Freaky Friday (2003)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers (WGA):

Mary Rodgers (novel)
Heather Hach (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

6 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Mondays are manic. Wednesdays are wild. And Fridays are about to get a little freaky.

Plot:

An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the others life for one freaky Friday.

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Chinese Restaurant | Widow | Fiancé | Wedding

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 15	6:00 PM	TBS
Mon. Nov. 16	12:30 AM	TBS

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Tess Coleman
Lindsay Lohan	...	Anna Coleman
Mark Harmon	...	Ryan
Harold Gould	...	Grandpa
Chad Michael Murray	...	Jake
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Mr. Bates
Christina Vidal	...	Maddie
Ryan Malgarini	...	Harry Coleman
Haley Hudson	...	Peg
Rosalind Chao	...	Pei-Pei
Lucille Soong	...	Pei-Pei's Mom
Willie Garson	...	Evan
Dina Waters	...	Dottie Robertson
Julie Gonzalo	...	Stacey Hinkhouse
Christina Marie Walter	...	Same Shirt Girl
Lu Elrod	...	Detention Monitor
Heather Hach	...	Gym Teacher
Lorna Scott	...	Butcher Woman
Chris Carlberg	...	Ethan - Drummer
Danny Rubin	...	Scott - Bass Player
Hayden Tank	...	Harry's Friend #1
Cayden Boyd	...	Harry's Friend #2
Marc McClure	...	Boris
Chris Heuisler	...	Mr. Waters
Jeff Marcus	...	Depressed Patient (as Jeffrey Marcus)
Jacqueline Heinze	...	Crying Patient
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Diary Reading Patient
Erica Gimpel	...	Harry's Teacher
William Caploe	...	Talk Show P.A.
Daniel Raymont	...	Makeup Artist
Veronica Brooks	...	Champagne Waitress
Lee Burns	...	Bouncer
Amir Derakh	...	House of Blues Emcee
Zoe Waters	...	Wedding Baby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Hoferer	...	Clubgoer (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Waters

Writing credits (WGA)
Mary Rodgers		(novel)
Heather Hach		(screenplay) and
Leslie Dixon		(screenplay)

Produced by
Andrew Gunn	....	producer
Mario Iscovich	....	executive producer
Ann Marie Sanderlin	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by
Oliver Wood

Film Editing by
Bruce Green

Casting by
Marci Liroff

Production Design by
Cary White

Art Direction by
Maria L. Baker		(as Maria Baker)

Set Decoration by
Barbara Haberecht

Costume Design by
Genevieve Tyrrell

Makeup Department
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair stylist supervisor
Christina Smith	....	makeup supervisor
Tara Smith	....	key hair stylist
Clinton Wayne	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Paul Moen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laurie Baron	....	dga trainee
Paula Janos	....	second second assistant director
Paul Moen	....	second unit director
Eric A. Pot	....	second assistant director (as Eric Pot)
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director
José Clemente Hernandez	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Dawn Ascher-Trevino	....	art department coordinator (as Dawn Ascher)
Marco A. Campos	....	general foreman
Jill S. Coverdale	....	set dressing buyer
Mike Cunningham	....	assistant property master
Josh Hadley	....	leadperson (as Joshua Hadley)
Paul Arthur Hartman	....	leadperson
Grey Hill	....	sculptor
Cindy Ingraham	....	on-set dresser
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator
Lyle Maves	....	lead plasterer foreman
Andrew Ortner	....	art department production assistant
Catherine Smith	....	set designer (as Cat Smith)
Diana Anctil	....	paint gangboss (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
David Boulton	....	adr engineer: NY
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Jeanette Browning	....	adr recordist
Jeannette Cremarosa	....	dubbing recordist
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Brian Gallagher	....	adr recordist: NY
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Richard Kite	....	cableman
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound editor
Paul Ledford	....	sound mixer
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound editor
Judy Nord	....	dubbing recordist
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Terry Porter	....	re-recording mixer
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound editor
Sam Sarkar	....	cableman
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant editor
Dean A. Zupancic	....	re-recording mixer
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Al Broussard	....	special effects director
Thomas Rasada	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Jacqueline Allard	....	digital compositor
Michael Curtis	....	digital compositor
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor
Patric Kenly	....	digital line-up: Buena Vista Imaging
William Koshowany	....	digital compositor
Josh Novak	....	lead compositor: main title sequence

Stunts
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Olivia Chang	....	stunt double: Rosalind Chao
Arnold Chon	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunts
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts
J. Mark Donaldson	....	stunts
Michael Gaines	....	stunts
Donna Keegan	....	stunts
Terri McCoy	....	stunt double: Guitar
Larry Nicholas	....	stunt double
Chris Palermo	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunt coordinator
J.P. Romano	....	stunts
Rick Sawaya	....	stunt audience
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunt double
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunts
Catherine Petra Villalobos	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
William D. Barber	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Patrick Bensimmon	....	camera loader
Kary Chapman	....	grip rigger
Joe Chess	....	Steadicam operator
Joe Chess	....	camera operator: "b" camera
John J. Connor	....	second cinematographer
Adam Feinberg	....	rigging electrician
Paul V. Ferrazzi	....	key first assistant camera: "a" camera
Eli Golub	....	additional grip
Michael Herron	....	video assist operator
Tony Hibbard	....	set lighting technician
Joe Kelly	....	grip
George Lozano Jr.	....	lighting technician
Joe Macaluso	....	company grip
Peter McAdams	....	grip
Bob Munoz	....	key grip
David H. Neale	....	electrician
Maricella Ramirez	....	Steadicam assistant
Maricella Ramirez	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Brian Rosso	....	dolly grip
Thomas J. Ruffner	....	dolly grip
Alfred E. Smithey	....	key rigging grip
Michael T. Travers	....	best boy grip
Renee Treyball	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Kieran Waugh	....	electrician
Tom Fendley	....	electrician (uncredited)
Ian Pauly	....	video assistant (uncredited)

Casting Department
Maryellen Aviano	....	extras casting coordinator
Jamie Sparer Roberts	....	casting associate (as Jamie Sparer)
Summer Wesson	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robin Borman	....	costumer (as Robin Borman-Wizan)
Heidi Higginbotham	....	costume supervisor
Brooke C. Thatawat	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Stephanie M. Casey	....	first assistant editor
Christopher Vagnino Gamby	....	apprentice film editor
Bethany Orlemann	....	second assistant editor (as Bethany Hyde Orlemann)
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Clayton Woodhull	....	editorial production assistant

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Robb Boyd	....	assistant music editor
Lisa Brown	....	music supervisor
Vincent Cirilli	....	scoring
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Stephen Coleman	....	conductor
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer
Joseph Magee	....	production music mixer
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Rick Norman	....	music re-mixer
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor: temp & source music
Dan Savant	....	orchestra contractor
Andrew Silver	....	music editor
Michael Simpson	....	music producer (as Mike Simpson)
Michael Simpson	....	music producer
Amanda Sobeck	....	music coordinator
Nick South	....	music editor
Pat Weber	....	scoring technician
Booker White	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
John Burnette	....	driver
Reed Cohan	....	driver: construction department
Marc Lebeaune	....	driver
Tina Peterson	....	driver
Tom Rebber	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Pamela Alch	....	script supervisor
Toni Atterbury	....	unit publicist
Bonnie Belknap	....	food stylist
Braden Bowen	....	production assistant
Jill Breitzman	....	production assistant
Veronica Brooks	....	assistant: Mark Waters
Laura Brown	....	assistant location manager
Lisa Brown	....	executive album producer
Brinton Bryan	....	production assistant
Kristin Burr	....	production executive
William Caploe	....	assistant to cast
Sarah Clifford	....	set production assistant
Sara Cline	....	assistant to cast
Kim Crabb	....	assistant location manager (as Kimberly A. Crabb)
Kelly Curtis	....	assistant: Jamie Lee Curtis
Amir Derakh	....	consultant: guitar
Karen Faust	....	assistant accountant
Karen Glass	....	production executive
Barbara Gogny	....	studio teacher
Barbara Gutman	....	production accountant
Traci Richelle Harrison	....	stand-in: Ryan Malgarini
Marie Healy	....	assistant location manager (as Marie E. Healy)
Jody Hummer	....	location manager
Christoph Ischinger	....	production assistant (as Christophe Ischinger)
Dave Kasubowski	....	craft service (as David Alan Kasubowski)
Danai Katsutrakis	....	assistant: Mario Iscovich (as Danai Katsufrakis)
Erin Kaufman	....	assistant production coordinator
Justin King	....	assistant to cast
Jason A. Kraus	....	production assistant
Robert Lamkin	....	chief caterer
Adria Later	....	studio teacher
Hunter Lee	....	set production assistant
Sarah Oakley	....	production assistant
Andrew Ortner	....	production assistant
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr.	....	production assistant
Jean Quay	....	set medic (as Jean Quay R.N.)
Nancy S. Rand	....	assistant accountant (as Nancy Rand)
Jeff Saville	....	assistant to cast
William J. Schwartz	....	stand-in
Scott Sellers	....	post production accountant
Seve Spracklen	....	first assistant accountant
Charline St. Charles	....	production secretary
Chance P. Tassone	....	craft service (as Chance Tassone)
Tara Tortorello	....	assistant: Andrew Gunn
Scott L. Treger	....	stand-in: Mark Harmon
Mike Trozzo	....	production assistant
Josh Vener	....	production assistant (as Joshua Vener)
Dannon Walters	....	craft service
Cathy Waterman	....	jewelry: Ms. Curtis
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	payroll accountant (as Amy Winfrey)
Ellen Wolff	....	production coordinator
Tim Ballou	....	script clearance manager (uncredited)
Brazil Joseph Grisaffi III	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mia Leist	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Wendy Pineda	....	location coordinator (uncredited)
Wendy Pineda	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Katie Pruitt	....	stand-in: Haley Hudson (uncredited)
Hayward Soo Hoo	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Casual Friday Productions
• Gunn Films
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Net5 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Imaging  opticals
• Buena Vista Sound  sound re-recording
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack published by
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Laser Pacific Media  digital motion picture laboratory services
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Runway  post-production
• Signet Sound Studio  score mixed at
• Sony Scoring Stage  score recording
• TM Equipment Rentals  grip and lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | USA:PG (certificate #39942) | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:6 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, California, USA

Company:

Casual Friday Productions

Trivia:

The "S" and "Y" on the Sony television in the teacher's lounge is blacked out, leaving "ON" on the front of the set.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the rehearsal dinner, when Tess and Anna switch back, you can hear Grandpa shout "Earthquake!" but in the camera shot you see him looking around and his lips are not moving.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Tess: Honey, wake up.
Anna: No.
Tess: Anna. Greet the day.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wild Child (2008)

Soundtrack:

Fight Test

T.G.I.F.

This is about the third adaptation of the Mary Rodgers novel. Finally, the team behind this film has gotten it together. It's obvious the original text has been revised in order to include the language of today. But the best thing about the movie is the casting assembled for it, with a sure director's hand behind it.

Actually, this is about the first film that has made me laugh since "Bringing down the house" that came out earlier this year. Most comedies today seem to forget that the basic premise for their existence is to amuse the audiences and entertain them, at the same time.

Mark Waters, the director shows he has a fine sense of how to make things move constantly in this comedy about identity changes. Of course, this film wouldn't be half the fun it is without Jamie Lee Curtis, who has never been as effective in any previous films. Her take on Tess Coleman, the not so cool therapist, strikes the right tone.

Her daughter is played with a lot of conviction by Lindsay Lohan, who is totally believable as the typical teen ager working through the pain of losing a father and getting a replacement she is not too fond of.

Things move at a rapid pace; there is never a dull moment in the film. It's a perfect summer comedy that will leave the viewer satisfied and happy.