness for daily margaritas and the
seemingly nerdy guy with his bad haircut and pleated khakis is the heart of the story and
lends it charm.
Hanks and Goetzman called in veteran actors PAM GRIER, GEORGE TAKEI
and RITA WILSON to add even more star power to the romantic comedy. The
performers play, respectively, Mercedes’ best friend, fellow EVCC professor Frances;
quirky economics professor Dr. Matsutani; and bank loan officer Wilma Q.
Gammelgaard.
1970s film icon Grier recently starred in the television series The L Word and
stars in the upcoming actioner The Man with the Iron Fists, alongside Russell Crowe and
RZA. After a number of dramas, Grier was looking forward to flexing her comedy
muscle once again. “I thought, ‘Hey, if I have any comedic chops left I’m going to do it
for Tom,” says the actress. But she couldn’t overlook the dramatic strength Hanks
brought to the film. “The moments that Tom takes to portray his emotions, it’s easy to
forget anything else. Just watching him and everyone else react to that, it’s incredible.
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Audiences are going to feel a connection to this character who is going through so
much.”
George Takei, known for his iconic role of Mr. Sulu in the television and film
series Star Trek, portrays Dr. Ed Matsutani, Larry’s pompous but encouraging economics
professor. Says Takei of his preparation for the teacher who plays a part in Crowne’s
evolution: “There’s a little bit of John Houseman, the college professor in The Paper
Chase [1980s television series], in Dr. Matsutani. I also mixed in one of my English lit
professors from UCLA. I tap into people I know and some of the things that I have in
me.” He jokes, “I hope people don’t think I’ve got the ego of a Dr. Matsutani. Although
I am brilliant, and people would be wise to follow my guidance.”
For supporting roles in Larry Crowne, Hanks and Goetzman culled from a stable
of actors with whom they have worked over the years, including My Big Fat Greek
Wedding’s IAN GOMEZ as Larry’s café boss, Frank; The Pacific alumnae RAMI
MALEK as Larry’s classmate Dibiasi, TOM BUDGE as Stan, JON SEDA as Officer
Diamond and JOSHUA BITON as Officer Baker; and That Thing You Do!’s HOLMES
OSBORNE as Dave Busik.
Newcomers to the Playtone family include The Hangover’s ROB RIGGLE as
Larry’s cocky former supervisor at U-Mart, Jack Strang, and Margin Call’s GRACE
GUMMER and Wizards of Waverly Place’s MARIA CANALS-BARRERA as,
respectively, fellow EVCC classmates Natalie and Lala.
Back to School:
Shooting the Film
Principal photography on Larry Crowne began in spring 2010, and the comedy
filmed on locations throughout the Los Angeles area including the San Fernando Valley,
Long Beach and Burbank. The filmmakers gathered a behind-the-scenes team made up
of experienced veterans and longtime friends with whom Hanks and Goetzman have
worked over the years.
One of the first locations to be shot was a Northridge neighborhood that served as
the backdrop for the cul-de-sac where Larry lives next door to Lamar and B’Ella. His
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neighbors have a lawn littered with thousands of collectibles and bric-a-brac that any
yard sale aficionado would covet. Kempster, set decorator CHERYL CARASIK and
their respective departments spent days making sure that these items were meticulously
placed for filming.
Frank’s Coffee Shop in Burbank played host to the production for a week as cast
and crew filmed interior and exterior scenes of the small diner where Larry works as a
line cook while attending community college at EVCC.
The team traversed multiple locations before decamping to the studio lot for
filming of the interior sets of Larry’s home, Mercedes and Dean’s town house and several
of the school classrooms and offices. The crew also spent a week filming on the campus
of California State University, Dominguez Hills, where actual faculty and students
stumbled upon the production as they walked across campus. The idyllic grounds
allowed for cast and crew to ride on bicycles, golf carts and the occasional scooter as they
moved from one end of campus to the other.
True to his interest in improvisational style, Hanks gave all his actors an
assignment for the film’s public-speaking scenes: select your own topic and talk about it
for several minutes. Hanks explains the process: “Larry’s first class is like speech class
for boneheads. You take people who do not know how to stand up and give informal
remarks and teach them how to do that. I’ve taken classes like that in junior college,
where you have to get up and read things you’ve never read, and you think you’re going
to die the first time you have to do them. But by the end of the semester, it’s the most fun
class you’ve ever had. You look around, and everybody is enthusiastic about the final.”
Admittedly, the public-speaking aspect of those scenes proved to be the most
disconcerting of the shoot for all the trained actors. Roberts is the first to admit the
experience was awkward: “One of my first days of filming, we shot in the classroom, and
I was standing in front of this group of 10 people. I was unhinged. If I locked eyes with
somebody, I would forget my place. It was nerve-wracking. It wasn’t until the end of
that week where, one by one, everyone else had to get up and sit in my spot to give their
final essay to the class.” She laughs, “Every single person who got up there, including
Tom, said, ‘It is horrible up here.’”
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Scooting Through Life:
Cast and Crew Get Moving
Hanks and production designer Victor Kempster led the search for the film’s
many scooters, which would serve as an integral force behind Larry Crowne’s
transformation. Supported by transportation coordinator DAN MARROW, Kempster
and Hanks matched up each actor with his or her scooter. Their aim was to ensure that
the vehicles in the film were not simply set dressing and would complement the color
palette requested by cinematographer Philippe Rousselot.
When Larry purchases a scooter from Lamar and B’Ella’s yard sale, his life
begins to change. Explains Hanks of Larry’s rationale: “There’s a big difference between
driving to school in a huge SUV with a radio on and the air conditioning blasting versus
riding to school on a noisy, oil-belching scooter. You have to have a helmet, the wind is
in your face and you’re feeling every element. If it’s cold, you’re cold; if it’s hot, you’re
hot. Right off the bat, Larry has a new tactile experience of simply getting to class.”
A sizable scooter-loving subculture exists across the U.S., and fortunately,
Kempster’s team discovered an abundance of clubs and owners who were excited to
share their passion for the vehicles—whether vintage or new models. Most were willing
to loan them out, and the enthusiasts provided information on where to get parts. Still,
others offered up themselves to ride as part of Larry’s posse.
Pairing a scooter to each character took some thought, and Kempster, Goetzman
and Hanks began meticulously researching the aesthetics and mechanics of the cast of
vehicles. The search went far beyond suburban Los Angeles to all corners of the United
States. From postings on Craigslist to putting out the call to scooter clubs nationwide, the
crew was tasked to secure multiple bikes…at least two each of the core-character
scooters.
When assembling the primary and the background scooters was almost complete,
the filmmakers had still not decided on a bike for Hanks’ character. Serendipitously, as
Hanks, Goetzman and their production crew were scouting locations, they stumbled upon
the perfect bike at CSU Dominguez Hills, the location they would use for the fictitious
East Valley Community College.
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Hanks left a note for the owner that explained how he was making a film and
wanted to use the scooter. The owner, a middle-aged man who himself had recently
returned to college, was initially a bit skeptical. After he Googled “Tom Hanks and
Larry Crowne,” he called the number…still thinking it was a prank. His fears assuaged,
his 1983 Yamaha Riva 180 was cast in the film, along with three other identical scooters
that Marrow tracked down from different corners of California.
In all, key crew—along with several L.A.-based shops that work specifically with
scooters—borrowed and refurbished a total of 30 bikes, a mix of vintage and fresh off the
assembly line. Valderrama’s leader of the pack, Dell Gordo, rocks a black Vespa Vino,
while Mbatha-Raw’s Talia zooms around on a rare Italian import, an Italjet Bella Figura
that had its manual transmission converted to a specialized electric engine. This made
the Figura an easier ride for the non-driving Brit, who had to take driving lessons and get
a driver’s license for the role. Finally, a vintage 1960s Lambretta X200 Special, an Italjet
Velocifero, a three-wheel Piaggio and genuine Stella scooters round out the core group of
bikes.
As invaluable as the technical and mechanical scooter-club resources were for the
team, they also provided a wealth of background material for the actors portraying the
scooter posse that indoctrinates Larry into its club. Valderrama, admittedly a car guy
who had never ridden a scooter prior to his involvement in Larry Crowne, was inclined to
do some research. “I discovered this wonderful community that was so passionate and
proud about their scooting,” he says. “It was so charming and special to see people who
enjoy something so much. It’s terrific that Tom is able to highlight this unique culture.”
Mbatha-Raw was able to experience a little of that magic when she went with
Hanks and a group of 20 scooter enthusiasts to take over streets in the San Fernando
Valley for the filming of a montage sequence on the open road. “Tom and I were
scooting in the Californian sunshine, and then we were joined by the whole group,” the
actress recounts. “I felt that sense of unity, and it was wonderful.”
To ensure that the entire cast was comfortable handling the bikes, the filmmakers
conducted a training camp that gave all the opportunity to get acquainted with their bikes
as they navigated an obstacle course. “No green screen for us, we just went for it,”
laughs Valderrama.
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Universal Pictures and Vendôme Pictures present a Playtone production of a Tom
Hanks film: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts in Larry Crowne, starring Bryan Cranston, Cedric
the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier.
The casting for the comedy is by Jeanne McCarthy, CSA, and the music is by James
Newton Howard. The costume designer is Albert Wolsky, and the editor is Alan Cody,
ACE. Larry Crowne’s production designer is Victor Kempster, and the director of
photography is Philippe Rousselot, AFC, ASC. The comedy’s co-producer is Katterli
Frauenfelder, and its executive producers are Philippe Rousselet, Steven Shareshian, Jeb
Brody, Fabrice Gianfermi, David Coatsworth. Larry Crowne is produced by Tom Hanks,
Gary Goetzman, and it is written by Tom Hanks and Nia Vardalos. The film is directed
by Tom Hanks. © 2011 Universal Studios. www.larrycrowne.com
ABOUT THE CAST
TOM HANKS (Larry Crowne/Directed by/Written by/Produced by) became the
first actor in 50 years to be awarded back-to-back Best Actor Academy Awards®—in
1994 as the AIDS-stricken lawyer in Philadelphia and the following year in Forrest
Gump. He also won Golden Globe Awards for both of these performances, along with
his work in Big and Cast Away.
Most recently, Hanks reprised two popular roles: Woody in Pixar’s hit franchise
Toy Story 3, with Tim Allen, and Robert Langdon in Angels & Demons, Ron Howard’s
2009 sequel to The Da Vinci Code. He also starred, opposite Julia Roberts and Philip
Seymour Hoffman, in Mike Nichols’ Charlie Wilson’s War. He recently completed
filming Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, with Sandra Bullock.
Raised in Oakland, California, Hanks became interested in acting during high
school. He attended Chabot College in Hayward, California, and the California State
University at Sacramento. At the invitation of artistic director Vincent Dowling, he made
his professional debut at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. He
performed in that company for three seasons.
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Hanks moved to New York City in 1978 and performed with the Riverside
Shakespeare Company before he was teamed with Peter Scolari in the ABC television
comedy series Bosom Buddies. This led to starring roles in Ron Howard’s Splash, his
first collaboration with the director. In 1988, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
recognized his performances in both Big and Punchline, bestowing Hanks their Best
Actor Award.
Roles followed in films such as A League of Their Own and Sleepless in Seattle.
In 1996, Hanks wrote and directed That Thing You Do! The film’s title song was
nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Song.
After reteaming with Ron Howard in Apollo 13, Hanks served as an executive
producer, writer, director and actor for HBO’s From the Earth to the Moon—an Emmywinning 12-hour dramatic film anthology that explored the Apollo space program.
In 1998, Hanks starred in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, for which he
received his fourth Oscar® nomination. The following year, he starred in The Green
Mile, which was written and directed by Frank Darabont and is based on the six-part
serialized novel by Stephen King.
In 2000, Hanks reunited with director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter William
Broyles, Jr. in Cast Away, for which he received yet another Oscar® nomination. That
same year, he served with Steven Spielberg as executive producer, writer and director for
another epic HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers, based on Stephen Ambrose’s book. The
miniseries aired in the fall of 2001 to wide-scale critical acclaim, leading to an Emmy
Award and Golden Globe for Best Miniseries in 2002.
In 2002, Hanks starred in Road to Perdition, opposite Paul Newman and Jude
Law, under Sam Mendes’ direction. It was followed by Spielberg’s Catch Me If You
Can, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, which was based on the true-life exploits of
international confidence man Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Hanks teamed for a third time with Spielberg on The Terminal, opposite
Catherine Zeta-Jones, and followed it with the Coen brothers’ dark comedy The
Ladykillers. In November 2004, Hanks starred in the film adaptation of the Caldecott
Medal-winning children’s book “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg, which
reunited him once again with director Robert Zemeckis.
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In 2006, Hanks was seen playing Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan
Brown’s novel “The Da Vinci Code,” helmed by Ron Howard and also starring Audrey
Tautou, Paul Bettany, Ian McKellen and Jean Reno.
In 2008, Hanks, with his production company Playtone, executive produced the
critically acclaimed HBO miniseries John Adams, starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
and Tom Wilkinson. The series went on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries and
a Golden Globe for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. Hanks
recently reteamed with Spielberg to produce the HBO miniseries The Pacific, which
premiered in March 2010 and went on to win a staggering 15 Emmy Awards including
Outstanding Miniseries.
In 2009, the Film Society of Lincoln Center honored Hanks at its Gala Tribute.
An Academy Award® winner for Erin Brockovich, JULIA ROBERTS
(Mercedes Tainot) has appeared in many of Hollywood’s most successful films, worked
with the industry’s most esteemed directors, and her films have grossed more than $2.5
billion worldwide. She first came to the attention of audiences with her critically
acclaimed role in Mystic Pizza. She received her first Academy Award® nomination for
her role in Steel Magnolias. Her next film, Pretty Woman, was the top-grossing film of
1990 and brought Roberts her second Academy Award® nomination. Her memorable
performance in that film was followed by a series of notable films including Flatliners,
Sleeping With the Enemy, Dying Young, The Pelican Brief and Something to Talk About.
Most recently, Roberts starred in Eat Pray Love, based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s
best-selling memoir “Eat, Pray, Love” directed by Ryan Murphy. Additionally, Roberts
starred opposite Clive Owen in Duplicity, directed by Tony Gilroy, and appeared in the
ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, directed by Garry Marshall.
Roberts also starred with Liam Neeson in Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins, and in
Woody Allen’s romantic, musical comedy Everyone Says I Love You. In 1997, she
starred in the box-office smash My Best Friend’s Wedding, directed by P.J. Hogan, and
the Richard Donner-directed thriller Conspiracy Theory, co-starring Mel Gibson.
Roberts starred opposite Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris in the Chris Columbus film
Stepmom. In 1999, she starred in two box-office hits: Notting Hill, co-starring Hugh
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Grant and directed by Roger Michell, and Runaway Bride, in which she reteamed with
her Pretty Woman co-star and director, Richard Gere and Garry Marshall.
Since 2000’s Erin Brockovich, she has appeared in Mona Lisa Smile and
America’s Sweethearts, both from Revolution Studios. She has starred in three films by
director Steven Soderbergh: Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve and Full Frontal. She also
appeared with her Ocean’s co-star, Brad Pitt, in The Mexican, directed by Gore
Verbinski, and she starred in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, the directorial debut of
her Ocean’s co-star, George Clooney. She has worked with director Mike Nichols on
both Closer and Charlie Wilson’s War, opposite Tom Hanks.
Roberts provided the voice of Charlotte in the animated film Charlotte’s Web and
made her Broadway debut in Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain.
Last year, BRYAN CRANSTON (Dean Tainot) received his third consecutive
Emmy win as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Walter
White on AMC’s Breaking Bad. Cranston holds the honor of being the first actor in a
cable series and the second lead actor in the history of the Emmy Awards to receive three
consecutive wins. His performance has also earned him a Television Critics Association
Award, a Golden Globe nomination and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
On the big screen, Cranston will next star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive,
opposite Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, which will be released by FilmDistrict on
September 16, 2011; Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, opposite Matt Damon, Marion
Cotillard and Gwyneth Paltrow, which will be released by Warner Bros. on October 21,
2011; and Andrew Stanton’s John Carter of Mars, which will be released by Walt Disney
Pictures in 2012.
Cranston was recently cast as the villain, Vilos Cohaagen, in the highly
anticipated Len Wiseman remake of Total Recall. The film is expected to begin
production in May.
Cranston’s additional feature film credits include The Lincoln Lawyer, Saving
Private Ryan, Little Miss Sunshine, Seeing Other People and That Thing You Do!
Born to a show business family and raised in Southern California, Cranston made
his acting debut at the age of eight in a United Way commercial. It wasn’t until he
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finished college that acting became a serious consideration. While on a cross-country
motorcycle trip with his brother, he discovered community theater and began exploring
every aspect of the stage. Soon, he was cast in a summer stock company.
Cranston returned to Los Angeles and quickly landed a role on the television
movie Love Without End, which led to being signed as an original cast member of ABC’s
Loving. He went on to appear in numerous television roles including a seven-year run as
Hal on FOX’s Malcolm in the Middle, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe
and three Emmys; a recurring role of the dentist, Dr. Tim Whatley, on Seinfeld; in HBO’s
acclaimed miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, as Buzz Aldrin; and in the made-fortelevision movie I Know My First Name is Steven, among others. He has guest-starred on
numerous TV programs.
Cranston continues to pursue his love for theater whenever possible. His theater
credits include The God of Hell, Chapter Two, The Taming of the Shrew, A Doll’s House,
Eastern Standard, Wrestlers, Barefoot in the Park and The Steven Weed Show, for which
he won a Drama-Logue Award.
Cranston is also a dedicated screenwriter and director. He wrote the original
romantic drama, Last Chance, as a birthday gift for his wife, Robin Dearden, and directed
and starred in the film. Cranston has also directed several episodes of Malcolm in the
Middle, the Comedy Central pilot Special Unit and episodes of Breaking Bad.
In early 2011, Cranston served as executive producer and star of an exclusive
online series called The Handlers, for Atom.com. The comedic short series followed
Cranston as the character Jack Powers and his race to win a seat on the State Senate.
Cranston also produced an instructional DVD called KidSmartz, which is
designed to educate families on how to stay safe from child abduction and Internet
predators. KidSmartz raises money for the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children.
CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER (Lamar) is best known for his crowd-pleasing
roles in such hit films as Barbershop; Be Cool, with John Travolta; Madagascar;
Intolerable Cruelty, with George Clooney; and The Original Kings of Comedy, the MTV
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documentary feature directed by Spike Lee. He will next be seen starring in the political
drama Grassroots, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal.
Cedric now helms his own feature and television production company, A Bird and
a Bear Entertainment, which developed and produced Johnson Family Vacation, the 2004
box-office hit in which Cedric also starred. In 2010, he made his directorial debut with
Chicago Pulaski Jones, a dance spoof feature, starring comic actor Kel Mitchell. Cedric
will also executive produce a new teen comedy series on Nickelodeon along with an
original game show for NBC titled It’s Worth What?, which he will also host.
His other film credits include Cadillac Records, co-starring Adrien Brody and
Beyoncé Knowles; Street Kings, opposite Keanu Reeves; Welcome Home, Roscoe
Jenkins, with Martin Lawrence; Talk to Me, starring Don Cheadle; Code Name: The
Cleaner, opposite Lucy Liu; The Honeymooners, in which he starred as Jackie Gleason’s
famed character, Ralph Kramden, and received a “Thumbs up.”® from Roger Ebert;
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, with Jim Carrey; Man of the House,
with Tommy Lee Jones; Barbershop 2: Back in Business; Big Momma’s House; Kingdom
Come, with Whoopi Goldberg; and Serving Sara, with Matthew Perry. He has also
displayed tremendous vocal talent in the family features Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,
Charlotte’s Web, Dr. Dolittle 2 and Ice Age.
In July 2006, Cedric’s first-ever HBO Comedy Special, Cedric: Taking You
Higher, was the highest-rated special of that year for the network. In November 2008,
Cedric made his Broadway debut in David Mamet’s masterpiece American Buffalo. His
performance was singled out for critical praise.
Cedric’s universal appeal, versatility and tremendous career successes spanning
television, live performances and film have solidified his standing as one of the premier
entertainers in the world.
Cedric will next lend his voice to Madagascar 3, and will soon be seen costarring opposite Christina Ricci in All’s Faire in Love.
Some notable career accolades for the multitalented funnyman include nabbing
the AFTRA Award of Excellence in Television Programming for his FOX television
series Cedric the Entertainer Presents; and a record-breaking four consecutive NAACP
Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of
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the lovable Coach Cedric Robinson on The WB’s No. 1-rated The Steve Harvey Show,
which ran for six seasons.
His first comedy book, “Grown-A$$ Man,” was released in January of 2002 and
sold out across the country. In 2001, a viewing audience of more than 144 million saw
Cedric star in the Bud Light commercial that landed in the No. 1 spot during the Super
Bowl broadcast (subsequently, USA Today dubbed him “Madison Avenue’s Most
Valuable Player”). In 1994, Cedric received the Richard Pryor Comic of the Year Award
from Black Entertainment Television for his groundbreaking work as host of Def Comedy
Jam and BET ComicView (from 1994 to 1995).
As a philanthropist, Cedric founded the Cedric “The Entertainer” Charitable
Foundation, which provides scholarships and outreach programs to enhance the lives of
inner-city youth and their families in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. He plans to
expand the foundation nationally. Cedric has awarded more than 56 scholarships and
countless incentives through his foundation.
TARAJI P. HENSON (B’Ella) earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best
Supporting Actress, opposite Brad Pitt, in David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button. She starred in the hugely successful The Karate Kid, opposite Jaden Smith and
Jackie Chan, and in Date Night, with Tina Fey and Steve Carell. For her role in Tyler
Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself, she received the 2009 Diversity Award for Best
Actress. She also starred in Peep World, as Rainn Wilson’s love interest; The Good
Doctor, with Orlando Bloom; and Once Fallen, co-starring Ed Harris. Henson recently
completed production on the biopic From the Rough, in which she stars as the first
female head coach of an NCAA Division I men’s golf team.
Henson received rave reviews for her role in Focus Features’ Talk to Me, starring
opposite Don Cheadle. She co-starred in the ensemble action drama Smokin’ Aces, with
Ben Affleck and Alicia Keys. Henson received a Black Movie Award for Outstanding
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and a BET Award nomination for Best
Actress for her performance as Shug in the gutsy drama Hustle & Flow, which also
starred Terrence Howard. She starred in Sony’s Not Easily Broken, opposite Morris
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Chestnut; opposite Forest Whitaker in Hurricane Season; and with Kathy Bates in Tyler
Perry’s The Family That Preys.
Henson made her singing debut in Hustle & Flow and performed its Academy
Award®-winning song, “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” on the Oscar® telecast. She
reunited for the third time with John Singleton to film Four Brothers, with Mark
Wahlberg and André Benjamin, for Paramount Pictures. Henson co-starred with Simon
Baker and Sanaa Lathan in Focus Features’ Something New and is well remembered for
her role as Yvette, opposite Tyrese Gibson, in Baby Boy.
On television, she starred as the title character in Lifetime’s Taken From Me: The
Tiffany Rubin Story, which depicts the true story of a mother whose child was illegally
taken from her. Henson was a series regular on David E. Kelley’s Boston Legal and had
a recurring role on ABC’s Eli Stone. She was featured in Jamie Foxx’s video “Just Like
Me,” and also appeared in Estelle’s video “Pretty Please (Love Me).”
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., the Howard University graduate resides in
Los Angeles with her son. Henson has a strong dedication to helping disabled and less
fortunate children and reveals, “I always stress to kids to have faith in themselves; the
greatest recipe for success is self confidence.”
Henson is the newest spokesperson for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear
Fur” campaign, which launched in February 2011.
GUGU MBATHA-RAW (Talia) is a talented British actress poised to take the
U.S. by storm with several high-profile film and television projects. In addition to
making her feature film debut in Larry Crowne, Mbatha-Raw recently starred in J.J.
Abrams’ NBC television series Undercovers. She is currently filming the feature film
Odd Thomas in New Mexico. The film is directed by Stephen Sommers.
Gugu (pronounced Goo-Goo) Mbatha-Raw was born in Oxford in the United
Kingdom. Her full first name is Gugulethu, which originates from her father’s South
African heritage, and means “our pride” in Zulu.
Classically trained, Mbatha-Raw accepted her place at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art (RADA) on its prestigious three-year acting course at just 18 years old.
Having studied Shakespeare in A-Level English literature, Mbatha-Raw had her first
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practical experience at RADA and left the third year a month early to hone her skills in
an Open Air Theatre production of As You Like It, playing Celia in her first professional
engagement.
She followed that role with more stage work appearing in Manchester’s Royal
Exchange Theatre’s production of Antony and Cleopatra, followed by the title role of
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, opposite Andrew Garfield, for which she was nominated for
the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in 2005.
The year 2006 was spent steadily building upon her U.K. television experience
including the semiregular role of Jenny in the fifth season of the groundbreaking spy
drama MI-5 (known as Spooks in the U.K.) for BBC One, opposite Rupert Penry-Jones.
A stint on the popular hit Doctor Who followed, in which Mbatha-Raw played Tish
Jones, the ambitious and heroic sister to Freema Agyeman’s Martha Jones, David
Tennant’s companion in season three of Russell T. Davies’ incarnation of the cult classic.
Mbatha-Raw also appeared in ITV’s period piece Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, part of
Agatha Christie’s enduring serial “Marple,” with Geraldine McEwan, Alison Steadman,
Jane Seymour and Juliet Stevenson.
Later that year, Mbatha-Raw returned to the stage in the European premiere of the
critically acclaimed Big White Fog, by Theodore Ward at the Almeida Theatre. It was
shortly after the run of Big White Fog that Mbatha-Raw was invited by director Michael
Attenborough to take part in a two-week international Shakespeare lab in Australia.
Upon her return to the U.K., she began rehearsals for her first leading role in the
gritty, thought-provoking drama Fallout, written by Roy Williams, adapted from his
scorching stage play at the Royal Court Theatre, and directed by the theater’s former
artistic director Ian Rickson. Soon after, Mbatha-Raw was selected as a 2008 Star of
Tomorrow by industry magazine Screen International. Mbatha-Raw embarked on her
next lead role in the BBC One television series Bonekickers, in which she played Viv
Davis, the bright and incurably curious archaeology intern, alongside Hugh Bonneville,
Adrian Lester and Julie Graham.
The year 2008 saw Mbatha-Raw take up a six-month stint at the National Theatre
in David Hare’s Gethsemane, a political ensemble piece inspired by the New Labour
government. Following its sellout London run, Gethsemane continued on a five-week
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U.K. national tour. Mbatha-Raw made her West End debut as Ophelia in Hamlet,
opposite Jude Law, in the Donmar Warehouse Theatre’s sellout production, directed by
Michael Grandage. The production transferred to New York’s Broadhurst Theatre in the
fall of 2009 for a limited run and was a hit on Broadway, notably recouping after just six
weeks.
WILMER VALDERRAMA (Dell Gordo), best known for his role as Fez on the
FOX television series That ’70s Show, has been in high demand above and beyond the
small screen since the premiere of the series in 1998. Valderrama has produced, directed,
written, hosted and acted in numerous projects over the past decade and continues to have
many in development. He will also co-star, opposite Jason Isaacs, in the upcoming NBC
show Awake.
He was recently seen in the drama The Dry Land, which premiered in dramatic
competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In the film, Valderrama stars opposite
America Ferrera, Jason Ritter and Melissa Leo. The film is about a U.S. soldier who
returns home from war. He was also seen in the Lionsgate dramedy From Prada to
Nada, alongside Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega and Adriana Barraza. The film is a Latin
spin on Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” He also recently filmed the Wim
Wenders produced short film La Torcedura.
Valderrama also starred in Days of Wrath, opposite Laurence Fishburne and
directed by Celia Fox, and can also be heard as the voice of Manny on the Disney
animated show Handy Manny. The show was nominated for a daytime Emmy Award in
2009 and has won a number of other awards for excellence in children’s animated
programming. He is also working with Warner Bros. on the action-comedy CHiPs.
Valderrama recently started a production company, WV Enterprises, and
currently has a deal with Relativity Media to create, develop and executive produce series
for broadcast and cable networks. He currently has several projects in the pipeline.
In 2009, Valderrama made his directorial debut with the video short Creepshow
Raw: Insomnia from HDFILMS and followed it with Imagination Movers for Disney.
His past film credits include the 2008 thriller Columbus Day, with Val Kilmer;
Fast Food Nation, for Fox Searchlight, starring opposite Ethan Hawke, Greg Kinnear,
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Patricia Arquette and Catalina Sandino Moreno; and the 2006 feature Unaccompanied
Minors, for Warner Bros. He was seen in the 2006 Sundance hit film The Darwin
Awards, a dark comedy directed by Finn Taylor and starring Winona Ryder and Joseph
Fiennes. Valderrama also starred in the indie film El Muerto, directed by Brian Cox and
based on the comic book created by Javier Hernandez.
His other feature film credits include Party Monster and Summer Catch and as the
voice of Rodrigo in the feature film Clifford’s Really Big Movie, alongside John Ritter.
From 2006 to 2007, Valderrama created, executive produced and hosted three seasons of
the hit MTV show Yo Momma.
On stage, Valderrama appeared in the Los Angeles Times critics’ choice play
Blackout, which was adapted from the feature film Drunks. The play gave an in-depth
portrayal of an AA meeting. In April 2005, Valderrama performed opposite Anjelica
Huston and Sir Ben Kingsley in the Actors Fund of America all-star reading of the
Paramount Pictures screenplay Sunset Boulevard, directed by Peter Hunt.
At 13 years old, Valderrama moved to Los Angeles from Venezuela with his
family and did not speak a word of English. He quickly learned the language and began
drama classes in high school to help assimilate him into American culture. He performed
in numerous plays while making his professional debut in a Spanish Pacific Bell
commercial. At his high-school drama teacher’s suggestion, Valderrama got an agent
and was immediately cast in the CBS miniseries Four Corners in 1998, Disney Channel’s
Omba Makamba and the pilot for That ’70s Show.
PAM GRIER (Frances) began her acting career and achieved fame in the early
1970s, when she starred in a series of films including Coffy, Foxy Brown and Sheba,
Baby. In the 1990s, she made an impact as the title character in Quentin Tarantino’s
Jackie Brown and was honored with Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and NAACP
Image Award nominations. More recently, she co-starred in Sanaa Hamri’s feature
comedy Just Wright, starring Queen Latifah and Common. Grier also portrayed Kit
Porter on the popular Showtime series The L Word and appeared in The CW series
Smallville.
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Grier’s feature film credits include Holy Smoke, In Too Deep, Snow Day and,
more recently, the animated feature Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of Cleopatra, in which
she was the voice of Cleopatra, and Back in the Day, starring Ving Rhames, Joe Morton
and Ja Rule.
On the small screen, Grier was nominated for a daytime Emmy Award for her
work in Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, as well as appearing in the
miniseries First to Die and Showtime’s Feast of All Saints.
Grier recently finished production on The Man With the Iron Fists, also starring
Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Academy Award®-nominated NIA VARDALOS (Written by) has established
herself as a versatile actress, writer, producer and director—trademarked by her sharp wit
and relatable persona.
Vardalos wrote and starred in the hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, currently the
No. 1 romantic comedy, and the most profitable film of all time. The film garnered
multiple nominations and awards that distinguished Vardalos’ work as both a writer and
an actress, including Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Critics’ Choice and Golden
Globe award nominations and a Film Independent Spirit Award win. Additionally,
Vardalos was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay.
Vardalos went on to write, star and produce Connie and Carla and star in My Life
in Ruins. She reunited on-screen with her Greek co-star John Corbett in I Hate
Valentine’s Day—an independent film that she directed in 18 days.
She has guest-starred on numerous television shows including Cougar Town,
Curb Your Enthusiasm and Drop Dead Diva, and she also hosted Saturday Night Live.
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, Vardalos made her living in musical
theater before attending the Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. She worked in the box
office of The Second City and often stayed to watch the show at night. When an actress
fell ill 15 minutes before curtain, Vardalos convinced producers she knew the show and
to let her on. She was hired the next day. She became a performer/writer in 12 revues
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for The Second City in Toronto and Chicago and won Chicago’s Jeff Award for Best
Actress.
Vardalos currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, actor Ian Gomez of
ABC’s Cougar Town, their six-year-old daughter and many pets.
Producing credits for GARY GOETZMAN (Produced by) include Where the
Wild Things Are; Mamma Mia!; Charlie Wilson’s War; The Polar Express; My Big Fat
Greek Wedding; The Ant Bully; Beloved; That Thing You Do!; The Silence of the Lambs
(winner of five Academy Awards® including Best Picture); Philadelphia; Devil in a Blue
Dress; Miami Blues; The Great Buck Howard; Starter for 10; Modern Girls; Amos &
Andrew; the 3D IMAX film Magnificent Desolation; the Emmy-winning miniseries The
Pacific, John Adams and Band of Brothers; the Emmy-nominated HBO series Big Love;
and the Emmy-nominated HBO special event The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame Concert. Goetzman is currently in production on the HBO film Game Change.
He also produced the Talking Heads’ concert film Stop Making Sense, Storefront
Hitchcock, Neil Young: Heart of Gold and music videos for Bruce Springsteen, David
Byrne and Neil Young.
In 1998, Goetzman and Tom Hanks formed Playtone, a film, television and music
company.
PHILIPPE ROUSSELET (Executive Producer) is chairman and chief executive
officer of Vendôme Pictures, which he formed in 2008. The company focuses on
producing internationally driven and commercially viable feature films designed for the
global filmed-entertainment marketplace. Rousselet oversees the development,
production and financing of Vendôme’s diverse slate of films including Source Code,
starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Duncan Jones, and What Happened to Monday?,
a thriller written by Max Botkin and produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis.
Rousselet embarked on his movie career with Warner Bros. Pictures, where he
spent five years as vice president of production. At Warner Bros., he was responsible for
all phases of feature film development and production and worked on such films as
Under Siege, Falling Down and Grumpy Old Men.
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In 1994, Rousselet set up his French independent production company, Les Films
de la Suane, in Paris. Throughout the years, he developed and produced more than 16
motion pictures including Marie Baie des Anges, Serial Lover, Blanche, Barnie’s Minor
Annoyances, the Golden Globe-nominated Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dad
and The Do-Gooders.
Utilizing his broad filmmaking experience in France and the U.S.A., Rousselet
co-founded the U.S. independent production company Entertainment Manufacturing
Company LLC, with director Andrew Niccol in 2004. While there, Rousselet produced
Lord of War, starring Nicolas Cage and Ethan Hawke.
STEVEN SHARESHIAN (Executive Producer) was a producer on the HBO
miniseries The Pacific and John Adams, as well as the feature City of Ember. He
executive produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Great Buck Howard, Starter for 10
and The Ant Bully.
He is currently a co-executive producer on the HBO film Game Change, starring
Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson and Ed Harris.
Before joining Playtone at its formation in 1998, Shareshian had been a producing
partner at Jonathan Demme’s Clinica Estetico.
JEB BRODY (Executive Producer) is president of production for Vendôme
Pictures, a development, production and financing entity focused on creating quality
movies for an international marketplace. Besides working on Larry Crowne, he was an
executive producer on Vendôme’s first feature, Source Code, released earlier this year
and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Duncan Jones.
Prior to Vendôme, Brody helped launch Big Beach, a New York-based
independent film production company, and served as a producer or executive producer on
a slate of films that included the Oscar®-winning Little Miss Sunshine, the Golden Globenominated SherryBaby and Sunshine Cleaning, starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt.
From 2000 to 2002, Brody worked at Magnet Entertainment, where he served as
production executive on a variety of projects including Spike Jonze’s Adaptation, while
also running development for the company.
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Prior to working in production, Brody pursued an academic career and was a
curator at the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York, where he
presented award-winning programs about international filmmakers Claire Denis, Pedro
Almodóvar, Sergio Leone, Donald Cammell, Hollis Frampton and many others. He was
also an editor and managing director for the much loved film magazine Scenario.
FABRICE GIANFERMI (Executive Producer), co-founder of Vendôme
Pictures with Philippe Rousselet, holds the position of co-chief executive officer and
orchestrates and oversees all corporate matters as well as production financing.
For the past 10 years, he has acted as chief operating officer for the independent
production companies Entertainment Manufacturing Company, in the U.S., and Les
Films de la Suane, in France. With an intimate knowledge of tax-based financing, he has
arranged production financing for more than 15 movies including Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress (which received a Golden Globe nomination in 2003) and was
executive producer of Lord of War, starring Nicolas Cage and Ethan Hawke.
Prior to that, he was an investor and co-CEO of Montparnasse Multimedia, one of
the leading French multimedia companies, where he acted as producer, editor and
distributor of educational and cultural CD-ROMs (such as the highly successful The
Louvre: Virtual Visit), and he organized its IPO. He spent the early part of his career as a
financial adviser in both Paris and London.
DAVID COATSWORTH (Executive Producer) recently executive produced
Sony Pictures’ Underworld: New Dawn and produced the pilot episode of HBO’s
Boardwalk Empire, HBO’s Grey Gardens (for which he won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Made for Television Movie, a Producers Guild Award for Producer of the
Year Award in Long-Form Television and a Golden Globe for Best Miniseries or Motion
Picture Made for Television) and HBO’s John Adams (for which he won an Emmy
Award for Outstanding Miniseries, a Producers Guild Award for Producer of the Year
Award in Long-Form Television and a Golden Globe Award Best Miniseries or Motion
Picture Made for Television).
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He also served as a producer on Underworld: Evolution and Gotti (for which he
received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Made for Television Movie) and
as a co-producer on My Big Fat Greek Wedding. As an executive producer, his credits
include Man of the Year, Welcome to Mooseport, The In-Laws and The 6th Day.
Larry Crowne marks VICTOR KEMPSTER’s (Production Designer) second
collaboration with director Tom Hanks, having previously worked together on That Thing
You Do!
Kempster has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with Oliver Stone, starting
out as art director on the Tom Cruise-starrer Born on the Fourth of July, before earning
his stripes as production designer on the Academy Award® nominee for Best Picture
JFK. Kempster cultivated the ability to utilize a broad palette of visual styles while
working with the influential filmmaker, and their artistic partnership flourished on such
films as Heaven & Earth, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, U Turn and Any Given Sunday.
His notable achievements include capturing the gritty, criminal underbelly in
Michael Mann’s Miami Vice and re-creating Pakistani and Afghan refugee camps in
Morocco for Mike Nichols’ Charlie Wilson’s War, also starring Hanks and Julia Roberts.
His other feature credits of note include Barry Levinson’s Envy, Bandits, starring Bruce
Willis and Cate Blanchett, and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.
Kempster is currently working on the Sacha Baron Cohen topliner The Dictator,
directed by Larry Charles.
ALAN CODY, ACE (Editor) most recently received two Emmy Award
nominations for his work on the HBO miniseries The Pacific, produced by Tom Hanks
and Steven Spielberg.
Cody started his career interning on the Tom Hanks film Punchline as an assistant
to the editor. From there, he worked with editor Michael Kahn on such films as
Schindler’s List and Jurassic Park. As an editor, Cody first worked with director Jan de
Bont on Speed 2: Cruise Control. For the past 13 years, he has edited many successful
films and television series including Big Love, Dirty Sexy Money and Army Wives.
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Cody was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to California at the age of
three. He attended California State University, Northridge, where he studied radio, film
and television, and graduated in 1987.
ALBERT WOLSKY (Costume Designer) has twice won an Academy Award®,
for All That Jazz and Bugsy. In a career that encompasses more than 70 films, Wolsky
also received Academy Award® nominations for Sophie’s Choice, Toys, The Journey of
Natty Gann, Across the Universe and Revolutionary Road. His recent work includes
Charlie Wilson’s War, Ask the Dust, Jarhead, The Manchurian Candidate, Road to
Perdition, Maid in Manhattan, Runaway Bride, Galaxy Quest, You’ve Got Mail, Red
Corner, Lucky Numbers, The Jackal and The Grass Harp.
Wolsky’s first project with filmmaker Paul Mazursky, Harry and Tonto, led to a
prolific 11-film relationship including Next Stop, Greenwich Village; An Unmarried
Woman; Moscow on the Hudson; Down and Out in Beverly Hills; and Enemies: A Love
Story. Wolsky first worked with Bob Fosse on Lenny, starring Dustin Hoffman, later
designing the costumes for Fosse’s All That Jazz and Star 80, Fosse’s last film. Wolsky’s
other credits include Grease, Manhattan, The Pelican Brief, The Heart Is a Lonely
Hunter, Little Murders, The Jazz Singer, The Falcon and the Snowman and Crimes of the
Heart.
Born in Paris, Wolsky immigrated to the United States at age 10. He lived in
New York City, graduated from The City College of New York and began his career in
New York theater, receiving his first solo Broadway design credit for the play
Generation, starring Henry Fonda. His other stage credits include Sly Fox, starring
George C. Scott; The Sunshine Boys; Joseph Papp’s production of Hamlet in Central
Park; and Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, starring Meryl Streep.
The Costume Designers Guild honored Wolsky with a Career Achievement
Award, the first bestowed by the guild. Wolsky served for four terms on the board of
governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (Music by) is one of the most versatile and
respected composers currently working in film.
To date, Howard has received eight Oscar® nominations, including six for Best
Original Score for his work on Defiance, Michael Clayton, The Village, The Fugitive,
The Prince of Tides and My Best Friend’s Wedding. He was also nominated for Best
Original Song for the films Junior and One Fine Day.
Howard, along with Hans Zimmer, won the 2009 Grammy Award for the score
for The Dark Knight. He has also received Grammy Award nominations for music from
Blood Diamond, Dinosaur and Signs and the song from One Fine Day. In addition, he
won an Emmy Award for the theme to the Andre Braugher series Gideon’s Crossing, and
received two additional Emmy nominations for the themes to the long-running Warner
Bros. series ER and the Ving Rhames series Men. Howard has also been nominated four
times for Golden Globe Awards for his massive orchestral score for Peter Jackson’s
blockbuster remake of King Kong; for the songs from Junior and One Fine Day; and he
most recently, for his provocative symphonic score for Defiance.
He received the 2008 World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year
for his work on the films Charlie Wilson’s War, Michael Clayton and I Am Legend. He
received the Soundtrack of the Year Award from the Classical BRIT Awards for The
Dark Knight (2009) and Blood Diamond (2008). In 2009, he received the Special 5th
Anniversary GoldSpirit Award for Best Composer of the Last 5 Years (2004–2008) from
the Úbeda Film Music Conference in Spain.
Howard, who has been honored with ASCAP’s prestigious Henry Mancini Award
for Lifetime Achievement, now has more than 100 films to his credit. Among them are
all of M. Night Shyamalan’s films (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village,
Lady in the Water and The Happening), five films for director Lawrence Kasdan (Grand
Canyon, Wyatt Earp, French Kiss, Mumford and Dreamcatcher), four Julia Roberts
comedies (Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, My Best Friend’s Wedding and America’s
Sweethearts) and three animated films for Walt Disney Studios (Dinosaur, Treasure
Planet and Atlantis: The Lost Empire). His other wide-ranging credits include Duplicity,
Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Great Debaters (with Peter Golub), Batman Begins,
Collateral, Snow Falling on Cedars, Outbreak, Hidalgo, Peter Pan, Falling Down,
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Primal Fear, Glengarry Glen Ross, Waterworld, The Devil’s Advocate and Dave, among
others.
Howard’s success reflects the experiences of a rich musical past. Inspired by his
grandmother, a classical violinist who played in the Pittsburgh Symphony in the ’30s and
’40s, he began his studies on the piano at age four. After studying at the Music Academy
of the West, in Santa Barbara, and at the USC Thornton School of Music, as a piano
major, he completed his formal education with orchestration study under legendary
arranger Marty Paich.
Though his training was classical, he maintained an interest in rock and pop
music, and it was his early work in the pop arena that allowed him to hone his talents as a
musician, arranger, songwriter and producer. He racked up a string of collaborations in
the studio with some of pop’s biggest names, including Barbra Streisand; Earth, Wind &
Fire; Bob Seger; Rod Stewart; Toto; Glenn Frey; Diana Ross; Carly Simon; Olivia
Newton-John; Randy Newman; Rickie Lee Jones; Cher; and Chaka Khan. In 1975, he
joined pop superstar Elton John’s band on the road and in the studio.
Howard left the band in 1976 to do more record production. He would rejoin the
band in 1980 for another tour and again in 1986 to conduct the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra for John’s “Live in Australia” tour, the recording of which later became a
platinum-selling album.
When he was offered his first film in 1985, he never looked back. As a change of
pace, Howard reunited with Elton John for a multicity tour in the summer of 2004, which
included sold-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London and Radio City Music Hall
in New York.
His recent releases include Water for Elephants, Gnomeo & Juliet, The Green
Hornet, The Tourist, Love and Other Drugs, The Last Airbender and Salt. His upcoming
films include Martin Campbell’s The Green Lantern. In February 2009, Howard had his
first concert piece, titled “I Would Plant a Tree,” performed by the Pacific Symphony as
part of its American Composers Festival.
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CAST
(In Order of Appearance)
Larry Crowne
Samantha
Alvarez
Trainee Wong
Dorothy Genkos
Team Leader #1
Team Leader #2
Team Leader #3
Team Leader #4
Avery
Vacuum Shopper
Jack Strang
Mom with Baby
Cox
Cubby
Vicky Hurley
Andrews
Wilma Q. Gammelgaard
Lamar
B’Ella
Dave Busik
Dell Gordo
Stan
Mercedes Tainot
Frances
Talia
Steve Dibiasi
Dave Mack
Natalie Calimeris
Lala Pinedo
Chester
Eli
Tori
Michael
Bud
Dr. Matsutani
Dean Tainot
Sal
Frank
Map Genie Voice
Raul
TOM HANKS
SARAH MAHONEY
ROXANA ORTEGA
RANDALL PARK
BRADY RUBIN
ALEX QUIJANO
TINA HUANG
E-KAN SOONG
TARINA POUNCY
SY RICHARDSON
JULIE WAGNER
ROB RIGGLE
ERIN UNDERWOOD
DALE DYE
BARRY SOBEL
CLAUDIA STEDELIN
BOB STEPHENSON
RITA WILSON
CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER
TARAJI P. HENSON
HOLMES OSBORNE
WILMER VALDERRAMA
TOM BUDGE
JULIA ROBERTS
PAM GRIER
GUGU MBATHA-RAW
RAMI MALEK
MALCOLM BARRETT
GRACE GUMMER
MARIA CANALS-BARRERA
A.B. FOFANA
SARAH LEVY
JULIA CHO
CHAD SMATHERS
DAVID L. MURPHY
GEORGE TAKEI
BRYAN CRANSTON
CARLY REEVES
IAN GOMEZ
NIA VARDALOS
HERBERT SIGUENZA
Larry Crowne—Production Information
Nick
Carlos
Officer Baker
Officer Diamond
Neighbor with Dog
Pizza Delivery Boy
Cappy
Stunt Coordinators
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RICARDO SALINAS
RICHARD J. MONTOYA
JOSHUA BITTON
JON SEDA
JACK MILO
CHET HANKS
“BIFF” HENDERSON
GARRETT WARREN
JOEY BOX
SHAWN CROWDER
WALLY CROWDER
JEFF GROFF
JIM HANKS
JIM E. HOLLEY
MERRITT YOHNKA
Stunts
CREW
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Executive Producers
Co-Producer
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Editor
Costume Designer
Music by
Casting by
Unit Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Visual Effects Supervisor
Music Supervisor
Associate Editor
Re-recording Mixers
Supervising Sound Editor
ADR Supervisor
Music Editor
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Postproduction Supervisor
Postproduction Coordinator
Associate Music Supervisor
Production Supervisor
Production Accountant
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Gaffer
TOM HANKS
TOM HANKS and
NIA VARDALOS
TOM HANKS
GARY GOETZMAN
PHILIPPE ROUSSELET
STEVEN SHARESHIAN
JEB BRODY
FABRICE GIANFERMI
DAVID COATSWORTH
KATTERLI FRAUENFELDER
PHILIPPE ROUSSELOT AFC, ASC
VICTOR KEMPSTER
ALAN CODY ACE
ALBERT WOLSKY
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
JEANNE MCCARTHY CSA
DAVID COATSWORTH
KATTERLI FRAUENFELDER
PAULA CASE
JOHN SULLIVAN
DEVA ANDERSON
MARK CZYZEWSKI
MICHAEL MINKLER CAS
TONY LAMBERTI CAS
ANDREW DE CRISTOFARO MPSE
ANNA MACKENZIE
JOHN FINKLEA
JOHN C. STUVER MPSE
MIKE PAYNE
TODD LONDON
NORI CHIA
DELPHINE ROBERTSON
SUSAN EHRHART
PETER MCMANUS
CATE HARDMAN
NEAL NORTON
JACK ENGLISH
Larry Crowne—Production Information
Key Grip
Sound Mixer
Art Director
Set Decorator
Property Master
Hair Department Head
Makeup Department Head
Hairstylist for Ms. Roberts
Makeup Artist for Ms. Roberts
Assistant Art Directors
Graphic Designer
Set Designers
Art Department Coordinator
Art Department Researcher
Art Department PA
Leadman
On-Set Dresser
Buyers
Set Dressers
Set Decorating Coordinator
Assistant Property Master
Assistant Props
Buyer
Props Researcher
First Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
“B” Camera Operator
First Assistant “B” Camera
Second Assistant “B” Camera
Camera Loader
Camera PA
Boom Operator
Utility Sound
Video Assist Operator
Makeup Co-Department Head
Makeup Artist
Hair Co-Department Head
Hairstylist
Costume Supervisor
Key Costumer
Costumer for Mr. Hanks
Costumer for Ms. Roberts
Set Costumers
Ager/Dyer
Costume PA
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J. MICHAEL POPOVICH
JOHN PRITCHETT
CARLOS MENENDEZ
CHERYL CARASIK
TRISH GALLAHER GLENN
LINDA FLOWERS
JOHN BLAKE
LYNDELL QUIYOU
RICHARD DEAN
TIM BEACH
ADAM DAVIS
MARTIN CHARLES
WILLIAM F. MATTHEWS
ANDREW BIRDZELL
CAROL KIEFER
CALE WILBANKS
SAM AVILA
DAVID MANHAN
MARILYN MORGAN-MOUNEU
WENDY WEAVER
KATHLEEN ROSEN
CHRISTOPHER CASEY
DAVID LADISH
RYAN RITTMILLER
MIKE THURMAN
CHRIS WITHROW
CRAIG ZIMMERMAN
DARLENE SALINAS
MONICA CASTRO
DAVID SALTZMAN
DENISE JACINTO
EVE MCCARNEY
VALENTINE MARVEL
RAFIEL CHAIT
ANTHONY ARENDT
CARLOS DOERR
ERIC JENSCH
CHRISTIAN KESSLER
CAROLINE LE HELLO
DAVID M. ROBERTS
SHAWN HARPER
DANIEL P. MOORE
JAMES MACKINNON
NICOLE SORTILLION
KELLY MULDOON
MERRIBELLE A. ANDERSON
ROBERT MATHEWS
KENN SMILEY
WYATT BARTLETT
FRANCES VEGA
TOM CUMMINS
JOSE S. HERNANDEZ
TRICIA YOO
VALERIE O’BRIEN-PICKARD
KATY JOHNSON
HANNAH JACOBS
Larry Crowne—Production Information
Casting Associates
Casting Assistant
Extras Casting
Additional Extras Casting
Visual Effects Editor
Dialogue Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Foley Editors
Assistant Editors
Recordist
ADR Mixers
ADR Recordists
Foley Artists
Foley Mixer
ADR Group
Best Boy Electric
Electricians
Dimmer Board Operator
Rigging Gaffer
Best Boy Rigging Gaffer
Rigging Electricians
Best Boy Grip
Dolly Grip
Grips
Key Rigging Grip
Best Boy Rigging Grip
Rigging Grips
Production Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Production Secretary
2nd 2nd Assistant Director
DGA Trainee
First Assistant Accountant
Second Assistant Accountants
Payroll Accountant
Construction Accountant
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JOANNE BLOOM
NICOLE ABELLERA
JESSICA MUNKS
CAROL GRANT CASTING
JUDITH BOULEY
LESLIE WEBB
NANCY NUGENT TITLE MPSE
KAREN VASSAR
GLYNNA GRIMALA
KERRY CARMEAN-WILLIAMS
PATRICK CUSACK
XAVIER HORAN
GREG TOWNSEND
GREG STEELE CAS
MICHAEL MILLER
GREG ZIMMERMAN
COURTNEY BISHOP
JEFFREY WILHOIT
JAMES MORIANA
BRETT VOSS
LEIGH FRENCH
JAMES BABINEAUX
CHRIS LYONS
JUAN MORSE
MARK SADLER
STEPHEN THORP
RICHARD RASMUSSEN
GLENN E. MORAN
ADAM HARRISON
STEVE CASTANEDA
DAVID GHEGAN
JERRY GREGORICKA
JOEY MORAN
JOEL A. RUIZ
JOHN MILLER
MICHAEL BRENNAN
BO MILLER
BEN PEREZ
JASON REZ
JON JACOB FUNK
JERRY SANDAGER
RYAN PACHECO
CLAYTON FOWLER
MICHAEL PACHECO
BRUCE DEL CASTILLO
TOM CARSON
LISA J. CURTIS
JORDAN GILBERT
KEVIN O’NEIL
MARK BALLOU
LISA WIGGINS
STEL DELEON
LORA PRICE
KATIE RIXON
SHERRY KECSKES
MARISOL JIMENEZ
Larry Crowne—Production Information
Postproduction Accountant
Assistants to Mr. Hanks
Assistants to Mr. Goetzman
Assistant to Mr. Shareshian
Assistant to Mr. Coatsworth
Assistant to Vendôme Producers
Production Associates
Postproduction Assistant
Office Production Assistants
Key Set PA
Set Production Assistants
Cast Assistant
Location Manager
Key Assistant Location Managers
Assistant Location Manager
Construction Consultant
Construction Coordinator
Construction Buyer
Propmaker Foremen
Labor Foreman
Plaster Supervisor
Paint Foremen
Greens Foreman
Standby Painter
Standby Greens
Caterer
Craft Service
Unit Publicist
Still Photographer
Set Medic
Studio Teacher
Stand-In for Mr. Hanks
Stand-In for Ms. Roberts
Transportation & Picture Car
Coordinator
Transportation Captain
Transportation Co-Captain
Transportation Office Driver
Driver for Mr. Hanks
Driver for Ms. Roberts
Drivers
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JULIE HANSEN
ALLISON DIAMOND
SOOKI RAPHAEL
TORY STRANG
MORGAN CLINE
ERIC QUIJANO
ALEX CAPALDI
ERIC NORSOPH
JOSH FELDMAN
PATRICK ROSCOE
BO STEVENSON
TOM RUBENDALL
JASON ALSHER
KIMELIA WEATHERS
EDDIE QUINTANA
SAMUEL ALVELO
JEFF HUBBARD
LESLIE MERLIN
MEGAN SCHMIDT
SEAN YOPCHICK
BRENNAN REYNOLDS
JOHN PANZARELLA
LESLIE THORSON
ZACHARY KAHN
CARTER SCHMITT
DAVID PARK
J.T. PANZARELLA
SEBASTIAN MILITO
CHRIS RIDINO
TONY WRIGHT
SASHA MADZAR
SCOTT MIZGAITES
DANIEL SIMON
JARED TREPEPI
JOHN RISSO
BRUCE SMITH
JEFF BROWN
SARAH REGAN
TERRANCE CORLISS
CHEF ROBERT CATERING
ORLANDO CHONGO
GARY C. FERRARO
CAROL MCCONNAUGHEY
BRUCE TALAMON
FERGUSON REID, MD
JUDY BROWN
JON DONAHUE
JULIE WAGNER
DAN MARROW
RANDY BURKE
SKIP FAIRLEE
DAVE DIAZ
CHRISTOPHER DALE
MELODY BALLARD SCOTT
TIMOTHY B. ABBATOYE
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Special Effects Coordinator
Special Effects Foreman
Special Effects Technician
38
RANDY CANTOR
GARY DALLY
JAN DALLY
STEVE DENES
BRANDON HANDT
BRUCE HATHAWAY
GREG HOSLET
GARNER HUMPHREY
WAYNE JOHNSON
SCOTT KENNEDY
MYLES KIMURA
BOB KOMISAR
JAMES LUNDIN
JOHN L. PETERS
EDWARD A. POWELL
GARY SCHORR
EVAN SKLOV
GARY STALKER
MICHAEL LANTIERI
ROLAND LOEW
JAY B. KING
Second Unit
Second Unit Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
2nd Unit Stunt Coordinator
GARRETT WARREN
KEVIN O’NEIL
BASTI VAN DER WOUDE
ANTHONY ARENDT
WALLY CROWDER
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Compositing Supervisor
CG Supervisor
Compositors
SCOUNDREL
MARCO RECUAY
TOM CLARY
NICK LUND-ULRICH
MORGAN S. MCDERMOTT
CAMERON THOMAS
CHASE BICKEL
NEIL FORBES CRAIG
SETH BROWER
DAX SIPLIN
BERNIE STERN
JOY FERRO MOORE
Visual Effects Coordinator
End Title Additional Camera
Vendôme Pictures
Head of Physical Production
Chief Financial Officer
Creative Executive
SCOTT NICOLAIDES
ADENE LACY
SARAH SCHWEITZMAN
Product Placement by
Product Placement Coordinators
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ADAM STONE
CAT STONE
ROSENFELD, MEYER, & SUSMAN, LLP
ERIC GREENFELD
RON DOLECKI
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Digital Intermediate Editor
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Dolby Engineer
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“Hold on Tight”
Written by Jeff Lynne
Performed by ELO
Courtesy of Epic Records Sony Music Licensing
“The Stroke”
Written by William Squier
Performed by Billy Squier
Courtesy of Capitol Records/Under License From
EMI Film & Television Music
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“Obsession”
Written by Justin Franks, Ryan Tedder, Jerrod Bettis
Performed by Sky Ferreira
Courtesy of Capitol Records/Under License From
EMI Film & Television Music
“Runnin’ Down a Dream”
Written by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Michael Campbell
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Courtesy of Geffen Records/Under License From
Universal Music Enterprises
“Cruisin’”
Written by Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin
Performed by Smokey Robinson
Courtesy of Motown Records/Under License From
Universal Music Enterprises
“I’ll Do Better”
Written By Jarrod Gorbel
Performed by Jarrod Gorbel
Courtesy of Burning House Records/By Arrangement With
Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Something’s Got Me Started”
Written by Andreas Kleerup, Richard Silva
Performed by Swingfly
Courtesy of EMI Music Sweden/Under License From
EMI Film & Television Music
“The Hundredth Time”
Written by Nick Krogovich
Performed by Gigi
Courtesy of Tomlab By Arrangement With Terrorbird Media
“Faithful”
Written by Tyler Hilton
Performed by Tyler Hilton
Courtesy of Reprise Records/By Arrangement With
Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“When It Feels Good”
Written by Jeff Kashiwa, Kim Waters
Performed by Jeff Kashiwa
Courtesy of Shanachie Entertainment Corp.
“Walls, No. 3”
Written by Tom Petty
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Courtesy of Warner Brothers Records, Inc./By Arrangement With
Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Listen to Her Heart”
Written by Tom Petty
Performed by Tom Petty
Courtesy of Gone Gator Records
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“Calling America”
Written by Jeff Lynne
Performed by ELO
Courtesy of Epic Records Sony Music Licensing
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