Stranger Than Fiction
Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.
2006 | 113m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Marc Forster |
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| Writer: | Zach Helm |
| Staring: |
| Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 09, 2006 |
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| Director: | Marc Forster |
| Writer: | Zach Helm |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | professor, literature, writer's block, love, author, fate, death, dying, novelist, publisher, what if, book, narrator |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Three Strange Angels |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $53,653,224
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Will Ferrell | Harold Crick |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | Ana Pascal |
| Dustin Hoffman | Professor Jules Hilbert |
| Emma Thompson | Karen Eiffel |
| Queen Latifah | Penny Escher |
| Tony Hale | Dave |
| William Dick | IRS Co-Worker #1 |
| Guy Massey | IRS Co-Worker #2 |
| Martha Espinoza | IRS Co-Worker #3 |
| T.J. Jagodowski | IRS Co-Worker #4 |
| Peter Grosz | IRS Co-Worker #5 |
| Tonray Ho | IRS Co-Worker #6 |
| Herb Lichtenstein | IRS Co-Worker #7 |
| Stacey Elaine Jackson | IRS Co-Worker #8 |
| Ricky Adams | Young Boy |
| Christian Stolte | Young Boy's Father |
| Denise Hughes | Kronecker Bus Driver |
| Peggy Roeder | Polish Woman |
| Danny Rhodes | Bakery Employee #1 |
| Linara Washington | Bakery Employee #2 |
| Helen Young | Bakery Customer #1 |
| David Pompeii | Bakery Customer #2 |
| David Wiegers | Bakery Customer #3 |
| Jarrett Sleeper | Bakery Customer #4 |
| Larry Neumann Jr. | Homeless Man |
| John Mohrlein | Man with Hose |
| Tom Hulce | Dr. Cayly |
| Bruce Jarchow | Commuter |
| Linda Hunt | Dr. Mittag-Leffler |
| Kristin Chenoweth | Book Channel Host |
| Bradley Mott | Large Man on Bus |
| John M. Watson Sr. | TV Author |
| Karen Lloyd | Customer with Tan |
| Keith Kupferer | Demolition Foreman |
| Danny McCarthy | Demolition Crew #1 |
| Tab Baker | Demolition Crew #2 |
| Mark Buettner | Claw Operator |
| Christian Young | ER Doctor #1 |
| Ray Kurut | ER Doctor #2 |
| Michael Cook | ER Doctor #3 |
| Arraon Skippa Hixson | Young Man Patient |
| Bryan Kelly | ER Orderly |
| Whitney Sneed | ER Nurse #1 |
| Celeste Pechous | ER Nurse #2 |
| Cheryl Lynn Bruce | Head ER Nurse |
| Chet Dubowski | Man in Tweed |
| Ora Jones | Banneker Press Receptionist |
| Jordan Keller | Grocer |
| Jordan Teplitz | Old Man on Phone |
| Ricardo Gutierrez | Bus Company Manager |
| James Mazza | Irritated Man on Bus |
| Oscar Roxas | Another Man on Bus |
| Nadirah Bost | Accident Witness |
| Sandra Marquez | Accident Witness |
| Lacy Katherine Campbell | Accident Witness |
| Will Clinger | Accident Witness |
| Al Samuels | Accident Witness |
| Frank Caeti | Accident Witness |
| Andrew Rothenberg | Doctor Mercator |
| Rengin Altay | Nurse |
| Lucinda Kemp | Bus Operator #1 |
| Donna Watkins | Bus Operator #2 |
| Julia 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) |
| Nathan Adloff | Bakery Patron (uncredited) |
| Sia A. Moody | Nurse #3 (uncredited) |
| Eli Goodman | Augustus Chatman (uncredited) |
| Edy Cullen | Business Women (uncredited) |
| Tim Krueger | Business Man (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alyson Latz | Other |
| Kelli Konop | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Ford Wheeler | Set Decoration |
| C. Cory M. McCrum-Abdo | Post Production Supervisor |
| Stephen Andrzejewski | Location Manager |
| Peter Thorell | Second Assistant Director |
| Kristin Hanson | Art Department Coordinator |
| Jodi Starnes | Stunts |
| Paul Bode | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Claire Connelly | Costume Coordinator |
| Valli O'Reilly | Makeup Artist |
| Agnes M. Gibicar | Additional Hairstylist |
| Marc Forster | Director |
| Zach Helm | Screenplay |
| Alicia Accardo | Script Supervisor |
| Tyler Osman | Construction Coordinator |
| Kathy Driscoll-Mohler | Casting |
| James Giovannetti Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Roberto Schaefer | Director of Photography |
| Karyn McCarthy | Unit Production Manager |
| Rudra Banerji | Production Assistant |
| Kevin Tod Haug | Visual Effects Designer |
| Kevin Sorensen | Stunts |
| Frank P. Calzavara | Stunts |
| James Mammoser | Stunts |
| Jim McConkey | "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator |
| Lisa R. Frucht | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lisa Layman | Makeup Department Head |
| Frances Mathias | Hair Department Head |
| David Obermeyer | Sound Mixer |
| Kate Amer | Production Coordinator |
| Ralph Nelson Jr. | Still Photographer |
| Scott Millan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Geoffrey G. Rubay | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jon Title | Sound Editor |
| Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| David Weisberg | ADR Mixer |
| Daniel Maldonado | Stunts |
| Kerry Sanders | Set Designer |
| Eileen McCahill | Costume Supervisor |
| Laverne Caracuzzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Deborah K. Dee | Key Hair Stylist |
| Don Parsons | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Peter Bankins | Property Master |
| Jacques Perrin | Thanks |
| Brian Reitzell | Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor |
| Michael Lerman | First Assistant Director |
| Rick LeFevour | Stunt Coordinator |
| Alicia Skirball | Stunts |
| Carl Paoli | Stunts |
| Tobiasz Daszkiewicz | Stunts |
| Tom McComas | Stunts |
| Michael Semanick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Craig Kuehne | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Will Casey | Unit Publicist |
| Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Dino DiMuro | Sound Editor |
| Greg Steele | ADR Mixer |
| Dan Schroer | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Craig Jackson | Art Direction |
| Frank L. Fleming | Costume Design |
| Kevin Thompson | Production Design |
| Eric Kopeloff | Unit Production Manager |
| Matt Chessé | Editor |
| Kelly R. Borisy | Grip |
| Alex Olivares | First Assistant Editor |
| John Cannon | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Lisle Engle | Sound Editor |
| Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Britt Daniel | Original Music Composer |
| Francine Maisler | Casting |
| Linda Perlin | Stunts |
| Tom Lowell | Stunts |
| James Fierro | Stunts |
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Natalie M. Meyer | Stunts |
| Jeremy Platt | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jim Miller | Co-Producer |
| Aubrey Henderson | Co-Producer |
| Eric Kopeloff | Executive Producer |
| Lindsay Doran | Producer |
| Nathan Kahane | Executive Producer |
| Joseph Drake | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | 36 | 16 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 972 | 972 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 903 | 903 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 825 | 912 |
tanty
6.0
A fresh idea that, however, becomes a bit of a boring movie. The best part is the good performances by the cast. Specially surprising is Ferrell. ...
Jun 23, 2021
GenerationofSwine
10.0
I am one of those people that normally hate Will Ferrell, especially in a leading role. I find him obnoxious, and over-the-top to the point where he is pandering for laughs form the LCD than actually attempting to be funny. However, there is always an exception to the rule. Usually that exception ... comes in the form of a supporting role... as in Old School... but here it comes in the form of a leading role. It seems like Marc Forster really reigned him in on the one and the pay off was AMAZING. It's seriously a funny and quirky film. It's hysterical and kind of plays to an audience that wonders if writer's creations can come to life. It's an imaginative script and plays to the people that feel, maybe, a little guilty for leaving a book over night when the characters are left in a bad position just in case they are real and might get stuck there. It appeals to anyone that has ever wrote fiction, and felt like a God because of the control they had over their characters... and it does so in the most ridiculous way possible.
Jan 12, 2023