Dan in Real Life
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Hedges
Steve Carell
Juliette Binoche
Emily Blunt
John Mahoney
Dianne Wiest
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Widowed father and family-advice columnist Dan Burns is still reeling from the heartache of loss and takes refuge by trying to maintain order with his three rebellious young girls, while dodging anything unexpected or outside the box. But when Dan heads to Rhode Island, his miffed daughters in tow, for the annual fall weekend thrown by the large and boisterous Burns family, everything changes. Soon after his arrival, he runs into an alluring woman named Marie in a bookshop. For the first time in a very, very long time, Dan experiences real, live sparks--only to have to douse them liberally when he discovers Marie is, in fact, the brand-new girlfriend his brother Mitch is about to proudly introduce to the family. As the weekend gets underway in the close quarters of a crowded house filled with quirky, prying relatives, Dan and Marie try to squelch and cover up their growing mutual attraction at every turn, leading to one comical situation after another. Yet, no matter how hard they try to do the very opposite, Dan and Marie can't help but fall in love. Now Dan is about to realize that no matter how wise safety might seem, when it comes to real life, he's going to have to break all the rules.
Director
Peter Hedges
Cast
Steve Carell
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Juliette Binoche
Emily Blunt
John Mahoney
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Dianne Wiest
Alison Pill
Dane Cook
Margot Janson
Shana Carr
Carolyn Miller
Nicole Morin
Ella Miller
Lucas Hedges
Makaila Zimick
Felipe Dieppa
Kato Adland
Britt Robertson
Seth D¿antuono
Matthew Morrison
C.j. Adams
Pauline Gregory
Amy Ryan
Jessica Lussier
Henry Miller
Charlotte Davies
Norbert Leo Butz
Amy Landecker
Morten Skage
Bernie Mcinerney
Alicia Sable
Ole Ludvig Kruger
Brian Podnos
Marlene Lawston
Zoe Pauliks
Frank Wood
Steve Mellor
Gideon Jacobs
Jessica Hecht
Richard Brunton
Marci Occhino
Crew
Kato Adland
Matiki Anoff
Hope Ardizzone
Diana Ascher
John Baker
Daniela Barbosa
Joseph Barillaro
Chris Barnes
Robert Barocci
Robert Barocci
Pedro Barquin
Judson Bell
Barbara Lee Belmonte
Rosie Bernhard
Chick Bernhardt
Laura Berning
Maria T. Bierniak
Lewis Bowen
Brian Boyd
Krzystof J Bratun
Guy Bremel
Ginny Brewer Pennekamp
Robert Buckman
Jared Burke
Nathan J. Busch
Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz
Alfredo Cairo
Tony Campenni
Will Cantler
Lon Caracappa
Steve Carell
Rob Chalk
Bryan Chavez
Felix Chen
Krissopher Chevannes
Jen Choi
Laura Civiello
Luann Claps
Ryan Collison
Sarah Connolly
Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Eddie Cooley
David Costello
Elvis Costello
Erin Cullen
Alan D'angerio
Geoff Dann
John Davenport
Jeff Debell
Steve Deboer
Suzanne Dietz
Gerald Donlan
Julie Donovan
Kelly Doran
Kelly Doran
Scott Dougherty
Diane Dreyer
Dianne Dreyer
Stephen P Dunn
Susan Ehrhart
Brad Epstein
Jen Evans
Sean Farrell
Catherine Feeney
Robert Fernandez
Sarah Flack
William Floyd
Ethan Fox
Alix Friedberg
Kyra Friedman
Pierce Gardner
Mark Garner
Janet Gaynor
Jennifer Gerbino
Dror Gescheit
Daniel C Gold
Marci Graber
Ann Gray
Scott Gregory
Geoffrey S Grimsman
Heather Gross
David Gulick
Bryan Haigh
Peggy Hall-plessas
Brenner Hugh Harris
Brenner Hugh Harris
Peter Hedges
Harry Higgins
J. M. Hunter
Michael Hyde
Edward A Ioffreda
Michael Jacobson
Lindsay Jaeger
John James
Bobby Johanson
Shari L Johanson
Michael Johnson
Erica Kay
Joseph Kearney
Brendan Keefe
Thomas Keenan
Robert Kelly
Tom Kennan
Parrish Kennington
Ann Kiker
Mark Killian
Connie Kim
Jeffrey L King
Steve Kirshoff
Morgan Kling
Sarah E. Knowles
Sonny Kompanek
Michael Kowalczyk
Peter Kuttner
Kenneth Lafayette
Maili Lafayette
Jennifer Lane
Kevin J. Lang
Avi Laniado
C. Kent Lanigan
Harry Lapham
David Larue
Charles Laughon
Holly Laws
Bill Leclair
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche
Mark Lewis
Timothy Lewis
Debora Lilavois
David Lingenfelser
Kevin Lingenfelser
Tiffany Little Canfield
Darlene Caamaño Loquet
Emily Lysaght
Jack Maccullough
Ian Macgregor
Chris Mackinnon
Scott Maguire
Lawrence Manchester
Lawrence Manchester
Paul Michael Marini
Jane Mcculley
Al Mckay
Tina Mckissick
John F Mcphee
Jeffrey Medeiros
Lindsay Medeiros
Mike Mertens
Sara Mink
Anthony Molinari
Carl Moore
Greg Morell
Dino Muccio
Anne Mulhall
Kip Myers
Igor Nikolic
David Norris
David Norris
Sean O'connor
Molly O'haver
Mark O'neill
Eliza Paley
Sandra Park
Mike Patrick
Mike Peavey
Jack Peck
Janna Pederson
Aggie Perkins
Shannon Petranoff
Carolyn Pickman
Jeff Pinette
Brian Pitts
Eric Potter
Paul Prenderville
John Patrick Pritchett
David C Puopolo
Jason Quimby
Daryl Richardson
David M Roberts
Brad Robinson
Marie Rodriguez
Marie Rodriguez
Ryan Rodriguez
Adam Roffman
Noah Rosen
Emma Rotondi
Barbara Rotundo
Tim Rowcroft
Mark Sahagun
Marilyn Salvatore
Lillian Samdal
Shauna Sanchez
Dana Sano
Michelle Sarama
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video March 11, 2008
Released in United States September 2008
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 5-14, 2008.
Released in United States Fall October 26, 2007
Released in United States on Video March 11, 2008
Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 5-14, 2008.)
Project was included on the 2005 Black List.
Released in United States Fall October 26, 2007