Stepmom (1998)

Director:

Chris Columbus

Writers (WGA):

Gigi Levangie (story)
Gigi Levangie (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

25 December 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.

Plot:

A terminally-ill mother has to settle on the new woman in her ex-husband's life, who will be their new stepmother.

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Ex Husband | Cancer | Pet As Gift | Photo Shoot

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Julia Roberts	...	Isabel Kelly
Susan Sarandon	...	Jackie Harrison
Ed Harris	...	Luke Harrison
Jena Malone	...	Anna Harrison
Liam Aiken	...	Ben Harrison
Lynn Whitfield	...	Dr. P. Sweikert
Darrell Larson	...	Duncan Samuels
Mary Louise Wilson	...	Mrs. Franklin
Andre B. Blake	...	Cooper (as Andre Blake)
Herbert Russell	...	Photo Assistant (as Russel Harper)
Jack Eagle	...	Craft Service Man
Lu Celania Sierra	...	Photo Shoot Model
Lauma Zemzare	...	Photo Shoot Model
Holly Schenck	...	Photo Shoot Model
Michelle Stone	...	Photo Shoot Model
Annett Esser	...	Photo Shoot Model
Monique Rodrique	...	Photo Shoot Model
Sal Mistretta	...	Ad Executive
Rex Hays	...	Ad Executive
Alice Liu	...	Ad Executive
Chuck Montgomery	...	Ad Executive
Mak Gilchrist	...	Rapunzel
Dylan Michaels	...	Prince
David Zayas	...	Policeman
José Ramón Rosario	...	Policeman
Lee Shepherd	...	Desk Sergeant
George Masters	...	Maitre D'
Anthony Grasso	...	Waiter
Robert F. Alvarado	...	Soccer Coach
Sebastian Rand	...	Tucker
Michelle Hurst	...	Nurse
Jason Maves	...	Brad Kovitsky
Julie Lancaster	...	Flight Attendant
Charlie Christman	...	Stone Fox
Amina Asep	...	Anna's Friend
Naama Kates	...	Anna's Friend (as Naama Katz)
Jennifer Best	...	Anna's Friend
Robin Fusco	...	Anna's Friend
Jessica M. Osias	...	Anna's Friend
Electra Telesford	...	Anna's Friend
Michelle L. Brady	...	Anna's Friend
Zachary M. Hasak	...	Brad's Friend
Jordan Gochros	...	Brad's Friend
Rob London	...	Brad's Friend
James Ostrofsky	...	Brad's Friend
Chad Lavinio	...	Brad's Friend
John Sadowski	...	Ben's Friend
Matthew Doudounis	...	Ben's friend
Andrea Dolloff	...	Cocktail Waitress
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eleanor Columbus	...	Girl in School Play (uncredited)
Mary DeBellis	...	Hostess (uncredited)
Nick Stellate	...	School Teacher (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Columbus

Writing credits (WGA)
Gigi Levangie		(story)
Gigi Levangie		(screenplay) and
Jessie Nelson		(screenplay) &
Steven Rogers		(screenplay) &
Karen Leigh Hopkins		(screenplay) and
Ronald Bass		(screenplay) (as Ron Bass)

Produced by
Michael Barnathan	....	producer
Ronald Bass	....	executive producer (as Ron Bass)
Chris Columbus	....	producer
Paula DuPré Pesman	....	associate producer (as Paula DuPré Pesmen)
Wendy Finerman	....	producer
Margaret French-Issac	....	executive producer
Patrick McCormick	....	executive producer
Pliny Porter	....	executive producer
Mark Radcliffe	....	producer
Julia Roberts	....	executive producer
Susan Sarandon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Williams

Cinematography by
Donald McAlpine		(director of photography) (as Donald M. McAlpine)

Film Editing by
Neil Travis

Casting by
Ellen Lewis

Production Design by
Stuart Wurtzel

Art Direction by
Ray Kluga		(as Raymond Kluga)

Set Decoration by
George DeTitta Jr.

Costume Design by
Joseph G. Aulisi

Makeup Department
Michal Bigger	....	key makeup artist
Marilyn Carbone	....	makeup artist: Ms. Sarandon
Richard Dean	....	makeup artist: Ms. Roberts
Patricia Grande	....	key hair stylist
Paul LeBlanc	....	hair stylist: Ms. Sarandon
Lyndell Quiyou	....	hair stylist: Ms. Roberts
Linda Grimes	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Scott Hersh	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Lenny Vullo	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kenneth G. Brown	....	second second assistant director
Stephen Lee Davis	....	second assistant director
Geoffrey Hansen	....	first assistant director (as Geoff Hansen)
Samantha Lavin	....	dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department
Kevin Brink	....	lead man
June DeCamp	....	scenic foreman
Gerald DeTitta	....	lead man (as Jerry DeTitta)
Ann Edgeworth	....	assistant property master (as Ann L. Edgeworth)
Sandy Hamilton	....	property master
Fred Merusi	....	construction coordinator
Jon Ringbom	....	charge scenic (as John Ringbom)
Christopher Nelson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Chuck Potter	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Diane Rich	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Grant Shaffer	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Clarissa Shanahan	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Fredda Slavin	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Joan Winters	....	graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor
Sara Bolder	....	dialogue editor
Karen Brocco	....	assistant sound editor (as Karen A. Brocco)
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Tod A. Maitland	....	sound mixer (as Tod Maitland)
Jonathan Null	....	assistant sound editor
T.J. O'Mara	....	boom operator
Marcie Romano	....	assistant sound editor
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Susan Sanford	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound effects editor
Michael Scott	....	boom operator (as Michael H. Scott)
Robert Shoup	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Silvers	....	dialogue editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist (as Dennis Thorpe)
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Hugh Waddell	....	adr editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	dialogue editor
Jerome R. Vitucci	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert J. Scupp	....	special effects
Todd Wolfeil	....	special effects (as Todd R. Wolfeil)
Richard Bryan Douglas	....	effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Theresa Ellis	....	visual effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Dawn Bowery	....	Inferno artist (uncredited)
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Betsy Paterson	....	2D supervisor: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)

Stunts
Laura Dash	....	stunts
Emily Williams Drechsel	....	stunts
E.J. Evans	....	stunts
Brian E. Feigus	....	stunts
Austin Harper Gates	....	stunts
Nicole Katzenback	....	stunts
Ingrid Low	....	stunts
Phil Nelson	....	stunt coordinator
Gene Harrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kristopher Medina	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brian Smyj	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenny Burke	....	best boy grip (as Kenneth Burke)
Michael Burke	....	best boy electric
Ronald Burke	....	dolly grip
Ken Connors	....	rigging gaffer (as Kenneth R. Conners)
Russell Engels	....	chief lighting technician (as Russell W. Engels)
Alec Hirschfeld	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Nils Johnson	....	video playback operator
Lee Kazista	....	camera loader
Peter Masterson	....	second assistant camera (as Peter C. Masterson)
Steve Mathis	....	chief lighting technician
Patrick McArdle	....	first assistant camera
Harold J. McClean	....	rigging best boy electrician
Anastas N. Michos	....	camera operator (as Anastas Michos)
Francis Panuccio	....	rigging best boy grip
John Panuccio	....	key rigging grip (as Jack Panuccio)
Tom Prate	....	key grip (as Thomas R. Prate)
Demmie Todd	....	still photographer
Eugene D'Pasquale	....	company grip (uncredited)
James Edmiston	....	company grip (uncredited)
Kevin Flynn	....	company grip (uncredited)
Ron Goodman	....	camera operator: SpaceCam (uncredited)
Douglas C. Hart	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
William D. Moran	....	company grip (uncredited)
Katherine Ruppe	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Marcia DeBonis	....	casting associate (as Marcia De Bonis)
Karen E. Etcoff	....	extras casting
Vivian Hasbrouk	....	casting assistant (as Vivian Lynn Hasbrouk)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Adkins	....	wardrobe supervisor
Kendall Errair	....	wardrobe supervisor
James Hammer	....	assistant costume designer (as James P. Hammer)
Fran Vega-Buck	....	costumer: Ms. Roberts (as Frances Vega-Buck)

Editorial Department
Tim Amyx	....	second assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Nicolas De Toth	....	first assistant editor
Deirdre Slevin	....	apprentice editor
Michael J. Wechsler	....	second assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Shawn Murphy	....	music scoring mixer
Peter Myles	....	assistant music editor
National Philharmonic Orchestra	....	orchestra
John Neufeld	....	orchestrator
Christopher Parkening	....	musician: guitar solos
Katherine Quittner	....	music editor
Kenneth Wannberg	....	supervising music editor (as Ken Wannberg)
Daniel Gaber	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Carlton Kaller	....	music consultant (uncredited)
Marvin R. Morris	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Richard Holston	....	transportation co-captain
Michael Hyde	....	transportation captain
Terry R. Owens	....	production driver
Bobby Marsh	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Jeanne Austin	....	assistant: Mr. Radcliffe
Eva Z. Cabrera	....	script supervisor
Noreen R. Cheleden	....	set production assistant
Kathleen Corgan	....	assistant location manager
Ivana Crvelin	....	assistant: Ms. Finerman
Paula de Elejalde	....	teacher
Eirik S. Dentz	....	set production assistant (as Erik Dentz)
Elizabeth Devereux	....	assistant: Mr. Columbus
Rhona Gordon	....	teacher
Chandra Joy Hagopian	....	assistant production coordinator
Jaime Hanaway	....	set production assistant
Joseph E. Iberti	....	location manager
Christopher M. Kanuck	....	set production assistant
Larry Kaplan	....	unit publicist
Danielle Katz	....	set production assistant
Kate Kelly	....	production coordinator
Laurent Lavollay-Porter	....	set production assistant
Dylan K. Massin	....	set production assistant
Carol McAuliff	....	animal trainer
Steve McAuliff	....	animal trainer
Ryan McCormick	....	assistant: Mr. McCormick
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Nancy Seltzer	....	public relations
Alan Sickles	....	medical technical advisor (as Alan Sickles M.D.)
Matthew Sirianni	....	set production assistant
Karen Swallow	....	assistant: Mr. Barnathan
Drew Tidwell	....	production secretary
Matilde Valera	....	production accountant (as Matilde P. Valera)
Suzanne Weinert	....	assistant: Ms. Roberts
Valentina Aulisi	....	office production assistant (uncredited)
Bohnie Avanzino	....	title designer: New Wave Entertainment (uncredited)
Alex Bowen	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Aria Noelle Curzon	....	adr artist (uncredited)
Brother Eden Douglas	....	stand-in: Andre B. Blake (uncredited)
Kathleen Fellegara	....	set medic (uncredited)
Rich Fellegara	....	set medic (uncredited)
Dori Greenberg	....	second assistant: Wendy Finerman (uncredited)
Theresa Marsh	....	first assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Ray McCort	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Len Murach	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Olivia Oguma	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Nelson Pereyra	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Penni Smith	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Robert T. Striem	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Irene Columbus	....	in loving memory

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• 1492 Pictures (as A 1492 Production)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1998) (worldwide) (all media)
• TriStar Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Falcon (1999) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (1998) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (1999) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (GCTHV) (2000) (France) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Prooptiki Video (1998) (Greece) (video)
• WB Television Network, The (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Special Effects

• Rhythm and Hues

Other Companies

• Animal Actors  animals provided by
• By Dawn's Early Light  craft service
• Cinema Research  opticals
• New Jersey Film Commission  producers wish to thank (as The NJ Film Commission)
• New York City Department of Parks and Recreation  producers wish to thank (as The City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation)
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  producers wish to thank (as The NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Television Broadcasting)
• New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development  producers wish to thank (as The NYS Governor's Office of Film)
• Reel Foods  catering
• Reel Team, The  voice casting
• Safeguard Investigation and Security Services  security: ms. roberts
• Skywalker Sound  sound services
• Sony Classical  soundtrack published by
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Valentino  producers wish to thank

Also Known As:

Class Divided (USA) (working title)
Good Night Moon (USA) (working title)
Untitled New York City Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Iceland:L | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Bedford, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Chris Columbus's daughter, Eleanor Columbus makes an appearance as the little girl in ballet class (but is uncredited).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the first "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" sing-along in Isabela's car, the final shot is from the outside of the car, as they drive along. The audio does not match the words the actors are singing.

Quotes:

Isabel: Look down the road to her wedding. I'm in a room alone with her, fixing her veil, fluffing her dress, telling her no woman has ever looked so beautiful. And my fear is she'll think, "I wish my mom were here."
Jackie Harrison: And my fear is... she won't.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Under Pressure

Great movie!

I'm still wondering why Susan and Julia didn't even get a nomination of the Academy, or the screenplay. This movie is a great movie about jelousy of a mother, that is scared that her children might love someone else as their second mother, and gives such a hard time to that person. And in the other hand, you see that young lady, in love (with the father of those kids), that forgives everything that has been done to her. She was called a bitch a couple of times (the dog scene with Ana, and when she brings the kids at Jackies, and Ana has make up). Was ignored, and even lost her job for those kids. And she forgives all of this, and tryes to like everyone. The world sure would be perfect if everyone would be this way. The problem is that the world has too many Jackies, and not enough Isabels.

If you are someone that likes to cry, and cry. Watch it. Is one of the sweetes movie ever, talking about peoples feelings, fears, and happynes. Great!