P.S. I Love You (2007)

Director:

Richard LaGravenese

Writers (WGA):

Richard LaGravenese (screenplay) and
Steven Rogers (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Sometimes there's only one thing left to say.

Plot:

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Plot Keywords:

Letter | Widow | Birthday | Friendship | Chauffeur

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Hilary Swank	...	Holly
Gerard Butler	...	Gerry
Lisa Kudrow	...	Denise
Gina Gershon	...	Sharon
James Marsters	...	John
Kathy Bates	...	Patricia
Harry Connick Jr.	...	Daniel
Nellie McKay	...	Ciara
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	William
Christopher Whalen	...	George
Dean Winters	...	Tom
Anne Kent	...	Rose Kennedy
Brian McGrath	...	Martin Kennedy
Sherie Rene Scott	...	Barbara
Susan Blackwell	...	Vicky
Michael Countryman	...	Ted
Roger Rathburn	...	Minister
Rita Gardner	...	Elderly Woman
Gayton Scott	...	Bridal Shop Tailor
Brian Munn	...	Patsy
Shepherd Frankel	...	Guy with Clipboard
Richard Wallace Smith	...	Bouncer (as Richard Smith)
Mike Doyle	...	Leprechaun
Don Sparks	...	Mailman
Caris Vujcec	...	Waitress
Alexandra McGuinness	...	Local Gal
Aonghus Og McAnally	...	Bartender
Ryan Everett Canfield	...	Man #1 (as Ryan Canfield)
Timo Schnellinger	...	Man #3
Danny Calvert	...	Gay Man #1
Fred Inkley	...	Gay Man #2
Richard B. Watson	...	Gay Man #3
Marcus Collins	...	Gay Man #4
James Cronin	...	Gay Man #5
Matthew Martin	...	Bar Patron #1
Mark McNutt	...	Bar Patron #2
Brocton Pierce	...	Bar Patron #3
Kevin Witt	...	Bar Patron #4
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bette Davis	...	Joyce Heath / Julie Marsden / Charlotte Vale (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Devon	...	Travel Agent (uncredited)
Maria Di Angelis	...	Karaoke Girl #1 (uncredited)
Dwayne Duprey	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Judy Garland	...	Esther Blodgett (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katherine Hoskins Mackey	...	Businesswoman (uncredited)
Mark A. Langston	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Sal Longobardo	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
Eliezer Meyer	...	Rabbi (uncredited)
Stewart Stafford	...	Bar Patron #5 (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard LaGravenese

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard LaGravenese		(screenplay) and
Steven Rogers		(screenplay)
Cecelia Ahern		(novel)

Produced by
Wendy Finerman	....	producer
James Flynn	....	co-producer
James Hollond	....	executive producer
Julie Huntsinger	....	associate producer
Broderick Johnson	....	producer
Andrew A. Kosove	....	producer
Morgan O'Sullivan	....	co-producer
Molly Smith	....	producer
John H. Starke	....	executive producer
Donald A. Starr	....	executive producer
Daniel J.B. Taylor	....	executive producer
Steven P. Wegner	....	co-producer
Lisa Zupan	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Cinematography by
Terry Stacey

Film Editing by
David Moritz

Production Design by
Shepherd Frankel

Art Direction by
Doug Huszti

Set Decoration by
Alyssa Winter

Costume Design by
Cindy Evans

Makeup Department
Christine Cantrell	....	hair stylist
Orla Carrol	....	hair dresser: Ireland (as Orla Carroll)
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair stylist: Ms. Swank
Martial Corneville	....	hair stylist: Mr. Connick
Angel De Angelis	....	key hair stylist (as Angel DeAngelis)
Audrey Doyle	....	assistant makeup artist: Ireland
Mindy Hall	....	makeup artist: Ms. Swank
Lynn Johnson	....	makeup artist: Ireland (as Lynn Johnston)
Nicki Ledermann	....	key makeup artist
Tania Ribalow	....	makeup artist
Olivier Seyfrid	....	assistant hair stylist: Ireland (as Oliver Seyfrid)

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Brett Botula	....	assistant unit production manager
Yolanda T. Cochran	....	executive in charge of production
Carol Moorhead	....	production manager: Ireland

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
H.H. Cooper	....	first assistant director
Daisy Cummins	....	second assistant director: Ireland
Nate Grubb	....	second second assistant director
Jennifer Truelove	....	second assistant director
Andrew T. Wood	....	dga trainee

Art Department
I. Javier Ameijeiras	....	production illustrator
Martin Bernstein	....	construction coordinator
Steve Brennan	....	assistant property master
Susie Cullen	....	art director: Ireland
Eric Dean	....	art department assistant
Diego Funes	....	choreographer
Jeffrey L. Glave	....	scenic chargeperson
Heesoo Kim	....	assistant art director
Calla Klessig	....	art department assistant
Marion Kolsby	....	assistant art director
Alanna Levy	....	art department coordinator
Vinny Mazzarella	....	property master
Valerie Nolan	....	assistant set decorator
Kevin L. Raper	....	additional graphic artist
Jason Rogien	....	shop production assistant
Mark Paul Selemon	....	greens person
Rodney Sterbenz	....	on-set dresser
Dave Weinman	....	leadman

Sound Department
Robert Althoff	....	sound re-recordist
Antonio L. Arroyo	....	playback operator: ProTools
Steve Bartkowicz	....	sound re-recording engineer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Victor Ray Ennis	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Malham	....	dubbing engineer
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Egor Panchenko	....	ProTools playback mixer
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator
Alan Rankin	....	sound effects editor
James Sabat	....	sound mixer
James J. Sabat Jr.	....	sound recordist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
Tim Walston	....	sound editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Kerry Dean Williams	....	dialog and ADR supervisor
Scott Wolf	....	sound effects editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Kevin Nolan	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Casey Allen	....	digital compositor
David Geoghegan	....	digital optical compositor
Chris Ingersoll	....	compositor: Flame artist
Cristian A. Kong	....	digital compositor
Brian Nugent	....	Inferno artist
Sean Wallitsch	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects (uncredited)
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Nina Armstrong	....	stunt double
Aja Frary	....	stunt double: Hilary Swank
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Garret Baldwin	....	best boy
George Bianchini	....	Steadicam operator
Garrett Boehling	....	dolly grip
Phillip V. Caruso	....	still photographer
Oliver Cary	....	camera operator: "b" camera
James Casey	....	grip
Sean Cassidy	....	rigging grip
Ron Coe	....	second assistant camera
Peter Colavito	....	electrician
Doug Dalisera	....	rigging gaffer
Richie Donnelly	....	first assistant camera
Russell Engels	....	gaffer
Glenn Fishel	....	grip
Sergei Franklin	....	Steadicam operator
Sarah L. Hendrick	....	additional camera loader
George Hennah	....	first assistant camera
Laura Hudock	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Milly Itzhak	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Alexandra Kanal	....	camera loader
Philip Kathrens	....	rigging electrician
Eric Leigh	....	best boy rigging electric
Jonathon Leigh	....	electrician
James Mah	....	best boy electric
Vince McGahon	....	Steadicam operator: Ireland
Vince McGahon	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Ireland
Kevin McKenna	....	digital video assist operator
Billy Miller	....	key grip
Antonio Ponti	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Craig Pressgrove	....	first assistant camera
Melvin Pukowsky	....	second grip
Roberto A. Quezada	....	electrician
Erik Shirai	....	grip
Brooke Stanford	....	dimmer board operator

Casting Department
Heather Reidenbach	....	casting director: background
Jocelyn E. Thomas	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Biear	....	seamstress
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	wardrobe supervisor
Anne Laoparadonchai	....	dresser: Ms. Swank (as Annie Laoparadonchai)
Rachel Leek	....	key costumer: women
Colleen Morris	....	tailor
Sandra O'Toole	....	costume assistant
Jennifer Rogien	....	costume production assistant
Jessica T. Sinoway	....	assistant costume designer
Amy L. Teets	....	costume coordinator
Sue Wain	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Marc Jozefowicz	....	assistant editor
Devin C. Lussier	....	editorial production assistant
Gina Zappala	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Daniel Baker	....	music preparation
Christine Bergren	....	music clearance
Laura Bishop	....	orchestrator
Robert Douglas	....	musician: guitar
Germaine Franco	....	score production coordinator
Papa Ginou	....	musician: irish flute
Carlton Kaller	....	music editor
Simon Leadley	....	scoring engineer
James K. Lee	....	orchestrator
Vivian Milanova	....	musician: guitar
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
John Powell	....	musician: guitar
Jen Pray	....	music clearance coordinator
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor
Tim Ryan	....	music scoring recordist
John Ashton Thomas	....	composer: additional music
John Ashton Thomas	....	music arranger
Jessica Wells	....	orchestrator
Bryce Jacobs	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Paul Kelly	....	driver: cast
Roy McManus	....	driver: camera truck
Michael Phelan	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Ernest Alexis	....	assistant: Mr. Butler (as Ernest Dallas Alexis)
Christie Allen	....	payroll accountant
Ciara Applebe	....	assistant: Mr. O'Sullivan, Ireland
Brette Billow	....	assistant production coordinator
Mirashyam Blakeslee	....	production assistant
Jeffrey A. Brown	....	assistant location manager
Lisa Byrne	....	assistant production coordinator: Ireland
Eva Z. Cabrera	....	script supervisor
Maurice Cabrera	....	parking coordinator
Chris Chrisafis	....	production advisor
Eamonn Cleary	....	location assistant
Elizabeth Colagiovanni	....	assistant: Ms. Cochran
Stephanie Conway	....	assistant: Mr. Connick
Gjustina Dushku	....	accounting clerk
Allison Ewart	....	post-production assistant to producer
Amanda Fales	....	assistant: Ms. Bates
David John Ferguson	....	location coordinator
Frances Fiore	....	unit publicist
Diego Funes	....	choreographer
Javier Gonzalez	....	assistant: Ms. Finerman
Anna Graham	....	assistant coordinator: Ireland
Nick Grimm	....	assistant: Mr. LaGravenese
Brendan Gunn	....	dialogue coach
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative
Gina Hendrick	....	production accountant
Brian Hershkowitz	....	production assistant
James Hook	....	stand-in: Gerard Butler
Nicole Iizuka	....	assistant: Ms. Finerman
Octavius Lee Johnson	....	staff production assistant
Robert Karn	....	production assistant
Ashley Kravitz	....	legal clearances
Justin Kron	....	location scout
Jacqui Leahy	....	assistant: Ms. Swank, Ireland
Andrew Lee	....	assistant: Mr. LaGravenese
Sarah E. Leonard	....	production secretary
Christopher M. Lewis	....	facilities manager
Melanie Lopes Lumelleau	....	second assistant accountant
Suk Yi Mar	....	location manager
Joshua J. Mason	....	production assistant
Clement McIntosh	....	set production assistant
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Technocrane
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Cathy Mooney	....	production coordinator: Ireland
Poll Moussoulides	....	dialogue coach
Barry Newman	....	location assistant
Kory O'Donnell	....	production office coordinator
Frances O'Reilly	....	assistant: Mr. Butler, Ireland
James Parsons	....	production assistant
Thomas R. Polleri	....	location scout
Jennifer Roberts	....	production assistant
Minico Roberts	....	assistant: producers (as Minico B. Roberts)
Carmen Rodríguez	....	first assistant acccountant
Carl Rogers	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson & Mr. Kosove
Mike Sime	....	video playback engineer
Michael Swan	....	assistant location manager
Keith Thompson	....	helicopter pilot: aerial filming
Chris Tomeo	....	location assistant
Zambak Tukan	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson & Mr. Kosove
Angelo Vacco	....	voice actor
Joel Veenstra	....	assistant: Mr. Wegner
Christian Vendetti	....	key production assistant
Shannon Walker	....	assistant: Ms. Swank
Chad Williams	....	location assistant
Russ Klein	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Ann LaGravenese	....	special thanks
Julie Rudd	....	special thanks
Windlind Smith	....	in memory of (as Windland Smith Rice)

Production Companies

• Alcon Entertainment
• Grosvenor Park Productions
• Wendy Finerman Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Paris Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Atlantic Records  sound post-production
• Capitol Studios  score mixed at
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Jigsaw Music  music preparation
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  opticals
• Reel Team, The  group walla
• Todd-AO Radford  re-recorded at
• Todd-AO Studios  adr recorded at
• Trackdown Studios  score recorded at
• Varèse Sarabande  score album
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual references and brief nudity.

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:o.Al. | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Norway:A | Sweden:Btl | Hong Kong:IIA | France:Unrated | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-3 | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

County Wicklow, Ireland

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

The whole letter to sent to his Mom & Dad in Ireland says: "Dear Mum & Dad. Well, Doc says there's not much time so I thought I'd write to you, seeing how bad we Kennedys are with modern day contraptions like telephones. Tell Dad to not lay about and to take care of his legs-keep them walking. I always thing of Dad walking across the farm yelling after the hands too lazy to keep the chickens fed. And you Mum, yelling at Dad to treat the boys with a Father's hand, not a father's belt. I remember everything Mum. And I thank you for giving me a mother's breath of life and love. No son ever loved a mother more, I can tell you that. Never could say it to your face. Nor to Dad. But I love you."

Goofs:

Continuity: During the restaurant scene between Holly and Daniel, as Daniel leaves, the waitress starts walking toward the table. Then after Daniel leaves, the waitress starts walking toward the table again.

Quotes:

Patsy: You've dropped your sweets, luv. You mustn't do that around these parts. Pretty woman like you, a fella could take it the wrong way.

Movie Connections:

Features Dangerous (1935)

Soundtrack:

Love You 'til the End

P.leasantly S.weet, I liked it, but it is just good, not great

Holly (Hillary Swank) has been married for a number of years to handsome Gerry (Gerard Butler), an Irish gentleman. Wed at 19, he is the only love of her life and they have big plans for the future. Sadly, however, Gerry is stricken with cancer and dies, leaving Holly desolate. But, much to her surprise, letters start arriving from Gerry, under unusual circumstances, letters that provide encouragement for Holly to move forward with her life. Gerry suggests that Holly do some karaoke and take a trip to Ireland, where she should learn to fish and visit his relatives. It doesn't' hurt that Holly has two loving friends (Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon), a hovering mother (Kathy Bates), and a good-looking new friend (Harry Connick, Jr.) looking out for her, also. But, can Holly truly overcome the serious blow that life has given her? This is a sweet movie but, I must confess, I was a wee bit disappointed. Yes, I loved the basic story and the cast is beyond terrific. Swank is quite nice as the young widow while Butler is greatly engaging as the husband, with many of his scenes told in flashback. In fact, Butler is a new favorite among American women, thanks to Dear Frankie, and let us all hope we see much more of him. Kudrow, Gershon, Bates, Connick Jr., and some of the Irish players are just right, too, breathing more life into a script that is erratic and sometimes contrived. Of course, the sets in Manhattan and Ireland are very wonderful, as are the costumes and great camera work. But, the film could have used more careful direction and editing, in my view. However, all fans of romantic comedy should not miss it, no. As the fountain of romcom films has considerably dried up in the last two years, any new entry is a hearty meal for the starving. Just do not expect another Music and Lyrics this time around.