As Good as It Gets (1997) [PG-13]

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

A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat. Brace yourself for Melvin.

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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