Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 56 mins | Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adaptation | Released: 2/25/2005 |Box Office Total: $50.3M

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Synopsis:

Helen McCarter has seemingly had the perfect life with husband Charles McCarter. Over the years, Helen has been a faithful and loving wife, while Charles built a successful and lucrative career as a prominent Atlanta attorney. They wear the latest fashions, drive the nicest cars, have all the possessions they need, and they live on an expansive estate complete with an extravagant mansion, swimming pool, tennis court and all the trappings of wealth--a little piece of paradise away from the city. However, on the eve of their 18th wedding anniversary, Helen’s paradise begins to crumble as Charles announces that he wants a divorce. He abruptly and literally tosses Helen out of the mansion to make room for the other woman. With all of her possessions packed in a moving van, Helen starts on her journey to put the pieces of her life back together. Through the assistance of her friends, family, faith, and a twist of fate, Helen finds the strength and empowerment she needs to get control of her circumstances. She also finds that the tragic events of her life soon become comic, especially with the guidance and help-- mostly unsolicited, by the way--of her pot-smoking, gun-toting, and much beloved, grandmother figure Madea.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
2/25/2005

Studio	Credit
Lionsgate	Studio
Director	Credit
Darren Grant	Director
Cast	Credit
Kimberly Elise	Helen
Steve Harris	Charles
Shemar Moore	Orlando
Tamara Taylor	Debrah
Lisa Marcos	Brenda
Tiffany Evans	Tiffany
Cicely Tyson	Myrtle
Tyler Perry	Brian,Madea,Joe
Terrell Carter	Reverend Carter
Carol Mitchell-Leon	Mildred
Avery Knight	BJ
Vickie Eng	Christina
Gary Anthony Sturgis	Jamison
Bart Hansard	Guard
Chandra Currelley-Young	Chandra
Sho Dixon	Child
Tamela J Mann	Cora
Ric Reitz	D.A.
Lauren Leah Mitchell	Doctor
Mike Pniewski	Foreman
Wilbur T Fitzgerald	Judge
L Warren Young	Judge
Mablean Ephriam	Judge Ephriam
Tony Vaughn	Juror
E Roger Mitchell	Kalvin
Cedric Pendleton	Max
Richard R Reed	Bailiff
Joe Washington	Reporter
Kate Donadio	Secretary
Crystal Porter	Woman
Ryan Gentles	Bartender
Ronnie Garrett	Band Member
Marcus Williams	Band Member #2
Earl Fleming	Band Member #3
Christian Keyes	Man Proposing
Production Credits	Credit
Mike Upton	Co-Producer
Tyler Perry	Producer
Michael Paseornek	Executive Producer
Reuben Cannon	Producer
John Dellaverson	Executive Producer
Robert L Johnson	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Diary of a Woman Productions	Production Company
BET Pictures	Production Company Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Lionsgate	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Lionsgate	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Writer	Credit
Tyler Perry	Screenplay
Tyler Perry	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Lynne Chaney	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Jackie Short	Assistant Accountant - First Assistant Accountant
Bonnie Chaney	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Senia Phillips	Animal Supplier
Art Department	Credit
Ina Mayhew	Production Designer
Geo Brenick	Sculptor - Metal Sculpture
Dan Mott	Greensman - Greens
Alba Domini Leone	Lead Person
Joseph Litsch	Set Decorator
Alisa Bush Lumbreras	Scenic Artist
Jaye Walker	Set Dresser
Jeremy McGuire	Art Department Coordinator
Peter Alberice	Art Department - Artwork
Carol Cowan	Art Department - Artwork
Robert Tate Nichols	Set Dresser
Larry Sauls	Set Dresser
Ann Degara	Art Department - Artwork
Holly Golson	Art Department - Artwork
C. Lance Totten	Set Dresser
George Spence	Set Dresser
Richard Mayhew	Art Department - Artwork
Gay Petach	Art Department - Artwork
Christopher Didiot	Set Dresser
Carey Watson	Art Department - Artwork
Lucy Weigle	Art Department - Artwork
Eric Mack	Art Department - Orlando Apartment Artwork
Casting	Credit
Gary McCoy	Extras Casting Assistant
Kim Williams	Casting Director
Kelly Marshall	Extras Casting
Shay Griffin	Casting
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Reuben Cannon	Casting Director
Craft Services	Credit
Ricardo Lozier	Craft Service - Craft Services
Norman P Martin	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Martha Savelio	Dailies - Telecine
David Thompson	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam
David Thompson	Camera Operator
David Galbraith	Assistant Camera - First Assistant Camera
Josh Hancher	Loader
Dale Grahn	Color Timer
David Claessen	Director of Photography
Alfeo Dixon	Photography - Still Photographer
Josh Moore	Film Lab - Lab Contact
Katherine Skinner	Camera Operator - Behind the Scenes
Trey Twitty	Loader
Bruce A Robinson	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant Camera
Barrett Pitner	Loader
Malcolm Pernell	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant Camera
Legal	Credit
Tara Senior	Legal Services - Additional Legal Services
Mark Temple	Legal Counsel - Production Legal Counsel
David Albert Pierce	Legal Services - Additional Legal Services
Michael E. Morales	Legal Counsel - Production Legal Counsel
Evelyn J. Paglinawan Esq	Legal Services - Music Legal
Music	Credit
Camara Kambon	Music Editor
Yvette Devereaux	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
Brad Haehnel	Score Mixing
Brad Haehnel	Score Recording
Joel C. High	Music Supervisor
Elvin D Ross	Orchestrations
Elvin D Ross	Music
Tyler Perry	Song
Cheryl Pepsii Riley	Song Performer
Lloyd Barry	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Brien Andrews	Music Performer - Drums
Darrell Freeman	Music Performer - Bass
Tyler Perry	Music
Elvin D Ross	Score Recording
Ronnie Garrett	Song
Yvette Devereaux	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Camara Kambon	Song Performer
Camara Kambon	Music Supervisor
Rick Aoyama	Music Editor
Brick	Song Performer
Earl Fleming	Song
John Baker	Music Performer - Musician
John Forbes	Score Recording
Rebecca Rienks	Music - Music Assistant
Steve Bracey	Score Recording
The Whispers	Song Performer
Pat Bergeson	Music Performer - Guitar
Camara Kambon	Song
Reginald Hargis	Song
Midnight Star	Song Performer
Philip Gough	Score Recording
Greg Suran	Music Performer - Guitar
Philip Gough	Music Performer - Guitar
J J Blair	Score Recording
William B Shelby	Song
Toni Braxton	Song Performer
Dwight Meyers	Song
Yvette Devereaux	Music Performer - Violin Solos
Terry Phillips	Song Performer
John Forbes	Music Performer - Keyboards
Tamela J Mann	Song Performer
William Simmons	Song
Elvin D Ross	Music Performer - Piano/Keyboards/Programming
Chandra Currelley-Young	Song Performer
Bobby Lovelace	Song
Harolyn Blackwell	Song Performer
M Gentry	Song
William Hicks	Song Performer
Vincent Calloway	Song
Heather Headley	Song Performer
Nicholas Caldwell	Song
R Hargis	Song
Tiffany Evans	Song Performer
Terrell Carter	Song Performer
Ray Ransom	Song
Edward D Irons Jr	Song
Patti LaBelle	Song Performer
Cory Rooney	Song
Toni Braxton	Song
Kerri Lewis	Song
Eric Bazilian	Song
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Song
Elvin D Ross	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Gus Williams	Stunt Coordinator
Bill Johnson ('Splat')	Prosthetics - Prosthetics Makeup
David Andrew Nash	Stunt Double - Stunt Double Charles
Derrick Simmons	Stunt Double - Stunt Double Charles
Michelle Thompson	Stunt Double - Stunt Double Helen
Production Management	Credit
Katie Willard Troebs	Production Coordinator
Michael Riley	Location Manager
J Bradley Smith	Assistant Location Manager
Carl Pedregal	Post-Production Supervisor
Jalyn Henton	Assistant Production Coordinator
Joseph P. Genier	Line Producer
Gail Hunter	Script Supervisor
Molly M. Mayeux	Production Supervisor
Roger M Bobb	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Mark W McCoy	Post-Production Coordinator
Roger MacDonald Lee	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Ryan Schaetzle	Assistant Location Manager
Daniel MacArthur	Production Coordinator
Jennifer Hwang	Post-Production Coordinator
Bobby Williams	Post-Production Coordinator
Angelique Bones	Assistant Director - Second Second Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Bo Shurling	Unit Publicist
Cynthia Todd	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
alan Freedman	ADR Mixer
Jay Nierenberg	Sound Design - Sound Design and Supervision
Kimberly Bailey	ADR - ADR Actor
Douglas L Hill	Boom Operator
Scott Hinkley	Sound Recordist - Post Sound Recordist
Jeremy Balko	Foley Mixer
Jonathan Wales	Sound Mixer
Bernard Weiser	Sound Editor
Shelley Roden	Foley Artist
Jeana Lasser	Assistant Sound Editor
Chante Carmel	ADR - ADR Actor
Andrew Morgado	Assistant Sound Editor
Colt Logan	Boom Operator - 2nd Boom/Utility Sound
Jim Hawkins	Sound Mixer
Todd Niesen	Sound Editor
Django Craig	ADR - ADR Actor
Cody King	Assistant Sound Editor
Stuart Provine	Sound Editor
John DeMita	ADR - ADR Actor
Spencer Johnson	Sound Editor
Lynette DuPree	ADR - ADR Actor
J D Hall	ADR - ADR Actor
Barbara Iley	ADR - ADR Actor
Amad Jackson	ADR - ADR Actor
John LaFayette	ADR - ADR Actor
Terence Mathews	ADR - ADR Actor
Khanya Mkhize	ADR - ADR Actor
Richard Penn	ADR - ADR Actor
Patrice Pitman Quinn	ADR - ADR Actor
Noreen Reardon	ADR - ADR Actor
Visual Effects	Credit
Dave Beavis	Special Effects Supervisor
Mark Dornfeld	Visual Effects Supervisor
Michele Ferrone	Visual Effects Producer
Adam Gass	Visual Effects Editor - Digital Editorial
Mack Chapman	Special Effects Coordinator
Ryan Beadle	Visual Effects - I/O
Pamela Green	Titles - Titles Producer
Jarik Van Sluijs	Animation Director - Creative Director
Robbie Bolick	XFX art direction - Titles Art Director
Laurie Powers	Digital Effects Artist - Lead Digital Artist
David Smithson	Software Engineer - Data Wrangler
Shaina Holmes	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor/Coordinator
Jim Bartoo	Software Engineer - Digital Asset Management
Steven Caldwell	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
R J Harbour	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Lori Miller	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Mary C Snyder	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Amani Williams	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Meta Moise	Costumer
Linda Clark-Thompson	Hair Stylist
Monty Schuth	Wig Maker
Layne Brightwell	Key Costumer - Key Set Costumer
Matiki Anoff	Makeup - Makeup Department Head
Carol A. Sadler	Costume Supervisor
Patrice Coleman	Makeup Artist - Key Makeup Artist
Taylor Knight	Hair - Hair Department Head
Keith G Lewis	Costume Designer
Daisy Curbeon	Wig Maker
Cynthia L Chapman	Hair - Key Hair
Rameses Shepherd	Hair - Barber

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