Addicted to Love (1997)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Griffin Dunne

Writer (WGA):

Robert Gordon (written by)

Release Date:

23 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A Comedy About Lost Loves And Last Laughs

Plot:

Maggie's and Sam's former partners are in love; she wants revenge and he wants his lost love back, so they work together to break up the happy couple.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Revenge | Water Gun | Male Nudity | Proposal

Cast

Meg Ryan	...	Maggie
Matthew Broderick	...	Sam
Kelly Preston	...	Linda
Tchéky Karyo	...	Anton (as Tcheky Karyo)
Maureen Stapleton	...	Nana
Nesbitt Blaisdell	...	Ed Green
Remak Ramsay	...	Professor Wells
Lee Wilkof	...	Carl
Dominick Dunne	...	Matheson
Susan Forristal	...	Cecile
Larry Pine	...	Street Comic
Debbon Ayer	...	Gwen
Maurizio Benazzo	...	Euro-Chic Man
Paolo Calamari	...	French Bartender
Helmar Augustus Cooper	...	Bus Driver
Tom Forrest	...	Astronomer
Shoshanna Gleich	...	School Teacher
Jacqueline Heinze	...	Bald Girl
Mike Hodge	...	Linda's Doorman
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Undergrad Assistant
William Kux	...	Desk Clerk (as Bill Kux)
Steve McAuliff	...	Business Man
Conrad McLaren	...	Motorcycle Man
Bill Timoney	...	Restaurant Patron
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Bowersox	...	Astronomer (uncredited)
Annie Rinsky	...	Linda's student (uncredited)
James Rosin	...	Astronomer (uncredited)

Directed by
Griffin Dunne

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Gordon		(written by)

Produced by
Caroline Baron	....	co-producer
Johanna Demetrakas	....	co-producer
Robert F. Newmyer	....	producer (as Bobby Newmyer)
Susan E. Novick	....	associate producer
Jeffrey Silver	....	producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman

Cinematography by
Andrew Dunn

Film Editing by
Elizabeth Kling

Casting by
Amanda Mackey Johnson
Cathy Sandrich

Production Design by
Robin Standefer

Art Direction by
Stephen Alesch

Set Decoration by
Alyssa Winter

Costume Design by
Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

Makeup Department
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair designer
Colleen Callaghan	....	key hair stylist
Joseph A. Campayno	....	key makeup artist (as Joe Campayno)
Sally Hershberger	....	hair stylist: Meg Ryan
Neal Martz	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Lutz Wesemann	....	makeup artist: Meg Ryan

Production Management
Caroline Baron	....	unit production manager
Pamela Reis	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher DeFaria	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henry Bronchtein	....	first assistant director
Kenneth G. Brown	....	second second assistant director
Amy Lauritsen	....	assistant director
Jennifer Loeb	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Lawrence Amanuel	....	on-set dresser
Paige Bailey	....	art department coordinator
Anthony Baldasare	....	set dresser
James Bono	....	assistant property master
Cristina Buckley	....	art department research
David Carson	....	collage designer: Maggie's collage
Aryn Chapman	....	art department research
Frank DeCurtis	....	assistant property master
Anthony Dunne	....	construction coordinator
John Grimolizzi	....	general foreman
Donna Hamilton	....	assistant set decorator
Joanna Hartell	....	set dresser
Richard Hebrank	....	general foreman
Doug Huszti	....	assistant art director
Miguel López-Castillo	....	assistant art director
Nicholas Lundy	....	assistant art director
Vinny Mazzarella	....	assistant property master (as Vincent Mazzarella)
Jeff Mazzola	....	property master
Timothy Metzger	....	leadperson (as Tim Metzger)
Elaine O'Donnell	....	assistant set decorator
Chris Rego-Marquiis	....	painter
Jon Ringbom	....	charge scenic artist
Karl Shefelman	....	storyboard artist
Stephen Siersema	....	scenic artist
Carl Sprague	....	assistant art director
Nell Stifel	....	scenic artist
Mario Ventenilla	....	assistant art director (as Mario R. Ventenilla)
JoAnn Atwood	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Dierdre Kane	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Addison Pettit	....	graphic designer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Rollins	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Clarissa Shanahan	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Nancy Allen	....	assistant sound editor
Patricia Brolsma	....	cable (as Patty Brolsma)
Kam Chan	....	foley editor
Benjamin Cheah	....	assistant sound editor (as Ben Cheah)
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Dan Evans Farkas	....	assistant sound editor (as Daniel Evans Farkas)
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eugene Gearty	....	sound effects editor
Robert Hein	....	supervising sound editor (as Bob Hein)
Mark Holland	....	sound effects editor
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Annette Kudrak	....	adr editor
Karen McMullen	....	dialogue editor
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor
Ed Novick	....	production sound mixer
Glenfield Payne	....	sound effects editor
Anne Pope	....	assistant sound editor
Bruce Pross	....	foley supervisor
Jac Rubenstein	....	foley editor
Micah Solomon	....	boom operator (as Todd Micah Solomon)
Jeffrey Stern	....	dialogue editor (as Jeff Stern)
Douglas Tourtelot	....	cable (as Doug Tourtelot)
Evan T. Chen	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Dustin DuPilka	....	assistant foley artist (uncredited)
Hal Levinsohn	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Michael W. Mitchell	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Connie Brink	....	special effects coordinator
Jeff Brink	....	special effects foreman
Mike Maggi	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Randall Balsmeyer	....	visual effects supervisor
Kathy Kelehan	....	visual effects producer
Matt McDonald	....	digital artist
Daniel Leung	....	digital compositing supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts
Norman Douglass	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt coordinator
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Tim Gallin	....	stunts
Donald John Hewitt	....	stunts (as Don J. Hewitt Jr.)
Joyce R. Korbin	....	stunts
Steve Mack	....	stunts
Mick O'Rourke	....	stunts
Janet Paparazzo	....	stunts
Jodi Michelle Pynn	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Glenn D. Bloom	....	video assist operator (as Glenn Bloom)
Rod Calarco	....	camera loader
Patrick Capone	....	camera operator (as Pat Capone)
Andrew Casey	....	Steadicam operator
Andy Day	....	best boy electric (as Andrew Day)
Morris Flam	....	gaffer
Jenny Kane	....	electrician
Billy Patsos	....	best boy grip (as William Patsos)
George Patsos	....	key grip
James Pollard	....	dolly grip
Allan D. Smith	....	second assistant camera
John Velez	....	rigging gaffer
John Verardi	....	first assistant camera
Howard Weiner	....	video playback operator
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer
Bill Almeida	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Michael Cambria	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Michael Asa Leonard	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)
Hernan Michael Otaño	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Elizabeth Lang	....	casting associate
Mia Levinson	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kevin Draves	....	wardrobe
Barbara Hause	....	costume supervisor (as Barbara J. Hause)
Gail Just	....	costumer
Fionnuala M. Lynch	....	costume supervisor (as Fionnuala Lynch)
Elizabeth Shelton	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Sam Adelman	....	first assistant editor
Larry Bock	....	additional editor
Michelle Botticelli	....	second assistant editor
Jennifer Davidoff Cook	....	assistant editor (as Jennifer Davidoff)
John Scott Cook	....	assistant editor (as John Cook)
Mark Ginsberg	....	color timer
Michelle Harrison	....	first assistant editor
Anthony L. Jamison	....	assistant editor (as Anthony Jamison)
Gary Levy	....	assistant editor
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive (uncredited)
Arnold Shuster	....	negative matcher (uncredited)
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher (uncredited)
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris Dibble	....	scoring mixer (as Christopher Dibble)
Eric Harryman	....	music consultant
Sean Huff	....	assistant music editor
Erik Jordan	....	assistant scoring engineer
Allan Kaufman	....	music consultant
Dan Lieberstein	....	music editor
Suzana Peric	....	music editor
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
David Snell	....	conductor
Tod Holcomb	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Mulligan	....	transportation co-captain
Peter Tavis	....	transportation captain
Bill Cresant	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Keith Adams	....	office production assistant
Leslie Adler	....	assistant: Ms. Ryan
Robert Algeri	....	assistant: Ms. Baron
Michael Arndt	....	assistant: Mr. Broderick
David Bausch	....	office production assistant
Jeffrey Bull	....	office production assistant
Cynthia Carriere	....	assistant location manager (as Cynthia D. Carriere)
Amy Carter	....	second assistant production accountant
Michael Dallas	....	office production assistant
Timothy Donohue	....	set production assistant (as Tim Donohue)
Leslie Faye Dunaway	....	office production assistant
Kathleen Feeney	....	set production assistant (as Kate Feeney)
Dylan Firshein	....	office production assistant
Andrew Foderingham	....	set production assistant
Sean Garrett Fogel	....	production secretary (as Sean Fogel)
Ann Gastler	....	set production assistant
David Guggenheim	....	office production assistant
Harold Guskin	....	dialect coach
Chandra Joy Hagopian	....	production secretary
Barbara Heller	....	location manager
Heather Hope	....	office production assistant
Douglas Hunter	....	assistant: Mr. Silver
Lori Johnson	....	production coordinator
Cynthia Krall	....	assistant: Mr. Dunne
Asha Kurian	....	assistant production coordinator
Apoorva Lakhia	....	set production assistant
Jean Larette	....	assistant: Mr. Newmyer
Anastasia Leopold	....	set production assistant
Deanna Leslie	....	set production assistant
Robert A. Levine	....	unit publicist (as Robert Levine)
Steve McAuliff	....	animal trainer
Greg McHale	....	assistant location manager
Paul J. Memmi	....	translator
John Michael Sudol	....	production assistant
Lina Ospina	....	craft service
Rita Parikh	....	office production assistant
Mike Phillips	....	production accountant
Virginia Reilly	....	assistant production accountant (as Ginny Reilly)
Jen Roskind	....	office production assistant
Kristen Sampsell	....	set production assistant
Jamie Sheridan	....	set production assistant
Alex Soto	....	office production assistant
Anne Swan	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Timothy Taule	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Jennifer Truelove	....	set production assistant
Barbara Tuss	....	script supervisor
Mark Van Holstein	....	assistant location manager (as Mark Von Holstein)
Reid Warman	....	office production assistant
Byron Wong	....	office production assistant
Brenda Yagmin	....	craft service
Gail Barringer	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Outlaw Productions (I)
• Miramax Films (in association with)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (1998) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (1998) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Animal Makers (animal effects)
• Balsmeyer and Everett

Other Companies

• Effects House, The  opticals
• FedEx  trademark used by permission
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Match Cut Film Services  negative cutting
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• TVT Records  soundtrack
• Tomkats Catering  catering

Also Known As:

Forlorn
Adictos al amor (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
A Lente do Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Addicted to Love (France) [fr]
Ask tutkunu (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Aspondoi erastes (Greece) [el]
Hämnden är ljuv (Sweden) [sv]
In Sachen Liebe (Germany) [de]
Innamorati cronici (Italy) [it]
L'amour, toujours l'amour (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Meglesni és megszeretni (Hungary) [hu]
Milosc jak narkotyk (Poland) [pl]
Ovisni o ljubavi (Croatia) [hr]
Rakkauden koukussa (Finland) [fi]
Suznja ljubezni (Slovenia) [sl]
Viciados no Amor (Portugal) [pt]
Vild med kærlighed (Denmark) [da]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 (bw) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #35298)

Filming Locations:

Centerville, Delaware, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Maggie and Sam use a "camera obscura" to spy on Linda and Anton. The images they watch frequently are panned and zoomed, much like a modern video camera. But when we see Maggie and Sam, they are watching the images and not controlling the camera obscura. It is simply in a fixed position.

Quotes:

[listening to Anton and Linda's boisterous lovemaking]
Sam: Oh, this is horrible! This is horr- this is worse than I'd imagined!
Maggie: Want me to turn it off?
Sam: No, no, I... I need to hear it.
Maggie: How very brave.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-03)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Walk Away Renee

Lightman Meets Kate

If only she could get her hands on some good material. But in her eagerness to break out of a stereotype she's picked some real losers.

Today it's a long list.

Here we have someone who's done an excellent job of acting appearing in a movie almost totally without charm. No, take that back: this is totally without charm.

I can't describe what it feels like to suffer through this turkey. It's very painful as work Ryan has previously done has been so unbelievably good.

Forget the supporting cast: without the diamond up to par and with a totally lacklustre idea for a movie, nothing else matters and nothing's going to help.

Go rent When A Man, Harry/Sally, or Seattle instead.