Bad Words

Synopsis

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

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Cast

Jason Bateman

Guy Trilby

Kathryn Hahn

Jenny Widgeon

Rohan Chand

Chaitanya Chopra

Philip Baker Hall

Dr. Bowman

Allison Janney

Dr. Bernice Deagan

Ben Falcone

Pete Fowler

Steve Witting

Proctor at Spelling Bee

Beth Grant

Bedazzled Judge

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Gwen Parden

Brace Faced Girl

Anjul Nigam

Sriram Chopra

Allan Miller

Bald Glasses Judge

Bob Stephenson

Bill Murhoff

Patricia Belcher

Ingrid

Matthew Zhang

Braden Aftergood

Madison Hu

Ling Quan

Michael Patrick McGill

Beet Red Father

Judith Hoag

Petal Dubois

Rachael Harris

Eric Tai's Mother

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Mychael Bates

Lobster Man

Greg Cromer

Jeremy 'FBI Agent'

Crew

Art

• Shepherd Frankel Production Design
• Calla Klessig Art Direction
• Elizabeth Keenan Set Decoration

Camera

• Ken Seng Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Bonni Flowers Key Makeup Artist
• Kimberly Greene Makeup Department Head
• Laurel Kelly Hair Department Head
• Jose Zamora Key Hair Stylist
• Karen Zanki Hairstylist
• April Napier Costume Design

Crew

• Corey Michael Eubanks Stunt Double
• Donna Evans Stunt Double

Directing

• Jason Bateman Director
• Gary Marcus First Assistant Director

Editing

• Daniel Boccoli First Assistant Editor
• Tatiana S. Riegel Editor

Production

• Jason Bateman Producer
• Mason Novick Producer
• Sean McKittrick Producer
• Jeff Culotta Producer
• Edward H. Hamm Jr. Executive Producer
• James Garavente Executive Producer
• Darren M. Demetre Executive Producer
• Nicole Abellera Hallman Casting Director
• Jeanne McCarthy Casting Director
• Gary Marcus Co-Producer

Sound

• Wade Barnett ADR Recordist
• Steve Cantamessa Sound Mixer
• Ryan Collins Sound Effects Editor
• Chris David Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Mark DeSimone ADR Mixer
• Brian Dunlop Foley Editor
• David Esparza Supervising Sound Editor
• Justin Herman Sound Engineer
• Ellen Heuer Foley Artist
• Sang Jun Kim Assistant Sound Editor
• Scott La Rue Boom Operator
• Travis MacKay ADR Mixer

Visual Effects

• Chris W. Tucker Visual Effects Coordinator
• Thomas Tannenberger Visual Effects Supervisor
• Prasanna Siddharthan Compositing Lead
• Joshua D. Comen Visual Effects Producer
• Tim Carras Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Andrew Dodge Screenplay