Bringing Down the House (2003) [PG-13]

Release Date:
March 7, 2003

Original Title:
Bringing Down the House

Alternate Titles:
A Casa Caiu
Bronx A Bel Air
Neserte nám pestúnku
Remue-ménage
Több a sokknál
Una intrusa en la familia

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Hyde Park Entertainment
Touchstone Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 6  AU: M  CH: 6  CZ: U  DE: 6  GB: 12  GR: 13  HU: 16  IE: 15  JP: G  PL: 16  SK: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 105

Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.

Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.

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"A" Camera Operator:
David E. Diano

"B" Camera Operator:
Andy Shuttleworth
David Chameides

ADR Mixer:
Eric Thompson

ADR Recordist:
Chris Navarro

ADR Supervisor:
Cliff Latimer

ADR Voice Casting:
Terri Douglas

Actor's Assistant:
Ilene Waterstone
Tracy Mallozzi

Aerial Camera:
Douglas S. Holgate

Aerial Camera Technician:
Michael Hildebranch

Animal Wrangler:
Stacy Basil

Art Department Coordinator:
Mitch Sutton

Art Direction:
James Nedza

Assistant Hairstylist:
Mary Guerrero

Assistant Location Manager:
Kei Rowan-Young
Briana Burke
John Shaughnessy

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Amy Schmiederer

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Erin Engman

Assistant Property Master:
David Saltzman

Assistant Sound Editor:
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff

Associate Producer:
Cookie Carosella

Best Boy Electric:
Lonnie S. Gatlin

Boom Operator:
Harrison D. Marsh

Casting:
Victoria Thomas

Casting Assistant:
Nicole Abellera Hallman

Casting Associate:
Kim Taylor-Coleman

Choreographer:
Anne Fletcher

Co-Producer:
Todd Lieberman

Color Timer:
David Orr

Construction Coordinator:
Dennis DeWaay

Construction Foreman:
Steven E. Fegley
William Livingston

Costume Design:
Pamela Withers

Costume Supervisor:
Virginia Burton

Costumer:
Jennifer Dozier
Tom Macdonald
Eric J. Van Wagoner

Craft Service:
John K. Wright
John C.V. Wright
John Zinskey

Dialogue Editor:
James Matheny
Julie Feiner

Director:
Adam Shankman

Director of Photography:
Julio Macat
Johnny E. Jensen

Dolly Grip:
Melvin 'Butch' Von Bulow
Audie Aragon

Editor:
Gerald B. Greenberg

Electrician:
Wayne Marshall
Gary Mayer
Ralph Stiers
Adam Glick
Glen Magers
James E. Krattiger
Kenny Schneider
Don Nesmith
John Fine

Executive Producer:
Jane Bartelme
Queen Latifah

Executive Producer's Assistant:
LaWanda Black
Teena Deocales

First Assistant "A" Camera:
Rob Morey

First Assistant "B" Camera:
Trey Clinesmith
David Richert

First Assistant Accountant:
Gary Levy

First Assistant Camera:
Andrew Parke

First Assistant Director:
Daniel Silverberg

First Assistant Editor:
Danny Miller

Foley Artist:
Sean Rowe
Laura Macias

Foley Mixer:
Shawn Kennelly

Gaffer:
Walter Nichols
Bob E. Krattiger

Grip:
Bill Slemmons
Christopher Reynolds
Eugene B. Kerry
Rod Farley
Steve Graves

Hairstylist:
Maggie Hayes
Julie Taylor

Key Grip:
Michael Anderson

Key Hair Stylist:
Lynda Gurasich

Key Makeup Artist:
Felicity Bowring

Key Rigging Grip:
Mike Strong

Leadman:
Nancy Gilmore

Location Manager:
Molly Allen

Makeup Artist:
Frank Griffin

Music Coordinator:
Seth Rappaport
John E. Rhone

Music Editor:
Darrell Hall

Music Programmer:
Ruy Folguera
Geoff Levin

Music Supervisor:
Michael McQuarn

On Set Dresser:
John McElroy

Orchestrator:
Ira Hearshen

Original Music Composer:
Lalo Schifrin

Payroll Accountant:
Marlene Marks

Pilot:
Peter McKernan Jr.
Peter McKernan Sr.

Post Production Accountant:
Scott Sellers

Producer:
Ashok Amritraj
David Hoberman

Producer's Assistant:
Kim Meade
Justin Nelson
Andrea Milford

Production Accountant:
Ellen Adolph

Production Assistant:
Matthew Boeka
Ryan Chavez
Steve Curtiss
Tony Fonseca
Joe Morganella
Dana Wagner
Julie Asbury
Iain Robertson
Jennifer Weiland
Aaron Roberts
Solo Douglas
Aaron Wolf

Production Coordinator:
Marc A. Hammer
Lois Walker

Production Design:
Linda DeScenna

Production Secretary:
Naomi Yospe
Jenny Fumarolo

Property Master:
Ellen Freund

Props:
Earl Thielen

Rigging Gaffer:
Tim Marshall

Rigging Grip:
James Alden
Jason Selsor
William T. Jones

Scoring Mixer:
Gustavo Borner

Screenplay:
Jason Filardi

Script Supervisor:
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Second Assistant "A" Camera:
Craig Kohlhoff

Second Assistant "B" Camera:
Renee Treyball

Second Assistant Accountant:
Angie Ryan

Second Assistant Camera:
Jason Jensen

Second Assistant Director:
Conte Mark Matal

Second Company Grip:
Malcolm Doran II

Second Second Assistant Director:
John Pontrelli
Bradley Morris

Second Unit Director:
John Medlen

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Johnny E. Jensen

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Lisa Bloch-Tobey

Set Costumer:
Angela Amaro
Jill Korengold

Set Decoration:
Ric McElvin

Set Designer:
Rich Romig
Nancy Deren

Set Medic:
Jean Quay
Jamale Case

Sound Editor:
Donald Flick
Mary Ruth Smith

Sound Mixer:
David MacMillan

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Chris David
Terry Rodman

Special Effects Supervisor:
James Fredburg

Special Effects Technician:
F. Van Way
James Lorimer

Standby Painter:
Richard Girod Jr.

Steadicam Operator:
Andy Shuttleworth
David Chameides

Still Photographer:
Sam Emerson

Studio Teacher:
John Chisholm

Stunt Coordinator:
John Medlen

Stunts:
Elle Alexander
Robert Jauregui
Jwaundace Candece
David M. Morizot
Tom Harper
David Hugghins
C.C. Taylor
Erik Betts
Ron McCord
William Washington
Barbara Bernhardt
Mary Fallick
Ben Jensen
Chris Daniels
Michael Roberts
Jennifer Van Shay
Larnell Stovall
Steve Baruch
Von L. Roddy

Supervising Sound Editor:
David A. Whittaker

Swing:
Randy Severino
Mark Boucher
Mark Tuttle

Transportation Captain:
Ronald Stinton
Mike Buenfil

Transportation Coordinator:
Griff Ruggles

Unit Production Manager:
Daryl Kass

Unit Publicist:
Shelley Kirkwood

Utility Sound:
Kevin E. Patterson

Video Assist Operator:
Paul Murphey

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