Funny Ha Ha (2002)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Andrew Bujalski

Writer:

Andrew Bujalski (written by)

Release Date:

19 April 2007 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Marnie just graduated from college, drinks likes she's still in school, and is looking for a temp job but a permanent boyfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Mumblecore

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Kate Dollenmayer	...	Marnie
Mark Herlehy	...	Grady (tattoo artist)
Christian Rudder	...	Alex
Jennifer L. Schaper	...	Rachel
Myles Paige	...	Dave
Marshall Lewy	...	Wyatt
Danny Miller	...	Gary (engineer)
Mark Capraro	...	Travis (engineering assoc.)
Sabrina Hawthorne	...	Laurie (engineer)
Lissa Patton Rudder	...	Susan
Andrew Bujalski	...	Mitchell
William Westfall	...	Jeff (party guest)
Jed McCaleb	...	Lance (party guest)
Sheila Dubman	...	Kimberly (temp boss)
Justin Rice	...	Jed (roommate)
AnitRa Menning	...	Liz (girl in car)
Thomas Hansen	...	Prof. Garver
Justin Sheckler	...	Chris (website employee)
Jonathan Clermont	...	Ben (website employee)
Phillip Mighdoll	...	Rabbi (in photos)
Morgan Faust	...	Gretchen (website employee)
Victoria Haggblom	...	Jackie (as Victoria Häggblom)
Vanessa Bertozzi	...	Nina
Adam Mansbach	...	Wes (coffee shop guy)
Randy Bell	...	Rodney (frisbee player)
Sam Dollenmayer	...	Amos (frisbee player)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
R.J. Adler	...	Extra
Daniel Allen	...	Extra
Marc Bjorkland	...	Extra
Ilya Christiakov	...	Extra
Susan Garibotto	...	Restaurant Customer (as Susan DeBerardinis)
Rachel Knutton	...	Extra
Douglas Mcgowan	...	Diarist
John Sefel	...	Biker
Dia Sokol	...	Jennifer Schaper

Directed by
Andrew Bujalski

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Bujalski		written by

Produced by
Morgan Faust	....	associate producer
Hagai Shaham	....	associate producer
Ethan Vogt	....	producer

Cinematography by
Matthias Grunsky

Film Editing by
Andrew Bujalski

Sound Department
Jason Cho	....	sound recordist
Kyle Gilman	....	sound recordist
John Koczera	....	sound mixer
John Koczera	....	sound recordist
Valery Lyman	....	sound recordist
Eric Masunaga	....	sound mixer
Myles Paige	....	sound recordist
Justin Rice	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Timothy Coughlan	....	assistant camera
Maria Luisa Gambale	....	assistant camera (as Maria Gambale)

Casting Department
Lorraine Murphy	....	extras casting

Other crew
Vincent Bettes	....	production assistant
Shira Chess	....	production assistant
Devon Fowler	....	production assistant
Laura Jungman	....	production assistant
Houston King	....	producer's representative

Thanks
Mike Restaino	....	thanks
Dia Sokol	....	special thanks

Distributors

• 791 Cine (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Diffusion Pictures (2006) (UK) (all media)
• Four Films (2007) (Chile) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Goodbye Cruel Releasing (2005) (USA) (all media)
• Sundance Channel (2004-2005) (USA) (TV)
• Wellspring Media (2005) (USA) (video)

Runtime:

85 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:Atp

Quotes:

Marnie: Hey, if you could move anywhere, if you were moving out of here, just anywhere in the country, or anywhere I guess, where would you move?
Alex: I dunno. I guess a better question is: if you were thirteen feet tall, would you rather be that or have eyes on the stalks on top of your head?

Movie Connections:

References "The New 3 Stooges" (1965)

Boston... Land of the angry brunettes

Sitting through this movie is just like the tedium of actually trying to find a date in Boston. This movie, much like most of the city of Boston is populated by men who can't find a date and the women who don't want to date them. So OK, the director basically held a mirror up to my early 20's when I was that underemployed guy sleeping on the floor on a foam pad with my girlfriend in that little Queensbury Street studio apartment. So OK it really is not a very forgiving city when you're single and lonely. Unfortunately in this film there is no real story worth caring about. Some shallow people do shallow things hoping no one notices how shallow they are by punctuating every movement with witty pseudo-intellectualism. Again, just like living in Boston. So for that I applaud the director. He really captured the Hub at its grittiest. That and the film is so refreshingly free of production values. It's like looking at old home movies of people you once cared about but have since outgrown.