A Lot Like Love (2005)

Director:

Nigel Cole

Writer (WGA):

Colin Patrick Lynch (written by)

Release Date:

22 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

There's nothing better than a great romance... to ruin a perfectly good friendship.

Plot:

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Apartment | Nudity | Boxer Shorts | Male Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Amanda Peet	...	Emily Friehl
Ashton Kutcher	...	Oliver Martin
Taryn Manning	...	Ellen Martin
Aimee Garcia	...	Nicole
Lee Garlington	...	Stewardess
Birdie M. Hale	...	Old Woman
Tyrone Giordano	...	Graham Martin (as Ty Giordano)
Melissa van der Schyff	...	Carol Martin
Theresa Spruill	...	Street Vendor
James Read	...	Brent Friehl
Molly Cheek	...	Christine
Sarah Ann Morris	...	Bartender
Gabriel Mann	...	Peter
Kathryn Hahn	...	Michelle
Ali Larter	...	Gina
Amy Aquino	...	Diane Martin
Constance Hsu	...	Chinese Waitress
Josh Stamberg	...	Michael
Misty Louwagie	...	Elegant Beauty
Sam Pancake	...	Hipster at Party
Sarah Shahi	...	Starlet
Moon Bloodgood	...	Bridget
Jeremy Sisto	...	Ben Miller
Kal Penn	...	Jeeter
Robert Peters	...	Roy Douglas
Addison Bouquet	...	Hailey
Katherine Herzer	...	Little Girl
Kevin R. Kelly	...	Park Ranger (as Kevin Robert Kelly)
Ron Bottitta	...	VC Guy
Steven Guy	...	VC Guy
Sean Smith	...	Lawyer
T.R. Hopper	...	Laywer
Darlene Hunt	...	Airline Attendant (as Linda Hunt)
Meghan Markle	...	Hot Girl
Joeanna Sayler	...	Gallery Owner
Lindsay MacFarland	...	Gallery Patron
Herschel Bleefeld	...	Bill
Conrad Bluth	...	Chris
Colin Patrick Lynch	...	Upstairs Neighbor
Rick Overton	...	Tailor
Brendan Patrick Connor	...	Wedding Guest (as Brendan P. Connor)
William Stanford Davis	...	Priest
Daniele O'Loughlin	...	Wedding Planner
Nora Burns	...	Caterer
Nealla Gordon	...	Caterer
Steve Filice	...	Caterer
Holmes Osborne	...	Stephen Martin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nectar Rose	...	Stewardess (unconfirmed)
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Christine Holz-Lusita	...	Catty actress (uncredited)
Fabrizio Imas	...	Emily's Friend (uncredited)
Joe Koons	...	Best man (uncredited)
Jeff Lam	...	Chinese Waiter (DVD deleted scenes) (uncredited)
Kevin Makely	...	Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Bill Mehlem	...	Neighbor (uncredited)
Gina Moore	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Neal Orion	...	Late-Arrival Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Victoria Spark	...	Emily's Neighbor (uncredited)
Anastacia Spiegel	...	Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Julie Wittner	...	Casting Assistant (uncredited)

Directed by
Nigel Cole

Writing credits (WGA)
Colin Patrick Lynch		(written by)

Produced by
Armyan Bernstein	....	producer
Lisa Bruce	....	co-producer
Zanne Devine	....	executive producer
Suzann Ellis	....	executive producer
Jo Farrugia	....	associate producer
Jasmine Kosovic	....	associate producer
Charlie Lyons	....	executive producer
Brynn McQuade	....	associate producer
Kevin J. Messick	....	producer (as Kevin Messick)

Original Music by
Alex Wurman

Cinematography by
John de Borman

Film Editing by
Susan Littenberg

Casting by
Joseph Middleton

Production Design by
Tom Meyer

Art Direction by
Denise Hudson

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
Alix Friedberg

Makeup Department
Erin Ayanian	....	makeup artist: Amanda Peet
Kim Ayers	....	makeup artist
Jerry DeCarlo	....	assistant hair stylist: New York
Lana Heying	....	key hair stylist
Desne J. Holland	....	key makeup artist (as Desne Holland)
Tracey Levy	....	makeup department head
Elaine L. Offers	....	makeup artist: Amanda Peet (as Elaine Offers)
Nuria Sitja	....	assistant makeup artist: New York
Candy L. Walken	....	hair department head

Production Management
Robert Latham Brown	....	unit production manager
Nancy Rae Stone	....	unit production manager
Meredith Zamsky	....	unit production Manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bac DeLorme	....	second assistant director
Peter Dress	....	second second assistant director
Betsy Magruder	....	assistant director
Craig Miller	....	dga trainee
Anish Savjani	....	dga trainee
Susan E. Walter	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Peter Allburn	....	camera scenic: New York
Barbara Alperin	....	art department assistant
Doug Anderson	....	lead plasterer
Julie Aquino	....	buyer
Andrew Baseman	....	set decorator: New York
Jeffrey Beck	....	set designer
David Brace	....	lead man
Curtis Crowe	....	construction coordinator
Val I. Deikov	....	sculptor gang boss
Guillaume DeLouche	....	property master
Ramírez Gabriela	....	assistant property master
Alanna Levy	....	art department assistant
Eric Luling	....	on-set dresser
Megan Malley	....	set decorating buyer
Jonah Markowitz	....	art director: reshoots
Jonah Markowitz	....	assistant art director
James P. Meehan	....	assistant property master
Chris Patterson	....	set dresser
John Risso	....	paint gang boss
Carisa Rosenthal	....	on-set dresser
Joel Ruiz	....	set dresser
Domenic Silvestri	....	set designer
Dick Tice	....	lead man
James Van Houten	....	lead sculptor
Kathleen Walker	....	art department coordinator
Michael Zeininger	....	art department assistant
Max Bozeman	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Elizabeth Gary	....	set decorating coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Agostino	....	ProTools playback operator
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound engineer
Frank Bradley	....	utility sound
Kelly Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Coppola	....	foley supervisor
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Steve Nelson	....	sound mixer
Aynee Osborn	....	sound editor
William Sarokin	....	sound mixer: New York
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Edward M. Steidele	....	foley artist
Lauren Stephens	....	dialog editor
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Glenn Young	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Chih-Jen Chang Andy	....	lead digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Artaya Boonsoong	....	technical supervisor
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital compositor
Niles Harrison	....	visual effects coordinator
Justin Johnson	....	visual effects
Wendy Klein	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Artin Matousian	....	system administrator: Luma Pictures
Glenn Morris	....	visual effects coordinator
Ian Noe	....	visual effects producer
Ian Noe	....	visual effects supervisor
Payam Shohadai	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures

Stunts
Greg Brickman	....	stunt double
Gary Combs	....	stunt coordinator
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunt double (as Gil Combs)
Debbie Evans	....	stunt double: Amanda Peet
Julie Ann Johnson	....	stunt double (as Julie A. Johnson)
Lindsay MacFarland	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Bauman	....	gaffer
Lucas Bielan	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Mike Bonnaud	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Frank Boone	....	grip
Joe Buscaglia	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Carlos DePalma	....	rigging grip
Kevin Fahey	....	rigging grip best boy
Greg Finkel	....	second assistant camera
Clayton Fowler	....	rigging grip
Charley Gilleran	....	rigging key grip
Ben Glass	....	still photographer
Scotty Goudreau	....	generator operator
Chip Ingram	....	company grip
Alan Kaminsky	....	generator operator
Brian Ko	....	assistant video engineer
Jim Kwiatkowski	....	key grip
Michael Lyon	....	electrician
John Mang	....	dolly grip
Gary Martone	....	key grip: New York
Luis Moreno	....	electrician
Simone Perusse	....	electrician
David Richardson	....	grip
Peter Rosenfeld	....	Steadicam operator
Peter Rosenfeld	....	camera operator
Ralph Scherer	....	key grip: second unit
Michael J. Schwartz	....	electrician
David D. Scott	....	video engineer
Darrin Smith	....	lamp operator
Sarah St Clair Renard	....	camera intern
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	video assist operator: second unit
Michael Tolochko	....	electrician
Chris Tonkovich	....	electrician
Tyler Williams	....	assistant camera
Tyler Williams	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Andy Young	....	rigging grip

Casting Department
Lauren Grey	....	casting associate
Tina Kerr	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barrett Hong	....	set costumer: New York
Mary C. Lane	....	costume supervisor
Kelly Mijailovic	....	key costumer (as Kelly Bowman)
Careen Fowles	....	wardrobe supervisor new york (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Judith Babcock	....	post-production coordinator
Bart Brevé	....	assistant editor
Lisa Cullen	....	post-production assistant
Joe Pestana	....	post-production assistant
Billy Rich	....	first assistant editor
Royce Smith	....	color timer
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer

Music Department
Christian Almiron	....	assistant music editor
Tom Calderaro	....	orchestrator
Matt Dunkley	....	music arranger: song
Steve Durkee	....	score mixer
Bryan Lawson	....	music editor
Ellen Segal	....	music editor
Diana Stata	....	music supervisor (as Diane Stata)
Laura Webb	....	music assistant
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor
Laura Ziffren	....	music supervisor (as Laura Z. Wasserman)

Transportation Department
Paulie DiCocco III	....	driver: Amanda Peet
Joe Feeney	....	transportation coordinator
Alan Kaminsky	....	driver generator operator
Chad Moore	....	transportation co-captain
Travis Stake	....	driver

Other crew
Ethan Anderson	....	production assistant: New York
Lynn Appelle	....	production coordinator: New York
Carlos A. Aragon	....	assistant location manager
Alicia Brown	....	assistant: Mr. Kutcher
Anthony Buncio	....	intern: business and legal affairs
Matt Clifford	....	accounting clerk
Dan Cooley	....	location assistant
Dan Cooley	....	location manager: second unit
Jason Corica	....	set production assistant
Jeff Coward	....	production assistant
Stephenson Crossley	....	assistant location manager
Terry M. Elam	....	production assistant
Gino Falla	....	assistant accountant
Daric Gates	....	production assistant
Ellen Gessert	....	location scout
Jane E. Graves	....	key assistant location manager
Amy Hansen	....	first assistant accountant
Mazen Hassan	....	production assistant
Bob Hiltermann	....	sign language coach
Aaron Hurvitz	....	location assistant
Marshall Johnson	....	location assistant
Tilu Khalayi	....	second assistant accountant
Jon Ko	....	set medic
Todd Kolker	....	production coordinator
Ashley Kravitz	....	script clearance
Kiley Lambert	....	production assistant
Christopher Lee	....	key assistant location manager
Jennifer Mosley	....	production secretary
Kelly Nash	....	assistant: Ms. Bruce
Joe Nicchi	....	stand-in: Ashton Kutcher
Jim Nickas	....	production assistant
Molly O'Haver	....	production assistant
Kris Olson	....	production coordinator
Jeffrey Parker	....	production assistant
Peter Pastorelli	....	assistant location manager
Jennifer Pedevilla	....	payroll accountant
Taylor Phillips	....	set production assistant
Bill Pugin	....	sign language coach
Alejandro Romero	....	office production assistant
Christopher T. Sadler	....	production assistant
Brandon Schiffman	....	set production assistant
Kasia Skorynkiewicz	....	production assistant
Kelly Snyder	....	production accountant
Louise Spencer	....	publicist
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	script supervisor
Rose Viggiano	....	location manager
Anne Marie Wilson	....	production assistant
Naomi Yospe	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Mile High Productions
• Touchstone Pictures
• Beacon Pictures
• Kevin Messick Productions

Distributors

• Walt Disney Company, The (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Buena Vista Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Italian International Film (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Net5 (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• SND (2005) (France) (all media)
• Touchstone Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Luma Pictures (visual effects)
• Pacific Title (digital opticals)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• Columbia Records  soundtrack released by
• Pictorvision  stabilized ground head
• Reel Security  production security
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack released by
• Sound Satisfaction  foley recording facilities
• Summit Entertainment  sales
• Widget Post Production  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

So was wie Liebe (Austria) (Germany) [de]
7 ans de séduction (France) [fr]
Ask gibi bir sey (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
De Repente é Amor (Brazil) [pt]
El amor es lo que tiene (Spain) [es]
Justnagu armastus (Estonia) [et]
Muy parecido al amor (Argentina) [es]
Sballati d'amore (Italy) [it]
Shedon erotas (Greece) [el]
Un amour comme ça (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity and language.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | UK:12A (original rating) | Taiwan:R-12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41296) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Czech Republic:U | Germany:o.Al. | Iceland:L | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:12 | France:U

Filming Locations:

Antelope Valley, California, USA

Company:

Mile High Productions

Trivia:

Actress Birdie M. Hale, who was more than 90 years old during production of "A Lot Like Love" (2005), played the role of an old woman with a singular line ("Would you like to sit next to your girlfriend?") on a New York subway train early in the film. She had a very similar role as an elderly passenger on a New York subway train - also encouraging the two protagonists to get together - at the end of Coming to America (1988).

Goofs:

Continuity: During the New Year's Eve party, the location of the large tattoo on the back of Emily's left shoulder changes position by at least a few inches from shot to shot while she's sitting facing the bar and later when she's dancing with Oliver.

Quotes:

Oliver Martin: Well, if it wasn't love, it was a lot like it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

If You Leave Me Now

what can i say, i liked this movie.

A lot like love deals with issues in real life. There are many people out there who feel pressured with the "master plan" of having a career, a wife/ husband by the age of 30. The movie is well acted by Amanda Peet not to mention she looks stunning, and though Ashton Kutcher does overact some scenes he delivers a believable character. The problem with the movie was that you don't have enough time to really bond with the characters, and even though this isn't an amazing movie, it is still a good movie and i enjoyed it. The songs in the movie really did help with the mood. This movie did have much more potential but the writing wasn't as good as it could have been. My opinion is this movie is more for romantics, but its still good for the other people too.