The Love Guru (2008)

Director:

Marco Schnabel

Writers (WGA):

Mike Myers (written by) &
Graham Gordy (written by)

Release Date:

20 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

His Karma is Huge

Plot:

Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.

Plot Keywords:

Guru | Hockey | Chastity Belt | Mistake | Sex Toys

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Mike Myers	...	Maurice / Guru Pitka / Young Pitka / Teenage Pitka / Himself
Jessica Alba	...	Jane Bullard
Justin Timberlake	...	Jacques 'Le Coq' Grande
Romany Malco	...	Darren Roanoke
Meagan Good	...	Prudence Roanoke
Ben Kingsley	...	Guru Tugginmypudha
Verne Troyer	...	Coach Punch Cherkov
Jessica Simpson	...	Herself
Kanye West	...	Himself
Deepak Chopra	...	Himself
Rob Blake	...	Himself
Manu Narayan	...	Rajneesh
John Oliver	...	Dick Pants
Stephen Colbert	...	Jay Kell
Jim Gaffigan	...	Trent Lueders
Omid Djalili	...	Guru Satchabigknoba
Telma Hopkins	...	Lillian Roanoke
Daniel Tosh	...	Cowboy Hat
Rob Huebel	...	Frat Guy
Rob Gfroerer	...	Sickly Nerd
Robert Cohen	...	Nerd (as Rob Cohen)
Linda Kash	...	Female Reporter
Bob Bainborough	...	Assistant Coach
Gotham Chopra	...	Deepak (Early 20s)
Suresh John	...	Indian Man
Trevor Heins	...	Young Pitka
Jaan Padda	...	Young Deepak
Sean Cullen	...	Referee
Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang	...	Angry Fan
Matt Baram	...	EMT #1
Boyd Banks	...	EMT #2
Samantha Bee	...	Cinnabon Cashier
Garry Robbins	...	Biker
Peter Schoelier	...	Uncle Jack
Ben Gans	...	Goal Post Judge
Taylor Flood	...	11-Year-Old Girl #1
Alexia Filippeos	...	11-Year-Old Girl #2
Shakti Kupil	...	Sanjay
Graham Gordy	...	DJ
Michelle Marshall	...	Oprah Winfrey (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sachin Bhatt	...	Group Dancer
Dani Jazzar	...	Dancer
Susana Baker	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Jessica Barrow	...	Puck Bunny / Cheering Stripper (uncredited)
Jasmine Chase	...	Puck Bunny / Cheering Stripper (uncredited)
Wayne Curnew	...	Bar Thug (uncredited)
Sima Fisher	...	Puck Bunny / Cheering Stripper (uncredited)
Chris Giroux	...	Toronto Hockey Fan (uncredited)
Sepideh Haftgoli	...	Persian Beauty (uncredited)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Herself (uncredited)
Miranda Jade	...	Puck Bunny / Cheering Stripper (uncredited)
Julia Jalinskaia	...	Curious Bar Girl (uncredited)
Kashif Khan	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Val Kilmer	...	Himself (uncredited)
Dave Kiner	...	Chanting Follower (uncredited)
Laura Landauer	...	Celine Dion (uncredited)
Sharlene Merchant	...	Persian Beauty (uncredited)
Brooke Stone	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Neil Whitely	...	LA Kings Trainer (uncredited)

Directed by
Marco Schnabel

Writing credits (WGA)
Mike Myers		(written by) &
Graham Gordy		(written by)

Produced by
Gary Barber	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	executive producer
Michael De Luca	....	producer
Sean Gannet	....	associate producer
Graham Gordy	....	associate producer
Donald J. Lee Jr.	....	producer
Mike Myers	....	producer
Alli Shearmur	....	production executive

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
Peter Deming		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lee Haxall
Gregory Perler
Billy Weber

Casting by
Kathleen Chopin

Production Design by
Charles Wood

Art Direction by
Dennis Davenport
David G. Fremlin

Set Decoration by
Gordon Sim

Costume Design by
Karen Patch

Makeup Department
Crist Ballas	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Alessondra Bastianoni	....	assistant makeup artist
Allan Cooke	....	special makeup effects artist
Joel Harlow	....	sculptor
Christine Hart	....	makeup department head
Burton J. LeBlanc	....	assistant makeup artist
Michael Marino	....	additional makeup effects
Patricia Medina	....	assistant hair stylist
Neil Morrill	....	special makeup effects artist
Jennifer Bower O'Halloran	....	head hair department
Christopher Pizzerelli	....	makeup artist
Robert Ramos	....	hair stylist: Jessica Alba
Dawn E. Rivard	....	wig builder
Tricia Sawyer	....	makeup artist: Jessica Alba
Mike Smithson	....	makeup concept designer
Ron Stefaniuk	....	special makeup effects artist
Teresa Valenzuela	....	wigmaker
Tim Mogg	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Stephanie Pasicov	....	makeup artist: New York (uncredited)

Production Management
Erica Kay	....	production supervisor: New York
Stuart Macphee	....	post-production supervisor
Nadia Paine	....	production supervisor
Jim Powers	....	unit production manager
Shamika Pryce	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeff J.J. Authors	....	first assistant director (as Jeff Authors)
Susan M. Bell	....	dga trainee
David Berke	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Jack Boem	....	second assistant director: hockey unit
Penny Charter	....	second assistant director
Doug Coleman	....	second unit director
Tyler Delben	....	third assistant director
Mark Robert Ellis	....	second unit director: hockey unit (as Mark Ellis)
Alan Goluboff	....	first assistant director: hockey unit
Curtis Harrison	....	assistant director: hockey unit
Kathryn Hughes	....	trainee assistant director
Jonnie Katz	....	assistant director: crowd scenes
David C. Malcolm	....	third assistant director: hockey unit
Maggie Murphy	....	second assistant director: New York
Jim Nickas	....	second assistant director: New York
Fatima Palhetas	....	assistant director
Jon Poll	....	second unit director
Eric S. Potechin	....	second assistant director
Siluck Saysanasy	....	third assistant director
Jennifer Zabawa	....	daily assistant director

Art Department
Tory Bellingham	....	property master
Joe Curtin	....	construction coordinator
J.C. Cuthbert	....	art department researcher
Ann-Marie Ferney-Tellez	....	props buyer
Jason Graham	....	first assistant art director
Jason Graham	....	graphic artist
Sanford Kong	....	concept illustrator
Matthew Lammerich	....	key scenic artist
Meaghan Lynch	....	assistant art director
Eugene McCarthy	....	property master
Garrett O'Donoghue	....	storyboard artist: Curious Pictures
Dan Owens	....	set dresser
H. Nancy Pak	....	clearance and placement coordinator
Gord Peterson	....	first assistant art director
Jeff Poulis	....	assistant property master
Ron Stefaniuk	....	specialty prop designer/builder
Rob Valeriote	....	carpenter
Grant Van Der Slagt	....	set designer
Joel Venti	....	storyboard artist
Ian C. Harris	....	daily construction laborer (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Bach	....	dialogue/adr supervisor
Bob Beher	....	supervising foley editor (as Bob Behr)
Howard Carle	....	adr mixer
Bruce Carwardine	....	sound mixer
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Gavin Coford	....	boom operator
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Sean Garnhart	....	sound editor
Sean Garnhart	....	sound mixer: temp, New York
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Thomas Hayek	....	sound mixer: second unit
John 'Wheels' Hurlbut	....	on set Pro Tools operator
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound effects editor
Doug Johnston	....	sound mixer
David Kern	....	sound effects editor
Tim LeBlanc	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Timothy O. LeBlanc)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Walter Spencer	....	dialogue editor
Markus Wade	....	boom operator
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clayton Weber	....	first assistant sound editor
Robert Woolfson	....	sound mixer: second unit

Special Effects by
Carmen Albano	....	special effects crew
Tim Barraball	....	special effects assistant
Terry Doyle	....	on set special effects
Tomas Hartl	....	on set special effects
Gordon Hudson	....	on set special effects (as Gord Hudson)
John MacGillivray	....	special effects supervisor
Fiona MacPherson	....	on set special effects
David Reaume	....	special effects technician
Rob Sanderson	....	special effects coordinator
Ron Stefaniuk	....	animatronic animals and puppets creator
Daniel White	....	on-set special effects key (as Danny White)

Visual Effects by
Jon Alexander	....	digital artist: ILM
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist: Lola VFX
Casey Allen	....	senior flame artist
Spencer Armajo	....	digital compositor: hydraulx
Sean Bittinger	....	production & technical support: ILM
Erik Bruhwiler	....	compositing coordinator: Hydraulx
Nicholas Cerniglia	....	visual effects supervisor: RotoFactory
Christal Christensen	....	visual effects producer: RotoFactory
Eric D. Christensen	....	visual effects executive producer: RotoFactory (as Eric Christensen)
Bill Church	....	digital artist: Pacific Vision Productions
Trent Claus	....	Inferno artist: Lola VFX
Trent Claus	....	matte painter
John Coats	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Cameron Coombs	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Liz Crawford	....	visual effects producer: RotoFactory
Ryan Cromie	....	visual effects artist: modeling and texture painting, Soho VFX
Lance Lee Davis	....	digital compositor: Pacific Vision Productions (as Lance Davis)
Amy Daye	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Dave Dean	....	digital compositor
Julio Del Hierro	....	texture artist: Soho VFX
Luke De Souza	....	digital compositor
Christopher Dias	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Joseph DiValerio	....	visual effects designer
Warren Douglas	....	visual effects artist: modeling and texture painting, Soho VFX
Bill Dunphy	....	additional effects
Dan Feinstein	....	digital artist: ILM
Mark Scott Friedman	....	compositor: Space Monkey (as Mark Friedman)
Peter Frintrup	....	producer: main title
Johannes Gamble	....	digital artist: Pacific Vision Productions
Scott Gaynos	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Matthew Gilson	....	digital matte painter: Hydraulx
Anne Graham	....	digital artist: Pacific Vision Productions
Robert Greb	....	digital compositor
Joshua D. Greer	....	animator: Curious Pictures
Jon Grinberg	....	visual effects editor
Shyam Gurumoorthy	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Shyam Gurumoorthy	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Brian Hajek	....	compositor
Martin Hesselink	....	modeler
Eloisa Honrada	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Michael Honrada	....	digital effects artist
Bryan Howard	....	rigger: Soho VFX
Cha Min Hyun	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX (as Min Hyun Cha)
Marci Ichimura	....	matte painter
Marci Ichimura	....	visual effects producer: Curious Pictures
Chris Ingersoll	....	Inferno artist: Lola VFX
Chris Ingersoll	....	flame artist
Anna Ivanova	....	digital effects artist: modeling and texture painting, Soho VFX
David D. Johnson	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean Kennedy	....	digital artist: Pacific Vision Productions
Stephen Kennedy	....	digital artist: ILM (as Steve Kennedy)
Filip Kicev	....	animator: Soho VFX
Filip Kicev	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Steve Koch	....	digital artist: Pacific Vision Productions
Lewis Kofsky	....	visual effects producer: Curious Pictures
Michael Kowalski	....	visual effects producer
Daniel Kruse	....	digital lighter: Hydraulx
Benjamin Kutsko	....	Flame artist
Benjamin Kutsko	....	Inferno artist: Lola VFX (as Ben Kutsko)
Ilan Leizerovich	....	modeler: Soho VFX
Paul Lemeshko	....	digital effects artist: modeling and texture painting, Soho VFX
Erwin Lievre	....	digital artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Erik Liles	....	visual effects supervisor
Derick Loo	....	digital artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Doron Man	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Doron Man	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Seth Martiniuk	....	digital compositor
Bahador Mehrpouya	....	visual effects artist: modeling and texture painting, Soho VFX
Darshan Mehta	....	visual effects artist: modeling and texture painting, Soho VFX
Juan Melgoza	....	digital artist: RotoFactory, Inc.
Steve Mihaylov	....	digital artist: RotoFactory.Inc
Scott Minter	....	digital compositor
Toshiko Miura	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Mike Mombourquette	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Hailey Moore	....	texture artist
Travis Moore	....	digital artist
Steven Muniz	....	technical director: Curious Pictures
Daniel A. Murray	....	software engineer
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Brian Nugent	....	Flame artist
Brian Nugent	....	Inferno artist: Lola VFX
Ciaran O'Connor	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Dave Olivares	....	crowd simulation technical director: Soho VFX (as David Olivares)
Dave Olivares	....	massive technical director
Rob Olsen	....	matte painter: Lola VFX
Mihaela Orzea	....	digital compositor
Greg Paddock	....	digital artist: Pacific Vision Productions
Bruno Parenti	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Clark Parkhurst	....	Flame artist
Clark Parkhurst	....	compositor: Lola VFX
Seong Tae Park	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Eddie Pasquarello	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
James Pina	....	digital artist: RotoFactory, Inc.
Stewart Pomeroy	....	CG renderer: Space Monkey
Stewart Pomeroy	....	lighting technical director
Vasisht Ramachandran	....	modeler: Soho VFX
Jorge Razon	....	visual effects artist: Soho Vfx
Gizmo Rivera	....	compositor
Eric J. Robertson	....	digital compositor
David Rose	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Caner Salmanli	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Keith Sellers	....	crowd simulation technical director: Soho VFX
Keith Sellers	....	lighting technical director: Soho VFX
Bryan Smeall	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Kurt E. Soderling	....	visual effects cameraman
Somboun Souannhaphanh	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX (as Sombaun Souannhaphanh)
Frankie Stellato	....	modeler
Jeremiah Sweeney	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Sarah Swick	....	production coordinator: Soho VFX
Kenny Tam	....	modeling supervisor
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Radley Teruel	....	digital artist: RotoFactory, Inc.
Jeremy Thornhill	....	visual effects artist: matchmoving and rotoscope, Soho VFX
Lisa Todd	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Rene Tougeron	....	visual effects executive producer: RotoFactory
Pat Tubach	....	compositing supervisor: ILM (as Patrick Tubach)
Bruce Vecchitto	....	digital artist: ILM
Sean Wallitsch	....	Flame artist: Lola Visual Effects
Sean Wallitsch	....	Inferno artist: Lola VFX
Kyle Ware	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
C. Jerome Williams	....	paint artist: Hydraulx
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola VFX
Greg Winhall	....	compositor: Soho VFX
Andrew Winters	....	visual effects
Sunny Wong	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Jeff Wozniak	....	digital artist: ILM
Shuichi Yoshida	....	lead digital effects artist: RotoFactory, Inc.
Kai Zhang	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Rita E. Zimmerman	....	digital artist: ILM (as Rita Zimmerman)
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Guy Bews	....	stunt performer
Matt Birman	....	stunt performer
Brad Bunn	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunt coordinator
Brad Davis	....	stunts
Neil Davison	....	stunt performer
Jason Gosbee	....	stunt actor
Donald John Hewitt	....	utility stunts
Dana Jones	....	stunt performer
Jamie Jones	....	stunt coordinator
Stéphane Julien	....	stunt performer
Allen Keng	....	stunt double
Allen Keng	....	utility stunts
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt performer
Chris Mark	....	stunt actor
Duncan McLeod	....	stunt performer
Pazz Neglia	....	stunt actor
Jeffery Ong	....	stunt rigger
Louis Paquette	....	stunt performer
Edward A. Queffelec	....	utility stunts
Cheryl Quiacos	....	stunts
Allan Redford	....	stunt performer
Steve 'Shack' Shackleton	....	stunt double: Justin Timberlake
Steve 'Shack' Shackleton	....	stunt rigger
Leo Thomas	....	stunt double
Peter Yan	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Mir Toofan Afdasta	....	video assist
Stephen F. Andrich	....	director of photography: hockey unit (as Stephen Andrich)
Pierre Berube	....	rigging electrician
Brendan Bresnahan	....	key video assist operator
Rocky Brown	....	rigging electric
Ciaran Copelin	....	first assistant camera
Tim Davies	....	best boy grip: New York City
Robert K. Feldmann	....	key grip: New York City
Eric Felland	....	best boy electric: Promo
Roger Finlay	....	camera operator
Michael Galbraith	....	gaffer
Curtis Harrison	....	hockey videographer
Mark W. Hindle	....	24 frame video operator
Paul Hughen	....	director of photography: second unit
Robert Johnson	....	key grip
Alan G. Kelly	....	camera trainee
Jim Krauter	....	rigging grip
Andrew Learmonth	....	video assist: second unit
Ari Magder	....	second assistant camera
Sean Marjoram	....	daily electrician
Marvin Midwicki	....	camera operator
Sasha Proctor	....	second assistant camera
Sasha Proctor	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Marc Purdy	....	best boy grip
Herb Reischl Jr.	....	lighting technician
Ron Renzetti	....	dolly grip
Gerard Sava	....	Steadicam operator
Kurt E. Soderling	....	director of photography: aerial unit
Mark Willis	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Santiago Yniguez	....	sparrow head technician
Ian C. Harris	....	additional electrician (uncredited)
Ian C. Harris	....	rigging electrician: daily (uncredited)

Animation Department
Lewis Kofsky	....	animation producer

Casting Department
Robin D. Cook	....	casting: Canada
Luciano Silighini Garagnani	....	casting
Matthew Honovic	....	casting assistant
Julie Schubert	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Antony	....	costumer
Ciara Brennan	....	costume illustrator
Ciara Brennan	....	costume supervisor
Pauline Chung	....	assistant costume designer
Courtney Hess	....	costumer: additional photography
Leah Katznelson	....	assistant costume designer
Trelawnie Mead	....	personal dresser
Ahmad Zargaran	....	costume cutter
Ahmad Zargaran	....	tailor

Editorial Department
Carlos M. Castillón	....	second assistant editor
Chi Yoon Chung	....	assistant editor
Chris Farrow	....	post-production coordinator
Tom Foligno	....	assistant editor
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Samuel Huh	....	assistant editor
Esther Lee	....	digital intermediate producer
Richard B. Molina	....	first assistant editor
David Reon Nguyen	....	post-production assistant
Michael Polier	....	assistant editor
Zachary A. Schwartz	....	post-production assistant
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor
Jordan Wood	....	dailies assistant editor
Eric Ramistella	....	digital preview colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Mustafa Bhagat	....	music producer
George S. Clinton	....	conductor
George S. Clinton	....	orchestrator
Greg Dennen	....	music recordist
Mike Flicker	....	supervising music editor
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Mick Gormaley	....	music editor
Chris Hajian	....	music producer
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
John Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Kevin Houlihan	....	music coordinator
John 'Wheels' Hurlbut	....	music engineer
John 'Wheels' Hurlbut	....	music producer
Suzie Katayama	....	orchestrator
Steve Kempster	....	music scoring mixer
Steve Kempster	....	score recordist
Jamie Lowry	....	music editor
Larry Mah	....	ProTools operator
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Bryon Rickerson	....	music editor
Kevin Saber	....	additional music programmer
Richard Wheeler Jr.	....	scoring crew
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Regina Petrik	....	daily driver
Dave Staples	....	transportation coordinator
Ian C. Harris	....	daily driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Samantha Armstrong	....	script supervisor
Patrick Bevilacqua	....	production assistant
Michael Boidy	....	aerial crew
Coralie Brady	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Jas Chima	....	assistant: Marco Schnabel
Collin Creighton	....	assistant to producers
Laura DaSilva	....	office production assistant
Michael DeRoker	....	assistant to producer
Kristen Detwiler	....	assistant: Mr. De Luca
Russell Eida	....	assistant: Marco Schnabel
Andrea Eisen	....	on-set tutor
Michelle Elkin	....	assistant choreographer
Mark Robert Ellis	....	hockey coordinator (as Mark Ellis)
Mark Robert Ellis	....	hockey coordinator
Jay Floyd	....	clearance administrator
Tamara Gagarin	....	account executive
Christina Garner	....	accounting clerk
Bryn Garrison	....	location scout
Ian Gibson	....	office production assistant
Charlie Gray	....	animal wrangler: elephant
Jennifer Hamilton	....	associate choreographer
Marie-Claude Harnois	....	production coordinator
Todd M. Hofacker	....	assistant: Ben Kingsley
Morgan Hunwicks	....	travel coordinator
James Ireland	....	production assistant
Jude Jensen	....	stock footage researcher (as Jude Jansen)
Fred Kamping	....	location manager
Maggie Kusik	....	assistant accountant
Jordana Lieberman	....	production secretary
Eddie Lombardi	....	representative: Goldcrest Pictures Limited
Sheryl Main	....	unit publicist
Aimee McDaniel	....	assistant sports coordinator
Mark McFadden	....	assistant location manager
Brad McIlroy	....	on-set caterer
Peter McKernan	....	aerial coordinator: pilot
Eleanor Mendes	....	assistant to Mr. Lee and Mr. De Luca (Toronto )
Frank Meschkuleit	....	puppeteer
Sari Miettinen	....	production assistant
Denise Mora	....	second assistant accountant
Tony Murphy	....	representative: Goldcrest Pictures Limited
Christopher V. Nelson	....	technical advisor
Richard Parker	....	animal wrangler
Rick Parker	....	animal wrangler (as Richard Parker)
Lisa Perone	....	assistant production coordinator
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks	....	choreographer (as Marguerite Derricks)
Jeffery Pong	....	assistant location manager
Antonia Proscia	....	assistant accountant
Kristine Regier	....	office production assistant
Dan Reja	....	technical advisor: hockey
Jesse Rupert	....	first assistant payroll accountant
Sam Sklaver	....	assistant: mr. myers
Ron Stefaniuk	....	puppeteer
Jodi Tripi	....	stock footage researcher
Michael Vasquez	....	first assistant accountant
Cedric Warburton	....	on-set medic
Justin Weinberger	....	assistant to director: Marco Schnabel
Robert Pellerin	....	photo double (uncredited)
Robert Pellerin	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Scott Trimble	....	location scout: Los Angeles additional photography (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• Goldcrest Pictures (in association with)
• Internationale Filmproduktion Poseidon
• Michael De Luca Productions
• Nomoneyfun Films
• Spyglass Entertainment

Distributors

• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Japan (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Brainstorm Digital
• Curious Pictures (graphics and visual effects)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (visual effects)
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Pacific Vision Productions (visual effects)
• RotoFactory (visual effects)
• Soho VFX (visual effects)
• Space Monkey (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Digital Vortechs  Avid Editing Equipment Provided By
• Eastwood Scoring Stage  orchestra recorded at (as Warner Bros. Studios Eastwood Scoring Stage)
• Executive Cutting Service  negative cutting (as Executive Cutting)
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Hollywood Title  end titles
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Note That Score Music Service  music preparation
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Reel Team, The  voice casting
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Spacecam Systems  aerial cameras provided by
• Sportsrobe  costumes
• Star Waggons  hair and make-up trailers
• Star Waggons  star trailers
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  opticals
• Warner Brothers Post-Production Services  re-recorded at
• mOcean  main titles

Also Known As:

Der Love Guru (Germany)
Untitled Mike Myers Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44134) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

In 1998 it was reported that Mike Myers would be playing four characters in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the fourth being Austin's love guru. This character finally surfaced in a starring role in 2008.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the mini-office scene, after Jane holds Coach Cherkov back from attacking Pitka, he is shown sitting back in his chair, rolling it forward. However, after the camera cuts to a different angle, he is suddenly sitting back into the chair again.

Quotes:

Guru Pitka: It's a problem. Even Jay-Zed had 99 of them, and the bitch was not one of them!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Star Trek: Amok Time (#2.1)" (1967)

Soundtrack:

More than Words

An Opportunity Wasted by Self-Indulgence

Mike Myers is a talented guy, but this vehicle is an embarrassment. The funniest parts are gleefully juvenile, but they are, unfortunately, outnumbered by gags that are simply juvenile or, worse yet, juvenile and mean-spirited. For example, some of the jokes directed at Verne Troyer's character sound like they were uttered by a 15-year-old classroom bully, not written by an intelligent man in his forties. I'm all in favor of offending PC sensibilities whenever possible, but do it right: cracks about Keebler elves show are just stupid and artistically lazy.

More scenes of young Pitka might have explained better how he grew into the adult he became, and Rajneesh could have been fleshed out a bit. I suspect that a lot of character development and back story were left on the cutting room floor. What should have been cut were the cameos that were either pointless or self-referential without being truly funny.

The plot wasn't exactly Citizen Kane quality, but it could have worked with better writing. After all, if anything cries out for satiric treatment, it's the self-help and New Age movements. With such target-rich subject matter, how did Myers manage to make such a dud? I think that it's a case of plain self-indulgence. Jim Carrey and Robin Williams are two other talented, over-the-top funny men who do some of their best work when they show restraint and don't play themselves. Someone should have reined in Myers on this one.

For his penance, I suggest that he lay off comedy for a while and do a few dramatic roles - including supporting ones - as he did (quite well) in "54." Williams and Carrey have shown other dimensions of themselves in dramatic roles, and I'm sure Myers can, too.