Just Visiting (2001)

Country of Origin: USA / France
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times: 88 mins
Format: Technicolor     Super 35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital     SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Gaumont / Hollywood Pictures
Executive Producer: Richard Hashimoto
Producers: Patrice Ledoux, Ricardo Mestres
Associate Producers: John Alan Amicarella, Christian Clavier, Jean-Marie Poiré
Production Supervisor: Jamie D. Boscardin
Production Coordinator: B. Ted Deiker
Assistant Production Coordinator: Denis Hennelly

SCRIPT
Script: Christian Clavier, Jean-Marie Poiré, John Hughes
Original Script: Les visiteurs by Jean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier

DIRECTION
Director: Jean-Marie Gaubert (real name: Jean-Marie Poiré)
2nd Unit Directors: Gary Davis, David R. Ellis
UK 2nd Unit Director: Peter MacDonald
1st Assistant Directors: Dennis Maguire, Gary Marcus
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Richard S. Lederer
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Eric A. Pot
UK 2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Directors: Simon Emanuel
2nd Unit 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Traci M. Lewis
Assistant Directors: Anne Berger, Jon Mallard, Jayson Merrill
Assistant Directors (UK): Jamie Christopher, Olivia Peniston-Bird, Adam Somner, Michael Stevenson, Ian Stone

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ueli Steiger
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Buzz Feitshans IV
UK 2nd Unit Directors of Photography: Michael Brewster, Keith Goddard
Camera Operator: Stefan Stankowski
Steadicam Operators: Dion M. Casey, Paul Edwards
1st Assistant Camera: Robert Binnall
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Camera: Kathryn Mueller
2nd Unit Gaffer: Rick Thomas
Electrician: Chris Glomp
Grips: Christopher Glasgow, Keith Manning, Dan Urbain
Wescam Technician: Steven J. Winslow
Crane Technician / Remote Head Technician: Dan Urbain
Stills: Charles S. Hodes, Jack English
UK Video Operator: Martin Ward
Cranes and Dollies: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment Inc
Lighting: Lee Lighting Ltd
Cameras: Arriflex Cameras; Panavision Cameras and Lenses

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Michael A. Stevenson
Assistant Editors: Donald Likovich, John Coniglio, William Kruzykowski
Negative Cutter: Mo Henry

MUSIC
Music: John Powell
Additional Music: Nick Glennie-Smith, James McKee Smith, Geoff Zanelli
Scoring Mixer: Malcolm Luker
Music Editor (Temp Track): Andrew Dorfman

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Ryan Murphy
Sound Mixer: Ray Cymoszinski
Sound Mixer (LA / Las Vegas): Lee Howell
Boom Operators: Chris Quilty, Jason Johnston
Supervising Sound Editor: Mark A. Mangini
Co-Supervising Sound Editor: Elliott Koretz
Sound Editor: David A. Whittaker
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Avram D. Gold
Dialogue Editor: Matthew Iadarola
Sound Effects Editors: Michael Chock, Eric Lindemann, Marvin Walowitz, Michael Geisler
Foley Editor: Solange S. Schwalbe
Cable Person: Alex Riordan
Sound Apprentice: Jessica Harrison

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Department Head: Kimberly Greene
Key Make Up: Erin Koplow
Make Up For Christian Clavier: Muriel Baurens
Hair Department Head: Barbara Olvera
Key Hair: Elaine M. Cascio
Costume Designer: Penny Rose
Assistant Costume Designer: John Norster
Set Costumer: Gina Marie Ome
Wardrobe Coordinator: Sandra J. White

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Visual Factory

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Igor Sekulic
Model Maker: Jason Mahakian

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Doug Kraner
Supervising Art Director: Steve Cooper
Art Directors: John D. Jefferies Sr, Jonathan McKinstry
Set Designers: Colin De Rouin, David M. Haber, David W. Krummel, Evelyn Barbier
Set Decorators: Tracey A. Doyle, Peter Young
Production Buyer: Michael King
Assistant Property Master: David J. Chamerski
Construction Coordinator: Tyler Osman
Painter: Anthony Joseph Fatigato (uncredited)
Concept Illustrators: Ravi Bansal, Guy Dyas
Graphic Artist: Ben Nowicki
Title Designer: Brian King

MISCELLANEOUS
2nd Assistant Accountant: Carrie Oviatt
Accounting Assistant: Kim Ronstadt
Key Set Production Assistants: Ben Smith, Kenneth M. Twohy
Set Production Assistant: Scott Rorie
Set Production Assistant (UK): William Dodds
2nd Unit Re-Shoot Set Production Assistant: Keith Potter
Production Assistants: Jeffrey Schwartz, Jonas Cukierman, Joshua Kornoff, Shawn McGuire, Thomas Beach
Assistant to Executive Producer: Bonnie Haner
Assistants to Jean-Marie Gaubert: Alex McLean, Rodolphe Sand
Assistant to Christian Clavier: Veronique Thomas
Assistant to Christina Applegate: Collin Woode
Assistants to Ricardo Mestres: Channing Work, Heij Chung
Assistant to Visual Effects Supervisor: Aminta Townshend
Dialogue Coach for Christian Clavier: Vernice Klier
Dialogue Coach for Jean Reno: Cameron Watson

LOCATIONS
Locations: Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK; Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK; Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK; Lydney Park Estate, Gloucestershire, England, UK; West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire, England, UK; Raglan Castle, Gwent, Wales, UK; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Valley of Fire, Nevada, USA
Studio: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, UK
Location Manager: Robin Higgs
2nd Unit Location Manager: Wileen Dragovan

STUNTS
Stunts: Casey O'Neill, Curtis Rivers (uncredited), Jimmy N. Roberts, Randy Johnson
Utility Stunts: Peter Pedrero

CASTING
Casting: Kerry Barden, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith
Extras Casting: Mark A. Ridge

CAST
Jean Reno (Count Thibault)
Christian Clavier (André le Pate)
Christina Applegate (Julia Malfete / Princess Rosalind)
Matt Ross (Hunter)
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (Amber)
Tara Reid (Angelique)
John Aylward (Byron)
George Plimpton (Dr Brady)
Malcolm McDowell (wizard)
Sarah Badel (Queen)
Bill Bailey (Thibault's father)
Clare Welch (Thibault's mother)
Kendra Torgan, Lucy Blair (Thibault's sisters)
Richard Bremmer (King Henry)
Robert Glenister (Earl of Warwick)
Janette Bickerton (screaming peasant woman)
William Bookston (peasant)
Valerie Griffiths (hag)
Doug Barron (Reed Sikes)
Oliver Ford Davies (Pit Rivers)
Ross Gibby (museum teacher)
Clifford Barry (museum guard)
Eric Aviles (purse snatcher)
Tab Baker (cabbie)
Roy Boutcher (maitre d')
Alexandra Caplan (kid 2)
Druann Carlson (elevator wife)
Emily Deamer, Sophie Graham (elevator girls)
Beau Sapsford (little boy in elevator)
Helen Caro (screaming woman)
Lorenzo Clemons (squad chief)
Paul Connell (crime scene cop 1)
Laura Cox (peasant woman)
William Dambra (policeman)
Albena Dodeva (nightclub waitress)
Madeline Fishman (little girl / Tammy)
Marilyn Dodds Frank (bag lady)
Danny Goldring (bartender)
Jane Galloway (Dinah)
Richard Burton Brown (Irving)
Rich Komenich (Sid)
Suzanne Petri (Patsy)
Francesca Vetrano (Nancy)
Brian Greene (old man with hearing aid)
Matt Furlin, Chet Nichols, Martin Aistrope, Ellie Weingardt, Jordan Teplitz, Susan Murray,
Michael Skewes, Frederick Husar (barflies)
Matyelock Gibbs (Rosalind's nurse)
Chris Gillespie (dancer at restaurant)
Crispin Harris (Archbishop)
Darryl Henriques (monk)
Ric Sarabia (priest)
Mike Houlihan (little boy's father)
Michelle Hurst (pawnshop broker)
Alan Kopischke (crime scene cop 2)
Alexis Loret (Francois)
Kevin McClarnon (police sergeant)
Eric Meyers (family man)
Daniel Miller (kid 1)
Larry Neumann (hot dog vendor)
Steve Owen (peasant man)
Donna Palmer (museum curator)
Molly Price (teacher)
Amo Gulinello (teacher 2)
Randall Paul (bathroom man)
Adam Shaw (kitchen worker)
Alan Shaw (giant sheriff)
Whitney Sneed (nightclub woman)
Anne Louise Zachry (young woman 2)
Robert Steinman (car driver)
Matthew Sussman (chic salesman)
Kevin Theis (Cop O'Malley)
Karen Vaccaro, Naomi Armstrong, Rebekah Louise Smith, Lisa Dodson, Thomas McElroy, Felipe Camacho, Ike Eichling, Anne Harris (bystanders)
Ruth Winblad (old woman)
Carl Wright (station master)
Cedric Young (museum guard)
Jennifre' DuMont (restaurant patron - uncredited)
Mark Finney (dancer - uncredited)
Kelsey Grammer (narrator - uncredited)
Peter Janosi (director)
Suyun Kim (annoying dancer - uncredited)
Lou Meza (stiff - uncredited)
Kelly Trznadel, Gina Alexander (extras - uncredited)

A wizard accidentally sends a knight and his jester forward through time from the 13th century to the year 2000. The knight tracks down his descendants but has a much harder time trying to find another wizard, one who will send he and his jester back to their rightful time.

France
Theatrical Distributor: Gaumont Buena Vista International

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Highlight Film

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Momentum Pictures

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 6

Sweden
Rating: 11

Switzerland
Rating: 10

UK
Rating: PG (with cuts)

USA
Rating: PG-13

2001
April
6: USA - theatrical release
11: Belgium, France - theatrical release

May
18: Greece - theatrical release

June
28: Hungary - theatrical release

July
13: Poland - theatrical release
26: Germany - theatrical release

September
20: Russia - theatrical release

2002
January
25: Iceland - theatrical release

February
8: Turkey, UK - theatrical release

March
1: Cyprus - theatrical release
15: South Africa - theatrical release
22: Sweden - theatrical release

April
16: Kuwait - theatrical release

May
24: Denmark - theatrical release

2002
April
26: USA - television broadcast (on STARZP)

They Came. They Saw. They Wanna Go Back.

They're not just from another time, they're from France.

Les visiteurs en Amérique - French title
Goscie w ameryce - Polish title

REMAKE OF
Les visiteurs (1993)

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.592 (20 April 2001) p.46 (USA)
review (Knight Lite (C+) by Ty Burr)

Entertainment Weekly no.614 (14 September 2001) p.73 (USA)
review (by Josh Wolk)

NEWSPAPERS

Svenska Dagbladet 24 March 2002 (Sweden)
review (Reprisen inte lika rolig (3/6) by Jeanette Gentele)

TV Movie no.16 (2001) p.206 (Germany)
review (by Renée Wieder)

time travel; remakes; dragons; witches; wizards; levitation; axes; sword fights

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008