Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 45 mins | Comedy, Fantasy | Released: 11/10/2006 |Box Office Total: $40.1M

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One morning, a seemingly average and generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold’s carefully controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only he can hear, and when the voice declares that Harold Crick is facing imminent death, he realizes he must find out who is writing his story and persuade her to change the ending. The voice in Harold’s head turns out to be the once celebrated, but now nearly forgotten, novelist Karen “Kay” Eiffel, who is struggling to find an ending for what might be her best book. Her only remaining challenge is to figure out a way to kill her main character, but little does she know that Harold Crick is alive and well and inexplicably aware of her words and her plans for him. To make matters worse, Kay’s publisher has dispatched a hard-nosed “assistant,” Penny Escher, to force Kay to finish her novel and finish off Harold Crick. Desperate to take control of his destiny and avoid an untimely demise, Harold seeks help from a literary theorist named Jules Hilbert, who suggests that Harold might be able to change his fate by turning his story froma tragedy into a comedy. Professor Hilbert suggests that Harold try to follow one of comedy’s most elemental formulas: a love story between two people who hate each other. His suggestion leads Harold to initiate an unlikely romance with a free-spirited baker named Ana Pascal. As Harold experiences true love and true life for the first time, he becomes convinced that he has escaped his fate, as his story seems to be taking on all the trappings of a comedy in which he will not, and cannot, die. But Harold is unaware that in a Karen Eiffel tragedy, the lead characters always die at exactly the moment when they have the most to live for.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
11/10/2006

Studio	Credit
Columbia Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Marc Forster	Director
Cast	Credit
Will Ferrell	Harold Crick
Maggie Gyllenhaal	Ana Pascal
Queen Latifah	Penny Escher
Emma Thompson	Kay Eiffel
Dustin Hoffman	Professor Jules Hilbert
Kristin Chenoweth	Anchorwoman
Tom Hulce	Dr Cayly
Linda Hunt	Dr Mittag-Leffler
Tony Hale	Dave
William Dick	Co-Worker #1
Guy Massey	Male Co-Worker
Martha Espinoza	Female IRS #1
Peter Grosz	Co-Worker #2
TJ Jagodowski	Another Co-Worker
Ricky Adams	Young Boy
Christian Stolte	Young Boy’s Father
Denise Hughes	Carla
Peggy Roeder	Polish Woman
Tonray Ho	Female Co-Worker
Danny Rhodes	Bakery Employee
Helen Young	Customer
David Pompeii	Customer #3
Linara Washington	Bakery Employee #2
Larry Neumann Jr	Homeless Man
John Mohriein	Man with Hose
Bruce Jarchow	Commuter
Bradley Mott	Large Man on Bus
John Watson Sr	Author #1
David Wiegers	Customer with Mohawk
Jarrett Sleeper	Customer #2
Karen Lloyd	Customer #4
Keith Kupferer	Foreman
Danny McCarthy	Crew Member
Tab Baker	Another Crew Member
Thomas R Trojanowski	Professor
Tim Simons	Sales Representative
Christian Young	ER Doctor
Arraon Hixson	Young Man Patient
Brian Kelly	Orderly
Whitney Sneed	Nurse #2
Ray Kurut	Doctor
Celeste Pechous	Nurse #1
Cheryl Graeff	Secretary
Michael Cook	Doctor #3
Cheryl Lynn Bruce	Check-In Nurse
Chet Dubowski	Man in Tweed
Sia Moody	Nurse #3
Jordan Keller	Young Worker
Ora Jones	Receptionist
Herb Lichtenstein	Male IRS
Stacey Jackson	Female IRS #2
Jordan Teplitz	Old Man on Phone
Ricardo Guiterrez	Squat Man
James Mazza	Man on Bus
Oscar Roxas	Another Man on Bus
Nadirah Bost	Witness #1
Sandra Marquez	Witness #2
Lacy Coil	Witness #3
Will Clinger	Witness #4
Albert Samuels	Witness #5
Frank Caeti	Witness #6
Andrew Rothenberg	Doctor Mercator
Rengin Altay	Nurse
Lucinda Kemp	Carla’s Co-Worker #1
Donna Watkins	Carla’s Co-Worker #2
Julien Heron	Animal Attack V.O. #1
Lora Cain	Animal Attack V.O. #2
Bob Papenbrook	Animal Attack V.O. #3
Mike McColl	Animal Attack V.O. #4
Production Credits	Credit
Lindsay Doran	Producer
Aubrey Henderson	Co-Producer
Nathan Kahane	Executive Producer
Jim Miller	Co-Producer
Joe Drake	Executive Producer
Eric Kopeloff	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mandate Pictures	Production Company Production Company
Three Strange Angels	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sam Film (Iceland)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures International	Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Mandate Pictures	Theatrical Distributor Worldwide Theatrical Distributor
KRS Film Distributors	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois USA
Writer	Credit
Zach Helm	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Mary Sunshine	Production Accountant
Adrienne Swan	Assistant Accountant
Christine Pawlowski	Auditor
Dina Valenzuela	Post-Production Accountant
Jennifer Hunt	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Harold R. Caldwell	Assistant Accountant
Kenn Kaye	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Janet Place	Production Accountant
Richard Gariepy	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Katie Gajewski	Art Assistant - Art Production Assistant
Tony Barracca	Lead Person - Leadman
Kristin Hanson	Art Department - Art Coordinator
Ford Wheeler	Set Decorator
Kevin Thompson	Production Designer
Frank D Dambra	Scenic Artist - Charge Scenic Artist
Tom Gagnon	Swing Gang
Kerry Sanders	Set Designer
Craig Jackson	Art Director
Jon Nicholson	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Freddie Mikels	Scenic Artist - Stand By Scenic
Daryl Ziemke	Swing Gang
Kim Merlin	Set Decorator - Set Decorator Production Assistant
Tanja Deshida	Art Department - Buyer
Charles Delgreco	Swing Gang
Juan Vela	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Francine Maisler	Casting
Joan Philo	Extras Casting - Extras Casting Director
Clare Morris	Extras Casting Assistant
Loriel Samaras	Extras Casting Assistant
Judy Cook	Extras Casting
Kathleen Driscoll-Mohler	Casting
Cicely D Harris	Extras Casting Assistant
Bridget Quinn	Extras Casting Assistant
Jocleyn Delk	Extras Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Lloyd Thomas	Catering - Four Star Catering
Jane Bard	Craft Service
Walter Gaynor	Craft Service
Ben Hammer	Catering - Catering Assistant
Kori Jacobson	Catering - Pastry Chef
James L Thomson	Craft Service
Victor Lizardo	Catering - Cook
Chris Harding	Craft Service - Craft Service Production Assistant
Emmanuel Reyes	Catering - Cook
Derek A Schwebel	Craft Service - Craft Service Production Assistant
Kevin Holmes	Catering - Assistant Chef
Aengus MacNeil	Craft Service
David Kreger	Catering - Assistant Chef
Matt Carlson	Catering - Assistant Chef
Jose Flores	Catering - Catering Chef
Hector Salinas	Catering - Chef’s Assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Kevin Boyd	Film Lab - 24 Frame Coordinator
Kevin Boyd	Video Assist/Playback - Key Video Assist
Johnathan Clark	Camera - Camera Intern
Roberto Schaefer	Director of Photography
Paul Bode	Assistant Camera
Ralph Nelson	Photography - Still Photographer
Joe Uddo	Video - “B Roll” Videographer
Dan Urbain	Loader - Camera Loader
Mike Sowa	Color Timer - Digital Color Timer
Jim McConkey	Camera Operator
David Morenz	Camera Assistant - B Camera First Assistant
Harry Muller	Color Timer - Deluxe Color Timer
Ted Lichtenheld	Camera Operator
Bob Faison	Camera Assistant - Additional Camera First Assistant
Andrew A Smith	Film Lab - 24 Frame Operator
Daniel Schroer	Assistant Camera
Alex Cacciarelli	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Peter Morenz	Loader - Camera Loader
Joe Williams (Jody)	Camera Operator
Matt Gaumer	Assistant Camera
Robin Bursey	Loader - Camera Loader
Dean M Simmon	Camera Assistant - Additional Camera First Assistant
Rick Whitfield	Film Lab - 24 Frame Operator
Mike Shaheen	Film Lab - 24 Frame Operator
K C Capek	Camera Assistant - Additional Camera Second Assistant
Faries Anderson	Camera Operator