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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)


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PG-13 | 1 hr 45 mins | Comedy, Fantasy | Released: 11/10/2006 |Box Office Total: $40.1M

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Synopsis:
One morning, a seemingly average and generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold’s carefully controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only he can hear, and when the voice declares that Harold Crick is facing imminent death, he realizes he must find out who is writing his story and persuade her to change the ending. The voice in Harold’s head turns out to be the once celebrated, but now nearly forgotten, novelist Karen “Kay” Eiffel, who is struggling to find an ending for what might be her best book. Her only remaining challenge is to figure out a way to kill her main character, but little does she know that Harold Crick is alive and well and inexplicably aware of her words and her plans for him. To make matters worse, Kay’s publisher has dispatched a hard-nosed “assistant,” Penny Escher, to force Kay to finish her novel and finish off Harold Crick. Desperate to take control of his destiny and avoid an untimely demise, Harold seeks help from a literary theorist named Jules Hilbert, who suggests that Harold might be able to change his fate by turning his story froma tragedy into a comedy. Professor Hilbert suggests that Harold try to follow one of comedy’s most elemental formulas: a love story between two people who hate each other. His suggestion leads Harold to initiate an unlikely romance with a free-spirited baker named Ana Pascal. As Harold experiences true love and true life for the first time, he becomes convinced that he has escaped his fate, as his story seems to be taking on all the trappings of a comedy in which he will not, and cannot, die. But Harold is unaware that in a Karen Eiffel tragedy, the lead characters always die at exactly the moment when they have the most to live for.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/10/2006
Studio Credit
Columbia Pictures Studio
Director Credit
Marc Forster Director
Cast Credit
Will Ferrell Harold Crick
Maggie Gyllenhaal Ana Pascal
Queen Latifah Penny Escher
Emma Thompson Kay Eiffel
Dustin Hoffman Professor Jules Hilbert
Kristin Chenoweth Anchorwoman
Tom Hulce Dr Cayly
Linda Hunt Dr Mittag-Leffler
Tony Hale Dave
William Dick Co-Worker #1
Guy Massey Male Co-Worker
Martha Espinoza Female IRS #1
Peter Grosz Co-Worker #2
TJ Jagodowski Another Co-Worker
Ricky Adams Young Boy
Christian Stolte Young Boy’s Father
Denise Hughes Carla
Peggy Roeder Polish Woman
Tonray Ho Female Co-Worker
Danny Rhodes Bakery Employee
Helen Young Customer
David Pompeii Customer #3
Linara Washington Bakery Employee #2
Larry Neumann Jr Homeless Man
John Mohriein Man with Hose
Bruce Jarchow Commuter
Bradley Mott Large Man on Bus
John Watson Sr Author #1
David Wiegers Customer with Mohawk
Jarrett Sleeper Customer #2
Karen Lloyd Customer #4
Keith Kupferer Foreman
Danny McCarthy Crew Member
Tab Baker Another Crew Member
Thomas R Trojanowski Professor
Tim Simons Sales Representative
Christian Young ER Doctor
Arraon Hixson Young Man Patient
Brian Kelly Orderly
Whitney Sneed Nurse #2
Ray Kurut Doctor
Celeste Pechous Nurse #1
Cheryl Graeff Secretary
Michael Cook Doctor #3
Cheryl Lynn Bruce Check-In Nurse
Chet Dubowski Man in Tweed
Sia Moody Nurse #3
Jordan Keller Young Worker
Ora Jones Receptionist
Herb Lichtenstein Male IRS
Stacey Jackson Female IRS #2
Jordan Teplitz Old Man on Phone
Ricardo Guiterrez Squat Man
James Mazza Man on Bus
Oscar Roxas Another Man on Bus
Nadirah Bost Witness #1
Sandra Marquez Witness #2
Lacy Coil Witness #3
Will Clinger Witness #4
Albert Samuels Witness #5
Frank Caeti Witness #6
Andrew Rothenberg Doctor Mercator
Rengin Altay Nurse
Lucinda Kemp Carla’s Co-Worker #1
Donna Watkins Carla’s Co-Worker #2
Julien Heron Animal Attack V.O. #1
Lora Cain Animal Attack V.O. #2
Bob Papenbrook Animal Attack V.O. #3
Mike McColl Animal Attack V.O. #4
Production Credits Credit
Lindsay Doran Producer
Aubrey Henderson Co-Producer
Nathan Kahane Executive Producer
Joe Drake Executive Producer
Jim Miller Co-Producer
Eric Kopeloff Executive Producer
Production Companies Credit
Mandate Pictures Production Company Production Company
Three Strange Angels Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
Sony Pictures International Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sam Film (Iceland) Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Domestic Video Distributor
KRS Film Distributors Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations  
Chicago, Illinois, USA  
Writer Credit
Zach Helm Screenplay
Accounting Credit
Christine Pawlowski Auditor
Dina Valenzuela Post-Production Accountant
Mary Sunshine Production Accountant
Adrienne Swan Assistant Accountant
Jennifer Hunt Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Harold R. Caldwell Assistant Accountant
Kenn Kaye Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Janet Place Production Accountant
Richard Gariepy Production Accountant
Art Department Credit
Katie Gajewski Art Assistant - Art Production Assistant
Tony Barracca Lead Person - Leadman
Frank D Dambra Scenic Artist - Charge Scenic Artist
Ford Wheeler Set Decorator
Kevin Thompson Production Designer
Kristin Hanson Art Department - Art Coordinator
Craig Jackson Art Director
Tom Gagnon Swing Gang
Jon Nicholson Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Kerry Sanders Set Designer
Freddie Mikels Scenic Artist - Stand By Scenic
Daryl Ziemke Swing Gang
Kim Merlin Set Decorator - Set Decorator Production Assistant
Tanja Deshida Art Department - Buyer
Charles Delgreco Swing Gang
Juan Vela Swing Gang
Casting Credit
Francine Maisler Casting
Clare Morris Extras Casting Assistant
Joan Philo Extras Casting - Extras Casting Director
Loriel Samaras Extras Casting Assistant
Judy Cook Extras Casting
Kathleen Driscoll-Mohler Casting
Cicely D Harris Extras Casting Assistant
Bridget Quinn Extras Casting Assistant
Jocleyn Delk Extras Casting Assistant
Craft Services Credit
Jane Bard Craft Service
Lloyd Thomas Catering - Four Star Catering
Walter Gaynor Craft Service
Ben Hammer Catering - Catering Assistant
Kori Jacobson Catering - Pastry Chef
James L Thomson Craft Service
Victor Lizardo Catering - Cook
Chris Harding Craft Service - Craft Service Production Assistant
Derek A Schwebel Craft Service - Craft Service Production Assistant
Emmanuel Reyes Catering - Cook
Kevin Holmes Catering - Assistant Chef
Aengus MacNeil Craft Service
David Kreger Catering - Assistant Chef
Matt Carlson Catering - Assistant Chef
Jose Flores Catering - Catering Chef
Hector Salinas Catering - Chef’s Assistant
Film Camera Credit
Roberto Schaefer Director of Photography
Paul Bode Assistant Camera
Kevin Boyd Film Lab - 24 Frame Coordinator
Kevin Boyd Video Assist/Playback - Key Video Assist
Johnathan Clark Camera - Camera Intern
Dan Urbain Loader - Camera Loader
Joe Uddo Video - “B Roll” Videographer
Mike Sowa Color Timer - Digital Color Timer
Ralph Nelson Photography - Still Photographer
David Morenz Camera Assistant - B Camera First Assistant
Jim McConkey Camera Operator
Harry Muller Color Timer - Deluxe Color Timer
Ted Lichtenheld Camera Operator
Bob Faison Camera Assistant - Additional Camera First Assistant
Alex Cacciarelli Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Peter Morenz Loader - Camera Loader
Andrew A Smith Film Lab - 24 Frame Operator
Daniel Schroer Assistant Camera
Robin Bursey Loader - Camera Loader
Joe Williams Camera Operator
Rick Whitfield Film Lab - 24 Frame Operator
Matt Gaumer Assistant Camera
Dean M Simmon Camera Assistant - Additional Camera First Assistant
Mike Shaheen Film Lab - 24 Frame Operator
Faries Anderson Camera Operator
K C Capek Camera Assistant - Additional Camera Second Assistant
Michael Kohnhorst Camera Operator
Matthew Gulley Camera Assistant - Camera Production Assistant
Andre Trejo Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Support
Steven Wojcik Camera Operator
Zachary Gannaway Camera Operator - Crash Camera Operator
Music Credit
Brian Reitzell Music Supervisor
Roger Neill Orchestrations
Justin Stanley Score Mixing - Score Mixer
Britt Daniel Song
Britt Daniel Original Music - Music
Spoon Song Performer
Erica Weis Music Editor
Brian Reitzell Original Music - Music
Mike Andrews Song
Mike Andrews Song Performer
M83 Song
M83 Song Performer
Wreckless Eric Song
Wreckless Eric Song Performer
Cyann and Ben Song Performer
Vangelis Song
Vangelis Song Performer
Max Richter Song
Max Richter Song Performer
The Upsetters Song
The Upsetters Song Performer
Califone Song
Califone Song Performer
The Pretenders Song
The Pretenders Song Performer
Electalane Song
Electalane Song Performer
Paul Weller Song
Francis Lai Song
The Jam Song Performer
Godspeed You Black Emperor! Song Performer
Physical Effects Credit
Tim McHenry Stunt Double - Harold Stunt Double
Tom Lowell Stunts - Stunt Driver #1
Rick LeFevour Stunt Coordinator
Jim Mammoser Stunt Player - Stunt Player #1
Pee Wee Piemonte Stunt Coordinator
Rich Wilkie Stunt Player - Stunt Player #2
Tobiasz Daszkiewicz Stunts - Stunt Driver #2
Richard L Lefevour Stunt Double
Jim Fierro Stunts - Stunt Driver #3
Linda Perlin Stunt Double
Mark Harper Stunts - Stunt Driver #4
Tom McComas Stunts - Stunt Driver #4
Frank Calzavara Stunts - Stunt Driver #5
Ed Fernandez Stunts - Stunt Driver #5
Kevin Sorenson Stunts - Stunt Driver #5
Jodi Starnes Stunts - Stunt Driver #5
Natalie Meyer Stunts - Stunt Driver #6
Bob Stuart Stunts - Stunt Player #3
Jim Mammoser Stunts - Stunt Driver #7
Dan Maldanado Stunts - Street Sweeper Driver
Tobiasz Dasziewicz Stunts - Bus Driver
Carl Paoli Stunts - Stunt Utility
Alicia Skirball Stunts - Stunt Utility
Production Management Credit
Michael Lerman Assistant Director
Kate Amer Production Coordinator
Stephen Andrzejewski Location Manager
Alicia Accardo Script Supervisor
Hans C Ritter Line Producer
Stefan Nikolov Assistant Location Manager
Margaret J Orlando Assistant Production Coordinator
Karyn McCarthy Unit Production Manager
Cory McCrum-Abdo Post-Production Supervisor
Lisa Looney Production Supervisor
Chad Sustin Post-Production Coordinator
Sarah Kayser Location Assistant
Rosa Yang Kato Assistant Location Manager
Peter Thorell Assistant Director
Sean O'Reilly Location Assistant - Locations Production Assistant
Eric Kopeloff Unit Production Manager
Adri Siriwatt Location Assistant - Locations Production Assistant
Alyson Latz Assistant Director
Brian S Kalata Assistant Location Manager
Justin Lieb Location Assistant - Locations Production Assistant
Gretchen Brown Assistant Location Manager
Sonia Bhalla Assistant Director
Jason Camp Location Assistant - Locations Production Assistant
Martin Hudson Assistant Location Manager - Set Assistant Location Manager
Publicity Credit
Will Casey Unit Publicist
Sound Credit
Greg Zimmerman ADR - ADR Recordist
Greg Steele ADR Mixer
John Cannon Assistant Sound Editor
Bruce Nyznik ADR/Dialogue Editor
Blair Scheller Boom Operator
John Roesch Foley Artist
Geoffrey G Rubay Supervising Sound Editor
Geoffrey G Rubay Sound Designer
John Pospisil Sound Effects - Special Sound Effects
Mary Jo Lang Foley Mixer
Geoff Rubay Foley Editor
Geoff Rubay Sound Editor
Scott Millan Sound Mixer
Bob Deschaine ADR Mixer
Michael Semanick Sound Mixer
Tami Treadwell ADR - ADR Recordist
Ronald L Wright Boom Operator - 2nd Boom
David Weisberg ADR Mixer
Joe Cappelletti ADR - Loop Group/Voice Casting
David Obermeyer Sound Mixer
Visual Effects Credit
Gunnar Hansen Visual Effects Supervisor
Eddy Chan CGI Artist
Charles Le Guen CG Supervisor
George DiSalvo Special Effects Assistant
Dimitri Delacovias Matte Painter
Frank R Krenmuller Special Effects Foreman
Katie Kerr Visual Effects - Visual Effects Production Assistant
Tarn Fox Digital Effects Artist - Lead Compositor
Andy Hague Visual Effects Editor
Kevin Tod Haug Visual Effects Designer
Don Parsons Special Effects Coordinator
Leslie McMinn Visual Effects Producer
Jacques Levesque Digital Effects - Digital Compositor
Gia Sadhwani Animator
Nik Brownlee Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope
Leonardo Silva 3-D Artist
Meinert Hansen Character Design - Watch Character Design
Alain LaChance Compositing Supervisor - Supervising Compositor
Bruce Strong Special Effects - Set Special Effects
John Underkoffler Software Engineer
David Waine Special Effects Coordinator
Mai-Ling Lee 3-D Artist
Marc Massicotte Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Louis Desrochers CGI Artist
Alain LaChance Visual Effects Supervisor
Sarah Barker Visual Effects Editor
Scott Taylor Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope
Katie Wells Visual Effects Producer - Executive Producer
Rich Lee Software Engineer
Robert Sethi Animator
Ryan Hansen Special Effects Assistant - Special Effects Production Assistant
Dan Sokolowski Special Effects - Set Special Effects
Etienne Daigle Digital Effects - Digital Compositor
Christian Irles CG Supervisor
Pete O’Connell Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Angela De Palma Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Martin Ciastko Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Mathieu Tremblay Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Carole Bouchard Visual Effects Producer - Executive Producer
Margarida Leong 3-D Artist
Charles Richer Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Mike Neely Software Engineer
Jack Jennings Special Effects
Paul Birkett Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope
Simon Marinof CG Supervisor
Jay Randall Visual Effects Supervisor
Danny Levesque CGI Artist
Raymond Gieringer Visual Effects Supervisor
Jean-Yves Martel Visual Effects Producer - Executive Producer
Konstantin Hristozov Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Jean-Pierre Riverin CGI Artist
Russ Bowers Software Engineer
Jason Maher 3-D Artist
Chris Cline Special Effects
Jean Boucher Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Danny Duchesneau Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Stephen James Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope
Dayne Cowan CG Supervisor
Philippe Desiront Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Mehrdad Tavakkolian 3-D Artist
Soufiane Touzline Compositing Supervisor - Compositor
Jeff Klug Software Engineer - Systems Administrator
Martial Vincent Visual Effects Producer - Executive Producer
Joe Walker Special Effects
Jean-Francois Morissette CGI Artist
Mohammad Ghorbankarimi Visual Effects Supervisor
Liam Tully Visual Effects - Studio Assistant
Zelda Tinska Visual Effects - Studio Assistant
Charles Granger Digital Effects Artist - Lead Compositor
Chloe Grysole Visual Effects Producer
Mahvash Tehrani 3-D Artist
Scott Parker Software Engineer - Systems Administrator
Krista Allain Visual Effects - Visual Effects Production Manager
Stephane Paradis Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Marc A Rousseau Visual Effects Producer
Lon Molnar Visual Effects - Visual Effects Creative Advisor
Michel Heroux Visual Effects Producer
Thai Son Doan Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Martin Larrivee Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Michael Hatton Visual Effects - Visual Effects Technical Advisor
Wendy Lanning Visual Effects Producer
Ron Frankel Digital Effects Artist - Previs Supervisor
Louise Baker Digital Effects Artist - Previs Artist
Adrian Banton Digital Effects Artist - VFX Supervisor
andy taylor Digital Effects Artist - VFX Producer
Helen Wood Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Clancy Silver Digital Effects Artist - Lead Compositor
Artin Aryaei Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Kris Carson Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Danny Lee Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Sam Lee Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Ciaran O'Connor Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Hojin Park Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Geoff Sayer Digital Effects Artist - Digital Fusion Compositing Artist
Ken Lam Digital Effects Artist - Digital Matte Artist
Peter Dydo Digital Effects Artist - Additional Digital Artist
Jason Kolodziejczak Digital Effects Artist - Additional Digital Artist
Ethan Lee Digital Effects Artist - Additional Digital Artist
Jim Maxwell Digital Effects Artist - Additional Digital Artist
Tom Steadman Digital Effects Artist - Matchmover
Wardrobe Hair Makeup Credit
Lizzie Cook Set Costumer
Lisa Layman Makeup - Makeup Department Head
Marylou Lim Costumer
Paula Kaatz Wardrobe Supervisor
Frank L Fleming Costume Designer
Lisa Frucht Assistant Costume Designer
Frances Mathias Hair - Hair Department Head
Eileen McCahill Costume Supervisor
Laverne Caracuzzi-Milazzo Makeup Artist - Key Makeup Artist
Claire Connelly Costume Coordinator - Costume Department Coordinator
Deborah K Dee Hair
Sukari McGill Set Costumer
Valli O'Reilly Makeup
Agnes M Gibicar Hair
Julie Yrjanson Set Costumer
Kathleen Misko Set Costumer

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