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Release Date:
December 19, 1997
Original Title:
As Good as It Gets
Alternate Titles:
As Good as it Gets
Besser geht's nicht
Bolje ne može
Det bli'r ikke bedre
Elämä on ihanaa
Enam paremaks minna ei saa
Lepší už to nebude
Mejor Imposible
Mejor... imposible
Melhor é Impossível
Old Friends
Pour le pire et pour le meilleur
เพียงเธอ...รักนี้ดีสุดแล้ว
尽善尽美
恋愛小説家
이보다 더 좋을순 없다
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Gracie Films
TriStar Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 13 AU: M BR: L|14|12 CZ: U DE: 6 ES: APTA FR: U GB: 15 GR: 13 HU: 12 IE: 15 JP: G KR: 15 NL: 6 PT: M/12 RO: 15 SE: 11 US: PG-13
Runtime: 139
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
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ADR Editor:
Nicholas Korda
ADR Mixer:
Thomas J. O'Connell
Jeff Gomillion
ADR Supervisor:
Renée Tondelli
ADR Voice Casting:
Barbara Harris
Art Direction:
Philip Toolin
Assistant Art Director:
Masako Masuda
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
David Burnett
Assistant Costume Designer:
Donna Casey-Aira
Assistant Editor:
Gena Bleier
Hilary Schroeder
Jeffrey Ford
Assistant Location Manager:
S. Todd Christensen
Assistant Set Decoration:
Brana Rosenfeld
Assistant Sound Editor:
Kira Edmunds
Bill Ward
Associate Producer:
Maria Kavanaugh
Aldric La'Auli Porter
Owen Wilson
Best Boy Grip:
Thomas Wazney
Boom Operator:
Don Coufal
Cableman:
Gary Holland
Camera Operator:
Michael Stone
Casting:
Karen E. Etcoff
Francine Maisler
Chief Lighting Technician:
Mike Moyer
Co-Producer:
John D. Schofield
Richard Marks
Color Timer:
Dale E. Grahn
Construction Coordinator:
Gary Deaton
Costume Design:
Molly Maginnis
Costumer:
Mary Elizabeth Still
James Lapidus
Director:
James L. Brooks
Director of Photography:
John Bailey
Dolly Grip:
Michael Connors
Editor:
Richard Marks
Executive Producer:
Laurence Mark
Richard Sakai
Laura Ziskin
First Assistant Camera:
Donald E. Thorin Jr.
First Assistant Director:
Aldric La'Auli Porter
First Assistant Sound Editor:
Galen Goodpaster
Foley Artist:
Andy Malcolm
Foley Editor:
Jonathan Klein
Christopher Flick
Foley Mixer:
Richard Duarte
Graphic Designer:
Martin Charles
Hair Supervisor:
Linda Arnold
Hairstylist:
Joy Zapata
Darrell Redleaf-Fielder
Key Grip:
Michael M. Krevitt
Leadman:
John Naehrlich
Lighting Technician:
Greg Addison
Location Manager:
Ralph Coleman
Makeup Artist:
Stacye P. Branche
Carrie Angland
Makeup Supervisor:
Michèle Burke
Music Editor:
Zigmund Gron
Adam Milo Smalley
Music Supervisor:
Jeffrey Pollack
Musician:
Armen Ksajikian
Negative Cutter:
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Orchestrator:
Bruce Fowler
Original Music Composer:
Hans Zimmer
Other:
Susan Perlman
Hans Berggren
Producer:
James L. Brooks
Kristi Zea
Bridget Johnson
Production Design:
Bill Brzeski
Production Office Coordinator:
Yvonne Yaconelli
Property Master:
Mark Wade
Screenplay:
Mark Andrus
James L. Brooks
Script Supervisor:
Ray Quiroz
Second Assistant Camera:
Michael Martinez
Second Assistant Director:
William M. Connor
Set Decoration:
Clay A. Griffith
Set Dresser:
John Maskovich
John Hammer Maxwell
Scott G. Jones
Bart C. Hubenthal
Sound Effects Editor:
Patrick Drummond
Cindy Marty
Sound Mixer:
Jeff Wexler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mark Smith
Ron Bartlett
Chris Jenkins
Sound Recordist:
Matt Colleran
Rudy Pi
Special Effects Coordinator:
William B. Doane
Still Photographer:
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Story:
Mark Andrus
Stunt Coordinator:
Walter Scott
Ken Fritz
Julia Davis
Stunt Double:
Julia Davis
BJ Davis
Stunts:
Bruce Gregory
David LeBell
Felipe Savahge
Phil O'Dell
Chester E. Tripp III
Gene LeBell
Denise Lynne Roberts
Supervising Sound Editor:
David Giammarco
Dennis Drummond
Thanks:
Michael Besman
Julie Ansell
Title Designer:
Pablo Ferro
Unit Production Manager:
Jake Jacobson
John D. Schofield
Visual Effects Producer:
George Merkert
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Tim McGovern
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Elaine Ramires
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