Ally McBeal (1997)
| Release Date | 08 September 1997 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Series |
| Film Class | Workplace Comedy |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Mood | Pick-Me-Ups |
| Themes | Office Politics, Looking For Love, Work Ethics, Thirtysomething Life, Single Life, Battle of the Sexes |
| Tones | Humorous, Quirky, Talky, Whimsical, Irreverent, Wistful, Bittersweet, Light |
| Tags | Courtroom, Defense Attorney, Lawyer, Neurotic, Surrealistic |
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia. The series stars Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in the fictional Boston law firm Cage and Fish with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic.
Cast and Crew
Greg Germann
Richard Fish
Vatrena King
Singer #2
Sy Smith
Singer #1
Eric Cohen
Dancing Twin #1
Steve Cohen
Dancing Twin #2
Christopher Neiman
Attorney Barry Mathers
Melanie Taylor
Singer #3
Cynthia Calhoun
Singer #3
Phil Leeds
Judge Dennis 'Happy' Boyle
Earl K. Kim
Men's Group Member #1
Gibby Brand
Judge William McGough
Jack Shearer
Judge Alan Rancor
Joe Colligan
Attorney Ronald Spaner
Roderick Bascom
Clerk
Austin Tichenor
A.D.A. Tisbury
Linda Gehringer
Attorney General Janet Reno
Brad Wilson
Harold
Betty A. Bridges
Clerk
Nicholas Pappone
Young Billy
Christian Ebner
Geekhead #1
William Stanford Davis
Jim
Tom Leonard
Geekhead #2
Terry Tocantins
Geekhead #4
Shea Farrell
Attending Hospital Physician
Shawn Michael Howard
Ben
Eddie Kehler
Paul Potts
Francesca P. Roberts
Judge Cynthia Harris
Jenjer Vick
Julie Cassick
Jeremy Garrett
Tim Boyle
Richard Topol
Dr. Ober
Terry L. Rose
Guard
Harper Roisman
Chief Justice
Landry Barb
Clerk
J. Karen Thomas
Karen Martin-Gray
Cheryl Hawker
Mindy Platt
Terry Walters
Andrea Bassett
David Doty
Defendant
Madison McReynolds
Lucy
Daniel Nathan Spector
Attorney Joshua
Harry Danner
Hallen
Dennis Bailey
Dr. Harrod
Tia Riebling
Melissa Walker
Debra Ortega
Amy Strickland
John Duerler
Dancing Pedestrian
Norma Michaels
Elderly Lady
Arturo Gil
Douglas McGrath
Stefan Umstead
Bailiff
Kevin Farrell
John Pax
Larry Weissman
Jury Foreman
Brandy Schaefer
Dancer
Director
Mel Damski
Jonathan Pontell
Arlene Sanford
Michael Schultz
Billy Dickson
Jeannot Szwarc
Rachel Talalay
Bethany Rooney
Arvin Brown
Alex Graves
Thomas Schlamme
Sandy Smolan
Allan Arkush
Elodie Keene
Vincent Misiano
David Grossman
Oz Scott
Writer
Roberto Benabib
Constance M. Burge
Cindy Lichtman
Barb Mackintosh
Josh Caplan
Producer
Steve Robin
supervising producer / producer
Pamela J. Wisne
producer / co-producer
Kim Hamberg
producer / co-producer
Roseann M. Bonora-Keris
supervising associate producer / associate producer
Jonathan Pontell
co-executive producer / supervising producer
Mike Listo
producer
Alice West
co-executive producer
Jack Philbrick
producer
Pam Jackson
associate producer
Peter Burrell
coordinating producer / consulting producer
Kayla Alpert
producer
Shea Farrell
associate producer
Constance M. Burge
consulting producer
Roberto Benabib
consulting producer
Robert Breech
co-producer / coordinating producer
Nat Bernstein
consulting producer
Mitchel Katlin
consulting producer
Ellen Herman
consulting producer
Original Music
Danny Lux
Cinematographer
Billy Dickson
Tim Suhrstedt
David A. Harp
Thomas F. Denove
Editor
Craig Bench
Philip Carr Neel
Mark C. Baldwin
Michael Hathaway
Thomas R. Moore
Troy Takaki
Bill Johnson
Jon Koslowsky
Kaja Fehr
Casting Director
Ken Miller
Nikki Valko
Jeanie Bacharach
Sharon Jetton
Judith Weiner
Production Designer
Peter Politanoff
Donna J. Hattin
Lilly Frank
Art Director
Lilly Frank
Set Decorator
Diane O'Connell
Costume Designer
Yana Syrkin
Mimi Melgaard
Rachael Stanley
Danielle King
Makeup Department
Amy L. Taylor
makeup artist
Sharin Helgestad
key makeup artist / head makeup artist
Gwyne Redner
hair stylist: Ms. Flockhart
Robin Jacobs
key hair stylist / head hair stylist
Kathy C. King
makeup artist
Randa Squillacote
hair department head / head hair stylist
Mary Ann Valdes
head hair stylist / key hair stylist
Cyndra Dunn
hair stylist: Ms. Flockhart
Daniel Curet
hair stylist / head hair stylist
Joyce Westmore
head makeup artist / makeup artist
Daphne Lawson
head hair stylist
Leslie Ann Anderson
hair stylist: Ms. Flockhart
Carole Antouri
makeup artist
Allan A. Apone
makeup artist
David Danon
hair stylist
Jillian Glass
hair stylist
Ora Green
head hair stylist
Steven Mack
personal hair stylist
Gloria Ponce
head hair stylist
Elaina P. Schulman
chief hair stylist
Lana Sharpe
head hair stylist
Jennifer Turchi
makeup artist
Lynda Kyle Walker
hair assistant
Vera Yurtchuk
makeup artist
Production Manager
Jack Philbrick
unit production manager
Peter Burrell
unit production manager
Pam Jackson
production supervisor
Anne M. Uemura
post-production supervisor
Kim Hamberg
post-production supervisor
Robert Del Valle
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jodie Thomas
second second assistant director
Joel DeLoach
second second assistant director
Alisa Statman
second assistant director
Nancy Townsend
second assistant director
Alicia Lewis
second second assistant director
Allen DiGioia
first assistant director / second second assistant director
Robert Yannetti
first assistant director
David McWhirter
second assistant director
Carol L. Vitkay
first assistant director
Scott Harris
second second assistant director
Scott K. Harris
second second assistant director / second assistant director
Carla McCloskey
first assistant director
Pamela M. Eilerson
first assistant director
Velvet Andrews-Smith
second second assistant director: double-ups
Leo Bauer
second second assistant director
Tony Schwartz
second second assistant director
Art Department
Douglas M. Keenan
property master
Stephen MacMillin
set dresser / lead person
David Lombard
lead person
Robert Dean
construction coordinator
Mindy R. Toback
set designer
Steven M. Saylor
set designer
Suzanne Feller-Otto
set designer
Michael A. Casey
assistant props
Petra Selders
art department coordinator
John G. Heath Jr.
construction coordinator
Tony Chavez
propmaker
John A. Gomez
lead person / lead man
Ann Harris
set designer
Lilly Frank
painter
Heidi Mayfield
art department coordinator
Steven Curtis Husch
set propmaster
Jeffrey Bellamy
property master
Daniel R. Bentley
set propmaster
Matthew Gilbert
set dresser
Danny Ronay
second foreman
Mike Suhy
set dresser
Gaylene West
set propmaster
Sound Department
David Rawlinson
supervising sound editor
Peter Kelsey
sound re-recording mixer
Paul Lewis
production sound mixer / sound mixer
Nello Torri
sound re-recording mixer
James Bailey
foley artist
Herbert Rawlinson
adr editor
Guy Tsujimoto
sound effects editor
Dan Lipe
second boom operator
Kurt Kassulke
sound re-recording mixer
Rick Hinson
sound effects editor
Harry Andronis
sound re-recording mixer
Doug E. Turner
sound re-recording mixer
David John West
sound re-recording mixer
Bradley C. Katona
sound effects editor
Chris Fradkin
sound editor
Tom Gerard
sound re-recording mixer
Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves
dialogue editor
Thomas Giordano
sound technician
Jeffrey A. Humphreys
boom operator
Jason W. Jennings
sound effects editor
Gary Krause
sound effects editor
Larry Liddell
boom operator
Peggy McAffee
sound effects editor
Dave Moreno
sound recordist
James L. Pearson
sound editor
Timothy Pearson
foley artist
Douglas A. Turner
sound re-recording mixer
Noel Vought
foley artist
Special Effects
John P. Cazin
special effects coordinator
Michael D. Most
special effects supervisor
Chris Brenczewski
special effects technician
Ron Petruccione
special effects
Chad Baalbergen
special effects
Douglas Calli
special effects technician
Chris Jones
special effects technician
Elia P. Popov
special effects technician
Visual Effects
Michael D. Most
visual effects supervisor / visual effects coordinator
Rick Kerrigan
visual effects supervisor
Jake Aguas
visual effects supervising producer: 3D Bob Productions
Bob Arvin
visual effects producer: 3D Bob Productions
John Bavaresco
digital artist
Christian Boudman
digital compositor
Mark Breakspear
digital compositor
Jonah Brennan
visual effects
Everett Burrell
visual effects supervisor
Cari Chadwick
digital artist
Kent Feeler
digital compositing: Encore Visual Effects
Jason Fotter
digital artist: Encore Visual Effects
Eric Grenaudier
digital compositor
Michael S. Harbour
digital supervisor
Darin Hilton
digital effects artist
Edward Irastorza
visual effects coordinator: Flat Earth
Alisa Loren Klein
digital artist
Craig Kuehne
digital compositor
Dan Lopez
visual effects
Phillip Moses
visual effects producer: 3D Bob Productions
Brad Moylan
digital compositor: Encore Visual Effects
Sean Mullen
digital artist: morphs & roto / digital rotoscoping: Encore Visual Effects
Robert C. Powers
3D character animator
John Shirley
digital compositor
Stephen Sobisky
project manager: Viewpoint Datalabs
Siouxsie Stewart
visual effects coordinator
Kevin Struckman
3D artist: Flat Earth Productions
Greg Tsadilas
digital artist
Matt Von Brock
digital artist: Encore Visual Effects
Chris Y. Yang
digital artist: Encore VFX
Stunts
Nancy Thurston
stunt performer
Kevin Abercrombie
utility stunts
Mary Albee
stunt coordinator
Robert Alonzo
stunts
Rick Avery
stunts
Jay Caputo
stunts
Debbie Evans
driving stunt double: Calista Flockhart
Mitch Gould
stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.
stunts
Lane Leavitt
stunts
David Leitch
stunt coordinator / stunts
Ray Lykins
stunt double: John Ritter
Caryn Mower
stunt double
Myke Schwartz
stunt double
Mark Aaron Wagner
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Valeska Difrieri
best boy grip
Myron Hyman
gaffer
Kyle Davis
grip
David Ahuna
key grip
Joe Allegro
first assistant camera / camera operator
Mike McEveety
assistant camera
David A. Harp
camera operator / assistant camera
Jared Greenstein
electrician
David A. Santos
grip
Al Bruce
grip
Frederic J. Smith
camera operator
Willy Hewson
grip
Steve Randolph
additional camera operator
Walter Byrnes
additional grip
James M. Chizmar Jr.
grip
Rich Floyd
assistant camera
Michael Frediani
camera operator
Taryn Freitas
second assistant camera
Tom Gonzales Jr.
lamp operator
Tom Holmes
lamp operator
Chris Hood
first assistant camera: "a" camera
Richard J. Lee Jr.
set lighting technician
Jim Marquette
camera operator
Bob Myers
grip
Michael A. Savage
grip
C. Shipley
grip
Gary Sneed
best boy
Bruce Swift
grip
Animation Department
Elliot Worman
animator
Casting Department
Kara Lipson
casting associate / casting assistant
Judith Weiner
original casting
Sharon Jetton
casting associate / casting assistant
Lee A. Miles
extras casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andrea Federman
costume supervisor
Cynthia Flowers
set costumer: men
Shelly Levine
costume supervisor: men
Linda Thayer
set costumer
Debra Beebe
costume supervisor
Mareena Hunter
costume supervisor
Hilary Wright
costume designer: Ms. Flockhart
Loree Parral
costume supervisor: women
Danielle King
costume designer: Ms. Flockhart / costume: Ms. Flockhart
Kathleen Detoro
costume designer: Ms. Flockhart
Yana Syrkin
costume supervisor
Michelle Roth
key costumer
Rani Cunningham
costumer
Raquel L. Jaffe
costumer
Editorial Department
Kevin Kirwan
colorist
Noah Pontell
apprentice editor / post-production assistant
Anne M. Uemura
post-production coordinator / post-production assistant
Dominic Koletes
post-production assistant / post-production coordinator
Michael Hathaway
assistant editor / additional editor
Randy Harrison
assistant editor
Jean Crupper
assistant editor
Tiffany Hauck
assistant editor
Greg Faluszczak
on-line editor
Diane Holm
apprentice editor
John A. Keris
assistant editor
Jessica Levine
post-production assistant
Fred Fouquet
editor: main title sequence
Brian Gelbert
post-production assistant
J. Randolph Harrison
assistant editor
Jessica Levin
post-production assistant
Music Department
Sharyn M. Tylk
music editor
Eddie Delena
music recordist
Michael Dittrick
music editor
Michael Z. Gordon
composer: additional music
Paul Holliday
music assistant
Transportation Department
Mitch Friedman
production driver
Wayne Morris
transportation coordinator
Glenn A. Carter
transportation captain
Glenn Carter
transportation captain
Cindy Ichikawa
transportation office coordinator
Gina August
driver
Thomas O'Donnell
production van driver
Bonnie Yamahiro
driver
Other Crew
Susan Stern
production accountant
Mary Wright
script supervisor
Gary DeGalla
location manager
Neely Swanson
production associate / associate: Pamela Wisne
Orin Kennedy
location manager
Kristin Dewey
assistant location manager
Michael Zamboni
production assistant
Cindy Lichtman
research associate / executive assistant
Elisa Todd
production associate / assistant: Jeffrey Kramer
Rick Silverman
production executive
Jessica Levine
assistant: Pamela Wisne / associate: Pamela Wisne
Mindy Farabee
assistant: David E. Kelley / assistant: Jefferey Kramer
A.J. Lewis
production assistant
Frances Simonovich
assistant office coordinator
Patricia Van Baalbergen
production coordinator
Todd Pfeffer
assistant: David E. Kelley / production assistant
Donella Coffey
assistant: Alice West
Shea Farrell
production assistant / production associate
Veronica M. Wilson
production attorney
Alana A. Feeney
assistant production coordinator
Pam Jackson
production coordinator
Jennifer Menchora
assistant: Mike Listo / production associate
Cindy Kerber
assistant: Jonathan Pontell
Tracey Robinson
assistant: Rick Silverman / production associate
Joseph Malone
choreographer
Dan Menchaca
assistant: Jonathan Pontell / production assistant
Barb Mackintosh
story editor
Amy Shaffer
assistant: Mike Listo
Roseann M. Bonora-Keris
supervising associate
Maggie Murphy
associate: Jeffrey Kramer
Reysheen Deeann Mason
production assistant
Evan Rabins
assistant production coordinator
Mandana Malek
assistant to writer
Ralph Greco
production assistant
Andy Kaplan
production assistant
Stacey Luchs
production associate
Eddy Kopernik
production assistant
Anne M. Uemura
production assistant
Kristin McGraw
assistant to writer
Franz Orocio
production assistant
Leo Bauer
production assistant
David Ransil
script coordinator
Ashley J. Richards
production assistant
Kristin Means
production assistant
Britta Geiogue
production assistant
Courtney Pakiz
stand-in
Andrew R. Gardiner
location scout
Jason Cooper
production assistant
James Ent
caterer
David 'Cajun' Guilbeau
craft service
Shelly Bovert Hyde-White
assistant to actor
Arin Ingraham
assistant to actor
Dino Juico
stand-in: Clyde Kusatsu
Josh Kuhn
craft service
Jennifer Meyer
assistant production coordinator
Hilary Momberger
script supervisor
Jodi Reiner
assistant: Calista Flockhart
Michael Riley
title designer
Laura Starks
production assistant
Lary Vinocur
key assistant location manager
Thanks
John G. Heath Jr.
in memory of
Production Company
20th Century Fox Television
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David E. Kelley Productions
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Distributor
Canadian Television (CTV)
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Citytv Bogotá
Era Television
FS Film Oy
Fox Life HD
Fox Life
Fox Network
Fox Television
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Kanal A
Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV) (I)
NHK
Net5
RTL Entertainment
TV3
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
,
Viasat3
Special Effects
Encore Video
Encore Visual Effects
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Miscellaneous
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies
Cherokee Studios
music recorded at
Cinelease
location services
Encore Video
electronic assembly, telecine transfers
Epic Records
soundtrack
Imaginary Forces
main title sequence
Inter Video
24 frame video services
Mechnology
visual effects
Micdi Productions
music editing
Movie Movers
cast trailers
Oberman, Tivoli & Miller
production accounting
RH Factor
sound post-production
Sony Music Soundtrax
soundtrack
Sound Satisfaction
foley recording studio
West Productions
post-production sound editing
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