Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Marc Forster

Writer (WGA):

Zach Helm (written by)

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.

Plot:

An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.

Plot Keywords:

Author | Narration | IRS Agent | Audit | Bakery

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 11 nominations

Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Harold Crick
William Dick	...	IRS Co-Worker #1
Guy Massey	...	IRS Co-Worker #2
Martha Espinoza	...	IRS Co-Worker #3
T.J. Jagodowski	...	IRS Co-Worker #4
Peter Grosz	...	IRS Co-Worker #5
Ricky Adams	...	Young Boy
Christian Stolte	...	Young Boy's Father
Denise Hughes	...	Kronecker Bus Driver
Peggy Roeder	...	Polish Woman
Tonray Ho	...	IRS Co-Worker #6
Tony Hale	...	Dave
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Ana Pascal
Danny Rhodes	...	Bakery Employee #1
Helen Young	...	Bakery Customer #1
David Pompeii	...	Bakery Customer #2
Linara Washington	...	Bakery Employee #2
Larry Neumann Jr.	...	Homeless Man
Emma Thompson	...	Karen Eiffel
John Mohrlein	...	Man with Hose
Queen Latifah	...	Penny Escher
Tom Hulce	...	Dr. Cayly
Bruce Jarchow	...	Commuter
Linda Hunt	...	Dr. Mittag-Leffler
Dustin Hoffman	...	Professor Jules Hilbert
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Book Channel Host
Bradley Mott	...	Large Man on Bus
John M. Watson Sr.	...	TV Author (as John Watson Sr.)
David Wiegers	...	Bakery Customer #3
Jarrett Sleeper	...	Bakery Customer #4
Karen Lloyd	...	Customer with Tan
Keith Kupferer	...	Demolition Foreman
Danny McCarthy	...	Demolition Crew #1
Tab Baker	...	Demolition Crew #2
Mark Buettner	...	Claw Operator
Christian Young	...	ER Doctor #1
Arraon Skippa Hixson	...	Young Man Patient (as Arraon Hixson)
Bryan Kelly	...	ER Orderly
Whitney Sneed	...	ER Nurse #2
Ray Kurut	...	ER Doctor #2
Celeste Pechous	...	ER Nurse #2
Michael Cook	...	ER Doctor #3
Cheryl Lynn Bruce	...	Head ER Nurse
Chet Dubowski	...	Man in Tweed
Ora Jones	...	Banneker Press Receptionist
Jordan Keller	...	Grocer
Herb Lichtenstein	...	IRS Co-Worker #7
Stacey Jackson	...	IRS Co-Worker #8
Jordan Teplitz	...	Old Man on Phone
Ricardo Gutiérrez	...	Bus Company Manager
James Mazza	...	Irritated Man on Bus
Oscar Roxas	...	Another Man on Bus
Nadirah Bost	...	Accident Witness
Sandra Marquez	...	Accident Witness
Lacy Coil	...	Accident Witness
Will Clinger	...	Accident Witness
Al Samuels	...	Accident Witness (as Albert Samuels)
Frank Caeti	...	Accident Witness
Andrew Rothenberg	...	Doctor Mercator
Rengin Altay	...	Nurse
Lucinda Kemp	...	Bus Operator #1
Donna Watkins	...	Bus Operator #2
Julien Heron	...	Animal Footage Voice Over (voice)
Lora Cain	...	Animal Footage Voice Over (voice)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Animal Footage Voice Over (voice)
Mike McColl	...	Animal Footage Voice Over (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nathan Adloff	...	Bakery Patron (uncredited)
Holly Barrett	...	Truck Driver (uncredited)
Rishi Chitkara	...	Student (uncredited)
Lori Claussen	...	Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Sue Durso	...	IRS Agent (uncredited)
Andrea Frisby	...	Commuter (uncredited)
Alex Gil	...	College Student (uncredited)
Eli Goodman	...	Augustus Chatman (uncredited)
Bob Kolbey	...	Professor Polo (uncredited)
Tim Krueger	...	Business Man (uncredited)
Jamie Louachai	...	Movie Patron / El Passenger (uncredited)
Sergio Mojica	...	Business Person (uncredited)
Sia A. Moody	...	Nurse #3 (uncredited)
January Stern	...	Bus Riding Mom (uncredited)
Ron Valdez	...	Orderly (uncredited)
Andrea N. Winters	...	IRS Worker (uncredited)

Directed by
Marc Forster

Writing credits (WGA)
Zach Helm		(written by)

Produced by
Lindsay Doran	....	producer
Joseph Drake	....	executive producer (as Joe Drake)
Aubrey Henderson	....	co-producer
Nathan Kahane	....	executive producer
Eric Kopeloff	....	executive producer
Jim Miller	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Britt Daniel
Brian Reitzell

Cinematography by
Roberto Schaefer		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Matt Chesse

Casting by
Kathy Driscoll		(as Kathleen Driscoll-Mohler)
Francine Maisler

Production Design by
Kevin Thompson

Art Direction by
Craig Jackson

Set Decoration by
Ford Wheeler

Costume Design by
Frank L. Fleming		(as Frank Fleming)

Makeup Department
Laverne Caracuzzi	....	key makeup artist
Chelo	....	assistant makeup artist
Deborah K. Dee	....	key hair stylist
Latrice Edwards	....	additional makeup artist
Agnes M. Gibicar	....	additional hair stylist
Lisa Layman	....	makeup department head
Frances Mathias	....	hair department head
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup artist: Mr. Hoffman
Vicki Vacca	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Kelli Konop	....	executive in charge of production: Mandate Pictures
Eric Kopeloff	....	unit production manager
Lisa Looney	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Karyn McCarthy	....	unit production manager
C. Cory M. McCrum-Abdo	....	post-production supervisor (as Cory McCrum-Abdo)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Giovannetti Jr.	....	first assistant director: second unit
Kevin Tod Haug	....	second unit director
Alyson Latz	....	second second assistant director
Michael Lerman	....	first assistant director
Peter Thorell	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Bruce Ahlfeld	....	carpenter foreman
Mark Almasi	....	carpenter
Peter Bankins	....	property master
Anthony Barracca	....	leadman (as Tony Barracca)
Frank Battaglia	....	carpenter
Russell Bowers	....	graphics conceptual designer (as Russ Bowers)
Michael Brogato	....	carpenter
Michael L. Butkovich	....	painter
Helmer Claesson	....	labor foreman
Frank D. Dambra	....	head painter (as Frank Dambra)
Charles W. DelGreco	....	swing gang (as Chuck Delgreco)
Tanja Deshida	....	art department buyer
James Disantis	....	laborer
Steve DuFour	....	assistant property master
Edward England	....	carpenter foreman
Anthony Joseph Fatigato	....	painter
Tom Gagnon	....	swing gang
Michael D. Gianneschi	....	assistant property master (as Michael Gianneschi)
Veloz Gomez	....	set dresser
Kristin Hanson	....	art department coordinator
Gary Happ	....	carpenter
Mike Hohe	....	carpenter (as Michael T. Hobe)
Lester Johnson	....	painter
Susan Kaip	....	painter
John P. Kenny III	....	general foreman
Kathleen Kenny	....	painter
Kevin Kenny	....	carpenter (as Kevin M. Kenny Sr.)
Will Kenny	....	carpenter
Kyle Kirby	....	laborer
Rodman Kiser	....	labor foreman
John Kroll	....	carpenter
Nicholas Laurin	....	carpenter
Matthew K. Lavin	....	laborer
Rich Lee	....	graphics conceptual designer
Jason C. Lieberenz	....	carpenter
Nathan Mack	....	carpenter
Cyril A. Matthys	....	swing gang: second unit (as Cy Matthys)
Freddie Mikels	....	stand-by painter
John Mikels	....	paint foreman
Mike Monckton	....	painter (as Mike 'Monk' Monckton)
Bruce Mullins	....	carpenter
Mike Neely	....	graphics conceptual designer
Jon Nicholson	....	on-set dresser
Timothy J. Osman	....	carpenter (as Tim Osman)
Tyler Osman	....	construction coordinator
Matt Reese	....	carpenter
John Rigden	....	painter
Ryan Roberts	....	carpenter
Kerry Sanders	....	set designer
John H. Schulz	....	painter
Ericka N. Shane	....	construction estimator
Steve Strohm	....	laborer
James A. Suhajda	....	painter
John Underkoffler	....	graphics conceptual designer
Juan Vela	....	swing gang
Daryl Ziemke	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
John Cannon	....	first assistant sound editor
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer (as Bob Deschaine)
Mark DeSimone	....	sound engineer
Dino Dimuro	....	sound editor
Lisle Engle	....	sound editor (as Lyle Engle)
Jonathan Fallon	....	adr assistant (as Jon Fallon)
Jonathan Fallon	....	dialogue assistant (as Jon Fallon)
Jonathan Fallon	....	sound editor
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects recordist (as John Fassal)
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer
Marc Hayes	....	sound engineer
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Jory	....	ProTools recordist
Richard Jory	....	sound recordist
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (as Alyson Moore)
Scott Morgan	....	foley recordist
Bruce Nyznik	....	supervising adr editor
Bruce Nyznik	....	supervising dialogue editor
David Obermeyer	....	sound mixer
Mark Ormandy	....	sound effects recordist
John Pospisil	....	special sound effects
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Bill Ritter	....	chief sound engineer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound designer
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	supervising sound editor
Blair Scheller	....	boom operator
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Danny Sheehan	....	additional adr coordinator
Gary L.G. Simpson	....	chief sound engineer (as Gary Simpson)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Matthew E. Taylor	....	sound effects recordist (as Mathew Taylor)
Jon Title	....	sound editor (as John Title)
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Drew Webster	....	digital sound mix technician
David Weisberg	....	adr mixer
Ronald L. Wright	....	boom operator
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Richard Jory	....	ProTools engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Joel Bennett	....	special effects assistant
Jason Breitzman	....	special effects crew
Chris Cline	....	special effects technician: reshoots
George DiSalvo	....	special effects assistant
Ryan Hanson	....	special effects assistant
Kyle Holden	....	special effects
Frank Krenmuller	....	special effects foreman (as Frank R. Krenmuller)
Don Parsons	....	special effects coordinator
Danny Sokolowski	....	set special effects (as Dan Sokolowski)
Bruce A. Strong	....	set special effects (as Bruce Strong)
Rob Yale	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Krista Allain	....	visual effects production manager: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Artin Aryaei	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Greg Astles	....	lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Sneha Astles	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Sneha Prabhakaran)
Stéphane Audit	....	systems administrator: FX Cartel
Travis Avitabile	....	digital intermediate support: Laser Pacific
Louise Baker	....	previsualization artist: Proof
Adrian Banton	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Sarah Barker	....	visual effects editorial: Double Negative
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects executive producer: Mokko Studio
Craig Bilsky	....	digital intermediate support: Laser Pacific
Paul Birkett	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Andrea Bonetto	....	visual effects production assistant: BarXseven
Alain Bouchard	....	visual effects consultant: FX Cartel
Carole Bouchard	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Jean Boucher	....	visual effects coordinator: MOKKO Studio
Jean-Christophe Boue	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Nik Brownlee	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Kris Carson	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Eddy Chan	....	digital artist: MOKKO Studio
Dominic Cheung	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Martin Ciastko	....	digital compositor: BarXseven
Bill Coffin	....	visual effects
Dayne Cowan	....	CG supervisor: Double Negative
Etienne Daigle	....	digital compositor: FX Cartel
Dimitri Delacovias	....	senior digital matte painter: Double Negative
Angela De Palma	....	visual effects coordinator: FX Cartel
Philippe Desiront	....	digital compositor: BarXseven
Louis Desrochers	....	digital artist: MOKKO Studio
Dan Dixon	....	associate visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Thai Son Doan	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Danny Duchesneau	....	digital compositor: BarXseven
Peter Dydo	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
George Fok	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Kevin Footlik	....	digital stills coordinator
Dan Fortin	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Kathryn Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator (as Katie Kerr)
Tarn Fox	....	lead compositor: BarXseven
Ron Frankel	....	previs supervisor: Proof
Mohammad Ghorbankarimi	....	associate visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Anne-Marie Ghosn	....	visual effects consultant: FX Cartel
Raymond Gieringer	....	visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Charles Granger	....	lead compositor: Digital Dimension
Chloe Grysole	....	visual effects producer: FX Cartel
Andy Hague	....	visual effects editorial: Double Negative
Gunnar Hansen	....	visual effects supervisor: FX Cartel
Meinert Hansen	....	character designer: FX Cartel
Pete Hanson	....	scan record manager: Double Negative
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects technical advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects designer
Michel Héroux	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Konstantin Hristozov	....	digital compositor: MOKKO Studio
Christian Irles	....	CG supervisor: Klon Films
Stephen James	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
David Kessous	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Jeff Klug)
David Knox	....	motion control operator: second unit (as Dave Knox)
Lev Kolobov	....	senior digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jason Kolodziejczak	....	2D technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Alain Lachance	....	lead compositor: Mokko Studio
Alain Lachance	....	visual effects supervisor: MOKKO Studio
Ken Lam	....	digital matte artist and digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Virginie Lamotte	....	digital compositor
Wendy Lanning	....	executive visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Martin Larrivée	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Ethan Lee	....	3D technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mai-Ling Lee	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Sam Lee	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Stephane Legault	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Jonathan Legris	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Jonathan Legris	....	digital artist
Charles Le Guen	....	CG supervisor: BarXseven
Margarida Leong	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Danny Levesque	....	digital effects artist: MOKKO Studio
Jacques Levesque	....	digital compositor: FX Cartel
Laurence Lok	....	digital compositor
Sean Looper	....	pipeline technical director: Digital Dimension
Jason Maher	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Paul Maples	....	motion control operator: second unit
Simon Marinof	....	CG supervisor: Digital Dimension
Jean-Yves Martel	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Marc Massicotte	....	digital compositor: MOKKO Studio
Jim Maxwell	....	digital matte artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Leslie McMinn	....	visual effects producer
Lon Molnar	....	visual effects creative advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Jean-Francois Morissette	....	3D tracking and layout
Jean-Francois Morissette	....	CG artist: BarXseven
C. Michael Neely	....	previs animator
Chris Nokes	....	visual effects coordinator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Pete O'Connell	....	digital compositor: BarXseven
Ciaran O'Connor	....	junior matte painter and digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Stéphane Paradis	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Scott Parker	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Hojin Park	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Yvan Pinard	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Helen Raicevic	....	visual effects consultant: FX Cartel
Jay Randall	....	visual effects supervisor: BarXseven
Charles Richer	....	digital compositor: MOKKO Studio
Jean-Pierre Riverin	....	digital effects artist: MOKKO Studio
Tyler Robb	....	production assistant: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: Mokko Studio
Gia Sadhwani	....	senior animator: Double Negative
Sean Samuels	....	digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Geoff Sayer	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Robert Sethi	....	senior animator: Double Negative
Craig Shumard	....	motion control technician: second unit
Leonardo Silva	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Vicki Silva	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Clancy Silver	....	lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Phillip Stamp	....	additional visual effects designer: FX Cartel
Tom Steadman	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Christopher Sweet	....	studio assistant: Double Negative
Mehrdad Tavakkolian	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Andy Taylor	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Scott Taylor	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Mahvash Tehrani	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Zelda Tinska	....	visual effects scan record assistant: Double Negative
Soufiane Touzline	....	digital compositor: MOKKO Studio
Wayne Traudt	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Wayne Traudt	....	3D supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Andre Tréjo	....	digital intermediate support: Laser Pacific (as Andre Trejo)
Mathieu Tremblay	....	visual effects coordinator: MOKKO Studio
Liam Tully	....	visual effects scan record assistant: Double Negative
Martial Vincent	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Tim Warnock	....	senior digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Katie Wells	....	visual effects executive producer: FXCartel
Dan Wheaton	....	senior digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Linda Williams	....	digital intermediate editor
Helen Wood	....	compositor: Double Negative
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: Laser Pacific
Owen Hammer	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Craig Kuehne	....	roto artist: MK12 (uncredited)
Taz Lodder	....	technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)
Steve Lynn	....	technical support (uncredited)
Derek Rausch	....	roto artist: MK12 (uncredited)

Stunts
Frank P. Calzavara	....	stunts (as Frank Calzavara)
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz	....	stunt bus driver
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunts (as Ed Fernandez)
James Fierro	....	stunts (as Jim Fierro)
Mark Harper	....	stunts
Richard L. LeFevour	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunt coordinator (as Rick LeFevour)
Tom Lowell	....	stunts
Daniel Maldonado	....	stunts (as Dan Moldonado)
James R. Mammoser	....	stunts (as Jim Mammoser)
Tom McComas	....	stunts
Tom McHenry	....	stunts
Natalie M. Meyer	....	stunts (as Natalie Meyer)
Carl Paoli	....	stunts
Linda Perlin	....	stunts
Alicia Skirball	....	stunts
Kevin Sorenson	....	stunts
Jodi Starnes	....	stunts
Bobby Stuart	....	stunts (as Bob Stuart)
Rich Wilkie	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Faires Anderson	....	additional camera operator (as faries Anderson)
Sam Bertone	....	best boy rigger
Paul Bode	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Kelly R. Borisy	....	grip: second unit (as Kelly Borisy)
Kevin Boyd	....	video assist 24 frame coordinator
Alex M. Cacciarelli	....	video assist operator
K.C. Capek	....	additional second assistant camera
Mark Castelaz	....	electrician
Jonathan Clark	....	camera loader
Sonny Arthur Coleman	....	grip
Christopher M. Collar Jr.	....	grip (as Chris Collar Jr.)
Joseph P. Connelly	....	grip
Chris Dame	....	remote head technician
Robert W. Faison	....	additional first assistant camera (as Bob Faison)
Brad Fanfalone	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Brad Fanfortone)
Fred Folmer	....	key grip: second unit
Chris Freres	....	best boy rigger
John P. Friday	....	rigging gaffer (as John Friday)
Joe Gajewski	....	crane technician
Zachary Gannaway	....	additional second assistant camera
Alejandro Garcia	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Alex Garcia)
Ron Goodman	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Travis Grurin	....	light board operator: second unit
Edward A. Gutentag	....	crash camera operator (as Edward Gutentag)
Timothy Hale	....	electrician
Rory Herbster	....	electrician
Gregg Horvath	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Chris Hudecek	....	electrician
Charles Jimenez	....	grip
Timothy Jipping	....	grip (as Tim Jipping)
David Knox	....	camera operator: second unit
Michael Kohnhorst	....	additional camera operator: "b" camera
Robert Krzeminski	....	best boy grip
Matthew LeCrone	....	electrician
Morgan Michael Lewis	....	key grip (as Mike Lewis)
Ted Lichtenheld	....	director of photography: second unit
Mark R. Lindberg	....	best boy (as Mark Lindbergh)
Joseph Louis	....	electrician
David 'Louie' Lukasik	....	electrician (as David Louie Lukasik)
Anthony J. Lullo	....	gaffer
Steven Matthys	....	electrician (as Steven C. Matthys)
Jim McConkey	....	Steadicam operator
Jim McConkey	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Donna McLain	....	electrician
Salvatore J. Miglio Jr.	....	electrician
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Peter Morenz	....	camera loader
Peter Morenz	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer
Stephanie Power	....	electrician
Mark Purkart	....	dolly grip
John S. Robertson	....	key rigging grip (as John Robertson)
Dan Schroer	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Clarence Schubert	....	rigging grip: second unit
Mike Shaheen	....	24 frame video operator: IRS
Dean M. Simmon	....	first assistant camera: additional camera
Stuart Slack	....	grip
Andy Smith	....	24 frame video operator (as Andrew A. Smith)
Andy Smith	....	video assist operator: second unit
Christy Taddeo	....	electrician
David Tomita	....	grip
James R. Tynes	....	gaffer (as Jim Tynes)
Dan Urbain	....	camera loader
Jean Whiteside	....	still photographer
Rick Whitfield	....	24 frame video operator: IRS
Joe 'Jody' Williams	....	additional camera operator (as Joe Williams)
Steven R. Wojcik	....	additional camera operator (as Steven Wojcik)
Ron Goodman	....	director of photography: spacecam (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jocelyn Delk	....	extras casting assistant
Cicely D. Harris	....	extras casting assistant
Clare Morris	....	extras casting assistant
Joan Philo	....	extras casting
Bridget Quinn	....	extras casting assistant
Loriel Samaras	....	extras casting assistant
Merry Alderman	....	casting assistant (uncredited)
Matt Miller	....	casting associate: Chicago (uncredited)
Mickie Paskal	....	casting: Chicago, Tenner, Pascal & Rudnicke casting Inc. (uncredited)
Jennifer Rudnicke	....	casting: Chicago, Tenner, Pascal & Rudnicke casting Inc. (uncredited)
Dave Shin	....	extras casting intern (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Claire Connelly	....	costume coordinator
Lizzie Cook	....	set costumer
Lisa R. Frucht	....	assistant costume designer (as Lisa Frucht)
Marylou Lim	....	costumer: Mr. Ferrell
Eileen McCahill	....	costume supervisor
Sukari McGill	....	set costumer
Rachael Ohman	....	costumer
Domenico Vacca	....	suits: Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman and Queen Latifah
Julie Yrjanson	....	set costumer (as Julie Yrianson)

Editorial Department
Kyle DeVriendt	....	digital film recordist
Robin Gonsalves	....	editorial production assistant
Bruce Goodman	....	colorist: dailies, Laser Pacific
Harry Muller	....	color timer: DeLuxe
Alex Olivares	....	first assistant editor
Mike Sowa	....	digital intermediate color timer: Laser Pacific
Chad Sustin	....	post-production coordinator
Lawrence Howard Williams	....	post digital media operator

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music clearance
Erik Gavriluk	....	score recordist: Bombfactory
Jerry Harrison	....	score pre-mixer
Stephanie Lowry	....	music editor
Roger Neill	....	music arranger
Roger Neill	....	orchestrator
Brian Reitzell	....	music supervisor
Brian Reitzell	....	score mixer
Justin Stanley	....	score mixer
Eric Thorngren	....	score pre-mixer (as Eric 'E.T.' Thorngren)
Erica Weis	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Michael J. Barcal	....	driver (as Michael Barcal)
Anthony Belmonte	....	driver
Michael L. Bianchi	....	driver
Michael Bremer	....	driver
Joseph Calomino	....	driver
Salvatore Cangelosi	....	driver (as Sal J. Cangelosi)
Jim Chin	....	driver
Victor W. Chin	....	driver
Gus Dimas	....	driver
James W. Duffy	....	driver
Adam Fox	....	driver: dustin hoffman (los angeles ) ) (uncredited)
James H. Garthe	....	driver
Philip Gutowski	....	driver (as Philip Gutowsky)
Jim Hogan	....	transportation coordinator
Pete Kaczmar	....	driver
Zoa Keith	....	dispatcher
Earl W. Lent Jr.	....	driver
Anthony P. Lizio	....	driver
Luis F. Lomeli	....	driver
Patrick Lynn	....	driver
Anthony Majcher Jr.	....	driver
Joseph F. Martucci	....	transportation: second unit (as Joe Martucci)
Patrick McGowen	....	driver
Jim Modzelewski	....	driver
Arthur N. Ozawa	....	driver
Peter Pantaleo	....	driver
Armand Paoletti	....	transportation co-captain
Joseph Paoletti	....	transportation captain (as Joe Paoletti)
Anthony Perna	....	driver
Donald Peterson	....	driver (as Donald P. Peterson)
John F. Piscitelli	....	driver
Mike Presto	....	driver
Darien Reid	....	driver (as Darren Reid)
Robert J. Rocco	....	driver
Thomas Schrul	....	driver (as Thomas W. Schaul)
Eddie Smith Jr.	....	driver
Timothy S. Sparrey	....	driver
Nico Triantafilidis	....	transportation: second unit (as Nick Triantafillidis)
Robert Wallace	....	driver (as Robert T. Wallace)
Spero Zappas	....	driver
Matt Dworzanczyk	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Alicia Accardo	....	script supervisor
Kate Amer	....	production coordinator
Stephen Andrzejewski	....	location manager
Kristin Arceneaux	....	stand-in: Queen Latifah
Nick Ardagna	....	intern
Ou Bai	....	intern
Julie Baner	....	intern
Jane Bard	....	craft service
LaWanda Black	....	assistant: Ms. Latifah (as La Wanda 'LB' Black)
Kevin Boyd	....	playback coordinator
Benjamin T. Brammeier	....	key set production assistant
Gretchen Brown	....	assistant location manager: New York
Harold Caldwell	....	second assistant accountant (as Harold R. Caldwell)
Jason W. Camp	....	production assistant (as Jason Camp)
Alex Capaldi	....	production assistant
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr loop group
Matt Carlson	....	caterer: American Road Show
Nicholas Carranza	....	production assistant (as Nick Carranza)
Will Casey	....	unit publicist
Chris Cashman	....	photo double: Will Ferrell
Jinyi Chong	....	assistant: Ms. Doran
Wendy Cohen	....	product placement
Stephanie Dufford	....	intern
Matthew Eberle	....	intern (as Matt Eberle)
Mikey Eberle	....	production assistant (as Michael H. Eberle)
Elliott Eisman	....	intern
Jessica Elbaum	....	assistant: Mr. Ferrell
Sara Ellingen	....	production secretary
Stuart Emmerman	....	intern
Casey W. Engelhardt	....	assistant: Mr. Kopeloff
Aaron C. Fitzgerald	....	production assistant
Lauren Foster	....	intern
Michael Franck	....	pilot: aerial unit
Clint Gage	....	production assistant
Katie Gajewski	....	production assistant
Richard Gariépy	....	production accountant: FX Cartel
Wil Fred Gelin	....	intern (as Wilfred Gelin)
Liz Goldsmith	....	location scout
Robin Gonsalves	....	assistant: Mr. Forster, Chicago
Michelle Gonsiorek	....	production assistant
Sean C. Graham	....	stand-in: Will Ferrell (as Sean Graham)
Matt Gulley	....	production assistant (as Matthew Gully)
P.J. Haines	....	caterer: American Road Show
Ben Hammer	....	caterer: Four Star catering
Jason Hariton	....	studio stage manager
Michelle Henniges	....	intern
Amy Holliday	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Amy Sobin)
Kevin Holmes	....	caterer: American Road Show
Martin L. Hudson	....	assistant location manager (as Martin Hudson)
J.R. Huntington	....	production assistant (as JR Huntington)
Jennifer Hunt	....	payroll accountant
Kori Jacobson	....	caterer: Four Star Catering
Darryl Johnson	....	craft service: second unit
Brian S. Kalata	....	assistant location manager
Mark Kaster	....	intern
Rosa Yang Kato	....	assistant location manager
Kenn Kaye	....	production assistant
Sarah Kayser	....	assistant location manager
Sean Kirkpatrick	....	production assistant
David Kreger	....	caterer: American Road Show
Jillian Kugler	....	assistant: Mr. Forster
Ross L. Kulma	....	set medic
Martha Lafage	....	location assistant
Joanna Lara	....	production coordinator: los angeles unit
Alex Lee	....	production assistant
Amanda Lensing	....	production assistant
Justin Lieb	....	production assistant
Josh Limor	....	production assistant
Victor Lizardo	....	caterer: Four Star Catering
Danielle Mana	....	office production assistant: additional photography
Trevor Mancini	....	intern
Scott Markus	....	production assistant
Caitlin McCahill	....	intern
Kimberly Merlin	....	production assistant (as Kim Merlin)
Thomas P. Mulroe	....	set medic
Laura Munzel	....	intern
Aaron Neuman	....	production assistant
Stefan Nikolov	....	assistant location manager
James Oh	....	production assistant
Sean O'Reilly	....	location manager: second unit
Sean O'Reilly	....	production assistant
Margaret J. Orlando	....	assistant production coordinator
Natasha Parker	....	production assistant
Jennifer Pedevilla	....	payroll accountant
Jeremy Platt	....	assistant: Mr. Kopeloff, Chicago
Adam Pray	....	assistant: Ms. Doran, Chicago
Ashley Price	....	intern
James Reem	....	set medic
Daniel Reitzenstein	....	production assistant
Emmanuel Reyes	....	caterer: Four Star Catering
Paul Riopelle	....	stand-in: Dustin Hoffman
Hans C. Ritter	....	line producer: second unit (as Hans Christian Ritter)
Brett Robinson	....	key set production assistant
Mimi Sagadin	....	stand-in
Tony Salzman	....	technical consultant
Nikki Scavo	....	production assistant (as Nikki M. Scavo)
Reign Shaw	....	intern
Kyle Sherman	....	intern
Jason Billy Simmons	....	stand-in
Adri Siriwatt	....	production assistant
Jennifer Sokolov	....	production assistant
Christian Sprenger	....	intern
Dane Story	....	intern
Mary Sunshine	....	production accountant
Adrienne Swan	....	first assistant accountant
Andrew Sych	....	technician: aerial unit
Lloyd Thomas	....	caterer: Four Star Catering
Amanda Toye	....	intern
Dana Tuinier	....	intern
Dina Valenzuela	....	post-production accountant
John Weaver	....	production assistant
Mark N. Woods	....	technocrane operator
Jim York	....	production assistant
Dan Ahn	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Flax Glor	....	publicist (uncredited)
Chris Harding	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Clayton Hauck	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Samuel O'Toole	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Sandra Reis	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative (uncredited)
Zachary Stuart-Pontier	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Georgianna Whitley	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Richard Wolgemuth	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Kenneth Yoder	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Cliff Zimowski	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Jacques Perrin	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• Mandate Pictures (presents)
• Three Strange Angels
• Crick Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• FX Cartel (visual effects)
• Mokko Studio (visual effects)
• Bar X Seven (as BarXSeven)
• Klon Films (visual effects)
• Digital Dimension (visual effects)
• Double Negative (visual effects)
• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)
• Proof (pre-visualization) (graphic conceptual design)
• MK12 (Harold's mathematical graphics) (main title sequence) (design and animation)
• Ebeling Group (Harold's mathematical graphics) (main title sequence)
• Tinsley Transfers (special make-up effect tattoos - Maggie Gyllenhaal)
• Treadle and Loam Provisioners (graphics conceptual design)

Other Companies

• ARRI  cameras
• American Humane Association, The  animal action monitoring (as AHA Film & TV Unit [AHA 01063])
• American Roadshow Motion Picture And Television Catering  catering (as American Road Show)
• Angenieux  lenses
• BBC Motion Gallery  stock footage
• Bell, Boyd & Lloyd  legal services: Chicago (as Bell, Boyd & Llord LLC)
• Bomb Factory  score recorded at (as The Bombfactory)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Columbia Records  soundtrack
• De Lane Lea  adr services
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing (as Deluxe)
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Dewitt & Stern  insurance services provided by
• Four Star Catering  catering
• Gamma & Density  on-set color correction (as Gamma and Density's 3CP system)
• Global Entertainment Partners  Avids
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr services (as Goldcrest London)
• Helimotion  helicopter
• Laser Pacific Media  digital intermediate (as Laser Pacific)
• Loeb and Loeb  production legal services
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• National Geographic  stock footage (as National Geographic Digital Motion)
• Pacific Ocean Post  adr services (as Pacific Ocean Post Sound)
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Soundelux  post-production services
• Spacecam Systems  gyro-stabilized camera system
• Steadicam NY Ltd.  cameras (as Steadicam)
• Technocrane Ltd.  cranes
• Tenner Paskal & Rudnicke Casting  casting: Chicago
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  adr services (as Todd-AO West)
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  sound re-recording services (as Todd-AO West)
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

Also Known As:

Killing Harold Crick (USA) (working title)
Más extraño que la ficción (Argentina) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Aidosti outoa (Finland) [fi]
Felforgatókönyv (Hungary) [hu]
L'incroyable destin de Harold Crick (France) [fr]
Lütfen beni öldürme (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Mais Estranho que a Ficção (Brazil) [pt]
Pio paraxeno ki apo paraxeno (Greece) [el]
Plus étrange que fiction (Canada: French title) [fr]
Przypadek Harolda Cricka (Poland) [pl]
Schräger als Fiktion (Germany) [de]
Väljamõeldisestki veidram (Estonia) [et]
Vero come la finzione (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42015) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:10 | Argentina:Atp | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | South Korea:12 | Denmark:7 | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

25th Street & Christiana Avenue, South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Other small math and science references are slipped in, such as references to "Euclid Street" - a reference to Euclidian Geometry, and the Spoon Song "My Mathematical Mind," which plays during a sequence near the end of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harold runs up to Ana with the flours, the front of the cardboard box he is holding is creased. The box is uncreased moments later in a close-up.

Quotes:

[outside, Harold gets very exasperated by the voice]
Harold Crick: SHUT UP!
Kay Eiffel: [voice only] Cursing the heavens in futility.
Harold Crick: [extremely annoyed] No I'm not! I cursing you, you stupid voice so SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-11-04)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Going Missing

Clever intellectual wizardry

What if you only realised the importance of your life only days before you lost it? Even knowing when or how you will die (not such a fatuous idea with the completion of the Genome Project) raises difficult questions about how much we really want to know about ourselves.

Such a theme is usually simplified and subsumed into religious-based tales such as It's a Wonderful Life, but taken as an idea in its own right it has considerable intellectual weight. Harold Crick finds himself the main character in a story as it unfolds, but his annoyance quickly shifts gear as he is aware of the author saying, "Little did he know . . . it would lead to his imminent death."

Not the mindless comedy that the trailer suggests, Stranger Than Fiction is a precise and fairly cerebral story where the laughs stem more from individually appreciating certain aspects of its cleverness rather than any contrived humour.

The surface story is of a man who lives a humdrum if 'successful' life and is awakened to a more three dimensional existence by falling in love. The additional elements will either delight or annoy. IRS auditor Crick (Will Ferrell) starts hearing a voice in his head. It is that of Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson), a famous author. She describes exactly what he is doing but with a rather better vocabulary than he possesses. When she announces his imminent death, he takes drastic steps to meet her and persuade her to change the ending of her novel.

The characterisation, casting and acting is spot-on. Thompson is at her most refreshingly deranged as the harassed and reclusive author. With a literary equivalence of method acting, Eiffel balances on the edge of her desk trying to imagine the thoughts of someone about to make a suicide jump. She sits in the freezing drizzle watching cars cross a bridge to imagine an accident. Her rants at her 'editorial assistant' (who uses more traditional methods of accessing imagination) give a convincing insight into the creative process. While the voice in Crick's head is stereotypical Thompson, the fuller, isolated character, when we meet her, is a minor revelation. "I don't need a nicotine patch," she declaims angrily to her assistant. "I smoke cigarettes."

Maggie Gyllenhaal, as law drop-out turned baker Ana Pascal, sparkles, glows and is sexily alluring and radiant with passionate love of life - and she manages to light up the screen faster than, say, even Juliette Binoche in Chocolat. Dustin Hoffman has the least challenging of the main parts, but he endows his character (an eminent professor of literature) with the gravitas needed to take ideas of literary interconnectedness seriously. Will Ferrell gives a remarkable break-out performance in a straight role, reminiscent of Jim Carrey in The Truman Show. He is superbly suited to the part as audiences expect him to be a shallow comedy character and here he is trying the find the substantial person inside himself. Most of the audience are concentrating so much on the film's intricate hypothesis and how it is worked out, that only afterwards do we realise what a range of emotions Ferrell has to portray with complete seriousness.

Novelist Kay Eiffel (Thompson) anthropomorphises things like Crick's watch (similarly the official website says, in real time, "As the cursor waited anxiously for the site to load, it couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of elation.") We sense a life-imbuing process that might even be likened to what an actor does with his character; but the film goes a stage further by drawing a similarity with the essentially lifeless, clockwork existence of the IRS auditor whose only escape is discovering love with Pascal. His quest is aided by fictional plot analysis from Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman) and of course begs the question, what is fiction?

Director Marc Forster showed consummate skill in portraying the positive escapism of JM Barrie's creative Peter-Pan-writing in Finding Neverland. With Stranger Than Fiction, he has teamed up with brilliant new dramatist Zach Helm. Helm is fascinated with the writing process in what he calls a larger Post-Modern movement. "From Pirandello, to Brecht, to Wilder, to Stoppard, to Woody Allen to Wes Anderson, we can see the progression of a contemporary, self-aware, reality-bending and audience-involving wave in dramatic literature," he says. "I love to see Homer Simpson reacting to his creator, Matt Groenig, or the cast of 'Urinetown' complaining from the stage about their own title."

Even the street names, business names, and the characters' last names of Stranger Than Fiction are significant – Crick, Pascal, Eiffel, Escher, Banneker, Kronecker, Cayly, etc. are all puns on mathematicians who focused on the innate order of things. The invitation is to ask what is beyond the symmetry of things.

Stranger Than Fiction meets even its most formidable challenge - making the ending nail-biting and moving after such surreal content. But the ultimate message of the film seems a little trite if it is supposedly coming from a groundbreaking author. Like the glimpses of Eiffel's book, we are given impressive mountains of style but little substance. As the film doesn't press the strengths forcefully by admitting in so many words what it is getting at, there is a chance you may not bother with the subtleties - in which case it adds up to very little.

A superb testament to inventiveness and worthy of awards in many different categories, Stranger Than Fiction somehow falls short of being a masterpiece.