Love Happens (2009)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Brandon Camp

Writers (WGA):

Brandon Camp (written by) &
Mike Thompson (written by)

Release Date:

18 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Sometimes when you least expect it...

Plot:

About a widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing. |

Cast

Aaron Eckhart	...	Burke
Jennifer Aniston	...	Eloise Chandler
Dan Fogler	...	Lane
John Carroll Lynch	...	Walter
Martin Sheen	...	Burke's Father-in-Law
Judy Greer	...	Marty
Frances Conroy	...	Eloise's Mom
Joe Anderson	...	Tyler
Sasha Alexander	...	Photographer
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Cab Driver
Anne Marie DeLuise	...	Unicom Executive #1
Tyler McClendon	...	Unicom Executive #2
Panou	...	Unicom Executive #3
Michael Kopsa	...	Unicom CEO
Michelle Harrison	...	Cynthia
Darla Vandenbossche	...	Beehive
Tom Pickett	...	Don
Patricia Harras	...	Lorraine
Aurelio Dinunzio	...	Moustache
Danielle Dunn-Morris	...	Book Fan
Maxine Miller	...	Barbara
Tim Henry	...	Welling Eyes
Ellie Harvie	...	Martha
Randall Newsome	...	Waiter
Carol Hodge	...	Becky
Craig Anderson	...	Ian
Brandon Jay McLaren	...	Mohawk
Rekha Sharma	...	Nose-Ring
Alessandro Juliani	...	Tattoos
Ellen Ewusie	...	Hookah Waitress
Angie Scandale	...	Hookah Bartender
Deirdre Blades	...	Burke's Mother-in-Law
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Hotel Bartender
Monica Marko	...	Old Lady
Shaine Jones	...	Valet
Angus Adair	...	Slam Poet #1
Zaccheus Jackson	...	Slam Poet #2
Kevan Cameron	...	Slam Poet #3
Michael Bean	...	Concierge
Michael P. Northey	...	Bathroom Man
Rylee Stiles	...	Lollipop Kid
Domonique Danielle	...	Cashier
William 'Big Sleeps' Stewart	...	Cabbie
Alexa Devine	...	Workshopper #1
Larry Romero	...	Workshopper #2
Madeline Elder	...	Workshopper #3
Elfina Luk	...	Workshopper #4
Glynis Davies	...	Workshopper #5
Zach Rogue	...	Himself (Rogue Wave)
Dominic Julian East	...	Himself (Rogue Wave)
William Cameron Jasper	...	Himself (Rogue Wave)
Graham Edward Lebron	...	Himself (Rogue Wave)
Patrick Benton Spurgeon	...	Himself (Rogue Wave)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Heidi Barrientes	...	Market Street Walker (uncredited)
Biski Gugushe	...	Security (uncredited)
Eduardo Noda	...	Bike courier (uncredited)

Directed by
Brandon Camp

Writing credits (WGA)
Brandon Camp		(written by) &
Mike Thompson		(written by)

Produced by
J. Miles Dale	....	executive producer
Alexa Faigen	....	associate producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Mary Parent	....	producer
Richard Solomon	....	executive producer
Scott Stuber	....	producer
Mike Thompson	....	producer
Nath V.G.	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
Eric Alan Edwards		(director of photography) (as Eric Edwards)

Film Editing by
Dana E. Glauberman

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Coreen Mayrs
Jennifer L. Smith
Mary Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Sharon Seymour

Art Direction by
Kendelle Elliott

Set Decoration by
Lesley Beale

Costume Design by
Trish Keating

Makeup Department
Yvonne Connor	....	first assistant makeup artist
Elisabeth Fry	....	hair stylist
Elisabeth Fry	....	makeup artist
Elisabeth Fry	....	makeup artist: Aaron Eckhart
Whitney James	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Aniston
Martin Samuel	....	hair stylist: Jennifer Aniston

Production Management
Penny Gibbs	....	unit production manager
Eugene Mazzola	....	production manager: additional photography
Sean T. Stratton	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Bitonti	....	second assistant director
Jim Brebner	....	first assistant director
J. Miles Dale	....	second unit director
Justin Elsworth	....	trainee assistant director
Leonard Haggarty	....	second second assistant director
Eugene Mazzola	....	first assistant director: second unit & additional photography
Sebastian Mazzola	....	second second assistant director
Megan M. Shank	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Jule Baanstra	....	art department coordinator
John Chaschowy	....	greensman
Laurie Edmundson	....	lead set dresser
Allan Galajda	....	set designer
Paul Goodwin	....	set dresser
Haida Harper	....	assistant property master
Sally Hudson	....	lead graphic designer
Paul Jenkinson	....	lead set dresser
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Oscar Lofgren	....	set dresser: Seattle
Michael McCombe	....	greens foreman: Seattle
Kenneth Milfred	....	leadman
Adrien Van Viersen	....	storyboard artist
Sandy Walker	....	assistant decorator
Lori West	....	prop buyer
Patrick Zahorodniuk	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
James Bailey	....	foley artist
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Barney Cabral	....	supervising adr editor
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Dave Griffiths	....	boom operator
Susan Kurtz	....	dialogue editor
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Trevor Metz	....	sound effects editor
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Aynee Osborn	....	dialogue editor
Patrick Ramsay	....	sound mixer
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Sanders	....	supervising sound designer
Naan Spiess	....	sound technician/ boom operator
Kevin Zimmerman	....	first assistant sound editor
John Guentner	....	foley cueing (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Douglas W. Beard	....	special effects assistant
Alex Burdett	....	special effects supervisor
Terence J. Cox	....	special effects first assistant
Harry Tomsic	....	rigger

Visual Effects by
Mathieu Archambault	....	digital compositor
Sarah Barber	....	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects supervisor
Mathew Borrett	....	matte painter
Steve Bowen	....	digital intermediate colorist
Branden Bratuhin	....	visual effects editor
Ayo Burgess	....	lighting artist: Mr. X Inc.
Zac Campbell	....	digital compositor
Jeff Capogreco	....	lighting artist
Kris Carson	....	sequence lead: Mr X
Andy Chan	....	visual effects compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Richard Chiu	....	visual effects
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Tommaso Corona	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc
Amélie Dubois	....	digital compositor
Danny Duchesneau	....	compositor
Mike Duffy	....	flame artist: Mr X Inc.
David Fix	....	senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
Tommy Gervais	....	visual effects production assistant
Parth Ghatge	....	visual effects artist
Matt Glover	....	visual effects coordinator
Ivan Hayden	....	on-set lead: Mr. X Inc.
Isabelle Langlois	....	digital effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
Philippe Majdalani	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Ken McCuen	....	matte painter
Sarah McMurdo	....	visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
David McWhirter	....	first assistant director: concert/vfx unit
Jesh Murthy	....	sequence lead: Anibrain
Pete O'Connell	....	visual effects artist
Rob Phillips	....	visual effects production assistant
Sebastien Proulx	....	compositor
Cat Rowe	....	digital colorist assist
Paul Saint-Hilaire	....	digital compositor nuke
Matt Schofield	....	matte painter
Ben Simons	....	visual effects animator
John Tagamolila	....	second assistant director: concert VFX unit
Sebastien Veilleux	....	digital compositor
Armando Velazquez	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double: Aaron Eckhart
Michael Hilow	....	utility stunts
Dave Hospes	....	stunt double: Joe Anderson
Alex Terzieff	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
David Crone	....	camera operator
Michael FitzMaurice	....	aerial director of photography
Michael FitzMaurice	....	director of photography: second unit
Kimberly French	....	still photographer
Lee Gibeau	....	camera crane technician
Brent Gies	....	best boy rigging lighting
Peter Graf	....	aerial camera system tech super g
Patrick Hogue	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Gaetan Jalbert	....	key rigging gaffer
Stephen Klineburger	....	grip
Tony Konichek	....	electrician
Andrew Learmonth	....	video assist operator: second unit
Kevin McCloy	....	rigging key grip
Ryan Monro	....	dolly grip
Moira Morel	....	film loader
Chris Purkiss	....	grip
Ian Seabrook	....	underwater camera operator
Gregory D. Smith	....	rigging key grip
Jason Tidsbury	....	light balloon technician
Roger Wells	....	rigging best boy electric
Stewart Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Keith O. Wilson	....	grip
Peter F. Woeste	....	second unit cinematographers

Casting Department
Deborah Aquila	....	casting
Elizabeth Dionne	....	casting manager (as Elizabeth Dean)
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Tiffany Mak	....	casting department
Erin Toner	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patti Bishop	....	costume supervisor
Luisa Dalmagro	....	costume buyer

Editorial Department
Cheryl Buckman	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Omar Hassan-Reep	....	second assistant editor
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Harry Yoon	....	first assistant editor
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Mark Buys	....	musician: guitar
Mark Buys	....	orchestrator
Mark Buys	....	score coordinator
Bryan Carrigan	....	pro tools operator
Konstantinos Christides	....	composer: additional music
Konstantinos Christides	....	orchestrator
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Sungtae Kim	....	computer orchestrator
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Sean McMahon	....	orchestrator
Sujin Nam	....	orchestrator
Joohyun Park	....	musician
Joohyun Park	....	score coordinator
Luigi Pulcini	....	score coordinator
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
David G. Russell	....	composer: additional music
David G. Russell	....	musician
David G. Russell	....	orchestrator
David G. Russell	....	synthesizer programmer: score
Dana Sano	....	music consultant
Samuel Joseph Smythe	....	score programmer
Curt Sobel	....	music editor
Andrew Spence	....	composer: additional music
Andrew Spence	....	musician
Andrew Spence	....	score programmer
Jonathan Timpe	....	composer: additional music
Jonathan Timpe	....	computer orchestrator
Jonathan Timpe	....	musician
J. Tyler Timpe	....	musician
Brandon K. Verrett	....	composer: additional music
Brandon K. Verrett	....	orchestrator
Laurent Ziliani	....	synthesizer programmer

Transportation Department
Kim Harmer	....	transportation coordinator
David Holm	....	transportation co-captain
Ronnie King	....	transportation captain
Richard Limbaugh	....	transportation coordinator
George A. Miki	....	driver
Dave Miller	....	driver: cast
David Nugent	....	driver: Brandon Camp
Andrew O'Bray	....	transportation captain
Rick Wiley	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
Marie Ackerman	....	flower coordinator
Coleen Aiello	....	location accountant
Cara E. Anderson	....	second assistant production coordinator
Simon Carrigan	....	assistant production coordinator
Simon Carrigan	....	first assistant coordinator
Jason Collier	....	assistant location manager
Caroline Colon	....	assistant production coordinator: Seattle
Shannon Corrie	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Missy Eustermann	....	post-production accountant
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Wendy Gaboury	....	key accountant
Darren Giblin	....	assistant to director
Darren Giblin	....	assistant: writer and producer
Ben Gillespie	....	production assistant: Seattle
Pamela B. Green	....	producer: main titles
Teddy M. Haggarty	....	production assistant: Seattle
Elizabeth Heile	....	accounting assistant: Seattle
Danny Ho	....	video & computer playback supervisor
Colleen Kerns	....	assistant: Brandon Camp
Kelly King	....	key production assistant: Seattle
Dan Kuzmenko	....	assistant: location manager
Michael J. LeGresley	....	first assistant location manager
Willan Leung	....	production assistant
Gemma Levinson	....	production assistant
Ryan Mains	....	key production assistant
Jason Moskie	....	production assistant
Shaun Moskie	....	production assistant
Nicholas David Nesbitt	....	assistant: Mr. Stuber
Jena Niquidet	....	production coordinator
Frédéric North	....	aerial coordinator/pilot
Jennifer Omoth	....	first assistant accountant
Rino Pace	....	location manager
Peggy Pere	....	aerial ground coordinator
Stephanie Rossel	....	script supervisor
Landon Salyer	....	production assistant: second unit
Jonathan L. Sturge	....	office production assistant
Kimberley Sutton	....	assistant: Aaron Eckhart
David Scott Thomson	....	production assistant
Heather Tinnerstet	....	production assistant: Seattle
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Angelika Walaszczyk	....	assistant to producers
Daniella Wells	....	personal assistant: Jennifer Aniston
Gordon Freeman	....	production associate (uncredited)

Thanks
Ashley Bowen	....	special thanks
Andrew Z. Davis	....	special thanks
Andrew Spence	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Relativity Media (in association with)
• Stuber Productions
• Camp / Thompson Pictures (in association with)

Distributors

• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Paradise (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2009) (Switzerland) (all media)
• CMC Entertainment (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Contender Entertainment Group (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Focus Features (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment Slovakia (2009) (Slovakia) (TV)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• PlayArte Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2009) (Romania) (all media)
• Tobis (2009) (Germany) (all media)

Special Effects

• Mr. X

Other Companies

• EarCandy  sound post-production
• 424  sound re-recording
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Hyperion Sound  music mixed at
• PIC Agency  titles
• Relativity Music Group  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Runway  post-production
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Star Waggons  star trailers

Also Known As:

Brand New Day (USA) (working title)
Quand l'amour arrive (Canada: French title)
Traveling (USA) (working title)
Любовь случается (Russia) [ru]
Amor Por Acaso (Portugal) [pt]
I agapi thelei to hrono tis (Greece) [el]
Láska na druhý pohled (Czech Republic) [cs]
Ljubezen se zgodi (Slovenia) [sl]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language including sexual references.

Runtime:

USA:109 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44844) | Ireland:12A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Burke refers to Rocky as a parrot. Rocky is actually a cockatoo.

Quotes:

Eloise: If you had a brain in either head, you'd know that I'm doing what's best for both of us.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2009-09-19)" (2009)

Has Wittiness in Movies Died?

Not Jennifer Aniston's best nor worse, because all of her pix are the same.

When will Jennifer Aniston have the courage to take a leading lady role?

And actually act?

Loved her in Friends, disliked all her movie roles, including this one, as timid, walking thru the script.

Speaking of the script, when will Hollywood stop giving us these pathetic warmed over boy meets girl stories and make something original and well acted and WITTY?

Has wittiness died? Last seen in Harry Meets Sally and There's Something About Mary.