Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

Director:

John Stockwell

Writers (WGA):

Phil Hay (written by) &
Matt Manfredi (written by)

Release Date:

29 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

When it's real. When it's right. Don't let anything stand in your way.

Plot:

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

Plot Keywords:

School | High School | Latino | Pacific Palisades | Congressman

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Nicole Oakley
Jay Hernandez	...	Carlos Nuñez
Bruce Davison	...	Tom Oakley
Herman Osorio	...	Luis
Miguel Castro	...	Eddie
Tommy De La Cruz	...	Victor
Rolando Molina	...	Hector
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Mrs. Nunez
Lucinda Jenney	...	Courtney Oakley
Taryn Manning	...	Maddy
Richard Steinmetz	...	Coach Bauer
Ana Argueta	...	Rosa
Neil Looy	...	Jimmy - The Pilot
Marion Moseley	...	Morgan Oakley
Mike Jones	...	Dr. Linehan
Carolyn McKnight	...	Mrs. Ellis
Michael J. Fisher	...	Assistant Football Coach Stover
Cory Hardrict	...	Wilcox
Keram Malicki-Sánchez	...	Foster (as Keram Malicki-Sanchez)
Kimi Reichenberg	...	Lainie
Matt McKane	...	Davis (as Matthew McKane)
Jim Jackman	...	Detail Supervisor
Kevin Kane	...	Mr. Kane
Griselda Diaz	...	Taco Vendor
Claudia Soundy	...	Spandexed Latina Girl
Rick Dallago	...	Photo Teacher
Berenice Ayala	...	Blanca
Virginia Sánchez	...	Aunt Eva (as Virginia Sanchez)
Hank Mendoza	...	Guy on Street
María Díaz	...	Oakley's Receptionist (as Maria Diaz)
Louie Liberti	...	Casey
Bob Sattler	...	Police Officer
John Marrott	...	Police Officer
Josh Vaughn	...	Curtis
Devon Williams	...	Band Singer
David Benitez	...	Band Singer
Tracy Claustro	...	Luz
Jackie Napal	...	Jackie
Gary Cruz	...	Dealer
Magdaleno Robles Jr.	...	Dealer
Matt Hobbie	...	Quarterback
John Pemberton	...	Football Official
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Beardsley	...	Pacific High Student (uncredited)
Joshua Feinman	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Matt Holly	...	Football Player (uncredited)

Directed by
John Stockwell

Writing credits (WGA)
Phil Hay		(written by) &
Matt Manfredi		(written by)

Produced by
Rick Dallago	....	co-producer
Rachel Pfeffer	....	producer
Guy Riedel	....	executive producer
Harry J. Ufland	....	producer
Mary Jane Ufland	....	producer

Original Music by
Paul Haslinger

Cinematography by
Shane Hurlbut

Film Editing by
Melissa Kent

Casting by
Sarah Finn		(as Sarah Halley Finn)
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
Maia Javan

Art Direction by
Tom Meyer

Set Decoration by
Maria Nay

Costume Design by
Susan Matheson

Makeup Department
Susan A. Cabral	....	makeup artist: Kirsten Dunst (as Susan Cabral-Ebert)
Martin Samuel	....	hair stylist
Randy Sayer	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Udi Nedivi	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Seth Edelstein	....	second assistant director
Gary B. Goldman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jay Guerra	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jay Guerra	....	second second assistant director
Rip Murray	....	first assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	second assistant director
Brent Stanton	....	second second assistant director (day player)

Art Department
Dale E. Anderson	....	lead man
Evelyn Barbier	....	set designer
Chris Barnes	....	lead painter
Curtis Crowe	....	construction coordinator
Franco Esile	....	lead man: reshoots
Meg Everist	....	buyer
Lilly Frank	....	scenic painter
George Karnoff	....	assistant props
Jonah Markowitz	....	art department assistant
Jeffrey M. O'Brien	....	property master
Eric Reichardt	....	co-lead scenic artist
Carly Starr Brullo Niles	....	assistant property master
Jeffry C. Voorhees	....	set dresser
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Barry Jones	....	paint foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kelly Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Claudia Carle	....	adr recordist
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound effects editor
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Kelley	....	sound effects editor
Matt Knudsen	....	boom operator
Steve Kohler	....	dubbing recordist
Machine Head	....	additional sound designer
Jacqueline Marie McLaughlin	....	cable person (as Jackie McLaughlin)
Nick Neutra	....	foley mixer
Peter Rand	....	boom operator
Robert Rich	....	sound designer
Perry Robertson	....	sound editor
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor
Lauren Stephens	....	supervising sound editor
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Steve Weiss	....	production sound mixer
Brian Williams	....	sound designer
José Antonio	....	production sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Frank Ceglia	....	special effects coordinator
Thomas Rasada	....	special effects technician

Stunts
Ben Bray	....	stunts
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunts
Shauna Duggins	....	stunts
Eddie Fiola	....	stunts
Chris J. King	....	stunts
Rob King	....	stunt coordinator
Lee Smith	....	stunts (as Lee E. Smith)

Camera and Electrical Department
Faith Brewer	....	first assistant camera
Bill Essling	....	best boy grip
Gary Hatfield	....	camera operator (as Gary Hattfield)
David Katz	....	video assist operator
J.D. Ligier	....	balloon light technician
Jason E. Lord	....	electric rigging best boy
Dwayne McClintock	....	aerial director of photography
James M. McClure	....	electrician
Charles Papert	....	Steadicam operator
Charles Papert	....	camera operator
Jim Sanfilippo	....	rigging key grip
Matt Stenerson	....	second assistant camera
Craig Grossmueller	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Patriq Luo	....	electrician (uncredited)
Niran Martin	....	film loader (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rebecca Mangieri	....	casting assistant
Tony Rasmussen	....	extras casting
Amy Greene Vines	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Renee Madison	....	costumer
Hope Slepak	....	costumer supervisor (as Hope B. Slepak)
Sanford Slepak	....	key costumer (as Sandy Slepak)
Susan Strubel	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Andi Kasen Bergman	....	first assistant editor (as Andi Kasen Bergman)
Elana Joy Livneh	....	apprentice editor
Derrick Mitchell	....	assistant editor
Matthew O. Murphy	....	apprentice editor
Jaquelin Pelzer	....	editorial production assistant (as Jacqueline Pelzel)
Christy Richmond	....	assistant editor: avid
Jeff Smithwick	....	color timer
Janelle Showalter	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	scoring mixer
Eric Amdahl	....	music production coordinator
P.J. Bloom	....	music supervisor
Lori L. Eschler	....	music editor
Evyen Klean	....	music supervisor
Blake Neely	....	conductor
Blake Neely	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Morris Aroesti	....	driver
Krister C. Johnson	....	transportation captain
James Lowder	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Cynthia Aguilar	....	first assistant accountant
Alex Barnoya	....	medic
Thomas Bianco	....	production accountant
Michael Brewer	....	assistant location manager
Elizabeth Chambers	....	assistant production coordinator
Curtis Collins	....	location manager
Kyle Cookmeyer	....	production assistant
Nicole Drake	....	stand-in: Maddy
Rebecca Feldman	....	assistant accountant
Danielle Fenati	....	production assistant
Maurice 'Moe' Freeman	....	production assistant
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Michael Herron	....	additional video operator
Brian King	....	title designer
Steven S. Lee	....	assistant location manager (as Steven Lee)
Mike MacCuish	....	payroll accountant
Monica Ochoa	....	script supervisor
William Peña	....	stand-in: Carlos
Bret Robins	....	assistant: Rachel Pfeffer
Paul Schreiber	....	location manager
Benjamin Scissors	....	production assistant
Emily R. Silver	....	assistant: Guy Riedel
Elizabeth Snead	....	unit publicist
Jack Stern	....	studio teacher
Scott Tuft	....	production assistant
Connie Wang	....	clearance administrator
Catherine Whorton	....	stand-in: Kirsten Dunst
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator (as Robert Zajonc)
Rob Jordan	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures (presents)
• Ufland Productions (as Ufland Production)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Touchstone Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2001) (Greece) (theatrical)
• The Walt Disney Company (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2002) (Greece) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• WB Television Network, The (2004) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals

Also Known As:

About 17 (USA) (working title)
At 17 (USA) (working title)
At Seventeen (USA) (working title)
Hermosa locura (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Çilgin/Güzel (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Amor loco, amor prohibido (Spain) [es]
Amor loco/Amor prohibido (Spain) [es]
Crazy/Beautiful (Denmark) [da]
Folle/Magnifique (Canada: French title) [fr]
Gostosa Loucura (Brazil) [pt]
Omorfi/Trela (Greece) [el]
Sexy/Crazy (France) [fr]
Verrückt/Schön - Crazy/Beautiful (Germany) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving teens, drug/alcohol content, sexuality & language.

Runtime:

99 min | USA:135 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #38176) (edited for re-rating) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:18SX | South Korea:15 | USA:R (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

'Jay Hernandez' had to learn many of his Spanish lines phonetically because he does not speak fluent Spanish.

Goofs:

Continuity: The blue plastic bottle is in a different position on the ground when the teacher picks it up.

Quotes:

Carlos: You're crazy...
Nicole: ...and you're beautiful.

Movie Connections:

References Mad Love (1995)

Soundtrack:

F**K Me

A Nice Surprise

I was really pleasantly surprised by this film. It wasn't the usual dumb teen movie. It address some real-world issues from a modern perspective and managed to not make itself look silly doing it. The script was tightly written with just enough edge to give it a sense of reality without it being totally destroyed by it's kiddie rating.

The usual teen movie makes fun of the adult world and laughably tries to make the teens somehow the center of the known universe. This is more real in it's approach, showing two very vulnerable young people on the verge of being thrust into that very real adult world and the issues they have in discovering themselves as near-adults through each other's eyes. There are quite a few relationships these days that mix cultures and this film handles a realistic look at some of the problems. I think it had to or risk the charge of being unrealistic. Still, there is more here, not just teen romance, though that is certainly painfully portrayed by an emotionally exposed Kirsten Dunst and the serious Jay Hernandez. It is also a film ultimately about the good and evil influences that tug at us all and the effects it can have on those around us. It managed to convey those issues fairly well given the censorship restraints it was under. Adding to a solid performance by Dunst and Hernandez is a fine cast, including Bruce Davidson and a deliciously unlikable Lucinda Jenney doing a great modern take on the evil stepmother. Taryn Manning as Dunst's best girlfriend nearly stole a couple of scenes and certainly bears watching in the future; there's light behind those big eyes. I see she also had a minor credit in the music score, which was very entertaining on it's own (and this said from an old guy). I also enjoyed the performance of Rolando Molina as Hernandez's brother, though it was nearly too stereotyped. He managed to make it just believable enough to be genuine. My major criticism would be the lack of subtitles for the considerable Spanish dialog. I for one found this too frustrating to forgive.

All-in-all, it's more than worth the price of admission and I can agree with some other viewers that Dunst might deserve at least a nomination come awards time next year.