17 Again (2009)

Director:

Burr Steers

Writer (WGA):

Jason Filardi (written by)

Release Date:

17 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Who says you're only young once?

Plot:

About a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life.

Plot Keywords:

School | High School | Janitor | Basketball | Friend

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Zac Efron	...	Mike O'Donnell (Teen)
Leslie Mann	...	Scarlett O'Donnell (Adult)
Thomas Lennon	...	Ned Gold
Matthew Perry	...	Mike O'Donnell (Adult)
Tyler Steelman	...	Ned Gold (Teen)
Allison Miller	...	Scarlett (Teen)
Sterling Knight	...	Alex O'Donnell
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Maggie O'Donnell
Adam Gregory	...	Dom
Hunter Parrish	...	Stan
Mario Cassem	...	Samir
Katerina Graham	...	Jaime
Tiya Sircar	...	Samantha
Melissa Ordway	...	Lauren
Melora Hardin	...	Principal Jane Masterson
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Janitor
Josie Loren	...	Nicole (as Josie Lopez)
Jim Gaffigan	...	Coach Murphy
Randy Gordon	...	Photographer
Collette Wolfe	...	Wendy
Tommy Dewey	...	Roger
Lorna Scott	...	Secretary
Kodi Kitchen	...	Hostess
Ellis Williams	...	Bailiff
Diana-Maria Riva	...	Judge
Jeff Snyder	...	Waiter
Antonio Lewis Todd	...	Referee (1989)
Angee Hughes	...	Waitress
Ed Ackerman	...	School Cop
Will Schaub	...	Referee
Loren Lester	...	Mike's Lawyer
Alexander George	...	Kid in Hallway (as Alexander Goschin)
Nicole Sullivan	...	Naomi
Margaret Cho	...	Mrs. Dell
Larry Poindexter	...	Dean
Bubba Lewis	...	Dorky Kid (Ned’s Party)
Chris Valenti	...	Syracuse Scout (1989)
G. Lane Hillman	...	Kevin (1989)
Hope Riley	...	Girl (Wyatt)
Jeanine Jackson	...	Scarlett's Lawyer
Gregory Sporleder	...	Ohio Scout
Keith Oney	...	Guy in Crowd
Leonard Wu	...	Kid (Office)
Liana Blackburn	...	Cheerleader #1 (1989)
Lindsay Taylor	...	Cheerleader #2 (1989)
Danielle E. Hawkins	...	Cheerleader #3 (1989)
Shelby Rabara	...	Cheerleader #4 (1989)
Katrina Norman	...	Cheerleader #5 (1989)
Tiana Brown	...	Cheerleader #6 (1989)
Rhapsody	...	Cheerleader #7 (1989) (as Rhapsody Violetti)
Tasha Monique Clark	...	Cheerleader #8 (1989)
Vanessa Lee Chester	...	Cheerleader #1
Amber Estrada	...	Cheerleader #2
Chanel Malvar	...	Cheerleader #3 (as Chanel 'Coco' Malvar)
Galen Hooks	...	Cheerleader #4
Tyne Stecklein	...	Cheerleader #5
Kiara Nicole Ely	...	Cheerleader #6 (as Kiara Ely)
Mihran Kirakosian	...	Cheerleader #7
Dres Reid	...	Cheerleader #8
Terrance Harrison	...	Mascot
Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Hammer Dancer #1
Christopher Scott	...	Hammer Dancer #2
Eric McCoy	...	3Dance4r #
Raymond Chacon	...	Jazz
Megan Galiber	...	Girl #2
Renee Krieg	...	ROTC Leader
Jordan Schatz	...	Mr. Adams
Jaclyn Matfus	...	Party Girl
Justin C. Todd	...	Football Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Mueting	...	School Administrator
Daniel Bateman	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Bretten	...	Partying Student In Pool (uncredited)
Joshua Carver	...	Hayden Basketball Player #3 (uncredited)
Jason Castle	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Brandon G. Holley	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Cody Kennedy	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Darin Maddox	...	Stan's Posse (uncredited)
Paul McGee	...	Basketball Teamate '85 team (uncredited)
Linda Eve Miller	...	Female Janitor (uncredited)
Lucas Mroczkowski	...	Bowling alley party guy (uncredited)
Kirsten Myburgh	...	Angry kid at party (uncredited)
Jonathan Newkerk	...	Student making fun of Mike (uncredited)
Martin Pierron	...	Punk Student (uncredited)
Sagine	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Laura Siegel	...	High School Student (uncredited)
David M. Tran	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Jobeth Wagner	...	Punk Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Burr Steers

Writing credits (WGA)
Jason Filardi		(written by)

Produced by
Jason Barrett	....	executive producer
Jennifer Gibgot	....	producer
Keith Goldberg	....	executive producer
Mark Kaufman	....	executive producer
Adam Shankman	....	producer
Dara Weintraub	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by
Tim Suhrstedt

Film Editing by
Padraic McKinley

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Sarah Katzman

Production Design by
Garreth Stover

Art Direction by
Tom Reta

Set Decoration by
Natalie Pope		(as Natali Kendrick Pope)

Costume Design by
Pamela Withers		(as Pamela Withers-Chilton)

Makeup Department
Kim M. Ferry	....	hair stylist
Kimberly Greene	....	makeup department head
Amy Harmon	....	makeup artist
Marie Larkin	....	key hair stylist
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Rita Troy	....	additional makeup artist
Erin Wooldridge	....	key makeup artist
Melissa A. Yonkey	....	hair department head

Production Management
Gina Fortunato	....	production supervisor
Erik Holmberg	....	executive in charge of production
Dara Weintraub	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Efrain Cortes	....	additional second assistant director
Jessica Lowrey	....	second second assistant director
David Mendoza	....	second second assistant director
Lisa M. Rowe	....	second assistant director
Lisa C. Satriano	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jeff Barnett	....	assistant property master
Chris Brewster	....	set dresser
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Randy L. Childs	....	propmaker gangboss
Skip Crank	....	props
Monica Fedrick	....	graphic designer
Greg Gootsan	....	assistant property master
Darryl Henley	....	storyboard artist
Karen Higgins	....	construction coordinator
Gary Isbell	....	leadman
Steven Kissick	....	general foreman
Jennifer Moller	....	art department coordinator
Roger Prater	....	stand-by greens foreman
Jenny Quam	....	art department assistant
Kim Richey	....	assistant property master
Shane Sankey	....	construction production assistant
Michelle Spears	....	property master
Casey Stoll	....	painter
Robert Stover	....	buyer
Brett Tyler	....	painter
Jason Vanover	....	master greensman
Doug Anderson	....	on-set plasterer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Barney Cabral	....	adr editor
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Sanaa Cannella	....	foley artist
Steve Cantamessa	....	sound mixer
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
Thomas Jones	....	dialogue & adr editor
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott La Rue	....	boom operator
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Sanders	....	supervising sound designer
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Gary Thomas	....	boom operator
Hugh Waddell	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Zimmerman	....	first assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Jennifer Avery	....	visual effects coordinator
Andy Barrios	....	sequence supervisor
David Beedon	....	digital effects artist
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital effects supervisor: Riot
Lindsay Burnett	....	visual effects executive producer: R!OT
Del DePierro	....	digital integration lead
Mark Edwards	....	visual effects producer: R!OT
Chris LeDoux	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Sean Looper	....	pipeline architect: R!OT
Philippe Majdalani	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Alison Middaugh	....	digital effects artist: R!ot
Marla Neto	....	visual effects production assistant: R!OT
Hiroyuki Okubo	....	visual effects artist
Cat Rowe	....	digital colorist assist
Matt von Brock	....	digital artist
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Shuichi Suzuki	....	cg modeler (uncredited)

Stunts
Alina Andrei	....	stunt actor
Matt Berberi	....	stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt double: Hunter Parrish
Mihai Danciu	....	stunt coordinator
Zack Duhame	....	stunt driver
Katie Eischen	....	stunt performer
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Jeremy Fry	....	stunt driver
Cody Gill	....	stunt double
Logan Holladay	....	stunt performer
Terry James	....	stunt driver
Robert Jones	....	utility stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunt double driver
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunts
Adam James Miller	....	stunt performer
Kai Nuuhiwa	....	utility stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunt driver
Jeff Podgurski	....	stunt driver
Ray Siegle	....	stunt driver
Lincoln Simonds	....	stunt double: Mathew Perry
Ator Tamras	....	utility stunts
Steve Tartalia	....	stunt double: Mathew Perry
Tyler Vogt	....	stunt performer
Webster P. Whinery Jr.	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Webster Whinery	....	stunt coordinator
Stuart F. Wilson	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Bardocz	....	best boy electric
Paul Birk	....	rigging chief lighting technician
Nathan Crum	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Theda Cunningham	....	first assistant camera
Michael Duarte	....	grip
Michael Enriquez	....	rigging grip
Jonathan Fischer	....	grip
Alex Fleming	....	camera production assistant
Paul Goodstein	....	key grip
Jeffrey Greeley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jesse Gregson	....	rigging electrician
Jose H. Huete	....	rigging electrician
Chris W. Johnson	....	Steadicam operator
Chris W. Johnson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paul Lohr	....	rigging electrician
Paul McIlvaine	....	gaffer
Michelle Pizanis	....	camera loader
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator
Derek Smith	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Calvin Starnes	....	rigging grip
Luke Bird Stern	....	second assistant camera
Jason Young	....	set lighting technician
Thomas Young	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Charla Bowersox	....	casting associate
Beth Lipari	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tiana Aiello	....	costumer
Alyssa Kim	....	set costumer
Michelle Kurpaska	....	costume supervisor
Marylou Lim	....	set costumer
Ann Miller	....	costumer
Jason M. Moore	....	costumer
Valerie T. O'Brien	....	costumer
Jennifer Starzyk	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Banner Gwin	....	first assistant editor
Jason Joseph	....	first assistant editor
John Potter	....	high definition preview timer
Matthew Woolley	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Paul Broucek	....	executive in charge of music: New Line
Stephen Coleman	....	additional orchestrator
Buck Damon	....	music supervisor
Audrey DeRoche	....	score supervisor
Ross DeRoche	....	music preparation
Rolfe Kent	....	conductor
Janet Ketchum	....	orchestra contractor
Padraic McKinley	....	musician
Erin Scully	....	music executive
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra	....	orchestra
Alistair South	....	music assistant
Nick South	....	music editor
Greg Townley	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Rupert Cole	....	transportation dispatcher
Eric Compton	....	driver
Ken Day	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Dave Haldeman	....	driver
Margo Hunt	....	driver
John Orlebeck	....	transportation coordinator
John Siedenburg	....	transportation
Hector Solano	....	driver
John F. Teeple	....	driver

Other crew
Sam Alvelo	....	additional set production assistant
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Lucie Bourgeau	....	production secretary
Jody Braun	....	assistant to cast
J.M. Brown	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kris Bunting	....	assistant location manager
Meghan Burchfield	....	additional set production assistant
Christopher Ciketic	....	assistant accountant
Leon Dudevoir	....	production executive
Angie Edgar	....	assistant: Mr. Barrett
Ryan Faust	....	additional second assistant accountant
Kristi Frankenheimer	....	location manager
Matthew J. Gannon	....	additional set production assistant
Steve Gehrke	....	script supervisor
Jeff Hunt	....	production assistant
Colette Kadrnka-Abramson	....	production attorney
Adam Knapp	....	body double
Sunja Knapp	....	assistant: Adam Shankman
Kristofer Kolpek	....	set production assistant
John C. Kruize	....	production accountant
Kelly Lane	....	additional set production assistant
Bao-Uy Luu	....	graphic artist: intro
Nathan Maruccio	....	assistant layout board technician
Allison Meadows	....	set production assistant
Aaron Millar	....	location scout
Gunnar Moulton	....	production assistant
Rodolfo Ornelas	....	production assistant
Scott Parker	....	post-production accountant
Laura Petersen	....	assistant: d. weintraub (as Laura Ushijima)
Ryan Robertson	....	main title producer
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Michael Shanahan	....	assistant location manager
Ivan Siebel	....	assistant location manager
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Jamal Sims	....	choreographer
Jeffrey D. Stevens	....	key set medic
M. Ryan Traylor	....	set production assistant
Lisa Vijitchanton	....	production coordinator
Leslie Wahrenbrock	....	payroll accountant
Kelly Wheeler	....	assistant to cast
Travis Quentin Young	....	adr voice
Michael Zamboni	....	key location scout

Thanks
George Lucas	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Offspring Entertainment

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Continental Film (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2009) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2009) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• Garsu Pasaulio Irasai (2009) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Eagle Pictures (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Magic Box (2009) (Czech Republic) (DVD)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (all media)
• Nu Metro Productions (2009) (South Africa) (all media)
• PlayArte Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• Village Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Japan) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Singapore) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• EarCandy  sound post-production
• 424  sound re-recording
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• Prologue Films  main titles
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Skywalker Sound  music recorded at
• Soundtrack  ADR facility

Also Known As:

Seventeen (USA) (working title)
Seventeen Again (USA) (alternative spelling)
Untitled Zac Efron Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and teen partying.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44550) | Australia:PG | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | France:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:L | Norway:7 | Mexico:B | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:o.Al. | New Zealand:PG | South Korea:15 | Taiwan:GP | South Africa:10M | Denmark:A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-7 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Offspring Entertainment

Trivia:

Zac Efron called Matthew Perry for help on his lines and mimicking some of his movements to give a more authentic performance.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mike/Mark is shooting free-throws before the second big game there are seven balls on the rack including one on the top tier, after he talks to the coach there are only five with none on the rack and there hasn't been time or the sound of another shot.

Quotes:

Mike O' Donnell: [to Maggie] I'm not gay!

Movie Connections:

References The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Soundtrack:

Cherish

Pleasantly Surprised

The storyline was very well done and enjoyable. I was pleasantly surprised at this movie. Keep an open mind and you will enjoy the movie.

Zac Efron did a really decent acting job. I honestly thought it would be High School Musical-like but it turned out to be a nice movie to watch. If he keeps up the good work and takes it to the next level, he can really be an A level quality star. Zac is no Matthew Macfadden yet but there is potential.

There are two recasts I would have done. Matthew Perry wasn't fully right for this role. He has a comedic bent but it wasn't used at all in this movie - hence a total waste and was a mismatch from a character perspective. I think John Stamos would have been better. Also Michelle Trachtenberg playing the teenager was a bit much. Trachtenberg is a solid actress but for a teenager, a different actress would have been better.

It is a very nice movie and I usually rate a movie on whether it's worth paying full price, matinée, video store, Netflix or don't bother. The movie was worth paying full price.