Along Came Polly (2004)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

John Hamburg

Writer (WGA):

John Hamburg (written by)

Release Date:

16 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

For the most cautious man on Earth, life is about to get interesting.

Plot:

A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.

Plot Keywords:

Honeymoon | Scuba | Love | Waitress | New York

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Reuben Feffer
Jennifer Aniston	...	Polly Prince
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Sandy Lyle
Debra Messing	...	Lisa Kramer
Alec Baldwin	...	Stan Indursky
Hank Azaria	...	Claude
Bryan Brown	...	Leland Van Lew
Jsu Garcia	...	Javier
Michele Lee	...	Vivian Feffer
Bob Dishy	...	Irving Feffer
Missi Pyle	...	Roxanne
Judah Friedlander	...	Dustin
Kevin Hart	...	Vic
Masi Oka	...	Wonsuk
Kym Whitley	...	Gladys (as Kym E. Whitley)
Amy Hohn	...	Cheryl
Nathan Dean	...	Mitch
Cheryl Hines	...	Catering Manager
Caroline Aaron	...	Wedding Coordinator
Christina Kirk	...	Party Hostess
Todd Stashwick	...	Security Officer
Robb Skyler	...	Basketball Player
Edward Conna	...	Basketball Player (as Eddie Conna)
Bruce Nozick	...	Executive Chef
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Cake Decorator
Michael Shamberg	...	Van Lew Executive
Nick Jameson	...	Van Lew Executive
Richard Willgrubs	...	AFLAC Executive
Richard Assad	...	Indian Waiter
Ronald Hunter	...	Peanut Vendor
David Baron	...	Rabbi
James DuMont	...	Larry
Nicholas Benevento	...	Wedding Photographer
Jeffrey Ross	...	Wedding Band Leader
Mitch Silpa	...	J.C. Superstar Director
Robert M. Koch	...	Partygoer
Money Mark	...	Salsa Band Leader (as Mark Ramos Nishita)
Theodore Shapiro	...	Hector
Claudia Tenorio Gonzales	...	Salsa Singer
Carmit Bachar	...	Salsa Dancer
Marco De La Cruz	...	Salsa Dancer
Alison Faulk	...	Salsa Dancer
Tomasina Parrott	...	Salsa Dancer
Gustavo Vargas	...	Salsa Dancer
Allen Walls	...	Salsa Dancer
Rudy Zalez	...	Salsa Dancer
Paul Blazeak	...	Salsa Band
Richard Barron	...	Salsa Band
George Balmaseda	...	Salsa Band
Leslie Drayton	...	Salsa Band
Jose Espinosa	...	Salsa Band
Walter Miranda	...	Salsa Band
Alfredo Ortiz	...	Salsa Band
Phillip Ranelin	...	Salsa Band
Michael Wong	...	Salsa Band
Adrienne Ash	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Christine Barger	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Toni Blair	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Eugenia Care	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Mari Endo	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Mike Fujimoto	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Gustavo Hernandez	...	J.C. Superstar Singer (as Gustavo Hernández)
Monique 'Nikki' Jongs	...	J.C. Superstar Singer (as Monique 'Nikki' Jongs)
Anjulie Marriott	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Jeffrey Sherrard	...	J.C. Superstar Singer
Ryan Cross	...	J.C. Superstar Band
Anthony King	...	J.C. Superstar Band
Vernon Neilly	...	J.C. Superstar Band
Stuart Silverstein	...	J.C. Superstar Band (as Stu Silverstein)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cali Ross	...	Maid of Honor
Katy Maloney	...	Gallery patron (uncredited)
Kirsten Maryott	...	Neighbor friend (uncredited)
Ator Tamras	...	Bridesmaid (uncredited)
David Wain	...	Wedding Videographer (uncredited)
Brian W. Wallace	...	J.C. Superstar Singer (uncredited)

Directed by
John Hamburg

Writing credits (WGA)
John Hamburg		(written by)

Produced by
Anders Bard	....	associate producer
Jane Bartelme	....	executive producer
Danny DeVito	....	producer
Daniel S. Levine	....	executive producer (as Dan Levine)
Michael Shamberg	....	producer
Stacey Sher	....	producer

Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Seamus McGarvey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Kerr
Nick Moore

Casting by
Kathleen Chopin

Production Design by
Andrew Laws

Art Direction by
Martin Whist

Set Decoration by
Don Diers

Costume Design by
Cindy Evans

Makeup Department
Laura Aguon	....	body makeup artist: Hawaii unit
Trish Almeida	....	assistant key hair stylist
Felicity Bowring	....	head makeup artist
Marc Boyle	....	additional hair stylist
Naomi Donne	....	hair stylist: Mr. Stiller
Naomi Donne	....	makeup artist: Mr. Stiller
Chris McMillan	....	hair stylist: Ms. Aniston
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup artist: Ms. Aniston
Ann Pala	....	key makeup artist
Jerry Popolis	....	additional hair stylist (New York )
Karen Iboshi Preiser	....	makeup artist
Amy Schmiederer	....	assistant makeup artist
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	hair department head
Sharisse Fine	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Irish Barber	....	production supervisor: Hawaii (as Irish Barber-Kanakaole)
Jane Raab	....	unit production manager: New York
Lisa Rodgers	....	post-production supervisor
Daniel M. Stillman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anne Berger	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Anne M. Berger)
Lisa J. Bloch	....	second assistant director (as Lisa Bloch-Tobey)
Bryan Cox	....	dga trainee (as Bryan G. Cox)
Alex Daniels	....	second unit director
Don H. Julien	....	second second assistant director: New York (as Don Julien)
Anthony E. Kountz	....	second second assistant director: second unit
John Pontrelli	....	second second assistant director
Drew Ann Rosenberg	....	first assistant director: second unit
Daniel Silverberg	....	first assistant director
Ellie Smith	....	second assistant director: New York

Art Department
Scott Bauer	....	property assistant
Treven Bedwell	....	set dresser
Greg Berry	....	set designer (as Gregory A. Berry)
Michael A. Casey	....	set dresser
Todd Ellis	....	property master
Tim Fassino	....	set dresser
Matthew Ferreira	....	set dresser
Andy Flores	....	lead painter
Robert M. Hagman	....	mill foreman
Johnnie Jenkins	....	construction accountant
Robert W. Joseph	....	lead man
Ondine Karady	....	set decorator: New York
Jonas Kirk	....	construction coordinator
Robin Koenig	....	lead man: New York
Craig K. Lewis	....	props
Kacy Magedman	....	art department coordinator
John Markovich	....	set dresser
Michael Mestas	....	set dresser
Scott Morgan	....	art department assistant
Don Payne	....	labor foreman
Jeffrey Rollins	....	on-set dresser
Mary Saisselin	....	set designer
David Scott	....	graphic designer
David Scott	....	graphic designer
Stephen Sturm	....	propmaker foreman
Miles Teves	....	storyboard artist
John Michael Tillotson	....	set dresser
Gary Trought	....	set dresser
Rusty Warne	....	propmaker foreman
Steve Werblun	....	storyboard artist
Tim Y. Wetzel	....	assistant property master
Helen Wilson	....	sewer
Lyndell Wolff	....	construction general foreman
Liloa Wong	....	lead greensman: Hawaii
Ronald L. Woodward	....	on-set dresser
Marcel Worch	....	propmaker gangboss
Sabrina Wright	....	property master: New York
Andrew Marc Zerebko	....	propmaker foreman (as Andrew M. Zerebko)
Samuel Pactol	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kyle Alexander	....	sound production assistant
Andrew Bracken	....	foley editor
Chris Carpenter	....	supervising sound mixer
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as Thom Ehle)
Frank Fleming	....	dubbing recordist
Diana Flores	....	adr mixer
Stefan Fraticelli	....	foley assistant
Robert Grieve	....	dialogue editor
Craig Henighan	....	effects editor
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	utility sound
Darren King	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Koyama	....	supervising sound mixer
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Ai-Ling Lee	....	effects editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Anna Malkin	....	foley recording assistant
Ron Malligers	....	foley recording mixer (as Ron Mellegers)
Matthew C. May	....	assistant sound editor (as Matt May)
Bill Meadows	....	sound recordist
Stephen Muir	....	foley recording assistant
Brion Paccassi	....	dubbing recordist
Geoffrey Patterson	....	sound mixer
Schavaria Reeves	....	utility sound
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
William Sarokin	....	sound mixer: New York
Abel Schiro	....	boom operator
Joseph Schultz	....	assistant sound editor (as Joe Schultz)
Joel Shryack	....	dialogue editor
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Ben Wienert	....	boom operator (as Benjamin Wienert)
Dan Yale	....	foley supervisor
E. Niles Klein	....	sound editorial technical consultant (uncredited)
Richard Van Dyke	....	production sound mixer: additional photography (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Greg Curtis	....	special effects coordinator
Morgan Guynes	....	special effects foreman
Terry W. King	....	motion base operator: NAC
Michael Meinardus	....	special effects consultant (as Mike Meinardus)
Mike Sasgen	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Joakim Arnesson	....	associate visual effects supervisor: ILM
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts
Bruce Holcomb	....	digital modeler: ILM
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Jill E. Hughes	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Mark Kenaston	....	rotoscope
Adam Kowalski	....	camera operator: Illusion Arts
Jean-Claude Langer	....	viewpaint artist: ILM
Lynn Ledgerwood	....	special rigging
Gretchen Libby	....	visual effects producer
Fumi Mashimo	....	animation supervisor (as Fumi Mashimo)
Sébastien Moreau	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Richard Patterson	....	digital supervisor
Michelle Rothburgh	....	visual effects editor
Brian Smallwood	....	digital artist
Jason H. Snell	....	matchmove artist: ILM
Aaron Snow	....	digital assistant: Illusion Arts
Catherine Sudolcan	....	visual effects producer
Andrew Tucker	....	lead animator
David S. Williams Jr.	....	compositing supervisor
Eric Wong	....	technical animator: ILM

Stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts (as Peter Antico)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer
Eddie Braun	....	stunts
Jennifer Brusciano	....	stunt double
Peter Bucossi	....	stunt coordinator: New York
Danielle Burgio	....	stunts
Phil Culotta	....	stunts
Alex Daniels	....	stunt coordinator
J. Mark Donaldson	....	water safety
Greg Fitzpatrick	....	stunt double Ben Stiller
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunt double
Steven Lambert	....	stunts (as Steve Lambert)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Janie Liszewski	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	utility stunts
Pee Wee Piemonte	....	stunts
Tim Rigby	....	stunts
Dennis Scott	....	stunts
Lincoln Simonds	....	stunts
Mike Smith	....	stunts
Samantha Smith	....	stunt double: Jennifer Aniston
Tony Snegoff	....	utility stunts
Michael Trisler	....	stunts
Cody Weselis	....	stunts
Nico Woulard	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	utility stunts
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts
Jeffrey G. Barnett	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Arnold	....	electrician
Art Bartels	....	key grip
Tracy Bennett	....	still photographer
George Billinger III	....	Steadicam operator
Larry Blanford	....	director of photography: second unit
Darwin Montana Browne	....	key grip: re-shoots
Alfred Castillo	....	grip
Mitch Dubin	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jim Duggan	....	company grip
Stanley Fernandez Jr.	....	assistant camera
Ken Ferris	....	camera operator: New York
James W. Finnerty	....	key grip: New York
Jenifer Galvez	....	set lighting technician
Jack Glenn	....	dolly grip
Samuel R. Harrison III	....	video assist operator (as Samuel Reynolds Harrison III)
Douglas S. Holgate	....	camera operator: second unit (as Doug Holgate)
Tom Jordan	....	second assistant camera
Jeremiah Kent	....	camera trainee
Steven Meizler	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Richie Metcalfe	....	company grip
Christos Moisides	....	assistant camera
Chuck Moya	....	camera loader
Nizar Najm	....	electrician
Dayton Nietert	....	gaffer
David O'Brien	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Justin Panzanaro	....	rigging grip
Michael Pinkey	....	camera operator
Brian T. Pitts	....	additional camera operator
David Scott	....	electrician
Sean Shinneman	....	company grip
Mark Spath	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Tim Speed	....	second best boy electric
David J. Thompson	....	Steadicam operator: New York (as Dave Thompson)
Paul Toomey	....	camera loader
William M. Weberg	....	best boy grip: New York
Steven J. Winslow	....	camera technician: Wescam camera
Giovanni Zelko	....	set lighting technician
Christopher A. Zwirner	....	assistant chief lighting technician
David Yellin	....	rigger (uncredited)

Casting Department
Margaret Doversola	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Karen Meisels	....	casting associate
Tammy Smith	....	background casting
Dixie Webster	....	extras casting (as Dixie Webster-Davis)
Eric Zuckerman	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Arlynn Abseck	....	set costumer
Joanna Brett	....	wardrobe supervisor
Lori DeLapp	....	costume supervisor
Yulia Gershenzon	....	costumer
Anne Laoparadonchai	....	set costumer (as Annie Laoparadonchai)
Elizabeth Logsdon	....	costumer: Hawaii
Laura Marolakos	....	key costumer
Robert Mata	....	costumer: Mr. Stiller
Janet Sobel	....	key costumer (as Janet I. Sobel)
Peter White	....	costumer: Ben Stiller

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Clark Campbell	....	first assistant editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Elizabeth Dionne	....	post-production coordinator
Peggy Eghbalian	....	assistant editor
Ally Garrett	....	editorial assistant (as Allyson Garrett)
Elana Joy Livneh	....	assistant editor
David Raymond	....	assistant editor
Laura Steiger	....	associate editor
Oliver Streuli	....	apprentice editor (as Oliver M. Streuli)
Scott M. Davids	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)
Abdul Franklin	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music preparation
Kerry P. Brown	....	music editor
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Jim Dunbar	....	music consultant
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Tanya Noel Hill	....	music editor
Charles Martin Inouye	....	supervising music editor
Joel Iwataki	....	music score mixer
Kathy Nelson	....	executive music supervisor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Andrew Somers	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Rick Chouinard	....	transportation captain
Linda Cipperley	....	transportation
Daniel Davis	....	driver: base camp generator
Nikki Allyn Grosso	....	driver
Jack Jay Reece	....	driver (as Jay Reece)
John Reed	....	transportation coordinator: Hawaii
James C. Taylor	....	transportation coordinator (as James Taylor)
Greg Van Dyke	....	transportation co-captain
Mark Webb	....	driver

Other crew
Molly Allen	....	location manager
Alex Apple	....	key assistant location manager
Julie Asbury	....	asset coordinator
Tricia Barrett	....	accounting clerk
Raymond W. Beal	....	animal trainer
Lisa S. Beasley	....	assistant production coordinator
Trent Broin	....	production assistant (as Trent M. Broin)
Coriedus Brown	....	set production assistant
Paul Cabbad	....	production assistant
Abbey Chambers	....	production assistant
Jim Chizmar	....	divemaster: Los Angeles pickups
Bob Corff	....	voice teacher
Brian Costa	....	production assistant
Mike Crotty	....	production assistant
Teena Deocales	....	assistant: Ms. Bartelme
Erin Dicker	....	assistant: Mr. Shamberg and Ms. Sher
Kathryn Donovan	....	unit publicist
Amanda Dragon	....	assistant: Mr. DeVito
Scott Ejercito	....	unit projectionist
Anne Fletcher	....	choreographer
Charles W. Francis	....	production accountant
Louis G. Friedman	....	line producer: second unit
Jenny Fumarolo	....	production secretary
Karin M. Gaarder	....	assistant: Ms. Messing (as Karin Gaarder)
Derek Gillespie	....	production assistant
Lizz Grant	....	production coordinator: New York (as Elizabeth Grant)
Ronald Hairston Jr.	....	craft service
Ronald E. Hairston	....	key craft service
Marc A. Hammer	....	production coordinator
Ian Harrington	....	assistant: Mr. DeVito
Jean Hodges	....	food stylist
Erin E. Hughes Yaeger	....	production secretary
JoAnn Fregalette Jansen	....	choreographer
Dameon Johnson	....	craft service
Erin Kane	....	production assistant
Shannon Kane	....	post-production accountant
Jeremiah Kent	....	production assistant
Matthew Knudsen	....	boat crew
Greg Kupiec	....	title designer
Carrie L.A.	....	location scout
Christian Laffey	....	production assistant
Angela Laprete	....	production coordinator
Abbie Ludwig	....	second assistant accountant
Holly Manansala	....	assistant: Mr. Levine
Marybeth Martin-Eck	....	first assistant accountant (as Marybeth Martin)
Kanchan A. Mattoo	....	assistant: Mr. Stiller (as Kanchan Mattoo)
Sue Meserve	....	script supervisor: second unit
Marilyn Mick	....	location manager: Hawaii
Joe Morganella	....	production assistant (as Joseph P. Morganella III)
Scott Morgan	....	production assistant
India Neilan	....	assistant: Mr. Stiller
Shaun O'Banion	....	set assistant: Ben Stiller
Jimmy O'Connell	....	marine coordinator
Vincent Parker	....	key computer graphics playback engineer
Erik Proveaux	....	head chef: reshoots
Thomas Ragazzo	....	production assistant
Carla Raij	....	location manager: New York
Kei Rowan-Young	....	assistant location manager
Solo Rubenstein	....	production assistant
Ashley C. Smith	....	assistant production office coordinator: Hawaii
B.J. Smith	....	production medic
Eric Smith	....	title sequence creator
Kyle A. Smith	....	production assistant
Alexander C. Sohn	....	payroll accountant
Gene Starzenski	....	medic
Rachel Swenson	....	location coordinator (as Rachel Watkins)
Krista Thomas	....	assistant: Ms. Aniston
Candy Tjarks	....	stand-in: Jennifer Aniston, Hawaii
Leah Warshawski	....	assistant marine coordinator
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Annie Welles	....	script supervisor
Rick Whitfield	....	video computer coordinator (as Richard Allen Whitfield)
Elizabeth Zagrany	....	production accountant: second unit
Emily Ziff	....	assistant: Mr. Hoffman
A. Brent Carlson	....	office production assistant (uncredited)
Raul Celaya	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Todd Judson	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Robert Lane	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Harry A. Limauro IV	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Jersey Films
• Loofah Productions

Distributors

• Universal Studios (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Special Effects

• Illusion Arts (special visual effects)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (special visual effects)
• Howard Anderson Company, The (digital opticals)
• Custom Film Effects

Other Companies

• 1741  title design: main titles
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Howard Anderson Company, The  opticals
• MDR Entertainment  production support
• O'Henry Sound Studios  rhythm recorded at
• Paskal Lighting  lighting (as Pascal Lighting)
• Reel Security  production security
• Todd-AO Studios  orchestra recorded at
• Universal Studios Sound Facilities  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Risk (USA) (working title)
Untitled John Hamburg Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language, crude humor and some drug references.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SX | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-7 | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | Spain:7 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40495)

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

Jersey Films

Trivia:

Ben Stiller mentioned while on a talk show promoting the film that the ferret bit him a couple of times during production, including one time latching onto his chin.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Sandy goes to make his layup on the basketball court and shouts "Iceman!" A single cameraman (from the "E: True Hollywood Story" crew) can clearly be seen behind him in the shot, following him as he makes his attempt.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Reuben Feffer: [practicing] I, Reuben, take you, Lisa... I, Reuben, take YOU, Lisa, to be my lawfully wedded wife. I do. I do.

Movie Connections:

References Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Soundtrack:

RAKS ARABY

Well acted. Poor story.

The movie appeals to public due to charisma of Ben Stiller and notoriety of J. Aniston. It seems that we have here a recipe for a successful title, but there's nothing successful in this movie.

Polly is very well played by Aniston, no doubt. This is the kind of character which suits her perfectly.

Bem Stiller is the same troublesome guy like in " Meet the parents", but in this movie the comic scenes are few compared to the title mentioned above.

The script is very poor with nothing special at all. With this two well payed actors the things could get a lot better - but what can they do when there is such a poor story and script.

4 out of 10.