Problem Child - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Problem Child"
Problem Child (1990)
Timing:
1:21 (81 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Casting
Valerie McCaffrey
Casting
Nancy Nayor
Casting
Editor
Daniel P. Hanley
Editor
Tom Finan
Editor
Art Direction
Nelson Coates
Art Direction
Mike Bingham
Art Direction
Costume Design
Eileen Kennedy
Costume Design
Stunts
Gary Jensen
Stunts
Gary Davis
Stunts
Christine Anne Baur
Stunts
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
Robert Miller
Stunts
Jamie Bunch Elliott
Stunts
Production Design
George Costello
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Mickey Gilbert
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Mickey Gilbert
Second Unit Director
Set Decoration
Denise Pizzini
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Nena Smarz
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Miles Goodman
Original Music Composer
Utility Stunts
Margaret Johnson
Utility Stunts
Director of Photography
Musician
George Doering
Musician
James Thatcher
Musician
Camera Operator
Ralph Watson
Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Ralph Watson
Steadicam Operator
Assistant Art Director
Nelson Coates
Assistant Art Director
Special Effects Coordinator
Jack Bennett
Special Effects Coordinator
Screenplay
Best Boy Grip
Carl D. Stitt
Best Boy Grip
Location Manager
Ward Emling
Location Manager
Carpenter
Michael Fisher
Carpenter
First Assistant Camera
John Patrick Smith
First Assistant Camera
Scoring Mixer
Joel Moss
Scoring Mixer
Second Assistant Camera
David McGill
Second Assistant Camera
Sound Editor
Mark Gordon
Sound Editor
Steve Olson
Sound Editor
Allan Bromberg
Sound Editor
Color Timer
Mike Milliken
Color Timer
Dialogue Coach
Dennis Redfield
Dialogue Coach
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming period: October 2, 1989 – November 24, 1989.
- In a 2014 interview, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski stated that the inspiration for writing this screenplay came from a 1988 article in the LA Times titled “Adopted Child: Nightmare Begins.” It told the story of a couple who sued an adoption agency on the grounds that they were not informed about their adopted son's serious mental health problems, complicated by a propensity for aggressive behavior, and that he had been repeatedly returned to the adoption agency from other adoptive families. Other writers on the project had suggested making it in the style of Merian C. Cooper's (1900-1986) 'The Bad Seed' or Richard Donner's (1930-2021) 'The Omen' (1976), while Alexander and Karaszewski envisioned a potential comedy. They imagined a sophisticated satire in the vein of popular films at the time in which children teach adults how to love – like 'Baby Boom' (Charles Shyer, 1987), 'Parenthood' (Ron Howard, 1989), 'Look Who's Talking' (Amy Heckerling, 1989), 'Uncle Buck' (John Hughes, 1989), 'Mr. Mom' (Stan Dragoti, 1983), 'Kindergarten Cop' (Ivan Reitman, 1990), and 'Three Men and a Baby' (Leonard Nimoy, 1987). The studio insisted on filming a children's movie, so the script had to be rewritten many times, and some scenes reshot. Everyone involved in the project was sure it would fail. Surprisingly, those expectations did not come true.
- According to director Dennis Dugan, the preview screenings were extremely unsatisfactory – the audience loudly expressed their displeasure, and many simply walked out of the screenings. Reshoots of a significant number of scenes took another two weeks.
- Throughout the film, Junior and Flo never speak to each other. There are scenes where she says something to him, and one scene where he runs past her and says something, but they never exchange dialogue.
- Throughout the film, Ben is shown several times with books on raising children. On the back cover of each book is a portrait of the author. Each time, it's a portrait of the lead actor John Ritter in different costumes.
- Macaulay Culkin was initially considered for the role of Junior.
- Jack Warden agreed to star in the film after Dennis Dugan promised him half of everything he himself would earn. Warden was so touched by this that he agreed to film, but did not take Dugan’s money.
- At the end of the film, when Junior and his father crash into a car and it flips over, they are talking. Meanwhile, in the background by the overturned car, a wheel spins sometimes and doesn't spin at other times.
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