John Tucker Must Die (2006)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Betty Thomas

Writer (WGA):

Jeff Lowell (written by)

Release Date:

28 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Don't Get Mad, Get Even

Plot:

Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater (Metcalfe) set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken. |

Plot Keywords:

Birthday | Friendship | Camera | Computer | Sexual Humor

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Jesse Metcalfe	...	John Tucker
Brittany Snow	...	Kate
Ashanti	...	Heather
Sophia Bush	...	Beth
Arielle Kebbel	...	Carrie
Penn Badgley	...	Scott
Jenny McCarthy	...	Lori
Fatso-Fasano	...	Tommy
Kevin McNulty	...	Basketball Coach
Patricia Drake	...	Coach Williams
Amanda Li	...	Spelling Bee Girl
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Cute Boy (as Jeff Ballard)
Taylor Kitsch	...	Justin
Steve Bacic	...	Skip #1
Dean Wray	...	Skip #2
Jon Cuthbert	...	Skip #3
Aaron Dudley	...	Skip #4
Marc Menard	...	Skip #5
Dan Payne	...	Skip #6
Mercedes de la Zerda	...	Stoner Girl
Brendan Penny	...	Teammate #1
Taurean Mills	...	Teammate #2
Nicole LaPlaca	...	Molly
Chelan Simmons	...	Crying Waitress
Nancy J. Lilley	...	Coach Claypoole
Yalda Etessam	...	Goth Girl
Devon Weigel	...	Volleyball Girl
Alf Humphreys	...	Detention Teacher (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Woody Jeffreys	...	Helmut (Beth's Photographer)
Samantha McLeod	...	Holly - John's Movie Date
Diana Ha	...	Chinese Woman in Theatre
Donald Fong	...	Chinese Man in Theatre
Karlie Locke	...	Sign Language Girl
Stephanie A. Locke	...	Sign Language Girl
Fulvio Cecere	...	Chemistry Teacher
Lucas McCann	...	Game 2 Opponent
Bruce Morrison	...	Referee #2
Barbara Kottmeier	...	Beautiful Girl #1
Nicki Clyne	...	Beautiful Girl #2
Katya Virshilas	...	Beautiful Girl #3
Nicole Fraissinet	...	Nancy
Stuart Cowan	...	Freshman Flower Boy
Julie Patzwald	...	Becky from Student Council
Connor Widdows	...	Freshman at Beach
Kristian Blight	...	Bass (Indie Rock Band - People in Planes)
Gareth Jones	...	Lead Vocals (Indie Rock Band - People in Planes)
John Maloney	...	Drums (Indie Rock Band - People in Planes)
Peter Roberts	...	Guitar (Indie Rock Band - People in Planes)
Ian Russell	...	Keyboards (Indie Rock Band - People in Planes)
Amanda Crew	...	Hallway Girl
Emily Tennant	...	Hallway Girl
Victor Z. Isaac	...	Guy at Party #1
Braden Leslie Williams	...	Guy at Party #2
Kyle C. Coleman	...	Guy at Party #3
Greg Cipes	...	Guy at Party #4
Amber Borycki	...	Jennifer
Meghan Ory	...	Jill
Alan Shearman	...	Teacher in Thong #1
Archie Hahn	...	Teacher in Thong #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chelsea Florko	...	Freshman Girl (uncredited)
Angela Fong	...	Cheerleader (uncredited)
Jessica Harmon	...	Girl at Party (uncredited)
Maggie Ma	...	Freshman Girl #2 (uncredited)
Heather McEwen	...	Freshman Girl #3 (uncredited)

Directed by
Betty Thomas

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeff Lowell		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Birnbaum	....	producer
Bob Cooper	....	producer
Marc S. Fischer	....	executive producer
Karen Lunder	....	executive producer
Steve Rubenstein	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Anthony B. Richmond

Film Editing by
Matt Friedman

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Coreen Mayrs
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
Marcia Hinds

Art Direction by
Bo Johnson

Set Decoration by
Tedd Kuchera

Costume Design by
Alexandra Welker

Makeup Department
Ian C. Ballard	....	key hair stylist (as Ian Ballard)
Victoria Down	....	key makeup artist
Rosie Duprat Fort	....	makeup artist
Vanessa Giles	....	makeup assistant
Jessica Rain	....	assistant hair stylist
Danna Rutherford	....	assistant hair stylist
Bev Wright	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Joe Hartwick Jr.	....	production supervisor
Wendy Williams	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ashley Bell	....	third assistant director
Josy Capkun	....	second assistant director
Kevin Leeson	....	third assistant director
Jono Oliver	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Lynda Chapple	....	assistant property master
Sharon Dever	....	construction buyer
Miya Dube	....	set dresser
Dave Emmonds	....	head greensman
Phil Gough	....	property master: Canada
Leighanne Haddock	....	set graphics: reshoots
Leah Hong	....	art director: Canada
Ray Lai	....	graphics illustrator
Lin-Li-Anne Lee	....	art department coordinator
Wendy Means	....	art department coordinator: re-shoots (as Wendy Stanton)
Andrew Reid	....	buyer
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Mark Soparlo	....	set designer
Robin Stooshnov	....	assistant property master
Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson	....	property master
Shane Wanless	....	on-set dresser
Neil Westlake	....	assistant graphic designer
Rohan Lyal	....	lead greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael J. Benavente	....	supervising sound editor
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Alison Fisher	....	dialogue editor
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dave Griffiths	....	boom operator
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Tricia Linklater	....	supervising sound editor
Martin Lopez	....	sound designer
Travis MacKay	....	adr recordist
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Paul Ordonez	....	sound recordist: predubs
Patrick Ramsay	....	sound mixer
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Martin Schloemer	....	sound recordist
Naan Spiess	....	sound assistant
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jamie Baxter	....	visual effects
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor
Sam Dabbs	....	visual effects assistant
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology: Custom Film Effects
Lori C. Miller	....	digital compositor
Bill Phillips	....	digital artist
Laurie Powers	....	digital art director
Mark Sawicki	....	digital colorist
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts
Chad Bellamy	....	stunt performer
Lauro Chartrand	....	stunts
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunts
Lani Gelera	....	stunt double
Christopher Gordon	....	stunt double: Jesse Metcalfe/John Tucker
Adrian Hein	....	stunt double: Jesse Metcalfe
Brian Ho	....	stunt performer
Jon Kralt	....	stunts
Chad Sayn	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Larissa Stadnichuk	....	stunt double: Arielle Kebbel
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt coordinator
Rorelee Tio	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven A. Adelson	....	Steadicam operator
Steven A. Adelson	....	camera operator
Matt Almas	....	best boy grip
Brendan Chalmers	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Dean Collins	....	key rigging grip
Scotty Goudreau	....	generator operator
Joel Guthro	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jeff Harvey	....	best boy electric
Russ Hawkes	....	dolly grip: second camera
Amos James	....	grip
Jordan Johnson	....	rigging lamp operator
David Kurvers	....	digital video assist operator
Damon Marcellino	....	set lighting technician: re-shoots
Taylor Matheson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Isaac McKee	....	lighting technician
Dan Ming	....	additional first assistant camera
Sean Oxenbury	....	rigging gaffer
Chris Pavlu	....	rigging gaffer: re-shoots
Diyah Pera	....	still photographer
James Salberg	....	dolly grip
David Tickell	....	gaffer
Roger Wells	....	rigging best boy
Tony Whiteside	....	key grip
Kurt Zelmer	....	best boy rigging electric
Kelly Clear	....	chief lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
David Kohler	....	lamp operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist

Casting Department
Stephanie Boeke	....	extras casting
Kellie Gesell	....	casting assistant
James Moore	....	casting assistant
Jamie Sparer Roberts	....	casting executive

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dawn Climie	....	costume set supervisor
Daevina Danyluck	....	set costumer
Janice Devries	....	costume supervisor
Kevin Harrison	....	truck costumer
Kia Porter	....	set costumer
Gail L. Smith	....	assistant costume designer
Christi Work	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Paul Bronkar	....	digital intermediate colorist
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Marisa Clayton	....	post-production Coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Warren Paeff	....	first assistant editor
Jami Philbrick	....	post-production assistant
Kathy Thomson	....	digital colorist
Leroy Wolf	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Rob Calhoun	....	scoring assistant
Vincent Cirilli	....	additional scoring mixer
Julie Eidsvoog	....	music preparation
Gordon Fordyce	....	music score engineer
Gordon Fordyce	....	music score mixer
Andrew Gowan	....	music coordinator
Nicholas O'Toole	....	scoring assistant
Alexandra Patsavas	....	music supervisor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Andrea von Foerster	....	music coordinator
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Jim DePue	....	transportation captain
John Embry	....	driver
Ned LaGrotta	....	transportation coordinator
Derek Raser	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles
Miroslaw Syta	....	driver

Other crew
Maximino Arciniega	....	adr loop group
Candice M. Barrans	....	production assistant
Amir Barsoum	....	location manager
Barbara Beeby	....	craft service
Barbara Beeby	....	first aid
Lisa 'George' Bell	....	adr loop artist
Michael Bendner	....	extras wrangler
Crystal Bishop	....	production assistant
Crystal Bishop	....	production assistant: prep
Bryan Boardley	....	production assistant
Moira 'Moe' Brody	....	consultant: cheerleading
Scott Clark	....	basketball consultant
Jessica Clothier	....	script supervisor
Gabriel Correa	....	production assistant
David Costello	....	production assistant
Sean Coyle	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Kennedy Davey	....	production assistant
Jeremy Fischer	....	assistant: Marc S. Fischer
Patricia Foster	....	production coordinator
Jonathan Fox	....	key production assistant
Lonny French	....	production assistant
Jessica A. Gihon	....	first assistant accountant
David Grave	....	production assistant
Justin Haut	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoot
Jarrad Hewett	....	adr voice
Kimball Jansma	....	office boy
Craig J. Lane	....	first assistant production coordinator
Beth J. Linden	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Jeremy Maeers	....	production assistant
Harvey Malkin	....	key accountant: re-shoot
Natalie Mathes	....	post-production accountant
Caitlin McFarland	....	assistant: Betty Thomas, Los Angeles
Cheryl Miller	....	production coordinator: re-shoot
Michelle Nieken	....	production assistant
Lauren Opelka	....	production assistant
Roger Paul	....	assistant: Betty Thomas, Vancouver
Ryan B. Pierce	....	production assistant
John Poliquin	....	production assistant
Allan J. Ross	....	office production assistant
Armand Santos	....	production assistant
Julie Slater	....	location scout
Julie Ann Snow	....	production accountant
Patrick Stark	....	extras wrangler
Mark Tachovsky	....	assistant: Bob Cooper and Karen Lunder
Jodie Taggart	....	research consultant
Sasha Veneziano	....	production secretary: re-shoots
Keir Vichert	....	production assistant
Scooby Vincent	....	assistant location manager (as Michelle Vincent)
Elizabeth Weinstein	....	stand-in
Pook-Ping Yeo	....	consultant: acrobatic cheerleading
Michael Coscia	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Scott Steyns	....	playback coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• John US Productions
• Landscape Entertainment
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Puerto Rico) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Custom Film Effects (visual effects)
• Pacific Title (additional visual effects and opticals)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Herold Studios  german dubbing
• K!SSPROOF Entertainment  cast bookings
• ReelSports Solutions  sports coordination
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility
• Wind-Up Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

John Tucker doit mourir (Canada: French title)
Dögölj meg, John Tucker (Hungary) [hu]
Il mio ragazzo è un bastardo (Italy) [it]
John Tucker doit mourir (France) [fr]
John Tucker peab surema (Estonia) [et]
Kosto on suloinen (Finland) [fi]
Le beau gosse (France) (DVD title) [fr]
O John Tucker prepei na pethanei (Greece) [el]
Rache ist sexy (Germany) [de]
Todas contra él (Spain) [es]
Todas contra John (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
Wir kriegen dich John Tucker (Austria) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42266) | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:7 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Azure Lounge & Grill Bar - 770 Pacific Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

John US Productions

Trivia:

While shooting the sound of the extras flip-flops proved too distracting, so Betty Thomas made most of them change into tennis shoes.

Goofs:

Continuity: Before Scott gets the salt-water dumped on him the level of water in the test-tube changes.

Quotes:

Kate: So I'm not just some '82 Bordeaux you want to uncork and pork.

Movie Connections:

References "Gilligan's Island" (1964)

Soundtrack:

Too Cool

A Pretty Neat And Entertaining Teen Movie

I will say that this movie disappointed me.I was left wanting a lot more from John Tucker Must Die, but don't think that means that it wasn't a good movie itself.I enjoyed watching this movie from start to finish, and I must say I found a lot of the humor very fresh and unused.The rating on this movie is pretty unfair, because it wasn't THAT bad of a movie.It had it's moments where I felt as if they needed to add a lot more to the story, and it might have gotten just a bit uninteresting at a few parts, but every movie has it's problems and John Tucker Must Die is no different, and shouldn't be considered different.If you're into to teen-dramas you definitely need to watch this movie, but if you're not, don't even consider watching it.