Cast & Crew

Directed by

David O. Russell

Writing Credits

David O. Russell
(written by)

Cast

Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin
Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin
Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb
Mary Tyler Moore
Pearl Coplin
George Segal
Ed Coplin
Alan Alda
Richard Schlichting
Lily Tomlin
Mary Schlichting
Richard Jenkins
Paul Harmon
Josh Brolin
Agent Tony Kent
Celia Weston
Valerie Swaney
Glenn Fitzgerald
Lonnie Schlichting
Beth Stern
Jane
Cynthia LaMontagne
Sandra
David Patrick Kelly
Fritz Boudreau
John Ford Noonan
Mitch
Charlet Oberly
B&B Lady
Nadia Dajani
Jill
Don Creech
Cop #1
Clarke Bittner
Cop #2
Tony Kruk
Detective
Jonathan Teague Cook
Sheriff
Steve Moreno
Deputy
Tori Davis
Flight Attendant
Shawn Michael Howard
Roger
Suzanne Snyder
Alternative Wife
Kacee DeMasi
Cop
Roberta Rockwell
Mel's ex-girlfriend

Produced by

Christopher Goode
associate producer
Trea Leventhal
co-executive producer (as Trea Hoving)
Kerry Orent
co-producer
Dean Silvers
producer (produced by)
Bob Weinstein
executive producer
Harvey Weinstein
executive producer

Music by

Stephen Endelman
(music by)

Cinematography by

Eric Alan Edwards
director of photography (as Eric Edwards)

Editing by

Christopher Tellefsen
(edited by)

Casting By

Risa Bramon Garcia
(casting)
Ellen Parks
(casting)

Production Design by

Kevin Thompson

Art Direction by

Judy Rhee

Set Decoration by

Susan Block
Ford Wheeler

Costume Design by

Ellen Lutter

Makeup Department

Lilly Benyair-Gart
makeup artist: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Lily Gart)
Lisa Collins
makeup artist: Arizona
Mary A. D'Angelo
makeup artist: New York (as Mary D'Angelo)
Helen M. Gallagher
hair stylist: New York (as Helen Gallagher)
Christine M. Guararra
hair stylist: Arizona (as Christine Guararra)
Wayne Herndon
hair stylist
Lori Hicks
makeup artist
Renate Leuschner
wig maker: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Renata Leufeher) / wig maker: New York (as Renata Leufeher)
Violet Ortiz
hair stylist: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Violey Ortiz)
Josephine Rosa
assistant makeup artist: New York
Linda Grimes
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Julie Duvic
unit production manager: Los Angeles/San Diego
Jonathan Gordon
executive in charge of production: Miramax
Victoria McGarry
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Scott K. Coder
second second assistant director: Arizona (as Scott Coder)
Jude Gorjanc
second assistant director
Jolyon Handler
second assistant director: New York
Kent Phillip Johnson
second second assistant director: Arizona (as Kent Johnson)
Marco Londoner
second second assistant director: New York
Jana Ludwigova
second second assistant director: Los Angeles/San Diego
Todd Pfeiffer
first assistant director
Alan Steinman
second assistant director: Los Angeles/San Diego
Sheila G. Waldron
second second assistant director
David 'Wex' Wechsler
first assistant director: Los Angeles/San Diego

Art Department

Joel Barkow
assistant property master
Julia Barraclough
charge scenic (as Julia J. Barraclough)
Martin Bernstein
construction coordinator
Clyde Betts
art production assistant: Arizona
Rodney Clark
construction grip: New York
Keith Cox
construction coordinator: Los Angeles/San Diego
Gregory Criscuolo
carpenter
Mark F. Dennett
set dresser: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Mark Dennet)
Arthur Dworin
scenic: New York
John Farina
construction grip: New York
Will Grant
set dresser: Los Angeles/San Diego (as William Grant)
Brian Hess
set dresser: New York
Tyler Kim
prop assistant: New York
Kevin Ladson
property master: New York (as Kevin C. Ladson)
Andrew Lassman
property master (as Andy Lassman)
John Leavey
scenic
Sarah Lindborg
art department production assistant
Jann McClary
prop assistant: New York
Eric M. Metzger
set dresser (as Eric Metzger)
Timothy Metzger
leadman: Arizona
Scott Miller
propmaker: Los Angeles/San Diego
Keith Mosca
leadman: Arizona
David C. Nute
construction foreman: Los Angeles/San Diego (as David Nute)
Ralph Perri
construction grip: New York
Mike Popovich
scenic: Arizona
David E. Robinson
scenic: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Dave Robinson)
Steve Roll
construction coordinator: Arizona
Jeffrey Rollins
set dresser
Karen Seifried
charge scenic: Arizona
Gregg Singer
set dresser: Arizona
Jim Steere
scenic: New York
Larry Steinberg
construction grip (as Lawrence Steinberg)
Jill Sternberg
scenic
Kimberly A. Street-Lennon
assistant property master: Arizona (as Kim Street-Lennon)
Roman Turovsky
scenic: New York
Tony Valdes
carpenter: Arizona
Alma Villavorta
art department production assistant
Rob Walsh
construction production assistant (as Robert Walsh)
Kerry Weeks
lead person: New York (as Kerry A. Weeks)
David D. Wheeler
propmaker

Sound Department

Michael Barry
sound re-recording mixer: Sound One
Jim Davees
boom operator: New York (as Jim 'Bear' Davees)
Stuart Deutsch
boom operator
David Diamond
boom operator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Dave Diamond)
Jennifer L. Dunnington
apprentice sound editor (as Jennifer Dunnington)
Stuart Emanuel
sound editor
Wendy Hedin
sound designer
Bradford L. Hohle
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Lowell Jacobs
second boom operator: Arizona
Kate Jesse
second boom operator: Arizona
George A. Lara
foley engineer (as George Lara)
Rob Lynch
apprentice sound editor
Yvette Nabel
foley editor
Angela Organ
assistant sound editor
Rolf Pardula
sound mixer
Jeff Pullman
sound mixer: New York
Bill Scheinberg
boom operator: New York
William Schneiberg
boom operator: New York (as Bill Scheiberg)
Jim Stuebe
boom operator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Jim Steube)
Brian Vancho
foley artist
John Werner
apprentice sound editor
Dan Wesson
second boom operator
Mark DeSimone
adr engineer: TV version (uncredited) / adr mixer (uncredited)
Dan Edelstein
adr editor: TV version (uncredited)
Raymond Karpicki
foley editor (uncredited)
James H. Nau
adr editor (uncredited)
Michael Shore
dialogue editor (uncredited)

Stunts

Eric Brown
stunt driver
Joyce R. Korbin
stunt woman (as Joyce Korbin)

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael F. Barrow
camera operator (as Michael Barrow)
Matthew Braun
camera loader: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Mathew Braun)
Keith Bunting
best boy grip
Geb Byers
first assistant camera: New York (as Jeb Buyers)
Laura Colella
camera trainee: New York
Mark J. Coyne
second assistant camera: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Mark Coyne)
Lamont Crawford
grip
Thomas M. Dangcil
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tom Dangcil)
Howard Davidson
key grip: New York
James Edmiston
second grip: New York (as Jim Edmision)
Moose Enright
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tom Enright)
Kevin Erb
best boy grip: Los Angeles/San Diego
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald
grip: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Rambo Fitzgerald)
Richard Gavril
grip: Arizona
Pedro Hernández
best boy grip: Arizona (as Pedro Hernandez)
Mike Hutzger
grip: New York
David Knoblock
grip: Arizona
Ted J. Kredo
best boy electric: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Ted Kredo)
Jim Kwiatkowski
key grip: Los Angeles/San Diego
Eric Liebowitz
still photographer: New York
Gary Martone
key grip
Linda Mazzoni
grip: New York
Tony Mazzucchi
grip: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tony Mazzuchi)
Jeff McGrath
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego
Charlie McNamara
electrician: Arizona (as Charles McNamara)
William D. Moran
grip (as William Moran)
Thomas Nead
electrician: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tom Nead)
Heather Norton
second assistant camera
Rocco Palmieri
electrician
Daniel Pershing
dolly grip: Los Angeles/San Diego
Linda Phillips
electrician
Scott H. Ramsey
gaffer (as Scott Ramsey)
Nate Ranger
assistant camera
Danya Reich
camera trainee
John Rodgers
gaffer: Los Angeles/San Diego
Randell L. Rowlett
electrician: Arizona (as Randell Rowlett)
Richard Rutkowski
first assistant camera
Mike Savage
grip: Los Angeles/San Diego
Jeremy Schroeder
second grip: New York
Mark Schwentner
best boy electric
Lorey Sebastian
still photographer: Los Angeles/San Diego
Chris Skutch
dolly grip
Phil Testa
electrician (as Philip Testa)
Maliz Van de Friess
second assistant camera: Arizona (as Maliz Van De Fries)
Joe Volpe
second assistant camera: New York
Jonathan Weaver
second assistant camera: New York
Joshua M. Weiner
dolly grip: New York (as Josh Weiner) / grip (as Joshua Weiner)
Barry Wetcher
still photographer
Clifton Dance
electrician (uncredited)
Dean Mongan
camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

Mark Byrne
extras casting assistant
Kim Davis-Wagner
extras casting (as Kim Davis)
Susan Fried
extras casting: New York (as Sue Fried)
Daniel Irvine
casting: Arizona
Sunny Seibel
extras casting: Arizona

Costume and Wardrobe Department

June Barney
assistant wardrobe shopper: Arizona
Kathleen Bartlett
wardrobe assistant: New York
Chuck Casey
wardrobe assistant: New York (as Charles Casey II)
Anita Ellis
wardrobe assistant: New York
Shari Gray
costume designer: Los Angeles/San Diego
James Hammer
assistant costume designer (as Jim Hammer)
Katrina Jeffries
wardrobe supervisor: New York
Laurie Johnson
key set costumer: Los Angeles/San Diego / wardrobe shopper
Roseann Milano
wardrobe supervisor
Jeanne Munson
wardrobe assistant: New York
Patricia Sanftner
wardrobe supervisor (as Pat Sanftner)

Editorial Department

Jane Pia Abramowitz
additional assistant editor
Karen Bermudez
post-production assistant
Tod Scott Brody
post-production executive
Mark Ginsberg
color timer
Gerritt Graham
assistant to post-production executive
G. Matt Hepler
post-production assistant
Debra Kanter Kohn
apprentice editor
George Larkin
post-production coordinator (as George W. Larkin)
K. Lorrel Manning
post-production assistant (as K. Lorrell Manning)
Noëlle Penraat
negative cutter
Daniel Pimentel
post-production assistant
Arthur Schlenger
second assistant editor
Victoria Scoggins
post-production assistant
Misako Shimizu
first assistant editor
Ian Silverstein
second assistant editor
Joe Violante
dailies advisor
Chris Gennarelli
dailies colorist (uncredited)
Lou Iocca
additional editor (uncredited)
May Kuckro
apprentice editor (uncredited)
Sara Nicholson
post-production assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

Eddy Collyns
location manager
Amanda Gill
location manager: Los Angeles/San Diego
Jocelyn Jansons
assistant location manager: New York
Mario Ramirez
location scout: Los Angeles/San Diego
Andrew Saxe
assistant location manager / location manager: New York
Christine Welker
location assistant
Tom Yeager
assistant location manager: Arizona

Music Department

Lisa Brown
music coordinator
Emile Charlap
music contractor
Dominic DeRasse
musician: trumpet
James Flatto
Music editor: temp music
Gordon Gottlieb
musician: percussion (as Gordon Gotlieb)
Bonnie Greenberg
music supervisor
Todd Kasow
supervising music editor
Dan Lieberstein
music editor: Kickstart Films
Richard Locker
musician: cello
Jill Meyers
music business affairs
Todd Milner
assistant music editor
Jeffrey Mironov
music arranger: additional material and guitars (as Jeffery Mironov)
John Moses
musician: trumpet
James P. Nichols
score recordist
Rob Paparozzi
harmonica: credited (as Robert Papparozzi) / musician: harmonica (as Robert Papparozzi)
Darcia Parada
musician: vocals
Joe Passaro
musician: percussion
Amy Rockwell
music assistant
Richard Sortomme
musician: synthesizer
Dale Stuckenbruck
musician: singing saw
Tom Swift
score mixer

Script and Continuity Department

Julie Oppenheimer
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Lynn Ashby
driver: Arizona
Art Bauer
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego
Wes Bloom
transportation captain: Arizona
John Burkhart
driver: Arizona
Joe Devane
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Joseph Devane)
Douglas DuVal
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Doug Duval)
Mark Gantt
driver: Arizona
Joe Getzwiller
driver: Arizona
Scott Hess
driver: Arizona
Patrick Knapp
driver: Arizona (as Pat Knapp)
Gary Mahr
driver: New York
Kenny Mason
transportation coordinator: Arizona
Denny McCoy
driver: Arizona
Ron Mitchell
driver: Arizona
Edward O'Donnell
transportation captain (as Eddie O'Donnell)
Walter Rubio
driver: Los Angeles/San Diego
Howard A. Small
transportation coordinator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Howard Small)
Frank Weiss
transportation co-captain

Additional Crew

Joe Abramson
office production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Ryan Allen
office production assistant: New York/Los Angeles/San Diego
Scott Ambrozy
set production assistant: New York/Los Angeles/San Diego (as Scott Ambrory)
Tina M. Ameduri
craft service: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Tina Ameduri)
Alexis Arnold
production secretary: Los Angeles/San Diego
Sherry Azzarella
production secretary: Arizona
Gail Barringer
assistant auditor
Todd W. Beeton
office production assistant: New York (as Todd Beeton)
Jenny Beresford
set production assistant
Amy Berkenbile
office production assistant: Arizona
Tracey Bing
product placement (as Tracey Nicole Bing)
Charmaine Boos
welfare worker: Los Angeles/San Diego
Lisa Bowman
set production assistant
Sarah Brandston
set production assistant
Jeanne Brennan
production coordinator
Terrence Burke
set production assistant: New York
Kevin Center
office production assistant
Evelyn Charbonneau-Wildman
craft service: Arizona
Herman Cohen
set security
Cindy Craig
key set production assistant
John 'JR' Craigmile
post-production auditor
Gregory Criscuolo
craft service: New York (as Greg Criscuolo)
Shanti Delsarte
production consultant: Los Angeles/San Diego / production secretary: New York
Lena Drobot
caterer: New York
Lauren Fischer
set production assistant: New York
Paul Franklin
chef: New York (as Paul Franklin III)
Dave Freed
office production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego (as David Freed)
Ellen Gannon
production secretary
Jodi Gannon
assistant auditor
Rob Harris
unit publicist
Tom Heilig
teamster captain: New York (as Tom Helig)
Harold Horn
craft service: New York
Sam Hyde
set production assistant: Arizona
Jonathan Judge
set production assistant: New York (as Jon Judge)
Gary Kauffman
legal services: Silvers & Kaufmann LLC
Takahide Kawakami
set production assistant: New York (as Taka Kawakami)
Michael J. Kinney
production assistant
Julien Kneel
set production assistant: New York
Lisa Knudson
accountant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Kate Kondell
assistant to director
Michael Landman
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Shari Lee
production coordinator: Arizona
Claudia Lorka
assistant to producer
Patrick Mahoney
craft service: New York
Anthony L. Mariani
production assistant
Tony Mariani
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Patrick Marsh
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Ivan McDonald
set production assistant: New York
Mike McNally
set medic: Arizona
Donald Milne
set production assistant: Arizona
Shalah Mitchell
office intern: Arizona
Marinka Modderman
set production assistant: New York
Miguel Mojica
set production assistant: New York
Margo Myers
production auditor
Neil Orlowski
set production assistant: New York (as Neil Orlawsky)
Michael H. Perman
assistant production coordinator: Los Angeles/San Diego (as Michael Perman)
Paul Polow
set production assistant: New York
Exile Ramirez
edit room coordinator
Jason Rice
office production assistant
Guy H. Rocourt II
set production assistant: New York (as Guy Rocourt)
Christina Rosati
assistant to director
Sheryl Schwartz
set production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Sarah Sciotto
assistant coordinator: Arizona
Jodi Shapera
first assistant accountant
Terry Sims
assistant: Mary Tyler Moore (as Terry W. Sims)
Amanda Slater
set production assistant: New York
Jeremy Slutskin
set production assistant: New York
R. Vincent Smith
craft service (as R. Vince Smith)
John Soran
craft service: New York
Karyn Wagner
craft service: New York
Lucius Wasserman
office production assistant: Los Angeles/San Diego
Michele Ammon
stand-in: Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
Brian H. Berkowitz
production assistant: re-shoots (uncredited)
Terrence C. Burke
production assistant (uncredited)
Paulette D. Clark
assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Harley Kaplan
stand-in: Ben Stiller (uncredited)
Ivor Shier
helicopter pilot (uncredited)

Thanks

Scott Busby
thanks
Janet Grillo
special thanks
Marlen Hecht
special thanks
Cheryl Miller Houser
thanks (as Cheryl Miller-Houser)
Jeffrey Kimball
thanks
John Lesher
special thanks
Meryl Poster
thanks
Jordan Roberts
special thanks
Seth Rose
thanks
Matthew Antonio Grillo Russell
thanks
Barbara Russell-Peloquin
thanks
Forrest Silvers
thanks
Marc Silvers
thanks
Sylvia Silvers
thanks
Tyler Silvers
thanks
Steven Starr
thanks
Nancy Tenenbaum
thanks
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