The Honeymooners (2005)

Director:

John Schultz

Writers (WGA):

Danny Jacobson (written by) and
David Sheffield (written by) ...
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Release Date:

10 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

Dream big. Scheme bigger.

Plot:

Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.

Plot Keywords:

Money | Get Rich Quick | Scheme | Bus | Bus Driver

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Jan. 16

2:00 PM

TNT

Cast

Cedric the Entertainer	...	Ralph Kramden
Mike Epps	...	Ed Norton
Gabrielle Union	...	Alice Kramden
Regina Hall	...	Trixie Norton
Eric Stoltz	...	William Davis
Jon Polito	...	Kirby
John Leguizamo	...	Dodge
Carol Woods	...	Alice's Mom
Ajay Naidu	...	Vivek
Arnell Powell	...	DJ Suckaslam
Leticia Castillo	...	Young Mother
Chuy Bravo	...	Grocer
Doreen Keogh	...	Miss Celestine
Camille Donegan	...	Lissa
Joanna Dickens	...	Bus Stop Woman
Kim Chan	...	Quinn
Alice Drummond	...	Miss Benvenuti
Jerry DeCapua	...	Television Play-by-Play Announcer (voice) (as Jerry De Capua)
Gerard G. Williams	...	Poolhall Heavy (as Guss Gerard Williams)
Andrew St Clair James	...	Poolhall Heavy
James Akpotor	...	Poolhall Heavy (as James Akapotor)
Kensika Monshengwo	...	Poolhall Heavy
Tim Dillard	...	Sewer Worker
Enrique Fonseca	...	Sewer Worker
Charlie Kranz	...	Sewer Worker
Dana Lee	...	Hitako Kawakami
John Tormey	...	Auctioneer
Lenny Venito	...	Lenny
Brad Adkins	...	Dog Handler
Bernard Deegan	...	Chip (as Bern Deegan)
Fergal Brady	...	Valet
Tsisiana Lohmann	...	Party Guest
Marcus Valentine	...	Party Guest
Charlie Schultz	...	Party Guest
Jeffrey Zade Rudom	...	Party Guest (as Jeffrey Rudom)
Laura Way	...	Kirby's Date
Maria Tecce	...	Race Track Party Coordinator
Shi Lun Liu	...	Real Entertainer
Bai Wong Xiao	...	Real Entertainer
Tom Lawrence	...	Lonnie
Arlin Miller	...	Race Track Announcer
Kevin Corrigan	...	Larry the Bus Driver (as Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan)
Doug MacMillan	...	City Health Inspector
Iggy the Dog	...	Himself (as Iggy)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Mulvey	...	Dog Race Spectator
Michalina Almindo	...	Diner Regular (uncredited)
Robert Bizik	...	Businessman (uncredited)

Directed by
John Schultz

Writing credits (WGA)
Danny Jacobson		(written by) and
David Sheffield		(written by) &
Barry W. Blaustein		(written by) and
Don Rhymer		(written by)

Produced by
Cedric the Entertainer	....	executive producer
Julie Durk	....	producer
Mike Epps	....	executive producer
David T. Friendly	....	producer
Niles Kirchner	....	co-producer
Paul Myler	....	co-producer
Eric Rhone	....	producer (as Eric C. Rhone)
Hal Ross	....	executive producer
Marc Turtletaub	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Shawn Maurer		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Pace

Casting by
Susie Farris
Nancy Foy

Production Design by
Charles Wood

Art Direction by
Colman Corish
Susie Cullen		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Eliza Solesbury

Costume Design by
Joan Bergin

Makeup Department
Clare Barman	....	assistant makeup artist
Patrick Byrne	....	assistant hair stylist
Orla Carrol	....	hair stylist (as Orla Carroll)
Angel De Angelis	....	hair stylist: New York (as Angel DeAngelis)
Morna Ferguson	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Hegarty	....	makeup artist
Lori Hicks	....	makeup artist: New York
Lisa Mitchell	....	hair stylist: Ms. Union
Niamh O'Loan	....	assistant makeup artist
Kenneth Parker	....	hair stylist: Cedric the Entertainer & Mr. Epps
Deirdre Tormey	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Mary Alleguen	....	production manager
Blair Breard	....	unit production manager: New York (as M. Blair Breard)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daisy Cummins	....	second assistant director
Susan Drennan	....	third assistant director
Mark C. Hutchinson	....	second second assistant director: New York
Konrad Jay	....	first assistant director
Michelle L. Keiser	....	second assistant director: New York
Jono Oliver	....	first assistant director: New York
John Wallace	....	trainee assistant director
Anne Warter	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Peter Bundrick	....	construction foreperson: New York (as Pete Bundrick)
Pat Byrne	....	set dresser
Antonio Calvo-Dominguez	....	draughtsperson
Ken Carroll	....	graphic artist
Ray Chan	....	draughtsperson (as Raymond Chan)
Amiee Clark	....	art department coordinator: New York
Brian Craine	....	chief metalworker
Darren Crimmins	....	construction foreperson
Keith Cullen	....	set dresser
Robert Currie	....	assistant property master: New York
Manus Daly	....	chargehand carpenter
Robert Daly	....	chargehand carpenter
George DeTitta Jr.	....	set decorator: New York (as George De Titta Jr.)
Tom Dowling	....	construction coordinator
Alan Dunne	....	assistant property master
Aeveen Fleming	....	assistant art director
Alex Gorodetsky	....	scenic artist: New York
Martin Goulding	....	on-set art director
Bruce Lee Gross	....	lead person: New York (as Bruce Gross)
Martin Hayes	....	chargehand carpenter
Richard Hebrank	....	construction coordinator: New York (as Rich Hebrank)
Paddy Irwin	....	supervising plasterer
Darren Kearney	....	chargehand painter
Tony Kelly	....	chargehand stagehand
Anna Kirwan	....	lead person
Wing Lee	....	art director: New York
Daragh Lewis	....	set dresser
Eoin Lewis	....	set dresser
Deirdre McCall	....	property store person
Kate McColgan	....	art department coordinator
Jerome McDonnell	....	set dresser
James McGetrick	....	stand-by props
Adrienne McGrane	....	graphic designer
Nuala McKernan	....	property master
Steve Mitchell	....	scenic artist
Fenton O'Brien	....	supervising plasterer
Christy O'Shaughnessy	....	chief painter
Laurence O'Toole	....	graphic artist (as Lawrence O'Toole)
Julie Philpott	....	draughtsperson
Brendan Rankin	....	set designer
William F. Reynolds	....	property master: New York
Michael Standish	....	lead person
Jil Turner	....	lead person
David Wallace	....	set dresser
Noel Walsh	....	stand-by props
Patrick Wood	....	set dresser: New York (as Patrick Woods)
Graeme Bird	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Romek Delmata	....	illustrator (uncredited)
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Lisa Kent	....	buyer (uncredited)
Ciara O'Donnell	....	assistant graphic designer (uncredited)
Ginny Walsh	....	greens foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
Odin Benitez	....	sound designer
Odin Benitez	....	supervising sound editor
Allan Byer	....	sound mixer: New York
Chris Carpenter	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Vincent Cirilli	....	operator: ProTools
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Zack Davis	....	supervising adr editor
John Gutierrez	....	cable person: New York
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Kieran Horgan	....	sound mixer
Sam Horgan	....	cable person
Michael Jonascu	....	sound effects editor (as Mike Jonascu)
Andy Koyama	....	supervising sound re-recording mixer
Susan Kurtz	....	dialogue editor
David McDonald	....	adr recordist (as Dave McDonald)
Bill Meadows	....	dub 3 recordist
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Ronnie Morgan	....	assistant sound editor
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Brion Paccassi	....	dub 3 recordist
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby sound
Noel Quinn	....	boom operator
Jeff Sawyer	....	sound effects editor
Robert L. Sephton	....	sound designer
Robert L. Sephton	....	supervising sound editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	supervising foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Frank Smathers	....	dialogue editor
Mike Szakmeister	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Michael Szakmeister)
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
F. Scott Taylor	....	assistant sound editor
Ann L. Thornberg	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne Thornberg)
Alfredo Viteri	....	boom operator: New York
Gary Wright	....	sound effects editor
Brendan Geaney	....	transfer recordist (uncredited)
David Grimaldi	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Brian Miksis	....	sound mixer: New York (uncredited)
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator: New York (uncredited)
Assen Stoyanov	....	additional sound engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
James Brady	....	special effects technician
Kevin Byrne	....	special effects supervisor
Conor Coughlan	....	special effects technician
Michael Kearns	....	senior special effects technician
Gavin Murray	....	senior special effects technician
Andrew Nolan	....	special effects technician
Paul Byrne	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Brian Corpus	....	technical operations manager (uncredited)
Robert Duncan	....	visual effects supervisor: on-set (uncredited)
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title (uncredited)
Brad Kalinoski	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
James D. Tittle	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title (uncredited)

Stunts
Damian Achilles	....	stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts (as William J. Anagnos)
Reggie Blain	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Dominick Hewitt	....	stunts
Giedrius Nagys	....	stunts (as Gierdrius Nagys)
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunt coordinator
J.C. Robaina	....	stunts
Michael Russo	....	stunts (as Mike Russo)
Keith Siglinger	....	stunts
Jeff Ward	....	stunts
Philippe Zone	....	stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Arnaud	....	grip: New York
Steve Baker	....	dolly grip operator: New York
Alan Butler	....	first assistant photographer
John Carr	....	electrician
Jack Coffen	....	electrician: New York
Steve Comesky	....	electrician: New York
John Connon	....	second company grip
Barry Conroy	....	electrician
Louis Conroy	....	chief lighting technician
Sean Corcoran	....	camera operator: second unit
Noel Cullen	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Shane Deasy	....	second assistant photographer
Gregg de Domenico	....	film loader: New York (as Gregg De Domenico)
Kieran Dempsey	....	chief rigging electrician
Dan Denitto	....	first company rigging grip: New York (as Daniel DeNitto)
Angelo Di Giacomo	....	first assistant photographer: New York
Jessica Drum	....	film loader
David M. Dunlap	....	camera operator: New York
Richie Egan	....	crane grip
Paul Fagan	....	electrician (as Paul Fegan)
Sarah Francis	....	film loader
Robert Hamilton	....	video assist (as Rob Hamilton)
James Harker	....	electrician: New York
Sandy Hays	....	steadicam operator: New York
Damien Heffernan	....	electrician
Jimmy Hennessy	....	chargehand rigger (as James Hennessy)
Pedro Hernández	....	first company grip: New York (as Pedro Hernandez)
Jonathan Hession	....	still photographer
Martin Holland	....	rigging electrician
Gregory F. Johnson	....	second company grip: New York
Eamon Kelly	....	supervising rigger
Noel 'Bob' Kelly	....	grip
Robert Kummert	....	grip: New York (as Rob Kummert)
Michael Lohmann	....	camera operator (as Mike Lohmann)
Tim McAuliffe	....	assistant chief lighting technician: New York
Charles Meere III	....	chief rigging electrician: New York (as Charles E. Meere III)
Jim Moore	....	grip
John Murphy	....	first company grip
Thomas O'Shaughnessy	....	grip
Peter O'Toole	....	electrician
Alfred Padilla	....	electrician: New York
Ralph Perri	....	second company rigging grip: New York
Steve Ramsey	....	chief lighting technician: New York (as Steven Ramsey)
Pat Ryder	....	electrician
Scott Tinsley	....	second assistant photographer: New York
Paul Treacy	....	grip
Derrick West	....	video assist: New York (as Derreck West)
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer: New York
David Grennan	....	focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
Brad Heiner	....	grip (uncredited)
Larry Huston	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, New York (uncredited)
David Knox	....	camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)
Keith Robinson	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Mark Schwartzbard	....	second assistant camera: New York (uncredited)

Casting Department
Karen E. Etcoff	....	extras casting: New York (as Karen Etcoff)
Sonya Gildea	....	extras casting (as Sonya Supple-Gildea)
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Frank Moiselle	....	casting: Ireland
Bryan Riley	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles
Sasha Vaughan	....	casting assistant: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	costume supervisor: New York
Catherine George	....	assistant costume designer: New York
Carol Graham	....	costumer
Derbhla McClelland	....	costumer
Gabriel O'Brien	....	costumer
Leonie Pendergast	....	assistant costume designer (as Leonie Prendergast)
Kate Quinlan	....	costumer: New York
Ger Scully	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Brad Adkins	....	editorial production assistant: Los Angeles
Joseph Butler	....	assistant editor (as Joe Butler)
Michael Eaves	....	digital color timer (as Mike Eaves)
Michael Jablow	....	additional editor
Cedric Nairn-Smith	....	assistant editor
Linda Nartey	....	assistant editor: Ireland
Anna Maria O'Flanagan	....	assistant editor: Ireland
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jason Solberg	....	assistant editor
Ken Terry	....	assistant editor
Frederick Wardell	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
John Eidsvoog	....	music preparation
Julie Eidsvoog	....	music preparation
Gordon Fordyce	....	music recordist-mixer
Richard Gibbs	....	orchestra conductor
Jennifer Hawks	....	music supervisor
Charles Martin Inouye	....	music editor
Stephanie Lowry	....	music editor
Nicholas O'Toole	....	score coordinator
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
Sherry Whitfield	....	music editor
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist (uncredited)
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer (uncredited)
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager (uncredited)
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Stephen Carroll	....	picture car coordinator
John Kavanagh	....	transportation captain
Harry J. Leavey	....	transportation captain: New York (as Harry Leavey)
James Leavey	....	transportation coordinator: New York (as Jim Leavey)

Other crew
Bill Ahern	....	production assistant: New York
Amanda Anka	....	adr voice
Keith Barry	....	production assistant
Felix Bird	....	assistant: Mr. Gibbs
Jonathan Bone	....	production assistant
Yvonne Burke	....	assistant: Mr. Myler
Jana Camacho	....	production assistant: New York (as Jana B. Camacho)
Michael Carlucci	....	adr voice
Patch Corcoran	....	production assistant
Django Craig	....	adr voice
Vicki Davis	....	adr voice
Amy Dempsey	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Susan Dempsey	....	medic
Cathleen Dore	....	assistant production coordinator
Paul Fanning	....	production assistant
Jason Farrar	....	assistant location manager: New York
Rich Fellegara	....	medic: New York (as Richard Fellegara)
Greg Finley	....	adr voice
Denis Fitzpatrick	....	production assistant
Ross Flannery	....	production assistant
Peggy Flood	....	adr voice
Daisy Fortune	....	production assistant
Louise Gaffney	....	script supervisor
Teresa Gallagher	....	production assistant
Amy Lynne Garcia	....	assistant: John Schultz
Donal Geraghty	....	production auditor
Barbara Iley	....	adr voice
Chris Jackson	....	assistant: Mr. Epps
Rodney 'Bear' Jackson	....	assistant: Cedric the Entertainer, New York (as Rodney Bear Jackson)
Anne Johnson	....	first assistant auditor: New York (as Anne K. Johnson)
Stephen Kendrick	....	assistant: Cedric the Entertainer
Carlos Lacamara	....	adr voice (as Carlos La Camara)
John Paul LeBon	....	production assistant (as John Paul Le Bon)
Felipe Linz	....	assistant: Mr. Friendly
Gerry Lundberg	....	unit publicist
Audrey Lynch	....	production assistant
Bernard Lyster	....	production assistant
Owen Magee	....	production assistant
Gabrielle Mahon	....	production coordinator: New York
Terence Mathews	....	adr voice
Sue Meehan	....	production assistant
Ronny Merdinger	....	production assistant
Khanya Mkhize	....	adr voice
Rita Moloney	....	dog wrangler
Maara Mulgrew	....	production assistant
Johnny Mulligan	....	first assistant auditor
Darrell Murphy	....	production assistant
Debbie Murphy	....	assistant auditor
Garreth Nevin	....	production assistant
Eoin O'Brian	....	production assistant
Mary Owens	....	dog wrangler
Jason Pace	....	adr voice
Genevieve Palmieri	....	production assistant: New York
Evan Perazzo	....	location manager: New York
Seamus Porter	....	assistant location manager
Mairead Raleigh	....	dog wrangler
David Randolph	....	adr voice
Lori M. Roberts	....	financial auditor (as Lori Roberts)
Emma-Louise Ryan	....	costuming assistant (as Emma Louise Ryan)
Edmund Sampson	....	location manager
Bruce Schluter	....	title designer
Rebecca Sepehr	....	production assistant
Clarence Sharpe	....	production assistant: New York
Peter J. Silbermann	....	unit publicist: New York
Rachel Smith	....	production coordinator
Emma Smithwick	....	assistant: Mr. Friendly
John Snee	....	production assistant
Una Spillane	....	assistant production coordinator
Toshi Toda	....	adr voice
Elaine Vaughan	....	production assistant
Lucas Verbist	....	medic
Jean Wainwright	....	assistant auditor
Rebekah Wainwright	....	production assistant
Kevin Weaver	....	production assistant
Neil Weiss	....	adr voice
Ani Williams	....	production assistant: New York
Dan Zola	....	production assistant: New York
Amanda Bonavita	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Jamie Buckner	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jared Cauliffe	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Kenneth Chu	....	production assistant: New York (uncredited)
Eamonn Cleary	....	location trainee (uncredited)
Laura DiBiase	....	production assistant: New York (uncredited)
Eliza Dyson	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Jonathan East	....	location trainee (uncredited)
Graham Goetz	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Miguel Govea	....	special publicist (uncredited)
Tom Graziano	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Patrick Huber	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Patric Kickham	....	computer playback designer (uncredited)
John Perez	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Deep River Productions (as Deep River)
• MMDP Munich Movie Development & Production GmbH & Co. Project KG (produced in association with)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (a Viacom company)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (titles and opticals)

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• ARRI  cameras and lenses
• Ardmore Sound  the producers wish to thank
• Buena Vista Sound  digital sound editing
• Deluxe  color
• Dublin City Council  the producers wish to thank
• EFilm  digital intermediate (as E Film)
• Fitzers Catering  catering
• Government of Ireland, The  acknowledgement: produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish film industry provided by
• Hell's Kitchen International  the producers wish to thank
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Major League Baseball Properties  footage courtesy of
• Mary Nelson-Fraser & Associates  negative cutting (as Mary Nelson-Fraser and Associates)
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  the producers wish to thank (as The City of New York Mayor's Office in Film, Theatre & Broadcasting)
• New York City Transit Authority  the producers wish to thank (as MTA New York City Transit)
• Paramount Pictures  digital sound editing
• RPM Group  promotion and marketing (uncredited)
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium  the producers wish to thank (as Shelbourne Park Greyhound Track)
• Turner Entertainment  poster: "Shaft" (1971) courtesy of

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some innuendo and rude humor / PG for language and some rude humor (edited version)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:PG | USA:PG (edited version) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-3 | Iceland:L | Brazil:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:PG-13 (PCA #41482) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When Ralph tells Alice that he and Norton have to go to the lodge, Alice's says "What, are you Fred Flintstone?" "The Flintstones" (1960) was based on the original "The Honeymooners" (1955).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Alice and Trixie get home after work, in a closeup Trixie is wearing her coat but in a wide shot her coat is suddenly off, and is in her hands.

Quotes:

Ralph Kramden: [after getting kicked out of the pool hall and then Ed's phone rings] What are you doing? We got to get back in there.
Ed Norton: [Ed picks up the message on his phone] No time to play. We've got a major back up in the sewer system.
Ralph Kramden: How come every time we go out they call you?
Ed Norton: I'm a specialist. It's like being a brain surgeon or Spider-Man.
Ralph Kramden: Yeah, but Spider-Man won't let us get our asses beat down in a pool hall.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "The Honeymooners" (1955)

Soundtrack:

Seconds of Pleasure

Why?

You cannot improve on perfection. Most authorities consider the original TV series to be one of the all-time great sitcoms ever made. Its keys were its appropriateness to its era, and the brilliant cast.

While I certainly appreciate Cedric the Entertainer's considerable talents, with all due respect to him, he is NOT Jackie Gleason, and the other members of this cast cannot hold a candle to the likes of Art Carney and Audrey Meadows.

Here's a tip to Hollywood:

Instead of trying to make every TV show into a movie, why not show some creativity and actually come up with something NEW? If you need a reminder, remember Tom Arnold's horrific remake of McHale's Navy.....or the God-awful remake of Sergeant Bilko of a few years back. You can't do better than the original, now or ever.

If I could give this no stars, I would.