Lay the Favorite (2012)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writers:

Beth Raymer (memoir) and
D.V. DeVincentis (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 June 2012 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A dramedy centered on a thirtysomething woman who becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage. |

Plot Keywords:

Money | Betrayal | Gambling

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	Dink Heimowitz
Rebecca Hall	...	Beth Raymer
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Tulip Heimowitz
Vince Vaughn	...	Rosie
Joshua Jackson	...	Jeremy
Laura Prepon	...	Holly
Frank Grillo	...	Frankie
Joel Murray	...	Darren
Corbin Bernsen
John Carroll Lynch	...	Dave Greenberg
Andrea Frankle	...	Marcia Greenberg
Michelle Torres	...	Club Patron
Lara Grice	...	Waitress
Dominique DuVernay	...	Curacao Hooker #2
Wayne Pére	...	Scott
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Hairplugs
Jo Newman	...	Darcy
Rusty Meyers	...	RIO Gambler #1
Robert Martin Steinberg	...	Doctor
Hugo Armstrong	...	Customer
Darcel White Moreno	...	Hooker #1
Errol Suleyman	...	Bet Taker
Tracy Miller	...	John A Guy
Kylie Creppel	...	Birthday Girl
John L. Armijo	...	Bar Patron
B.J. Parker	...	Casino Security Guard
Matthew Pebler	...	Angelo
Edward J. Clare	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Haylie Creppel	...	Marcia's Daughter (uncredited)
Julie Ann Doan	...	New York Pedestrian (uncredited)
Adrienne Esteen	...	Casino Patron - Pedestrian (uncredited)
Amanda Franchini	...	Sports Book Gambler (uncredited)
Emily D. Haley	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Gene Kevin Hames Jr.	...	Plainclothes Detective #1 (uncredited)
Karen Henning	...	Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Tenaj L. Jackson	...	Curacao Girl (uncredited)
John C. Klein	...	Sushi Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Avon Maser	...	Motel Resident (uncredited)
Valentino Moralez	...	Sports Better (uncredited)
Bob Pepper	...	Poker Player (uncredited)
Roy C. Peterson	...	Horse Player (uncredited)
Rene' J.F. Piazza	...	Fat Guy (uncredited)
Juliet Reeves	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Rachael Riegert	...	Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Darren Sumner	...	Limo Driver (uncredited)
David M. Tran	...	Caesar's Gambler (uncredited)
Glen Warner	...	Casino Gambler (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Frears

Writing credits
Beth Raymer		(memoir)
D.V. DeVincentis		screenplay

Produced by
Brandt Andersen	....	executive producer
Anthony Bregman	....	producer
Michael Corso	....	executive producer
D.V. DeVincentis	....	producer
Randall Emmett	....	producer
George Furla	....	producer
Peter Gethers	....	executive producer
James Gibb	....	executive producer
Brandon Grimes	....	executive producer
Anthony Gudas	....	executive producer
Peter Hampden	....	executive producer
Alex G. Scott	....	associate producer
James W. Skotchdopole	....	executive producer
Paul Trijbits	....	producer

Original Music by
James Seymour Brett

Cinematography by
Michael McDonough

Film Editing by
Mick Audsley

Production Design by
Dan Davis

Art Direction by
Erik Polczwartek

Set Decoration by
Michelle Schluter-Ford

Costume Design by
Christopher Peterson

Makeup Department
Samantha M. Capps	....	makeup artist
Hayley Farrington	....	hair stylist
Adruitha Lee	....	department head hair
Darryl Lucas	....	key makeup artist
Sabine Roller	....	key makeup artist: Las Vegas
Cindy J. Williams	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
Len Murach	....	unit production manager: New York
Haley Sweet	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Altieri	....	second second assistant director
Scott Bowers	....	second second assistant director: New York
David Fischer	....	second assistant director: New York
Liam Lock	....	third assistant director
Steve Lonano	....	second assistant director
Jesse Nye	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jill Alexander	....	property master: New York
Jason Chaffin	....	propmaker
Abariss Culjak	....	assistant property master: New York
Isaac Gabaeff	....	on-set dresser: New York unit
Stephanie Heine Hilton	....	art department pa (as Stephanie Heine)
Bradford Johnson	....	set dresser
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Jessica Lee	....	art department coordinator
Craig Serody	....	set dresser
Chere Theriot	....	set decoration buyer
Franz Wise	....	assistant property master
Brook Yeaton	....	property master

Sound Department
Richard Addis	....	sound mix technician
Adam Blantz	....	boom operator
Juan Cisneros	....	utility sound technician
Robert Farr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Hughes	....	adr mixer
Brad Lokey	....	second boom operator / sound utility
Christer Melén	....	sound effects editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Ulf Olausson	....	foley artist
Johnathan Rush	....	sound mix technician
Tom Ryan	....	adr mixer
James Shannon	....	dolby sound consultant
Dirk Stout	....	second boom operator
Joakim Sundström	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
Von Varga	....	additional production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Donnie Dean	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Kenneth Armstrong	....	graphic designer: Comen VFX
Luke Butler	....	digital compositor
Naomi Butler	....	digital compositor
Tim Carras	....	consulting visual effects supervisor
Tom Collier	....	digital compositor
Joshua D. Comen	....	consulting visual effects producer
Brandon Criswell	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Brian Cuartero	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Stefan Drury	....	head of visual effects
James Elster	....	digital compositor
Sean Farrow	....	executive visual effects supervisor
Scott Goulding	....	online editor
Elysia Greening	....	digital compositor
Sylvia Kim	....	visual effects coordinator: Comen VFX
David Lloyd	....	senior systems engineer
Philippe Ludivig	....	digital compositor
Abigail McKenzie	....	digital lab operator
Jane Paton	....	digital compositor
Antonio Rodríguez Díaz	....	digital compositor
Katie Roehrick	....	visual effects coordinator
Daniel Spain	....	systems engineer
Lucy Tanner	....	visual effects coordinator
Daniel Tomlinson	....	senior DI operator
Elinor Villaflor	....	accounting: Comen VFX
Dylan Wyn Owen	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Michael A. Rizza	....	precision driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Maxwell Beard	....	grip
Tony Bendt	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Jarrid Clinkinbeard	....	rigging gaffer
Roy Farthing III	....	electrician
Gonzalo Gonzalez	....	best boy electric
Ryan Heide	....	additional digital imaging technician
Charles 'Tom' Hinson	....	key grip
John C. Hoffler Jr.	....	second assistant camera: b camera
Zachary Holmes	....	video playback
Michael D. Kennedy	....	second assistant camera: a camera
Hai Le	....	camera production assistant
Frank Masi	....	still photographer
John J. Moers	....	documentary cameraman
Nick Nicolay	....	b dolly grip
Allen Parks	....	gaffer
Matthew Pebler	....	first assistant camera: b camera
Alan Pierce	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alan Pierce	....	director of photography: second unit
Craig Pressgrove	....	first assistant camera: a camera
Brian Quebedeaux	....	grip
Lewis Rothenberg	....	digital imaging technician
Declan Ryan	....	lighting technician
Jay Sheveck	....	libra technician
Sean Souza	....	"a" camera second assistant: new york
Michael Stumpf	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Stumpf	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Joe Sökmen	....	grip
Reuben Wilder	....	generator operator

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Elizabeth Coulon	....	casting director: louisiana
Ryan Glorioso	....	casting director: louisiana
Bonnie Grisan	....	casting associate
Andrew Hadzopoulos	....	casting assistant
Charlene Lee	....	casting assistant
Nicah Lowry Nossaman	....	casting assistant
Wendy Talazac	....	extras casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Donna Chance	....	key set costumer
Vanessa Lacy	....	costume assistant
Meagan McLaughlin	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Rob Ackerman	....	technical assistance
Pani Ahmadi-Moore	....	first assistant editor
Tim Arnold	....	stock footage coordinator
Dan Bentham	....	post producer: Lip Sync Post
Ritchie Ferguson	....	technical assistance
Stuart Fyvie	....	digital colourist
Samantha Brockhausen Herrmann	....	editorial intern
Scott Macbeth	....	technical assistance
Lucy Seaborne	....	on-line editor
Diana Vasquez	....	assistant colourist
Rick White	....	head of vt

Music Department
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
David William Hearn	....	music arranger
David William Hearn	....	musician: guitars
Adam Langston	....	orchestrator
Tony Lewis	....	composer: stock music
Tony Lewis	....	music editor
Graham Sutton	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Donald Burdett	....	transportation captain
Robin Collura	....	driver
Danny Mortenson	....	transportation coordinator
David G. Todd	....	transportation
Steven Willhoite	....	production van driver operator
Doug Wilson	....	picture car coordinator
Vevi Wilson	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Joaquin Aragon	....	production assistant
Gavin Atilano	....	production secretary
Steve Berman	....	completion bond
Samantha Bonilla	....	travel coordinator
Will Bourne	....	location assistant
Kara Bowman	....	set medic
Janice Brabaw	....	payroll assistant
J. Scott Brower	....	key locations assistant
Robert C. Campion	....	production accountant
Cecilia Carcamo	....	stand-in
Grant Case	....	stand-in: Joshua Jackson
Andrew Cavaness	....	location assistant
Amy Chaffee	....	dialect consultant
Bobbi Colorado	....	head animal coordinator
Eleri Coulten	....	assistant location manager: reshoots
Lauren Cozzens	....	production secretary: New York
Joshua Davis	....	assistant: Mr. Trijbits
Lex Donovan	....	production assistant
Stephen J. Eads	....	associate
Jacqueline Eckhouse	....	production legal
Blake Farmer	....	location assistant
Lily Virginia Filson	....	stand-in
Damon Michael Gordon	....	location manager: New York Unit
Tamara Harel-Cohen	....	assistant to mr. frears and mr. devincentis
Kimberly Hayes	....	production coordinator: Las Vegas unit
Shelley Hinson	....	key craft service (as Shelley Hatch)
Nancy Honeycutt	....	production coordinator
Ryan Robert Howard	....	production assistant: new york unit
Iran Kuykendall	....	key set production assistant
Hai Le	....	production assistant
Kathleen Lynch	....	key craft service
Sean Lynn	....	chef
Shane McGoey	....	production assistant
Richard Morrison	....	titles designer
Amy R. Murphy	....	location assistant: las vegas
Brian Fountain Murray	....	unit production assistant: New York
Ian D. Navran	....	assistant production coordinator
Patricia Nelkin	....	assistant location manager
Phillip Noorani	....	assistant to producer
Kory O'Donnell	....	production coordinator: New York
Maureen O'Reilly	....	payroll accountant
Jay William Osterman	....	assistant to producer
Kyle Otterstein	....	office production assistant
James A. Quioan	....	production assistant
Daniel Rbibo	....	insurance services
Christine Craft Regusa	....	stand-in for andrea frankle
Mike Reiersen	....	production assistant: New York
Melissa Rosal	....	production assistant
Amy Sanderson	....	script supervisor
Karen Segall	....	production legal
M. Gerard Sellers	....	location manager
Peter J. Silbermann	....	unit publicist
Brian Sturgulewski	....	assistant: Mr. Vaughn
Timothy C. Sullivan	....	executive in charge of development
Kimberly Toney	....	accounting clerk
Sophie Vickers	....	production executive
Dean Wares	....	main title type designer
Ben Weintraub	....	assistant: Mr. Bregman (as Benjamin Weintraub)
John T. Wilson Jr.	....	photo double: Bruce Willis
Michele Wright	....	first assistant accountant
Kenneth Yu	....	office production assistant

Production Companies

• Emmett/Furla Films
• Random House Films
• Likely Story
• Ruby Films

Distributors

• Weinstein Company, The (2012) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2012) (Thailand) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Maldives) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)
• Teleview International (2012) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)

Special Effects

• Comen VFX (visual effects)
• Lip Sync Post (visual effects)

Other Companies

• American Roadshow Motion Picture And Television Catering  catering
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Codex Digital  digital recording equipment
• Coulon Casting  casting (as Louisiana Casting)
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Event Restroom  restrooms
• Fatts  post production script services
• Hollywood Trucks  Entertainment Transportation
• Hothouse Music  music supervision by
• Lanoue Film Arts  background art
• Movie Lot, The  UK security
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD Editing Equipment Provided By
• Road Rebel  production travel
• Sakonnet Capital Partners  tax credit financing
• Scallywag Travel  travel agent
• Silver Screen Supply  climate control
• Silver Screen Supply  location services and rentals
• Silver Screen Supply  portable power systems and cables
• Southern Costume Company  costumes and wardrobe

Also Known As:

Country:

USA | UK

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Emmett/Furla Films

Trivia:

The Weinstein Company acquired distribution rights for just over $2 million.

solid film

really liked this film as i am very interested in gambling and how it works..thought all actors did a great job and I predict Rebecca hall will be a major star real soon.....lots of laughs and the storyline kept me interested although the ending was a tad disappointing.....solid comedy..having read the book i had no idea how the movie could reproduce Ms.Raymer's wonderful ability to set a scene but Stephen Frears and d.v. Devincentis did a wonderful job...thought Bruce Willis might be miscast as a professional gambler since that is quite the departure from his usual shoot em up roles but he pulled it off quite nicely...Catherine Zeta Jones and Vince Vaughn were great in their roles and some of the best comedic moments were provided by the legendary actress...thought Wayne Pere and Frank Grillo were impressive in their supporting roles...this is a fun film from start to finish...