The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Ulu Grosbard

Writers (WGA):

Jacquelyn Mitchard (book)
Stephen Schiff (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The search for her son was over. The search for her family was just beginning.

Plot:

The Deep End of The Ocean is a film about a family's reaction when Ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and then found nine years later, living in the same town, where his family had just moved.

Plot Keywords:

Confrontation | Child Kidnapping | Reunion | Child | Stolen Child

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Beth Cappadora
Treat Williams	...	Pat Cappadora
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Candy Bliss
Jonathan Jackson	...	Vincent Cappadora - Age 16
Cory Buck	...	Vincent Cappadora - Age 7
Ryan Merriman	...	Sam Karras / Ben Cappadora - Age 12
Alexa Vega	...	Kerry Cappadora
Michael McGrady	...	Jimmy Daugherty
Brenda Strong	...	Ellen
Michael McElroy	...	Ben Cappadora - Age 3
Tony Musante	...	Grandpa Angelo
Rose Gregorio	...	Grandma Rosie
John Kapelos	...	George Karras
Lucinda Jenney	...	Laurie
John Roselius	...	Chief Bastokovich
K.K. Dodds	...	Aunt Theresa
Joey Simmrin	...	Vincent's Friend
Holly Towne	...	Martha the Babysitter
Olivia Summers	...	Cecil Lockhart (as Maryanne Summers)
Susie Spear	...	Blonde Cheerleader
Lisa Maris	...	Brunette Cheerleader
Daniel Hagen	...	Hotel Manager
McNally Sagal	...	Officer McGill
Robert Cicchini	...	Uncle Joey
Frank Marocco	...	Bandleader
Alison McMillan	...	Desk Clerk
Stephanie Feury	...	Suzy
Wayne Duvall	...	Det. McGuire
Gerald McSorley	...	Father Cleary (as Father Gerald McSorley)
Mickey Swenson	...	Cop Tommy / Cop #1
Todd Jeffries	...	Cop Ricky
Steve Ireland	...	Reporter
Scott W. Mckinlay	...	Reporter
Wylie Small	...	Reporter
Ana Gabriel	...	Reporter
Nancy Sullivan	...	Reporter
Timothy Davis-Reed	...	Reporter
Robert Clotworthy	...	Reporter
Ken Magee	...	Cop #2
Van Epperson	...	Guard
Jennifer Reznikoff	...	Waitress
Ron von Gober	...	Police Officer
Steve Blalock	...	ND Cop
Mike Watson	...	ND Cop
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	...	Helicopter Pilot
Jim James	...	Zoo Employee
Emidio Antonio	...	Zoo Employee
Patricia M. Leahy	...	Zoo Employee
Pete Sutton	...	Community Center Volunteer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan M. Blair	...	Reunion Classmate (uncredited)
Scott King	...	Agressive Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Ulu Grosbard

Writing credits (WGA)
Jacquelyn Mitchard		(book)
Stephen Schiff		(screenplay)

Produced by
Frank Capra III	....	executive producer
Kate Guinzburg	....	producer
Steve Nicolaides	....	producer

Original Music by
Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by
Stephen Goldblatt

Film Editing by
John Bloom

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
Dan Davis

Art Direction by
William Hiney
Philip Toolin

Set Decoration by
Stephanie Ziemer

Costume Design by
Susie DeSanto

Makeup Department
Michael Germain	....	makeup artist: Ms. Goldberg (as Mike Germain)
Michael Germain	....	makeup department head
Candace Neal	....	hair stylist: Ms. Pfeiffer
Violet Ortiz	....	additional hair stylist
K.G. Ramsey	....	hair department head
K.G. Ramsey	....	hair stylist: Mr. Williams
Rick Sharp	....	makeup artist
Ronnie Specter	....	makeup artist: Ms. Pfeiffer
Julia L. Walker	....	hair stylist: Ms. Goldberg (as Julia Walker)

Production Management
Jim Dyer	....	unit production manager (as James R. Dyer)
Chantal Feghali	....	post-production supervisor
Nancy Kirhoffer	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Bamber	....	second assistant director
Frank Capra III	....	first assistant director
David Hyman	....	second second assistant director
Michelle Parvin	....	dga trainee
Stephen Schiff	....	second unit director
Eric Tignini	....	additional second second assistant director

Art Department
Rouben Abranian	....	property maker
Norman Alatorre	....	property maker
Jason Bartolone	....	property maker
Anthony Barton	....	labor gang boss
Ty Beck	....	labor
Jason Bedig	....	set dresser
Guy Belegaud	....	propmaker foreman
Chris Beresford	....	property maker
Scott Bobbitt	....	lead man
Len Borggrebe	....	property maker
Gary A. Brewer	....	set dresser
Daragh Byrne	....	propmaker gang boss
Robert Camron	....	set dresser
Charisse Cardenas	....	set designer
Victor Carranza	....	propmaker gang boss
Tony Castagnola	....	greens coordinator
Laurence Castello	....	painter gang boss
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Gerald Cheney	....	property maker
Peter C. Clarke	....	property master
Maurice Costello	....	construction medic
John Coven	....	storyboard artist
Josh Ian Elliott	....	on-set dresser
Marc Fekkes	....	property maker
Ron Fillion	....	painter
Mark Gantt	....	additional props
Anthony Gaudio	....	painter
Lisa Goldsmith	....	buyer
Tony Gomes	....	painter gang boss
Donald Goodman	....	drapery
Donald Goodman	....	swing gang
Chad Goodrich	....	property maker
Kenneth Halverson	....	property maker
Verne Hammond	....	labor foreman
Richard Heil	....	propmaker gang boss
Stephanie Higgins Frey	....	art department coordinator
Tom Hrupcho	....	paint foreman
Tom Hrupcho	....	paint supervisor
Laura Iler	....	assistant property master (as Laura E. Iler)
Dominique Jaramillo	....	construction medic
Alfred Lee Johnson	....	labor
Elizabeth Lapp	....	assistant art director
Josh Logerot	....	painter
Bill Magill	....	propmaker foreman
Lance Mancuso	....	construction medic
Barbara Mesney	....	set designer
John A. Mileski	....	painter
Marva M. Mitchell	....	set decorating coordinator
Jim Ondrejko	....	construction coordinator (as James Ondrejko)
Joe Ondrejko	....	general foreman (as Joseph M. Ondrejko)
Charli Palazzo	....	painter
James C. Piccione	....	labor
Mark Poll	....	set designer
Eric Ramirez	....	set dresser
David Saltzman	....	second assistant props
Chris Samp	....	painter gang boss
Fred Seibly	....	painter
Rick Seidemann	....	painter
James Shoemaker	....	labor gang boss
Brian Sobaski	....	stand-by painter
Robert Soles	....	plaster foreman
Carl J. Stensel	....	set designer (as Carl Stensel)
James Stephenson	....	propmaker gang boss
Ledia Telo	....	construction accountant
Christopher Turley	....	painter
Justin Walker	....	labor foreman
Andy Wedemeyer	....	propmaker foreman
Jeff Zuckerman	....	painter

Sound Department
Gina Alfano	....	adr editor (as Gina R. Alfano)
John Bauman	....	cable person
Ron Bochar	....	supervising sound editor
Kam Chan	....	foley editor
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kenna Doeringer	....	assistant sound editor (as Kenna Docringer)
Kate Eales	....	apprentice sound editor
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound effects editor
Harry Higgins	....	sound recordist
Petur Hliddal	....	sound mixer
Anne Pope	....	assistant adr editor
Mike Poppleton	....	assistant sound editor
Jennifer Ralston	....	foley supervisor
Nicholas Renbeck	....	dialogue editor (as Nicolas Renbeck)
Maurice Schell	....	supervising sound editor
Philip Stockton	....	dialogue editor
Philip Stockton	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Joseph L.E. Chenier III	....	special effects (as Joseph L.E. Chernier III)
Steven D. Jensen	....	special effects (as Steven Jensen)
Joe D. Ramsey	....	special effects coordinator (as Joe Ramsey)

Visual Effects by
Jeffrey Arnold	....	visual effects compositing artist
John Coats	....	visual effects animator (as John Coates)
Tim Donahue	....	matte painter
David Fogg	....	visual effects compositing artist
Gino Freselli	....	visual effects production assistant
Shauna M. Hirdler	....	visual effects production assistant
Lincoln Kupchak	....	visual effects editor
John P. Mesa	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Penny A. Mesa	....	visual effects producer
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor
Don Myers	....	visual effects animator
Dan Novy	....	visual effects compositing artist
Bruce Pearson	....	visual effects animator
Etienne Terblanche	....	matte painting artist

Stunts
Dustin Courtney	....	stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunt coordinator
Allan Graf	....	stunt coordinator
Shane Habberstad	....	stunts
Matt Iwanoff	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Lee Ariza	....	grip
Ray De La Motte	....	camera operator
Scott Febbo	....	rigging best boy grip
Scot Gaal	....	lighting technician
Eli Golub	....	assistant camera
Jan Gould	....	best boy grip
John Haselbusch	....	lighting technician
Matthew Hawkins	....	lighting technician
Jay M. Huntoon	....	video assist operator (as Jay Huntoon)
Leslie J. Kovacs	....	gaffer (as Les Kovacs)
Shawn Landis	....	second assistant camera (as Shawn S. Landis)
Mark A. Lindsay	....	lighting technician
Geary McLeod	....	camera operator: second unit
Benny McNulty	....	best boy electric (as Bernard McNulty)
Ken Nishino	....	first assistant camera
Ray Patrick	....	super technocrane operator
Zade Rosenthal	....	still photographer
Charles Saldana	....	key grip
Kenny Schneider	....	lighting technician
Dennis Seawright	....	first assistant camera
Kevin Stewart	....	rigging key grip
Mark Van Loon	....	Steadicam operator (as Mark R. Van Loon)
Mark Van Loon	....	camera operator (as Mark R. Van Loon)
Doug Wall	....	grip
Charles W. Wayt	....	dolly grip (as Chuck Wayt)
Lynda Wu	....	camera loader
Andy Young	....	rigging grip

Animation Department
Donald J. Myers	....	3-D computer animator

Casting Department
Suzanne Anaya	....	extras casting
Pennie DuPont	....	casting: New York
Sondra James	....	adr casting
Anna Liza Recto	....	casting associate: New York
Kristy Sager	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Chamberlin	....	costumer: Ms. Goldberg
Deborah Hall	....	costumer (as Deborah A. Hall)
Jennifer Morrison Holyfield	....	costumer: Ms. Pfeiffer
Susan Kistler	....	key costumer
Dennis McCarthy	....	set costumer
Eileen Sieff Stroup	....	wardrobe supervisor
Tyra Youland	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Stephanie Cramer	....	apprentice editor
Armando Fente	....	second assistant editor
Todd Fulkerson	....	second assistant editor
Adam Geiger	....	apprentice editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
William Henry	....	first assistant editor (as Bill Henry)
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Antonia Van Drimmelen	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Emilie A. Bernstein	....	orchestrator
Tim Boot	....	music playback operator
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation
Patricia Carlin	....	assistant music editor
Budd Carr	....	executive music producer
Geneviève Thomas Colvin	....	music coordinator
Kathy Durning	....	music editor
Nathan Kaproff	....	musicians contractor
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Fred Vogler	....	music playback
Dan Wallin	....	music recordist
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Jennifer Addington	....	transportation assistant
Joe Baker	....	driver
Vic Cuccia	....	driver: construction department
Chris Gorden	....	driver
Tony Greasley	....	driver
Steve Howard	....	driver
Robert Hunter Jr.	....	transportation coordinator
Jeffrey F. Jones	....	driver (as Jeff 'Tadpole' Jones)
Morgan Jones	....	driver: set dressing department
Don Levinski	....	driver
Tim C. McHenry	....	driver (as Tim McHenry)
Jerry McMullan	....	trailer driver: Ms. Pfeiffer
Marco A. Orozco	....	driver: Ms. Pfeiffer (as Marco Antonio Orozco)
Harold Peacock	....	driver: set dressing department
Scott W. Ramsey	....	transportation co-captain (as Scott Ramsey)
Bob Reidel	....	driver (as Robert Reidell)
Katrina L. Sanders	....	driver: maxivan
Marvin LaRoy Sanders	....	driver: maxivan
Paul Schwanke	....	picture car coordinator
Cesar Solis	....	driver: honeywagon
Nick Stavrow	....	driver
Alex Stewart	....	driver
Bret Stewart	....	driver
Wayne Stone	....	transportation captain
Mike Wacker	....	driver: Ms. Goldberg (as Michael Wacker)
Bob White	....	driver
Anthony Zahn Jr.	....	driver (as Tony Zahn)

Other crew
Randall Balsmeyer	....	title designer
Bobbin Bergstrom	....	icu nurse Consultant
Sonia Bhalla	....	production assistant
Kevin Bissada	....	production assistant
Paul D. Boydston	....	location scout
Barbara Calloway	....	payroll accountant
Richard Cody	....	craft service
Marnie Cooper	....	acting coach: Michael McLeroy
Candace Crump	....	stand-in: "Candy"
Chic Daniel	....	police technical advisor
Stacy De La Motte	....	production assistant
Jim Dunlap	....	first assistant accountant
Susan Ehrhart	....	production secretary (as Susan M. Ehrhart)
Katrina Elder	....	production assistant
Bennett Fidlow	....	additional legal services
Anne Fishbein	....	photographic consultant
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant (as Jennifer Freed)
Eli Golub	....	technician: HotHead
Justine Hebron	....	assistant production coordinator (as Justine M. Hebron)
Daryl Hemmerich	....	stand-in: "Pat"
Michael Herron	....	assistant: Mr. Williams (as Michael Shawn Herron)
Pamela Hill	....	stand-in: Michelle Pfeiffer
Peter Hollocker	....	production assistant
Peggy Holmes	....	choreographer
Pat Jackson	....	studio teacher
Rod Jackson	....	second assistant accountant
Kristen Jimenez	....	production assistant
Caren Kaplow	....	assistant: Ms. Pfeiffer
Jamie Kehoe	....	craft service
Mary Kohnert	....	assistant: Ms. Guinzburg
Sophia Konugres	....	dance consultant: Greece
Luca Kouimelis	....	script supervisor
Tim Lamprose	....	set medic (as Tim Lampros)
Giovanni Sebastian Lapp	....	stand-in: "Vincent"
Tom Leonardis	....	assistant: Ms. Goldberg
Michael Leon	....	location manager
Aimee Levine	....	production assistant
Andrew Magarian	....	acting coach
Lance Mancuso	....	on set medic
Kris Fullan Martinez	....	production coordinator
John Meckfessel	....	basketball coach
Kevin Mullins	....	location manager: Chicago
Mimi Munn	....	stand-in: "Beth"
Marie Nashold	....	medic (as Ree Hoke)
Eric Persons	....	assistant location manager (as Eric S. Persons)
Joe Roddey	....	production assistant (as Joseph P. Roddey)
Christina Rosati	....	assistant: Mr. Grosbard
Linda Stone	....	studio teacher
Alix Taylor	....	assistant: Mr. Grosbard
Bill Wells	....	production accountant
Becky Whitehorse	....	production coordinator
Chris Winn	....	craft service
Deborah Wuliger	....	publicist
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator
Ryan R. Johnson	....	assistant to head of production (uncredited)
George Lakes	....	production finance executive (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Woody Schultz	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Mandalay Entertainment
• Via Rosa Productions

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (1999) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (1999) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Net5 (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Flash Film Works

Other Companies

• Balsmeyer and Everett  titles
• C-5  sound post-production
• C5  post-production sound services
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Home on the Range  catering
• International Film Guarantors  completion bond
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  music recorded and mixed at
• Production Grip Rentals  grip equipment
• Sound One Corporation  post-production facilities
• Sound One Corporation  sound post-production
• TBS Casting  extras casting
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• Trinity Lighting  lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #35554) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

After Pat and Beth have a fight (following Ben's disappearance), Pat goes for a ride in his car and young Vincent comes along to smooth the waters. In his hand, he plays with a cassette tape. It is the soundtrack to Grease 2 (1982), which starred Michelle Pfeiffer.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Pat drives Beth home for the first time after losing Ben, Beth chooses to stay in the car for a few moments alone. Young Vincent then comes to the door on the passenger side and frightens Beth and the boom mic is reflected in the front passenger-side window.

Quotes:

Ellen: Remember Cecile Lockhart?
Beth Cappadora: You mean, star of STAGE, SCREEN, and now SOAP COMMERICAL, that Cecile Lockhart. Oh my God, there she is.
Ellen: Remember the first time she got laid.
Beth Cappadora: [mimicking her] Oh, I can't imagine going a month without it!
[Not realizing her kids are listening]
Jimmy Daugherty: She means pizza, guys.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

Soundtrack:

Energy

Decent, but the book is better...

I think that I would have liked this movie a LOT more if I'd never read the book! If anyone of you have the chance, READ the book! Oh, it's AWESOME!!! In my opinion, the movie left out some stuff that would have made it a LOT more interesting!!! Some people seem to think that parts of the movie are unrealistic, but when you read the book and get all the detail and everything, it starts to become a lot more believable than it is in the movie. Plus, the older brother has a MUCH larger role in the book, which makes more sense than how they protrayed him in the movie. Anyway, I guess you can tell, what I'm trying to say is, READ THE BOOK!!!! :-)