As Good As It Gets (1997)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 18 mins | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Released: 12/23/1997 |Box Office Total: $147.6M

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Synopsis:

Melvin Udall is a sarcastic writer who lives alone in an apartment, eats at the same restaurant each day, is afraid of germs, and generally hates people. His neighbor, Simon, is a gay artist whose dog is constantly becoming entangled in Melvin's life annoying Melvin and giving rise to much anti-homosexual sentiment on his part. Carol is a waitress at Melvin's usual eating spot who is trying to take care of an asthmatic son and has to suffer Melvins obnoxious behavior. However, the door to Melvin's self-awakening is opened by Simon's dog who Melvin has to watch after Simon is brutally mugged. He comes to love the dog and respect Simon, and to see that Carol's son receives much-needed medical care.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/23/1997

Director	Credit
James L. Brooks	Director
Cast	Credit
Jack Nicholson	Melvin Udall
Helen Hunt	Carol Connelly
Greg Kinnear	Simon Bishop
Cuba Gooding Jr	Frank Sachs
Skeet Ulrich	Vincent
Shirley Knight	Beverly
Yeardley Smith	Jackie
Lupe Ontiveros	Nora
Jill	Verdell--the Dog
Timer	Supporting Dog
'Billy' MOP	Supporting Dog
Bibi Osterwald	Neighbor Woman
Ross Bleckner	Carl
Bernadette Balagtas	Caterer
Jaffe Cohen	Partygoer
Laurie Kilpatrick	Partygoer
Alice Vaughn	Partygoer
Brian Doyle-Murray	Handyman
Kristi Zea	Mother at Table
Annie Maginnis Tippe	Daughter at Table
Patricia Childress	Cafe 24 Waitress
Rebekah Johnson	Cafe 24 Waitress
Missi Pyle	Cafe 24 Waitress
Leslie Stefanson	Cafe 24 Waitress
Tara Subkoff	Cafe 24 Waitress
Shane Black	Cafe 24 Manager
Peter Jacobson	Man at Table
Lisa Edelstein	Woman at Table
Stan Bly	Cafe 24 Customer
Randall Batinkoff	Carol's Date
Jesse James	Spencer Connelly
Jamie Kennedy	Street Hustler
Justin Herwick	Street Hustler
Maya Rudolph	Policewoman
John F O'Donohue	Detective Ray
David A Kipper	Hospital Doctor
Mary Elizabeth Still	Nurse Receptionist
Chloe Brooks	Child at Cafe 24
Cooper Brooks	Child at Cafe 24
Sharon L Alexander	Female Passerby
Holly Denys	Female Passerby
Lawrence Kasdan	Dr Green
Alison Rose	Psychiatric Patient
Kathryn Morris	Psychiatric Patient
Wood Harris	Cafe 24 Busboy
Linda Gehringer	Publisher
Julie Benz	Receptionist
Harold Ramis	Dr Bettes
Antonia Jones	Nurse
Kaitlin Hopkins	Woman in Lobby
Jimmy Workman	Sean From the Bakery
Danielle Spencer	Veterinarian
Todd Solondz	Man on Bus
Tom McGowan	Maitre D'
Danielle Brisebois	Singer
Matt Malloy	Men's Store Salesman
Paul Greenberg	Bar Waiter
Kirk Ringberg	Food Waiter
Dave Hawthorne	Bartender
Production Credits	Credit
John D Schofield	Co-Producer
Aldric Porter	Associate Producer
James L. Brooks	Producer
Richard Sakai	Executive Producer
Laurence Mark	Executive Producer
Maria Kavanagh	Associate Producer
Richard Marks	Co-Producer
Bridget Johnson	Producer
Kristi Zea	Producer
Owen Wilson	Associate Producer
Laura Ziskin	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Gracie Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
TriStar Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Mark Andrus	Screenplay
Mark Andrus	From Story
James L. Brooks	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Giela Fredman	Assistant Accountant
Marge Rowland	Production Accountant
Mike Revell	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Roger Schumacher	Animal Trainer - head animal trainer
Ray Beal	Animal Trainer
Mathilde DeCagny	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Brana Rosenfeld	Assistant Set Decorator
Masako Masuda	Assistant Art Director
Bill Brzeski	Production Designer
Clay A Griffith	Set Decorator
Rochelle S Allen	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Philip Toolin	Art Director
Philip Canfield	Lead Person - leadman
Billy Sullivan	Art Department - Simon's artwork
John Naehrlich	Leadman
John H Maxwell	Set Dresser
John Nava	Art Department - artwork
Jacqueline Jacobson-Scarfo	Set Decorator
Gary H Rizzo	Set Dresser
Teresa Carriker-Thayer	Art Director
Stephen Douglas	Art Department - artwork
Bart C Hubenthal	Set Dresser
Scott G Jones	Set Dresser
Joan Semmel	Art Department - artwork
Richard Shebairo	Art Department - artwork provider
Todd Jacques	Set Dresser
John D Maskovich	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Francine Maisler	Casting
Katherine Eisenstein	Casting Associate
Karen E Etcoff	Extras Casting
Film Camera	Credit
John Bickford	Dailies - dailies timer
John Bailey	Director of Photography
Dale E Grahn	Color Timer
Michael L Stone	Camera Operator
Paul Plannette	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Michael Martinez	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Ralph Nelson	Photography - still photographer
Richard F Tschudin	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Demmie Todd	Photography - still photographer
Steve Craft	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
James Bartolomeo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Richard Turner	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Jeff Hand	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Al Rodgers	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
Gabor Kover	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Music	Credit
Chris Douridas	Song - song consultant
Zigmund Gron	Music Editor
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Hans Zimmer	Music
Jeffrey Pollack	Music Supervisor
Jane Siberry	Song Performer
Mike Lang	Soloist - Melvin's solo piano
Bruce Fowler	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Harry Gregson-Williams	Music Conductor
Judith Owen	Song Performer
Rupert Nadeau	Music - assistant music editor
Lucas Richmond	Music Conductor
Adam Milo Smalley	Music Editor
Jane Siberry	Song
The Spin Doctors	Song Performer
George Gershwin	Song
Shawn Colvin	Song Performer
Judith Owen	Song
Jimi Hendrix	Song
The Village People	Song Performer
Shawn Colvin	Song
Van Morrison	Song Performer
John Leventhal	Song
The Drifters	Song Performer
Danielle Brisebois	Song Performer
Jacques Morali	Song
Nat King Cole	Song Performer
Henri Belolo	Song
Art Garfunkel	Song Performer
Victor Willis	Song
Van Morrison	Song
Lover Patterson	Song
Lewis Lebish	Song
Walter Coleman	Song
Phil Roy	Song
Phil Roy	Song - song producer
Peter Blakeley	Song
Hector Pereira	Song
Deek Watson	Song
William Best	Song
Eric Idle	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
B J Davis	Stunts
Ken Fritz	Stunt Coordinator
Bryce Gregory	Stunts
Walter Scott	Stunt Coordinator
Phil O'Dell	Stunts
Chester Tripp	Stunts
Denise Lynne Roberts	Stunts
Gene LeBell	Stunts
Felipe Savahge	Stunts
Peter Turner	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
S Todd Christensen	Assistant Location Manager
Ralph Coleman	Location Manager
Hans Berggren	DGA Trainee
Ray Quiroz	Script Supervisor
Aldric Porter	Assistant Director
Yvonne Yaconelli	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Derek Martin Wade	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant production office coordinator
Laurence Treweek	Technical Supervisor - lead technical supervisor
John Adam Jacobson	Unit Production Manager
Susan Perlman	DGA Trainee
Miriam Schapiro	Assistant Production Coordinator
Declan Baldwin	Location Manager
Patricia Adlesic	Assistant Location Manager
John D Schofield	Unit Production Manager
Deidre Cook	Production Coordinator
William M Connor	Assistant Director
Shari Hanger	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Amy Herman	Unit Production Manager
Publicity	Credit
Karen R Jones	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Rob Nokes	Sound - sound editorial technical support
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
Alan Meyerson	Sound Mixer - score recorder & mixer
Chris Jenkins	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Spike Allison Hooper	ADR - ADR assistant
Nicholas Vincent Korda	ADR Editor
Andy Malcom	Foley Artist
Renee Tondelli	ADR Supervisor
Jonathan Klein	Foley Editor
Patrick Drummond	Sound Effects Editor
Richard Duarte	Foley Mixer
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Galen Goodpaster	Assistant Sound Editor
Don Coufal	Boom Operator
Dennis Drummond	Sound Editor
Sound Dogs Inc	Sound - sound editorial technical support
Ron Bartlett	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
David Giammarco	Sound Editor
Jeff Gomillion	ADR Mixer
Christopher Flick	Foley Editor
Kira Edmunds	Assistant Sound Editor
Jeffrey S Wexler	Sound Mixer
Joe Schiff	ADR - ADR assistant
Cindy Marty	Sound Effects Editor
Kathleen King	Boom Operator
Bill Ward	Assistant Sound Editor
Mark Smith	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Jerome Vitucci	Sound Mixer
Sony Pictures Entertainment	Sound - sound editorial technical support
Visual Effects	Credit
Pablo Ferro	Main Title Design
William B Doane	Special Effects Coordinator
Martin Charles	Graphic Designer
Suzy Brown	Animator - texture animator
John Ly	Effects Assistant - technical assistant
Lisa Kahatriya	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscopes
George Merkert	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Tim McGovern	Visual Effects Supervisor
Todd Pilger	Visual Effects Designer - technical designer
Hal Miles	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscopes
Felix Ojeda	Visual Effects - compositor
Megan Brown	Animator - texture animator
Albert Griswold	Special Effects Coordinator
Megan Omi	Visual Effects - compositor
Mark Dornfeld	Visual Effects - digital visual effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Michele Burke	Makeup Supervisor
Donna D Casey	Assistant Costume Designer
Elena Del Rio	Wardrobe Supervisor
Molly Maginnis	Costume Designer
Carrie Angland	Makeup Artist
Linda Arnold	Hair - hair supervisor
Heidi Shulman	Costume Supervisor
Mary Elizabeth Still	Costumes - costumer
Joy Zapata	Hair Stylist
James Henry Lapidus	Costumes - costumer
Daniel J Adkins	Costume Supervisor
Darrell Fielder	Hair Stylist
Michael Germain	Makeup Artist
Stacye Branche	Makeup Artist
Deborah Travis	Costumes - costumer to Jack Nicholson
Alan Weisinger	Makeup Artist
Linda Grimes	Makeup Artist

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