MARLEY

MARLEY & ME

As the snow falls on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan

(OWEN WILSON and JENNIFER ANISTON) decide to leave behind the harsh winters

of Michigan and head south to begin their new lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. They

obtain jobs as journalists at competing local newspapers, buy their first home, and begin

to make their way through the challenges of a new marriage, new careers and, possibly,

the life-changing decision to start a family.

Unsure of his preparedness for raising children, John confesses his fears to his

friend and fellow journalist Sebastian, who comes up with the perfect solution: John

should get Jenny a puppy. “There’s nothing to it,” says Sebastian. “You walk ‘em. You

feed ‘em, you let ‘em out now and then.”

Then came Marley.

The Grogans adopt the cute, twelve pound yellow Labrador, who in no time at all,

grows into a 100-pound steamroller of unbridled energy that turns the Grogan home into

a disaster area. He flunks obedience school, chews off dry-wall, takes a bite out of the

sofa, overturns garbage cans, steals a Thanksgiving turkey, consumes pillows and

flowers, drinks toilet water, and chases the UPS guy. Even a newly-purchased, expensive

necklace isn’t safe from Marley’s voracious antics.

Amidst the mayhem he generates through the years, Marley sees the Grogans

through the ups and downs of family life, through job and home changes, and most of all,

through the myriad challenges of a growing family. As John and Jenny come to realize,

Marley – “the world’s worst dog” – somehow brings out the best in them.

Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a Gil Netter / Sunswept

Entertainment production, a David Frankel film, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer

Aniston in MARLEY & ME. The comedy also stars Eric Dane and Alan Arkin. It is

directed by David Frankel from a screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos, based upon

the book by John Grogan. The producers are Karen Rosenfelt and Gil Netter. Executive

producers are Arnon Milchan and Joe Caracciolo, Jr., the director of photography is

Florian Ballhaus, and the production designer is Stuart Wurtzel. The film editor is Mark

Livolsi, A.C.E., the music is by Theodore Shapiro, the music supervisor is Julia Michels,

and the costume designer is Cindy Evans.

John Grogan’s book Marley & Me and its universal themes of marriage and

family resonated to millions of readers, from all walks of life, propelling it to the top of

the best-seller charts. “People from all over the world wrote me letters about how the

book mirrored their lives,” says the author. “[Those connections were] somewhat

accidental; I just stumbled on that. But many people, of course, do fall in love, get

married and build families, and that’s what Marley & Me is about.”

While the book and film feature a dog’s name in the title, they tell much more

than a story about said canine. “[Marley & Me] is not a dog story,” says Grogan. “When

I wrote it, I didn’t think of it as a dog book, and I still don’t. I saw it as a growth-of-afamily

story, with the dog being a catalyst. It’s a comedy with a poignant side to it.”

Filmmaker David Frankel, who takes the helm of MARLEY & ME, echoes the

author’s sentiments. “The story is about the highs and lows of being young and in love

and encountering the challenges of marriage. It also deals with the dreams that get

sacrificed for the joys of children, and about the challenges of balancing career and

family.

“Most of all,” adds Frankel, the director of the blockbuster comedy “The Devil

Wears Prada,” it’s about life – the rollercoaster of life that we all experience.”

“MARLEY & ME is about marriage, and balancing family and career,” says

Jennifer Aniston, who portrays Jenny Grogan. “It’s about all of the things that affect so

many people in relationships. You think it’s a story about a mischievous dog – and it is –

but it’s so much more than that. There’s something about the Grogans and about Marley

that connects in a universal way.”

“It’s about the journey that Marley goes through with the Grogans,” adds Owen

Wilson, who plays John Grogan. “Marley reminds them how much fun life can be.”

If MARLEY & ME is not a “dog story,” the titular pooch is certainly a major

player in the tail…er…tale. Noting Grogan’s description of Marley being a “catalyst” in

the Grogan family dynamic, Frankel points out that “the story tells us how important a

dog’s perspective can be to us – and specifically to the Grogans. Dogs are wonderful

because they don’t think about the future or the past; they know only the joy of living in

the present. And humans, sadly, often forget that.”

The lessons Marley teaches the Grogans are many, and begin even before the pup

is adopted by the couple. Adding Marley to their household is intended, at first, as a

kind of entryway into the world of parenthood. John is not certain he’s yet up to the task

of being a dad, and still envies the freewheeling lifestyle of his unmarried friend

Sebastian, played by Eric Dane. “John sees that Sebastian has more professional

opportunities,” says Owen Wilson. “Single people’s lives are more fluid. They can take

more chances because they have fewer responsibilities and obligations [than married

people].”

“Sebastian leads what seems to be an ideal single man’s lifestyle,” says Eric

Dane, who stars as Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan on “Grey’s Anatomy.” “Sebastian is

always happy to listen to John and give him advice – as long as a beautiful woman and

potential conquest doesn’t walk by to distract them.”

“But at the end of the day,” Wilson interjects, “Sebastian is a lonely figure, and

there’s a powerful realization for John that he’s made the right choice [to be a family

man], and that there’s nothing as strong as the love for, and of, your family.”

John and Sebastian work at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, another beneficiary of

Marley’s “adventures.” Marley provides fodder for the columns John writes for the

paper, a fact that doesn’t go unnoticed by his editor, Arnie Klein, played by Oscar®winner

Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”). The relationship between John and Arnie,

an abrasive, old-school newspaperman, is one of respect and concern. John, a reporter at

heart, has become a columnist – reluctantly – at Arnie’s behest. “Arnie thinks John is a

decent guy – a little confused, but a decent guy,” says Arkin. “Arnie is impressed with

John’s writing, including his tales of Marley, but he must reassure John that column

writing is what he’s meant to do.”

Chief among Marley’s misadventures chronicled by John is a misguided attempt

at taming the leaping Lab through a stint at a local dog obedience school. No dog, John

and Jenny are told by the school’s drill-sergeant-like instructor Ms. Kornblut (Kathleen

Turner), has ever failed her program. But as Ms. Kornblut learns, there’s always a first

time – especially when Marley is involved. Until Marley stormed into and through

Kornblut’s class, there was no one – on two legs or four – who could stand up to the

trainer’s stern ways. “She’s very no-nonsense,” says Turner of her character. “She insists

there are no bad dogs, only bad dog-owners, and she berates the Grogans during the

entire class.” That is, until Marley unleashes the full force of his non-obedient ways, and

is invited by Ms. Kornblut to exit her school.

The film’s starring cast – indeed the entire production – identified with the film’s

themes of love, marriage, family, and a very trouble-prone pooch. David Frankel felt a

particularly strong kinship with Grogan’s story. “My family is full of ‘dog people,’”

states the director. “We have four amazing dogs that create great moments of laughter

for us. Then there are the geographical ties: John lived in South Florida, and I live in

Miami.”

Perhaps the strongest autobiographical connection between the filmmaker and his

subjects is delineated in a scene from the film. Frankel explains: “Marley has eaten

Jenny’s necklace, and Owen as John is in the backyard, looking for the missing jewelry

in Marley’s poops. John says, ‘This is just not how I pictured my life, standing in the

backyard spraying poop.’ Well, I spend a good part of every day with four dogs in the

backyard, spraying poop – and I have that same thought expressed by John.”

Apart from the autobiographical connections, Frankel says much of what made

the production special for him was the on-screen chemistry between Owen Wilson and

Jennifer Aniston. “That kind of magic is the luck of the draw,” says Frankel. “You put

two brilliant movie stars together and they spark in a thrilling way.”

This magic was also apparent to the two stars. “Owen Wilson is just great,” says

Aniston. “He’s so good at his job, so professional, and such a generous actor. We had a

lot of fun playing off of each other, and he has some moments in the film that are just

really special.”

Wilson, in turn, says he had much to admire in Aniston’s performance. “Her

instincts were incredible,” says the actor. “She does the work in ways better than I ever

imagined.”

MARLEY & ME GOES TO THE (22) DOGS

W.C. Fields is reputed to have first uttered the immortal line, “Never work with

animals or children.” Fields probably would have been fairly miserable on the set of

MARLEY & ME, which had a large assortment of animals and kids. But the film’s cast

and crew couldn’t have been happier about it. “We had babies, puppies, children, adult

dogs, old dogs, kids – and we all had a ball,” Aniston says.

The production utilized 22 dogs to portray Marley, who ages thirteen years in the

story. Eleven of the 22 Marleys were puppies, a large number necessitated by the film’s

schedule; since MARLEY & ME was shot out of sequence, a puppy used in a given

scene would have grown too much to be used again in a scene shot weeks later. Other

on-set “Marleys” ranged in age from six months to fourteen years.

Given the age range of the various Marleys, Frankel and head animal trainer Mark

Forbes had to carefully map out which dog – at which age – was right for a specific

scene. (Approximately 65 percent of the story is set when Marley is 1-6 years old.)

But working with the Marleys was more than charts, graphs and intricate

scheduling. It was a production that allowed dogs to be, well, dogs. Mark Forbes

elaborates: “We didn’t train our dogs to do anything that a dog wouldn’t naturally do.

This film is about a real family who had a real dog. There are no wild tricks or talking

animals here.”

Taking the notion a step further, the trainers let Marley be Marley – meaning that

since the on-screen character was so rambunctious, it made sense to let the “actors” run

wild. “Preparing the dogs [for the film] was almost a kind of anti-training,” notes Forbes.

“Usually, we try and create definite behaviors and the dogs are very well trained. With

MARLEY & ME, the dogs got to not only be dogs, but the most unruly, untrainable and

out-of-control dog in the world. We encouraged bad behavior!”

David Frankel, adamant about letting the dogs be dogs, filmed them even during

rehearsals – understanding that their unpredictable behavior could yield the best “take” at

any given moment. The main Marley, a dog named Clyde, was predictably

unpredictable, just like his cinematic alter-ego, so Frankel elected not to rehearse him at

all. “He’s a dog trained to be untrained,” says the director, “and it was exciting to watch

him work. Every time we filmed him, he added something really funny and energetic to

the scene.”

During the first few weeks of the dogs’ “un-training,” they learned basic

commands like how to sit, stand, lie down, and hit their marks. During the next period,

the puppies were acclimated to the shooting locations, and the final portion of their prep

had them polishing their “skills.” The Marley puppies began their training at the ripe old

age of eight weeks, and then filmed until they reached about twelve weeks of age. Then,

another batch of Marley pups were brought in for training.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION (2-LEGGED VERSION)

The events John Grogan chronicled in his book take place largely in South

Florida, where John and Jenny made their first home together, and in Pennsylvania,

where the Grogan clan later resided, and where they live to this day. These settings are

critical to Grogan’s book and to the film, which shot on location in those two states. “We

spent a lot of time trying to find the right location for the right story point,” says

production designer Stuart Wurtzel. “David Frankel wanted the film to have a bit of a

messy quality; he didn’t want [the locations and sets] to look perfect. John and Jenny’s

life is always in flux, always changing.”

John and Jenny begin married life in a starter house in West Palm Beach. As their

family grows, the Grogans move to a larger home in Boca Raton. The final move in the

story took the production to Philadelphia, as well as to the Pennsylvania countryside and

the towns of West Chester, Birmingham Township and Uniondale. “By the time they

make the move to Pennsylvania, Marley and the Grogans have grown up together,” says

Wurtzel. “John is finally doing the kind of newspaper work he wants to do, Jenny is

settled, and Marley has seen them all through the good times and bad.”

To reflect the family’s maturity and growth, Wurtzel wanted the Grogan’s

Pennsylvania home to have a warm, solid and inviting feel. The stone farmhouse found

by Wurtzel and the production’s locations team in Birmingham Township, so impressed

the real John and Jenny Grogan, that the couple decided to purchase a similar home.

The parallels between real and “reel” life for the Grogans didn’t end there. The

Grogans make cameos in the film as participants in the obedience school sequence. It

was art imitating life – and vice versa – to have the Grogans act in a scene that actually

happened in their lives, and to have Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston re-enact this

memory right in front of the Grogans. “It was a very funny moment – a ‘wake-up’

moment that this movie was really happening,” says John Grogan. “That they were really

making a movie about Jenny and me.”

ABOUT THE CAST

OWEN WILSON (John Grogan) has made his mark in Hollywood as both an

actor and writer for feature films. Originally from Texas, Wilson now resides in Los

Angeles.

Most recently, Wilson appeared in Steven Brill's high concept comedy “Drillbit

Taylor” for Paramount, produced by Judd Apatow. Wilson was recently seen with

Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman in the independent hit “The Darjeeling Limited”

(from Fox Searchlight Pictures) and with Ben Stiller and Robin Williams in director

Shawn Levy's blockbuster comedy “Night at the Museum.” His recent box office

successes also include “You, Me and Dupree” opposite Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon and

Disney's animated feature “Cars,” which was nominated for an Academy Award® in the

category of Best Animated Film. Up next is “Night at the Museum: Battle of the

Smithsonian,” the sequel to the 2006 smash.

In the summer of 2006, Wilson starred in the blockbuster comedy “Wedding

Crashers” opposite Vince Vaughn. This followed the success of Wes Anderson’s “The

Life Aquatic: The Life of Steve Zissou,” in which Wilson starred opposite Bill Murray

and Anjelica Huston. Wilson's previous work with Wes Anderson includes “The Royal

Tannenbaums,” for which he and Anderson were nominated for an Academy Award for

Best Original Screenplay. Wilson also co-wrote and starred in Anderson’s first film

“Bottle Rocket,” and co-wrote and co-executive produced Anderson’s second feature

“Rushmore.” He also served as associate producer on the Oscar® winning film “As

Good As It Gets.”

Wilson's additional acting credits include “The Cable Guy,” “Armageddon,” “The

Minus Man,” “Shanghai Noon,” “Meet The Parents,” “Zoolander,” “Behind Enemy

Lines,” “I Spy,” “Shanghai Knights” and “Starsky and Hutch.”

JENNIFER ANISTON (Jenny Grogran ), born in Sherman Oaks, California and

raised in New York City, is a versatile actress who was exposed to acting at an early age by

her father, John Aniston, who starred on NBC's daytime drama “Days of Our Lives,” and by

her godfather, the late Telly Savalas.

Aniston stars opposite Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson in

the feature film “He’s Just Not That Into You,” based on the bestseller by Greg Behrendt

and Liz Tuccillo. In the past year, she also completed the films “Traveling” co-starring

Aaron Eckhart, and “Management” with Steve Zahn, the latter premiering at the 2008

Toronto Film Festival. Additionally, Aniston is set to produce “Goree Girls” with

producing partner, Kristin Hahn. The project is based on the true story of a group of

women who served time in Texas’ Goree Prison during the 1940s and formed one of the

nation’s first all-female country and western acts.

Aniston completed her tenth and final season on the hit ensemble comedy "Friends,”

along with Courteney Cox-Arquette, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and

Lisa Kudrow, on NBC. Her work as Rachel Green earned her five Emmy® nominations,

two Screen Actors Guild Award® nominations as well as two Golden Globe® Award

nominations, and four People’s Choice® Awards. Aniston won her first Emmy in 2002

for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series as well as her first Golden Globe Award in 2003 for

Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

In addition to the massive success she has achieved on the small screen, Aniston has

continued to branch out with very different roles on the silver screen. She was last seen in

the hit romantic comedy “The Break-Up,” which also starred Vince Vaughn. She also

starred in “Friends with Money,” which marked Aniston’s return to independent cinema; her

performance and the film received rave reviews. Additionally, Aniston starred in the Rob

Reiner film “Rumor Has It,” as well as in the thriller “Derailed,” also starring Clive Owen.

Aniston played opposite Ben Stiller in Universal’s “Along Came Polly” and starred

opposite Jim Carrey and Morgan Freeman in the smash hit comedy, “Bruce Almighty.”

Aniston starred in Miguel Arteta’s critically acclaimed third film, “The Good Girl” opposite

Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly and Zooey Deschanel, for which Aniston earned an

Independent Spirit Award nomination. The film made its debut to rave reviews at the 2002

Sundance Film Festival and was released by Fox Searchlight.

Aniston’s other film credits include: “Rock Star” opposite Mark Wahlberg, directed

by Stephen Herek; “She’s the One” opposite director Ed Burns and Cameron Diaz; “Picture

Perfect” opposite Kevin Bacon and Olympia Dukakis, directed by Glenn Gordon Caron;

“‘Til There Was You” with Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sarah Jessica Parker and Dylan

McDermott; and the critically praised “The Object of My Affection” opposite Paul Rudd.

Her other film credits include “Office Space” and “Dreams for an Insomniac.”

In 2006, Aniston made her directorial debut, directing the short film, “Room 10,”

as part of the award winning short film series, Glamour Reel Moments.

Aniston, who is of Greek descent, spent a year of her childhood living in Greece

with her family, relocating to New York when her father landed a role on the daytime drama

“Love of Life.” She had her first taste of acting at age 11 when she joined the Rudolf

Steiner School’s drama club. Her experience at the Rudolf Steiner School also helped

Aniston develop a passion for art. At age 11, she created a painting that was selected to be

on display in an exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

She began her professional training as a drama student at New York's High School

of the Performing Arts. After graduating in 1987, Aniston won roles in the Off-Broadway

productions “For Dear Life” at New York's Public Theater and “Dancing on Checker’s

Grave.” In 1989, she landed her first television role as a series regular on “Molloy.”

Aniston’s other television credits include series regular roles on “The Edge” and “Ferris

Bueller,” a recurring role on “Herman’s Head” and guest-starring roles on “Quantum Leap”

and “Burke’s Law.”

ERIC DANE (Sebastian Tunney) gained massive recognition early 2006 when he

first appeared on “Grey’s Anatomy” as Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan. “Grey’s Anatomy”

was honored at the 2007 SAG Awards™ when its cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award

for Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast, and at the 2007 Golden Globes, where the show

won for Best Television Series-Drama.

Dane was raised in San Francisco, the older of two brothers whose father was an

architect and interior designer and mother a homemaker. While excelling as an athlete in

high school, he was bitten by the acting bug in a production of Arthur Miller’s play “All My

Sons.” After moving to Los Angeles in 1993, Dane made his TV debut on “The Wonder

Years,” racking up guest roles on other series and recurring roles on “Charmed,” “The

American Embassy” and, giving precedence to his current role, as a doctor on “Gideon’s

Crossing.” He has also appeared in several television films, including “Serving in Silence”

and the remake of “Helter Skelter.” Most recently, he appeared in “Wedding Wars”

opposite John Stamos.

On the big screen, Dane’s first major role came in 1999 in the World War I film

“The Basket,” and he was subsequently featured in the comedy “Sol Goode.” Other film

credits include the tongue-in-cheek horror film “Feast” and “Open Water: Adrift.” Dane

portrayed Jamie Madrox, aka Multiple Man, in the summer blockbuster hit “X-Men: The

Last Stand.”

ALAN ARKIN (Arnie Klein) has long been recognized as an actor of great talent

and versatility on stage, screen and television. He won the 2007 Academy Award for Best

Supporting Actor, the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, the 2007 Best

Motion Picture Cast Performance by the SAG Awards and the 2007 Independent Spirit

Award for Best Supporting Male – all for his performance in “Little Miss Sunshine.”

Most recently, Arkin played The Chief in “Get Smart” and was in the film “Rendition”

starring opposite Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep. Next, he will be

seen in “Sunshine Cleaning” starring opposite Emily Blunt and Amy Adams.

Born in New York, Arkin launched his career with Chicago’s improvisational

revue, “Second City.” This led to his first part on Broadway, the lead in Carl Reiner's

play “Enter Laughing,” for which he won a Tony® Award. The following year he

appeared again on Broadway in Murray Schisgal's hit “LUV.” In 1998, he directed,

starred and co-wrote with Elaine May, the hit production of “Power Plays” at the

Promenade Theatre.

Arkin began directing for the stage with the acclaimed “Eh?” starring Dustin

Hoffman, at the Circle in the Square. He then won an Obie® for directing Jules Feiffer's

“Little Murders,” followed by Feiffer’s “The White House Murder Case”; these three

plays kept the Circle in the Square tied up for several years. These productions were

followed by “The Sunshine Boys” on Broadway, “Rubbers and Yanks Three” at The

American Place Theater, “Joan of Lorraine” at the Hartman in Stamford, “The Sorrows

of Stephen” at the Burt Reynolds Theatre, starring his son, Adam Arkin, and “Room

Service” at the Roundabout in New York.

Arkin’s debut feature film, “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are

Coming,” earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, as well as an Oscar

nomination. He received a second Oscar nomination and the New York Critics Award,

for his performance in “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.” A second New York Critics

Award followed for his role in “Hearts of the West.” Arkin’s other films have included

“Catch 22,” “Little Murders” (which he also directed), “Joshua: Then and Now,” “The

In-Laws,” “Edward Scissorhands,” “Havana,” “Glengarry Glenn Ross,” “Four Days In

September,” “Mother Night,” “Slums Of Beverly Hills,” “Gattaca,” “Steal Big, Steal

Little,” “Jakob The Liar,” “Grosse Pointe Blank,” “America’s Sweethearts,” “Thirteen

Conversations About One Thing,” “Noel” and “The Novice.”

Arkin has written and directed two short films, “T.G.I.F.” and “People Soup.”

The first opened the New York Film Festival, and the latter received an Oscar nomination

for Best Short Subject.

Arkin starred in the highly acclaimed series “100 Centre Street,” written and

directed by Sidney Lumet. Other television work includes his Emmy-nominated

performances in “Pentagon Papers” for the FX network, and “Escape From Sobibor.” He

guest starred as the father of his real-life son Adam, on “Chicago Hope,” which earned

Alan yet another Emmy nomination. He also appeared in Showtime’s “Varian’s War,”

and was recently seen in HBO’s “And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself” with Antonio

Banderas for director Bruce Beresford.

Arkin directed the television adaptation of the Broadway play “Twigs,” with

Carol Burnett, and “The Visitor,” with Jeff Daniels, Swoozie Kurtz and Julie Haggerty,

which won multiple international awards.

When not occupied as an actor or director, Arkin is likely to devote his time to

music or writing. He has written six books, the latest a children’s book entitled Cassie

Loves Beethoven. An earlier work, The Lemming Condition, has sold steadily for twenty

years, and was honored by The Book Sellers of America by being placed in the White

House Library.

KATHLEEN TURNER (Ms. Kornblut) has garnered critical acclaim for her

performances in a wide variety of film and theater projects. Turner was nominated for a

Golden Globe for her performance in “Body Heat.” She won a Golden Globe Award for

her performances in “Romancing the Stone” and “Prizzi’s Honor.” Turner’s work in

“Peggy Sue Got Married” brought her both an Academy Award nomination and a Golden

Globe nomination, and she earned yet another Golden Globe nomination for “War of the

Roses.”

In 2008, Turner wrote of her many accomplishments and life experiences in her

autobiography titled Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on my Life, Love, and Leading

Roles. The book, co-authored by Gloria Feldt, secured a position on The New York Times

Best-Seller List.

Turner’s extensive film credits also include the critically acclaimed “The Virgin

Suicides” directed by Sofia Coppola, “The Man with Two Brains” with Steve Martin,

“Jewel of the Nile” with Michael Douglas, “Crimes of Passion,” “The Accidental

Tourist,” “V.I. Warshawski,” John Waters’ “Serial Mom,” “Naked in New York” and

“Moonlight and Valentino.” It is also impossible to forget Turner’s standout

performance as the sultry voice of Jessica Rabbit in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”

In addition to her thriving film career, Turner frequently returns to live theater. In

2008 she directed the Roundabout Theatre Company's off Broadway production of the

Pulitzer Prize winning play "Crimes of the Heart." In 2007, she received London's

coveted Evening Standard and London Critics Circle awards and a Laurence Olivier

Award nomination for the West End production of Edward Albee’s modern classic

“Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?” having been nominated for the 2005 Tony Award

for Best Actress during the play's acclaimed run on Broadway. In the fall of 2000,

Turner broke box-office records starring in the stage version of the classic film “The

Graduate” in London’s West End, playing the role of Mrs. Robinson. In 2002 she took

“The Graduate” to Broadway.

In 1998, she made her British stage debut at the Chichester Festival Theater,

which was founded by Sir Laurence Olivier. Recently, Turner worked with Michael

Lessac, who directed Turner as Tallulah Bankhead in Sandra Ryan Heyward’s one-

woman show “Tallulah,” which she toured in across the U.S.

Turner starred on Broadway in Jean Cocteau’s “Indiscretions.” Other stage works

include her portrayal of “Maggie the Cat,” in the 1989 Broadway revival of Tennessee

Williams “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” the Broadway production of “Gemini,” and “Camille”

at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Turner also starred in

“Travesties,” “The Seagull,” “Toyer,” and “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” at the

prestigious Arena Stage in Washington D.C.

Turner is an ambassador for Planned Parenthood and also sits on the boards for

City Meals on Wheels, People for the American Way, Childhelp and the Ms. Foundation.

She speaks across the country on behalf of these various causes.

Turner is a Missouri native, but was raised in Canada, Cuba and England, where

her father was a diplomat.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

DAVID FRANKEL (Director) directed the smash hit “The Devil Wears Prada”

starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Additionally, he directed the HBO series

“Entourage,” for which he was nominated for an Emmy in 2005. Previously for HBO, he

directed the hit show “Sex and the City,” and “Band of Brothers,” the latter winning six

Emmys, including Best Director. He also directed “The Pennsylvania Miners’ Story” for

ABC.

Frankel is a comedy writer and director who began writing and producing TV

sitcoms before making his feature film directorial debut with "Miami Rhapsody" in 1995.

Frankel also wrote and produced the film, which featured Sarah Jessica Parker.

The son of Max Frankel, former executive editor and later columnist for The New

York Times, Frankel toyed with becoming a political humorist. After graduation from

Harvard, his first professional assignment was an article for Esquire about John

McEnroe, the tennis star against whom Frankel had competed in high school.

Frankel began writing for TV, breaking in with “The Ellen Burstyn Show,” a

short-lived ABC sitcom that debuted in 1986. Teaming with Norman Steinberg, he wrote,

directed and was co-executive producer of the CBS sitcom “Doctor, Doctor” (1989-91)

starring Matt Frewer. The show revolved around an earnest but eccentric physician and

earned critical applause, even if a larger audience never found the show. In 1991,

Frankel and Steinberg created “Teech,” a short-lived CBS sitcom starring Phill Lewis as

a music teacher. The following year, Frankel created, wrote and directed the critically

well-received "Grapevine" (CBS), about relationships.

With Steinberg, Frankel made the leap to the big screen in 1990, co-writing

"Funny About Love,” which starred Gene Wilder as a cartoonist who wants to be a

father. He went on to write “Nervous Ticks” (1993), about the life of a luggage handler at

an airport. Frankel was back to TV for a spell in 1996, writing the busted pilot for an

ABC sitcom starring Bebe Neuwirth called "Dear Diary,” which was later released as a

short film and earned an Oscar as Best Live Action Short.

SCOTT FRANK (Screenwriter) made his directorial debut with “The Lookout,”

which he also wrote. Frank earlier won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best

Adapted Screenplay, the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, the Best

Screenplay Awards from both the National Society of Film Critics and The Boston

Society of Film Critics, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted

Screenplay, all for “Out of Sight,” based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.

Frank’s other screenplay credits include “The Interpreter,” “Flight of the

Phoenix,” “Minority Report,” “Get Shorty” (Writers Guild, Edgar, and Golden Globe

nominations), “Malice,” “Dead Again” and “Little Man Tate.”

Frank grew up in Los Gatos, California, and received a B.A. in Film Studies from

the University of California at Santa Barbara.

DON ROOS (Screenwriter) wrote and directed “Happy Endings,” a comedy-

drama about love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life, released in 2005. In 1998

he made his directorial debut with “The Opposite of Sex,” winning two Independent

Spirit Awards for best first feature and best screenplay. In 2000, he directed Ben Affleck

and Gwyneth Paltrow in his script “Bounce,” and created the NBC series “M.Y.O.B.”

Next, he directs the film “Love and Other Impossible Pursuits,” starring Natalie

Portman, based on the novel by Ayelet Waldman.

Roos is the screenwriter of “Love Field,” “Single White Female,” “Boys on the

Side” and the 1996 remake of “Diabolique.”

KAREN ROSENFELT (Producer), following 15 years as an executive at

Paramount Pictures, signed an exclusive, two-year production deal with Fox 2000

Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.

At Fox, Rosenfelt executive produced the box-office smashes “The Devil Wears

Prada,” “What Happens in Vegas” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks.”

Rosenfelt develops and oversees films targeted to teens and family audiences, as

she did at Paramount, where she oversaw live-action features like “Save the Last Dance,”

“Coach Carter,” “Mean Girls” and “Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events.”

She was instrumental in setting up Paramount’s partnership with Nickelodeon

Movies, overseeing the film adaptations of the Nickelodeon television properties like

“Rugrats” and “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Other Nickelodeon films made under her

purview include: “Jimmy Neutron,” “Snow Day” and “Harriet the Spy.”

Rosenfelt began her career at ICM, as an assistant to talent agent Sue Mengers.

She went on to become a creative executive at Jerry Weintraub Productions and a senior

vice president at MGM. Rosenfelt also oversaw “The First Wives Club,” “Indecent

Proposal,” “Runaway Bride” and “The General’s Daughter.”

GIL NETTER (Producer) partnered with filmmaker David Zucker in Zucker-

Netter Productions. He and Zucker produced the Fox thriller “Phone Booth,” starring

Colin Farrell, directed by Joel Schumacher. In partnership with Wayne Rice, Netter

produced the Fox comedy “Dude, Where’s My Car?” directed by Danny Leiner, starring

Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott. His other film credits include: “High School

High,” “BASEketball,” “My Boss’s Daughter,” the Farrelly Brothers comedy “Fever

Pitch,” and “Flicka.”

Netter was president of Zucker Brothers Productions for seven years, where he

executive produced such films as “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “First Knight,” “Naked

Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult,” “Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear,” and Fox’s “A Walk

in the Clouds.” Netter began his career as a talent/literary agent for The Agency and later

vice president of Imagine Entertainment. Most recently, he served as executive producer

on Fox 2000 Pictures’ “Eragon.”

ARNON MILCHAN (Executive Producer) is widely renowned as one of the

most prolific and successful independent film producers of the past 25 years, with over

100 feature films to his credit. Born in Israel, Milchan was educated at the University of

Geneva. His first business venture was transforming his father’s modest business into

one of his country’s largest agro-chemical companies. This early achievement was a

harbinger of Milchan’s now-legendary reputation in the international marketplace as a

keen businessman.

Soon, Milchan began to underwrite projects in areas that had always held a

special interest for him – film, television and theater. Early projects include Roman

Polanski’s theater production of “Amadeus,” “Dizengoff 99,” “La Menace,” “The

Medusa Touch” and the mini-series “Masada.” By the end of the 1980s, Milchan had

produced such films as Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy,” Sergio Leone’s “Once

Upon at Time in America” and Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.”

After the huge successes of “Pretty Woman” and “The War of the Roses,”

Milchan founded New Regency Productions and went on to produce or executive

produce a string of successful films including “J.F.K,” “Sommersby,” “A Time to Kill,”

“Free Willy,” “The Client,” “Tin Cup,” “Under Siege,” “L.A. Confidential,” “The

Devil’s Advocate,” “The Negotiator,” “City of Angels,” “Entrapment,” “Fight Club,”

“Big Momma’s House,” “Don’t Say a Word,” “Daredevil,” “Man on Fire,” “Guess

Who,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Big Momma’s House 2” and “Date Movie.”

Recent hits include “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” the parody “Meet the Spartans,”

which opened at number-one in box office, “Jumper,” a sci-fi action-adventure starring

Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, and Samuel L. Jackson, directed by

Doug Liman; and the romantic comedy “What Happens in Vegas,” toplining Cameron

Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. Upcoming is “Bride Wars,” a comedy starring Kate Hudson

(who also produces) and Anne Hathaway.

Along the way, Milchan brought on board two powerful investors and partners

who share his vision: Nine Network and Twentieth Century Fox. Fox distributes

Regency movies in all media worldwide (excluding an output arrangement Regency has

in Germany), including on U.S. pay television, and international pay and free television.

Milchan also successfully diversified his company’s activities within the sphere of

entertainment, most specifically in the realm of television through Regency Television

(“Malcolm in the Middle,” “The Bernie Mac Show”). Regency recently acquired a stake

in Channel 10, BabyFirstTV, and an Israeli TV network. In addition, Regency holds

television rights to Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association events.

JOE CARACCIOLO, JR. (Executive Producer) began his career in film as a

production manager on director Sidney Lumet’s “Running on Empty” and “The Verdict.”

Caracciolo executive produced “What Happens in Vegas” starring Cameron Diaz

and Ashton Kutcher, and “The Devil Wears Prada” starring Meryl Streep and Anne

Hathaway. His other executive producing credits include “Just My Luck,” starring

Lindsay Lohan, “Hide & Seek,” a psychological thriller starring Robert De Niro and

Dakota Fanning, and “Uptown Girls,” a comedic New York fairy tale starring Brittany

Murphy and Dakota Fanning. Additionally, he produced the teen thriller “Swimfan,”

directed by John Polson.

Caracciolo’s other feature film credits include James Foley’s “Glengarry Glen

Ross,” Jon Amiel’s “Copycat,” and “The Man Who Knew Too Little,” and writer-

director John Waters’ “Serial Mom,” “Pecker,” and “Cecil B. Demented.”

FLORIAN BALLHAUS (Director of Photography) most recently lensed “The

Devil Wears Prada” starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, directed by David

Frankel, and “Flightplan” starring Jodie Foster, directed by Robert Schwentke. Ballhaus

also worked with Schwentke on the hit German film, “The Family Jewels” (“Eierdiebe”).

Additionally, Ballhaus served as director of photography on Alan Rudolph’s “The Secret

Lives of Dentists” and “Investigating Sex.” He also was second unit cinematographer on

“Gangs of New York,” “Men in Black II,” “The Legend of Bagger Vance” and “What

Planet Are You From?”

The son of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus,

Florian began his career as an assistant cameraman before becoming a camera operator.

His select film credits in those capacities include “Godzilla,” “Men in Black,”

“Outbreak,” “The Age of Innocence,” “Dracula,” “Goodfellas,” “Working Girl,”

“Broadcast News,” and “After Hours,” among others.

Ballhaus also served as director of photography on the last season of the hit HBO

series “Sex and the City,” and on numerous movies filmed in Germany.

STUART WURTZEL (Production Designer) received an Academy Award

nomination for his work on Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters.” He also designed

Allen’s “Purple Rose of Cairo,” in addition to three films by Peter Yates -- “Suspect,”

“The House on Carroll Street” and “An Innocent Man.” More recently, he designed the

hit fantasy-comedy “Enchanted.”

Wurtzel designed several projects for HBO, the first of which was Mike Nichols’

production of “Wit,” starring Emma Thompson. He continued the Nichols/HBO

collaboration with “Angels in America,” for which Wurtzel won both an Emmy Award

and an Art Directors’ Guild award in 2004. His most recent HBO venture was “Empire

Falls,” directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Paul Newman and Ed Harris, for which

Wurtzel was nominated for an Emmy Award and won an Art Directors’ Guild award.

Wurtzel’s numerous other feature credits include “Before and After,”

“Stepmom,” “Hair,” “Used People,” “Mermaids,” “Romeo is Bleeding,” “Three Men and

a Little Lady,” “Old Gringo,” “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” “The Mambo Kings,” “When

a Man Loves a Woman,” I.Q.,” “Murder by Numbers,” “The Ghost and the Darkness,”

“Little Manhattan” and “Charlotte’s Web.”

Wurtzel’s first feature film design credit was Joan Micklin Silver’s “Hester

Street,” on which he collaborated with his wife Patrizia von Brandenstein. His association

with Silver continued with “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” for the American Short Stories

series on PBS, and with the feature “Between the Lines.”

Raised in Hillside, New Jersey, Wurtzel studied scenic design at Carnegie Mellon

University, earning and MFA degree. He began working as a theatrical stage designer,

with four seasons as resident designer at the American Conservatory Theater in San

Francisco and three seasons at Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park.

After moving to New York, Wurtzel designed numerous Broadway productions,

including “Summer Brave,” “Unexpected Guests,” “Tiny Alice,” “A Flea in Her Ear,”

“Sizwe Banze Is Dead,” “The Island,” and “Wally’s Café.” Off-Broadway credits

include “Trumpets and Drums” and “Rosmersholm” at the Roundabout Theater; “Gimme

Shelter” at BAM; “Sorrows of Stephen” (for which he won the Joseph Maharam Award

for Stage Design) and “Henry IV, Part I” for the New York Shakespeare Festival.

On television, Wurtzel’s design for “Little Gloria…Happy at Last” earned him an Emmy

Award nomination for Art Direction.

MARK LIVOLSI, A.C.E. (Editor) edited “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Vanilla

Sky,” “Elizabethtown,” “Almost Famous,” “Pieces of April,” “The Girl Next Door,”

“Max and Grace” and “Spin the Bottle.” As assistant editor, Livolsi worked on “Crimes

& Misdemeanors,” “The Thomas Crown Affair,” “At First Sight,” “Heaven & Earth,”

“Meet Joe Black,” “Deconstructing Harry,” “Marvin's Room,” “Touch,” “Shadows and

Fog,” “Alice,” “French Kiss” and “The River Wild.” His credits in other editorial

capacities include “Night and the City” and “Heartburn.”

CINDY EVANS (Costume Designer) began her career as a costume designer on

director Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated “Memento.” She was costume designer

on “Freedom Writers” and “PS I Love You,” both directed by Richard LaGravenese and

both starring Hilary Swank.

On director Niki Caro’s “North Country,” Evans re-teamed with Charlize Theron,

for whom she was the actress’s costumer on “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” directed by

Robert Redford, and on “Sweet November.” For director Catherine Hardwicke, Evans

was costume designer on the coming-of-age drama “Thirteen” and “Lords of Dogtown,”

a fictional take on the birth of the skateboarding culture. On “Laurel Canyon,” which

examines the ironies of generational culture clash, Evans worked again with Hardwicke,

who then held production designer duties.

Evans recently completed Guillermo Arriaga’s directing debut “The Burning

Plain,” an ensemble drama featuring Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Other credits

include “The Forgotten” and “Along Came Polly.”

THEODORE SHAPIRO’s (Composer) recent projects include the comedies

“The Devil Wears Prada,” “Tropic Thunder,” “Semi-Pro,” “You, Me and Dupree” and

“Blades of Glory.” His many other credits include “Idiocracy,” “Dodgeball: A True

Underdog Story,” “Fun with Dick and Jane,” “The Baxter,” “Starsky and Hutch” and

“Along Came Polly.” Previously, he worked on “View From the Top,” the smash hit

comedy “Old School,” “Heist,” “State and Main” and the critically acclaimed “Girlfight.”

He won BMI Music Awards for his work on “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Blades

of Glory,” “You, Me and Dupree,” “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Starsky and

Hutch” and “Along Came Polly.”

Shapiro also writes music for the concert hall; his works have been performed by

orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Seattle Symphony.

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FOX 2000 PICTURES and

REGENCY ENTERPRISES Present

A GIL NETTER / SUNSWEPT

ENTERTAINMENT Production

A DAVID FRANKEL Film

OWEN WILSON

JENNIFER ANISTON

“MARLEY & ME”

ERIC DANE

KATHLEEN TURNER

and ALAN ARKIN

NATHAN GAMBLE

HALEY BENNETT

ANN DOWD

CLARKE PETERS

Directed by.................................................DAVID FRANKEL

Screenplay by......................SCOTT FRANK and DON ROOS

Based upon the book by.................................JOHN GROGAN

Produced by ..........................................KAREN ROSENFELT

............................................................................GIL NETTER

Executive Producers ................................ ARNON MILCHAN

..........................................................JOE CARACCIOLO, JR.

Director of Photography .................... FLORIAN BALLHAUS

Production Designer............................... STUART WURTZEL

Film Editor........................................MARK LIVOLSI, A.C.E.

Music by ............................................ THEODORE SHAPIRO

Music Supervisor ......................................... JULIA MICHELS

Costume Designer...........................................CINDY EVANS

Casting by...............................................MARGERY SIMKIN

Unit Production Managers................................DANA ROBIN

..........................................................JOE CARACCIOLO, JR.

First Assistant Director...........................STEPHEN L.DAVIS

Second Assistant Director................... VANESSA HOFFMAN

CAST:

John.............................................................. OWEN WILSON

Jenny....................................................JENNIFER ANISTON

Sebastian..............................................................ERIC DANE

Ms. Kornblut.......................................KATHLEEN TURNER

Arnie Klein ...................................................... ALAN ARKIN

Patrick (Age 10)..................................... NATHAN GAMBLE

Lisa .......................................................... HALEY BENNETT

Dr. Platt...............................................................ANN DOWD

Editor .........................................................CLARKE PETERS

Conor (Age 8) ........................................FINLEY JACOBSEN

Colleen (Age 5).......................................... LUCY MERRIAM

Patrick (Age 7)....................................... BRYCE ROBINSON

Conor (Age 5) ................................................. BEN HYLAND

Neighbor Mom (Nurse) ............................ SARAH O’KELLY

Big Guy .......................................................KEITH HUDSON

Debby ........................................................ HALEY HUDSON

Dr. Sherman........................................................ TOM IRWIN

Jorge .................................................................. ALEC MAPA

Lori .............................................................SANDY MARTIN

Mrs. Butterly......................................JOYCE VAN PATTEN

OB/GYN Nurse .................................ZABRYNA GUEVARA

Secretary.................................................MEGAN MAZAIKA

Shannon ..................................................... HALEY HIGGINS

Viviana ............................................................. ANA AYORA

Billy...............................................MATTHEW J. WALTERS

Sunbather.................................................. NICOLE HEROLD

Dude ........................................................................PAUL TEI

Realtor ..................................................... NATALIE MILLER

Metro Reporter ....................................... GASTON RENAUD

Waitress ...........................................ANGELINA ASSERETO

Boy .............................................................EMMETT ROBIN

Still Photographer.............................................LISA VARGA

Patrick (Age 3) .............................................DYLAN HENRY

Neighbor Steve ................................... STEPHEN LEE DAVIS

Party Guy Michael................................... MICHAEL BASKIN

Patrick (Age 20 months).....BRADLEY ALDAN FRISHMAN

Newscaster .....................................................ERIC CONGER

Stunt Coordinators.........................................G. A. AGUILAR

.........................JOHN CENATIEMPO, BLAISE CORRIGAN

Stunts By: ......................... BILLY BATES, CORT HESSLER

JC ROBAINA, CHICK BERNHARD, STACY COURTNEY

.......................... HOWARD LEFSTEIN, KEITH SIGLINGER

.............ROSIE BERNHARD, ALEX EDLIN, GARY LOWE

..NANCY WETZEL, EDDIE FERNANDEZ, PAUL MARINI

........................JONI PODESTA, JAMES (CHEEKS) CHEEK

.................................RALPH GONZALEZ, ERIC MIRANDA

Helicopter Pilots .................... AL CERULLO, AL GUTHERY

Made In Association With

DUNE ENTERTAINMENT III LLC

Head Animal Trainer / Coordinator............... MARK FORBES

Lead Trainer ....................................MATHILDE DE CAGNY

.....................................................................LARRY MADRID

Trainers..................RAYMOND W. BEAL, APRIL MACKIN

.......................JAMES WARREN, CANDACE B. COTHERN

....................................................................... LARRY PAYNE

Camera Operator – A Camera ........................... TOM LAPPIN

First Assistant Camera – A Camera.......HEATHER NORTON

Second Assistant Camera – A Camera ...AMANDA HUDSON

Camera Operator / Steadicam Operator

– B Camera...................................................BOB GORELICK

First Assistant Camera – B Camera.T. MICHAEL McCLEAN

Second Assistant Camera – B Camera ..............MARVIN LEE

Loader......................................... APRIL RUANE CROWLEY

Still Photographer.................BARRY WETCHER, S.M.P.S.P.

Second Second Assistant Directors ............... GREG GILMAN

.......................REBECCA BAUGHMAN, JESSICA FRANKS

Script Supervisor................................SHEILA G. WALDRON

Additional Editor ..........................................DAVID ROGOW

Assistant Editor..........................WILLIAM KRUZYKOWSKI

Editorial Production Assistant ....................... GINA SANSOM

Supervising Music Editor ................................DAN DiPRIMA

Music Editor ................................... THOMAS S. DRESCHER

Sound Mixer ....................................................... JOE FOGLIA

Boom Person................................................... KEVIN SANTY

Cable Person ............................................ MICHAEL PISANO

Art Director........................................ W. STEVEN GRAHAM

Asst. Art Directors ......................... MARIO R. VENTENILLA

..................................................................... JOHN POLLARD

Set Decorator ......................................HILTON ROSEMARIN

Assistant Set Decorator......................BARBARA PETERSON

Leadmen ............................ MARK DANE, PETER MULLER

Gang Boss............................................. JEFFREY MASTNEY

Set Buyer .................................................ELAINE VICTORIA

On Set Dresser ........................................ GREYSON MILLER

Set Dresser.........DANIEL J. MENDIBLE, GARY DUNHAM

.................................ERIC TIFFENBACH, KATE D. FORRY

Graphic Designer ..............................................WILL EASTIN

Art Department Coordinator ..................... CEDAR McCLURE

Art Department Production Assistant.........JEREMIAH TASH

Property Master................................ PHILIP G. SCHNEIDER

Assistant Property Master ........................ ROMAIN GATEAU

Props Assistants ........................................ JAMIE DORFMAN

..................................................................... RANIERO DAZA

Scenic Charge ................................................ LEWIS BOWEN

Scenic Foreman............ GENESSA GOLDSMITH PROCTOR

Stand By Painter ..............................................JACK REEVES

Scenic Artist............HOLLY RITCHIE, JULIAN MERCADO

........ LUCY WEBER, ROGER SHERMAN, CHRIS ALICEA

............................ LINDA PILGRIM, JASON OCHENRIDER

.......... DEAN F. JANIK, ARTURO MENDEZ, JESSE MARS

.....................ROGELIO C. AMADOR, GEORGE SIMPORIS

.......................................................................VIVIAN RUSSO

Greens Coordinator......................................DAN GILLOOLY

Greensman Foremen ...................................KEVIN MANGAN

...............................................................MICHAEL J. FLYNN

Greensman ................................................. JEREMY KOENIG

Greens Standby......................................ROBERT E. LORING

Gaffer............................................................ JEFF MURRELL

Best Boys Electrics ................................STEVE REINHARDT

.................................................................... JACK H. ROSE, II

Board Operator ......................................NICHOLAS COLVIN

Electrics ............................................................KAI MORBEY

.............................................. CHRIS HILL, JIMMY SECKEL

Rigging Gaffer ......................................... DENNIS LOOTENS

Best Boy Rigging Electric ........... FREDERICK VALENTINE

Rigging Electrics.........................................JEFFREY TOGNO

PAUL "D" OLSEN, DANIEL DEMIRGIAN, SEAN MEYER

Key Grip .................................................MICHAEL C. PRICE

Best Boy Grip ........................................LANDEN RUDDELL

Dolly Grip..............................................MICHAEL S.EPLEY

B Dolly Grip...................................................JAMES GREEN

Company Grips..................... TODD WOOD, JORGE PARRA

....................................................................... EVAN NELSON

Key Rigging Grip .................... EDWARD "RICK" LACOSTE

Best Boy Rigging Grip ............................L. KURT BECKLER

Rigging Grips ............................................CASEY OSBORNE

.................MATTHEW J. ERRICO, RICHARD HOLBROOK

........................................................... HENRY W. STARLING

Costume Supervisor......................PATRICIA McLAUGHLIN

Key Costumer..................................................LISA PARMET

Set Costumers.....................BROOKE FEIN, SUE SALZANO

Costumer to Jennifer Aniston ... ANNE LAOPARADONCHAI

Costumer to Owen Wilson................................RISA GARCIA

Costume Production Assistant...................................................

.............................................. ROBERT "ROBBIO" OLMEDO

Key Makeup Artist .................................. FELICE DIAMOND

Makeup Artist to Jennifer Aniston ...............ANGELA LEVIN

Makeup Artist to Owen Wilson................TINA EARNSHAW

Key Hair Stylist ................................... CARIDAD COLLAZO

Hair Stylists to Jennifer Aniston...............CHRIS McMILLAN

................................................................KELSIE GIGANDET

Hair Stylist to Owen Wilson............................GERRY JONES

Location Manager...............................SAMUEL P. TEDESCO

Asst Location Manager................SUSANNE RAGNARSSON

Location Assistants................................. JOUVET CABRERA

.............................ALLAN RAMOS, MARCEL PINKOWSKI

..............................................CARLOS REY DEL CASTILLO

Production Coordinator .............................. ELLEN GANNON

Assistant Production Coordinator............ ROBERT CAHOON

Production Secretary.............................AMY BETH BARNES

........................................................... PIERRE M. COLEMAN

Office Production Assistant...............MELISSA MANOUSOS

.....................................................................VERENA FADEN

Special Effects Coordinator....................JC BROTHERHOOD

Special Effects Technician ........................... GARY GIFFUNE

Snow Effects Coordinator..........................................................

............. JOHN GRAY – SNOW BUSINESS -HOLLYWOOD

Construction Coordinator ...................... RONALD PETAGNA

Co Construction Coordinator........................... FRANK DIDIO

Key Construction Grip................... VINCENT GUARRIELLO

Foremen..CHRISTOPHER SCHEETZ, JAMES P. CRAPSER

....PETER DAMIEN, DANIEL STACY, BRIAN LUEHRING

Shop Production Assistant.......................... CHAWNA JONES

Assistant to David Frankel & Joe

Caracciolo, Jr................................AMANDA GREENBLATT

Assistant to Karen Rosenfelt ......................EMMY CASTLEN

Assistants to Arnon Milchan ..........................JANE BULMER

..................................................................... BRYAN SMILEY

Assistant to Owen Wilson ......................STEVE ECKELMAN

Assistant to Gil Netter ...................................KELLY YOUNG

Talent Production Assistant..................SARAH ARVANITES

Key Set Production Assistant ........ JASON “JESTER” SMITH

Set Production Assistants .............................MARIO XAVIER

............................ LEE CIPOLLA, GIOVANNI RODRIGUEZ

Production Accountant .................................LORI SCOWLEY

First Assistant Accountant..............................KAREN FAUST

Second Assistant Accountants ............... WILLIAM PHILLIPS

.................................................................IVELISSE LAURET

Third Assistant Accountant..................... BRETT EIDELMAN

Payroll Accountant ....................................JOEL TOKARSKY

Accounting Clerk.........................CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON

Casting Associate.........................................JUSTINE HEMPE

New York Casting ...................................... GAYLE KELLER

Florida Casting ................................................LORI WYMAN

Casting Associate (LA)............................. DANIELLE COLLI

Casting Assistant (FL) ........................ PHYLLIS KARPINSKI

Unit Publicist ..................... LINDA CULANGELO-McGHAN

Transportation Captain..................................ED O’DONNELL

Transportation Co-Captain............. THOMAS McGOLDRICK

Transportation Miami Captain.....................RICHIE PECORA

Transportation Miami Co-Captain................RONALD LOWE

D.O.T. Coordinator......................................AMBER KIRSCH

Picture Car Coordinator ...................................CYRIL O’NEIL

Picture Car Mechanic..........................................JASON VELS

Video Assist Operator..........................................RAY RIFICE

24 Frame Playback Technician........... TODD ARON MARKS

Research Consultant ...........................................SUZY TORRI

Caterer........... WAYNO’S CATERING / WAYNE FORMAN

Additional Caterer...................................... JACK M. FULLER

Craft Service ....................................................MARCH KATZ

Assistant Craft Service.............................MACK McKELVEY

.......................................................DEREK "HAILEY" DION

Studio Teachers provided by .....................................................

....................ON LOCATION EDUCATION FLORIDA, INC.

Set Medic Coordinator...........................................PAT SELTS

Set Medics ......................................... PHILIP W. SLOAN, JR.

...................... FREDDY FIGUEREDO, MICHAEL T. DUNN

Animals provided by .......BIRDS & ANIMALS UNLIMITED

Visual Effects by ............................................ PIXEL MAGIC

Visual Effects Supervisor .............................RAY McINTYRE

Visual Effects Producer ...................... VICTOR DI MICHINA

3D & 2D Artists....................... DAVID RIDLEN, MIKE ASH

.......GABE KOERNER, STEVE LLOYD, HUDSON SHOCK

................................... BRAD MOYLAN, CRAIG HILDITCH

...................................................... LAWRENCE LITTLETON

Supervising Sound Editors............................ PAUL URMSON

........................................................... NICHOLAS RENBECK

Sound Effects Editor................................ WYATT SPRAGUE

ADR Editor..................................................KENTON JAKUB

Supervising Foley Editor .......................... STEVE VISSCHER

First Assistant Sound Editor .......................RICK CHEFALAS

Assistant Sound Editors ................................ PALOMA MELE

........................................................... LIDIA TEMPLANIZZA

Apprentice Sound Editor..................................... LARRY ZIPF

oley Artist ..................................... MARCO A. CONSTANZO

Foley Mixer .............................................. GEORGE A. LARA

Sound Effects Recordist....................................ERIC POTTER

Re-Recording Sound Mixer ....................TOM FLEISCHMAN

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixers ..... BOB CHEFALAS

.......................................................................PAUL URMSON

Sound Re-Recorditst.....................................BRET JOHNSON

Voice Casting by .................................... BARBARA HARRIS

ADR.......................... PATRICK ARNHEIM, LORI BERHON

................................... KATE DAWSON, EILEEN GALINDO

................................MITCH GREENBERG, JASON HARRIS

..................................JONATHAN HOVA, SONDRA JAMES

............................. ROYCE JOHNSON, ZOE LISTER-JONES

....................... KATHRYN MARKEY, CHRISTIE MOREAU

.................................SEAN OLIVER, JULIAN REBOLLEDO

.......................................................... PETER PAMELA ROSE

Preview Projectionist.........................................LEE TUCKER

Title Design by ....................................LOOK EFFECTS, INC

Digital Intermediate by........................DELUXE NEW YORK

Senior Digital Film Colorist ............................ JOE GAWLER

Digital Intermediate Producer.................... MITCHELL FERM

Digital Intermediate Assistant Colorist...........JACK LEWARS

Digital Intermediate Editor......................JACOB ROBINSON

Smoke Artist..........................................CHRIS MACKENZIE

Avid Services and HD Previews provided

by ................................................................. ORBIT DIGITAL

HD Preview Colorist ..................................STEVE BEGANYI

HD Preview Assistant .....................................KAITLYN FOX

HD Preview Supervisors ...............JOHNATHAN HOFFMAN

.......................................................................... BRIAN REALI

Dailies Lab......................................................... CINEWORKS

Dailies Colorist................................................RALPH PEREZ

Orchestrated and Conducted by..................PETE ANTHONY

Orchestra Contracted by ................................PETER ROTTER

...........................................................SANDY DECRESCENT

Music Preparation by.......JOANN KANE MUSIC SERVICES

Recorded and Mixed by....................................CHRIS FOGEL

Digital Recordist.................................... BRYAN CARRIGAN

Score Recorded at......................................................................

.....THE NEWMAN STAGE, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

........................................................AND HENSON STUDIOS

Recordist............................................................TIM LAUBER

Engineer...................................................DENIS ST. AMAND

Stage Managers ................................................... TOM STEEL

.................................................. FRANCESCO PERLANGELI

Score Mixed at..................................... HYPERION STUDIOS

Assistant Engineers......... KEVIN MILLS , PAUL LAMALFA

Choir Contracted by................................ JASPER RANDALL

PENNSYLVANIA UNIT CREW

Location Manager................................PATRICIA TAGGART

Assistant Location Manager ............................ JULIAN RUHE

Location Scout................................................DAN GORMAN

Location Assistants..................................JOHN GALLOWAY

..........................CHRIS GORMLEY, BROOKS BOUTWELL

Leadman ...................................................... JAMES V. KENT

Foreman.............................................. MICHAEL T. GALVIN

Set Buyer ...................................................CHRISTINE WICK

Set Dressers ......................................WILLIAM V. STEARNE

.......ERIKA S. KATZ, BRETT ACKER, MORGAN MILLER

III

Electrics ..................... RUSSELL KEMPF, ROBERT MABIN

Best Boy Rigging Electric ............. RICHARD T. MITCHELL

Rigging Electrics............................. CHRISTOPHER BOWER

..........ERIC GLYNN, BRIAN RABY, MICHAEL WITHERS

B Dolly Grip ............................................... MARK CATANIA

Grips .......................DAVID FORTINO, ROBERT M. MOCK

.........................MATTHEW HANLON, RYAN CALLAHAN

................CHARLES D. MINTER, KENNETH McCALLUM

...........................................................SHERIDAN BRAXTON

Key Rigging Grip.......................... CHRISTOPHER BEATTIE

Rigging Grip................................................JAY STUART JR.

Second Assistant Camera - B Camera ........DENNIS KORTZE

Sound Utility Person............................ TIMOTHIA SELLERS

Video Assist..................................CHRISTOPHER MURPHY

Tailor..........................................................KARA MORASCO

Props Assistant.................................... GRETA ALEXANDER

Construction Coordinator.......................... ANDREW ROSSIG

Scenic Foreman..............................KRZYSZTOF J. BRATUN

Stand By Painter ....................................CRICKET McGEHEE

Greensmen.....................................MICHAEL J. ATKINSON

DANIEL J. GILROY, JAMES P. GILROY, CHRIS O’NEILL

Second Assistant Accountant.................CAROLINE MILLER

Set Production Assistants.................... TRACEY l. CONNERS

.................................................................. DAVID M. JENNIS

Office Production Assistants.... ELIZABETH McCAUSLAND

...............................................................JEMES P. GOURLEY

Special Effects – Snow Effects..................DANIEL YEAGER

............................... DERRICK CRANE, MARK SKVERSKY

Transportation Captain ........................... JOHN J. SULLIVAN

Transportation Co-Captain.............WILLIAM MACCREADY

Set Medic...................................................VICTORIA DILKS

Craft Service...........LENA DROBOT, CLAUDIA LITWACK

Filmed with Remote Cranes and Heads

From.............................. PANAVISION REMOTE SYSTEMS

SONGS:

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE

Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael

Stipe

Performed by R.E.M.

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV

Licensing

ONE LOVE

Written by Bob Marley

Performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Courtesy of Island Records Limited

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

DECEPCION

Written by Danny Osuna and Sara Traina

Performed by Tech-i-L.A.

Courtesy of LMS Records

ROCKIN’ THE SUBURBS (OVER THE HEDGE

VERSION)

Written by Benjamin Scott Folds

Performed by Ben Folds

Courtesy of Epic Records

By arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC

ENTERTAINMENT

ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU

Written by Mark Bryan, Darius Rucker, James Sonefeld and

Dean Felber

Performed by Hootie & The Blowfish

Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV

Licensing

CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA)

Written by Herbert Hancock, Rahsaan Hakeem Kelly, Melvyn

Simpson and Geoffrey Wilkinson

Performed by US3 featuring Rahsaan and Gerard Presencer

Courtesy of Blue Note Records

Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

LITHIUM

Written by Kurt Cobain

Performed by Bruce Lash

Courtesy of CD Baby

BOB THE BUILDER “INTRO THEME SONG”

Written by Paul K. Joyce

Courtesy of HIT Entertainment Limited

RATHER BE

Written by Richard Paul Ashcroft

Performed by The Verve

Courtesy of Big Life Management obo On Your Own Records

/ EMI Records Ltd.

LUCKY MAN

Written by Richard Paul Ashcroft

Performed by The Verve

Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.

Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill

RIVER SONG

Written by Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson

Performed by Dennis Wilson

Courtesy of Caribou Records/Epic Records

By arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC

ENTERTAINMENT

Special Thanks to:

THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF FILM &

ENTERTAINMENT AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

FOR FLORIDA'S ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

FINANCIAL INCENTIVE

CITY OF MIAMI MAYOR'S OFFICE OF FILM AND

CULTURAL AFFAIRS

STAFF OF THE SUN-SENTINEL

STAFF OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

CITIES OF FT. LAUDERDALE AND HOLLYWOOD

RILEY KATHRYN ELLIS DREW REED

ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY GISCH-GIZELA SCHMITZ DE

HENRIQUEZ

BOB THE BUILDER FOOTAGE COURTESY OF HIT

ENTERTAINMENT

THE NEW YORK TIMES USED WITH PERMISSION

THE PALM BEACH POST USED WITH PERMISSION

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER USED WITH

PERMISSION

THE SUN SENTINEL USED WITH PERMISSION

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ® FOOTAGE USED WITH

PERMISSION OF MAJOR LEAGUE

BASEBALL PROPERTIES, INC.

SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK / ADAGP, PARIS

FILMED WITH ARRICAM LITE,

PROVIDED BY CAMERA SERVICE CENTER

KODAK FILM STOCK

DTS

DOLBY (logo)

In Selected Theatres

Color by and Prints by

DELUXE

(AHA LOGO)

American Humane monitored the animal action. No animals

were harmed.

(AHAD 01159)

Approved No 44641

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