Carolina (2003/I)

Director:

Marleen Gorris

Writer (WGA):

Katherine Fugate (written by)

Release Date:

2004 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy

Plot:

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy. |

Plot Keywords:

Birth | Book Reading | Book | Grandmother | Growing Up

Cast

Julia Stiles	...	Carolina Mirabeau
Shirley MacLaine	...	Grandma Millicent Mirabeau
Alessandro Nivola	...	Albert Morris
Randy Quaid	...	Theodore 'Ted' Mirabeau
Edward Atterton	...	Heath Pierson
Azura Skye	...	Georgia Mirabeau
Mika Boorem	...	Maine Mirabeau
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Aunt Marilyn
Alan Thicke	...	Perfect Date host
John Capodice	...	Ernie the Cook
Lisa Sheridan	...	Debbie
Ambyr Childers	...	Young Carolina
Daveigh Chase	...	Young Georgia
Lauri Johnson	...	Susan the Waitress
Michael Panes	...	John
Dwight Armstrong	...	Snake
Steve O'Connor	...	Price Way Manager
Daniel Raymont	...	Warm-Up Comedian
Laura Ford	...	Kate (as Laura Elizabeth Ford)
Audrey Wasilewski	...	Tara
Steven Hack	...	Kate's Date
Anna Ortiz	...	Perfect Date Assistant Christen
Alex Thomas Jr.	...	Perfect Date Contestant
Vince Lozano	...	Perfect Date Contestant
Jim Gleason	...	Perfect Date Contestant (as J.J. Gleason)
Robert Costanzo	...	Perfect Date Contestant (as Bobby Costanzo)
Christopher Bregman	...	Perfect Date Director
John Henry Whitaker	...	Movie Theater Patron
Josh Waters	...	Movie Theater Manager
Philip Pavel	...	Cleaning Queen
Kevin A. Bishop	...	Cleaning Queen
Kate Flannery	...	Café Waitress
Luck Hari	...	Delivery Room Doctor
Jack McGee	...	Liquor Store Clerk
Valeri Ross	...	Book Store Clerk
J.E. Freeman	...	Wrecking Yard Owner
Sara Van Horn	...	Wrecking Yard Owner's Wife
Caroline Walker	...	Carolina's Mother at 16 (as Caroline Bennett Walker)
Dennis Howard	...	Father of Carolina's Mother
Sarah Brooke	...	Mother of Carolina's Mother
Gregory Storm	...	Newscaster
John D. Kim	...	Chang
Mario Joyner	...	Stage Manager
Ryan Scott Greene	...	Seth
Sandra Quoos	...	Hooker
Verena Mei	...	Hooker
Larissa Bordere	...	Hooker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cherlyn Schaefer	...	L.A. Phil. Orchestra Member
Nate Barlow	...	Janitor (uncredited)
Curt Clendenin	...	Perfect Date audience member (uncredited)
Barbara Eden	...	Daphne St. Claire (uncredited)
Reed O'Garvin	...	Cousin Larry (uncredited)
Scott Adam Sobol	...	Perfect Date Contestant (uncredited)

Directed by
Marleen Gorris

Writing credits (WGA)
Katherine Fugate		(written by)

Produced by
Carol Baum	....	producer
Michael Beugg	....	co-producer
Martin Bregman	....	producer
Guy Collins	....	executive producer
Keith Cousins	....	executive producer
Ann Dubinet	....	executive producer
Kate Guinzburg	....	producer
Steven Kaye	....	associate producer
Michael Klawitter	....	co-producer
Christopher Petzel	....	executive producer
Lou Pitt	....	producer
Louis A. Stroller	....	executive producer
Rudolf G. Wiesmeier	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Steve Bartek

Cinematography by
John Peters

Film Editing by
Alan Heim
Michiel Reichwein

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Deborah Maxwell Dion
Billy Hopkins
Nancy Nayor
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Aaron Osborne

Art Direction by
Erin Cochran

Set Decoration by
Andrea Mae Fenton

Costume Design by
Suzanne McCabe
Cecil K. Merritt Jr.

Makeup Department
Germicka Barclay	....	key hair stylist
Janis Clark	....	hair stylist: Ms. MacLaine (as Janice Clark)
Lillie S. Frierson	....	additional hair stylist
Kimberly Greene	....	additional makeup artist
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair department head
'Glitter' Mel Mills	....	additional makeup artist
Melanie Mills	....	makeup artist
Claudia Moser	....	makeup department head
Christy Ann Newquist	....	additional makeup artist (as Christy Newquist)
Cheryl Nick	....	additional makeup artist
Lori Sanders	....	additional hair stylist
Marsha Shearrill	....	key makeup artist
Edward Ternes	....	makeup artist: Ms. Maclaine

Production Management
Michael Beugg	....	unit production manager
Michael Toji	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stacy Christenson	....	second second assistant director
Matthew J. Clark	....	first assistant director
Anton Cropper	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Sergio Acevedo	....	labor foreman
Adam Austin	....	swing gang (as Adam Dewitt Austin)
Ernie Barba	....	propmaker
Philip Barnes	....	painter (as Phil Barnes)
Matthew Bekoff	....	set designer
Rick Bernos	....	paint foreman
Larry Boyd	....	swing gang
Pasquale 'Pat' Buffolino	....	swing gang (as Pasquale Buffolino)
Cesar Castillo	....	laborer
Miguel Cervantes	....	paint runner
Bryan Corbett	....	propmaker gang boss
Larce Crawford	....	construction general foreman
William Davidson	....	propmaker
Sam Dean	....	propmaker
Sam Dean	....	welding foreman
Joe Del Monte	....	construction coordinator (as Joe Delmonte)
Colin De Rouin	....	set designer
Ken Deubel III	....	paint coordinator (as Ken Duebel)
Terry Deubel	....	paint foreman
Dan Dorfer	....	stand-by painter
Mark Felan	....	propmaker
Amy Feldman	....	assistant set decorator (as Amy B. Feldman)
Chris Guzman	....	plasterer
Harold D. Hinzo	....	signwriter (as Harold Danny Hinzo)
A. Todd Holland	....	set designer
Scott Lodwig	....	laborer
Mark Lopez	....	plasterer
Raul Lopez	....	plaster foreman
Ray Lopez	....	plasterer
Raymond C. Lopez	....	plasterer
Aaron Mays	....	propmaker foreman
Brant McCarthy	....	propmaker
Brynn McQuade	....	art department coordinator
Ryan T. Mennealy	....	set dresser
Alberto Miyares	....	propmaker
Chris Nakayama	....	propmaker
Frank Nicassio	....	propmaker
John S. Ogden	....	propmaker
Mark Palmer	....	on-set dresser
Missy Parker	....	buyer
Jairo 'Biggy' Quezada	....	laborer
Gregori Renta	....	lead man
Charles Reyes	....	propmaker
Thomas A. Ritchotte	....	propmaker
Nell Roemer	....	laborer
Steve Salazar	....	welder
Bob Santaella	....	swing gang
Stan Shapiro	....	painter
Arlene Silver	....	art department production assistant
Doug Slaman	....	painter
Wayne Strong	....	sculptor
Benton E. Tedlie	....	swing gang (as Benton Tedlie)
Ryan Ulbrich	....	laborer
Arnold A. Urquidez	....	plasterer laborer
Chris Vail	....	assistant property master (as Christopher Vail)
James Van Houten	....	lead sculptor
Emil Warren	....	propmaker
Richard K. Wright	....	property master

Sound Department
Robby Bartholomew	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bruce Bell	....	adr mixer
Bradley Clouse	....	first assistant sound editor
Gary Coppola	....	foley supervisor (as Gary J. Coppola)
John Michael Fanaris	....	sound effects coordinator
Bruce Fortune	....	sound editor
Kevin Hamilton	....	sound effects editor
Kirk Herzbrun	....	assistant sound editor
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Phil Lee	....	sound recordist
Kimberly Lowe Voigt	....	supervising adr editor
Kimberly Lowe Voigt	....	supervising dialogue editor
Donald Lyles	....	adr recordist
Donald Lyles	....	sound recordist
Steve Mann	....	sound editor
Marc Meyer	....	foley editor
Todd Morrissey	....	sound recordist
Randy Nielsen	....	utility sound technician
Jay Nierenberg	....	supervising sound editor
James L. Pearson	....	sound editor
Timothy P. Salmon	....	boom operator
Kim Secrist	....	sound editor
Cathie Speakman	....	sound editor (as Catherine M. Speakman)
Edward M. Steidele	....	foley artist
John Switzer	....	sound effects coordinator
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Bernard Weiser	....	sound effects editor
Keith A. Wester	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Dino Doane	....	special effects coordinator
Vance Jordon	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Devin Uzan	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator
Eddie Yansick	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Tyler Allison	....	assistant camera
Mike Amorelli	....	rigging electrician (as Michael Amorrelli)
Tony Anderson	....	key grip
Brian Davis	....	second assistant camera
Allen de Silva	....	grip (as Allen Desilva)
Daryl Didier	....	electrician
Seong Dilg	....	dolly grip
Ian Dodd	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Sean P. Fickert	....	grip (as Sean Fickert)
Steven Frohardt	....	grip
Don Geronimo	....	grip
Kirk Greenberg	....	grip
Kim Heath	....	rigging key grip
Michael Herron	....	video assist operator
Greg Jarrett	....	electrician
Simon Jarvis	....	first assistant camera
R. Scott Judge	....	key grip
Lawrence Karman	....	director of photography: additional photography
Christopher J. Lama	....	rigging gaffer (as Chris Llama)
Charles Larson	....	rigging electrician
Eric Lee	....	still photographer
Brad Lipson	....	gaffer
Brian Marincic	....	best boy grip (as Bryan Marincic)
Larry Markart	....	video playback operator
Art Martin	....	first assistant camera
David L. Parrish	....	camera operator
John Pierce	....	rigging best boy electric
Melford Ramsey	....	rigging electrician
Craig Steven Riley	....	dolly grip
Eric L. Roberts	....	video playback operator (as Eric Roberts)
Alex Schmidt	....	rigging electrician
Bernie Smith	....	camera loader
Tom Stanger	....	electrician
Robert A. Wood Jr.	....	best boy electric
Peter Yauri	....	grip

Casting Department
Chris Bustard	....	extras casting
Alison Cohn	....	casting assistant
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Kathleen Tomasik	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robin Borman	....	key costumer (as Robin Borman-Wizan)
Sabrina Calley	....	costumer
Jeannie Flynn	....	set costumer
Linda Henrikson	....	costume supervisor
Sonny Merritt	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Bryan Petty	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Thomas Bartke	....	orchestrator
Rachel Levy	....	music coordinator
Kiavi Luh	....	music supervisor
Hummie Mann	....	conductor
Joe Rangel	....	music consultant
Lise Richardson	....	music editor (as Lisé Richardson)
Edgardo Simone	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Steve Brodsky	....	transportation coordinator
Cecil McClain	....	transportation captain
John Sagray	....	driver

Other crew
Matthew Andrews	....	key office production assistant
Beate Aschoff	....	assistant: Mr. Petzel
Nate Barlow	....	assistant: Ms. Gorris
Raymond W. Beal	....	dog trainer
Darren Belitsky	....	office production assistant
Kevin Bissada	....	assistant: Ms. Guinzburg
John Timothy Botka	....	stand-in: Mr. Nivola (as J.T. Botka)
Andrea Cantrell	....	accounting clerk
Marissa Linn Carus	....	assistant coordinator
Sharon Cingle	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Cook	....	key set production assistant
Niko Deleon	....	production assistant
Michael Donner	....	post-production accountant
Alison Ebbert	....	stand-in: Ms. Stiles
Katrina Elder	....	assistant: Lou Pitt
Chris Frank	....	assistant to executive producer
Traci Glodery	....	pre-production office assistant
Cindy J. Gray	....	production coordinator (as Cin Gray)
Whitney Hall	....	stand-in: Ms. MacLaine
Scott Herrick	....	first assistant accountant
Nancy G. James	....	craft service (as Nancy James)
Brian Jun	....	production assistant
Scott Kirkley	....	set production assistant (as D. Scott Kirkley)
Bruce Lawhead	....	location manager
Victoria Leskin	....	assistant location manager
Jennifer Lister	....	office production assistant
Barbara Long	....	production accountant
Peter Madamba	....	script researcher
Larry Madrid	....	dog trainer
James G. Maffett	....	additional craft service
Todd A. Marks	....	computer/video coordinator
Corinne Marshall	....	office production assistant
Erin Martin	....	assistant: Ms. Baum
Kathy O'Neill	....	utility stand-in
Marcel Pariseau	....	unit publicist
Erik Pederson	....	office production assistant
Rick Poyner	....	location assistant
Todd Skaggs	....	set production assistant
Dylan Stewart	....	assistant: Mr. Pitt
Myka Todman	....	assistant: Mr. Bregman
Craig Vegas	....	set production assistant (as Craig 'Vegas' Glenn)
Jonathan Woods	....	story illustrator

Production Companies

• Bregman-IAC Productions
• Carol Baum Productions
• Carolina Torn Asunder Inc.
• Hollywood Partners Munich
• Living Pictures
• Pitt Group, The
• Screenland Movieworld GmbH

Distributors

• Bregman-IAC Productions
• Filmax S.A. (Spain)
• IAC Film
• Media Focus
• Miramax Films (2004) (USA)
• One Movie (2007) (Italy) (all media)
• Paradise Group (2003) (Russia) (all media)
• Solo Film Verleih (Germany)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script clearance and research
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Enterprise Post  digital mixing facility
• Sound Satisfaction  foley facilities

Also Known As:

Carolina - Auf der Suche nach Mr. Perfect (Germany)
Carolina Torn Asunder (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content.

Runtime:

Canada:96 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Spain:7 | USA:PG-13 | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bregman-IAC Productions

Trivia:

Kathy Bates was originally considered for the role of Grandma Mirabeau, later given to Shirley MacLaine.

Goofs:

Continuity: The rings on Carolina's left hand change repeatedly between shots when she's kissing Albert at the end of the movie.

Quotes:

Grandma Mirabeau: [to granddaughter Maine] I'm not asking you to be a normal child, 'cause that's not the Mirabeau way. I'm just asking you to be a little smarter about your crazy side, okay?

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I had never heard of this movie but rented it because I thought the description sounded interesting. My husband and I loved it so much that we ended up watching it three times before returning the movie. I haven't usually been a fan of Julia Stiles' but I did very much enjoy her acting in this movie and I also thought Shirley McLean and Jennifer Coolidge were great. Whoever was in charge of casting really knew how to do their job well. I have decided to buy the DVD if I can find it. I do have a question that I hope someone might be able to answer. In the movie, there is a little dog with cute black ears that belongs to Shirley McLean's character. Does anyone know what breed this dog is? I would really appreciate knowing what kind of dog this is as we would love to buy one just like it.