What Love Is (2007)

Director:

Mars Callahan

Writer:

Mars Callahan (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Tom plans to surprise Sara with an engagement ring, and he's asked his four best friends to witness...

Plot Keywords:

Jamaican | Interracial Relationship | Misogyny | Swearing | Licking

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Tom
Matthew Lillard	...	Sal
Sean Astin	...	George
Mars Callahan	...	Ken
Andrew Daly	...	Wayne
Gina Gershon	...	Rachel
Anne Heche	...	Laura
Tamala Jones	...	Katherine
Shiri Appleby	...	Debbie
Jud Tylor	...	Amy (as Judy Tylor)
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson	...	Kwame
Gillian Shure	...	Karen
Victoria Pratt	...	Sara
Steve Makhania	...	Bogie the Clerk
Roxanne Arvizu	...	Dancer
Ines Brigman	...	Dancer
Roneique Clemons	...	Dancer
Marjan Faritous	...	Dancer
Brooke Freed	...	Dancer
Amanda Keffer	...	Dancer (as Amanda 'Jules' Keffer)
Melony Larose	...	Dancer
Wrenna Monet	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Drocco	...	Delta groove bar patron (uncredited)
Greg Fellows	...	Bar patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Mars Callahan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mars Callahan		writer

Produced by
George Bours	....	producer
Steve Canino	....	associate producer
Rand Chortkoff	....	executive producer
Joy Czerwonky	....	co-producer
Joy Czerwonky	....	line producer
John J. Hermansen	....	producer
John Leisenring	....	associate producer
Cole Mecray	....	associate producer
Jeff Patterson	....	associate producer
Billy Star	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Erik Godal

Cinematography by
David Stump

Film Editing by
Andrew Dickler
Joe Plenys

Casting by
Richard Pagano

Production Design by
Jaymes Hinkle

Set Decoration by
Erin Boyd		(as Erin Gould)

Costume Design by
Roger J. Forker

Makeup Department
Courtney Corvan	....	makeup artist
Lawrence Davis	....	hair stylist
Angela Gurule	....	key hair stylist
Erwin H. Kupitz	....	hair consultant
Elisa Marsh	....	key makeup artist
Michele Payne	....	hair department head
Marilyn Patricia Phillips	....	hair stylist
Monica Sebedra	....	hair stylist
Christien Tinsley	....	makeup department head
Rebecca Wachtel	....	second makeup artist

Production Management
George Bours	....	post-production supervisor
Nickolas Bouth	....	set production executive
Katy Fox	....	production supervisor
Pamela Louise Griner	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brian Armes	....	additional second assistant director
Nicolas Duchemin Harvard	....	second assistant director
Parker Lonbaugh	....	first assistant director
Martin Reuter	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Will Alovis	....	property master
James R. Bayliss	....	set designer
Tom Benardello	....	set painter
Mike Blaich	....	head paint foreman
Mike Blaich	....	set painter
Kasey Dutt	....	construction foreman
Scott Johnson	....	assistant property master
Scott Johnson	....	on-set dresser
Jim Marchese	....	lead man
Jim Motyl	....	swing gang
Brian P. Murry	....	storyboard artist
Nicole Piar	....	graphic designer: logo
Joshua Temkin	....	graphic designer
Stu Watnich	....	swing gang
Jay Williams	....	propmaker

Sound Department
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aleksandr Gruzdev	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Alex Grusev)
Vincent Guisetti	....	sound designer: foley effects
Harrison Meyle	....	sound editor
Brendan Pollitz	....	utility sound
Emile Razpopov	....	production sound mixer
Marcus Ricaud	....	boom operator
Andy Snavley	....	sound editor
Andy Snavley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Xavier Sol	....	utility sound
Lola Wallace	....	utility sound

Visual Effects by
Craig Aines	....	visual effects key grip
Danny Albano	....	digital artist
Myla Bareng	....	data technician
Casey Benn	....	digital artist
Mark Burnett	....	digital imaging supervisor
Tom Burton	....	digital director
Mike Canterbruy	....	digital conform artist
Anthony Davis	....	digital artist
John Follmer	....	digital executive producer
Fred Pienkos	....	digital artist
Drew Redford	....	digital artist
Bryan J. Rusenko	....	digital imaging technician
Matt Scharf	....	digital producer
David Stump	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Benjamin Agee	....	best boy electric
Tom Anderson	....	lamp operator
Steve Bellen	....	assistant camera
Ryan Bradley	....	best boy grip
Cary Caraway	....	technocrane operator
Roger Chingirian	....	lighting electrician
Tom Concordia	....	still photographer
David Cornelius	....	libra head technician
David Dechant	....	assistant camera
Joe di Gennaro	....	camera operator
Gene Fereaud	....	lamp operator
Ricardo Jacques Gale	....	camera operator
Edward A. Gutentag	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Edward A. Gutentag	....	steadicam operator
Chuck Harrington	....	technocrane operator
Dave Haws	....	lighting electrician
Justin Hodak	....	second assistant camera
Gene Jackson	....	camera operator
Anthony Jefferson	....	lighting electrician
Kale Jessen	....	video playback operator
Karron Johnson	....	lighting electrician
Erik Kasson	....	grip
Jerry Lane	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jerry Lane	....	steadicam operator
Vincent Mata	....	assistant camera
David McGrory	....	additional grip
Wes Meilandt	....	lighting electrician
Gerardo Merino	....	dolly grip
Ty Mitchell	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Chris Moore	....	grip
Michael Off	....	gaffer
Michelle Opseth	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Mark Patnesky	....	camera utility
Ray Patrick	....	technocrane operator
Sandy Pflug	....	grip
Ian Quezada	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
David Riley	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Joe Roach	....	grip
Joe Roach	....	swing: grip/electric
Andrew Rozendal	....	video assistant
Alex Selkowitz	....	company grip
Michael Silva	....	lighting electrician
Clarence Smith	....	lighting electrician
Richard Sugimoto	....	lighting board operator
Austin Taylor	....	key grip
Denise Truscello	....	still photographer
Denise Trusell	....	still photographer
Denise Truselle	....	still photographer
Eric Wendell	....	dolly grip
Eric Alan Wendell	....	dolly grip (as Eric Wendell)
Tareek Young	....	lighting electrician
Joe Zovko	....	additional camera operator
Joe Zovko	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Michele Berumen	....	casting assistant
Bill Dance	....	extras casting
Terence Howard	....	extras casting
Leanna Sheldon	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lynda Arnold	....	seamstress
Dana Axelrad	....	set costumer
Jill Chizever	....	set costumer
Shirley Lipscomb	....	cutter/fitter
Anne Rocchio	....	wardrobe production assistant
Amanda Scholl	....	wardrobe production assistant
Laura Wolford	....	wardrobe production assistant

Editorial Department
Susan A. Campbell	....	digital imaging technician
Tony D'Amore	....	digital colorist
Steve Gute	....	on-set assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Andy Kaplan	....	digital intermediate producer
Tim Kennedy	....	digital intermediate producer
Alonso Llosa	....	on-set assistant editor
Dessie Markovsky	....	on-set editor
Jon Osozawa	....	post-production assistant
Bryan Rusenko	....	digital image technician
Ian Silverstein	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Rand Chortkoff	....	executive music supervisor

Transportation Department
Margarita Basin	....	production driver
Harry Bchakjian	....	production driver
Lyle Christensen	....	shotmaker driver
Stephen R. Hudis	....	transportation coordinator (as Stephen Hudis)
Ed Melendez	....	production driver
Gator Pantry	....	production driver
Don Parker	....	driver: Mr. Gooding, Jr.
Jeremy Perrett	....	production driver
Simon White	....	transportation captain
Mike Williams	....	production driver

Other crew
Roxanne Arvizu	....	stand-in: Rachel
MacKenzie Baeger	....	set production assistant
Wilford Biggs	....	assistant: Mars Callahan
Cherie Brown	....	production executive
Savvy Brown	....	production assistant
Devin Buries	....	set medic
Alexis Celic	....	production assistant
Cordell Capone Chambers	....	promotion team
Bill Cox	....	production executive
Joy Czerwonky	....	location manager
Andrea Lee Davis	....	stand-in: Laura
Steven Dhanjal	....	production executive
Greg Fellows	....	assistant: Mars Callahan
Dakota Ferreiro	....	choreographer
Shannon Final	....	set production assistant
Katy S. Fox	....	production supervisor
Sandi Fox	....	production executive
Cynthia Graner	....	set production assistant
Tracey Grimes	....	sales executive
Sean Michael Hill	....	assistant to producer
Justin Nicholas James	....	assistant: Mars Callahan
Chip Jarman	....	set production assistant
Jeff Kalligheri	....	consultant
Scott C. Leeds	....	assistant: Joy Czerwonky
Lauren Ashley Lloyd	....	corporate relations
Peter Madamba	....	script researcher
Tori Marino	....	production executive
Conan Mastrangelo	....	set production assistant
Rayvin McCoy	....	production secretary
Donavan McDougle	....	title designer
Ryan McGinnis	....	assistant: Mars Callahan
Kyndra Miller	....	consigliere
Liam Miguel O'Brien-Bours	....	set production assistant
Robinson O'Brien-Bours	....	set production assistant
Aldo Ortiz	....	set production assistant
Chezarie Perez Panyayong	....	corporate relations manager
Estefania Perez	....	set medic
Stefanie Perez	....	production medic
Paulina Porter	....	set production assistant
Connor Pritchard	....	set production assistant
Christina Radish	....	set production assistant
Chris Rivera	....	set production assistant
Ryan Sandberg	....	set production assistant
Chandler Shepherd	....	craft service
Jennifer L. Shippee	....	key production assistant
Fisher Steven	....	set production assistant
Anto Supriyanto	....	craft service
Dalton Toledo	....	assistant: Mars Callahan
Juddson Trichter	....	set production assistant
Nicholas Wood	....	set production assistant

Thanks
Jeremy Davis	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Big Sky Motion Pictures
• Blessed Films
• What Love Is

Distributors

• Big Sky Motion Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Eden FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Bendy  sound post-production
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Got Films  camera equipment provided by

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language including graphic sexual dialogue, and some erotic dancing.

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Big Sky Motion Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Towards the end, during the scene where Sal is sitting on the couch and drinking a scotch, you can see the level of liquid on the glass go up and down on several occasions, as the camera changes angles.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Soundtrack:

What Love Is

You should see this movie for the following reasons :

Two good reasons :

1) You will find out(if you don't already know) all the things that are wrong with relationships these days. Why everyone is playing on defense, and why (as a good friend told me) if two people are in love, they f*** (each other up)

2) It's a chance to learn a lot of vital information about relations from a man's points of view and a then a woman's. This could help you from not having to go through all the torments of an ended relation (from a reason that you do not understand) and learning all this on your own.

I can not understand why the movie has such a low rating. Maybe because people would have expected more action or i don't know. But this movie is more like 'food for the brain'. It can really make you wonder what you want in life, what you already have and what you might be searching for. It sound easy, but after this movie, i saw that all the years spent on relationships that ended badly, one night stands, and being the person that always has to hear what a jerk he is, but how their love will conquer all, all that experience can be summed up in about 90 minutes (even less, because i didn't know for sure what the women thought about all this). So .. in conclusion, if you seem interested about the subject you should see it. (and please ignore some of the bad acting and sometimes the cliché dialog because it's worthwhile )

By the way .. this is my first official review, and the idea of the movie made me so determined to write it. Also if you like this sort of movies where more ideas flight around than bullets, check out The Man from Earth (2007).