Mousehunt (1997)


Mousehunt
Release Date19 December 1997
Budget$38,000,000
US Box Office$62,000,000
TaglineThe funniest movie of the year!
GenreAction, Comedy, Family
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBass Lake, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor

MouseHunt is a 1997 American slapstick/black comedy film, directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Adam Rifkin and starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans. The story revolves around two brothers who inherit a crumbling old house from their eccentric father, find out that the house is worth millions, and subsequently find themselves locked in a battle of wits with a hyper-intelligent mouse.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz

Lars Smuntz

April Smuntz

Alexander Falko

Ernie and Lars' Lawyer

Quincy Thorpe

Camilla Søeberg
Hilde, the Bench Lady

Auctioneer

Roxanne Atkins

Eric Poppick
The Banker

Maury, the Cat Care Society Owner

Rudolph Smuntz

Caeser, the Exterminator

Cliff Emmich
Mayor McKringle

Melanie MacQueen
Mrs. McKringle, the mayor's Wife

Brianna Shebby
Becky

Danielle Shebby
Betty

Leslie Upson
Leslie Reinhart

Zeppco Suit #1

Peter Anthony Rocca
Zeppco Suit #2

Steve Bean
Lester Dinkus

Suzanne Krull
Waitress #1

Patrick Thomas
Construction Worker #1

Peter Gregory
Doctor

E.J. Callahan
Historical Clerk

Ms. Park Avenue

Valorie Armstrong
Franklin's Wife

Michael X. Sommers
Paramedic

Michael Ross
Cop

José Rey
Cuban Postal Worker

Carmen Filpi
Pallbearer #4

Harper Roisman
Factory Worker #1

David Fresco
Factory Worker #2

Scott Alan Smith
City Paramedic

Sarah Dampf
Crying Child

Orville Stoeber
Expert #1

David Weisenberg
Expert #2

Fred Pierce
Large Nosed Man

Clement Blake
Homeless Man

Saverio Carubia
Photographer

Pep Torres
Bus Boy

Jack Angeles
Kennel Employee

Michael Laren
Drowning waiter

Director

Writer

Producer

Bart Brown
associate producer

producer

Tony Ludwig
producer

Alan Riche
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Phedon Papamichael

Editor

Craig Wood
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Casting Director

Denise Chamian
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Production Designer

Linda DeScenna

Art Director

James Nedza

Set Decorator

Ric McElvin
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Costume Designer

Jill M. Ohanneson

Makeup Department

Stacey K. Black
additional assistant hair stylist

Carrey Gibbons
makeup artist

Julie Hewett
key makeup artist

Candace Neal
hair department head

Production Manager

Herb Gains
unit production manager

Brad Goodman
post-production supervisor

Vicki Niemi
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Benita Allen
first assistant director

Jessy Melowicz
dga trainee

Frederic Roth
second assistant director

Alan Steinman
second second assistant director

Art Department

John J. Bradley
set dresser

James Ward Byrkit
storyboard artist

John Ceniceros
set dresser

Kevin Considine
set dresser

Alan Easley
key set dresser

Kirk Essiambre
set dresser

Ashley Fardys
art department coordinator

Bruce J. Gfeller
construction coordinator

Nancy Gilmore
lead person

Michael Goss
labor

Al Hobbs
set designer

John R. Jensen
assistant art director

Justin J. LaPresle
propmaker

Fireball Tim Lawrence
concept artist

Ed Lee
concept artist

Mary Locatell
illustrator

Kris Peck
assistant property master

David Storm
set dresser

Sally Thornton
assistant art director

Tommy Tomlinson
property master

Stan Tropp
set designer

Walter Zieska
propmaker gangboss

Sound Department

David W. Alstadter
foley mixer

John S. Coffey
sound mixer: second unit

Dino Dimuro
sound effects editor

Richard Dwan Jr.
adr editor, dialogue editor

Arthur Farkas
foley editor

Gregg Frazier
boom operator: second unit

Scott Martin Gershin
supervising sound editor

Gregory Hainer
sound designer

Catherine Harper
foley artist

Larry Kemp
supervising sound editor

Gregg Landaker
sound mixer

Linda Lew
foley recordist

Martin Lopez
sound effects editor

Steve Maslow
sound mixer

Philip D. Morrill
assistant sound editor

Tony Negrete
adr assistant sound editor

Mark Ormandy
additional sound

Timothy P. Salmon
boom operator

Mary Ruth Smith
sound editor

Jon Title
sound effects editor

Keith A. Wester
production sound mixer

Douglas J. Schulman
production sound mixer: re-shoots

Special Effects

Jim Charmatz
key artist

Kathie Clark
creature designer

Christian Colquhoun
special mechanical effects

Chris Cowan
special mechanical effects

Jon Dawe
mechanical designer: Stan Winston Studio

Glenn Derry
electronics designer: Stan Winston Studio

David Dulac
technical director: Animal Logic

Lynette Eklund
key fabricator: Stan Winston Studio

Lance Gilmer
special effects technician

Jason Gustafson
special effects technician

Thomas R. Homsher
special effects foreman

Michael Lantieri
special effects

Joe Love
special effects technician

Lindsay MacGowan
art department: Stan Winston Studio

Keith Marbory
special effects supervisor

Matt McDonnell
special effects technician

Kevin McTurk
special effects technician

Paul Mejias
special effects supervisor

Tom Pahk
special effects foreman

Chris Perry
technical director: preproduction R&D

Alan Scott
mechanical effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio

Brian Tipton
special effects: first and second unit

Brian Daniel Young
effects artist

Chris L. Ward
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Lisa Atkinson
digital production manager

Tony Barraza
I/O Inferno

Andy Barrios
digital artist: Rainmaker Digital Los Angeles

Bill Black
visual effects editor

Brigitte Bourque
digital effects compositor: Rainmaker Digital

Andy Brown
visual effects art director animal logic

Megan Bryant
digital camera supervisor

Tom Capizzi
digital artist

Lynne Cartwright
senior animator

Shannon Casey
visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues

Jeffrey Castel De Oro
digital artist

Raymond Chen
CG lead lighter

Fiona Chilton
visual effects coordinator: Animal Logic

Jim Davidson
model maker: visual effects rigger

John Dietz
CG lead lighter

Brian Dowrick
3D lead animator

Alex Drought
digital nonlinear engineer

Peter Farson
special effects animator

Michael Feder
digital effects coordinator

Raffaella Filipponi
3D lead animator

Lindsay Fleay
CG animator: Animal Logic

Mark Franco
visual effects executive producer: Rainmaker Digital

Jenny Fulle
visual effects producer

Doug Gallery
3D animator

visual effects supervisor

Bryan Greenberg
visual effects

Royce Hager
motion control rigger

Mark Hamilton
digital artist

Albert Hastings
digital artist

Karl Herbst
CG lighter

Jesse Hollander
digital effects artist

Sharon Smith Holley
visual effects editor

Cheryl A. Jones
visual effects coordinator

Jongo
CG lighter , lighting technical director

Michael Joyce
model shop supervisor

Perry Kass
software

Nancy Kato
3D lead animator

Mitch Kopelman
digital effects supervisor

Jennifer Law Stump
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital

Tom Leeser
digital compositing supervisor: Rhythm & Hues

John Lockwood
digital artist: Rhythm & Hues

Mark Alan Loso
compositor

Mary Lynn Machado
CG supervisor

Paul Maples
motion control operator

Mark 'Crash' McCreery
art director

Chad Merriam
visual effects coordinator

Justin Mettam
animation, visual effects

Kirsty Millar
digital compositor

Steven Moder
digital non-linear engineer

Betsy Paterson
lead compositor

Brian Peterson
senior systems engineer

Patrick Phillips
visual effects

Glenn Ramos
3D animator

Marc-Andre Samson
CG lighter

Juan-Luis Sanchez
technical support: Rhythm & Hues

Robin Saxen
visual effects coordinator

Christopher Scollard
digital effects producer

Mark A. Shelton
visual effects supervisor, visual effects director of photography

Todd Shifflett
CG lead lighter

John Siczewicz
senior digital artist: Blue Sky Studios

Chris Sjoholm
special effects animator

Robert Skotak
visual effects supervisor: 4-ward productions

Scott Suess
Flame artist, compositor

Stephanie Taylor
plate coordinator

Randy Wei
CG lighter

Jeff Wells
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital

Sylvia Wong
animation & lighting supervisor

Julius Yang
computer graphics match mover

Tsz 'Gee' Yeung
digital effects artist

Kent Yoshida
3D animator

Charlie Armstrong
digital artist

Chris DeAngelis
visual effects editor: EFilm

Todd Fellows
model maker: Acme Model Shop

Phillip Giles
digital compositor

Ben Gunsberger
CG animator: Animal Logic

Josh R. Jaggars
visual effects producer: VIFX

John Joyce
model maker

Mike Leben
motion control operator

Justen Marshall
software developer

Daryl Munton
digital effects artist

Justin Robson
CG modeller: Animal Logic

Olivier Sarda
digital compositor

Kevin Tengan
systems administrator

Stunts

M. James Arnett
stunt coordinator

Keith Campbell
stunts

Jay Caputo
stunts

Eliza Coleman
utility stunts

John DePasquale
stunts

Annie Ellis
stunts

Cinda-Lin James
stunt double

Charlie Picerni
stunts

Walter Robles
stunts

Jimmy Romano
stunts

Pat Romano
assistant stunt coordinator

Lee Waddell
stunts

Randy Johnson
stunts

Nancy Young
stunt double: Susan Bloommaert

Camera and Electrical Department

Larry J. Aube
rigging key grip

Nico Bally
grip

Michael J. Coo
key grip

Kenneth Estes
video playback operator

Bob Hall
first assistant camera: "a" camera

D.J. Harder
second assistant camera

Casey Jones
key grip

Daniel C. McFadden
camera loader

Michael A. Mendez
grip

Steven J. Mikolas
video assist operator

Wally Pfister
camera operator

Michael Santoro
rigging best boy grip

Lorey Sebastian
still photographer

David A. Seekins
camera intern

Philip Shanahan
second assistant camera

Mark Vargo
director of photography: second unit

Doug Weinmann
rigging electric best boy

Robert J. Reilly
grip

Animation Department

Henry F. Anderson III
animation director: Blue Sky Studios

Jeffrey Joe
computer animator

Casting Department

Susan Maas
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Christopher Lawrence
costume supervisor

Janet Stirner Ingram
costumer

Editorial Department

Tony Bacigalupi
assistant editor

Martin Cohen
post-production executive

Richard Currie
assistant editor

Chris Jackson
assistant editor

Alan Z. McCurdy
first assistant editor

Simon Morgan
assistant editor

Bob Putynkowski
color timer

David Reale
assistant editor

Music Department

Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra contractor

Dan DiPrima
music editor

Bruce Fowler
additional orchestrator

Daniel Gaber
additional music editor: temp tracking

Laurie Higgins Tobias
music editor: temp music

Todd Homme
executive in charge of music

Buck Ram
composer: song "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

William Ross
orchestrator

Lee Scott
additional music editor

Steven L. Smith
music preparation

Jacqueline Tager
music editor

Transportation Department

Denny Caira
transportation coordinator

Other Crew

Brad Arnold
key set production assistant

Joshua Stephen Buckner
production assistant

Jeffrey Castel De Oro
recording technician

S. Todd Christensen
assistant location manager

Christian Colquhoun
puppeteer

Chris Cowan
puppeteer

Jon Dawe
puppeteer

Lynette Eklund
puppeteer

Loren Elkins
assistant: Nathan Lane

Erin Engman
assistant production coordinator

Kurt Herbel
electronics

Michael Kehoe
craft service

Tracy Kelly
mouse wrangler

Adrienne King
looping voices

Peter Martorano
assistant location manager

Liz Matthews
location manager

Peter McManus
assistant accountant

Steven R. Molen
production executive

Boone Narr
animal trainer

Julius 'Butch' Naveira
assistant production accountant

Peter J. Novak
location scout

Lisa Perkins
assistant: Adam Rifkin

Michael Riley
title designer

Paul Ripple
production assistant

Daniel A. Rosenthal
production accountant

Lora Somoza
assistant to director

Todd Stone
assistant: Lee Evans

Mike Sudrow
weapons specialist

Mitch Sutton
production assistant

Shawn Weber
cat trainer

animatronic creature design and effects

Alex L. Worman
unit publicist

Wade Beckett
production assistant

Rich Pence
production assistant

Marshal Silverman
stand-in, photo double

Marcel Valcarce
artist: main titles

Thanks

dedicatee

Production Company

DreamWorks SKG
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Distributor

DreamWorks Distribution

United International Pictures (UIP)
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American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Argentina Video Home

CIC Vídeo

Filmes Lusomundo

Red Feather Photoplays
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United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP) GmbH

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

Special Effects

Animal Logic
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Cinema Production Services
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Rhythm and Hues

Stan Winston Studio

Miscellaneous

Boone's Animals for Hollywood
mouse and cat training

Kona Cutting
negative cutting

Universal Sound Studios
sound post-production

Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack