Happiness (1998)

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NR | 2 hr 15 mins | Drama | Released: 10/16/1998 |Box Office Total: $2.9M

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Synopsis:

Joy, Trish, and Helen are the Jordan sisters from New Jersey. Joy is the non-achiever, Trish is married with three kids, and Helen is a successful author. Trish's husband Bill is a psychiatrist who counts among his patients an overweight, sexually frustrated loner named Allen who is obsessed with his next door neighbor who just happens to be Helen. Bill is not altogether stable either. This becomes clear as he fantasizes about mowing down families in the park with an assault rifle and masturbates to pictures in a teen magazine. He has also developed an unhealthy fascination with his 11-year-old son's friend Johnny. Allen has been making prank calls to Helen who suddenly snaps and challenges him to come over and do all the nasty things he's been threatening. He chickens out only to find solace in another neighbor, the hefty Kristina. The sisters' parents are breaking up after 40 years and Bill has a frank exchange with his son Billy where he admits that Billy is the focus of his sexual desire.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/16/1998

Director	Credit
Todd Solondz	Director
Alan Oxman	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Jane Adams	Joy Jordan
Jon Lovitz	Andy Kornbluth
Philip Seymour Hoffman	Allen
Dylan Baker	Bill Maplewood
Lara Flynn Boyle	Helen Jordan
Cynthia Stevenson	Trish Maplewood
Rufus Read	Billy Maplewood
Louise Lasser	Mona Jordan
Ben Gazzara	Lenny Jordan
Camryn Manheim	Kristina
Jared Harris	Vlad
Marla Maples	Ann Chambeau
Elizabeth Ashley	Diane Freed
Justin Elvin	Timmy Maplewood
Lila Glantzman-Leib	Chloe Maplewood
Gerry Becker	Psychiatrist
Arthur Nascarella	Detective Berman
Molly Shannon	Nancy
Ann Harada	Kay
Douglas McGrath	Tom
Dr Eric Marcus	Courteous Waiter
Eytan Mirsky	Angry Picketer
Lisa Louise Langford	Radical Picketer
Anne Bobby	Rhonda
Socorro Santiago	Crying Teacher
Allison Furman	Consoling Teacher
Wai Ching Ho	Student No 1
Bina Sharif	Student No 2
Tsepo Mokone	Student No 3
Dan Moran	Joe Grasso
Evan Silverberg	Johnny Grasso
Hope Pomerance	Hysterical Woman
Matt Malloy	Doctor
Dan Tedlie	Don
Marina Gaizidorskaia	Zhenia
Johann Carlo	Betty Grasso
Joe Lisi	Police Detective
Jose Rabelo	Pedro
Diane Tyler	Janet
Olga Stepanova	Zhenia's Mother
Production Credits	Credit
Ted Hope	Producer
David Linde	Executive Producer
Christine Vachon	Producer
James Schamus	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Good Machine Releasing	Production Company
Killer Films	Production Company
Livingstone Pictures	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Trimark Pictures	Domestic Video Distributor
Good Machine Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Filmcooperative	Theatrical Distributor
ID Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Skifan	Theatrical Distributor
BIM	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Prokino	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Fine Line/Lider Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New Jersey, USA
Writer	Credit
Todd Solondz	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Joyce Hsieh	Production Accountant
Nadia Benamara	Assistant Accountant - accounting intern
Shawn D Wilson	Post-Production Accountant
Michael Meere	Assistant Production Accountant
Ross Miller	Production Insurance - production insurance provider
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Nakako Yamamoto	Animal Wrangler - dog handler
Art Department	Credit
Sara Kugelmass	Assistant Set Decorator
Sam McConnell	Art Department - art intern
Anton Graham	Set Dresser
Brian Buteau	Lead Set Dresser
Therese DePrez	Production Designer
Andromache Chalfant	Assistant Set Decorator
Denise J Grillo	Set Dresser
Allison Shigo	Art Department - art intern
Zachary Jasie	Set Dresser
Miyuki Yoshihara	Art Department - art intern
Michael N Horan	Set Dresser
Nicole Boesch	Art Department - art intern
Joseph Logan	Set Dresser
Catherine Bayley	Art Department - art intern
Melissa P Lohman	Set Dresser
Makiko Endo	Art Department - art intern
Aaron Tichenor	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Ann Goulder	Casting
Byron Crystal	Extras Casting
Rebecca L Murray	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Karen E Etcoff	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Alan Smith	Craft Service - craft services
Elliot Earle	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Jonathan Weaver	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
David Pultz	Color Timer
Nate Havens	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
Joe Arcidiacono	Camera - camera crane operator
Maryse Alberti	Director of Photography
Stephen Kazmierski	Photography
Caroline Kazlas	Camera Assistant - camera intern
Storn Peterson	Photography - 2nd unit photography (2nd Unit)
Antonio Rossi	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Danya Reich	Camera Assistant
Henny Garfunkel	Photography - stills photographer
Christopher B Green	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Mia Barker	Camera Assistant
Matt Flannery	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Melissa Soltis	Camera Assistant
Thomas Downey	Camera Assistant
Bart Blaise	Camera Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Good Machine International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Sue Bodine	Legal Services
Andrea F Cannistraci	Legal Services
John Limotte	Legal Services
Music	Credit
Richard Kerr	Song
Robbie Kondor	Music
Robbie Kondor	Music Producer - score producer
Robbie Kondor	Music Performer - keyboards and penny whistle
Susan Jacobs	Music Supervisor
Barry Manilow	Song Performer
Randall Swanson	Music Conductor
Pamela Sklar	Flutist - flute
Andrew Schenck	Music Conductor - conductor piano concerto
Roger Squitero	Music Performer - percussion
Frank Egan	Music - assistant music editor
Scott English	Song
Anatoly Aleshin	Song Performer
Montovani	Song Performer
Joe Brooks	Song
Dave Spinozza	Music - guitar
Sandy Park	Music Performer - violin
Ira Siegal	Music - guitar
Mary Rowell	Music Performer - violin
Graham Russell	Song
Air Supply	Song Performer
Sharon Yamada	Music Performer - violin
Danny Wilensky	Music - sax & flute
Vladimir Mozenkov	Song Performer
Clive Davis	Song
Matthew LaMonica ('Boomer')	Music - music mixing engineer
Richard Locker	Music Performer - cello
Vladimir Mozenkov	Song
Michael Stipe	Song Performer
Kazuhito Yamashita	Music Performer
Rain Phoenix	Song Performer
Yevgeny Davidov	Song
Victoria Gross	Music - music recording engineer
Bob Montero	Music - music production coordinator
St Clement Concert Choir & Orchestra	Music Performer
Samuel Barber	Music Performer - piano concerto
Antonio Vivaldi	Music
The London Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer - piano concerto performer
Jane Adams	Music
Eytan Mirsky	Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Music
Larry Saltzman	Music - guitar & title performer
Michael Fumento	Music - drums
Michael Nordberg	Music - bass
Production Management	Credit
Kimberly N Fajen	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Jude Gorjanc	Assistant Director
Eva M. Kolodner	Unit Production Manager
Chloe Conroy	Location Coordinator - locations coordinator
Shannon Bowen	Location Scout
Stephen Carr ('Sparky')	Location Assistant
James Price	Assistant Location Manager
Fred Widland	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant production office coordinator
T Whelan	Location Manager
Ross Katz	Post-Production Supervisor
Pamela Koffler	Line Producer
Fabio Arber	Location Manager
Emily Sherman	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Cindy Craig	Assistant Director
Ged Dickersin	Location Scout
Elayne Keratsis	Unit Production Manager
Andrew Federman	Location Assistant
John G Karliss	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Alexander Cohen	Location Assistant
Lynn Powers	Location Scout
Michael Dallas	Location Scout
Chris Collins	Location Assistant
Elizabeth Klenk	Location Scout
Christie Mullen	Location Scout
Mimi Turner	Location Scout
Betsy Shankin	Location Scout
Leah A Weintraub	Location Scout
Publicity	Credit
Jeff Hill	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Jessica Wing	Assistant Sound Editor
Jonah Lawrence	Sound Designer
Nicholas Montgomery	Foley Artist
David Wayne Powers	Sound - production mixer
Neil Danziger	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Laurel Ann Bridges	Boom Operator
Tom Efinger	Sound Editor
Michael Barry	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Damian Volpe	Sound Designer
Eric Toline	Boom Operator
Curtis Hines ('Finale')	Boom Operator
Betsy Nagler	Boom Operator
Jaime Reyes	Boom Operator
Visual Effects	Credit
Ethan Adelman	Animator - cartoonist
Drew Jiritano	Special Effects
Anna Beckman	Animator - cartoonist
Dean Haspiel	Animator - cartoonist
Benjamin Harris	Animator - cartoonist
Matthew Herrick	Animator - cartoonist
Gary Leib	Animator - cartoonist
Phillip Ristaino	Animator - cartoonist
Jonathan Waks	Animator - cartoonist
Jim Ryan	Animator - cartoonist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Gianna Sparacino	Hair - hair design
Lynn True	Wardrobe Assistant
Nicki Ledermann	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Pamela Kezal	Wardrobe Supervisor
Natalya Khorover	Assistant Costume Designer
Kathryn Nixon	Costume Designer
Kerrie R Plant	Hair - hair & make-up
Oliver Wolf Wehner	Wardrobe Assistant

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