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Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. But the journey, filled with hilarious misadventures and raunchy escapades, turns out to be a life-changing experience when everything he thinks he knows about life is turned upside down.
Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, Sex Drive follows three teenaged friends on the road trip of a lifetime. The film stars Josh Zuckerman (Lions for Lambs), Amanda Crew (The Haunting in Connecticut), Clark Duke ("Geek"), James Marsden (Enchanted) and Seth Green (Austin Powers in Goldmember), with a supporting cast that includes Alice Greczyn (Shrooms), Katrina Bowden ("30 Rock"), Charlie McDermott (The Ten) and Mark L. Young ("Dexter). Sean Anders (Never Been Thawed) directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with John Morris (She's Out of My League), based on the novel All the Way by Andy Behrens. The producers are John Morris, Leslie Morgenstein (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Bob Levy ("Gossip Girl"), with Mike Nelson serving as executive producer.
The production team includes director of photography Tim Orr (Year of the Dog), production designer Aaron Osborne (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), editor George Folsey, Jr. (Cheaper by the Dozen) and costume designer Kristin M. Burke (The Grudge 2).
An Alloy Entertainment Production for Summit Films, Sex Drive was filmed on location in South Florida.
At 18, Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) is struggling through his last summer before college, and he can't seem to catch a break. He's taunted by his cocksure older brother Rex, shown up in the romance department by his 14-year-old younger brother and humiliated by his job at the donut shop in the mall. But Ian's biggest problem is that he's about to start college as a virgin! He's determined to rectify that before he officially becomes a freshman and his devil-may-care pal Lance (Clark Duke) is on hand to help.
A total washout out with the girl of his dreams and longtime "best friend" Felicia (Amanda Crew), Ian resorts to the Internet for dates. He soon hooks up with Ms. Tasty, a flaming hot blonde who can't wait to get busy. But there's one tiny catch: Ian has to drive 500 miles from Chicago to Knoxville to consummate the deal.
Egged on by Clark, Ian risks life and limb by appropriating "The Judge," Rex's prized vintage Pontiac GTO, for a cross-country "sex drive." With Lance and Felicia in tow, he hits the road for a one-time rendezvous that will rock his world!
But the planned eight-hour drive turns into a three-day marathon as the trio loses its way in the Heartland and ends up taking a scenic tour of Midwestern back roads. With his would-be lover growing increasingly impatient and his older brother due back from a weekend trip at any moment, Ian is in a race against the clock.
Car trouble, a stint in the pokey, a detour to an Amish farm and an afternoon at a roadside carnival all complicate Ian's journey, but it's Lance's overactive libido that really threatens to derail his plans, as Lance enters into a dangerous liaison with a loose local and hooks up with an Amish girl enjoying Rumspringa.
As Ian presses on to get to Knoxville before Ms. Tasty gives up and goes home, the trail of mayhem and misadventure that he and his companions have left in their wake is closing in on them with hilarious consequences. Will Rex find him before he reaches Nirvana? Will a cuckolded husband exact revenge on Lance just as he seems to have found true love? Will Ms. Tasty live up to her Internet profile? Will Ian realize what it is he really wants? And most importantly, Will Ian, Felicia and Lance survive the perilous road to adulthood with all its unexpected twists and turns?
About the Story
Producer Bob Levy didn't have to look far to discover the source material for his latest feature film project. Levy is head of the film and television division of Alloy Entertainment, which published All the Way, the young adult novel by Andy Behrens on which Sex Drive is based. Alloy, which was founded by Leslie Morgenstein, also a producer on Sex Drive, has found a unique niche in the entertainment industry. The company previously produced the popular "Gossip Girls" television series and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie franchise, both developed from books that Alloy publishes.
With the novel in hand, the producers' next step was to find screenwriters capable of translating the story from the page to the big screen. Levy and Morgenstein met with a number of writers before selecting the team of Sean Anders and John Morris to adapt the book into an outrageous and uproarious script that was eventually dubbed Sex Drive.
"Once we met Sean and John and heard their vision of this movie, it was clear sailing," says Levy. "They came in and blew us out of the room with a take that was a thousand percent smarter, funnier and more real than anything else we heard. They had figured out exactly how to translate the book into a movie."
Morris and Anders had previously collaborated on the teen-oriented comedy, Never Been Thawed, which became a cult hit on college campuses across the country. From the beginning, they were determined to put their unique stamp on the project. "The film is quite a bit different from the book that Bob sent us," says Anders, who also directed the film. "But it has the same general premise: Kid drives across the country to lose his virginity. John and I enjoyed it and immediately started talking about how to make it more cinematic and fun and crazy."
The pair took inspiration for Sex Drive from the films of John Hughes, the auteur of adolescent adventures like Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. "Like Hughes we started with story and characters," says Anders. "When we felt we had that nailed down, then we would think, how could this be funny? And we would try to make it funny."
According to Levy, that's an understatement of the team's talents. "It's one thing to be funny-there are a lot of funny writers in Hollywood," he points out. "These guys are also smart. They've created great, original jokes, but they're also telling a magnificent story filled with really deep, rich characterizations. To find that skill-set in one package is a very rare thing.
"There are people in this business who've been pounding away for years," says the producer. "These guys have only been at it for a short time. Hollywood is the last great meritocracy and their rise has been really meteoric. John and Sean are the real deal."
Levy describes the plot of Sex Drive as an archetypal human story. "It's about looking for love in all the wrong places. It's about thinking what you want is sex and realizing what you need is love."
That underlying theme is what Levy says makes the film work on many different levels. "It's smart. It's stupid. It's emotional. It's physical. It's witty. It's sexual. It's about courage and fear. Putting so many different kinds of things together makes the storytelling richer, makes all the jokes funnier and makes you love all the characters even more."
From the very first meeting, Anders pitched himself to direct the movie as well as script it. Despite having only one previous feature under his belt, he approached the project with the sure hand of a veteran, says Levy. "He really zeroed in on exactly what the tone of this movie should be-a sort of heightened fun reality. To a great extent, the humor depends on a balance between the three kids, who are strongly grounded in reality, and the slightly heightened characters and situations that befall them on the road. But the core of the journey is the real and relatable characters."
"Of course, the film has a fair share of broad, as well as smart, humor," observes actor Clark Duke, who plays the unlikely teen Lothario, Lance. "I wouldn't compare the movie to American Pie so much as to an '80s comedy. It's sort of screwball, but Josh, Amanda and I went at our characters from a naturalistic place. Some of the stuff that happens is ridiculous, in a good way, but the main three characters are going at it from a realistic perspective."
Seth Green, who is unforgettable in a fine supporting role as a sardonic Amish car mechanic, notes that the alchemy of comedy is more art than science. "It's always a roll of the dice and somewhat lucky when you get the right group of people together with the right director and the right material. You never know until you get there. I was happy that when I got here that's exactly what I got.
"You'd never have known that Sean was not a long-time director," says the prolific young actor whose numerous memorable roles have ranged from Scott Evil in the Austin Powers trilogy to the voice of Chris Griffin on "Family Guy." "He is knowledgeable and has a really clear sense of what it is that he wants. He's also got great taste in comedy and such a keen sense of what it's going to look like at the end. But he's also open to spontaneity, which is a really good quality, because we had a lot of
people who could riff brilliantly if given the opportunity. Sean was really good at catching
the right moments and letting them play out."
Producer Bob Levy concurs. "It was such a pleasure to be on the set and watch brilliantly funny people do what they do best. To see Sean give them the comfort and security and license to be themselves and to be funny and to be comedians was inspiring."
Casting Sex Drive
Part of the filmmakers' vision for Sex Drive was to assemble the funniest people they could find and turn them loose, according to Bob Levy. "We cast really talented funny people and gave them a blueprint in script form. Sean allowed them to bring their own sensibility and their own vision to the journey."
Both Anders and Levy say that they were surprised and amused when they realized how much the three leading actors actually resembled their characters. "At times, we would just turn on the camera and say, 'Be yourself,'" says the director. "Josh is a really nice guy and a little bit awkward. Clark is kind of the chick machine; he gets all the ladies. So we just put the camera in front of them and let them do their thing."
Josh Zuckerman, who has been working regularly in television and film since he was ten years old, was the filmmakers' first choice to play Ian because of his innate vulnerability, as well as his skill at comedy. "His primary job here is to make the audience fall in love with him," says Levy. "They need to care about whether he gets the girl at the end of the story. Josh is emotional and sensitive and caring and smart and intelligent and all of those things overlap in Josh Zuckerman the actor and Ian Lafferty the character. Hopefully that will make the viewer root for him to make the right choice."
"For me, Josh was the perfect choice for Ian," says Anders, "He definitely is an attractive kid and a likeable guy. And as a person, he's really sweet, polite and decent. And yet, at the same time, he's like anybody his age. He's insecure and he's got all that post-teen craziness that fits the character. As we got to know Josh more after we hired him, we thought, `My God, this guy really is Ian.'"
For his part, Zuckerman was happy to find that the teen sex comedy worked on multiple layers and that the characters grow throughout the course of the story. "When I first read the script, I thought it was very funny," says the actor, "It's got great gags, but I also really responded to the degree of character development in Ian and Felicia and Lance. On the surface, it's all about sex, but it becomes so much more than that. It becomes about friendship and about change as they all develop into something new by the end of the movie."
One of those "great gags" moved Zuckerman's co-star James Marsden to call him "one of the more ballsy actors I've ever worked with. It takes a lot of guts to get dressed up like a donut and sincerely deliver the lines."
The costume, which Ian is forced to wear for his summer job at Señor Donut, transforms the teen into a gigantic walking pastry and makes him a target for crude jokes as he patrols the mall trying to drum up business "It made me laugh every time," says actor Clark Duke. "I'm a big fan of the donut costume. I wanted to get him one of those big signs they have out in the corners in L.A. that the guys flip around."
For the role of Felicia, the filmmakers held a series of auditions in Los Angeles planning to tailor the part for the actress they selected. "Then we got this tape of Amanda Crew," says Anders, "Suddenly there was no question about who should play Felicia. Amanda was absolutely the Felicia I had in my head."
"She was pretty, but also edgy and she seemed real and cool," he continues. "She seemed like the kind of girl that hangs out in your neighborhood and who is friends with all the guys, but she's still hot. She's just really together and you've got to be careful around her, because she has a sharp tongue."
"Amanda is Felicia in ways none of us knew before we met her on the set," agrees Bob Levy. "Amanda is honest and fearless and the kind of person who doesn't censor herself-and that's exactly who Felicia is."
Not playing a stereotypical "chick" in a teen movie was what attracted Crew to the role. "Usually young actresses have to play the hot sexy girl next door that all the guys want," she says. "Felicia is a tomboy with this really tough exterior, but really, inside she's like any other girl who has a soft interior that she's trying to protect. When I read the script, I was like 'I have to play this character.' I think I'm a lot like her."
"I really enjoyed working on a project that everybody was completely dedicated to," she continues. "From day one, Sean has shown how committed he is to it. When the filmmakers are so committed, you want give it your all, too. You don't want to let them down."
Clark Duke, who plays Ian's wingman, Lance Nesbit, is one of the stars of the television series "Greek" and appeared in the comedy megahit Superbad. But he first made a name for himself with the Internet comedy show "Clark and Michael," which he created with fellow actor Michael Cera. The filmmakers readily admit that Duke initially seems an improbable choice for Lance, a super cool chick magnet and all around player. The character was conceived as a classically good looking, square jawed, blue-eyed pretty boy.
Levy credits Anders and Morris with the idea of casting Duke as Lance. "They were constantly asking 'How can we make this more surprising? How can we make this richer and more interesting and less clichéd?'"
Duke had been brought in to audition for the part of Ian. "But the reason they called me is that they had seen an episode of 'Clark and Michael' where I karate-kick a girl in the chest" says the actor. "They said they really liked the weird sense of confidence that the Clark character had."
"It's about the personality, it's about the style, it's about the confidence more than it is about the classic American good looks," says Levy. "You love Clark and believe that he's the guy who gets all the girls because of that swagger."
Co-star Zuckerman agrees that Duke is not the pin-up version of the "popular guy." "I would say Clark is the more the real, live version of that, the guy who's just so likeable. He has more confidence and charm than most people I know. A lot of it has to do with his humor and his intelligence."
"When I first read the script, I thought it was hilarious," says Duke. "But I was especially attracted to the role of Lance. By going completely against the cliché, the character immediately became much more interesting and true to life. It shows that it's more your confidence and your demeanor than your looks that make you a strong personality. And I find that true in real life, too."
The filmmakers scored a real coup when James Marsden, a heartthrob well known for his romantic roles in hit films like Enchanted and Hairspray, signed on to play Rex, Ian's ridiculously cocky older brother. "When you work with an actor of James Marsden's stature, you have to be concerned about whether or not the actor is really going to commit to playing an unflattering character," says Levy. "From the first take of his first set-up, he locked into Rex and was fearless and hilarious. He relished the opportunity to play against type. He loved being the jerk that Rex is."
Marsden says the script was one of the funniest he'd ever read. "But when you're reading a script, you have to consider the execution. You know, who's the director? Who are the other actors? Are they going to do the dumb version of it or are they going to do the really smart version of it?
"Comedy's harder to do than serious dramatic work," he continues. "You have to believe that these characters are in that moment for real. And if it's played straight and played real, then the comic moments can breathe and come to life."
Marsden had definite ideas about how the character was going to look. "I grew up in Oklahoma and I know who this guy is. He's 34, 35 and he's still living with his parents. He frosts his tips and he's got an earring that he got at the mall. It's in the left ear, not the right, because otherwise he'd be gay, and he needs to make sure that everybody knows he's not gay."
His first day on the set, the actor showed up in his idea of Rex's costume, including kung fu pants and a cut-off sweatshirt. "We're, like, 'Dude, go over to wardrobe,'" recalls Anders. "And he said, 'No. I'm wearing this.' And I said, 'We have better clothes for you. You look like a jackass.' He said 'This is what I roll in.' He was right."
Because the three main characters spend most of the film driving cross country, the writers were able to create a wealth of rich supporting roles. "Every time they stop somewhere for a couple of minutes of screen time, we're meeting new characters," says Levy. "We were able to have some great comedic actors fly in and knock their scenes out of the ball park."
Seth Green plays Ezekiel, an Amish man who strayed a little too far from the farm in his youth and picked up some worldly skills, like hot-rod repair. "Ezekial is purely a function of Sean and John's imagination," says Bob Levy. "And the character is contrary to any way that we've ever seen or imagined Seth Green."
Anders says that they had Green in mind for the part from the very beginning. "We wanted this worldly Amish guy to be really sarcastic," he says. "Nobody does sarcasm quite like Seth Green."
"Seth was so happy to embrace the wardrobe and the Amish beard, which were really hot and uncomfortable," producer Levy adds. "Our hair and makeup people and wardrobe people researched the Amish experience carefully to try and recreate something that was authentic. Seth used the look of Ezekiel as a starting point to launch the character and the great performance that he came up with."
Green refers to himself, somewhat ironically, as "the mouthpiece of modern Amish youth." The actor says, "The typical, cinematic portrayal of the Amish is either incredibly dramatic or really ridiculous. There's never been a really accurate depiction of Amish teenagers. You're either Lukas Haas in Witness or you're Randy Quaid in Kingpin. So I thought this was a great opportunity."
The road trip also gave the filmmakers a chance to pack the film with hilarious cameos from some seriously recognizable faces. "Dave Koechner, who's appeared in some of the great Will Ferrell movies, just killed in his scene as a hitchhiker," says Levy. "Kyle Gass, who has worked with Jack Black in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, is hilarious as a trucker. Brian Posehn from "The Sarah Silverman Program" plays a carnie having sort of a verbal sparring match with Ian and Lance.
"We've also found some fresh kids who are really funny," he continues. "Charlie McDermott and Mark Young, play Andy and Randy, who are the Beavis and Butt-Head of fumbling high school pick-up artists. These two kids just are natural born comedians."
Shooting in Florida allowed the filmmakers to draw from the deep pool of actors working in Miami's thriving entertainment industry. One of those lucky performers was Caley Hayes, who makes her acting debut as Mandy, a provocative blonde cheerleader, who happens to be promoting abstinence.
"Mandy more or less seduces Ian into coming to watch her dance, and he
doesn't know that it's an abstinence pledge gimmick," says Levy. "He's pulled into this tent by sexy young girl dancers who are doing this hip-hop routine."
Hayes had some behind-the-scenes show business experience, but had never been in front of a camera before. "It was my first audition. Ever. I'd never done commercials. I'd never done movies. I'd never even been an extra."
She says she really had no idea what she was getting into. "The first day everyone was asking me, "Are you nervous? Are you nervous?" When I got in front of the cameras, I was just like, 'Wow, like this is amazing.' It was probably the best day of my life!"
The cast and crew were extremely supportive, she says. "It made it so much easier that they were all amazing actors and actresses. I think being able to work with people my age who kind of know where I'm coming from was also helpful for my first time."
And finally, the actress cast as Ms. Tasty, Ian's Internet hottie, had to be beautiful and sexy, but not intimidating. "Katrina Bowden, who's well-known from "30 Rock," has to be the ultimate lure, the girl that nobody could resist driving from Chicago to Knoxville to see," says Anders. "The interesting thing is that in person, she doesn't have that much of an edge. It was kind of funny watching a really sweet girl having to work that hard at being a bitch."
On the Road
The drive from Chicago to Knoxville winds through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky before rolling into Tennessee some 500 miles later. Along the way, the road passes through metropolises like Indianapolis, small bedroom communities and farmland. The filmmakers mined the deep vein of discoveries they made along the road to create an authentic, if offbeat, adventure.
"The movie is really all about the drive and all the crazy stuff that befalls Ian and his two friends along the way," Levy says. "I think the road in movies in our culture represents freedom and independence. What does every kid want but to make his own decisions? To make her own choices? This is physically and emotionally a journey for our hero that results in his becoming a new person."
The idea of doing a classic road movie appealed to Anders and Morris, especially one with Sex Drive's 21st century update. "The book had a concept that was really contemporary in that it all starts on the Internet," says the director. "And yet, it's also totally relatable for just about anyone, because it's something everybody has been through or will be going through."
Clark Duke also thinks the story of leaving high school and going on the road will appeal to audiences. "Most people can relate to the whole experience of graduating high school and either going to college or graduating into some adult job," he says. "And the whole setting of the summer before college is such a weird, transitional period in your life. It's a really good setting for a movie."
Every good road trip needs a method of transportation and the car that Ian, Lance and Felicia take on the road is a legend with car aficionados: "The Judge," a bright orange Pontiac GTO. Considered one of the first muscle cars, the Judge ruled in street performance from 1969 to 1971. "The car is another great example of how Sean and John took the book and elevated it to a whole new level," says Bob Levy. "In the book it's called 'The Monster' and it's an old 1980s beater. Sean and John said, 'This is a movie. This is visual. We've got to love looking at this thing."
"It's fast, sexy, masculine machine and it's an important character in the movie," says Anders. "It embodies exactly the journey that Ian is taking. It's this overwhelmingly powerful thing that he can't control, that he's afraid of at the beginning of the story and by the end of the story, Ian's the master of The Judge."
Among the places Ian, Lance and Felicia visit on their journey, the Amish community that becomes an unlikely rest stop for them may be the most memorable. When Anders and Morris discovered that the community has a significant presence in Indiana and Ohio, they were inspired to incorporate Rumspringa, a little-known Amish custom into their script. Translated from Pennsylvania Dutch as "running around," Rumspringa allows young people to explore the outside world before committing to the church's rules. When an Amish youth turns 16, he or she is allowed to experiment with forbidden behaviors. For some, it may be as simple as riding in a car for the first time. For others, it might be as extreme as experimenting with hard drugs.
As Seth Green explains, "It's a period in which Amish teens are allowed to explore things outside the community so that they can dedicate themselves by choice to the life and ways of the Amish. But sometimes outrageous things happen, because it's this concentrated effort -'I've only got a small period of time and I'm really going to see what the world's got to offer.'"
The filmmakers staged an all-out bacchanal in honor of Rumspringa. "In the movie, our kids are pretty sure it will be washout," says Levy. "But when they walk in the Rumspringa barn, there is this internationally known stadium band blowing the place out at this crazy kick-ass 'Amish Hash Bash.'"
Kicking out the jams for the occasion are pop superstars Fall Out Boy. "We made a wish list of bands that would be immediately recognizable when the barn doors open," says Levy. "Right at the top was Fall Out Boy. We sent them the script and crossed our fingers. We were just thrilled that they wanted to do the movie. Honestly, we were all as excited as any teenager to go to the Rumspringa party and watch."
The filmmakers freely admit to taking some liberties with Amish culture. As Anders says, "If you know anything about the Amish, you're going to say over and over again, "Wow, they got that wrong! But our feeling was if you're Amish and you're at the movies-well, you know."
For producer Bob Levy, one of the film's most interesting moments comes from a discovery that producer and co-writer John Morris made by chance. "At the risk of sounding pretentious, we tried to put a little bit of everything in this movie: comedy, sex, drama, emotion and the tiniest modicum of poetry in the form of the Shoe Tree," he says. "John happened upon one outside Reno, Nevada and put it in the script. Tim Orr, our cinematographer took that moment of poetry in our script blueprint and elevated it to genuine filmmaking poetry.
"To me, it's the single most beautiful image in the movie," he continues. "The Shoe Tree is covered with shoes that have been tied together and flung into it. It's weird and gorgeous. There are 480 pairs of shoes in the shoe tree. The art department bought shoes by the pound-they had to throw out all the loafers, because they couldn't tie them together. We shot it in about three or four hours, and the next week we had to go back and untie every pair of shoes and take them down. It almost breaks my heart that we created this beautiful thing for the movie and now the Shoe Tree is gone."
ABOUT THE CAST
JOSH ZUCKERMAN (Ian) likes to keep his resume diverse., Prior to the comedy Sex Drive, Zuckerman co-starred in the drama Lions for Lambs, which starred Robert Redford, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep, with Redford directing. Previously, Zuckerman had a role as Mark Webber's hard-partying friend in Ethan Hawke's film The Hottest State and co-starred as the wheelchair-bound brother of Balthazar Getty in Dimension's cult classic, Feast.
Zuckerman's other film credits include Surviving Christmas, in which he appeared opposite Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini; Pretty Persuasion, which starred Evan Rachel Wood; and the box office smash Austin Powers in Goldmember.
His diversity extends to television as well, with a recurring role in the hit ABC Family drama "Kyle XY" and a previous recurring role in the television series "CSI: Miami." Other TV credits include "Boston Legal," "Close to Home," "Stand Off" and "House."
On stage, Zuckerman starred in the one-act play "Women and Wallace" at the Actor's Lab Theater in Los Angeles, with his performance garnering rave reviews.
After making his professional debut in an ABC movie-of-the-week, "Geppetto," starring Drew Carey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Zuckerman then went on to recurring roles in ABC's acclaimed dramas "Once and Again" and "NYPD Blue" as well as a memorable role in an emotional post-September 11th episode of NBC's "The West Wing."
The youngest of five children, Zuckerman began acting at the age of 10 at the Los Altos Youth Theater in Los Altos, California. In addition to pursuing his acting career, Zuckerman has been attending Princeton University.
AMANDA CREW (Felicia) recently had a starring role in The Haunting in Connecticut opposite Virginia Madsen and Elias Koteas, directed by Peter Cornwall. Her previous film credits include Final Destination 3 and She's the Man, which starred Amanda Bynes.
On television, Crew has spent the last two years starring as Carrie Miller in The N network's hit series, "Whistler." Recently, Crew won the 2007 Leo Award for Best Lead Female in a Dramatic Series for her role in the show, which is set in the high society winter playgrounds of North America.
Born and reared in Langley, British Columbia, Crew began her career in acting when she was cast as a regular for two seasons on the teen series "15/Love." Her other work on television includes recurring roles on the ABC series "Life as We Know It" and the WB/CW institution "Smallville."
CLARK DUKE (Lance) makes his feature film debut in Sex Drive but he quickly followed it with a starring role in the upcoming A Thousand Words, opposite Eddie Murphy.
Duke is best known as the co-creator of the web comedy series "Clark and Michael," which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in alongside his friend and comedy partner Michael Cera, star of Superbad. This landmark series, which lampooned their characters' efforts to write and sell a television show, made many "Best Of" lists in 2007, including those of Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. "Clark and Michael" continues to enjoy massive popularity all over the world and has established Clark Duke as a creative force to be reckoned with.
Duke has also made his mark in television with the role of Dale in "Greek," the hit ABC Family comedy series. Duke has also done multiple voices on Seth Green's hit "Adult Swim" program on Cartoon Network, "Robot Chicken."
A native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Duke is also a talented musician who has launched an L.A. band with Michael Cera. Duke has a diverse slate of upcoming projects as a writer, actor, director and producer.
JAMES MARSDEN (Rex) has enjoyed success in a wide range of films that have swiftly earned him a distinctive place in Hollywood. Most recently, Marsden starred in the box-office hit 27 Dresses, a romantic comedy in which he played opposite Katherine Heigl.
Previously, Marsden received rave reviews for his starring role in the blockbuster Enchanted, alongside Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey and Susan Sarandon. A romantic fable mixing live action with CGI animation, the Kevin Lima-directed film earned a Best Family Film nomination at the 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.
Marsden also had a starring role in Adam Shankman's box office hit Hairspray, which featured John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken. Marsden played Corny Collins, the host of the TV dance show. Hairspray earned multiple award nominations, including Critics' Choice Awards for Best Acting Ensemble, Best Comedy Movie and Best Family Film, as well as a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble.
Marsden recently wrapped production on Richard Kelly's psychological thriller, The Box, in which he stars opposite Cameron Diaz. The film is based on a classic Richard Matheson short story, "Button, Button."
Marsden also appeared in Superman Returns, opposite Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth and Frank Langella, for director Bryan Singer.
Marsden's film resume also includes playing Cyclops in the X-Men trilogy, The Notebook, The Alibi, Disturbing Behavior, 10th and Wolf, The 24th Day, Sugar and Spice and Interstate 60.
Among his notable television roles as the character Glen Floy on the final season of the Emmy-winning series "Ally McBeal," created by David E. Kelley.
SETH GREEN (Ezekial) After Sex Drive, Green will be co-starring with John Travolta and Robin Williams in Disney's comedy, Old Dogs, scheduled to open in theatres April
10.
Green and Matthew Senreich exec produce/direct/write (with Green doing 35 - 60 voices each week) Robot Chicken, created for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The sketch parody stop-motion animation show has earned great reviews and record ratings. Robot Chicken: Star Wars, the show's first special, is currently nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Animated Program and earned Green this year's Annie Award for directing. It was released on DVD and immediately became the top-selling TV show on DVD.
Green garnered raves for starring in Paramount's Without a Paddle, The Italian Job and the indie film, Party Monster. He starred in all three of New Line's record-breaking Austin Powers films. He co-starred in America's Sweethearts and had starring roles Rat Race and Knockaround Guys and Can't Hardly Wait in an attention-grabbing role as Kenny Fisher, a white homeboy. If you're a Woody Allen fan, Green was the lead, a young Allen, in Radio Days.
Green is also making new episodes of Family Guy (as son Chris Griffin), Fox's animated comedy series. He and Hugh Sterbakov created The Freshmen, a comic book series for Top Cow.
Green is currently directing Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II, which airs November 16th at 11:30 PM on Adult Swim and will feature Carrie Fisher reprising her role as Princess Leia, Billy Dee Williams and Ahmed Best from the original Star Wars films.
Entertainment Weekly previously named him Best TV Actor and E! Entertainment Television's poll proclaimed Green the hottest young actor in Hollywood. He's equally popular among critics and fans. He has numerous other films and many previous television series to his credit including Four Kings, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Greg the Bunny.
ALICE GRECZYN (Mary) has had roles in the studio films Fat Albert, The Dukes of Hazzard, Sleepover and the independent feature An American in China.
Greczyn is best known for her role on the NBC series "Windfall." Most recently, she completed a seven-episode arc on the ABC Family drama "Lincoln Heights." Other notable television credits include recurring roles on Fox's "Quintuplets" and the Disney Channel's "Phil of the Future."
KATRINA BOWDEN (Ms. Tasty) currently stars in NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy "30 Rock" as Liz Lemon's (Emmy Award winner Tina Fey) flighty assistant, Cerie. Along with the rest of the "30 Rock" cast, Bowden was nominated for a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
An honors student from Wycoff, New Jersey, Bowden has starred in many commercials but received her big break after dancing in the chart-topping rock band Fall Out Boy's hit music video "Dance, Dance." Bowden went on to appear on episodes of the TV series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and the daytime drama "One Life to Live."
In the film world, Bowden most recently appeared in the forthcoming feature releases National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son, directed by Savage Steve Holland, and The Last Film Festival, opposite Dennis Hopper.
She has also appeared in a We Are Scientists music video directed by Emmy Award winner Akiva Schafer (the "D*ck in a Box" sketch on "Saturday Night Live").
CHARLIE McDERMOTT (Andy, emancipated minor) most recently had a supporting role in Frozen River, the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winner. His other film credits include The Ten, in which he starred opposite Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Gretchen Mol, Oliver Platt, Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder and Liev Schreiber; All Along, in which he starred alongside Krista Allen; and Disappearances, co-starring Luis Guzman and Kris Kristofferson.
McDermott began his professional career with a strong role in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, in which he starred alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Pitt and Brendan Gleeson.
MARK L. YOUNG (Randy), a relative newcomer to feature films, appears in the forthcoming releases The Lucky Ones, opposite Rachel McAdams and Tim Robbins, and Adam Sherman's Happiness Runs.
Born in Washington, Young started acting when he was 9. Upon relocating to Los Angeles at the age of 12, he began his professional career with a small role in two episodes of the critically acclaimed HBO series "Six Feet Under." Immediately following that was another small role in two episodes of "The O.C." Since then, Young has made significant appearances on such shows as "Cold Case," "ER," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "CSI: Miami."
In 2006, Young gained widespread notoriety for his role in Showtime's critically acclaimed series "Dexter" as Jeremy Downs, a troubled teen who spent years in juvie for murder. He now has a recurring role on the popular HBO series "Big Love."
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
SEAN ANDERS (Director/Co-writer) made his feature film directing debut with the 2005 indie Never Been Thawed, which he co-wrote with John Morris. The comedy received a warm critical reception when it screened at the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles and has since developed an avid following on the Internet. Sex Drive is Anders' second feature film as a director and his first for a studio.
Between those two projects, Anders and Morris re-teamed to write the romantic comedy, She's Out of My League, a forthcoming DreamWorks/Paramount release. The writing duo also sold screenplays to Lionsgate and Comedy Central and was hired to write a television pilot for Fox.
Anders was born in California and raised in DeForest, Wisconsin, a small town outside Madison. Before becoming a filmmaker, he followed his first passion, music, performing in bands in Wisconsin and Arizona. He also worked as a graphic designer for several years prior to embarking on his Hollywood career.
JOHN MORRIS (Producer/Co-writer) produced and co-wrote with Sean Anders Never Been Thawed, the independent film that served as their calling card in Hollywood. The comedy received critical acclaim when it was screened at the Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles, and has since developed a cult following on the Internet. Sex Drive is Morris's second feature film as a producer and writer.
Between the two films, Morris and Anders wrote an original screenplay, She's Out of My League, a forthcoming DreamWorks release. They also sold screenplays to Lionsgate and Comedy Central and were hired to write a television pilot for FOX.
Morris was born in Chicago and raised in both Chicago and California. He and Anders met while both were musicians, in different bands, based in Phoenix, Arizona. Subsequently, Morris moved to Reno, Nevada, and had opened a futon store before Anders asked him to co-write Never Been Thawed.
LES MORGENSTEIN (Producer) has been President of Alloy Entertainment and its predecessor, 17th Street Productions, Inc. since 1999, overseeing the company's operations, strategy and creative mission. He produces or serves as executive producer on Alloy Entertainment's feature film and television projects, including the features The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its forthcoming sequel as well as the hit television series "Gossip Girl," for CW.
Morgenstein has an undergraduate degree in writing and photography from Sarah Lawrence College and an MBA in finance from New York University's Stern School of Business. He also completed his master's work in English and creative writing at the City College of New York.
BOB LEVY (Producer), Executive Vice President of Film and Television Development and Production for Alloy Entertainment, has worked in the entertainment industry for more than two decades. Levy's career has included work in network, cable and public television and, more recently, feature films.
Levy joined Alloy Entertainment in 2001 following 10 years at NBC, where he was Vice President of Primetime Series and closely involved with such shows as "Mad About You," "Caroline in the City" and the critically acclaimed "Working."
As head of Alloy Entertainment's West Coast office, Levy oversees the company's extensive slate of film and television development. He is an Executive Producer of the new CW series "Gossip Girl" and all of Alloy Entertainment's television projects.
Levy has a BA, cum laude, from Brown University. He is married to filmmaker Elizabeth Allen.
MIKE NELSON (Executive Producer) most recently served as Executive Producer on Mike Judge's provocative comedy Idiocracy, starring Luke Wilson.
Previously, Nelson co-produced the summer action film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which starred Sean Connery. Nelson's recent credits as a line producer include A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel, and The Anniversary Party.
In 1997, Nelson produced director Tim Blake Nelson's Eye of God, which won an American Independent Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and a Bronze Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. It also received nominations for The Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award.
Nelson served as co-producer on the features Sugar & Spice, Drop Dead Gorgeous, S.F.W. and the television series "Fallen Angels." He was also the unit production manager on director Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking film Romeo + Juliet.
Nelson learned the production business through jobs in various capacities such as associate producer, assistant director, locations manager and prop-master. He then spent four years as Vice President of Physical Production for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment, where he oversaw films such as Backdraft, Far & Away, Opportunity Knocks, For Love or Money and Cry-Baby.
Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nelson is a graduate of Swarthmore College.
TIM ORR (Director of Photography) has shot numerous feature films, as well as documentaries and commercials. His most recent films include the forthcoming releases Observe & Report and Pineapple Express, both starring Seth Rogen. Other recent films include Choke, Year of the Dog, Snow Angels, Off the Black, Come Early Morning, Trust the Man and Little Manhattan.
Among Orr's most notable feature credits are David Gordon Green's award-winning George Washington, for which Orr was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography; Peter Sollett's critically acclaimed debut film Raising Victor Vargas; and All the Real Girls, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Orr's other credits include Dandelion, The Undertow (also directed by David Gordon Green), Imaginary Heroes and The Baxter.
A native of North Carolina, Orr studied cinematography at the North Carolina School of the Arts' School of Filmmaking.
AARON OSBORNE (Production Designer) divides his time between film and television projects. His most recent features include Unaccompanied Minors, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Employee of the Month.
Among his previous films are Parallel Passage, Carolina, The Big Empty, Love and a Bullet, The Mesmerist, I Am Sam, Lip Service, Luckytown, Trippin', Another Day in Paradise, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and Carnosaur.
Osborne's most recent television credits include the pilots for the television series "Eli Stone" and "Aliens in America," as well as 12 episodes of the series "E-Ring." Among his previous TV credits are three episodes of the series "Watching Ellie," 22 episodes of the smash hit "Without a Trace" and multiple episodes of "Wind on Water" and "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero."
Osborne has also served as a production designer on various made-fortelevision movies, among them "Juror #5" and "Cheyenne Warrior."
In addition to his work as a production designer, Osborne has directed three low-budget independent films, Kraa! The Sea Monster, Zarkorr! The Invader and Caged Heat 3000. He also served as an executive producer on The Gray Man.
Osborne began his film career as a production assistant on Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy. He then worked as a set decorator on Joshua Tree, Final Embrace, Kiss Me a Killer and Uncaged, as well as serving as art director on Jeans.
GEORGE FOLSEY, JR. (Editor) is best known for the films he edited and produced during his 15-year partnership with director John Landis. His films as an editor during that time include Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal House, The Blues Brothers and Coming to America. His credits as a producer with Landis include An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Spies Like Us, Greedy, The Three Amigos, Into the Night and Coming to America. Also with Landis, Folsey produced and edited Michael Jackson's landmark music video, "Thriller."
Most recently, Folsey edited the features Basic, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Ringer, The Pink Panther, Hostel, Hostel II and The Rocker. Previous film editing credits include Bulletproof and the American version of Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger, Folsey also did re-editing work on Romero and The Great Santini. His other producing credits include Clue and Grumpier Old Men.
Folsey is the son of the late Hollywood cinematographer George Folsey, who received 14 Academy Award nominations. After graduating from Pomona College, Folsey, Jr. worked as an editor at KABC-TV in Los Angeles and formed a company, Group One, which shot and edited all the filmed segments on the classic comedy televison series "Laugh-In."
In 1988, after his 15 years of partnership with director John Landis, Folsey was asked to become Chairman of Qsound Labs, a Canadian corporation specializing in sound enhancement and localization. He is also a director of Paulist Productions and a member of the Directors Guild of America.
KRISTIN M. BURKE (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for over 40 films, including Crossing Over, Death Sentence, Time to Kill (which starred Nicolas Cage), The Grudge 2, Running Scared, The Cooler (featuring William H. Macy, Maria Bello and Alec Baldwin), The Slaughter Rule and Star Maps. She has also designed costumes for music videos, commercials and two television series.
Burke is an internationally exhibited artist specializing in collage and mail art. She had her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in September 2001.
Burke is the author of two books. The first, Costuming the Film: The Art and the Craft, co-authored with Holly Cole of Ohio University, was published in August 2005 by Silman James Press. It's a college-level textbook on the ins-and-outs of designing costumes for films. The book is also intended to reach industry professionals looking to broaden their understanding of the role of costumes in the collaborative medium of film. Burke's second book, Going Hollywood: How to Get Started, Keep Going and Not Turn into a Sleaze, was published in September 2004 and is in use at film schools and universities in seven countries.
Born in Orange, California, Burke was educated at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she majored in both Radio/Television/Film and French. There, Burke was trained in the art of costume design by Virgil C. Johnson, an acclaimed designer for opera and the theatre. While at Northwestern, Burke's experimental short films garnered awards at the Seattle Short Film Festival, the Nimes Festival in France and the Dallas Film Festival.
Her other honors include being selected by The Hollywood Reporter for the "2005 Next Gen" list of up-and-coming professionals under 35. She was also selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to work on the exhibition of costumes and illustrations "50 Designers, 50 Costumes," a tribute to Hollywood film costuming that has toured the U.S., Canada and Japan.
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT Presents
An ALLOY ENTERTAINMENT Production
SEX DRIVE
Josh ZuckermanAmanda CrewClark DukeSeth Greenand James Marsden
Casting ByLisa Beach, CSASarah Katzman, CSA
Music ByStephen Trask
Music SupervisorsDave JordanJojo Villanueva
Costumer DesignerKristin M. Burke
EditorGeorge Folsey, Jr. A.C.E.
Production DesignerAaron Osborne
Director of PhotographyTim Orr
Executive ProducerMike Nelson
Produced ByLeslie MorgensteinBob LevyJohn Morris
Based on the book "All the Way" byAndy Behrens
Screenplay BySean Anders & John Morris
Directed BySean Anders
Unit Production Manager Michael Nelson
First Assistant Director Linda Brachman
Mary Ellen Woods
Second Assistant Director Marge Piane
Lynn Wegenka
In Association withGoldcrest Film Finance LLPAnd Aura Films
Cast Ian Josh Zuckerman Felicia Amanda Crew Lance Clark Duke Rex James Marsden Ezekiel Seth Green Mary Alice Greczyn Ms. Tasty Katrina Bowden Andy Charles McDermott Randy Mark L. Young Dylan Cole Peterson Bobby Jo Dave Sheridan
Rick Michael Cudlitz Becca Allison Weissman Brandy Andrea Anders Ian's Stepmom Kim Ostrenko Ian's Dad Brett Rice Hitchhiker David Koechner Sandy Caley Hayes Drunk Amish Girl Michele Feren Pregnant Kristy Shay Roman Undressed Abstinence Dancer Massiel Perdomo Store Cashier Brad Wilwhite Dwayne Dwayne Smith
Fundraising Girl Bella Salinas
Dr. Clark Teddescoe John Ross Bowie
Angry Cop Keith Hudson
Grandma Prisoner Marianne Muellerleile
Lindsay Jessica Just
Carney Brian Posehn
Lance's Dad Scott Klace
Men's Room Predator Allen Zwolle
Abstinence Host Cleo King
Brandy's Dad Jose Duarte
Brandy's Mom Marcia Koch
Brandy's Dad's Balls Themselves
Senor Donut Manager Ken Clement
Cousin Tiffany Susie Abromeit
Aunt Carol Victoria Mallow
Jail Cop David Nash
Thug Prisoner Giovanni Rodriguez
Prisoner in Sports Jacket Alan Lilly
Mall Prankster Matthew Ramsey
Kimberly Sasha Ramos
Seamstress Sandra Ives
Little Girl at Mall Olivia Nedza
"Harsh" Guy Sam Goldberg
Girl Entering Party Rebecca Finer
Little Boy at Trailer Park Drake Schirmer
Angry Female Prisoner Santara Sidersky
Pregnant Woman Prisoner Natalia Reagan
Female Cop Kiki Harris
Creepy Guy George Steward
Jogger Chris Charles
Dog Stella
Church Dad Jimmy Baron
Church Mom Kathryn Shasha
Church Boys with Camera Liam Eagan
Gunnar Schneider
Angry Cop's Partner Darryll Scott
Dental Receptionist Shelly Keenan Frasier
Rex's Boyfriend Jeremy McGuire
Abstinence Dancers Amanda Tae Alvarez Paula Dos Santos
Jennifer Murdock Bice Grobstein
Madeline Antoinette Owens Stephanie Lee
Alicea Karelix Kristin Liu
Tonisha Agard Lianna Patrice Beckno
Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz
Joseph Trohman
Patrick Stumph
Andrew Hurley
Stunt Coordinators Artie Malesci
Chick Bernhard
Stunt Performers Brent Bernhard Denise Gallo
Rosie Bernhard Kiana Politis
Lena Fennema Don Abbatiello
Robert Shavers Tom Bahr
Kyle Woods Brad Bowman
Kevin Ball Alex Edlin
Christine Sanders Phil Hoelcher
Alan D'Antoni Cord Newman
Glenn Wilder Time Ware
Henry Gilbert Rich Minga
Christopher Parker Sam Maloof
Amy Tomberlin Dennis Deveaugh
Iris Lynne Sherman Eric Miranda
A Camera Operator/ Steadi Cam Matthew A. Petrosky
Operator
First Assistant A Camera Jimmy Jensen
Second Assistant A Camera Brent Egan
B Camera Operator Al "Tiko" Pavoni
First Assistant B Camera T. Michael McLean
Second Assistant B Camera William C. McConnell
Loader Joseph B. Dare
Video Playback Don Hamzik
Still Photographer Van Redin
Script Supervisor Ilene Pickus
Sound Mixer Mark Weber
Boom Operator John Udell
Sound Utility Michael Pisano
Art Director Erin Cochran
Set Designers Cesar Rosario
Richard Fojo
Set Decorator Jennifer Gentile
Buyer Jane Johnson
Leadperson Rod England
Key Set Dresser Richard E. Kruder
On Set Dresser Greyson "Lonesome" Miller
Swing Gang Gary Dunham
Jeff Mastney
Bobby Amor
Graphic Designer Eric Bryant
Art Department Coordinator Jeremy McGuire
Art Department Assistant Darryll Scott
Storyboard Consultant Sean Gallagher
Original Murals by Jose Duarte
Prop Master Graylan Franklin
Assistant Prop Master Shawn Logue
Chief Lighting Technician John Sandau
Asst. Chief Lighting Technicians Richard Ramee
Set Lighting Technicians Ray Orraca
Cecil Durden
Brian Pruitt
Chris Hill
Sean Wilson
Key Grip Ross Jones
Best Boy Grip Earl Perque
Dolly Grip Eddie Knott III
Grips Chris Rodriguez
Evan Nelson
Jorge Parra
Matt Errico
Todd Wood
Costume Supervisor Janet Stirner
Key Costumer Susan L. Salzano
Set Costumers J. Brad Watson
Lynette Bernay
Tailor Cynthia Crusan-Noble
Costume Assistants Brandon Goodman
Roxy Canovas
Key Make Up Artist Erin Brasfield-Koplow
Make Up Artist Felice Diamond
Key Hair Stylist Donna Battersby-Greene
Hair Stylist Caridad "Cuqui" Collazo
Location Manager Elizabeth Elwell
Assistant Location Manager Aaron Schwartz
Location Assistants Carlos Rey Del Castillo
Jeff Rollason
Location Scout Leah Sokolowsky
Casting Associate Beth Lipari
Second Casting Associate Charla Bowersox
Florida Casting by Ellen Jacoby, CSA
Florida Casting Assistant Michael Dock
Choreographer Amanda Tae
Set Medic Freddy Figueredo
Animal Wrangler Dennis Deveaugh
Production Supervisor Christine White
Production Coordinator Pamela M. Holdridge
Assistant Production Coordinator Pamela Alessandrelli
Travel Coordinator Greg Nye
Office Production Assistants Sasha Ramos
Giovanni Rodriguez
Niema Hulin
Stephanie Lundy
Assistants to Mr. Anders & Mr. Pamela L. Weiss
Morris Amanda Depover
Assistant to Mr. Morgenstein Katie Schwartz
Assistants to Mr. Levy Maria "Conchi" Tellechea
Reed Van Dyk
Assistant to Mr. Nelson Melissa Manousos
Second Second Assistant Director Josue Aguilar
Set Production Assistants Justin Dec
Jason "Jester" Smith
Mishelle Laborde
Matte Stettner
Production Asssitant Sheila Allen
1st Assistant Accountant Barbara Branch
2nd Assistant Accountant Gino Falla
Payroll Accountant Christina Pitassi
Accounting Clerk Cecile Murias
Special Effects Supervisor Kevin Harris
Special Effects Foreperson Set Special Effects Craig "Tex" Barnett Kurt Harris
Construction Coordinator Mike Metzel
Construction Foreperson Gang Bosses Paul "Rex" Hendricks David Alban Paul Stickl
Paint Foreperson Painters Paul Vistocco Jesse Mars
Jeff Mars
Lead Scenic Artists Jose Duarte
Scenic Painters Maureen Hendricks
Mary Ann Russo George Simporis Rogerio C. Amador Lewis Bowen
Sign Writers Arturo Mendez Dean F. Jankik
Welder Propmakers Greenperson First Greenperson Construction Assistant Danny Bower Mark McCarthy Bjorn Boman Robert Kopp Richard F. Malone, JR. Esteban Hernandez
Transportation Coordinator Transportation Captain Picture Car Coordinator Larry Crenshaw Melvin A. Turner Ken Collins
Insert Car Driver Michael Carter
Drivers Dorwyl L. Williams Danny P. Taylor Vince Pecora Freddie Turett Christopher Chiofalo Edward Haber
Olga R. Gonzalez Ben Coney Pirty Lee Jackson Dennis Detoro George Hamilton James Wray Ronald Lowe Edward Taylor Dean Pazin Walter Red Bedell Huey Laborde Christopher Cockroft Martin Koe Javier Armesto
David E. Duttinger Stanley J. Taylor
Catering Hanna Bros.
Head Chef Assistant Chefs Roger Poirer Miguel Alvarez Carlos Flores
Craft Service Keith Cooper Joshua Dupre Marc Katz
Assistant Craft Service Studio Teacher Unit Publicist "Mack" McKelvey Marsha Craig Robert Levine
Second Unit
Second Unit Director Michael Benson
First Assistant Director Melanie Grefe
Second Assistant Director Oscar Aguirre
A Camera Operator Mike McGowan
First Assistant A Camera Peter Farber
Second Assistant A Camera Garret Benson
First Assistant B Camera Roberto Ballesteros
Second Assistant B Camera Marvin Lee
First Assistant Camera Steve Ciffone
Second Assistant Camera Billy Wells
Loader Daniel Fernandez
Key Grip John Leeward
Key Rigging Grip Jamie Klein
Grips Mike Larson
Chris Young
Gaffer Scott Gordon
Best Boy Electric Silvio Romanello
Electrician David Swift
Production Assistants Steve Dale
Michelle Mehn
Rey Rodriguez
Chris Cummings
John Griffin
Animal Wrangler Nancy Deveaugh
Craft Service Jerry Durden
Supervising Sound Editor Andrew De Cristofaro, MPSE
Sound Re-Recording Mixers Joe Barnett, CAS
Mathew Waters
Post Production Supervisor Erica Frauman
Post Production Accountant Julie Hansen
Consultant Brad Wilwhite
Assistant Editor Roxanne Dorman
Editorial Assistants Laureen Clarke
Ryan Bonner
Supervising Dialogue and ADR Editor Nancy Nugent Title, MPSE
Supervising Sound Effects Editor Michael Payne
Foley Editor Kerry Carmean-Williams
Dialogue and ADR Editors John C. Stuver, MPSE
Glynna Grimala
Kelly Oxford
Sound Effects Editor Karen Vassar
Assistant Sound Editor Patrick Cusack
Voice Casting Barbara Harris
ADR Mixer Robert Deschaine, CAS
ADR Recordist Tami Treadwell
Foley Mixer Nerses Gezalyan
Foley Artists Jeffrey Wilhoit
James Moriana
Mix Recordists Robert Althoff
John Langford
Greg Townsend
Re-Recording Engineers Steve Bartkowizc
Pat Stoltz
Additional Audio Support David Young
John Bires
Re-Recording Services Todd-AO
Music EditorDean Menta
Temp Music EditorTerry Wilson
Score Recorded and Mixed byTim O'heir
Assisted byJorge Velasco
GuitarJustin Craig
Guitar, KeyboardsStephen Trask
BassTheordore Liscinki III
DrumsRobby Cosenza
Horns Orchestrated byTodd Simon
TrumpetJordan Katz
TromboneSheffer Bruton
Alto SaxophoneTracy Wannomae
Tenor SaxophoneMatthew Demerrit
Baritone SaxophoneJoel "Barry" Bowers
HarmonicaRobby Cosenza
Score Recorded and Mixed atStagg Street Studio, Van Nuys Wally Girl Studio, Hollywood
Visual Effects SupervisorPaul Linden
Visual Effects CompositorsDoug Spilatro Bob Minshall Edward Black Rob Williams John Roden Evelyn Lee Leon Nowlin JR
3D ArtistsMitch Gates Dan Lopez Rodrigo Washington
I/O Data ManagementJustin Sanchez David Camarena
Visual Effects Producers, EncoreTim Jacobsen
HollywoodVictor Sanchez JR
Digital Intermediate and Opticals byTechnicolor Digital Intermediates A Technicolor Company
Digital Film ColoristMichael Underwood
Digital Intermediate ProducersJimmy Fusil Michael Holland
Digital Intermediate EditorKaren Boyle-Anastasio
Digital Edit AssistReza Amidi
Let's Get It UpWritten by Brian Johnson, Angus Young andMalcolm YoungPerformed by AC/DCCourtesy of Columbia RecordsBy Arrangement with Sony BMG MusicEntertainment
Got You (Where I Want You)
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Jarabe TapatioWritten by Alvaro Gomez-OrozcoCourtesy of Killer Tracks
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West 26Written by Ali Theodore and Jason GleedPerformed by Joelina SimoniaCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Suburban ParadiseWritten and Performed by Sam CardonCourtesy of Non-Stop Music
DanzigsluntWritten by Ali Theodore and, Vincent Alfieri,Julian Davis, Michael Klein and JosephKatsarosPerformed by X5 Featuring Mr. FangCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Didn't Have to Walk AwayWritten by John McDaid, Simon Walker, Bruce Gainsford,Bryan McLellan and Garret LeePerformed by Vega4Courtesy of Epic Records and Sony BMGMusic Entertainment (UK) Ltd.By arrangement with Sony BMG MusicEntertainment
What you Talkin' BoutWritten by Ali Theodore, Julian Davis andAaron JacobPerformed by ClassicCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Nasty GirlWritten by Jeff Barry, Andy Kim and FrankRossPerformed by NittyCourtesy of Universal RecordsUnder License from Universal MusicEnterprises
All Shapes and SizesWritten by Sage GuytonPerformed by The Lucky Stars
Time to PretendWritten by Andrew Van Wyngarden andBejamin GoldwasserPerformed by MGMTCourtesy of Columbia RecordsBy arrangement with Sony BMG MusicEntertainment
Between the LinesWritten by Ali Theodor and Zach DanzigerPerformed by BoomishCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
That's What They All SayWritten by Gregg Anderson, Al Higgins,Chuck Lindo, John Morris and Nick ReederPerformed by Dryspell
You Better Do Better Than ThatWritten by Joel Wachbrit and Jesse TurnbowPerformed by Candy ChaseCourtesy of Black Toast Records
I need itWritten by Anthony Covino and Mike MostertPerformed by Big MouthCourtesy of Crucial Music Corporation
Heaven's GateWritten and Performed by Jan Peterson andJohn YingstCourtesy of Wild Whirled Music
Tiki TikiWritten by Ali Theodore and JosephKatsarosPerformed by JKCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Fame < InfamyWritten by Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump,Joseph Trohman and Andrew HurleyPerformed by Fall Out Boy
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Grand Theft Autumn/ Where Is Your BoyWritten by Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump,Joseph Trohman and Andrew HurleyPerformed by Fall Out BoyCourtesy of Fueled by Ramen, Inc. / AtlanticRecording Corp.By arrangement with Warner Music GroupFilm & TV Licensing
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My PrerogativeWritten by Bobby Brown, Teddy Riley andGene GriffinPerformed by Bobby BrownCourtesy of Geffen RecordsUnder License from Universal MusicEnterprises
Just the TipWritten by Ali Theodore, Joseph Katsaros,Alana da Fonseca and Zach DanzigerPerformed by Joey KCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Cramming for CollegeWritten by Dan ArgottPerformed by PornosonicCourtesy of Virgin Monk Muzik
Make Up My Mind
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Give Up?
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12:15 A.M.Written by Ali Theodore, Jason Gleed andJohn McCurryPerformed by the DeekompressorsCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Can't Fight This FeelingWritten by Kevin CroninPerformed by REO SpeedwagonCourtesy of Epic RecordsBy arrangement with Sony BMG Music
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I Don't CareWritten by Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump,Joseph Trohman and Andrew HurleyPerformed by Fall Out BoyCourtesy of The Island Def Jam Music GroupUnder license from Universal Music
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Matthew Melis
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Production Financing Provided byComerica Entertainment Group Todd Steiner
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