Outsourced (2006)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

John Jeffcoat

Writers (WGA):

George Wing (written by) &
John Jeffcoat (written by)

Release Date:

29 November 2007 (Israel)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Todd just lost his job. Now he has to find his life.

Plot:

After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement.

Plot Keywords:

India | Affair | Assimilation | Kiss On Forehead | Cultural Difference

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Josh Hamilton	...	Todd Anderson
Matt Smith	...	Dave
Rudolf Rodrigues	...	Rickshaw Driver
Jai Neeraj Raj Purohit	...	Man Catching Train
Siddharth Jadhav	...	Gola Vendor
Asif Basra	...	Purohit N. Virajnarianan
Sudha Shivpuri	...	Aunti Ji
Raghu Mama	...	Aunti Ji's Old Man
Parvati	...	Aunti Ji's Server
Sitaram D. Kadam	...	Shop Till You Drop
Feroz	...	Kid
Raja Kadale	...	Aunti Ji's Handyman #1
Harish Chandra	...	Aunti Ji's Handyman #2
Prashant Mahesh	...	Aunti Ji's Handyman #3
Ayesha Dharker	...	Asha
Bhuvnesh Shetty	...	Manmeet (as Bhuvanesh Shetty)
Jeneva Talwar	...	Rani
Saurabh Agarwal	...	Kumar (as Suarab Agarwal)
Darshan Singh	...	Sikh Taxi Driver
Larry Pine	...	Bob
Ketan Mehta	...	Sanjeev
Depesh Shah	...	Krishna (as Dipesh Shah)
Urmi Mukherjee	...	Madhuri
Divya Ranganath	...	Ceramic Basket Girl
Bharat Sarjerao Adhangle	...	Anil
Sheikh Noor Islaam	...	Gharapuri Guide
Aflatun B. Irani	...	Hotel Kama Sutra Clerk
Vhitabhai	...	Toothless Old Lady
Arjun Mathur	...	Guarav
Shriti Tyagi	...	Bhagyashree

Directed by
John Jeffcoat

Writing credits (WGA)
George Wing		(written by) &
John Jeffcoat		(written by)

Produced by
Gwen Bialic	....	co-producer
Srila Chatterjee	....	line producer
Tom Gorai	....	producer
Bill Hoare	....	line producer: US
David Skinner	....	executive producer
George Wing	....	executive producer

Original Music by
BC Smith

Cinematography by
Teodoro Maniaci		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Brian Berdan

Casting by
Ellen Chenoweth
Kathleen Chopin
Uma Da Cunha		(casting: India)

Production Design by
Fali Unwalla		(as Fali Unwala)

Art Direction by
Abhishek Redkar

Costume Design by
Heidi Bivens
Himani Dehlvi		(as Himani Mehta Dehlvi)

Makeup Department
Virginia Holmes	....	key makeup artist
Natasha Nischol	....	key hair stylist
Kamlesh U. Shinde	....	assistant hair stylist
Kamlesh U. Shinde	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Tom Gorai	....	post-production supervisor
Abhijit Mapuskar	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fon Chen	....	second assistant director
Nisha Murickan	....	second second assistant director
Kevin Pereira	....	third assistant director
Stojan Petrov	....	second assistant director
Kapil Sharma	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Baban Adagale	....	assistant art director
Dipika Dayal	....	property master
Seher Latif	....	assistant property master
Theresa Majeres	....	art department production assistant
Chris Swenson	....	production designer: second unit
Anil Wath	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Neal J. Anderson	....	dialogue editor (as Neal Anderson)
Courtney Bodett	....	assistant sound editor
Eric Diaz-Soto	....	assistant sound editor
Sam Gray	....	foley recordist
Dave Howe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jamie Hunsdale	....	assistant sound editor
Judy Karp	....	production sound mixer
Michael McAuliffe	....	sound effects editor (as Mike McAuliffe)
Carrie Palk	....	foley artist
Bryan Pennington	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Jaime Reyes	....	boom operator
Timothy Rufus	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Shivananda R. Mohili	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Fred Pack	....	opticals

Stunts
Shyam Kaushal	....	stunt coordinator (as Sham Kaushal)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dharmendra Bhurji	....	best boy grip (as Dharmender Bhurji)
Ayesha Broacha	....	still photographer
Bruce Henderson	....	electrician
Bruce Henderson	....	grip
Theresa Majeres	....	grip
Ninad Nayampali	....	key grip
Kamlesh Sadrani	....	gaffer
Amy Silverman	....	first assistant camera
Jeremiah Skender	....	electrician: Seattle

Casting Department
Dinesh Anchan	....	casting assistant
Seher Latif	....	additional casting
Loretta Pinto	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Valerie Farabee	....	post-production coordinator
Kiersten Harter	....	first assistant editor
John Helde	....	additional editor
John Jeffcoat	....	additional editor
Nishant Radhakrishnan	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Steve Kodish	....	music clearances
Satnam Ramgotra	....	musician: percussion

Transportation Department
Kabir Kidwai	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Fon Chen	....	production coordinator
Kirti Chopra	....	production coordinator
Rob Coleman	....	post-production accountant
Valerie Farabee	....	assistant: Mr. Jeffcoat
Sandeep Gondalekar	....	location manager (as Sandeep E. Gondhulekar)
Diane Hounsell	....	script supervisor
Nacime Khemis	....	production assistant

Thanks
Thomas De Napoli	....	special thanks
Manu Gargi	....	very special thanks
Andrew Yakovlev	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• ShadowCatcher Entertainment

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Lantern Lane Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Truly Indie (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Bad Animals  sound post-production
• Highlight Films  production services
• Image Treasury  negative cutting
• Travel Girls, The  travel services
• Woo Art International  titles

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:103 min (theatrical version) | Canada:98 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Taiwan:GP | Germany:o.Al. | Australia:PG | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

ShadowCatcher Entertainment

Trivia:

Amongst the knickknacks on Dave's bookshelf at Western Novelty is a figure of "J.P. Patches" (1958), a popular children's entertainer in the Seattle area during the 60's and 70's.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The credits refer to the character "Aunti Ji", yet the character herself spells her name "Aunty" on the note she left to Todd.

Quotes:

Asha: Asha can do anything.

Movie Connections:

References Forrest Gump (1994)

Soundtrack:

Chale Chalo

This is a "must see" romantic comedy

I am not a fan of romantic comedies, specially "Friends" like ones because I think it is too pasteurized, politically correct. I thank God there is some nice romantic comedies with another spice that taste great for me and this movie is an example of it.

Basically it show the cultural shock of a sad US call center manager sent to India to train an outsourced team. It is very nice how this movie shows the way the de-passionated yank finds the meaning of life in such different place and culture.

I am Brazilian and I know some US people that comes here to visit the country and decided to stay and adopted Brazilian way of life. This movies shows very well this happening.

If you want a very nice movie to watch when you are depressed with your work, pick this one ... and prepare yourself to be eager to travel to an exotic place after it ends.