Mixed Nuts (1994)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Nora Ephron

Writers (WGA):

Nora Ephron (screenplay) &
Delia Ephron (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A Comedy On The Edge

Plot:

The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Crisis | Christmas Tree | Holiday | Christmas Eve

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Philip
Madeline Kahn	...	Blanche Munchnik
Robert Klein	...	Mr. Lobel
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Felix
Juliette Lewis	...	Gracie Barzini
Rob Reiner	...	Dr. Marshall Kinsky
Adam Sandler	...	Louie
Liev Schreiber	...	Chris
Rita Wilson	...	Catherine O'Shaughnessy
Parker Posey	...	Rollerblader
Jon Stewart	...	Rollerblader
Joely Fisher	...	Susan
Steven Randazzo	...	Detective
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Police Officer
Henry Brown	...	Police Officer
Garry Shandling	...	Stanley Tannenbaum
Steven Wright	...	Man at Pay Phone
Brian Markinson	...	Policeman / Voice of Obscene Caller
Caroline Aaron	...	Hotline Caller (voice)
Mary Gross	...	Hotline Caller (voice)
Mary A. Kelly	...	Hotline Caller (voice)
Donald J. Lee Jr.	...	Hotline Caller (voice)
Victor Garber	...	Irate Neighbor (voice)
Sidney Armus	...	Chris' Father
Michele Singer	...	Vanessa
Haley Joel Osment	...	Little Boy
Diane Sokolow	...	Chris' Mother
Michael Badalucco	...	AAA Driver
Joann Lamneck	...	Doctor
France Iann	...	Nurse
Jacqueline Murphy	...	Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Getzoff	...	Gingerbread Man (uncredited)
Kim Giancaterino	...	Venice Beach Shopper (uncredited)
Kurt Lockwood	...	Rollerblading Snowman (uncredited)

Directed by
Nora Ephron

Writing credits (WGA)
Nora Ephron		(screenplay) &
Delia Ephron		(screenplay)

Produced by
Delia Ephron	....	executive producer
Joseph Hartwick	....	producer
Paul Junger Witt	....	producer
James W. Skotchdopole	....	executive producer
John Solomon	....	co-producer
John L. Solomon	....	associate producer
Tony Thomas	....	producer

Original Music by
George Fenton
Mike Spalla

Cinematography by
Sven Nykvist

Film Editing by
Robert M. Reitano

Casting by
Laura Rosenthal
Juliet Taylor

Production Design by
Bill Groom

Art Direction by
Dennis Bradford

Set Decoration by
George DeTitta Jr.

Costume Design by
Jeffrey Kurland

Makeup Department
Colleen Callaghan	....	key hair stylist
Wayne Herndon	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Joseph Hartwick	....	unit production manager
Paul A. Levin	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donald J. Lee Jr.	....	second assistant director
James W. Skotchdopole	....	first assistant director

Art Department
David H. Allen	....	property master
Elise Bennett	....	assistant art director
Teresa Carriker-Thayer	....	assistant art director
Gary Cergol	....	art department coordinator
Gary Cergol	....	graphic artist
David Cooney	....	construction clerk
Gerald DeTitta	....	leadman: New York
Paul Ford	....	lead man
Robert Guerra	....	assistant art director
Jeff Mazzola	....	assistant property master
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Christopher Nelson	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jason Canovas	....	assistant sound editor
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith	....	sound editor
James Sabat	....	sound mixer
Dan Sable	....	supervising sound editor
Lynn Sable	....	foley editor
Magdaline Volaitis	....	sound editor

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt coordinator: Los Angeles crew
Peter Bucossi	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Bush	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Robert Jauregui	....	stunts
Hannah Kozak	....	stunts
Jennifer Lamb	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunts (as Trisha Peters)
Elisabeth Riley	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunts
Gregg Smrz	....	stunts (as Greg Smrz)
William W. Wilson	....	stunts
Robert Jauregui	....	stunt double: Steve Martin (uncredited)
Hannah Kozak	....	stunt double: Parker Posey (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Bauer	....	best boy grip
Lucas Bielan	....	second assistant camera
Bobby Brown	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jeff Cronenweth	....	camera operator
Craig DiBona	....	camera operator
Frank R. Jimenez Jr.	....	lamp operator
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator
Leigh Rathner	....	camera trainee
Scott Rathner	....	assistant camera
Mike Schmidt	....	video assist operator
Andrew D. Schwartz	....	still photographer: New York

Casting Department
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto	....	casting assistant
Rich King	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Sara Corrigan	....	second assistant editor
Richard Friedlander	....	assistant editor
Alisa Lepselter	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Walter Kent	....	composer: song "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
Annette Kudrak	....	music editor
Nicholas Meyers	....	music editor
Nicholas Meyers	....	music supervisor
Buck Ram	....	composer: song "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

Transportation Department
Howard Bachrach	....	transportation captain
Steve Duncan	....	transportation coordinator
George Grenier	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Alexis Alexanian	....	production coordinator
Gregory Alpert	....	assistant location manager
Kay Chapin	....	script supervisor
Betty Chin	....	assistant production coordinator
Christian Clarke	....	set production assistant
Jeanie Daniels	....	assistant accountant
J. Ellen Evans	....	additional script supervisor
Dori Greenberg	....	set production assistant
Rob Klein	....	production assistant
David Penotti	....	set production assistant
Shea Rowan	....	production assistant
Jodi Shapera	....	assistant accountant
Carmen B. Weets	....	production secretary: Los Angeles
David H. Kramer	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
David Lanphier Jr.	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• TriStar Pictures

Other Companies

• Effects House, The  titles and opticals
• WBMG Inc.  titles

Also Known As:

Lifesavers
Night Before Xmas (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33405) | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Spain:T | UK:12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Director Nora Ephron is the voice of the LA Times' automated phone responder in the film.

Quotes:

LA Times Automated Responder: Thank you for calling the Los Angeles Times. If you would like to order a subscription, please press 1. If your newspaper did not arrive this morning, press 2. To place a classified ad, press 3. To speak to the editorial desk, city desk, national desk, international desk, sports desk, metro, view, or calendar sections, press the first three letters of the desk you desire, followed by the star key in the case of the first three or the pound key in the case of the latter five.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Homer the Whopper (#21.1)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

I'm so upset no one else loves this movie....

I think I might cry. I feel so hopelessly misunderstood. This movie is brilliant.... I feel as though the epitome of my sense of humor has been rated "two stars"... this is depressing...

It's just... brilliant. It's completely nonsensicle and pointless and brilliant, much like a dream I might have when on too much cold medicine. Much like the dreams that I find most delightful...

It's one of those movies I find myself quoting all the time just to hear the lines again. Everyone thinks I'm nuts when I quote it because of course no one has ever heard of it. I've taken to making the little "plop" noise that Steve Martin does when he gets too flustered... when I get too flustered. Madeline Kahn is my hero. I relate too well to Mrs. Munchnik, sanity surrounded by chaos only to find that deep down, she too is a nut. If I were stuck on an elevator, I would have acted just as she had, making up little raps... It's the simple stuff... simple stupid stuff. That's what makes this film so brilliantly refreshing. It's so dumb! Take Adam Sandler, for instance. There was no reason for this character whatsoever. It was entirely random and uncalled for. It was almost as if he happened to be walking by and they called him over and said "Hey, Adam! Wanna be in a movie?"... the only thing he did was show off his mad ukulele skills. And he made me laugh... he was there for the sole purpose of being funny, no strings attached. It was so refreshing. As was this whole movie. Like a good dream! To me it is proof that when you have fun making it (which it appears impossible that they did not), you have fun watching it. At least I do... I'm gonna watch it tonight and appreciate it's wonderfulness.