The Family Stone

The Family Stone (2005)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

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Release date

2005-12-15

Country

United States

Production

Fox 2000 Pictures, Major Studio Partners, Michael London Productions, The Family Stone, Pan Productions

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$18 000 000

Revenue

$92 283 851

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Director

Thomas Bezucha

Actors

Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Craig T. Nelson, Tyrone Giordano, Brian J. White, Elizabeth Reaser
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Scenario

Thomas Bezucha

Producer

Michael London, Jennifer Ogden

Operator

Jonathan Brown

Composer

Michael Giacchino

Artist

Lori Agostino

Audition

Mindy Marin

Editing

Jeffrey Ford, Buddy Enright
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• Throughout the film, Diane Keaton skillfully communicates in sign language, a skill she honed since her role in ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar’ (1977), where she played a teacher for deaf children.
• Writer and director Thomas Bezucha rehearsed with nine actors chosen for the roles of the Stones for several weeks before filming, so they could get to know each other well enough to convincingly portray a family on camera. They also underwent an accelerated course in learning American Sign Language (ASL), as eight of them had to communicate with Tadeusz or translate his statements. And although some critics, as well as members of the film crew, admitted that their command of sign language was below average, the depiction of a middle-class family forced to use sign language for understandable reasons ultimately came across as quite authentic on screen.
• Filming began on February 28, 2005.
• Throughout the film, Diane Keaton skillfully communicates in sign language, a skill she honed since her role in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977), where she played a teacher for deaf children.