Life as a House (2001)

Released: 2001-10-25 Duration: 2hr 5min

Genres: Drama

Rating 7.1

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Seen from a distance, it's perfect.

Overview

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Additional Info

Budget	$18,000,000.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	3.533

Directed By

Irwin Winkler

Crew

Director of Photography
Vilmos Zsigmond

Producer
Rob Cowan

Editor
Julie Monroe

Director
Irwin Winkler

Original Music Composer
Mark Isham

Screenplay
Mark Andrus

Negative Cutter
Gary Burritt

Stunt Double
Danny Downey

First Assistant Director
Vincent Lascoumes

Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Jody Levin

Stunt Coordinator
Gary J. Wayton

Executive In Charge Of Production
Carla Fry

Key Grip
Dick Deats

Color Timer
Terry Haggar

Unit Production Manager
Brian E. Frankish

Production Executive
Erik Holmberg

Post Production Supervisor
Jay Vinitsky

Set Designer
Louis M. Mann

Production Illustrator
Joseph Musso

Production Supervisor
Don Tardino

Set Designer
John Leimanis

Set Designer
Ann Harris

Leadman
Greg Sanger

Set Dresser
Mark W. Brown

Leadman
Nicholas Rymond

Second Assistant "A" Camera
Don Duffield

Set Dresser
Alan Baptiste

Set Dresser
Rick Glenn

First Assistant "A" Camera
Tony Nagy

First Assistant "B" Camera
Jimmy E. Jensen

First Assistant "B" Camera
Brian W. Nordheim

"B" Camera Operator
Chris Squires

"A" Camera Operator
Joseph D. Urbanczyk

Camera Loader
Tom Hutchinson

Steadicam Operator
Chris Squires

Second Assistant "B" Camera
Nick Shuster

Still Photographer
Merie Weismiller Wallace

Utility Sound
George Flores

Video Assist Operator
Roger C. Johnson

Production Coordinator
Karen Ruth Getchell

Sound Mixer
Richard Lightstone

Boom Operator
Gabriel Cubos

Utility Sound
Tony Gray

First Assistant Accountant
Rick Coffee

Payroll Accountant
Sara Tower

Dolly Grip
Sean Devine

Production Accountant
Lynell Bangs

Assistant Editor
Jennifer Hatton

Assistant Property Master
Monica Perez

Electrician
Steven D. Castaneda

Electrician
Harold Groshon

Sound Supervisor
Mathew Waters

Dialogue Editor
David Grant

Property Master
Ritchie Kremer

Associate Editor
F. Paul Benz

Assistant Property Master
Brian Seccombe

Grip
Mark Wojciechowski

Sound Effects Editor
Michael Kamper

Construction Coordinator
Bryan Belair

Makeup Artist
Christina Smith

Best Boy Electrician
Christopher Warren

Dolly Grip
Antonio V. Garrido

Assistant Sound Editor
Susan Cahill

Key Makeup Artist
Bonita DeHaven

Production Controller
Paul Prokop

Chief Lighting Technician
Colin J. Campbell

Best Boy Grip
Jerry C. Deats

Sound Effects Editor
Carrie Lisonbee

Key Hair Stylist
Virginia G. Hadfield

Foley Artist
Jerry Trent

Dialogue Editor
Robert Jackson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mathew Waters

Sound Effects Editor
Javier Bennassar

Assistant Sound Editor
Alec St. John

Makeup Artist
Tammy Ashmore

Hairstylist
Barbara Lorenz

Dialect Coach
Francie Brown

Foley Editor
Craig Jurkiewicz

Makeup Artist
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil

Location Manager
Robbie Goldstein

Transportation Coordinator
Don Tardino

Dialogue Editor
Michael Hertlein

Dialogue Editor
Robert Getty

Sound Effects Editor
Michael Mullane

Assistant Sound Editor
Chato Hill

Set Costumer
Tammy Hynes

ADR Supervisor
Thomas Jones

Dialogue Editor
Jed M. Dodge

Painter
Gary DeBortoli

Hairstylist
Michele Payne

Key Set Costumer
Mary Elizabeth Still

Foley Mixer
Lucy Sustar

Foley Artist
Diane Marshall

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Ross

Costume Supervisor
Emma Trenchard

Studio Teacher
Rhonda Sherman

Additional Director of Photography
Johnny E. Jensen

ADR Mixer
Alan Freedman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Derek Marcil

Lead Painter
Kenneth Robertson

Music Editor
Tom Carlson

Craft Service
John Starr

Casting Associate
Rebecca Mangieri

Special Effects
Christy Sumner

Digital Effects Supervisor
Tim Sassoon

Unit Publicist
Vic Heutschy

Pilot
Cliff Fleming

Transportation Captain
Timothy P. Ryan

Special Effects Coordinator
Robbie Knott

Transportation Co-Captain
James Brown

Production Design
J. Dennis Washington

Casting
Randi Hiller

Producer
Irwin Winkler

Casting
Sarah Halley Finn

Executive Producer
Michael De Luca

Executive Producer
Lynn Harris

Costume Design
Molly Maginnis

Executive Producer
Brian E. Frankish

Art Direction
Thomas T. Taylor

Set Decoration
Denise Pizzini

Driver
Timothy P. Ryan Jr.

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