Lars and the Real Girl

Synopsis

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.

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Cast

Ryan Gosling

Lars Lindstrom

Emily Mortimer

Karin

Paul Schneider

Gus

R.D. Reid

Reverand Bock

Kelli Garner

Margo

Nancy Beatty

Mrs. Gruner

Doug Lennox

Mr. Hofstedter

Joe Bostick

Mr. Shaw

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Liz Gordon

Mrs. Schindler

Nicky Guadagni

Mrs. Petersen

Patricia Clarkson

Dagmar

Karen Robinson

Cindy

Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

Kurt

Billy Parrott

Erik

Sally Cahill

Deb

Angela Vint

Sandy

Liisa Repo-Martell

Laurel

Boyd Banks

Russell

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Darren Hynes

Moose

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Víctor Gómez

Hector

Crew

Art

• Steve Shewchuk Set Decoration
• Arvinder Greywal Production Design
• Joshu de Cartier Art Direction
• Doug Slater Assistant Art Director
• Jennifer Heimpel Second Assistant Art Director
• Matt Middleton Second Assistant Art Director
• David Best Graphic Designer
• H. Nancy Pak Art Department Coordinator
• Alexandra Hooper Set Decoration Buyer
• Matt Wladyka Lead Set Dresser
• Dan Conley Set Dresser
• Ron Hewitt Property Master

Camera

• Adam Kimmel Director of Photography
• Tim Merkel "A" Camera Operator
• Joseph Micomonaco First Assistant "A" Camera
• Mark Beauchamp Second Assistant "A" Camera
• Heather Donald Camera Loader
• Mark Manchester Key Grip
• Malcolm Nefsky Best Boy Grip
• Ken Pickett Best Boy Grip
• Jason McGowan Dolly Grip
• Marko Willis Grip
• Peter Schalakowskyj Grip
• Richard Teodorczyk Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Kirston Mann Costume Design
• Paul R.J. Elliot Key Hair Stylist
• Burton J. LeBlanc Assistant Makeup Artist
• Sondra Treilhard Assistant Hairstylist
• Ann Brodie Key Makeup Artist
• Lisa Dietrich On Set Dresser
• Linda Petty Costume Supervisor
• Susan Nycz Truck Supervisor

Crew

• Branko Racki Stunt Coordinator
• Laird McMurray Special Effects Coordinator
• Shubha Dasgupta Special Effects Technician
• Brenda Klassen Key Special Effects
• Reet Puhm Key Scenic Artist
• Mark Van Alstyne Transportation Coordinator
• Evan Siegel Picture Car Coordinator
• Eric Bergman Post Production Supervisor
• Ivan Martin del Campo Post Production Assistant
• Ryan Robinson Score Engineer
• Tim Davis Video Assist Operator

Directing

• Craig Gillespie Director
• Libby Hodgson First Assistant Director
• Tim Singh Second Assistant Director
• Patrick Murphy Third Assistant Director
• Susan Marucci Script Supervisor

Editing

• Tatiana S. Riegel Editor
• Pablo Prietto First Assistant Editor
• Diane Brunjes First Assistant Editor
• Gary Burritt Negative Cutter
• George Chavez Color Timer

Lighting

• Michael Galbraith Gaffer
• Howard Galbraith Best Boy Electric
• Tom Starnes Rigging Gaffer
• Delroy P. Jarrett Electrician
• Rod MacNeil Jr. Electrician
• Don Caulfield Electrician
• Walter Lipscombe Rigging Grip

Production

• John Cameron Producer
• Sarah Aubrey Producer
• Sidney Kimmel Producer
• William Horberg Executive Producer
• Bruce Toll Executive Producer
• Peter Berg Executive Producer
• Whitney Brown Executive Producer
• Mark Cartier Development Producer
• Richard Hicks Casting
• David Rubin Casting
• Whitney Brown Production Manager
• James Fraser Assistant Production Manager

Sound

• David Torn Original Music Composer
• Henry Embry Sound Mixer
• Gavin Coford Boom Operator
• Perry Robertson Supervising Sound Editor
• Barney Cabral Supervising ADR Editor
• Scott Sanders Sound Designer
• Ken S. Polk Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• J. Stanley Johnston Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Richard Dwan Jr. Sound Editor
• Kevin Zimmerman Assistant Sound Editor
• Eric Thompson ADR Mixer
• Travis MacKay ADR Recordist

Visual Effects

• Marcus Rait Special Effects Supervisor
• Chris Brown Visual Effects Supervisor
• Jeremy Nicolaides Compositing Supervisor

Writing

• Nancy Oliver Writer

Photos