Anything Else (2003)

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer (WGA):

Woody Allen (written by)

Release Date:

19 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

In any relationship, one person always does the heavy lifting

Plot:

A contemporary romantic comedy set in New York city about the relationship between an older guy and his younger protege. The older guy guides the younger through a messy and hilarious love story.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | New York City | Teacher | Love At First Sight | Sex

Cast

Woody Allen	...	David Dobel
Jason Biggs	...	Jerry Falk
Fisher Stevens	...	Manager
Anthony Arkin	...	Pip's Comic
Danny DeVito	...	Harvey Wexler
Christina Ricci	...	Amanda Chase
KaDee Strickland	...	Brooke
Jimmy Fallon	...	Bob
Diana Krall	...	Herself
William Hill	...	Psychiatrist
Stockard Channing	...	Paula Chase
Maurice Sonnenberg	...	Movie Theater Patron
Kenneth Edelson	...	Hotel Desk Clerk
David Conrad	...	Dr. Phil Reed
Joseph Lyle Taylor	...	Bill
Erica Leerhsen	...	Connie
Adrian Grenier	...	Ray Polito
Anthony J. Ribustello	...	Car Thug #1
Ray Garvey	...	Car Thug #2
Wynter Kullman	...	Emily
Zach McLarty	...	Ralph
Ralph Pope	...	Cab Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Babbin	...	Movie Patron
Carson Grant	...	Ron Keller, Acting Teacher (uncredited)
David Jefferson	...	College Student (uncredited)
Charles LaPlaca	...	Uniformed Cop (uncredited)
Greg Orvis	...	Party Goer (uncredited)
Melissa Russo	...	Customer (uncredited)
Frank Stellato	...	Concerned Diner (uncredited)
Eric Tonken	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Woody Allen

Writing credits (WGA)
Woody Allen		(written by)

Produced by
Letty Aronson	....	producer
Charles H. Joffe	....	co-executive producer
Benny Medina	....	executive producer
Helen Robin	....	co-producer
Jack Rollins	....	executive producer
Stephen Tenenbaum	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Darius Khondji

Film Editing by
Alisa Lepselter

Casting by
Laura Rosenthal
Juliet Taylor

Production Design by
Santo Loquasto

Art Direction by
Tom Warren

Set Decoration by
Regina Graves

Costume Design by
Laura Jean Shannon

Makeup Department
Jerry DeCarlo	....	hair stylist
Lori Hicks	....	makeup department head
Peggy Schierholz	....	key hair stylist
Nuria Sitja	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Helen Robin	....	production manager
Janice Williams	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Howard	....	dga trainee
Richard Patrick	....	first assistant director
Danielle Rigby	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jonathan Arkin	....	assistant art director
Paul Brush Jr.	....	stand-by carpenter (as Paul Brush)
Frank Didio	....	co-construction coordinator
Alex DiGerlando	....	art department assistant
Jason Fetz	....	shop assistant
Peter Gelfman	....	property master
Rafael Gonell	....	shop assistant
Tim Grimes	....	props
Daniel K. Grosso	....	leadman
Vincent Guarriello	....	construction grip
Glenn Lloyd	....	art department coordinator
Sarah Maine	....	set decorating coordinator
Robin McAllister	....	assistant property master
Ron Petagna	....	lead carpenter
Ronnie Petagna	....	carpenter
Chinyere Ryan	....	scenic artist
Cliff Schorr	....	stand-by scenic artist
James Sorice	....	master scenic artist
David Swayze	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Gary Alper	....	production sound mixer
Nancy Cabrera	....	foley artist
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank Graziadei	....	boom operator
Robert Hein	....	supervising sound editor
Thomas Kodros	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor
Todd Milner	....	foley editor
Glenfield Payne	....	sound effects editor
David Wahnon	....	first assistant sound editor
Akil Wilson	....	second assistant sound editor
Jerry Yuen	....	utility sound

Special Effects by
John Ottesen	....	special effects coordinator
Ron Ottesen	....	special effects coordinator (as Ronald Ottesen)

Stunts
Jay Carrado	....	stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Balzarini	....	second assistant camera
David E. Baron	....	first assistant camera
Stephen Consentino	....	Steadicam operator
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician
Christopher F. Graneto	....	key rigging grip
Michael Green	....	camera operator
Brian Hamill	....	still photographer
Gregory F. Johnson	....	grip
John Krause	....	grip
Gary Martone	....	key grip
Tim Metivier	....	first assistant camera
Jessica Miglio	....	assistant still photographer
Tally Morse	....	dolly grip
Scott H. Ramsey	....	gaffer
Mark Schwentner	....	generator operator
Amy Silverman	....	camera loader
Dustin Smith	....	grip
David J. Thompson	....	Steadicam operator
Joshua Van Praag	....	electrician
Michael J. Maurer	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Karen E. Etcoff	....	extras casting
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto	....	casting associate
Bill Tripician	....	extras casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daniel J. Adkins	....	costume supervisor
Mark Burchard	....	shop wardrobe supervisor
Lisa R. Frucht	....	costume supervisor
Rebecca Gregg	....	assistant costume designer (as Rebecca Cummings)
Nikia Nelson	....	wardrobe assistant
Katie Novello	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Sara Corrigan	....	first assistant editor
Elise DuRant	....	apprentice editor
Morgan Neville	....	assistant editor
Joe Violante	....	dailies advisor

Music Department
Jill Meyers	....	music clearances
Cynthia Sayer	....	musician: piano (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Leo Driver	....	parking coordinator
Peter Tavis	....	transportation captain
Timothy J. Wood	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Sarah Allentuch	....	assistant: Mr. Allen
Abby Bailey	....	assistant accountant
Daniela Barbosa	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Kathleen Beall	....	location scout
Nicholas R. Bell	....	production assistant
Danielle Blumstein	....	production assistant
Creel Brown	....	production assistant
Kay Chapin	....	script supervisor
Greg Conroy	....	location assistant
Ged Dickersin	....	location scout
Brenda Egedy Kolb	....	production assistant (as Brenda Egedy)
Tracy Ershow	....	set production assistant
Amy R. Gorin	....	location assistant
Leah Harper	....	production office assistant
Scott Lazar	....	production assistant
Pietro Lorino Jr.	....	production accountant
Matt Metras	....	production assistant
Christie Mullen	....	location manager
Currie Person	....	location scout
Lynn H. Powers	....	assistant location manager
Jess Prosser	....	production assistant
John Read	....	location scout
Jason Rody	....	key production assistant
Nick Schepisi	....	additional set production assistant
Carl Turnquest Jr.	....	projectionist
David Velasco	....	location assistant
Brandon Woolf	....	location assistant
Eric Wrolstad	....	location scout
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Canal+
• DreamWorks SKG
• Granada Film Productions
• Gravier Productions
• Perdido Productions

Distributors

• Alamode Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks Distribution (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2004) (Netherlands)
• Aquarius TV (2009) (Greece) (TV)
• Distribution Company (Argentina)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Medusa Distribuzione
• Odeon (2003) (Greece) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (DVD) (cropped to 1.78:1)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Big Film Design  opticals (as Big Film Design/BFD Corp.)
• Cineric  titles
• Film Effects  optical effects
• J.G. Films  negative matching
• Kee Casting  extras casting
• Orbit Digital  avid equipment
• Sound One Corporation  sound re-recording
• Technicolor  

Also Known As:

"Anything else, la vie et tout le reste" - France
"La vie et tout le reste" - France
"Anything Else" - Denmark
"Anything Else" - Italy
"Anything Else - A Vida e Tudo o Mais" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Csak az a szex" - Hungary
"Erotas kai... tipota allo" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Igual a Tudo na Vida" - Brazil
"La vida y todo lo demás" - Argentina
"La vie et tout le reste" - Canada (French title)
"Muero por ti" - Mexico (imdb display title)
"Sinua parempaa" - Finland
"Sve ostalo" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Todo lo demás" - Spain
"Zycie i cala reszta" - Poland

MPAA:

Rated R for a scene of drug use and some sexual references

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA | France | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS (Mono) | Dolby Digital (Mono) | SDDS (Mono)

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:o.Al. | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Iceland:12 | France:U | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

When Woody Allen cast Jason Biggs, he was under the impression that Biggs was Jewish. During filming, Allen began talking to Biggs about the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah. Biggs did not know what to say and told Allen that he was in fact a Catholic. Allen said at the Venice Film Festival, "I saw him in that pie movie (American Pie (1999)) and I thought he was a Jew."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Falk types on his laptop computer, the number of (enlarged) typed lines alternates between at least five or six in close-up and just two or three at a distance.

Quotes:

[first lines]
David Dobel:You know, there's great wisdom in jokes, Falk, really. There's an old joke about a prizefighter who's in the ring, and he's getting killed, he's getting his brains beat out; and his mother's in the audience, and she's watching him getting beaten up in the ring...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Ring Two (2005)

Soundtrack:

Easy to Love

Underrated gem!

This movie really is an underrated gem. Somehow most critics have become totally unable to accept Woody Allen's work for what it is and compare it only to other movies from the same years.

Woody Allen has said many times that he has no interest in looking back to his old work and, in my opinion, it really shows. From someone who has often raved about the 'Radio Days' of his youth and adores prewar Jazz, he has steadily developed into a director who has no trouble catching the modern every day lives of the people around him. Recreating the atmosphere from his older movies would only show the inability to move on, along with the rest of the world.

Anything Else is proof of that. It's a modern movie with a typical Woody Allen style dialogue that works on several levels. Between the jokes and witty remarks and often great replies, lie the worries of any young guy or girl that has to learn to deal with life's fears and frustrations. Anything Else also has a really nice atmosphere and a great pace - the movie at almost 2 hours never feels like it's stalling or going nowhere. The story moves forward constantly. Biggs really is the star here and is a perfect Young Woody Allen. Ricci is only a supporting character, but both she and the rest of the cast really make this into a believable, relaxed and enjoyable experience.

For those who are willing to learn a little: this movie does make a simple, but very true point about learning to deal with life.

Photography, directing, editing and writing is really first class work - nothing less than what you get in other top Woody Allen movies. Beautiful locations, great camera work and typical Woody style jazz really make this into a perfect 10/10.

The lack of awards and negative reviews are just like Dobel (Woody Allen) says in this movie: You know....it's just like anything else.

Go see it for yourselves!