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About a Boy (2002) [PG-13]

Release Date:
April 26, 2002

Original Title:
About a Boy

Alternate Titles:
About a Boy - Un ragazzo
About a boy
Bir Oğlan Haqqında
Comme un garçon
Der Tag der toten Ente
Egy fiúról
Gutter er gutter
Jak na věc
Om en pojke
Pour un garcon
Um Grande Garoto
Un Gran Chico
单亲插班生
非关男孩
어바웃 어 보이

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Kalima Productions
StudioCanal
Tribeca Productions
Universal Pictures
Working Title Films

Production Countries:
France | Germany | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: M  CA: PG  CH: 12  CZ: 12+  DE: 6  ES: APTA  FR: U  GB: 12  HU: 12  IE: 12  IT: T  JP: G  KR: 12  PL: 12  SE: 7  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 101

Growing up has nothing to do with age.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

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"A" Camera Operator:
Peter Robertson

ADR Editor:
Norval D. Crutcher III

ADR Mixer:
Ted Swanscott

ADR Recordist:
Colin Cooper

ADR Supervisor:
Bob McNabb

ADR Voice Casting:
Brendan Donnison
Vanessa Baker

Actor's Assistant:
Sara Woodhatch

Apprentice Sound Editor:
Lee Gilmore

Art Direction:
Gary Freeman

Assistant Art Director:
Rosie Hardwick

Assistant Costume Designer:
Guy Speranza

Assistant Sound Editor:
Samuel Webb

Boom Operator:
Jaya Bishop

Camera Loader:
René Adefarasin

Carpenter:
Nick Goodall
Peter Duffy
Joseph Alley
Darryl Carter

Casting:
Priscilla John

Casting Assistant:
Laura Dickens

Co-Producer:
Nicky Kentish Barnes
Debra Hayward
Liza Chasin
Hardy Justice

Color Timer:
Jim Passon

Costume Assistant:
Martin Chitty
Louise Egan

Costume Design:
Joanna Johnston

Costume Supervisor:
Claire Finlay-Thompson

Dialogue Coach:
Jill McCullough

Dialogue Editor:
Walter Spencer

Director:
Paul Weitz
Chris Weitz

Director of Photography:
Remi Adefarasin

Dolby Consultant:
Bryan Pennington

Editor:
Nick Moore

Electrician:
Jamie Mills
Dave Moss

Executive Producer:
Nick Hornby
Lynn Harris

First Assistant Director:
Christopher Newman

First Assistant Editor:
Simon Cozens

Foley Editor:
Marilyn Graf

Hair Designer:
Graham Johnston

Key Grip:
John Arnold

Key Set Costumer:
Helen Mattocks

Location Manager:
Steve Hart

Makeup Artist:
Lorna McGowan
Carmel Jackson

Makeup Designer:
Graham Johnston

Music Supervisor:
Nick Angel

Negative Cutter:
Theresa Repola Mohammed

Novel:
Nick Hornby

Original Music Composer:
Badly Drawn Boy

Painter:
Jeff Sullivan

Post Production Accountant:
Tarn Harper

Post Production Supervisor:
Graham Stumpf

Producer:
Robert De Niro
Brad Epstein
Jane Rosenthal
Eric Fellner
Tim Bevan

Producer's Assistant:
Meghan Lyvers

Production Accountant:
Neil Chaplin

Production Coordinator:
Ann Lynch

Production Design:
Jim Clay

Production Manager:
Bernard Bellew

Property Master:
Barry Gibbs

Props:
Bill Hargreaves

Scoring Mixer:
Stephen McLaughlin

Screenplay:
Peter Hedges
Nick Hornby
Chris Weitz
Paul Weitz

Script Supervisor:
Nikki Clapp

Second Assistant Director:
Ben Howarth

Set Decoration:
John Bush

Sound Editor:
Gary S. Gerlich
William Hooper
Patrick O'Sullivan

Sound Mixer:
Tony Dawe

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Andy Koyama
Chris Carpenter

Sound Recordist:
Bill Meadows

Standby Carpenter:
Paul Duff
David Williamson

Steadicam Operator:
Peter Robertson

Still Photographer:
Laurie Sparham

Stunt Coordinator:
Grahame Crowther

Supervising Art Director:
Rod McLean

Supervising Music Editor:
Charles Martin Inouye

Supervising Sound Editor:
Richard LeGrand Jr.

Third Assistant Director:
Alex Oakley

Unit Manager:
Lucy Williams

Unit Publicist:
Stacy Mann

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