Catch and Release (2006/II)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Susannah Grant

Writer (WGA):

Susannah Grant (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Life is messy...love is messier.

Plot:

A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.

Plot Keywords:

Secret | Friend | Fiancee | Sex In Shower | Unrequited Love

Cast

Jennifer Garner	...	Gray
Timothy Olyphant	...	Fritz
Sam Jaeger	...	Dennis
Kevin Smith	...	Sam
Juliette Lewis	...	Maureen
Joshua Friesen	...	Mattie
Fiona Shaw	...	Mrs. Douglas
Tina Lifford	...	Eve
Georgia Craig	...	Persephone
Christopher Redman	...	Flower Delivery Guy
Joyce Krenz	...	Housekeeper
Sonja Bennett	...	Caterer
Yorgo Constantine	...	Co-Worker
Dan Parker	...	Deadhead Singer
Nancy Hower	...	Deadhead Singer
Jennifer Spence	...	Comforting Friend
Kyla Wise	...	Comforting Friend (as Kyla Anderson)
Leanna Nash	...	Comforting Friend
Wendy Noel	...	Comforting Friend
Leslie McMichael	...	Jogstroller (as Leslie McMichaels)
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Cowboy
John B. Destry	...	Paint Salesman
Nancy Wetzel	...	Cyclist
Dillard Brinson	...	Michael Soltman
Sacha Levin	...	Drummer
Terence Kelly	...	Mr. Wheeler
Gabrielle Rose	...	Mrs. Wheeler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Darren Daurie	...	Ambulance Attendent (uncredited)

Directed by
Susannah Grant

Writing credits (WGA)
Susannah Grant		(written by)

Produced by
Casey Grant	....	executive producer (as B. Casey Grant)
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Josh Siegel	....	associate producer (as Joshua Siegel)
Lynwood Spinks	....	executive producer
Jenno Topping	....	producer

Original Music by
BT
Tommy Stinson

Cinematography by
John Lindley

Film Editing by
Anne V. Coates

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Jennifer L. Smith		(as Jennifer Smith)
Mary Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Brent Thomas

Art Direction by
Shannon Grover

Set Decoration by
Lesley Beale
Brian Kane
Josh Skye

Costume Design by
Tish Monaghan

Makeup Department
Deborah La Mia Denaver	....	makeup artist: Ms. Garner (as Deborah LaMia Denaver)
Michael Reitz	....	hair stylist: Ms. Garner
Forest Sala	....	key hair stylist
Janet Sala	....	assistant hair stylist (as Janet A. Sala)
Margaret Solomon	....	assistant makeup artist
Angela Wood	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Greg Babcock	....	unit production manager
Yvonne Melville	....	production manager
Yvonne Yaconelli	....	production supervisor: additional photography

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christian Clarke	....	second second assistant director: Colorado
Shelley Kreutz	....	trainee assistant director
Karen Margolese	....	second assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
Lori K. Peterson	....	third assistant director
David Sardi	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tara Arnett	....	graphic artist
Ann Marie Auricchio	....	painter
Robin Bartlett-Asnicar	....	assistant props
Peter Christian Combe	....	scenic painter
Steve Craine	....	paint coordinator
Laurie Edmundson	....	lead set dresser
Laura Evans	....	set decorating buyer: additional photography
Andrew Glavina	....	signwriter
Haida Harper	....	assistant property master
Erich Hepnar	....	head greensman
Paul Jenkinson	....	lead set dresser
Savanna Johnson	....	art department production assistant
John B. Keys	....	scenic artist
Dylan Kiszlowski	....	assistant art director
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Ray Lai	....	graphic artist: backdrops
Andrew Li	....	set designer
Audra Neil	....	set buyer
Dan Petrescu	....	lead painter
Chris Rae	....	lead carpenter
Jim Ramsay	....	set designer
Guy Roland	....	set dresser
Ben Rusi	....	lead man
Macleod Sinclaire	....	on-set dresser
Sean Will	....	lead painter

Sound Department
Michael J. Benavente	....	supervising sound editor
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	supervising sound mixer
Teri E. Dorman	....	dialogue editor
Thomas Giordano	....	boom operator: re-shoots, Los Angeles
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Todd Harris	....	first assistant sound editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Howard London	....	adr mixer
David McGuire	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Orloff	....	supervising sound mixer
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Larry Sutton	....	sound mixer
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound editor
Carmen Verin	....	sound assistant

Visual Effects by
Andrew Cochrane	....	motion tracking
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Don Lee	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Playground Inc.
Kim Lee	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Playground
Gregory L. McMurry	....	visual effects supervisor
Rob Menapace	....	motion control operator
Mark Robben	....	digital compositor: Pixel Playground
John Scheer	....	digital intermediate editor
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Trevor Addie	....	stunt double: Kevin Smith
Shauna Duggins	....	stunt double: Jennifer Garner
Kylie Furneaux	....	stunt double
Chris Sayour	....	stunt double
Marshall Virtue	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Banks	....	electrician
Spencer Blessman	....	electrician
Rob Brady	....	lighting technician
Henry Cline	....	camera operator
Drew Davidson	....	gaffer
Shane Dobie	....	best boy lighting
Sacha Fassaert	....	additional first assistant camera
Gil Forrester	....	dolly operator
David Goyer	....	generator operator
Andy Guichon	....	rigging best boy
James S. Harvey	....	rigging electric
Karl Herrmann	....	director of photography: second unit
Junichi Hosoi	....	Steadicam operator
Timo Juonolainen	....	grip
Lawrence Karman	....	Steadicam operator
Steve Koster	....	camera operator: Spacecam
Ian R.C. Levine	....	second assistant camera
David Lourie	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Todd Martin	....	lighting board operator
Kevin McCloy	....	key rigging grip
Rob Parisien	....	digital video assist operator
Christopher Prampin	....	chief lighting technician: additional photography
Ken Seagren	....	rigging gaffer: Boulder, Colorado
Matthew Tichenor	....	first assistant camera
Steve Van Ness	....	lighting technician
Stewart Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Michael Wieben	....	grip
Keith Woods	....	rigging gaffer
Scott Zuchowski	....	electric: Colorado
Kelly Diehl	....	libra head technician (uncredited)
Patrick Hogue	....	film loader (uncredited)

Casting Department
Susan Taylor Brouse	....	casting: Canada (as Susan Brouse)
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Lynne Carrow	....	casting: Canada
Nina Gold	....	casting: UK
Larkin MacKenzie-Ast	....	casting assistant
Jennifer Ricchiazzi	....	casting assistant
Jennifer L. Smith	....	casting associate
Ambika Leigh	....	extras casting associate: Second Unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Bradley	....	costumer: Ms. Garner
Jennifer Grossman	....	costumer
Karin Nosella	....	assistant costume designer
Katie Saunders	....	key costumer: Boulder
Sandra Watson	....	costume set supervisor

Editorial Department
Zahida Bacchus	....	digital intermediate producer
Marisa Clayton	....	post-production coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Bradford L. Dean	....	assistant editor
Jason Fabbro	....	video colorist
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Luis R. Quintero	....	editorial production assistant
Alain J. Romi	....	first assistant editor
Tyler Ruocco	....	editorial production assistant
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Michael DiMattia	....	composer: additional music
Michael Friedman	....	music consultant
Jennifer Nash	....	music editor
Brian Trifon	....	composer: additional music
Mario A. Vitale	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Dan Brizendine	....	transportation coordinator
Carla Klein	....	driver
Gracie Klein	....	transportation captain
Dave Miller	....	driver: cast
Andrew O'Bray	....	transportation captain
Don Poole	....	transportation coordinator: re-shoots
Tana Tocher	....	production driver
Rob Vreugde	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Greg Babcock	....	location manager
Doreen Beaulac	....	first assistant accountant
Thomas Bianco	....	production accountant
Seth Brandon	....	set production assistant
Stephen Chan	....	on-set key production assistant
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Luke Cheney	....	production assistant
Heather Cohen	....	assistant production coordinator: reshoots
Jason Collier	....	assistant location manager
Hans Dayal	....	assistant location manager
Katie Duke	....	set production assistant
Sean Finnan	....	trainee assistant location manager
Karin Fong	....	title designer
Gil Forrester	....	dolly pusher
Lily Garcia	....	set production assistant: re-shoot
Evan Godfrey	....	production assistant
Juliana Janes	....	assistant: Ms. Garner
Anne Johns	....	production coordinator
Jina Johnson	....	prep assistant location manager
Breanne Larrett	....	second assistant production coordinator
Grant Lutz	....	production assistant
Daryl Makortoff	....	production assistant
Jennifer Mancuso	....	production secretary: Boulder, CO
Barbara Mercer	....	assistant accountant
Paul Motschall	....	assistant: Ms. S. Grant
Karen Pelrine	....	first assistant production coordinator
Jessica Picune	....	office production assistant
Luis R. Quintero	....	assistant: Anne V. Coates
Linda Rea	....	assistant: Ms. C. Grant
Robyn Shwer	....	assistant: Ms. Topping
Deborah Simmrin	....	publicist
A. Rochell Smith	....	set production assistant
Adrienne Sol	....	production coordinator
Rhonda Taylor	....	assistant: Ms. S. Grant
John N. Ward	....	payroll accountant
Christine Wilson	....	script supervisor
Kody Zimmermann	....	office production assistant

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (as Columbia Pictures) (presents)
• Relativity Media (in association with)
• Tall Trees Productions (as Tall Trees)

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2007-) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Oxygen Media (2007) (USA) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pixel Playground

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Imaginary Forces  titles
• Legacy Records  soundtrack
• Orbit Digital  Avids
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Varèse Sarabande  score album
• Video Split Productions  video assist equipment

Also Known As:

Askin pesinde (Turkey: Turkish title) (DVD title) [tr]
Las vueltas de la vida (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
Lieben und lassen (Germany) [de]
Ma vie sans lui (Belgium: French title) [fr]
O proin & o epomenos (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Prise et remise (Canada: French title) [fr]
Se proprio lo vuoi, lascialo andare (Italy) [it]
Tutte le cose che non sai di lui (Italy) (TV title) [it]
Vueltas de la vida, Las (Spain) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:124 min | USA:124 min | Argentina:124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41473) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Kevin Smith was allowed to pick his own wardrobe for the film. Because of that, most of the clothes he wears in the movie bear his trademark number "37".

Goofs:

Continuity: The scene where Gray went back to her storage place to look for a picture of Grady. Her left hand doesn't have the permanent marker drawing on it that Fritz just drew hours before.

Quotes:

Gray: What's your favorite color?
Fritz: Gray.

Movie Connections:

References Gray Lady Down (1978)

Soundtrack:

Sky Signal

Happy accident

Why was this movie good? It wasn't supposed to be good. It was supposed to be a piece-of-crap romantic comedy but instead, it's an excellent story in so many complicated, touching, veracious ways. In fact, in coming up with an IMDb score, I tried to think of any one thing that would detract from a perfect movie-watching experience and, can you believe it? I can't.

Who packaged and promoted this film? Were they sleeping during the screenings? From the first second, the quality of story and production was evident. Multi-faceted, varied characters. Nuanced storyline. Fine, fine performances. Beautifully done all around.

Thank you for this happy accident.