The Big Bounce (2004)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

George Armitage

Writers (WGA):

Elmore Leonard (novel)
Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Comedy

Tagline:

It's all in who you trust

Plot:

A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Cockney Accent | Hitchhiking | Beach | Husband Wife Relationship

Cast

Owen Wilson	...	Jack Ryan
Butch Helemano	...	Hawaiian Priest
Charlie Sheen	...	Bob Rogers, Jr.
Vinnie Jones	...	Lou Harris
Gregory Sporleder	...	Frank Pizzarro
Terry Ahue	...	Jimmy Opono (as Terry L. Ahue)
Pete Johnson	...	Con Nuuiwa
Mike Renfro	...	Worker #1
Tony Dorsett	...	Worker #2
Brian L. Keaulana	...	Barry Salu (as Brian Keaulana)
Morgan Freeman	...	Walter Crewes
Willie Nelson	...	Joe Lurie
Andrew Wilson	...	Ned Coleman
Sara Foster	...	Nancy Hayes
Gary Sinise	...	Ray Ritchie
Wendy Thorlakson	...	Wendy the Party Planner
Beate Antares	...	Celia / PBN Girl
Anahit Minasyan	...	Virginia (#9)
John John Florence	...	Himself
Lita Weidenbach	...	Rell
Leigh French	...	Rell
Kala Alexander	...	Himself
Kelly Slater	...	Himself
Brian Costa	...	Waimea Willy
Steve Jones	...	Dick, Coleman's Lover
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Alison Ritchie
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Bob Rogers, Sr.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mia Marcus	...	Beachgirl (uncredited)

Directed by
George Armitage

Writing credits (WGA)
Elmore Leonard		(novel)
Sebastian Gutierrez		(screenplay)

Produced by
Beate Antares	....	associate producer (as Beate Piotrowski)
Brent Armitage	....	executive producer
George Armitage	....	producer
Steve Bing	....	producer
Channing Dungey	....	co-producer (as Channing Dungee)
Brad Goodman	....	associate producer (as Bradley M. Goodman)
Gary Marcus	....	associate producer
Jorge Saralegui	....	producer
Janice F. Sperling	....	associate producer
Zane Weiner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
Jeffrey L. Kimball

Film Editing by
Brian Berdan
Barry Malkin

Casting by
Mali Finn

Production Design by
Stephen Altman

Art Direction by
John Bucklin

Set Decoration by
Chris L. Spellman		(as Chris Spellman)

Costume Design by
Betsy Cox
Tracy Tynan

Makeup Department
Deena Adair	....	hair stylist: Mr. Freeman
Lynn Barber	....	key makeup artist
Janis Clark	....	key hair stylist
Fiona Connon	....	makeup artist: Mr. Wilson
Paulette Crammond	....	assistant hair stylist
Nancy Hancock	....	makeup artist: Mr. Freeman (as Nancy Worthen-Hancock)
Geraldine Jones	....	hair stylist: Mr. Wilson (as Gerry Jones)
Karen Iboshi Preiser	....	assistant makeup artist (as Karen Preiser)
Benjamin Robin	....	makeup artist: Mr. Sinise
Gabriel Solana	....	makeup artist: Mr. Sheen (as Gabriel Salano)
Jean Webber	....	hair stylist: Mr. Sheen

Production Management
Brad Goodman	....	post-production supervisor (as Bradley M. Goodman)
Zane Weiner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brent Armitage	....	second unit director
Phil Dupont	....	first assistant director: second unit
Phil Dupont	....	second assistant director
Peter Hollocker	....	second second assistant director
Jon Mallard	....	second assistant director: second unit
Gary Marcus	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Robert E. Denne	....	supervising paint foreman
Will Eastin	....	graphic designer
Sean Ginevan	....	lead man
Michael Kaahanni Jr.	....	swing gang (as Michael Ka'ahanuni, Jr.)
Ritchie Kremer	....	property master
Kelii Landford	....	stand-by greensman (as W. Kelii Landford)
Craig K. Lewis	....	props
Russell Maki	....	swing gang
John Marano	....	on-set dresser
Carter Mitchell	....	swing gang
Shanna Norton	....	art department coordinator
Samuel Pactol	....	painter
Monica Perez	....	assistant property master
Warren Roberts	....	general foreman
Kenneth K. Sato	....	construction coordinator (as Kenneth Sato)
Bob Shaefer	....	stand-by scenic
Helen Wilson	....	draper
Liloa Wong	....	greensman (as Clyde Wong)
Josh Sheppard	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher S. Aud	....	supervising sound editor
Benjamin Beardwood	....	dialogue editor
Dave Bergstrom	....	re-recording engineer
George Berndt	....	supervising adr editor
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Tom Caton	....	boom operator (as Thomas Caton)
Jeffrey Cranford	....	assistant sound editor (as Jeff Cranford)
Frank Fleming	....	sound re-recordist (as Frank Flemming)
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor (as Pat Foley)
Terry Garcia	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	production sound mixer (as Richard Goodman)
David L. Horton Jr.	....	foley editor
J. Paul Huntsman	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Jenkins	....	re-recording mixer
Adam Johnston	....	sound effects editor (as Adam Johnson)
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicholas Vincent Korda	....	adr editor (as Nick Korda)
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer (as Maryjo Lang)
Frank A. Montaño	....	re-recording mixer (as Frank Montaño)
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (as Alyson Moore)
Scott Morgan	....	foley recordist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby film sound
John Reynolds	....	cable person
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Joe Schwartz	....	assistant sound editor
Tim Webb	....	sound re-recordist
David Werntz	....	sound editor
Rick Hromadka	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Karen Spangenberg	....	dialogue editor (uncredited )

Special Effects by
Archie Ahuna	....	special effects coordinator
Fern N. Ahuna	....	special effects (as Fern Ahuna)
Clarence Logan	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Kyle DeVriendt	....	visual effects editor: Cinesite
Mark Dornfeld	....	visual effects supervisor: Custom Film Effects
Michele Ferrone	....	visual effects producer: Custom Film Effects
Adam Gass	....	digital line-up: Custom Film Effects
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as RJ Harbour)
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Kenneth Littleton	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (as Ken Littleton)
Valerie McMahon	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Lori C. Miller	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as Lori Miller)
Carl S.G. Moore	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite (as Carl Moore)
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Laurie Powers	....	lead digital artist: Custom Film Effects
Brad Reinke	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Tony Sgueglia	....	data operations: Cinesite
David Smithson	....	data wrangler: Custom Film Effects
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Steve Wright	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Danny Albano	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Dan Ashton	....	scanning and recording supervisor: Cinesite Hollywood (uncredited)
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O (uncredited)
Vincent Lavares	....	digital asset manager: Cinesite Hollywood (uncredited)

Stunts
Terry Ahue	....	stunts (as Terry L. Ahue)
Tim Biello	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophrey Brown)
Nathan Carroll	....	stunts
Brian Costa	....	stunts
Darrick Doerner	....	stunts (as Derrick Doerner)
Doug Foster	....	stunts
Mari Fugere	....	stunts
Kai Garcia	....	stunts
Tabby Hanson	....	stunts (as Tabby Hanson Graham)
Cara Hemperly	....	stunts
Andrea Hester	....	stunts
Buddy Joe Hooker	....	stunt coordinator
Noah Johnson	....	stunts
Pete Johnson	....	stunts
Brian L. Keaulana	....	stunts (as Brian Keaulana)
Rusty Keaulana	....	stunts
Issac Nichols	....	stunts
Carrick O'Quinn	....	stunts
Guy Pere	....	stunts
Tamayo Perry	....	stunts
Rush Randle	....	stunts
Art Rivers	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Brendan Shea	....	stunts
Kelly Slater	....	stunts
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts
Sarah Stein	....	stunts
Michael A. Stewart	....	stunts
Michael Trisler	....	stunts
Jeffrey G. Barnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark Kubr	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunt double: Owen Wilson (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Berner	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Frank Connor	....	still photographer
Alex Cruz	....	best boy grip
Dan Delgado	....	chief lighting technician
Vance Gage	....	dolly grip
Mark Gerasimenko	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Thomas Gibson	....	key grip
Hector Gutierrez	....	dolly grip
David Homcy	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Jay M. Huntoon	....	digital video assist operator (as Jay Huntoon)
Alan Jacoby	....	camera loader
Don King	....	director of photography: wave unit
Glen Magers	....	lighting technician
Jai Mansson	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Frank Mathews	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Annie McEveety	....	first assistant camera
Jody Miller	....	Steadicam operator
Jody Miller	....	camera operator
Sonny Miller	....	camera operator: wave unit
Leo J. Napolitano	....	camera operator (as Leo Napolitano)
Kevin Nishino	....	first assistant camera
David B. Nowell	....	aerial director of photography: second unit
Douglas Olivares	....	camera operator: "c" camera, second unit (as Douglas Oliveras)
Chris Pavlu	....	electrician
Rick Rader	....	rigging grip
Chad Rivetti	....	libra head technician
Jim Rose	....	rigging gaffer (as James Rose)
Andrew Sych	....	spacecam technician: second unit
Dale White	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lynda Wu	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Rocky Babcock	....	libra head operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Micah Dahlberg	....	casting assistant
David Rapaport	....	casting associate
Deedra Ricketts	....	extras casting (as Deedee Rickets)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon Iris Crall	....	costume supervisor (as Iris Crall)
Sherry Fox	....	additional wardrobe
Geri Infante	....	costumer
Natasha Paczkowski	....	costume manufacturing foreperson
Antonnette C.K. Reed	....	wardrobe: Mr. Wilson (as Antonnette Reed)
Keawe Thurston	....	additional wardrobe
Cathie Valdovino	....	wardrobe: Mr. Freeman (as Cathy Valdovino)

Editorial Department
Keith Croket	....	first assistant editor
Jesus De Santiago	....	post-production assistant
Peter Kwong	....	assistant editor
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer
David Reale	....	first assistant editor
Dennis Thorlaksen	....	assistant film editor (as Denny Thorlaksen)
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Music Department
Chuck Choi	....	score recordist (as Charles Choi)
George S. Clinton	....	conductor
George S. Clinton	....	score producer
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	orchestra contractor
George Doering	....	musician: Hawaiian lap steel guitar
Michael Fisher	....	musician: bongos (as Mike Fisher)
Mike Flicker	....	music editor: scoring stage (as Michael Flicker)
Richard Ford	....	supervising music editor
Matt Friedman	....	music editor: scoring stage (as Matthew Friedman)
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Tom Hardisty	....	assistant scoring engineer (as Tom Hardesty)
Oliver Hug	....	assistant music editor
Suzie Katayama	....	orchestrator
Steve Kempster	....	score engineer
David Marquette	....	scoring engineer (as Dave Marqutte)
Peymon Maskan	....	music coordinator
Jill Meyers	....	music clearances
Dean Parks	....	musician: ukulele
Joel C. Peskin	....	musician: baritone saxophone (as Joel Peskin)
Jeffrey Potokar	....	assistant music editor (as Jeff Potokar)
Angie Rubin	....	music editor: temp score
Dana Sano	....	music supervisor
Sharon Smith	....	music editor: temp music
Bob Zimmitti	....	musician: shaker
Julie Eidsvoog	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Irish Barber	....	transportation coordinator: Hawaii (as Irish Barber-Kananaole)
D. Scott Guthrie	....	transportation captain: Los Angeles (as Scott Gurthrie)
Myles Kawakami	....	transportation captain: Hawaii (as Myles M. Kawakami)
Howie Mandel	....	picture car mechanic (as Howard Mandel)
Randy Peters	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles
Robert Gaskill	....	driver: Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
Kelly Loo	....	driver (uncredited)
George A. Miki	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Matt Adler	....	adr loop group
Donovan Ahuna	....	craft service
Beate Antares	....	assistant: Mr. Armitage (as Beate Piotrowski)
Howard Baral	....	post-production accountant
Erin Beehan	....	office production aide
Gavin J. Behrman	....	assistant production accountant (as Gavin Behrman)
Christine Bonnem	....	location manager
Thomas Brunelle	....	adr loop group
Jennifer Burnett	....	office production aide
Stephanie Byer	....	adr loop group
William Calvert	....	adr loop group
David Chevalier	....	helicopter pilot
David D. Clark	....	marine coordinator
Renee Confair	....	location manager (as Renee Confair Sensano)
Brian Costa	....	production assistant
Mary Dang	....	office production aide
Dominique Donovan	....	assistant post-production accountant
Will Easton	....	office production aide
Steve Eckelman	....	assistant: Mr. Wilson (as Steve Eckleman)
Scott Ejercito	....	projectionist
Mary K. Fanto	....	product placement (as Mary Fanto)
Laurel S. Foi	....	assistant location manager
Leigh French	....	adr loop group
Sierra French-Myerson	....	adr loop group
Eddie Frierson	....	adr loop group (as Eric Frierson)
Peter D. Graves	....	marketing consultant (as Peter Graves)
Joanne Guthrie	....	assistant: Mr. Weiner
Vern Hoke	....	set medic (as Vernie Hoke)
Walrus J.U.I.C.E. Howard	....	assistant location manager
Billy Jayne	....	adr loop group
Kim Kahana Jr.	....	adr loop group (as Kim K. Kahana, Jr.)
Tony Kahana	....	adr loop group (as Anthony Kahana)
Norman Kali	....	office production aide
Kahealani Kamakaiwi	....	production aide
Lamond Kanaka'ole	....	assistant location manager (as Lamond S.K. Kanka'ole)
Katherine Knox	....	production secretary
Roxann Langlois	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kai Li	....	production assistant
Jules Mann-Stewart	....	script supervisor (as Jules Mann Stewart)
Brian Matsumura	....	office production aide
Cody McClintock	....	production aide (as Cody R. McClintock)
Ric Menello	....	consultant: Mr. Wilson (as R. Morello)
Melvin Miranda	....	animal handler (as Melvin Miranda, Sr.)
Christine Nonnenmacher	....	office production aide
Don Orlando	....	production accountant (as Donald Orlando)
Jordan Perzik	....	office production aide: Los Angeles
Quentin Pierre	....	assistant: Mr. Freeman
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist (as Claire Cooper)
Tanoai Reed	....	adr loop group
Scott Rorie	....	key set production aide
Jill Sayre	....	adr loop group
Janice F. Sperling	....	production supervisor
Diane Sunderlin	....	production office coordinator (as Dianne Sunderlin)
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator (as Robert M. Zajonc)
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	helicopter pilot: second unit (as Robert M. Zajonc)
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	pilot (as Robert M. Zajonc)
Ian Carrington	....	assistant: Vinnie Jones (uncredited)
Chris Kephart	....	stand-in: Owen Wilson (uncredited)
Kevin Nakatsuka	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tony Natoli	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Charles Nordeen	....	stand-in: Gregory Sporleader (uncredited)
Erik Proveaux	....	head chef (uncredited)
Jack Stern	....	studio teacher (uncredited)
Kim Thio	....	set medic: additional photography (uncredited)

Thanks
Christian Lassen	....	acknowledgment: artwork in Ray Ritchie's beach house by

Production Companies

• Shangri-La Entertainment
• Material
• Taormina Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Veronica (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Warner Bros. (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

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

Other Companies

• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Blue Hawaiian Helicopter  Ritchie Enterprises Helicopters supplied by (as Blue Hawaiian Helicopters)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies (uncredited)
• Cinesite  additional visual effects by
• Custom Film Effects  visual effects (titles and digital opticals by)
• Eastwood Scoring Stage  score recording (as Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage)
• Eidsvoog-Katayama Music Preparation  music preparation by
• Elektra Records  soundtrack (uncredited)
• FotoKem Laboratory  color by (as Fotokem)
• Gala Catering  catering (as Gala Catering)
• Gary Jacobson Inc.  digital editing systems
• Hawaii Media  grip and lighting equipment (uncredited)
• Hollywood Studio Symphony  score performed by (as The Hollywood Studio Symphony)
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pacific Title  opticals and end titles by
• Signet Sound Studio  score mixed at
• Spacecam Systems  gyro-stabilized camera system provided by
• Universal Studios Sound Facilities  re-recording services provided by (as Universal Studios Sound)
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack published by (uncredited)
• Viv Kim Negative Cutting Service  negative cutting
• Warner Brothers Post-Production Services  sound editorial services provided by (as Warner Bros. Post Production Services)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and nudity, violence and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:14 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | USA:R (original rating) | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40396)

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

Shangri-La Entertainment

Trivia:

Elmore Leonard hated the original movie adaptation of his novel, The Big Bounce (1969). He did not like this version either.

Goofs:

Continuity: While Jack and Nancy are skinny dipping and the car is being towed, the car is seen to pass behind the low-lying bushes twice.

Quotes:

Nancy Hayes: Jack, what do you think will happen if that money reaches those thugs.
Jack Ryan: I don't know. They'll probably have a hell of a luau.
Nancy Hayes: I mean to Walter!
Jack Ryan: We'll probably get invited.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: 'The Big Bounce': A Con in the Making (#11.2)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Get What You Need

Garbage Like This Gives Modern Films A Bad Name

It's movies like this that give modern-day films a reputation as "garbage," especially among classic-film lovers. I try to defend today's movies to them when they tell me today's movies are all morally bankrupt. Well, in this case, I have no rebuttal. I agree, this is another example of a modern effort that puts too much stock on the sleaze and winds up on the weak side of being classy. It's also another good example of a PG-13 movie that should have been rated "R." There are tons of examples of that in the last 15 years. Parents: be more leery of PG-13 than another rating.

Usually, a movie that features crime and comedy is going to be either really good or really bad, depending on the quality of the jokes. Here, very little was funny and by halfway, I could care less about the crime angle. If you are to inject humor into a heist story, make sure it works, or you are going to wind up with a mess like this. Also, the movie seemed to be more of an environmental propaganda piece than anything else. Did Al Gore have a hand in this? It would explain how boring this wound up and all the bias. It just looks as if the filmmakers didn't know what direction go to and wound up with a sub-par performance in all the categories.

Owen Wilson plays a smart-ass surfer dude. If his character "Jack Ryan" is the hero of this film, it's no wonder I got turned off in a hurry. I didn't find him a "likable guy," as some others did: just a wise guy who had the cute answers to everything. I have found Wilson to be similar to the crime-comedy genre: he's either very entertaining or very annoying.

Speaking of actors, I was very disappointed to see two of my favorites - Gary Sinise and Morgan Freeman - involved with this turkey.

I don't blame Wilson for everything. He didn't write the dialog. He didn't cast Sara Foster as the lead female. He didn't write a screenplay in which none of the characters are likable enough for us to care about them. At least I have company as I see most other reviewers here thought this movie stunk, too.