Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Troy Beyer

Writers (WGA):

Michael Swerdlick (screenplay)
Troy Beyer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Love Don't Co$t A Thing but it pays to be yourself

Plot:

Highschool loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987' Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | Cheerleader | Remake | High School Basketball | Teenage Boy

Awards:

6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10	8:00 PM	OXYGEN
Tue. Nov. 10	11:00 PM	OXYGEN

Cast

Nick Cannon	...	Alvin Johnson
Jordan Burg	...	Little Boy
Jackie Benoit	...	Old Lady
George Cedar	...	Old Man
Gay Thomas-Wilson	...	Judy Morgan (as Gay Thomas Wilson)
Al Thompson	...	Ted
Sam Sarpong	...	Kadeem
Nichole Mercedes Robinson	...	Yvonne Freeman (as Nichole Robinson)
Melissa Schuman	...	Zoe Parks
Imani Parks	...	Mia
Ian Chidlaw	...	Eddie
J.B. Ghuman Jr.	...	JB (as JB Guhman)
Christina Milian	...	Paris Morgan
Russell Howard	...	Anthony
Elimu Nelson	...	Dru Hilton
Stuart Scott	...	Himself
Kevin Christy	...	Chuck Mattock
Kenan Thompson	...	Walter Colley
Kal Penn	...	Kenneth Warman
Steve Harvey	...	Clarence Johnson
Vanessa Bell Calloway	...	Vivian Johnson
Ashley Monique Clark	...	Aretha Johnson
Michael Davis	...	Junior
Nicole Scherzinger	...	Champagne Girl
Peter Siragusa	...	Ben
Maria Carmen	...	Chemistry Teacher
Damon Butler	...	Martial Arts Mambo Instructor
Shani Pride	...	Jasmine
Raistalla	...	Drill Team Member
Kelly Becerra	...	Drill Team Member
Lindsey Blaufarb	...	Drill Team Member
Crystal Colar	...	Drill Team Member
Rocio Mendoza	...	Drill Team Member
Benjamin Stephens	...	Jock #1 (as Ben Stephens)
Dante Basco	...	Spoken Word Artist
Charles Owen	...	Jazz Musician
Mayte Garcia	...	Dancer
Ralph Scherer	...	Poetry Reader
Ernestine Parks	...	Singer
Shvona Lavette Chung	...	Guitar Playing Vocalist (as Shvona Lavette Williams)
Reagan Gomez-Preston	...	Olivia

Directed by
Troy Beyer

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Swerdlick		(screenplay "Can't Buy Me Love")
Troy Beyer		(screenplay) and
Michael Swerdlick		(screenplay)

Produced by
Mark Burg	....	producer
Reuben Cannon	....	producer
Kira Davis	....	co-producer
Alexander H. Gayner	....	associate producer
Broderick Johnson	....	producer
Andrew A. Kosove	....	producer
Oren Koules	....	executive producer
Nava Levin	....	co-producer
Steven P. Wegner	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Chuck Cohen		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Codron

Casting by
Reuben Cannon
Kim Williams

Production Design by
Cabot McMullen

Art Direction by
David Ellis

Set Decoration by
Joyce Anne Gilstrap

Costume Design by
Jennifer Mallini
Christine Peters

Makeup Department
Carol Brown	....	key makeup artist
Kweli Calderone	....	makeup artist
Erma Kent	....	hair department head
Jasmine Kimble	....	key hair stylist
Denise Pugh-Ruiz	....	assistant makeup department head
Edna Sheen	....	makeup department head (as Edna M. Sheen)
Cat'ania McCoy-Howze	....	third makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Nava Levin	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexander H. Gayner	....	first assistant director (as Alex Gayner)
Steve Lonano	....	second second assistant director
Melissa St. Onge	....	additional second second assistant director
David Waters	....	second second assistant director: weekly player
Darrell Woodard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Steven Atwell	....	swing (as Steve Atwell)
Sharon Barnebey	....	construction crew (as Sharon Jo Barnebey)
Brad Douglas	....	set dresser
Joshua Foster	....	swing
Dick Girod	....	construction crew (as Richard L. Girod)
Gabriel Higgins	....	property master
Matthew C. Kime	....	assistant property master
Todd Michaels	....	swing (as Todd Mayne)
Brian Mulchy	....	art department assistant
James V. Oliveri	....	construction coordinator
Sharon Oliveri	....	painter
Bill Scholl	....	construction crew
Robert Simpson	....	construction crew (as Robert D. Simpson)
Tim Snowber	....	on-set dresser
Greg Thran	....	storyboard artist
Tim Woodruff	....	lead man
Gaston Wurth	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jessy Bender	....	sound utility
Stu Bernstein	....	sound editor (as Stew Bernstein)
Brent Brewington	....	boom operator
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	first assistant sound editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor
William Freesh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Nichols II	....	sound recordist
David Pattee	....	boom operator
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
John Peccatiello	....	foley coordinator
Herb Pedersen	....	foley mixer
Perry Robertson	....	sound editor
Scott Sanders	....	sound editor
Brian Smith	....	adr mixer
R. Russell Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frederick H. Stahly	....	sound editor
Stephen Tibbo	....	production sound mixer
Noel Vought	....	foley artist
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Rodrigo Teixeira	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Johnny Martin	....	stunt coordinator
Angela Meryl	....	stunt double
Diane Reneé	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bret Bagley	....	best boy grip
Brandi Borden	....	camera loader
Robert Carmichael	....	camera operator: "c" camera (as Bob Carmichael)
Xiomara Comrie	....	second assistant camera
Tom Connole	....	camera operator: "b" camera
C.E. Courtney	....	rigging electrician
Don Davis	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Glen Deitell	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Frank 'Paco' Fisher	....	rigging grip
Jeff Gatesman	....	best boy rigging electric
Gregory Gayne	....	second assistant camera
Bill Gilleran	....	key rigging grip (as Billy Gilleran)
Daniel C. Gold	....	additional camera operator (as Daniel Gold)
Sam Griffin	....	electrician
Tony Guzman	....	rigging electrician
Emil Hampton	....	first assistant camera
Orlando Hernandez	....	best boy electric
George Kallimanis	....	key rigging grip
Hakim Kent	....	electrician
Jeffrey Maroun	....	electrician
Mike McGarry	....	company grip
Geary McLeod	....	additional camera operator (as Gearey McLeod)
Gary Molyneux	....	rigging grip
Jon Munson	....	rigging electrician
Tim Nash	....	company grip
Chris Pavlu	....	electrician
Aaron Pazanti	....	camera operator
Haydn Pazanti	....	additional camera loader
Daniel Pershing	....	dolly grip
Bradley Richard	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael Rogers	....	gaffer: second unit
David Santana	....	company grip
Ralph Scherer	....	key grip
Jim Sheldon	....	still photographer
Nicole Turegano	....	camera intern
Kieran Waugh	....	rigging gaffer
Jeff Zucker	....	gaffer

Casting Department
David Anthony	....	extras casting
Kimberly Lenae Foster	....	casting assistant
Carol Grant	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Blyth Nailling	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nicole Capasso	....	key costumer
Lisa Hyde	....	set costumer: extras
Alyson MacInnis	....	costumer
Suzy Magnin	....	costume assistant
Carmen Milian	....	stylist: Christina Milian
Tron Morgan	....	costumer
Jerry Ross	....	wardrobe
David Swope	....	costume supervisor
Gilda Texter	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Terrell Clegg	....	first assistant editor
Vivian Hengsteler	....	negative cutter
Robert Raring	....	color timer
Michael T. Wilson	....	assistant editor (as Mike Wilson)

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Christine Bergren	....	music business and legal affairs
Gordon Fordyce	....	score mixer
Leah Harmony	....	music coordinator
Michael McQuarn	....	music supervisor
Gary Raymond	....	music playback operator: ProTools
Jimmy Stewart Jr.	....	assistant music supervisor

Transportation Department
L. Chip Crosby Jr.	....	dispatcher
Kelsey Kimes	....	driver
James Lowder	....	transportation coordinator
Jim Moores	....	picture car coordinator
Jack Jay Reece	....	driver (as Jay Reece)
John Simanovich	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jamie Lynn Arsenault	....	production coordinator
April Baker	....	production assistant
Tayla Brookman	....	production assistant
Lisette Bustamante	....	choreographer
Reuben Cannon	....	production assistant
Kate Christensen	....	editorial staff assistant
Yolanda T. Cochran	....	production controller
Chad Cole	....	assistant: Mr. Burg
Mike Daneshrad	....	production assistant
Cris De Arce	....	key production assistant
Heidi Falconer	....	unit publicist
Christopher Fealy	....	development executive
Aaron Fitzgerald	....	helicopter pilot
John Formichella	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson and Mr. Kosove
Connor Gaffney	....	set production assistant
Steve Gehrke	....	script supervisor
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Blake Hamilton	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson and Mr. Kosove
Robyn Harwood	....	assistant: Mr. Wegner
Justin Healy	....	assistant location manager
Tim Hillman	....	location manager
Martin L. Hudson	....	assistant location manager (as Martin Hudson)
Scott R. Kowalchyk	....	set production assistant (as Scott Kowalchyk)
Jerry Lee	....	payroll accountant
Maya Levin	....	accounting production assistant
Stephen Lippross	....	first assistant production accountant
Cashala L'Shauntyelle	....	stand-in
Karri Lucas	....	assistant: Ms. Davis
Chris Machado	....	set production assistant
David Melito	....	assistant accountant
Sam Montiforte	....	post-production accountant
Redmond O'Neal	....	production assistant
Steve Page	....	craft service
Ramona Reeves	....	assistant production coordinator
Julie Schultz	....	animal wrangler (as Julie Shultz)
Amy Shook	....	assistant: Ms. Levin
Molly Smith	....	assistant: Ms. Beyer
Chonique Sneed	....	choreographer
Billy Taylor	....	production assistant
Ryan Tighe	....	additional production assistant
Jon Van Dyke	....	animal wrangler (as John Van Dyke)
Craig Vegas	....	production assistant
Whitney J. Willard	....	production accountant
Yvonne Woodworth	....	craft service
Tony Zequeira	....	assistant: Mr. Burg
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)
Arif S. Kinchen	....	additional voices (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alcon Entertainment
• CRML Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)

Other Companies

• Birds & Animals Unlimited  animals provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Jelly's Jams LLC  music published by
• Jellybean Music Publishing  music published by

Also Known As:

Can't Buy Me Love (USA) (working title)
If You Were My Girl (USA) (working title)
Love Don't Co$t a Thing (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor. (edited version)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) (certificate #40254) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Long Beach Polytechnic High School - 1600 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Walter walks into the locker and falls down, you can see the mat on the floor.

Quotes:

Paris Morgan: Look, Al, I think you're starting to feel yourself way to much.
Alvin Johnson: I do not! Who told you that, Walter? My mother said you'll go blind!
Paris Morgan: Look, whatever!

Movie Connections:

References "Family Matters" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Take All My Money

It may not cost a thing, but you'd have to *pay* me to re-watch a mere second of this

I have not had any exposure to the original, though there is no doubt in my mind that it is superior, simply because the opposite would not seem possible. Beyond all else, I feel a great deal of sympathy for everyone who had anything to do with this, and anyone who has tried to fix their eyes upon a screen that was showing it. I don't know where this went wrong. Maybe it was a bad idea to hire some actress to write and helm a flick. I honestly don't know if Milian can act, since no one in this appear to have even a smidgen of a hint of talent in the craft, and it may, at least partially, be related to the direction. Heck, not everything in this is awful. It's just that the potency of the "suck" overpowers what relatively little of this that doesn't blow. This is a predictable, tasteless, embarrassing excuse for a romantic teen sex romp. Nobody gets through with their dignity intact. The barrier between the popular kids and the ones not considered "cool" is ridiculously excessive in this, and you find yourself not believing that much of anything that occurs in this could happen in any conceivable universe. This never made me laugh. The "humor" is forced and tries way too hard. Stooping to the lowest common denominator seldom looks *quite* this ugly. The plot slowly unfolds between this cast of caricatures, with nigh a single surprise along the way. There's some eye-candy in this. A bit of the music is OK. I recommend this solely to people who watch all they can get near of this genre of… *sigh*… movie. 1/10