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Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 40 mins | Comedy, Adaptation | Released: 3/21/2008 |Box Office Total: $41.9M

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Synopsis:

A single mother rediscovers the joys of family A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to makeends meet and keep her three kids off the street. But when she’s laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time – until a letter arrives announcing the death of a fathershe’s never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for thefuneral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father’s fun-loving, crassSouthern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed…and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/21/2008

Studio	Credit
Lionsgate	Studio
Director	Credit
Tyler Perry	Director
Cast	Credit
Tyler Perry	Joe/Madea
Angela Bassett	Brenda
Jenifer Lewis	Vera
Lance Gross	Michael
Tamela J Mann	Cora Brown
Chloe Bailey	Tosha
Margaret Avery	Sarah
Irma P Hall	Mildred
Lamman Rucker	Will
Sofia Vergara	Cheryl
Mariana Tolbert	Lena
Rick Fox	Harry
Frankie Faison	L.B.
David Mann	Mr. Brown
Kristopher Lofton	Calvin
Phillip Van Lear	Michael Sr.
Michael J King	Coach
LaVan Davis	Bus Driver
Olumiji Olawumi	Gang Member #1
Tory O Davis	Man
Mark Russell Gray	Officer
LaNisa Renee frederick	Bus Passenger
Jonathan Slocumb	Pastor
Robert C Goodwin	Postman
Allen Edge	Samuel
Keith Kupferer	Supervisor
Jacqueline Williams	Worker
Phil Ridarelli	Power Company Worker
David Kronawitter	News Reporter
Roy McCrerey	NBA Coach
Shawn Shepard	Doctor
Tom Clark	Press Member #1
Tasia Grant	Press Member #2
Michael Cole	Richard
Adrienne Reynolds	Waitress
Penny Slusher	Woman
Wes Kennemore	Carnival Worker
Mia Butler	Woman
Production Credits	Credit
Tyler Perry	Producer
Michael Paseornek	Executive Producer
Roger M Bobb	Co-Producer
Reuben Cannon	Producer
Joseph P. Genier	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
The Tyler Perry Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Lionsgate	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Lionsgate	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Writer	Credit
Tyler Perry	Screenplay
Tyler Perry	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Emily Rice	Post-Production Accountant
Santena Jenaris King	Assistant Accountant
Brian Kingman	Production Insurance - Insurance
Jackie Roberts	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Deborah a evans	Production Accountant
Winnie Murungi	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Lisa C. Collins	Assistant Accountant
Mark Pedante	Production Accountant - Manager of Production Accounting
Liam Hearne	Post-Production Accountant
Harold R. Caldwell	Accountant - Payroll Accountant (Chicago)
Kenn Kaye	Assistant Accountant (Chicago)
Nicole Basile	Accountant - Accounting Clerk (Chicago)
Melanie Krinsky	Accountant - Production Financing
Mandie Rush	Accountant - Production Financing
Art Department	Credit
anthony barracca	Dresser - Lead Dresser (Chicago)
Semret Fesseha	Art Department - Art Department Production Assistant
Judy Rhee	Art Director
Thomas J Rigden	Swing Gang (Chicago)
Mary M Stacy	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Buyer
Lance Totten	Set Decorator
Chris Hunter	Storyboard Artist
Mike Sullivan	Scenic Artist - Scenic Charge
Don Holloway	Greensman
Brenda M Findley	Art Department Coordinator
Danny S Cochran	Painter - Paint Foreman
Charles Robert Gunter	Gang Boss
Ina Mayhew	Production Designer
Daniel B Foster	Leadman
Gary N Baugh	Art Director (Chicago)
Tim O'Brien	Art Department - Draftsman
Lisa Wolff-Mandziara	Set Decorator (Chicago)
Jaye Walker	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Juan M Vela Jr	Dresser (Chicago)
Stephanie N Graham	Art Department Coordinator
rich koll	Gang Boss
Jaclyn Behringer	Painter - Paint Utility
James R. Vasilovic	Set Dresser
Jeffery L. Ellis	Painter
Jason Breitzman	Art Department - Art Department Assistant (Chicago)
Tim O'Brien	Gang Boss
Tom Gagnon	Dresser (Chicago)
Daryl Ziemke	Gang Boss (Chicago)
Michael D. Brushaber	Painter
Daniel J. Naddy Jr	Set Dresser
Michael O'Mara	Painter
Drew Meyers	Set Dresser
Takashi Takemura	Painter
Mark D Keever	Set Dresser - Additional Set Dresser
Dewitt Thompson III	Painter
Sammy Ray Hill	Set Dresser - Additional Set Dresser
Alice Nisbet	Set Dresser
Cindi Jordan	Painter
Kyle Mundy	Painter
Christopher Wdowin	Set Dresser - Set Dresser Gang Boss
Shurlan Stefan Joseph	Painter
David G Hansen	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser (Chicago)
Larry Szymanowski	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser (Chicago)
Lee A Ivey	Painter
Phillip Ellman	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser (Chicago)
Frank D Dambra	Painter - Head Painter (Chicago)
Casting	Credit
Darlene R Hunt	Extras Casting (Chicago)
Sommer Bunkley	Casting Assistant
Heather Bivens	Extras Casting Assistant
Kim Williams	Casting
Alexis Felder	Extras Casting Assistant
Matt Miller	Casting Assistant (Chicago)
Alpha Tyler	Casting
Mickie Paskal	Casting (Chicago)
Rachel Komar	Extras Casting Assistant (Chicago)
Jessica Moran	Casting Assistant (Chicago)
Jennifer Rudnicke	Casting (Chicago)
Craft Services	Credit
Toney Lewis	Craft Service - Chef
Maria Sosa	Catering - Assistant Caterer (Chicago)
Hakim Shakoor	Craft Service - Cook
Melody Jones	Craft Service - Cook
Jennifer Diquollo	Craft Service
Christopher Earl Pettus	Craft Service
Chris Lukas	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Peggy Amoaku	Craft Service (Chicago)
Leslie K Rene	Craft Service (Chicago)
Paul Rathburn	Craft Service - Chef (Chicago)
Gabriel Rivera	Craft Service - Assistant Chef (Chicago)
David Mendez	Craft Service - Cook (Chicago)
Film Camera	Credit
Glen Weiberg	Video - Video Assist (Chicago)
Taifa Graves	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Terry Haggar	Color Timer
Joe Williams (Jody)	Camera Operator
Blake Skaggs	Film Lab - Lab Technician
alec jamagin	Steadicam Operator
Sherri Angela Leger	Loader - Film Loader
Peter Ritter	Dailies - Dailies Colorist
Quantrell D Colbert	Camera - Stills Assistant
Sandi Sissel	Director of Photography
Alfeo Dixon	Photography - Unit Photographer
Kate Butler	Assistant Camera - Assistant 'A' Camera
Clyde E Bryan	Camera Assistant - Assistant 'B' Camera
Joe Finley	Colorist
Clyde E Bryan	Assistant Camera
Robert A. McMahon	Camera Assistant - Assistant "A' Camera
Shannon DeWolfe	Loader - Film Loader (Chicago)
alec jamagin	Camera Operator
Andrew M Crossley	Film Lab - Lab Technician
Joe Williams (Jody)	Director of Photography - Unit Director of Photography
Jeff Smithwick	Colorist - Digital Film Colorist
Tez Valenzuela	Camera - Stills Assistant
David Norris	Photography - Aerial Unit Director of Photography
Jada Budrick	Video - Video Technician
Frank Figueroa	Video - Video Technician
Eric Wheeler	Assistant Camera - Assistant 'A' Camera (Chicago)
Josh Hancher	Camera Assistant - 2nd Assistant 'A' Camera
Chuck Hodes	Photography - Unit Photographer (Chicago)
Dan Kelley	Camera - Wescam Technician
Jesse Skippy Shoemaker	Film Lab - Lab Technician
James McKinney	Camera Operator
Michael Kohnhorst	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Robert Faison	Camera - "A" Camera (2nd Unit)
Noel Hernandes	Film Lab - Lab Technician
Dan Williams	Video - Video Technician
Peter Kuttner	Assistant Camera - Assistant (Chicago)
Trey Twitty	Camera Assistant - Assistant 'B' Camera
Mark Sahagun	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Conform
David Morenz	Assistant Camera - Assistant (Chicago)
Chris Wittenborn	Camera - Assistant "A" Camera (2nd Unit)
Stephen Crocker	Camera Assistant - Assistant 'C' Camera
Floyd Burks	Film Lab - Imaging Technician
Liz Miller	Camera - Assistant "A" Camera (2nd Unit)
Pete Picchietti	Camera Assistant - Assistant "C" Camera (Chicago)
Colin Slaby	Assistant Camera - Assistant "B" Camera (Chicago)
Melissa Soltis	Camera - Assistant "A" Camera (2nd Unit)
John Hemdon	Film Lab - Imaging Technicians
Jonathan Mecenas	Film Lab - Imaging Technician
Todd Mitchell	Film Lab - Imaging Technician
Scott Osborn	Film Lab - Imaging Technician
Doug Richardson	Film Lab - Imaging Technician
John Keams	Film Lab - Digital Restoration
LaNelle Mason	Film Lab - Digital Restoration
Erin Nelson	Film Lab - Digital Restoration
Brad Sutton	Film Lab - Digital Restoration
Wilson Tang	Film Lab - Digital Restoration
Josh Moore	Film Lab - Lab Contact
Management	Credit
Stephanie Kremer	Manager - General Manager
Music	Credit
Celia M Carter	Music Coordinator
Joel C. High	Music Supervisor
Alvertis Isbell	Song
Kelly Price	Song Performer
Dennis Sands	Score Recording
Aaron Zigman	Music Conductor
Aaron Zigman	Orchestrations
Aaron Zigman	Music
Sam Zeines	Music Editor
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Johnny Caruso	Music Editor - Supervising Music Editor
Rebecca Rienks	Music Supervisor - Assistant Music Supervisor
Sylvester Stewart	Song
Jerry Hey	Orchestrations
Michael Stem	Score Recording - Score Recording/Mixing
Musiq Soulchild	Song Performer
Chris Fagot	Music - Soundtracks
Susannah Crowley	Music - Music Assistant
Yvette Stevens	Song
Chaka Khan	Song Performer
Peter Rotter	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contractor
James Q Wright	Song
Kathleen l Hasay	Music - Music Assistant
Maze	Song Performer
Frankie Beverly	Song
Music Shed Marching Band	Song Performer
Jesse Voccia	Music - Electronic Programming
Mateo Laboriel	Music - Electronic Programming
Dewayne Petty	Song
Pettidee	Song Performer
Tamela Mann	Song Performer
Tyler Perry	Song
Steven Juliani	Music - Music Preparation
Ronald Markham	Song Performer
Jay Weigel	Song
d l Smith	Music - Music Technical Consultant
John Whynot	Song Performer
Johnny Caruso	Song
John Whynot	Song
Kelly Rowland	Song Performer
Charmelle Cofield	Song
Peedy Wheatstraw	Song Performer
Charlie Bereal	Song
Classic	Song Performer
John Fohl	Song Performer
Battle Roy	Song
Joseph j Goodman	Song
Larry Sieberth	Song Performer
Douglas Campbell	Song
David Pulphus	Song Performer
Kalam Muttalib	Song
Doug Garrison	Song Performer
Ali Theodore	Song
Case	Song Performer
Julian Davis	Song
Ledisi Young	Song Performer
Aaron Sandlofer	Song
Coco	Song Performer
Alana da Fonseca	Song
John Fohl	Song
J 'Lonny' Bereal	Song
Robert James	Song
Aleese Simmons	Song
David F Anthony	Song
Rex Rideout	Song
Ledisi Young	Song
Ronald Markham	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Gus Williams	Stunt Coordinator
Tenill Ransom	Stunt Double - Vera Stunt Double
Lonnie Smith Jr	Stunt Coordinator
Todd Perry	Stunt Coordinator (Chicago)
Production Management	Credit
Carl Pedregal	Post-Production Supervisor
Joseph P. Genier	Unit Production Manager
Tony Holley	Location Scout
Seth Zimmerman	Location Assistant
Karen Gorodetzky	Production Supervisor
Mark W McCoy	Production Manager - Post Production Manager
Amanda Shamis	Clearance Coordinator
Tommy Aagaard	Post-Production - Post Production Assistant
Cortney Haile	Post-Production Coordinator
Kim Balsillie	Project Manager
Moheen Ramsey	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
Karen Mason	Assistant Location Manager
Steve Cubine	Production Coordinator - Production Office Coordinator
Roger M Bobb	Assistant Director
Mary J Carlson	Script Supervisor
John H Findley III	Location Manager
Tim Andrew	Production Supervisor
Adam H. Miller	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Liz Goldsmith	Assistant Location Manager (Chicago)
Valencia Y Hawkins	Production Coordinator
Susana Machado Pires	Production Manager - Office Manager
Patrick Brady Breen	Location Manager (Chicago)
Rhonda Guthrie	Assistant Director
Matthew Peters	Location Scout
Martin L Hudson	Assistant Location Manager (Chicago)
Don J Hug	Production Supervisor (Chicago)
James J Klekowski	Location Manager (Chicago)
Michelle Gonsiorek	Assistant Director (Chicago)
Elona Culwell	Production Manager - Post Project Manager
Carrie Goodman	Location Scout (Chicago)
John Almering	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Pat McCarthy Daniel	Production Coordinator (Chicago)
Jim Turner	Assistant Location Manager (2nd Unit)
Gerry Jimenez	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
W Michael Phillips	Location Manager (2nd Unit)
Marcus Q Quandt	Location Assistant (Chicago)
Publicity	Credit
Yon Elvira	Publicity - Supervisor, Assets and Unit Publicity
Anna Fuson	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Robert Deschaine	ADR Mixer
Freddy Chancellor	Boom Operator
Tim Walston	Sound Effects Editor
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Nerses Gezalyan	Foley Mixer
Shirley Libby	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Tami Treadwell	ADR - ADR Recordist
Gary Summers	Rerecording Mixer
David Stanke	Assistant Sound Editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	Foley Artist
Michael Wilhoit	Supervising Sound Editor
Michael McGrath	Sound - Sound Utility
laura harris atkinson	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Christopher Ian Bush	Boom Operator
Kerry Carmean-Williams	Sound Effects Editor
Scott D Smith	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer (Chicago)
James Moriana	Foley Artist
Kimberly Bailey	ADR - ADR Cast
Lanai Chapman	ADR - ADR Cast
Jason S Johnston	Boom Operator (Chicago)
Phil Lee	Sound Mixer - Mix Technician
Django Craig	ADR - ADR Cast
Peggy Flood	ADR - ADR Cast
Maya Goodwin	ADR - ADR Cast
J D Hall	ADR - ADR Cast
Barbara lley	ADR - ADR Cast
Amad Jackson	ADR - ADR Cast
Terence Mathews	ADR - ADR Cast
Janora McDuffie	ADR - ADR Cast
Michael Ralph	ADR - ADR Cast
Efrain Figueroa	ADR - ADR Cast
David Randolph	ADR - ADR Cast
Cheryl Tyre-Smith	ADR - ADR Cast
Jamie Starr	ADR - ADR Cast
Lisa Wilhoit	ADR - ADR Cast
Visual Effects	Credit
Andy Chua	Software Engineer - Data Technician
Carl Moore	Visual Effects Producer - Digital Intermediate Producer
Lisa S Reynolds	Special Effects (Chicago)
Cynthia Lemus	Visual Effects - Scheduling
Mike Uguccioni	Visual Effects Supervisor
Billy Meyers	Special Effects Assistant (Chicago)
Adam Brustein	Graphics
Jeff Duerwachter	Special Effects Coordinator (Chicago)
Jamie Baxter	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Trinh Baxter	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Joe Myers	Special Effects Assistant (Chicago)
Patti Mauck	Visual Effects - Operation
Casey Leming	Graphics - Electronic Graphics
Ashley Farber	Software Engineer - Data Technician
Drew Redford	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Ron Perez	Software Engineer - Data Technician
Brandon Torres	Visual Effects - Operation
Mike Tosti	Software Engineer - Production Technology
Chris Ervin	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Roger Mocenigo	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Richard Alcala	Software Engineer - Engineering
Paul Turang	Software Engineer - Engineering
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Sekinah Brown	Assistant Costume Designer
Barbara Vazquez	Costumer
Keith G Lewis	Costume Designer
Toby Sells	Special Makeup Effects - Special Effects Makeup FX Artist
Charles Gregory Ross	Hair Stylist - Department Head Hairstylist
Carol A. Sadler	Costume Supervisor
Denise Tunnell	Makeup Artist - Assistant Makeup Artist
Gertrude Moore	Tailor
Jeannette Guillermo	Key Costumer
Michael Galloway	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Production Assistant
Patrice Coleman	Makeup - Department Head Makeup
Barbara Kosiba	Tailor - Stitchers (Chicago)
T A Henderson	Hair Stylist - Key Hairstylist
Caroline Miller	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Production Assistant
Donna Premick	Makeup Artist
Rhonney Greene	Costumer
Ellie Winslow	Makeup - Key Makeup Artist
Judy Ponder-Patton	Makeup Artist
Sicely Harris	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Production Assistant
Donna Martin	Makeup - Additional Makeup Artist
Randy Stodghill	Hair Stylist - Hairstylist
Sylvia Akuchie	Costumer
Andrea C Brotherton	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist
Elizabeth McKinnon	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Production Assistant
Mark James Ross	Makeup - Makeup FX Assistant
Wanda Patterson	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Nancy Takehara	Costumer - Key Costumer (Chicago)
Carol Rasheed	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Rachel Ohman	Costumer (Chicago)
Mark James Ross	Wardrobe - Shop Supervisor
Blake Skaggs	Makeup - Makeup FX Assistant
Tarsha Marshall	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist
Dayara Calipolitti	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist
Cassalena Cazz Fleming	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Melissa Stinson	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Production Assistant (Chicago)
Katherine Wright	Costumer (Chicago)
January Snell	Makeup Artist - Additional Makeup Artist
Steven Frendreis	Costumer (Chicago)
Kyndra Beaudoin	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist
Delisa Hunter	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist
Barbara Kosiba	Costumer (Chicago)
Lun Ye Marsh	Makeup Artist - Assistant Makeup Artist (Chicago)
Shannon Richard	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist
Debra James	Makeup Artist - Assistant Makeup Artist (Chicago)
Cheryl Pickenpack	Hair Stylist - Key Hairstylist (Chicago)
Chelo Ontiveros	Makeup Artist - Assistant Makeup Artist (Chicago)
Alicja Klosek	Hair Stylist - Assistant Hairstylist (Chicago)

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