Anywhere But Here (1999)

Director:

Wayne Wang

Writers (WGA):

Mona Simpson (book)
Alvin Sargent (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 November 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A story of a mother who knows best... and a daughter who knows better.

Plot:

A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.

Plot Keywords:

Beverly Hills California | Hollywood | Dream | Coming Of Age | High School

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Susan Sarandon	...	Adele August
Natalie Portman	...	Ann August
Hart Bochner	...	Josh Spritzer
Eileen Ryan	...	Lillian
Ray Baker	...	Ted
John Diehl	...	Jimmy
Shawn Hatosy	...	Benny
Bonnie Bedelia	...	Carol
Faran Tahir	...	Hisham Badir
Shishir Kurup	...	Hisham Badir (voice)
Samantha Goldstein	...	4 Year Old Ann
Scott Burkholder	...	Man with Mercedes
Yvonna Kopacz Wright	...	Assistant Hotel Manager (as Yvonna Kopacz)
Eva Amurri	...	Girl on T.V.
Kieren van den Blink	...	Girl on T.V.
Jennifer Castle	...	Girl on T.V.
Caroline Aaron	...	Gail Letterfine
Bebe Drake	...	Mrs. Rush
Paul Guilfoyle	...	George Franklin
Allison Sie	...	Teacher
Sharona Alperin	...	Real Estate Agent
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Homeowner
Elisabeth Moss	...	Rachel
Ashley Johnson	...	Sarah
Heather DeLoach	...	Ellen
Corbin Allred	...	Peter
Stephanie Niznik	...	Waitress
Heather McComb	...	Janice Pearlman
Lindley Harrison	...	Janice's Mother
Michael Milhoan	...	Cop
Bob Sattler	...	Bernie
Nina Leichtling	...	Josh's Wife
Jay Harrington	...	Waiter
Andrew Bowles	...	Mourner
Rick Hurst	...	Reverend
Rachel Wilson	...	Sylvia
Stephen Berra	...	Hal
Nina Barry	...	Casting Assistant
Cricky Long	...	Casting Executive
Lillian Adams	...	Jack's Mother
John Carroll Lynch	...	Jack Irwin
Megan Mullally	...	Woman Buying Car
George Peck	...	Man with Luggage
Katharine Boyd	...	Choir Member
Monique Donnelly	...	Choir Member
Ricky Felix Godinez	...	Choir Member
Shana Halligan	...	Choir Member
Ian Joyce	...	Choir Member
Megan Joyce	...	Choir Member
Megan McGinnis	...	Choir Member
Cody Page	...	Choir Member
Jonathan Redford	...	Choir Member
Eve Reinhardt	...	Choir Member
Fletcher Sheridan	...	Choir Member
Christopher Snyder	...	Choir Member
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thora Birch	...	Mary (uncredited)
Alexandra Glazer	...	Victoria (uncredited)
Phil Hawn	...	Teacher in Picket Line (uncredited)
Mia Korf	...	Josh's Date (uncredited)
Alicia Leigh Willis	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Wayne Wang

Writing credits (WGA)
Mona Simpson		(book)
Alvin Sargent		(screenplay)

Produced by
Petra Alexandria	....	associate producer
Laurence Mark	....	producer
Ginny Nugent	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Cinematography by
Roger Deakins

Film Editing by
Nicholas C. Smith

Casting by
Victoria Thomas

Production Design by
Donald Graham Burt

Art Direction by
Kevin Constant

Set Decoration by
Barbara Munch

Costume Design by
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
Marilyn Carbone	....	makeup designer: Ms. Sarandon
Bonnie Clevering	....	key hair stylist
Paul LeBlanc	....	hair designer: Ms. Sarandon
Bob Mills	....	key makeup artist (as Robert J. Mills)
Cyndi Reece-Thorne	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Donna E. Bloom	....	production manager: Los Angeles
Donna E. Bloom	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lorien Gray	....	dga trainee
Betsy Magruder	....	first assistant director
Rusty Mahmood	....	second second assistant director
Jonathan McGarry	....	second assistant director

Art Department
George Atamian	....	set dresser
Bruce Di Valerio	....	construction coordinator
Canada Johanna Gordon	....	art department production assistant
Michael Goss	....	paint runner
Chad Hagaman	....	assistant property master
Robert W. Harbour	....	set designer (as Robert Harbour)
Richard Kasper	....	art department production assistant
Jeffrey Kushon	....	lead man
Sean Mannion	....	property master
Todd McKibben	....	propmaker foreman
Patti McNulty	....	art department coordinator (as Patricia McNulty Lueker)
Luigi Mugavero	....	set dresser
Nick Raymond	....	key set dresser
Theodore Sharps	....	set designer
Larry J. White II	....	lead man
Julie Witherington	....	assistant property master (as Julie Sexsmith)

Sound Department
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor
Jennifer Barin	....	sound re-recordist
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
Mark DeSimone	....	adr engineer
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Joseph Geisinger	....	production sound mixer
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound effects editor
Gabriel Guy	....	machine room operator
Samuel H. Hinckley	....	sound effects editor (as Sam Hinckley)
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bobby Johanson	....	adr engineer
Bobby Johanson	....	adr recordist
Stephen Kearney	....	assistant sound editor
Sean Landeros	....	machine room operator
Mark Lindow	....	sound mix technician
Diane Linn	....	adr recordist
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
James Marchione	....	adr recordist (as Jim Marchione)
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Peggy Names	....	sound utility
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marcie Romano	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Ronald G. Roumas	....	machine room supervisor
Susan Sanford	....	sound effects editor
Dee Selby	....	digital sound transfers
Michael Silvers	....	supervising sound editor
Kent Sparling	....	sound mix technician
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Dianna Stirpe	....	dialogue editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
John Torrijos	....	video services
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Christian von Burkleo	....	video services
Thomas Giordano	....	playback operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dan Edwards	....	special effects
Dale Ettema	....	special effects
Scott Garcia	....	special effects
David P. Kelsey	....	special effects foreman
Jeffrey Knott	....	special effects
Jeffrey Machit	....	special effects
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Brian Hanable	....	digital retouch artist
Rich Thorne	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Bob Bralver	....	stunt driver
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Josh Blakeslee	....	assistant camera
John Bonnin	....	crane operator: Akela crane
Peter Clemence	....	key grip
Alan Colbert	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Scott Crabbe	....	video assist operator: additional scenes
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana	....	rigging key grip
Clinton Dougherty	....	camera operator
Curtis Failor	....	rigging electrician
Steven Frohardt	....	best boy grip
Bruce Hamme	....	dolly grip
David Katz	....	video assist operator
Ivan H. Migel	....	grip rigging best boy
Jonathon E. Salzman	....	gaffer
Lorey Sebastian	....	still photographer
Christopher Wiggins	....	assistant camera
Chris Zamoscianyk	....	electrician
Vich Thiensuwana	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nina Barry	....	casting assistant
Kim Coleman	....	casting associate
Michele Short	....	casting assistant
Wendy Weidman	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patia Prouty	....	assistant to costume designer
Patia Prouty	....	costumer
Lori Stilson	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Rob Bonz	....	assistant editor
Shannon Carey	....	apprentice editor
Kevin D. Ross	....	assistant editor
Roy Waldspurger	....	assistant editor: avid

Music Department
Deva Anderson	....	music supervisor
Bryony Atkinson	....	additional vocalist
Steve Bartek	....	conductor
Steve Bartek	....	orchestrator
Dan Coleman	....	music arranger: strings, Lisa Loeb
Robert Fernandez	....	score mixing engineer (as Bob Fernandez)
Inara George	....	additional vocalist
Larry Newman	....	musician: trumpet instructor
John O'Brien	....	composer: additional music
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Ellen Segal	....	music editor
Edgardo Simone	....	additional orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Lyle Christensen	....	shotmaker driver
William P. Lafon	....	driver

Other crew
Chad Ahrendt	....	assistant: Laurence Mark
Terri L. Burns	....	location scout
Corey L.D. Cook	....	assistant production coordinator
Martha Cronin	....	production accountant
Wendy Renskowski Dale	....	assistant accountant
Linda E. Degus	....	production secretary
David Dore	....	production assistant
Gregory Dunigan	....	clearance coordinator (as Gregory R. Dunigan)
Lori Evans	....	post-production accountant
Kristi Frankenheimer	....	location manager: Las Vegas (as Kristi Frankenheimer-Davis)
Gary A. Gibson	....	assistant to writer
Wade Hagen	....	assistant accountant
Judith Jennings	....	studio teacher
Eric Klosterman	....	location manager
Robert A. Levine	....	unit publicist
Andrew Magarian	....	acting coach
Marc Mann	....	midi preparations
Marc Mann	....	midi programmer
Eric Mansur	....	assistant: Laurence Mark
Montez A. Monroe	....	production coordinator
Nancy Neumann	....	studio teacher
David Orr	....	producer asst: Laurence Mark
Karen Scarborough	....	payroll accountant
Jennifer Stephens	....	assistant production coordinator (as Jenna Stephens)
Jay Traynor	....	co-location manager
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor
Kristan Wagner	....	location manager
David Waters	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Fox 2000 Pictures
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Canada) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (Germany)
• Egmont Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (video)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Odeon (Greece)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (France)

Other Companies

• Atlantic Records  soundtrack
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Otto Nemenz International  camera equipment provided by
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related material.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Malaysia:U | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:L | Mexico:B | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36651) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills High School - 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

In this film, Susan Sarandon calls Natalie Portman Pooh Bear. In Beautiful Girls (1996), Timothy Hutton calls himself Pooh Bear and calls Portman his Christopher Robin.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie, when saying goodbye at the airport, we can see a mother with her baby at the background who walks out the scene in the middle of the conversation between Adele and Ann. Some seconds later she is again in the same point. It occurs between 1:42 and 1:43 time of the film.

Quotes:

Adele: [to Ann] Providence, Rhode Island? Couldn't you have gotten any farther away from me?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Free

Good enough.

Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman play Adele and Ann August, a single mother who's the working definition of the word "dreamer" and her solemn, pragmatic daughter. Adele, wanting to make a fresh start in a big city, moves them from Wisconsin to California.

Decent, if not exceptional or particularly memorable, with some serious and sad moments. It pushes some emotional buttons, that's for sure. Best thing it offers is a solid cast, and Sarandon and Portman are quite good in the leads - even if their characters are one-dimensional at times.

Could be better, could be worse.

I gave this one seven out of ten.