Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.

Original Title :	Stranger Than Fiction
Director :	Marc Forster
Writer :	Zach Helm
Country :	USA
Language :	English
Producer :	Lindsay Doran , Joseph Drake , Aubrey Henderson , Nathan Kahane , Eric Kopeloff , Jim Miller
Music :	Britt Daniel Brian Reitzell
Photography :	Roberto Schaefer
Distributor :	Ascot Elite Entertainment Group
MPAA Rating :	Rated PG-13 for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity.
IMDB ID :	0420223
Official site :	http://www.columbia.fr/haroldcrick/
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poster for "Stranger Than Fiction" by Marc Forster (2006)

Stranger Than Fiction (2006) - Marc Forster

Starring

Will Ferrell		Harold Crick
William Dick		IRS Co-Worker
Guy Massey		IRS Co-Worker
Martha Espinoza		IRS Co-Worker
T.J. Jagodowski		IRS Co-Worker
Peter Grosz		IRS Co-Worker
Ricky Adams		Young Boy
Christian Stolte		Young Boy's Father
Denise Hughes		Kronecker Bus Driver
Peggy Roeder		Polish Woman
Tonray Ho		IRS Co-Worker
Tony Hale		Dave
Maggie Gyllenhaal		Ana Pascal
Danny Rhodes		Bakery Employee
Helen Young		Bakery Customer
David Pompeii		Bakery Customer
Linara Washington		Bakery Employee
Larry Neumann Jr.		Homeless Man
Emma Thompson		Karen Eiffel
John Mohrlein		Man with Hose
Queen Latifah		Penny Escher
Tom Hulce		Dr. Cayly
Bruce Jarchow		Commuter
Linda Hunt		Dr. Mittag-Leffler
Dustin Hoffman		Professor Jules Hilbert
Kristin Chenoweth		Book Channel Host
Bradley Mott		Large Man on Bus
John M. Watson Sr.		TV Author (as John Watson Sr.
David Wiegers		Bakery Customer
Jarrett Sleeper		Bakery Customer
Karen Lloyd		Customer with Tan
Keith Kupferer		Demolition Foreman
Danny McCarthy		Demolition Crew
Tab Baker		Demolition Crew
Mark Buettner		Claw Operator
Christian Young		ER Doctor
Arraon Skippa Hixson		Young Man Patient (as Arraon Hixson
Bryan Kelly		ER Orderly
Whitney Sneed		ER Nurse
Ray Kurut		ER Doctor
Celeste Pechous		ER Nurse
Michael Cook		ER Doctor
Cheryl Lynn Bruce		Head ER Nurse
Chet Dubowski		Man in Tweed
Ora Jones		Banneker Press Receptionist
Jordan Keller		Grocer
Herb Lichtenstein		IRS Co-Worker
Stacey Jackson		IRS Co-Worker
Jordan Teplitz		Old Man on Phone
Ricardo Gutiérrez		Bus Company Manager
James Mazza		Irritated Man on Bus
Oscar Roxas		Another Man on Bus
Nadirah Bost		Accident Witness
Sandra Marquez		Accident Witness
Lacy Coil		Accident Witness
Will Clinger		Accident Witness
Albert Samuels		Accident Witness
Frank Caeti		Accident Witness
Andrew Rothenberg		Doctor Mercator
Rengin Altay		Nurse
Lucinda Kemp		Bus Operator
Donna Watkins		Bus Operator
Julien Heron		Animal Footage Voice Over (voice
Lora Cain		Animal Footage Voice Over (voice
Bob Papenbrook		Animal Footage Voice Over (voice
Mike McColl		Animal Footage Voice Over (voice
Bob Kolbey		Professor Polo (uncredited
Tim Krueger		Business Man (uncredited
Sia A. Moody		Nurse
January Scarpino		Bus Riding Mom (uncredited

Plot

Karen Effiel is an author writing her latest novel about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. The real Harold Crick is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence and one day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she puts on paper to what Harold has and is doing. Because of this Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life including beginning a relationship with his IRS client, a government-hating bakery owner named Ana Pascal. Harold, however, finds trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him.

Comments

TIFF Screening, 10 September 2006 Author: grissomsbutterfly1013 from Canada Saw it at The Toronto International Film Festival and it was well done. Original storyline, fantastic performance from Ferrel, Thompson and Hoffman. The most moving performance from Will Ferrel I have ever seen is within this film. The storyline some may believe to be too far fetched at first to take seriously, but in the end it does work. What makes the film work the most are the brilliant performances from Ferrel and Thompson. Without these two- the film couldn',t have been pulled off! I recommend this flick to anyone looking to laugh and cry and then laugh again. It was a truly brilliant film. 10/10 (Hoffman and Ferrel were too kind to shake hands and greet the fans inside the screening as well.)