Town & Country (2001)

Regisseur:

Peter Chelsom

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Michael Laughlin (written by) and
Buck Henry (written by)

Premierendatum:

27. April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Plot:

Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Goldie Hawn, Jenna Elfman and Garry Shandling star in this romantic comedy about life...

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Fishing | Hunter | Log Cabin | Masquerade

Auszeichnungen:

1 win & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

a shocking waste of talent

Besetzung

Warren Beatty	...	Porter Stoddard
Diane Keaton	...	Ellie Stoddard
Andie MacDowell	...	Eugenie Claybourne
Garry Shandling	...	Griffin Miller
Jenna Elfman	...	Auburn
Nastassja Kinski	...	Alex
Goldie Hawn	...	Mona Miller
Charlton Heston	...	Eugenie's Father
Marian Seldes	...	Eugenie's Mother
Josh Hartnett	...	Tom Stoddard (as Joshua Hartnett)
Tricia Vessey	...	Alice Stoddard
Vincent Lascoumes	...	Waiter
William Hootkins	...	Barney (as Bill Hootkins)
Terry Hoyos	...	Yolanda (as Terri Hoyos)
Marc Casabani	...	Omar
Del Zamora	...	Alejandro
Katharine Towne	...	Holly
Tony Abatemarco	...	McKlellen
Eve Crawford	...	Margaret
Faith Geer	...	Mrs. Hadley
Stephen Fischer	...	Tour Guide
Ken Kensei	...	Translator
Masayasu Nakanishi	...	Japanese Guest #1
Akira Takayama	...	Japanese Guest #2
Stephen Singer	...	Male Party Guest
Lois Robbins	...	Female Party Guest
Morag Dickson	...	Griffin's Redhead
Carlos K. McAfee	...	Golf Caddy
David Lindstedt	...	Party Guest
Ian McNeice	...	Peter Principal
Buck Henry	...	Suttler
Lisa Ekdahl	...	Herself
Johnny Brown	...	Chauffeur
Mark Matheisen	...	Juke Joint Guy
Harry Boykoff	...	Henry the Butler
Azura Skye	...	Spider
Chris Tuttle	...	Quasimodo
Christopher Kubasik	...	Dinnerware Man
Holland Taylor	...	Mistress of Ceremonies
Scott Adsit	...	Cab Driver
Angelo Tiffe	...	Man at Table
Tom Billett	...	Guard #1
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Guard #2
Bonnie Ellen Miller	...	Lady on Stairs
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Lauren Montgomery	...	Bit part
Kris Andersson	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Mark J. Ferreri	...	Interested plane passenger (uncredited)
Scott Hislop	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Erik Hyler	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Philip Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Mattis	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Charlie Rose	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Warren Tabata	...	Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Anthony Turk	...	Waiter (uncredited)

Regie
Peter Chelsom

Buch (WGA)
Michael Laughlin		(written by) and
Buck Henry		(written by)

Produktion
Michael De Luca	....	executive producer
Simon Fields	....	producer
Lynn Harris	....	executive producer
Andrew S. Karsch	....	producer
Sidney Kimmel	....	executive producer
Fred Roos	....	producer
Cyrus I. Yavneh	....	co-producer

Originalmusik
Rolfe Kent

Kamera
William A. Fraker

Schnitt
David Moritz
Claire Simpson

Casting
Mary Gail Artz
Barbara Cohen

Szenenbild
Caroline Hanania

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
Mark Worthington

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Lisa Fischer

Kostüme
Molly Maginnis

Maske/Frisuren
Janice Alexander	....	hair stylist
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist: Goldie Hawn (as Kathryn L. Blondell)
June Brickman	....	makeup artist
Mary Burton	....	key makeup artist
Colleen Callaghan	....	key hair stylist
Beatrice De Alba	....	hair stylist
Joseph Farulla	....	key makeup artist: NYC
Kelcey Fry	....	makeup artist: Diane Keaton
Lynda Gurasich	....	hair stylist: Warren Beatty
Sharon Ilson	....	key makeup artist
Heather Koontz	....	makeup artist
Angela Levin	....	makeup artist: Goldie Hawn
Ann Masterson	....	makeup artist: Jenna Elfman (as Ann Lee Masterson)
Chris McBee	....	hair stylist
Carol A. O'Connell	....	key hair stylist (as Carol O'Connell)
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup artist: Warren Beatty
Dianne Roberson	....	hair stylist
Barbara Ronci	....	hair stylist
Joanetta Stowers	....	key makeup artist
Dimas Vasquez	....	hair stylist: Diane Keaton
Karen Westerfield	....	makeup artist
Phyllis Williams	....	additional makeup artist

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Karen Snow	....	production supervisor
Bonnie Weis	....	production supervisor
Cyrus I. Yavneh	....	unit production manager

Regieassistenten
Paula Case	....	assistant director
Phil Dupont	....	second assistant director
William A. Fraker	....	second unit director: South Carolina
Kristin Killey	....	second second assistant director
Vincent Lascoumes	....	first assistant director
Jackie C. Lee	....	assistant director
David R. Stoecklein	....	second unit director: Sun Valley

Ausstattung (Stab)
Adam Austin	....	on-set dresser
Melody Bishop	....	art department coordinator
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Robert Currie	....	assistant property master
Catherine Davis	....	set decorator: New York
Serge Genitempo	....	stand-by painter
Michael Herlihy	....	construction foreman
Regina Lee Herve	....	on-set dresser
Joshua Hunt	....	set dresser
Heather Danielle Kane	....	assistant property master: New York
Jeff Markwith	....	set designer
William S. Maxwell III	....	lead man
Don Miloyevich	....	property master
Fred O'Connor	....	propmaker
Carol Lea Pike	....	assistant property master
Eric Reichardt	....	gang boss
Brent Rice	....	on-set dresser
Randall Richards	....	art director: New York
Rich Romig	....	set designer (as Richard Romig)
Scott Rosenstock	....	leadman: New York
Chris Santini	....	construction coordinator: additional photography
Will Scheck	....	key greensperson
Theodore Sharps	....	set designer (as Theodore H. Sharps)
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
Ron Stone	....	property master: New York
Christopher Tandon	....	assistant art director
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Alex Thompson	....	painter
Bob Warner	....	painter
Scott Williston	....	set painter (uncredited)

Ton Stab
Brydon Baker III	....	boom operator (as Beau Baker)
Karen M. Baker	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Paul Timothy Carden	....	supervising sound editor
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Per Hallberg	....	supervising sound editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound effects editor
James J. Mase	....	boom operator
Joe Milner	....	sound editor
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising sound editor
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Hugh Murphy	....	assistant sound editor
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Neutra	....	foley mixer
Vic Radulich	....	dialog editor
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alison Sanford	....	sound recordist
Charles M. Wilborn	....	production sound mixer
Kerry Dean Williams	....	adr supervisor
David Young	....	additional sound
Greg Zimmerman	....	foley recordist
Drew Webster	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Spezialeffekte
Terry Erickson	....	special effects
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects supervisor (as Paul Lombardi)
Joseph P. Mercurio	....	special effects technician
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects
David Peterson	....	special effects technician
Scott Roark	....	special effects technician
Joseph Quinn Simpkins	....	special effects technician
John Stifanich	....	special effects technician
Dick Wood	....	special effects coordinator (as Richard Wood)

Stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunt performer
Eddy Donno	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Donno	....	stunts
Michael Endoso	....	stunts
Billy D. Lucas	....	stunt double: Porter
Bob McGovern	....	stunt double
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts
Scott Workman	....	stunts

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Kent Baker	....	key rigging grip: additional photography
Douglas Busby	....	additional second assistant camera
Ted Chu	....	camera operator
James Conroy	....	grip
Andrew Cooper	....	still photographer
David E. Diano	....	camera operator
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician
Rick Harris	....	grip
Mitchell K. Hiniker	....	rigging grip
Jeb Johenning	....	digital video assist operator
Gábor Kövér	....	director of photography: second unit
Rick Lamb	....	assistant camera
Al LaVerde	....	key grip
Chris Lombardi	....	director of photography: Sun Valley second unit
Marc Marino	....	electrician
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
R. Michael Stringer	....	rigging grip
Phillip Todd	....	assistant camera: New York
Richard Turner	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Kevin McKenna	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Randy Nolen	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting (Stab)
Paul Codiga	....	casting assistant
Leann Emmert	....	casting assistant (as Leann 'Fuzzy' Emmert)
Raquel Osborne	....	extras casting
Louise Osbourne	....	casting assistant (as Louise Lennon)
Meredith B. Robinson	....	casting associate
Andrew Wooten	....	casting assistant

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Marion Kirk	....	set costumer
Mary C. Lane	....	additional costumer
Coy Michael	....	wardrobe assistant
Helen Monaghan	....	costumer
Robert Pease	....	costumer
Mary Elizabeth Still	....	on-set costumer
Don Vargas	....	personal costumer: Warren Beatty
Leslie Weir	....	costumer
Valerie Zielonka	....	costume supervisor

Schnitt (Stab)
Jason Hampton	....	assistant colorist
Jason Hampton	....	assistant editor: avid
Terry Hubbard	....	first assistant editor: film
Charles Ireland	....	additional editor
Stephanie Olah	....	post-production coordinator
Daniel R. Padgett	....	assistant editor: avid
Paul Parsons	....	assistant editor
Sarah Payan	....	assistant editor
Michael Ross	....	first assistant editor

Musik (Stab)
John Altman	....	composer: additional music
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Paul Broucek	....	music executive
Paul Broucek	....	music supervisor
Rick Fleishman	....	music coordinator
Isobel Griffiths	....	music contractor
Mark Kaufman	....	music clearance executive
Rolfe Kent	....	music producer
George A. Martin	....	music editor: pre-view
Erin Scully	....	music executive
James Shearman	....	conductor
Nick South	....	music editor
Nick Wollage	....	music mixer
Nick Wollage	....	music recordist
Gavyn Wright	....	concert master

Transporte
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
James Nordberg	....	transportation
Paul Ripple	....	transportation assistant
Don Tardino	....	transportation coordinator
Morris Bension	....	driver (uncredited)

Restlicher Stab
Jack Bavaro	....	assistant location manager: East Hampton
Clelio Boccato	....	office production assistant
Brett Botula	....	location manager: pre-production
Elizabeth Burr	....	double: Ellie
Sara Burton	....	assistant location manager: re-shoots
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Lindsey Cline	....	production assistant
Angie Lee Cobbs	....	assistant production coordinator
Matthew K. Coleman	....	office production assistant
Rita Lisa Danao	....	key production assistant
Susanna David	....	script supervisor
Michael Davison	....	assistant: Warren Beatty
Patricia J. Davis	....	assistant: Mr. Karsch
Anne Edgar	....	assistant: Mr. Roos
Kelli-Michelle Evans	....	production assistant
Tac Fitzgerald	....	photo double: Tom
Lloyd Gordon	....	dancer
Jack Hall	....	stand-in: Mr. Beatty
Ken Halsband	....	assistant location manager
Thomas J. Healy IV	....	key assistant location manager: Sun Valley, Idaho
Catherine James	....	stand-in: Ms. Keaton (as Katherine James)
Andrea Larsen	....	first assistant accountant: additional photography
Robin Le Chanu	....	production coordinator (as Robin L. Green)
Robert Leon	....	production assistant
David R. Maier	....	stand-in: Charlton Heston
Cathy Marshall	....	payroll accountant
Sherry Marshall	....	production coordinator
Marguerite Martins	....	assistant: Mr. Chelsom (as Marguerite 'Madge' Martins)
Sally Mason	....	stand-in: Ms. Hawn
Bill McCamey	....	medic: construction
Sean Mewshaw	....	set production assistant
Monica Muehlhause-Horn	....	accountant
Jack Munn	....	medic
Geoff Murillo	....	key production assistant (as Geoffrey P. Murillo)
Jeffrey Neumeier	....	second assistant accountant
Sherry O'Keefe	....	photo double: Eugenie
J.C. Rappaport	....	assistant: Mr. Fields
Julene Renee	....	dancer
Steven John Reynolds	....	accounting clerk
Steven Sessions	....	script coordinator
Phil Smith	....	animal trainer
Angelo Sotereanos	....	production assistant (as Angelo K. Sotereanos)
Sesha K. Walker	....	assistant: Mr. Yavneh
Alex L. Worman	....	unit publicist: additional photography

Produktionsfirmen

• FR Production
• Longfellow Pictures
• New Line Cinema
• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
• Simon Fields Productions

Verleihfirmen

• New Line Cinema (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Aurum Producciones (Spain)
• Distribution Company (Argentina)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• Nexo
• PlayArte Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• PlayArte Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)

Weitere Firmen

• New Line Records  soundtrack

Alternativ:

City, Sex & Country (Deutschland) (video title) [de]
Stadt, Land, Kuss (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Länge:

104 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | South Korea:18

Drehorte:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

FR Production

Dies und das:

The film was released (2001) three years after filming initially began (1998).

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: When Porter and Griffin are having lunch in the hotel the girl (who becomes Porter's first affair) is playing a double bass in the lobby. The soundtrack music, apart from being very obviously not synchronised with what she is playing, is a viola or possibly violin - definitely not a bass.

Dialogzitate:

Porter: I understand that you were an intimate of Hemingway's.
Eugenie's Father: Intimate? Is that some kind of homo thing?

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in Choses secrètes (2002)

Soundtrack:

Saudade

a shocking waste of talent

Every so often we hear the lament sounded that Hollywood fails to provide actors and actresses - who happen no longer to be in their primes - with roles and films worthy of their talents. After seeing `Town and Country,' one begins to understand why.

In this film, former box office headliners Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn and Charlton Heston are stranded in an embarrassing pseudo-French farce co-written by the famed Buck Henry (he wrote `The Graduate') and Michael Laughlin and directed by Peter Chelsom. Rounding out the cast are Andie MacDowell, Garry Shandling, Jenna Elfman, Nastassja Kinski and Josh Hartnett - scarcely a cadre of second-rate talents and no-name unknowns. Yet what these filmmakers have done to these fine people seems all but criminal. The plot is devised along the lines of one of those Feydeau sexual roundelays, wherein the characters end up in an assortment of compromising situations and have to do a lot of quick explaining to their assorted spouses and loved ones to try to extricate themselves from them. The problem is that the adultery theme around which the comedy swirls is often more painful than funny in its nature. Moreover, neither the lines nor the situations are ever particularly humorous and, in fact, they more often than not give off an air of desperation, as when the writers throw the characters into funny costumes for no discernible purpose or when all the women involved in Beatty's adulterous affairs somehow find themselves occupying the same ladies room without there being displayed any of the finely worked out narrative logic needed to get them there (which any truly successful madcap farce would absolutely rely on). The characters are not even consistent with their own personalities. The prime example is the Garry Shandling character whom we are told early on is a closeted homosexual, yet spends the entire movie picking up on and commenting on women - even after he has declared he will be true to his real nature.

Of all the performances, Heston's portrayal of MacDowell's nutcase father is both the creepiest and the most daring. The filmmakers even poke a little good-natured fun at Heston's NRA President image, having him storming into a New York City social gathering brandishing his prized hunting rifle. Yet, like so much of what happens in this film, this scene seems strangely tacked on and pointless. Indeed, the plot is so unfocused that one often gets the impression that the filmmakers just thought it up as they were going along. devising storylines as the spirit (and the desire to shoot in an exotic location) moved them. How else to explain the fact that the plot careens over to Sun Valley for no logical reason other than that Beatty and Shandling probably wanted to get a little skiing in during production time? And how does MacDowell's character - whom Beatty met earlier on an airplane going from New York to the Deep South - suddenly show up on a ski lift in Utah? In short, this is one hell of a clunky, messy film.

One can only hope that, in the twilight of their careers, these once major stars will still be able to find some material that will afford them the respect and dignity they deserve. In the meantime, the politest thing we can do is look the other way and forget all about `Town and Country.'