Down to Earth (2001)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 35 mins | Comedy, Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Adaptation | Released: 2/16/2001 |Box Office Total: $64.1M

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Synopsis:

Lance Barton is a struggling comedian with one mission on his mind: landing a slot at the final Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre. Lance has one little problem though - he ain't that funny. However, an inept emissary from heaven is about to hit him with a much bigger problem when he mistakenly plucks Lance from a traffic accident - before it takes place. Since, by heavenly rule, no man gets into heaven before his time, and the choice of returning to his own body on Earth is impossible, Lance reluctantly agrees to occupy the body of a wealthy old white mogul, Charles Wellington, until a more suitable body can be found. Living in the body of a callous old white man would be bizarre enough for Lance without falling in love with Sontee, the beautiful woman publicly battling Wellington's company, while having to defend himself against Wellington's cheating wife and her plot to have him killed.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
2/16/2001

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Chris Weitz	Director
Paul Weitz	Director
Cast	Credit
Chris Rock	Lance Barton
Chazz Palminteri	Mister King
Regina King	Sontee Jenkins
Eugene Levy	Mister Keyes
Frankie Faison	Whitney Daniels
Mark Addy	Cisco
Greg Germann	Winston Sklar
Jennifer Coolidge	Mrs Wellington
Wanda Sykes	Wanda
John Cho	Phil Quon
Laz Alonso	BET Announcer
Woodrow W. Asai	Asian Man
Chris Ausnit	Protestor
Jernard Burks	Man in Wheelchair
Mary Burton	Reporter outside Hospital
Bryetta Calloway	Gospel Singer
Martha Chaves	Rosa
Adam Dannheiser	Doorman
Dan Duran	Reporter
Reginald Footman	Dradlock's Buddy
Colin Fox	Director
Hollis Granville	Sick Person
Paul Hecht	Director
David Huband	Maitre'd-Serge
Jack Jessop	Director
Mario Joyner	Apollo MC
Harlin Kearsley	Mike Green
Kedar	Heckler
Roger Kugler	Hit Man
Ali LeRoi	Crazy Hostile Dradlock Guy
Herb Lovelle	Trashman
William Lynn	Elderly Man
Leah Miller	Party Girl (Tina Lovette)
Robin Montague	Woman in Balcony
Clem Moorman	Patient
Jack Newman	Middle Aged Guy(Bob Krantz)
Arnold Pinnock	Joe Guy
Michael Port	Mugger
Dennis Pressey	MC at Comedy Shack
Brian Rhodes	Charles Wellington
Kenny Robinson	Club MC
Paulette Sinclair	Blanche
David M Rodriguez	Flower Delivery Man
Gwen Stewart	Protestor
Linda Sithole	Protestor
Roma Torre	Herself
Mung Ling Tsui	Reporter inside Hospital
Scott Wickware	Bouncer
Production Credits	Credit
Kevin Hardesty	Associate Producer
Chris Rock	Executive Producer
Sean Daniel	Producer
James Jacks	Producer
Ali LeRoi	Associate Producer
Barry Berg	Executive Producer
Michael Rotenberg	Producer
Priscilla Nedd-Friendly	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Bang & 3 Arts Entertainment	Production Company
Roadshow Pictures	Production Company
NPV Entertainment	Production Company
Alphaville	Production Company
MFP	Production Company
GHS Productions KG	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Writer	Credit
Harry Segall	Play as Source Material
Ali LeRoi	Screenplay
Elaine May	From Story - from original screenplay
Paul Weitz	Writer
Chris Weitz	Writer
Warren Beatty	From Story - from original screenplay
Chris Rock	Screenplay
Louis C.K.	Screenplay
Lance Crouther	Screenplay
Chris Weitz	Screenplay
Paul Weitz	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Kevin Landry	Production Auditor
Elizabeth A. Zagrany	Auditor - Assistant Auditor (New York)
David M Rodriguez	Auditor - Assistant Auditor
Jan Cosby	Auditor - Assistant Auditor
Andrew Sehler	Auditor - Assistant Auditor (New York)
Art Department	Credit
Gordon Sim	Set Decorator
Thomas A McDermott	Lead Person (New York)
Elis Lam	Set Designer
Tim Campbell	Scenic Artist (Toronto)
Beth Gilinsky	Art Department Coordinator (Toronto)
Christopher Hebel	Charge Scenic Painter - Charge Scenic (New York)
David G Fremlin	Assistant Art Director (Toronto)
Kathy Altman	Set Dresser (Toronto)
Paul Peters	Production Designer
Dennis Davenport	Art Director
Jack Waga	Art Department - Art Department Apprentice (Toronto)
Luke Gibson	Scenic Artist - Head Scenic (Toronto)
Beth Kushnick	Set Decorator
John Kasarda	Art Director
Dimitri Apletcheff	Set Dresser (New York)
Michael Shocrylas	Assistant Art Director (Toronto)
Keith Sly	Lead Person (Toronto)
Alyson Wellins	Art Department Coordinator (New York)
John Bannister	Scenic Artist - Chief Scenic Artist (Toronto)
Nick Gazda	Assistant Art Director (Toronto)
Guido DeCurtis	Set Dresser (New York)
David Evans	Set Dresser (Toronto)
Alex Marinkovich	Assistant Art Director (Toronto)
Robert Braun	Scenic Artist (New York)
Richard Vilas Montesanto	Scenic Artist (New York)
Joan Winters	Assistant Art Director (New York)
Casting	Credit
Joseph Middleton	Casting
LA MadDogs	Voice Casting
Dena Berman	Casting Assistant (New York)
Lee Genick	Extras Casting Assistant (New York)
Sylvia Fay	Extras Casting (New York)
Michelle Morris-Gertz	Casting Associate (New York)
Richard Whobrey	Casting Assistant (New York)
Robin Cook	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Sergei T. Franklin	Steadicam Operator (New York)
Michael Derbyshire	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (Toronto)
Patrick Capone	Camera Operator (New York)
Richard Crudo	Director of Photography
Ralph Brandofino	Photography - Assistant Photographer (New York)
Nicole Wiwchar	Loader - Film Loader (Toronto)
Jim Passon	Color Timer
Tom Houghton	Camera
Larry McConkey	Steadicam Operator (New York)
Jim Belletier	Photography - Assistant Photographer (New York)
Candide Franklyn	Camera Operator (Toronto)
Scott Tinsley	Loader - Film Loader (New York)
Doug Hart	Photography - First Assistant Photographer (New York)
Joel Guthro	Camera Operator (Toronto)
Kyle Rudolph	Steadicam Operator (New York)
Carlos Omar Guerra	Photography - First Assistant Photographer (New York)
Michael Hall	Camera Operator (Toronto)
Glenn Pineau	Photography - First Assistant Photographer (Toronto)
Peter Luxford	Camera Operator (Toronto)
Christopher Raucamp	Photography - First Assistant Photographer (Toronto)
Christopher Norr	Camera Operator (New York)
Tom Weston	Camera Operator (New York)
Dave C. Sheridan	Photography - First Assistant Photographer (Toronto)
Diana Alvarez	Photography - Assistant Photographer (Toronto)
Nicole Blanchard	Photography - Assistant Photographer (Toronto)
Zsolt Kadar	Photography - Assistant Photographer (New York)
Kristan Enos	Photography - Second Assistant Photographer (New York)
Jennifer Stuart	Photography - Assistant Photographer (New York)
Krista Teague	Photography - Assistant Photographer (Toronto)
Marni Grossman	Photography - Still Photographer (Toronto)
David Lee	Photography - Still Photographer (New York)
Music	Credit
Jamshied Sharifi	Music
Ken Kushnick	Music Producer - executive music producer
Norm Dlugatch	Music Engineer - Music Technical Engineer
Sandy DeCrescent	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contrator
Charles Martin Inouye	Music Editor
Paul Wertheimer