Big Daddy (1999/I)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers (WGA):

Steve Franks (story)
Steve Franks (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

25 June 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Nature called. Look who answered.

Plot:

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

Plot Keywords:

Responsibility | Central Park | Humor | Homeless Man | Adolescence

Awards:

8 wins & 11 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 22	3:30 PM	HBO
Mon. July 28	6:00 PM	HBO

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Sonny Koufax
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Layla Maloney
Jon Stewart	...	Kevin Gerrity
Cole Sprouse	...	Julian 'Frankenstien' McGrath
Dylan Sprouse	...	Julian 'Frankenstien' McGrath
Josh Mostel	...	Arthur Brooks
Leslie Mann	...	Corinne Maloney
Allen Covert	...	Phil D'Amato
Rob Schneider	...	Delivery Guy
Kristy Swanson	...	Vanessa
Joseph Bologna	...	Lenny Koufax
Peter Dante	...	Tommy Grayton
Jonathan Loughran	...	Mike
Steve Buscemi	...	Homeless Guy
Tim Herlihy	...	Singing Kangaroo
Edmund Lyndeck	...	Old Man
Larkin Malloy	...	Restaurant Owner
Samantha Brown	...	Employee
Neal Huff	...	Customer
Geoffrey Horne	...	Sid
Greg Haberny	...	NYU Student
Jackie Sandler	...	Waitress (as Jacqueline Titone)
George Hall	...	Elderly Driver
Peggy Shay	...	Lady at Tollbooth
Alfonso Ramírez	...	George (as Alfonso Ramirez)
Salvatore Cavaliere	...	Angry Motorist
Kelly Dugan	...	Kelly
Jared Sandler	...	Jared
Jillian Sandler	...	Jillian
Helen Lloyd Breed	...	Ms. Foote
Chloé Hult	...	School Teacher
Carmen De Lavallade	...	Judge (as Carmen deLavallade)
Steven Brill	...	Castellucci (as Steve Brill)
Glen Trotiner	...	Bailiff
Jorge Buccio	...	Himself
Cat Jagar	...	Receptionist
Deborah S. Craig	...	Paralegal
Nicholas Taylor	...	Older Kid
Cole Hawkins	...	Cole
Gabriel Jacobs	...	Jeff
Michael Arcate	...	Broken Arm Kid
Gaetano Lisi	...	Hot Dog Vendor
Michael Giarraputo	...	Hoboken Motorist
Steve Glenn	...	Guy at Party
Al Cerullo	...	Helicopter Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennis Dugan	...	Reluctant Trick-or-Treat Giver
Diana Berry	...	Waitress in bistro (uncredited)
Dar Billingham	...	Hooter's Girl (uncredited)
Brian Canberg	...	NYU Student (uncredited)
Laurie Wallace	...	Hooters Waitress (uncredited)

Directed by
Dennis Dugan

Writing credits (WGA)
Steve Franks		(story)
Steve Franks		(screenplay) and
Tim Herlihy		(screenplay) &
Adam Sandler		(screenplay)

Produced by
Joseph M. Caracciolo	....	executive producer
Allen Covert	....	associate producer
Sidney Ganis	....	producer (as Sid Ganis)
Jack Giarraputo	....	producer
Michelle Holdsworth	....	associate producer
Adam Sandler	....	executive producer
Robert Simonds	....	executive producer
Alex Siskin	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Teddy Castellucci

Cinematography by
Theo van de Sande		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeff Gourson

Casting by
Roger Mussenden

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake

Art Direction by
Rick Butler

Set Decoration by
Leslie Bloom

Costume Design by
Ellen Lutter

Makeup Department
Victor DeNicola	....	key hair stylist
Ann Pala	....	hair stylist: Mr. Sandler
Ann Pala	....	makeup artist: Mr. Sandler
Carla White	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
David J. Grant	....	production supervisor
Cheryl Quarantiello	....	unit production manager (as Cheryl Quarantiello Schnitzler)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Timothy Donohue	....	second second assistant director
Dean Garvin	....	second assistant director
Bruce Milton	....	dga trainee
Glen Trotiner	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Gary Aharoni	....	on-set dresser
Dominick Direnzi	....	scenic charge
Nancy Griffith	....	second assistant props
Tom McDermott	....	first assistant props (as Thomas McDermott)
Carlos Menéndez	....	assistant art director
Mark Peltzer	....	property master
Ron Petagna	....	construction coordinator (as Ronald Petagna)
Dick Tice	....	lead man (as Richard Tice)
Loren Weeks	....	assistant art director
Leo Holder	....	graphic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Boyes	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Chris Boyes)
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist (as Michael Broomberg)
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
Victor Ray Ennis	....	first assistant sound editor
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor (as Hector Gika)
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Chris Hogan	....	supervising foley editor (as Christopher Hogan)
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
Tod A. Maitland	....	sound mixer (as Tod Maitland)
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising adr editor (as Kelly L. Oxford)
Scott Sanders	....	sound effects editor
Mike Schmidt	....	cable person
Michael Scott	....	boom operator
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor (as Mike Wilhoit)

Visual Effects by
Sheena Duggal	....	visual effects supervisor: SPI
Doug Forrest	....	high speed compositing artist: SPI
Julia Frey	....	visual effects producer: SPI (as Julia Rivas)
Grant Boucher	....	visual effects executive producer (uncredited)
Karl Denham	....	visual effects supervisor: Station X Studios (uncredited)
Thomas F. Ford IV	....	high speed compositing digital production manager (uncredited)
Anthony Harris	....	assistant color timer (uncredited)
Paul McGhee	....	film scanning and recording (uncredited)
Anne K. Miller	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Enrique Munoz	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Alan Precourt	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Rick Sander	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Grant Viklund	....	digital coordinator (uncredited)
Guy Wiedmann	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator
Norman Douglass	....	stunts
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Gallin	....	stunts
Tony Guida	....	stunts
Donald John Hewitt	....	stunts
Mick O'Rourke	....	stunts
Michael Russo	....	stunts (as Mike Russo)

Camera and Electrical Department
Myles Aronowitz	....	still photographer
Ralph Brandofino	....	first assistant camera
Michael J. Delaney	....	chief lighting technician (as Michael Delaney)
Edwin Effrein	....	first assistant camera
Brian Fitzsimons	....	second grip
Dennis Gamiello	....	key grip
Chris Hayes	....	camera operator
Petr Hlinomaz	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Nils Johnson	....	video assist operator
David Knox	....	camera operator: "a" camera
David Knox	....	steadicam operator
Jennifer Koestler	....	camera loader
Edward W. Lowry	....	dolly grip (as Edward Lowry)
James Quinn	....	dolly grip
Michael Cambria	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (uncredited)
James Edmiston	....	company grip (uncredited)
Scott Gregoire	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michael 'Flash' McDonald	....	electrician (uncredited)
Joe Mellon	....	company grip (uncredited)
Jason Micallef	....	electrician (uncredited)
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera (uncredited)
Louis Petraglia	....	company grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Elizabeth Boykewich	....	casting associate
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Lee Genick	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Barry Moss	....	casting: New York (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Winsome G. McKoy	....	wardrobe supervisor
Richard Schurkamp	....	assistant costume designer
Heidi Shulman	....	wardrobe supervisor
Thomas Stokes	....	set costumer
Dave Cohen	....	wardrobe production assistant (uncredited)
Autumn Saville	....	wardrobe production assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jane Pia Abramowitz	....	first assistant editor (as Jane Abramowitz)
Jacqueline F. Bisbano	....	first assistant editor
Amy Budden	....	second assistant editor
Heather Collier	....	apprentice editor
Richard Conkling	....	first assistant editor
Jason Gourson	....	first assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer (as Denny McNeill)
Dale Jones	....	avid technician (uncredited)
Eric Rigney	....	avid technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Brooks Arthur	....	score producer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Michael Dilbeck	....	music supervisor
Wende Geikie	....	music coordinator
Stuart Grusin	....	music editor
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Lori Lahman	....	music coordinator
Stephen Lotwis	....	supervising music editor
Tom Mgrdichian	....	orchestrator
Jackie Sandler	....	music assistant (as Jackie Titone)
Gabe Veltri	....	music mixer
Gabe Veltri	....	music recordist
Michele Wernick	....	music assistant
Benoit Grey	....	midi score transcriptor (uncredited)
Tony Magrane	....	assistant music supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Mulligan	....	transportation co-captain
Peter Tavis	....	transportation captain (as Pete Tavis)

Other crew
Shannon Bowen	....	assistant location manager
Gina Castellano	....	assistant: Mr. Ganis
James Cohen	....	production assistant
Justin Cooke	....	location manager
Juliet D'Annibale	....	assistant production coordinator
David Dreishpoon	....	craft service
Michael Giarraputo	....	production assistant
Steve Gilbaud	....	first assistant accountant (as Steve Guilbaud)
Marcee Healy	....	assistant: Mr. Dugan
Seth Jacobs	....	production assistant
Lisa Katcher	....	script supervisor
Jonathan Loughran	....	assistant: Mr. Sandler
Dean McCann	....	parking coordinator
Carol McConnaughey	....	unit publicist
Mark McNulty	....	production assistant
Tom McNulty	....	assistant: Mr. Ganis
Eddie Micallef	....	production assistant
J.J. Philbin	....	assistant: Mr. Herlihy
Audra Polk	....	production secretary
Jana Sandler	....	production assistant
Bethann Schebece	....	production assistant (as Beth Schebece)
Debra Tanklow	....	production coordinator
Laura Torrance	....	studio teacher
Nadine F. Wilson	....	production accountant (as Nadine Wilson)
Eli Wolstan	....	assistant: Mr. Giarraputo
Salvatore Cavaliere	....	stand-in: Adam Sandler (uncredited)
Marisa Clayton	....	dailies assistant: Magno Sound & Video (uncredited)
Rennie Cowan	....	assistant avid technician (uncredited)
Jason Farrar	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Adam Hammel	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michael McElroy	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Vernon Rodriquez	....	assistant parking coordinator (uncredited)
Eva Saks	....	dialogue coach: child actors (uncredited)
Deidre Schrowang	....	payroll (uncredited)
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr voice (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Jack Giarraputo Productions
• Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1999) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Film (Germany)
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1999) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment
• V8 (2001) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (visual effects)
• Station X Studios (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cinema Research  opticals
• Pacific Title/Mirage  titles
• Reel Foods  catering
• Signet Soundelux Studios  recorded at
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound services
• Sony Scoring  recorded at
• Sylvia Fay Casting  extras casting
• Sylvia Fay/ Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Also Known As:

Guy Gets Kid (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some crude humor.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:A | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36455) | Philippines:G | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Jack Giarraputo Productions

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Dennis Dugan]On the boat behind Columbo; and the reluctant treat giver.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the skater coming down the path in the park hits Sonny's stick, he careens down the hill into the pond between two large rocks. The smaller rock on the right lifts and floats a little to the right.

Quotes:

Julian: But after my nap I always watch the Kangaroo Song.
Sonny: It's overtime right now and there's a penalty shot about to take place. This happens about once every ten years so...
Julian: Kangaroo song, kangaroo song, kangaroo song, KANGAROO SONG!
Sonny: ALLLRRIIIGGGHTT! God you were normal yesterday!

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1998)

Soundtrack:

The Kangaroo Song

A rather funny movie featuring Sandler.

I am not a Sandler fan in the least, in fact for the most part I do not enjoy his movies. Still, this one was a rather funny little comedy even if it did have a rather unbelievable premise. Guy loses girl, guy tries to get girl back by taking in a kid who may or may not be a friend of his kid. So aside from that you have your funny scenes of Adam trying to raise a small boy to the best of his ability while also getting the attention of a new female in his life. Granted some of the jokes were just lame such as Sandler dressing up as the boy's favorite toy, but for the most part the jokes were hits. It did tend to get a bit sentimental towards the end, but not as bad as other movies of this type tend to get. Jon Stewart is in this one as is Sandler buddies Rob Snider. Steve Bushemi is also in it, but his appearance in the movie is rather stupid. So for a rather good comedy that isn't really great, but not unbearable like many Sandler comedies can get try this one on for size.