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That's My Boy (2012)

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Film details

Featuring

Adam Sandler Andy Samberg Leighton Meester
Country

USA
Year

2012
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Comedy. In the 1980s, teenager Donny Berger is seduced many times by his schoolteacher Mary McGarricle, who falls pregnant and is sent to prison. Their son, named Han Solo, is raised by Donny but leaves home at eighteen and becomes estranged from the father whose careless parenting let him down in many ways. In the modern day, Han Solo goes by the name Todd, works in finance and tells everyone his parents are dead. Donny is a has-been celebrity who owes over $40,000 in tax and faces three years in prison if he cannot pay up. A ruthless friend who has a reality TV show offers Donny $50,000 if he can get Han/Todd to join him in a prison visit to see Miss McGarricle. It is the week of Todd's wedding to Jamie, and when Donny turns up at the coastal mansion (owned by Todd's boss) where the ceremony is to be held, Todd passes Donny off as his best friend. Donny's crude and revolting ways embarrass Todd but his freshness and honesty win over Jamie's family. Donny longs to win back his son's love, but the ulterior motive behind his visit seems likely to spoil all that. Events come to a head when Todd learns Donny's secret just as Donny learns a shocking secret about Jamie.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Donny Berger
    
    Adam Sandler
  - Han Solo Berger, 'Todd Peterson'
    
    Andy Samberg
  - Jamie Martin
    
    Leighton Meester
  - himself
    
    Vanilla Ice
  - Steve Spirou
    
    Tony Orlando
  - Phil
    
    Will Forte
  - Chad Martin
    
    Milo Ventimiglia
  - Mary McGarricle (present day)
    
    Susan Sarandon
  - Father McNally
    
    James Caan
  - Gerald
    
    Blake Clark
  - Kenny
    
    Nick Swardson
  - Mary McGarricle
    
    Amurri Martino, Eva
  - Helen
    
    Meagen Fay
  - Mrs Ravensdale
    
    Ana Gasteyer
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Sean Anders
  - ©
    
    Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
  - ©
    
    Beverly Blvd LLC
  - Production Company
    
    Happy Madison
  - Presents
    
    Columbia Pictures
  - [Presented] in association with
    
    Relativity Media
  - Executive Producer
    
    Barry Bernardi
  - Executive Producer
    
    John Morris
  - Executive Producer
    
    Dennis Dugan
  - Executive Producer
    
    Tim Herlihy
  - Produced by
    
    Adam Sandler
  - Produced by
    
    Jack Giarraputo
  - Produced by
    
    Heather Parry
  - Produced by
    
    Allen Covert
  - Associate Producer
    
    Daryl Kass
  - Unit Production Manager
    
    Daryl Kass
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Rachael Lin Gallaghan
  - Post-production Supervisor
    
    Patsy Bougé
  - 1st Assistant Director
    
    Daniel Silverberg
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Ronit Ravich-Boss
  - Written by
    
    David Caspe
  - Director of Photography
    
    Brandon Trost
  - A Camera Operator
    
    Franklyn, Candide
  - Chief Lighting Technician
    
    Morris Flam
  - Key Grip
    
    Frank A. Montesanto
  - Editor
    
    Tom Costain
  - Production Designer
    
    Aaron Osborne
  - Art Director
    
    Erin Cochran
  - Set Designer
    
    Paul Sonski
  - Set Designer
    
    Ernie Avila
  - Set Designer
    
    Otto, Harry
  - Set Decorator
    
    Jennifer Gentile
  - Costume Designer
    
    Ellen Lutter
  - Make-up Department Head
    
    Ann Pala
  - Tattoo Artist
    
    Lee A. Grimes
  - Hair Department Head
    
    Thomas Real
  - Titles by
    
    Framework Studio
  - End Titles by
    
    Scarlet Letters
  - Music by
    
    Rupert Gregson-Williams
  - [Production] Sound Mixer
    
    Richard Kite
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Tateum Kohut
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Greg Orloff
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Elmo Weber
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Russell Farmarco
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Jery Hewitt

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