The Ugly Truth (2009)


The Ugly Truth
Release Date16 July 2009
Budget$38,000,000
US Box Office$89,000,000
GenreComedy, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixSDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy
ThemesBattle of the Sexes, Members of the Press

The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. The film was released in North America on July 24, 2009, produced by Lakeshore Entertainment for Columbia Pictures .


Cast and Crew


Cast

Abby Richter

Colin

Stuart

Jesse D. Goins
Cliff

Georgia

Noah Matthews
Jonah

Elizabeth

John Sloman
Bob

Allen Maldonado
Duane

Steve Little
Steve

Dan Callahan
Rick

Tess Parker
Bambi

Guest Chef

Jamison Yang
KPQU Big Wig

KPQU Big Wig

Austin Winsberg
KPQU Joe

Balloon Pilot

Jack Magnum

J. Claude Deering
Drunk Guy

Alexis Krause
Cute Brunette

Himself

Caleb De Oliveira
Kid

Hostess

Lenny Schmidt
Waiter

Female Fan

Donnie Smith
Boyfriend

Kate Mulligan
Waitress

Security Guard

Marc D. Wilson
Bell Man

Nathan Potter
Waiter #2

Jeff Newburg
KPQU Production Assistant

Ryan Surratt
Bartender

Saleswoman

David Lowe
Cameraman

Yolanda Pecoraro
Sexy Woman

Brooke Stone
Karen

Stephanie Mace
TV Production Assistant

Taylor McCluskey
Station Employee

Maurice Andrews
Audience Member

Girl on Bike

Alicia Baker
Bar Patron

Kevin Bangos
Stagehand

Melinda Bennett
Salsa Dancer

April Betts
Salsa Dancer

Skyler Caleb
Station Employee

David Carrasco
Salsa Dancer

Adam Clark
Cliff

Sandra Daubert
Mike's Mom

Sabrina Diaz
Salsa Dancer

Kim Donovan
Woman on Bike

Jessica Drake
Caller

Alan Dunn
Comets Baseball Star

Christina Gabrielle
Wedding Guest

Steven Galarce
Salsa Dancer

Jerald Garner
Restaurant Guest

Lejla Hadzimuratovic
Salsa Dancer

Safia Hakim
News Station Employee

Justin Rodgers Hall
Himself

Devil's Baseball Hero

David Hill
Hotel Guest

James Howarth
Date

Lexy Hulme
Salsa Dancer

James Kim
Baseball Player

Spencer Knowles
Baseball Player #1

Courtney Kocak
Disgusted Baseball Fan

Angel Lacy
Wine Fair

Bruna Matsin
Production Manager

Tina Mayer
Salsa Dancer

Erin Micklow
Trashy Redhead

Bob Morrisey
Harold

Shanna Olson
Beautiful Restaurant Patron

Sandra Plazinic
Salsa Dancer

Bertrand Roberson Jr.
News Station Employee

John Robert
Male Fan

Calo Rodriguez
Salsa Dancer

Leonard Jonathan Ruebe
Valet

Ashton Shane
Salsa Dancer

Rich Skidmore
Announcer

Chris Spinelli
Park Pedestrian

Daniel Cage Theodore
The Speaking Baseball Player

María Antonieta Vázquez
News Station Employee

Forrest Walsh
Salsa Dancer

Holly Weber
Chef Megan

Tracy Weisert
Stage Manager

Reed Willard
Wine Festival Attendee

Salsa dancer

Sebastian "Sebass" Wolski
Upscale Hotel Guest

Carolina Zaballa
Salsa Dancer

Director

Writer

Nicole Eastman
,

Karen McCullah Lutz

Kirsten Smith

Producer

Kimberly di Bonaventura
producer

executive producer

Nancy Heigl
executive producer

Andre Lamal
executive producer

Gary Lucchesi
producer

Karen McCullah Lutz
executive producer

Deborah Jelin Newmyer
producer

Eric Reid
executive producer

producer

Tom Rosenberg
producer

Kirsten Smith
producer

Original Music

Aaron Zigman
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Cinematographer

Russell Carpenter

Editor

Lisa Zeno Churgin
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Casting Director

Deborah Aquila
-

Jennifer L. Smith
-

Mary Tricia Wood
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Production Designer

Missy Stewart
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Art Director

William Hawkins
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Set Decorator

Kathy Lucas
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Costume Designer

Betsy Heimann
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Makeup Department

Michelle Rene Elam
key hair stylist

Sean Flanigan
hair department head

Zoe Hay
makeup artist

Corinna Liebel
makeup artist

Tania McComas
makeup department head

Vickie Mynes
hair stylist

Christina Raye
hair stylist

Michele Tyminski
key makeup artist

Production Manager

Steve Demko
post-production supervisor

Ted Gidlow
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jon Mallard
first assistant director

James McQuaide
second unit director

Tyler Romary
second assistant director

Art Department

James Addink
second art department coordinator

Alan Alvarado
propmaker foreman

Fred Apolito
propmaker

Jack Blanchard
leadman: additional photography

Randy L. Childs
propmaker foreman

Sarah Contant
set designer

David Corral
greensman

Robert Danté Denne
paint supervisor

Douglas Fox
property master

Hector M. Gonzalez
on-set dresser

Regina Hermosillo
set decorating coordinator

Karen Higgins
construction coordinator

China Iwata
assistant property master

Scott G. Jones
gang boss

Steven Kissick
general foreman

Anthony Klaiman
set dresser

Canyon Martens
greens foreman

Carla S. Nemec
art department coordinator

Anthony D. Parrillo
assistant art director

Nashon Petrushkin
set dresser

Drew Pierce
scenic artist

Brian Tipton
shop foreman

Jason Vanover
key greensman

Mark Weissenfluh
leadman

Sound Department

Michael Babcock
sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor

Ron Bedrosian
adr mixer

Bryan M. Cahill
boom operator

Craig Dollinger
boom operator

Lee Gilmore
sound effects editor

Avram D. Gold
supervising dialogue & adr editor

Aaron Grice
utility sound

Tiffany S. Griffith
dialogue editor

Mary Jo Lang
foley mixer

Tim LeBlanc
additional sound re-recording mixer

adr loop group

Alyson Dee Moore
foley artist

Steven Morrow
sound mixer

Thomas J. O'Connell
adr mixer

Jason Oliver
adr recordist

Steve Pederson
sound re-recording mixer

Troy Porter
adr mixer

John Roesch
foley artist

Joseph Tsai
assistant sound editor

Special Effects

Larz Anderson
special effects coordinator

Bart Dion
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Robert Adams
compositor: Gradient Effects

Tim Alexander
digital effects artist

Oliver Arnold
cg supervisor

Joel Ashman
digital compositor: Gradient Effects

Jennifer Avery
visual effects production manager

Adam Avitabile
digital artist: LOOK! Effects

Louise Baker
pre-visualization lead

Ian T. Barbella
visual effects coordinator

Anthony Barcelo
digital compositor

Andy Barrios
inferno artist

Travis Baumann
digital compositor: Gradient Effects

Cyntia Büll
digital artist: LOOK! Effects

Kelly Bumbarger
digital compositor

Andy Burmeister
matchmover

Lindsay Hallett
visual effects executive producer: RIOT

Merlin Carroll
roto and paint lead

Harimander Singh Khalsa
digital compositor

Ray Chang
digital compositor: Gradient Effects

Vincent Cirelli
visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures

Michael Collins
digital artist: LOOK! Effects

Shane Cook
compositing supervisor: Gradient Effects

Robert Coquia Jr.
i/o vfx

John Cornejo
lead compositor

Daniel Craemer
visual effects

Chad Dombrova
technical director: Luma Pictures

Scott Dougherty
visual effects executive producer: Furious FX

Siggy Ferstl
digital intermediate colorist

Jenny Foster
visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects

Michel Frenette
senior compositor: Mokko Studio

Katie Godwin
visual effects coordinator

Joanna N. Goslicka
tracking artist

Anthony Grant
model/texture artist

Steve Griffith
visual effects producer: Luma Pictures

Jennifer Gutierrez
junior compositor

Martin Hall
compositor: FuriousFX

H Haden Hammond
sequence supervisor: Luma Pictures

Jacob Harris
paint artist: Luma Pictures

John R. Hazzard
pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures

Dylan Highsmith
visual effects editor

Craig Hilditch
digital compositor

Holly Gregory Horter
digital artist

Josiah Holmes Howison
digital compositor

Christopher Ide
post production assistant

Andreas Jablonka
digital compositor: Luma Pictures

Justin Johnson
digital effects supervisor

Deke Kincaid
senior compositor: Gradient Effects

Mark Kolpack
visual effects producer: Gradient Effects

Alain Lachance
lead compositor: Mokko Studio

sequence supervisor: R!OT

David Lingenfelser
executive visual effects supervisor: Furious Fx

Jason Locke
lead matchmover

Sean Looper
pipeline and tools supervisor: R!OT

Zachary Lo
digital artist: LOOK! Effects

Jessica Madsen
digital artist

Sarah McAnally
assistant visual effects editor

James McQuaide
visual effects supervisor

Mindy Minkow
visual effects coordinator

Marla Neto
visual effects production assistant: R!OT

James Notari
visual effects coordinator

Gary Oldroyd
visual effects on-set supervisor

Dawrath Phoue
roto/paint artist

Rebecca Ramsey
visual effects executive producer: Look Effects

Pimentel A. Raphael
animation supervisor

Devon Read
digital compositor: Gradient Effects

Migs Rustia
visual effects editor

Gabriel Sanchez
visual effects supervisor: LOOK! Effects

Chad Schott
digital artist: LOOK! Effects

Payam Shohadai
executive visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures

Prasanna Siddharthan
digital compositor: Gradient Fx

Joey Sila
digital compositor: Luma Pictures

Tiffany Smith
visual effects producer: Furious FX

Eva Snyder
junior compositor

Martha Soehendra
digital artist: LOOK! Effects, digital compositor

Roland So
matchmover

Paul Stemmer
visual effects editor

Michael Stewart
digital compositor: Luma Pictures

Richard Sutherland
lighting td: Luma Pictures

Mai Suzuki
digital restoration artist

Steven Swanson
visual effects supervising producer: Luma Pictures

Thomas Tannenberger
visual effects producer: Gradient Effects

Cameron Thomas
compositor: Gradient FX

Yuki Uehara
visual effects

Tina Wallace
digital artist: LOOK! Effects

Kyle Ware
visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures

James Waterson
digital compositor: Luma Pictures

Shane Christopher Wicklund
digital compositor: Gradient Effects, paint artist: R!OT

Sonia Yu
lighter: Luma Pictures

Bob Froehlig
lead systems engineer: Gradient Effects

Stunts

Brandon Beckman
utility stunts

Randy Beckman
stunt coordinator

Cornell Brandon
stunts

Brycen Counts
stunts

Chris Daniels
assistant stunt coordinator

Jacob Dewitt
stunts

Rockey Dickey Jr.
stunts

Cheyenne Ellis
stunt double

David Kilde
stunt double: Gerard Butler

Rusty Manning
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Saeed Adyani
still photographer

Will Arnot
camera operator: "a" camera, Steadicam operator

Craig A. Brink
rigging gaffer

Craig Brown
grip

Richard L. Carden
dolly grip

Rick Colosimo
grip

Vincent Contarino
dimmer board operator

Chris Funk
rigging electrician

Sheila Greene
rigging electrician

Mark Hadland
best boy electric

Gene Hara
electrician

Morgan Jenkins
camera loader

Will Jenkins
camera loader

Michael Kleiman
second assistant camera: additional

Len Levine
gaffer

Josh Levy
video assist operator

Gary Lowrance
electrician

Michael Lowrance
electrician

Jesse Mather
lighting technician

Kevin McKnight
camera operator: "b" camera

Matthew Mebane
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Tom Morash
rigging electrician

Jesse Olivares
digital video assist operator

Haydn Pazanti
camera loader/second assistant camera: "B" camera

Rick Pratt
rigging key grip

Dennis Seawright
first assistant camera

Jim Shelton
key grip

Mike Simko
grip

Brent Studler
electrician

Jon Sudtell
best boy grip

Chuck Whelan
first assistant camera: "b" camera

Philip Hurn
director of photography: second unit

Animation Department

Pimentel A. Raphael
animation supervisor

Casting Department

Natasha Delahunt
extras casting assistant

Samantha Finkler
casting associate

Carla Lewis
extras casting

Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson
adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Amanda Chamberlin
costumer

Heather Hybbert
costumer

Joyce Kogut
costume supervisor

Ric Spencer
set costumer

Editorial Department

Matt Besserman
post-production assistant

Don Broida
first assistant editor

Nicholas Hasson
smoke editor

Andy Kaplan
digital intermediate producer

Santiago Padilla
colorist: dailies

Jim Passon
color timer

Dave Pickett
colorist

Music Department

Jerry Hey
orchestrator

Steve Juliani
music preparation

Patrick Kirst
orchestrator

David Metzner
music editor: temp score

Peter Rotter
music contractor

Angie Rubin
music editor

Dennis S. Sands
music scoring mixer

Michael Stern
music recording engineer: music scoring mixer

Jesse Voccia
composer: electronic music

Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
temp music editor

Aaron Zigman
orchestrator

Emily C. Kwong
assistant music editor

Transportation Department

Roy Beville
transportation

Grady Allen Bishop
driver: camera car

Alex E. Burns
transportation

Bruce Comtois
driver generator operator

Mark Dobkousky
driver

Geno Hart
transportation consultant

Alan Kaminsky
picture car coordinator

Seth Levine
driver

John Pellegrino
transportation captain

Tim Schau
transportation

John Siedenburg
driver

Other Crew

Ted Alvarez
key assistant location manager

Bethany Andriuzzo
second assistant accountant

Joshua Aufrance
post-production accountant

Travis Bauer
assistant: Mr. Luketic

Julie Bernards
payroll accountant

Kendra Burrell
production assistant

Jennifer Bydwell
clearances and product placement

Steve Cainas
production coordinator

Sue Chipperton
animal trainer

Patrick Chisholm
key assistant location manager

Calvin Dean
baseball technical adviser

Deborah Dellosso
animal trainer

Jessica Drake
dialect coach

Jennifer Dunne
location manager

D.R. Farquharson
project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema

Corinne Fixmer
first assistant accountant

Wilma Garscadden-Gahret
script supervisor

Shaun Gavin
location scout: Oregon

Kyle Gibson
accounting clerk

Vicki Goldsmith
additional set production assistant

Grant Grabowski
assistant production coordinator

Dana Graham
key assistant location manager

Nick Grimm
assistant: Gerard Butler

Brent Hagata
production assistant

Dan Harder
lot medic

Michael J. Harker
completion bond representative

Karen Ibara
assistant: Katherine Heigl

Spencer Brando
stand-in / photodouble: Kevin Connolly

Rachel Jensen
production assistant

Stephanie Mace
production assistant

Michelle Maloney
key set production assistant

Kevin Mills
production secretary

Laura Pearson
marketing and distribution

Will Ruvalcaba
key assistant location manager

Shane Sankey
construction accountant

Kate Schriver
assistant: Mr. Rosenberg

Lindsey Shupe
production assistant

Max Smerling
assistant: Mr. Reid

Joni Smith
production secretary

Michael Umble
unit publicist

Mathew A. Villalobos
key assistant location manager

Michael Westby
production assistant

Whitney J. Willard
production accountant

Nancy Wong
key assistant location manager

Jessica Wood
assistant: Mr. Lucchesi

Michael Zazarino
choreographer

Christina Hwang
title producer

Liz Lira
choreographer

Thanks

Toby Midgen
thanks

Production Company

Lakeshore Entertainment
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Relativity Media

Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Sony Pictures Releasing

ACME

Audio Visual Entertainment

Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal

Falcon

Forum Cinemas

Forum Cinemas

ITA Film

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Special Effects

Furious FX

Gradient Effects

LOOK! Effects

Luma Pictures

Proof

Miscellaneous

Direct Tools & Fasteners
expendables

Film Art
artwork

Headquarters Casting
extras casting

Hollywood-DI
HD screening services

LCW Props
set equipment

Lakeshore Records
soundtrack

Picture Mill, The
titles

Rockbottom Rentals
cell phone rentals, modem card rentals

Scarlet Letters
end titles

Spacecam Systems
aerial cameras provided by

Star Waggons
cast trailers, hair and make-up trailers, star trailers

Warner Brothers Post-Production Services
sound post-production






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