Mr. Woodcock (2007)

Director:

Craig Gillespie

Writers (WGA):

Michael Carnes (written by) &
Josh Gilbert (written by)

Release Date:

14 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Letting Go Of Your Past Is Hard... Especially When It's Dating Your Mom.

Plot:

Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students. |

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Overweight Child | Restaurant Scene | Fiancé Fiancée Relationship | Freeze Frame

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 16	4:30 PM	MAX
Sun. Nov. 22	6:30 PM	MAX

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton	...	Jasper Woodcock
Seann William Scott	...	John Farley
Susan Sarandon	...	Beverly Farley
Amy Poehler	...	Maggie
Melissa Sagemiller	...	Tracy
Ethan Suplee	...	Nedderman
Jacob Davich	...	Nedderman's Brother
Kyley Baldridge	...	Young Farley
Alec George	...	Young Nedderman
Joseph Michael Sargent	...	Young Watson
M.C. Gainey	...	Hal - Barber #1
Brent Briscoe	...	Barber #2
Dave Kuhr	...	Bookish Guy
Lisa K. Wyatt	...	Housewife
Kurt Fuller	...	Councilman Luke
Michael Santorico	...	Waiter at Barone's
Corbin Albaugh	...	Kreamer
Josh Shada	...	Schwartz
Melissa Leo	...	Sally Jansen
Stephen Taylor	...	Oates (as Stephen Monroe Taylor)
Bac DeLorme	...	A.D.
Jennifer Aspen	...	Cindy the Realtor
Lyle Kanouse	...	Carnie #1
Zia Harris	...	Burn Out
Brad Beyer	...	Jay Elms - Dumb Jock
Michael Mishaw	...	Lounge Singer
Allisyn Ashley Arm	...	Scout Girl
Emily Wagner	...	Cheery Woman
Googy Gress	...	Earnest Man
Tyra Banks	...	Herself
David L.M. Mcintyre	...	Hopeful Man
Jacob Christopher	...	Young Teenager
Scott Adsit	...	Cheesy Salesman
Van Epperson	...	Carnie #2
Hallie Singleton	...	Makeup Artist
Scott Stewart	...	Farley Fan
Pedro Otero	...	Airplane Pilot
Leonard Concepción	...	Airplane Pilot
Carissa Kosta	...	Farley Stalker (as Carissa Koutantzis)
Brett Smrz	...	Dunigan
Sam Stefanski	...	Pizza Waiter
Max Van Ville	...	Pizza Waiter
Bill Macy	...	Mr. Woodcock's Dad
Barbara Perry	...	Old Woman
Martin Charles Warner	...	Scarduzio
Jack Walsh	...	Palumbo
Paul Johnson	...	Announcer
Joshua Feinman	...	Marine
Kip Martin	...	Heartland Rocker
Bryant Carroll	...	Tough Guy
Beth Gargan	...	Manly Woman
Craig Gellis	...	Tough Guy #2
Anthony Reynolds	...	Fireman
Héctor A. García	...	Hispanic Kid
Lindsay Ballew	...	Tall Brunette
Sean Dwyer	...	Paramedic
Ty Rushing	...	Cop
Dan John Miller	...	Family Man
Karl Hamann	...	Trekkie
Kavi Ladnier	...	Official Woman (as Kavi Ladner)
Tim Frisbie	...	Older Man
Logan Grove	...	Birthday Kid
Ralph Lister	...	Scientist
Archie Hahn	...	Gym Teacher
Michael Lodovico	...	Orderly
Dean A. Parker	...	Dad
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael D'Amore	...	Mr. Wheelchair (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Hellendall	...	Awards Guest (uncredited)
Evan Helmuth	...	Dinosaur / Watson (uncredited)
Marcel Lam	...	Young Teenager (uncredited)
Basil McCurry	...	Parade patron (uncredited)
Victoria Profeta	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Jill Ragan	...	Pizza Waitress (uncredited)

Directed by
Craig Gillespie

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Carnes		(written by) &
Josh Gilbert		(written by)

Produced by
Kent Alterman	....	executive producer
Bob Cooper	....	producer
David Dobkin	....	producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Keith Goldberg	....	co-executive producer
Brian Inerfeld	....	co-producer
Karen Lunder	....	executive producer
Diana Pokorny	....	executive producer
Michele Weiss	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Tami Reiker		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alan Baumgarten
Kevin Tent

Casting by
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Alison Sadler

Art Direction by
Gaston Langer
James F. Truesdale

Set Decoration by
Jay Hart		(as Jay R. Hart)

Costume Design by
Wendy Chuck

Makeup Department
Patricia Androff	....	key makeup artist
Fríða Aradóttir	....	hair stylist: Ms. Sarandon (as Frida Aradottir)
Marilyn Carbone	....	makeup artist: Ms. Sarandon
Robin Day	....	hair stylist: Ms. Sarandon, additional photography
Cammy R. Langer	....	hair stylist (as Cammy Langer)
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Deborah Ann Piper	....	department head hair
Keith Sayer	....	key makeup artist: additional photography
Janeen Schreyer	....	makeup artist: Mr. Thornton
Joani Yarbrough	....	hair stylist: Mr. Thornton

Production Management
Jan Foster	....	unit production manager
Robin Mulcahy Fisichella	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Rick Reynolds	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bac DeLorme	....	second assistant director
Jonathan McGarry	....	first assistant director
Paul Schmitz	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Adam L. Barker	....	lead plaster foreman
John Berger	....	set designer
Chad Canale	....	set dresser
Ryan Cassidy	....	set dresser
Mick Cummings	....	set decorating buyer
Warren Drummond	....	storyboard artist
K.C. Fox	....	set decorator: additional photography
Ryan Galiher	....	set dresser
L. David Gordon	....	drapery foreman
Gaston Langer	....	art director: refilmed scenes
Gaston Langer	....	assistant art director
Chris Langevin	....	props
Travis Gale Lewis	....	set dresser
Travis Gale Lewis	....	swing gang
Merdyce McClaran	....	on-set dresser
Douglas McKay	....	set dresser
Brett McKenzie	....	art department assistant
Nick Papac	....	assistant property master: reshoots
Roger Prater	....	stand-by greens
Patricia Rake	....	set dresser
Lee Ross	....	on-set scenic
Glenn Ryan Jr.	....	set dresser
Steven Samanen	....	graphic designer
Wayne Shepherd	....	lead man
Bennet Silver	....	set dresser
Chris Snyder	....	construction coordinator
Michael P. Sweeney	....	assistant property master
Michael A. Truesdale	....	art department coordinator
Gary Tuers	....	property master
Shannon Curfman	....	set decorator buyer: re-shoots (uncredited)

Sound Department
Candice Baldwin	....	additional sound
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Steve Cantamessa	....	sound mixer
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound effects editor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Victor Ray Ennis	....	supervising sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Daniel S. Irwin	....	adr & dialogue editor
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	sound editor
Scott La Rue	....	boom operator
Daryl Lathrop	....	adr recordist
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Matthew E. Taylor	....	sound effects recordist
Gary Thomas	....	boom operator
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Lisa Varetakis	....	dialogue editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Andrew Garrett Lange	....	post sound intern (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jeremy Hays	....	special effects director
Brendon O'Dell	....	special effects technician
Ken Rudell	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Justin DeLong	....	digital artist
John Healy	....	restoration
Gerald Ragland	....	digital intermediate support colorist
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate colorist
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
Susan M. Weeks	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Chris Carnel	....	stunt double: Billy Bob Thornton
Steve M. Davison	....	stunt coordinator
Donald Erfert	....	utility stunts
Houston Hooker	....	stunt double
Kanan Hooker	....	stunt double
Gary Jensen	....	stunt coordinator
Brett Smrz	....	stunt performer
Justin Sundquist	....	stunt double
Thom Williams	....	stunt double: Ethan Suplee

Camera and Electrical Department
Dustin Ault	....	best boy grip
Herb Ault	....	key grip
Tyger Belton	....	assistant camera
Tracy Bennett	....	still photographer
Jeff Brinker	....	rigging grip
Tim Christie	....	rigging grip
Chris Cuevas	....	assistant camera
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	key rigging grip
Mark Figueroa	....	first assistant camera
David Fordham	....	grip
Oscar Gomez	....	best boy rigging grip
Alan Jacoby	....	additional first assistant camera
Pete Johnson	....	rigging grip
Jacques Jouffret	....	Steadicam operator
Eric Leach	....	rigging grip
Heather Lea	....	first assistant camera
Robyn Link	....	loader
Bill-Brady Majors	....	key rigging grip: re-shoots
Dan Ming	....	additional assistant camera
Mazi Mitchell	....	electrician
Cory Peavler	....	rigging grip
Jeffrey W. Petersen	....	gaffer
Pete Romano	....	underwater camera operator: additional photography
Jesse Roth	....	assistant camera
Paul Sanchez	....	camera operator
Bill H. Schwocho	....	rigging grip
John Seravic	....	grip
Chris Shadley	....	video assist operator
Cliff Shaffer	....	rigging grip
Bruce Sharp	....	rigging gaffer
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	additional video assist operator
Vich Thiensuwana	....	rigging grip
Henry Tirl	....	Steadicam operator
Henry Tirl	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jeffrey L. Wilson	....	grip
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip
Patriq Luo	....	electrician (uncredited)
Robert J. Reilly	....	rigging grip foreman (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sasha Adkinson	....	extras casting
Venus Kanani	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeannine Bourdaghs	....	costume supervisor
Toby Bronson	....	set costumer
Carrie Grace	....	assistant costume designer
Brad Holtzman	....	set costumer
Jeannie H. Kelly	....	costumer
Ann Miller	....	key set costumer
Reiko Porter	....	costume production assistant
Ivory Stanton	....	costume ager/dyer
Susan Strubel	....	costumer: Mr. Thornton (as Susan M. Strubel)

Editorial Department
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	on-line editor
Kevin Gasca	....	post-production assistant
Elana Joy Livneh	....	assistant editor
David Marks	....	post-production assistant
Nick Monton	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Missy Papageorge	....	digital intermediate producer
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Dov Samuel	....	associate editor
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jimmy Tom	....	additional colorist
Kristen Young	....	assistant editor
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3 (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor: orchestra
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Lee Blaylock	....	music clearances
Bob Bowen	....	music executive
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Bruno Coon	....	music editor
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
James Fogel	....	assistant scoring engineer
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Vaughn Bladen	....	driver
Denny Caira	....	transportation coordinator
Karen K. Chang	....	transportation office coordinator
Ken Farnell	....	driver: re-shoots
Tyler W. Gaisford	....	picture car coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Joe Meylor	....	transportation co-captain reshoots
Mike Shannon	....	transportation captain
Tim Sisson	....	transportation captain
James Waitkus	....	driver
Bonnie Yamahiro	....	driver: re-shoots

Other crew
Sage Asteak	....	production assistant
Alasdair Boyd	....	key assistant location manager
Alasdair Boyd	....	location manager: re-shoots
Danny Bress	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Coriedus Brown	....	production assistant
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service
Bonni Camen	....	assistant: Ms. Pokorny
Matthew B. Chamberlin	....	key assistant location manager
Jayson Chang	....	production assistant
Robin Citrin	....	location manager
Stephen Clarke	....	set production assistant: additional photography
Mike Cunliffe	....	production assistant
Cheryl de la O	....	assistant: Ms. Lunder
Nicole Eberhardt	....	production assistant
Mark Edlitz	....	executive assistant: Ms. Sarandon
Leo Fialho	....	assistant location manager: additional photography
Tony Flores	....	advisor: wrestling
Tony Flores	....	wrestling trainer
Suzanne Friedline	....	adr voice
Shilo Frontierro	....	additional set production assistant: additional photography
Greg Garthe	....	assistant: Mr. Dobkin
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Jane E. Graves	....	key assistant location manager
Shannon Hamed	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Jason Hariton	....	studio stage manager
Ariana D. Harris	....	executive assistant: Mr. Cooper
Marie Healy	....	location scout
Sara Howell	....	second assistant accountant
Elizabeth Ingram	....	assistant production coordinator (as J. Elizabeth Ingram)
Jason Inman	....	set medic
Matthew Janssen	....	production assistant
Marisol Jiménez	....	construction accountant
Cohl Klop	....	voice-over
Carissa Kosta	....	assistant: Mr. Gillespie (as Carissa Koutantzis)
Tory Mell	....	production assistant
Debbie Merritt	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoots
Ryan Miningham	....	assistant: New Line Cinema
Jesse Noonan	....	production assistant: Ms. Sarandon
April Novak	....	production assistant: additional photography unit
Jeff Joon Park	....	manager of business and legal affairs
Geoff Pattison	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
John M. Pisani	....	unit publicist
Keith Potter	....	production assistant
Wendy Price	....	production accountant
Anisa Qureshi	....	production assistant
Jeremy Reisig	....	set production assistant
Steven John Reynolds	....	first accountant
Zack Ruderman	....	production assistant
Kristin Scott	....	assistant: Mr. Thornton (as Kristin L. Scott)
Kerri Smeltzer	....	assistant: Ms. Pokorny
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	executive producer: Company 3
Matthew Spiegel	....	production coordinator
Michael Swafford	....	first assistant accountant
Brian Truman	....	assistant: Mr. Cooper
Amy H. Tung	....	production secretary
Craig Vegas	....	production assistant
Tony Whitmore	....	water safety
Brian Worsley	....	production secretary: re-shoots
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks
Tyra Banks	....	special thanks
Lisa Beach	....	special thanks
Garth Craven	....	special thanks
Greg Hayden	....	special thanks
Sarah Katzman	....	special thanks
Eric Zumbrunnen	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Avery Pix
• Landscape Pictures
• MACRON Filmproduktion Projekt 1 KG

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• ARM Distribution (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• CK Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Full Scale Effects (special effects)
• Sight Effects (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Gamma & Density  on-set color correction (as Gamma and Density's 3CP system)
• MS-Pro/MusicSupervisor.com  post-production (music services)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  titles and opticals
• Reel Security  production security
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

Also Known As:

Adivina con quién salgo (Mexico) [es]
Anyámon a tanárom (Hungary) [hu]
Beden ögretmeni bay Woodcock (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Cuestión de pelotas (Spain) [es]
Em pé de guerra (Brazil) [pt]
Enemigo en casa (Argentina) [es]
Monsieur Woodcock (Canada: French title) [fr]
Mr. Woodcock (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Mr. Woodcock - Stefaren fra helvete (Norway) (TV title) [no]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic material, language and a mild drug reference.

Runtime:

USA:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42285) | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Philippines:R-13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Norway:10 (TV rating) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avery Pix

Trivia:

David Dobkin directed three weeks of re-shoots, according to Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times 10 August 2007

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When John arrives home at the airport in Nebraska, there are palm trees in the background.

Quotes:

John Farley: Lets go, Woodcock.
Mr. Woodcock: You must like getting spanked, Farley. I guess it runs in the family.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-15)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Treading Water

A Nutshell Review: Mr. Woodcock

"Take a lap!" "Set of 10!"

With a name like W-o-o-d-c-o-c-k (roll it off your tongue slowly for maximum effect), you'd have expect the jokes to come fast and furious about the appendage. Well there are, however, the best parts of Mr Woodcock are not the sexual innuendos, but come from the various gymnasium scenes, where Jasper Woodcock (Billy Bob Thorton) the PE teacher runs his classes like a sadistic drill sergeant, and all the misfits tremble in fear and loathe as he puts them through the paces, with physical, mental and emotional abuse dished out in deadpan manner. The filmmakers know this, and set the bar high enough from the get go, but only for the movie to spiral in the general southwards direction.

Thirteen years after his unforgettable years of growing up under Mr Woodcock's insults, John Farley (Seann William Scott) becomes a renowned self help guru and published a bestseller called "Letting Go: How to Get Past Your Past", because it takes one successful loser to teach the rest how to move on. During a journey back home where you're hit with a barrage of literally corny jokes, John realizes to his horror that his mother Beverly (Susan Sarandon) is now dating Mr Woodcock, and he makes it his mission to dissuade her from giving him a new stepdad, one who has been the bane of his childhood.

That basically becomes the premise of the movie, and a highly predictable one at that. You'll see from a mile away every conceivable plot development coming toward you, and it doesn't help that the short run time of under 90 minutes probably meant some material were reserved for the DVD release. You can tell by some of the continuity errors, helped in no part by John's bad haircut episode.

Billy Bob Thorton owns the movie as Woodcock, delivery his deliciously acidic remarks with aplomb. Alpha-male type roles are nothing new to Thorton, and bullying or whipping losers to shape are part of the game, just like School for Scoundrels. And here he plays the unapologetic teacher with EQ problems, taking perverse delight in seeing his charges suffer. Sean William Scott is better known unfortunately for his loud and over the top Stifler from the American Pie movies, but given a rather muted character like John Farley, he fades away quicker than you can spell l-o-s-e-r. Susan Sarandon rounds up the lead cast as the woman caught between two men, and frankly I thought it was like an extension of her mother's role in Elizabethtown. Look out for more Sarandon in an upcoming movie called Enchanted, which takes the mickey out of a Disney movie. Most of the other supporting cast like Amy Poehler and Ethan Suplee got wasted, with the former being a self-professed alcoholic Barbie doll, while the other a fanatic who had read John's book 900 times and counting.

Mr Woodcock isn't laugh out loud or laugh a minute, but it has its moments. Sadly, most of the best bits made their way to the trailers, making the movie seem like an empty shell. And given the editing fiasco of late, Mr Woodcock suffers from censorship too, with what I thought was just verbal expressions of ecstasy being snipped off and left on the cutting room floor. Pity.