My Sassy Girl (2008)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Yann Samuell

Writers (WGA):

Victor Levin (screenplay)
Jae-young Kwak (earlier screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

26 June 2008 (Thailand)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A sweet Midwestern guy (Bradford) with his life planned out for himself is wooed, groomed, and ultimately dumped by a complicated, elusive gal (Cuthbert).

Plot Keywords:

Letter | Tree | Remake Of Asian Film | Amusement Park | Metro

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Elisha Cuthbert	...	Jordan Roark
Jesse Bradford	...	Charlie Bellow
Austin Basis	...	Leo
Chris Sarandon	...	Dr. Roark
Jay Patterson	...	Roger Bellow
Tom Aldredge	...	Old Man
Louis Mustillo	...	Doorman
Brian Reddy	...	Mr. Phipps
Stark Sands	...	Soldier
Joanna Gleason	...	Kitty / Aunt Sally
Cherene Snow	...	Stationmaster
Kimberly Youngblood	...	Attractive Woman
Don Sparks	...	Security Officer
Sean Phillips	...	Swat Commander
William Abadie	...	Jean-Jacques
Kevin Kevin	...	Baz
Wayne Wilcox	...	Bar J. Waiter
Filippo Bozotti	...	Gallery Waiter
Robert Stoeckle	...	Maitre D'
Wade Allain-Marcus	...	College-Age Guy
Josh Cooke	...	Yuppie
Eliyas Qureshi	...	NYC Taxi Cabby
Brooke Tansley	...	Woman of No Consequence #1
Donna Vivino	...	Woman of No Consequence #2
Janne Olivia Campbell	...	Woman of No Consequence #3 (as Janne Campbell)
Christine Danelson	...	Woman of No Consequence #4
Eunice Wong	...	Woman of No Consequence #5
Jessalyn Wanlim	...	Woman of No Consequence #6
Erin Stutland	...	Woman of No Consequence #7
Tiffany Perry	...	Woman of No Consequence #8
Kate Simses	...	Woman of No Consequence #9
Meredith Turley	...	Woman of No Consequence #10
Alanna Wilson	...	Woman of No Consequence #11
Debargo Sanyal	...	Rickshaw Cabby
Ken Kensei	...	Kendo Instructor
Richard Sheinmel	...	Bart
Jim Guarantano	...	Swat Team Member
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elizabeth Newman	...	New Yorker

Directed by
Yann Samuell

Writing credits (WGA)
Victor Levin		(screenplay)
Jae-young Kwak		(earlier screenplay)
Ho-sik Kim		(novel)

Produced by
Paul Brooks	....	producer
Doug Davison	....	executive producer
Brent Emery	....	co-producer
Zak Kadison	....	co-producer
Milton Kim	....	executive producer
Ted Kim	....	co-producer
Don Kurt	....	executive producer
Miky Lee	....	co-executive producer
Roy Lee	....	executive producer
Mark Morgan	....	producer
Scott Niemeyer	....	executive producer
Guy Oseary	....	producer
Jay Polstein	....	producer
Jonathan Shore	....	associate producer
Norm Waitt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Kitay

Cinematography by
Eric Schmidt

Film Editing by
Anita Brandt-Burgoyne

Casting by
Eyde Belasco

Production Design by
Kalina Ivanov

Art Direction by
Suttirat Anne Larlarb

Set Decoration by
Amanda Carroll

Costume Design by
Catherine Marie Thomas

Makeup Department
Jennifer Johnson	....	key hair stylist
Sacha Quarles	....	hair department head
Vincent Schicchi	....	special makeup effects artist
Nuria Sitja	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Jeff Levine	....	executive in charge of production: Gold Circle Films
Robin Sweet	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Allen Cluck	....	first assistant director
Chris Gibson	....	second second assistant director
Sarah Gottlieb	....	additional second assistant director
Kyle Lemire	....	second assistant director
Greg Staley	....	additional second assistant director
Alfonso Trinidad	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Katya Blumenberg	....	assistant art director
Tessa Brophy	....	art department coordinator
Steve Cascarelli	....	set dresser
Lou Charles	....	set dresser
Peter DeCurtis	....	second dresser
Mandie DeMeskey	....	set dresser
Jonathan B. Lee	....	on-set dresser
Ola Maslik	....	model maker
Ann Miller	....	property master
Yvonne Mojica	....	graphic designer (2007)
Joseph Proscia	....	lead man
Kevin L. Raper	....	additional graphic artist
Diane Rich	....	scenic artist
Elizabeth Schlitten	....	props
Flo Frintzilas	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jeanne Gilliland	....	boom operator
Teferra McKenzie	....	sound utility
Joseph Melody	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard S. Steele	....	sound designer
Noah Timan	....	sound mixer
Lisa Varetakis	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
J.C. Brotherhood	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Roger Mocenigo	....	digital compositor: Amalgamated Pixels
Michael Morreale	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc.
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Peter Bucossi	....	stunt coordinator
Stephen Mann	....	stunt driver
Dino Muccio	....	stunt double: Jesse Bradford
Apollo Smile	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
K.C. Bailey	....	still photographer
Eric Boncher	....	electrician
Geb Byers	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Travis Cadalzo	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Vincent Camuto	....	video playback technician
John Coots	....	additional electrician
Edwin Effrein	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera and Steadicam
Jeffrey A. Eplett	....	best boy rigging electrician
Peter Fernberger	....	camera operator: "b" camera, additional photography
Tim Ferraer	....	rigging grip
Greg Finkel	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Samuel G. Friedman	....	best boy electric
David Knox	....	underwater director of photography
Kurt Lennig	....	rigging gaffer
Jonathan Lumley	....	gaffer
Rick Marroquin	....	dolly grip
Gary Martone	....	key grip
Paul C. McKenna	....	crane technician: Technocrane
Ron Morales	....	grip
Ron Morales	....	underwater rigger
Justin Panzanaro	....	best boy grip: additional photgraphy
Brent Poleski	....	grip
Kelly Rutkowski	....	electrician
Gerard Sava	....	Steadicam operator
Gerard Sava	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Elisa Vasquez	....	camera loader
Robert Vuolo	....	electrician
J. Dan Wright	....	lighting balloon technician
J. Dan Wright	....	underwater electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lisa Chavez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mickey Carleton	....	assistant costume designer
Christy Hebert Crouch	....	wardrobe assistant
Laura Downing	....	key set costumer
Gail A. Fitzgibbons	....	wardrobe supervisor
Lara Greene	....	tailor
Vern Malone	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital intermediate colorist
Gilbert Carreras	....	film color timer
Kate Crossley	....	digital intermediate editor
David Kennedy	....	digital intermediate assistant
Kate Kroll	....	post-production assistant
Ken Rubenfeld	....	dailies colorist
Jennifer Taylor	....	post-production assistant
Aisla Webster	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Mario Andreoni	....	composer: additional music
Kate Bergman	....	music coordination
Marc Caruso	....	music editor
Hipjoint	....	musician
Nick Howard	....	musician
David Kitay	....	conductor
David Kitay	....	guitars, bass, keyboards
David Kitay	....	music mixer
David Kitay	....	orchestrator (as D. Kitay)
William Levine	....	orchestrator
Marching Band	....	composer: additional music (Feel Good About It )
Frankie Pine	....	music supervisor
Beverly Valera	....	musician
Justin Vandervolgen	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Edward Fanning	....	transportation co-captain
James Fanning	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Lesa Andelson	....	production counsel
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Matthew Benson	....	production coordinator: Gold Circle Films
Adam Donnelly	....	production secretary
Chris Doss	....	executive in charge of finance
Nell Drake	....	first assistant accountant
Maggie Engelhardt	....	production office coordinator
Laura Forrest	....	travel services provided by
Sara Gagliardi	....	staff accountant
Suraj Gohill	....	production financing
Trish Gray	....	location scout
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Brad Jasper	....	production assistant
Heather Joyce	....	manager of marketing
Kirsten Kearse	....	script supervisor
Ronnie Kupferwasser	....	location manager
Joe Mulica	....	production assistant
Brendan O'Rourke	....	assistant location manager
Jean Pesce	....	location assistant
Travis Rehwaldt	....	set production assistant
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote head technician
Michael Sellitti	....	production assistant
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement
Cat Stone	....	product placement
Dylan Tarason	....	production executive
Willie Toubman	....	assistant location manager
Adam VanWagner	....	assistant production office coordinator
Jamie Waxman	....	accounting clerk
Christopher C. Williams	....	location assistant
Derek Yip	....	production consultant
Dana Zolli	....	set production assistant

Production Companies

• CJ Entertainment
• Gold Circle Films
• Madacy Entertainment
• Maverick Films
• Sassy Girl Productions
• Vertigo Entertainment

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Pyramid (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Amuse Soft Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Castello Lopes Multimedia (2008) (Portugal) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• TVA Films (2008) (Canada) (all media)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Pixels

Other Companies

• Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Gotham Sound  walkies provided by
• Panavision  cranes
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Stone Management  product placement
• That Cat Camera Support  chapman camera dollies

Also Known As:

A Minha Namorada é Louca (Portugal) (TV title) [pt]
My Sassy Girl - Unverschämt liebenswert (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Toisenlainen tyttö (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, thematic material and some sexual content.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | Mexico:B | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

CJ Entertainment

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the soldier fires the rifle at the amusement park, it sounds like a normal rifle although it has the silencer on.

Quotes:

Charlie Bellow: If we never see each other again... And you're out walking one day and you feel a certain presence beside you... that will be me, loving you, wherever I am.

Movie Connections:

Version of Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (2001)

Soundtrack:

Yadnus

...... not as good as....

My sassy girl is a remake of the Korean movie of the same name. unfortunately it is not as good as the original Korean one and i just didn't like it very much. the original has better acting and this one doesn't outshine the original with it's acting. the girl in this movie doesn't play the part very well and the guy just doesn't do anything for me. if your going to use the (almost) exact same scenes you should at least do better than the one you are remaking.... if you want to see this movie i suggest watching the original with subtitles (which can be found on the internet) in my opinion it's better. feel free to disagree and compare them yourself. see which one you think is best. the original Korean one was made in 2001 and the American one was made in 2008 (to clear up any confusion). sorry if this offends but i fell this remake was a flop.