Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Director:

Adam McKay

Writers (WGA):

Will Ferrell (written by) &
Adam McKay (written by)

Release Date:

4 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

The story of a man who could only count to #1

Plot:

#1 NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby (Ferrell) stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. (Reilly). But when a French Formula One driver (Cohen), makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test.

Plot Keywords:

Slapstick | Pizza Delivery | Dog Trainer | Wheelchair | North Carolina

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Gary Cole	...	Reese Bobby
Jane Lynch	...	Lucy Bobby
Jason Davis	...	Waffle House Manager
Lorrie Bess Crumley	...	Schoolteacher
Luke Bigham	...	10-Year-Old Ricky
Austin Crim	...	10-Year-Old Cal (as Austin Crimm)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Lucius Washington
Will Ferrell	...	Ricky Bobby
John C. Reilly	...	Cal Naughton Jr.
Adam McKay	...	Terry Cheveaux
David Koechner	...	Hershell
Ian Roberts	...	Kyle
Jack McBrayer	...	Glenn
John D. King	...	ESPN Reporter
Pat Hingle	...	Mr. Dennit Sr.
Greg Germann	...	Larry Dennit Jr.
Leslie Bibb	...	Carley Bobby
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	...	Himself
Amy Adams	...	Susan
Dick Berggren	...	Himself
Houston Tumlin	...	Walker
Grayson Russell	...	Texas Ranger
Ted Manson	...	Chip
Danny Vinson	...	Texas Ticket Seller
Sylvia G. Lyerly	...	Texas Ticket Seller
Mike Joy	...	Himself
Larry McReynolds	...	Himself
Darrell Waltrip	...	Himself
Jamie McMurray	...	Himself
Molly Shannon	...	Mrs. Dennit
Dan Cox	...	Bartender
Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Jean Girard
Andy Richter	...	Gregory
Bob Jenkins	...	Himself
Rob Riggle	...	Jack Telmont
William Boyer	...	Rescue Worker
Ruffin Copeland	...	Doctor
Rick Benjamin	...	Reporter
Matt Day	...	Pizza Delivery Boy
Alex Whittington	...	Pizza Delivery Boy
Pete Burris	...	Police Officer
John W. Love Jr.	...	Passenger on Bus
Frank Hoyt Taylor	...	Frank
Conrad Ricamora	...	DMV Officer
Angie Fox	...	Waitress
Jim Wise	...	Jim Bohampton
Joshua Manning	...	Bacco (as Josh Manning)
Elvis Costello	...	Himself
Mos Def	...	Himself
Lindsay Decker	...	Breeze
Shannon Keens	...	Breeze
Bill Weber	...	Himself
Benny Parsons	...	Himself
Wally Dallenbach	...	Himself
Jack Blessing	...	Jarvis
John Baker	...	Ted Beaman
Ed Lauter	...	John Hannafin
Lazaro Siplon	...	Kenny Rogers
Peter Musooli	...	'Larry Bird'
Robert R. Lee	...	Talladega Ticket Seller
Matthew Coulter	...	PA Announcer (as Matt Coulter)
Joshua Church	...	Fainting Guy (as Josh Church)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cal Johnson	...	EMT Safety Crew (uncredited)
Jake Johnson	...	5-Year-Old Ricky (uncredited)
Rebecca Koon	...	Car Wash Customer (uncredited)
David Lowe	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Michael Montero	...	Bar patron (uncredited)
George Peroulas	...	Nascar Team Owner (uncredited)
Ernest Rogers Sr.	...	Print Journalist / Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Adam McKay

Writing credits (WGA)
Will Ferrell		(written by) &
Adam McKay		(written by)

Produced by
Judd Apatow	....	producer
Joshua Church	....	associate producer (as Josh Church)
Andrew J. Cohen	....	associate producer (as Andrew Jay Cohen)
Will Ferrell	....	executive producer
Richard Glover	....	executive producer
David B. Householter	....	executive producer (as David Householter)
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Adam McKay	....	executive producer
Jimmy Miller	....	producer
Sarah Nettinga	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alex Wurman

Cinematography by
Oliver Wood		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Brent White

Casting by
Shirley Fulton Crumley

Production Design by
Clayton Hartley		(as Clayton R. Hartley)

Art Direction by
Virginia L. Randolph		(as Virginia Randolph-Weaver)

Set Decoration by
Ronald Dalcher
Casey Hallenbeck
Robot Johnson
Sean Keenan
Richard Krish
William Lindsay

Costume Design by
Susan Matheson

Makeup Department
Simone Almekias-Siegl	....	key makeup artist
Steve Artmont	....	makeup department head
Gloria Belz	....	makeup artist: Alabama
Bridget Cook	....	hair department head (as Bridget M. Cook)
Lisa Layman	....	makeup artist: Mr. Ferrell
Bryan Whisnant	....	hair stylist
Roxanne Wightman	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
David B. Householter	....	unit production manager (as David Householter)
Ty Warren	....	production supervisor
Will Weiske	....	production supervisor: second unit
Lila Yacoub	....	additional production supervisor: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Candy	....	dga trainee
Barbara D'Alessandro	....	second assistant director: second unit
Cate Eckenrode	....	first assistant director: red unit
Alexander H. Gayner	....	first assistant director: second unit
Catherine Marie McDonald	....	assistant director: additional photography
Courtenay Miles	....	second assistant director
Spiro Razatos	....	second unit director
Matt Rebenkoff	....	first assistant director
Paul Schneider	....	second second assistant director (as Paul B. Schneider)

Art Department
Tiffany Apple	....	art department coordinator
Robert E. Denne	....	paint foreman (as Robert Danté Denne)
Glenn Forbes	....	assistant property master
Jim Gloster	....	assistant art director
Frank J. Hart	....	propmaker
Lillian Heyward	....	lead signwriter
Michael A. Hodge	....	race decal specialist
Charles Bo Howard	....	laborer
Anne Hyvarinen	....	stand-by painter
Andy Krish	....	lead man
Barb Livingston	....	set buyer
Scott Maginnis	....	property master
Brook Mansbridge	....	construction foreman
Barbara Mesney	....	set designer
Mark Moretti	....	storyboard artist
Thomas A. Morris Jr.	....	construction foreman (as Thomas Morris, Jr.)
Erik Murphy	....	property master: second unit
Gregg Perez	....	props
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Kelly Rubottom	....	on-set dresser
Mark Sakamoto	....	leadman
Adam Tankell	....	graphic designer
Melissa Towle	....	construction office coordinator
Phillip Vargas	....	labor foreman
Stephanie Waldron	....	greens foreman
Scott D. Warner	....	construction foreman
Butch West	....	construction coordinator
Luci Wilson	....	race graphics coordinator
Brannon Wright	....	specialty props

Sound Department
George H. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor (as George Anderson)
Beau Borders	....	additional sound mixer
Bill Burns	....	assistant adr editor
Ann Ducommun	....	assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	adr supervisor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Tom Hartig	....	boom operator
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist (as Pamela Nedd Kahn)
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Larry Kemp	....	dialogue editor
Bruce Lacey	....	foley supervisor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Cindy Marty	....	sound effects editor
James Matheny	....	dialogue editor
Kevin O'Connell	....	supervising sound mixer
Rocky Quiroz	....	utility sound technician
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	supervising sound mixer
Dan Sharp	....	sound re-recordist
D. Chris Smith	....	sound effects editor
Cherie Tamai	....	assistant sound editor
Craig Thieman	....	boom operator: second unit
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
David Weisberg	....	adr mixer (as David A. Weisberg)
Christopher Tiffany	....	sound utility (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ray Bivins	....	special effects foreman
Amy Crossman	....	special effects office coordinator
Gary Elmendorf	....	special effects supervisor (as Garry Elmendorf)
David Heron	....	special effects coordinator (as Dave Heron)
R.J. Hohman	....	special effects foreman (as Robert Hohman)
Mike Reedy	....	special effects foreman
Michael Schorr	....	special effects technician
Chuck E. Stewart	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Douglas Aiken	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Appelbaum	....	digital compositor
Tatjana Bozinovski	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Kristen Branan	....	head of production
Aaron Brown	....	digital compositor
Erik Bruhwiler	....	composite supervisor: Digital Dimension
Todd Carson	....	junior compositor: Digital Dimension
Michael Cashore	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Daniel Clark	....	roto artist: Zoic Studios (as Dan Clark)
Joseph B. Conmy IV	....	visual effects supervisor
Ken Dackermann	....	compositor: Zoic Studios
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Brian DeMetz	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension (as Brian Demetz)
Thomas Elder-Groebe	....	visual effects coordinator
Ben Funk	....	digital compositor
Patti Gannon	....	compositor: Zoic Studios
Mitch Gates	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Mitch Gates	....	visual effects technical director: Digital Dimension
George Gervan Jr.	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Richard Gervan	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension
Aram Granger	....	Massive artist: Zoic Studios
Nicholas Hasson	....	digital intermediate editor
Martin Hilke	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Michael Hofacre	....	visual effects editor
Travis Wade Ivy	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Brandi Johnson	....	digital effects artist
Chris John Jones	....	creative director: Zoic Studios
Taryn P. Kelly	....	visual effects production manager: Digital Dimension
Val Kharitonashvili	....	digital artist
Anthony Kramer	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dimension
Steve Kullback	....	visual effects producer: Zoic Studios
Wing Kwok	....	digital compositor
Gary Laurie	....	3D tracker: Zoic Studios
Gary Laurie	....	lead 3D matchmover technical director: Zoic Studios
Mike Leben	....	motion control operator
Bob Lloyd	....	visual effects
Sean Looper	....	pipeline technical director: Digital Dimension
George Loucas	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Shawn Lovette	....	lead previsualization artist
Landon Medeiros	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Justin Mitchell	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Patrick Paul Mullane	....	chief matte painter: Digital Dimension
Patrick Paul Mullane	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
C. Michael Neely	....	previs animator
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Chad Ridgeway	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Andy Roberts	....	lead CG artist: Digital Dimension (as Andrew Roberts)
Daniel Rubin	....	lead key compositor: Digital Dimension
Brian Smallwood	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
R. Matt Smith	....	compositing supervisor: Zoic Studios
Ryan T. Smolarek	....	lead compositor: Digital Dimension (as Ryan Smolarek)
Marion Spates	....	lead 3D artist: Digital Dimension
Tammy Sutton	....	2D coordinating supervisor: Digital Dimension
Tammy Sutton	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Phi Tran	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Tommy Tran	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Tong Tran	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Leandro Visconti	....	visual effects on-set supervisor: Digital Dimension
Dan Walker	....	digital artist
Dan Walker	....	roto artist
Susan M. Weeks	....	compositor: Zoic Studios (as Susan Weeks)
Travis Yohnke	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Zachariah Zaubi	....	compositor: Zoic Studios (as Zach Zaubi)
Jonathan D. Feldman	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios (uncredited)

Stunts
Paul Booher	....	stunts
Charles Cabaniss	....	stunts
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts (as Doc Charbonneau)
John Clagett	....	stunts
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts (as Gil Combs)
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunt coordinator
Jack Gill	....	stunt coordinator: 1st unit
Andy Hillenburg	....	stunts
Sheldon Holman	....	stunts
Tony Hunt	....	stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunt coordinator
Shawn Lane	....	stunts
Anderson Martin	....	stunts
Tim C. McHenry	....	stunts (as Tim McHenry)
Robert Nagle	....	stunts
Larry Nicholas	....	stunt double
Eric Norris	....	stunts
Allan Padelford	....	stunts
Spiro Razatos	....	stunt coordinator
Rich Rutherford	....	stunts (as Richard Rutherford)
Gaylynn Schmidt	....	stunts
Greg Tracy	....	stunts
David M. Graves	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Jay Hawley	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Cort Hessler	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Cal Johnson	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Paul M. Lane	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
David Brian Martin	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Dean Mumford	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Allen	....	rigging grip
Michael Ambrose	....	gaffer: additional photography
Monica Barrios-Smith	....	second assistant camera
Jason Batey	....	grip
Ken Bazal	....	assistant camera
Patrick Bensimmon	....	second assistant camera
Raymond Benthall	....	set electrician
David Blackburn	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jose Bouza	....	camera operator
Shane Brewer	....	grip: second unit
Joe Chess	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Joe Chess	....	steadicam operator
Jack Chouchanian	....	key grip
Peter Chrimes	....	key grip: second unit
Catherine Cravens	....	rigging electrician
James B. Crawford	....	chief lighting technician (as James Crawford)
Stephen Crocker	....	assistant camera: second unit
Nathan Crum	....	film loader: second unit
Joe D'Alessandro	....	additional camera operator: second unit
Lee Donaldson	....	grip
Paul Gibilisco	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Ben D. Griffith Jr.	....	grip
Jacques Haitkin	....	camera operator: race car, second unit
Suzanne Hanover	....	still photographer
Craig Harris	....	best boy grip
Geoff Herbert	....	best boy rigging grip
Blake H. Hughes	....	rigging grip
Steele Hunter	....	key rigging grip
Brian Johnston	....	rigging electrician
Hiro Kakuhari	....	best boy grip: second unit
Scott Kidner	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Shane Kindschi	....	camera production assistant
Scott Kirkpatrick	....	rigging electrician
Brian Knox	....	grip
Steve Koster	....	camera operator: Spacecam
Greg Langham	....	rigging gaffer
Charles Laughon	....	video playback operator
Frank McGough	....	rigging electric best boy
Maurice K. McGuire	....	camera operator: race car, second unit (as Maurice McGuire)
Igor Meglic	....	director of photography: second unit
Billy Merrell	....	grip: first unit
Peter Minor	....	video assist operator: second unit (as Peter R. Minor)
Paul Murphey	....	video assist operator
Bob Newcomb	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Harrison Palmer	....	rigging grip
Onofrio Nino Pansini	....	camera operator: second unit (as Nini Pansini)
Michael Pinkey	....	camera operator: racing unit
Michael Pinkey	....	director of photography: additional unit
Maricella Ramirez	....	first assistant camera
Floyd A.B. Rance III	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Doug Robinson	....	rigging electrician
Jonathan E. Robinson	....	additional film loader
David Schmalz	....	second video assist operator
Art Schultz	....	set lighting technician
Bob Scott	....	camera operator: second unit (as Bob M. Scott)
Derek Smith	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Van Starling	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jeff Sterner	....	grip
Jeff Sterner	....	grip: second unit
Jeff Taylor	....	second assistant camera: race unit
Dan Turek	....	first assistant camera
Gary Katsuya Ushino	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Peter Wagner	....	dolly grip
Charles B. Walker	....	rigging electrician
Bob Williams	....	rigging grip
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip
Alex M. Cacciarelli	....	motion control video assist (uncredited)

Casting Department
Allyson Abernethy	....	casting assistant
Janelle Cochrane	....	casting associate
Shirley Fulton Crumley	....	extras casting
Danielle Diller	....	casting associate
Dorian Frankel	....	casting assistant
Wendy Hoffman	....	adr voice casting
Adrian E. Kennedy	....	casting assistant
Nicholas Ross	....	casting associate
Lindsay Roth	....	local casting associate
Robert Saba	....	extras casting associate
Marty Siu	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shawna-Nova Foley	....	additional costumer
Roger J. Forker	....	key costumer
Yvonne R. Fraser	....	costumer: second unit (as Yvonne Fraser)
K. Drew Fuller	....	costumer (as Drew Fuller)
Dana Kay Hart	....	costume supervisor (as Dana Hart)
Ginger Knussmann	....	additional costumer
Deborah Latham	....	key costumer (as Deborah Brinkley)
Marylou Lim	....	costumer: Mr. Ferrell
Allan Linker	....	wardrobe assistant
Marian McGill	....	costume assistant
Helen Monaghan	....	key costumer (as Helen R. Monaghan)
Roric Ruegsegger	....	technical costumer
Susan Strubel	....	costumer
Keith Taylor	....	costumer: second unit (as Michaell Keith Taylor, Jr.)

Editorial Department
Mellissa Bretherton	....	additional editor (as Melissa Bretherton)
Nathan Bruner	....	post-production assistant
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate producer: Modern VideoFilm
Joe Finley	....	digital intermediate colorist
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Alex Hepburn	....	first assistant editor
Robb Porter	....	post-production coordinator: Modern VideoFilm
Lawrence Howard Williams	....	post digital media operator
Craig Alpert	....	additional editor (uncredited)
David Kern	....	additional editor (uncredited)
Scott A. Williams	....	avid technician (uncredited)