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THE GUILT TRIP
Production Notes
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Anne Fletcher
Screenwriter: Dan Fogelman
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Kathy Najimy, Colin Hanks, Adam Scott
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language and some risque material)
Official Website: GuiltTripmovie.com
STUDIO SYNOPSIS: Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen) is about to embark on the mother of all road trips . . . when
he is guilted into bringing his mom, Joyce (Barbra Streisand), along for the ride on a cross-country adventure
that careens through comical curves on the way to a surprising connection.
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About The Production
"You want to drive cross country with me?"
-- Joyce Brewster
This holiday season, Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen) is about to embark on the mother of all road trips
. . . when he is guilted into bringing his mom, Joyce (Barbra Streisand), along for the ride on a
cross-country adventure that careens through comical curves on the way to a surprising connection.
Across 3,000 miles and 8 days of shifting American landscape, Andy will be flummoxed, freaked
out, analyzed, annoyed and lured into one anxiety-cranking situation after another by the woman
who knows him -- or rather, nudges him -- better than anyone. But the farther they go, the closer he
gets to realizing he has more in common with mom than he ever imagined. And now, as they approach Andy's dreamed-of destination, it turns out that a little unsolicited mother's advice might be
just what a down-and-out guy most needs to turn his life around.
The hilarious twists, sudden turns and emotionally bumpy terrain of an epic mother-son journey are
brought to life in The Guilt Trip by the one of the most unlikely pairings in recent movie history:
the affably charming star of hit teen buddy comedies, Seth Rogen (50/50, Knocked Up, Superbad,
Pineapple Express), united with the legendary actress, artist, filmmaker and Academy Award®
winner Barbra Streisand.
As Andy Brewster, Rogen plays a struggling young inventor searching for a lucky break. As his
mother Joyce, Streisand is a pesky parent and vibrant widow ready to unravel her lonely lifestyle.
But when they come together in the front seat of a sub-compact, with years of family habits and secrets between them, it shakes up both their lives. Director Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) turns one of life's most awkward situations – unthinkably close quarters with a parent -- into a
series of funny, relatable, and poignant moments that anyone who ever tangled with family bonds
will recognize.
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present a Michaels/Goldwyn production of an Anne
Fletcher film, The Guilt Trip. The film is written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy Stupid Love) and produced by Lorne Michaels & John Goldwyn and Evan Goldberg. The executive producers are Seth
Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Mary McLaglen, Dan Fogelman, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Evan
Goldberg and Paul Schwake. The behind-the-camera crew includes cinematographer Oliver Stapleton (The Proposal), production designer Nelson Coates (Flight), costume designer Danny Glicker
(Up in the Air), editors Dana E. Glauberman (Young Adult) and Priscilla Nedd-Friednly (The Proposal) and music by Christophe Beck (Crazy, Stupid Love, The Hangover).
Hitting The Road . . . With Mom
There may be no two people on earth more capable of pushing each other's buttons than a grown-up
son and his mother – but in The Guilt Trip a mother and son end up pushing all the right buttons to
come closer in the midst of a wild and crazy trip that threatens to drive them both crazy.
The film's comically moving journey began with a real-life road trip, when screenwriter Dan Fogelman took his mom on an marathon two-week escapade across the U.S., one that was as full of
revelations and surprises as it was rife with typical family love and friction. It was an experiment
that jibed with a movie idea that had been cooking in Fogelman's mind for a long time.
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"I've always been intrigued by mother-son relationships," says Fogelman. "And I wanted to write
something about that moment in your life -- which sometimes doesn't come until later in life -where you really see your parents for the first time as actual human beings; when you suddenly say
'Wow, this is not just my mom, but a person with a whole life and relationships and past loves that
existed long before I ever existed' and that transforms how you react to each other."
He continues: "So I called up my mom and said 'Hey, I'm going to pick you up; would you like to
go on a cross-country trip with me?' I really had no idea what might happen if a mother and son
were actually locked in a car for several days together. But it was an incredible trip and pretty much
everything that happens in the movie came from those two weeks with my mom."
Fogelman was prepared for anything on his experimental escape with his mother, but he had an
even better time than he imagined. "Some of my friends said to me, 'what are you doing, how can
you possibly drive cross country with your mother?' And of course, we had our moments, but we
also have a very fun, cool relationship," he notes. "As soon as we took off, I started writing down
everything that happened to us verbatim – from getting stuck in an Arkansas snowstorm to mom
attempting to eat a 72-ounce piece of meat at a Texas steak house."
From these personal experiences were born the characters of Andy and Joyce Brewster, a son and
mother who have each reached a kind of fork in their road when they set out on their trip together.
Andy might have too much going on in his life and Joyce not enough, but they are each in need of
broader horizons . . . they just can't imagine finding that in their often exasperating relationship, until they do.
"Andy's at a crossroads in his career, faced with a do-or-die proposition of trying to sell this device
he's invented and Joyce has been leading a kind of solitary life," notes Fogelman. "When Andy
hears a story about a guy his mom once loved before she was married, he decides to track him
down, and that's what leads him to bring his mother across country with him, hoping to reunite her
with this love of her life. But she thinks her son just wants to spend time with her, which of course
warms a mother's heart."
This duo might have mixed-up agendas, but ultimately Andy and Joyce want the same thing: to
open up their worlds, which in turn, allows them to see each other in ways they never have before.
It was this mix of the acutely funny with moving questions about what family bonds mean that drew
director Anne Fletcher – who was a sought-after choreographer when she cut her teeth directing the
hit dance drama Step Up, then went on to conquer the modern romantic comedy with 27 Dresses
and The Proposal. With The Guilt Trip, she saw a chance to combine everything she loves in movies: comedy, fluidity and heart.
"I completely, personally identified with this story 100 percent," Fletcher recalls. "I felt like it was a
picture of my relationship with my mom and also my brother's relationship with my mom. I immediately thought, 'I have to tell this story as a love letter to all moms.' We snipe at them, we're short
with them and yet they're still always there for us because they love us more than anything -- and
they know no matter how rude we can get sometimes, that we love them."
At the time, the idea of Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand taking the lead roles was just that: a madcap fantasy that seemed highly unlikely to come to fruition. But Fletcher could see it no other way
and committed herself to making it happen.
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"From the first time I read the script, it was Seth and Barbra for me," she explains. "I just knew they
would connect in the right way to bring this story to life. It took a lot of time and meetings to work
it all out, but it was everything to me because that was literally how I saw the movie. There were no
alternatives."
Fletcher set out with a team of veteran comedy producers – "Saturday Night Live" creator/producer/maestro Lorne Michaels and his partner John Goldwyn, along with Seth Rogen's longtime partner Evan Goldberg -- to see if what sounded just about impossible could actually be
achieved.
Michaels was taken right away with Fogelman's screenplay. "I love that there is an instant familiarity with these two characters. I love how the story reflects how mothers irritate sons and sons irritate
mothers but at the same time, that you really feel their connection to each other," he says. "John
Goldwyn was with me on it from the beginning and brought a really great perspective to getting the
script right."
Goldwyn adds: "The thing that impressed me most about the script was how truly authentic it was –
you could really sense that Dan was writing from real life and his own relationship with his mother.
There was also something very fresh about it, because the mother-son relationship has never really
been explored in quite this way. Still, we understood from the start that we would to find just the
right balance between comedy and emotion in the story, and then we needed the perfect casting and
the dead-on right director, which ultimately is what happened."
Indeed, Goldwyn credits Anne Fletcher's insistent loyalty to the film with helping the team to shepherd the film to fruition. "She always spoke so eloquently about this movie from her heart," he explains. "Obviously, she had just done two big, crowd-pleasing hit movies with Step Up and The
Proposal but this would be a very different kind of challenge. I was sure when I met her that she
had what it would take to tackle this story, because in her gut, she was already devoted to staying
with her vision of this story no matter what. And I think ultimately, Barbra Streisand came on board
in part because of Anne, and because she was excited to work with one of a few truly commercial
women directors. Barbra is a great supporter of women and I think she enjoyed that about Anne,
and also I think she enjoyed that Anne is someone who calls it like she sees it. She doesn't swaddle
her words in velvet – she's very direct and I think Barbra liked in a woman director."
Like the rest of the team, Michaels couldn't help but personally relate to the story. "It makes you
think reflexively back to those times coming home to visit when you just move into your old room
because it feels both kind of wasteful and weird to stay at a hotel . . . and the bed is smaller than you
remember . . . and it's hard not to become 14 again in that moment. But what is interesting about
Andy is that he has that experience – and then he comes to a realization that the roles have changed.
He realizes that his mother's life was always centered around him but now he wants to take care of
her because she gave him the chance to only think about himself for all those years growing up."
He continues: "Dan Fogelman had written this screenplay after taking a trip with his own mother,
whose dream it was to have Barbra Streisand play her if there was ever a movie. So it was a lot of
fun to get the script to a point where you had Barbra and Seth in a room reading together and you
could see that there was a real chemistry and magic there. I never do a comedy without a full read
through because that's what we do at SNL. I have to hear it play to know it works – and when the
two of them were brought together, it really worked."
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Goldberg was also enamored by Fogelman's story and having worked with Rogen for so long could
instantly envision him as Andy. "The script was extremely surprising to me," he recalls. "I am pretty pessimistic when I start reading scripts, but I can pretty confidently say this was the best script
I've been handed in my life. The first time I read it, I even cried a little bit at one point. And then it
kind of blew my mind."
He adds: "As things got underway, it just seemed so natural to put Seth and Barbra Streisand together. The best part is that in these roles, Seth is the straight man and Barbra the comedic star. And
while some people may come to see The Guilt Trip for Seth and others for Barbra, I think both will
be amused to find they are just as intrigued by the person they didn't come to see. It's kind of the
ultimate mother-son comedy -- I can't wait to take my mom to see this movie."
Rogen Takes The Wheel
To bring to life the long, strange, ultimately life-transforming trip that Andy Brewster undertakes,
the filmmakers chose one of today's most distinctive comic stars: Seth Rogen. Rogen has shown an
unusual ability to be hilariously awkward, likeable and true-to-life all at the same time, coming to
the fore in a series of films, several of which he wrote, for director Judd Apatow. He was most recently seen in Jonathan Levine's acclaimed comedy-drama 50/50 alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
But The Guilt Trip would give Rogen a role unlike any other: a down-on-his-luck scientist-turnedinventor and a son who is aggravated, annoyed, overwhelmed and then completely changed around
by taking his mother on his last-ditch trip to try to make a success of himself.
Producer Lorne Michaels, who has worked with Rogen as a host of "Saturday Night Live" several
times, notes that it was a bit of a leap into the unknown for the star. "Seth has been mostly writing
and producing his own works, so to come into this as just as an actor took a lot of trust – and comedians are not really built to trust," he observes. "But he came in and was brilliant. He knows how to
confidently riff on a character. And he and Barbra really made room for each other; and that's what
people do when they are stuck in a tiny car. If you don't make room for each other it's going to get
crowded. They both really did their part to make each other comfortable."
Michaels' partner John Goldwyn was also impressed with Rogen from that first read-through with
Streisand. "You could hear a pin drop," he remembers, "and we all knew something special was
happening, even though it would take more time before Barbra committed. Seth just has great comic instincts, but he also was very brave in taking on this role because it's the first time he's made a
major departure from the kind of characters he's best known for," Goldwyn observes. "I think it is a
break away performance from him. It's very fun but it's also wonderfully restrained and it presents
him in a new way."
Anne Fletcher knew Rogen from choreographing him in his breakout role in The 40 Year-Old Virgin – and she always felt he was a dead-on match for Andy Brewster. "I've loved Seth in all his
movies," the director says. "There isn't anybody who can replicate him. He's brilliantly funny but he
also has the right sensibility for this role because he's a good actor as well as comedian. And I think
it's exciting that he hasn't done anything quite like this before."
Rogen might never have done a film like this before, but he felt an instant affinity for it – and especially for its playful honesty about family relations. "One of the things that made me want to do the
movie is that I think it really taps into a lot of things all people experience with their mothers," he
says. "I think we all find ourselves getting annoyed when we really shouldn't be, and then we feel
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bad about it, and then even that becomes annoying! But at the same time we really love our mothers
and care about them. That's the relationship between Andy and Joyce and it's kind of like the relationship I have at times with my mother. It was a lot of fun to read the script, because I'd never seen
a movie about how annoyed you can get with your mother while still wanting very much for her to
be happy."
The more he thought about it, the more Rogen saw the film as the one kind of buddy movie no one
has yet dared to make – about the very specific, and definitely complicated, buddy relationship of a
grown-up guy with his overprotective, misunderstanding but kind of amazing mom. "I like making
movies about relationships, and as I read this, I realized I'd never really seen a buddy movie about a
guy and his mother, and that's what is so funny about it," Rogen observes. "It was like Super Bad,
or Pineapple Express, but instead of two dudes, it was Andy and Joyce, and that was such an interesting idea."
For Rogen, Andy's driving force throughout their trip is not just the mountain of guilt that's accumulated over the years, but a real desire to see his mother more fulfilled in her own life. "I think he
sees Joyce as being a bit too settled, and not realizing that there's a lot of fun stuff that she could
still be doing – and he also sees that this causes her to focus all her energy on him!" he laughs. "But
the tricky thing is, that no matter how annoyed he gets, all he really desires is to see her being happy."
That's what leads Andy to try to finagle a meeting between his mother and what he assumes is her
long lost love – though the outcome of that agenda goes in a direction he could never have foreseen.
As for joining forces with a global icon and cinematic powerhouse on the level of Barbra Streisand,
Rogen says he went into their first meeting together essentially cold. "I really had no notion what
Barbra would be like," he explains. "And when I met her, to be honest, she really reminded me a lot
of my friends' mothers and my mother to a degree."
Rogen continues: "We read the script together and it came off really funny. I couldn't deny that it
seemed like the two of us together in a movie was going to be a very comical thing."
Streisand Brings The Guilt – And The Emotion
To play Joyce Brewster in all her colorful, contrasting shadings – overbearing and loving, lonely
and adventurous, meddlesome and savvy -- Anne Fletcher always believed she needed to somehow
bring Barbra Streisand to the role. At first, that desire seemed almost irrational. After all, Streisand,
one of the most universally recognized and accomplished personalities in all of show business, had
not appeared as the lead in a film since the 1990s . . . and she had a reputation for hand-picking her
projects carefully and sparingly. But the upside was too huge for Fletcher to ignore. Not only did
Streisand come to mind every time Fletcher thought of Joyce, but she clearly had the rare power to
find and bring out the heart and depth in the most quirk-filled of characters.
An Oscar® winner as Best Actress for Funny Girl and an Oscar nominee for The Way We Were,
Streisand is of course not only an icon on screen but also an acclaimed singer, film director, writer,
producer, designer and author. As a testament to the remarkable breadth of her work, she is the only
artist ever to have been awarded the entire gamut of Oscar®, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors
Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody Awards, as well as France's
Legion d'Honneur and the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. Most recently,
she's been seen in the hugely popular Meet The Fockers series, playing wife to Dustin Hoffman and
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mother to Ben Stiller. But this would be something rather different – a leading role that was not only full of comic repartee but also would put her character through a transformation at a time in life
when she least expects to have her perspective – on her son or herself -- changed.
"Barbra was genuinely the only person I could truly see making this story something special, the
one person I felt could reach both people's hearts and their funny bones as Joyce," says Fletcher. "I
knew she was brilliant at comedy and I also knew her abilities as an actor could be mind-blowing."
But first Fletcher needed to get Streisand on board, and that process evolved slowly over numerous
meetings and re-workings of the script with Dan Fogelman. "It was a long, but fun, journey," says
John Goldwyn. "Everyone wanted to see it happen, especially since Barbra hasn't played a role like
this in two decades, but we all understood that she had to come to her own decision. Even Seth Rogen said: 'Give her the room. This is a big commitment and she doesn't need this role, so she has to
want to play it.'"
Fletcher recalls that everything changed at her very first encounter with Streisand. "We vibed with
each other instantaneously," she remembers. "The thing I remember most strongly is that Barbra
right away demanded honesty and truthfulness. I loved that because I'm not someone who can tiptoe
around the truth. We talked for about five hours, and her big question was: 'Why would you want
me for this movie?' And I told her it was her ability to reach people. I think Barbra has an incredible
talent for being able to be funny and at the same time completely sincere. She captures things which
are very true to human experience, which is truly rare among female actors. And that's what we
needed for this role: a genuine mother."
Dan Fogelman says Streisand was on his mind even as he was writing. "The character is based on
my mother and Barbra Streisand is my mother's hero," he muses. "She was a Jewish girl from
Brooklyn who grew up idolizing Barbra, so from the beginning that was the dream."
But when that dream became reality, even Fogelman was taken aback. "There is something wildly
exciting about seeing Barbra play somebody this real and this opposite from anything she has been
seen in recently. She and Seth found an incredible chemistry as mother and son."
Streisand recalls that it was her son who finally convinced her to take the part. "My son fell in love
with the script first," she says. "I said no to it for a couple of years because I had just played a
mother twice in The Fockers and I thought 'I don't want to play a third mother.' But this mother was
so real and personal, and since my son loved it, I thought okay. Also, Anne was so adamant about
me playing it and so sweet saying 'I won't make this movie without you.' It was like, oh my God,
now I've got to worry about her finding another job! I felt motherly towards her, also."
Once she jumped in, Streisand took hold of Joyce and began to see all her layers, and her vivid unfolding as a woman who hasn't left the comforts of home in years. "You have a woman who lives in
a sheltered kind of world, but it's a safe world. It's safe and it's warm," she observes. "It's okay. But
it doesn't have passion. So she busies herself with frogs, ceramic frogs, and her book club and
things like that. But what Andy does for her is give her an adventure – he gives her a way to expand
her world, which really pays off. He becomes a better person so that they both can become better
people. It's a transformative relationship without them even realizing it."
Fletcher would later send to Streisand a collection of photos and videos of Fogelman's actual mother to help her dive into the character even more deeply. "She really almost channeled her," says
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Fletcher, "and at the same time she was channeling everybody's mom. I don't think you can walk
away from Barbra's performance as Joyce without identifying with something in her."
Lorne Michaels felt similarly. "Barbra is someone who is always very real, even in a comedy, and
she has a way of being strong without having to show it all the time," he says. "She's so comfortable
in her own skin that she could take on this role with ease. She plays Joyce with a strength and vitality that are ageless."
Adds John Goldwyn: "She gives a performance like you haven't seen from her in a long time: Intelligent, nuanced, really funny . . . and then, she sneaks up on you and breaks your heart."
Once on the set, Streisand's rapport with Seth Rogen only strengthened. "You just never know
what's gonna come out of either one of our mouths, you know?" says Streisand. "It was fun, because we were both very much in the moment. We work alike in a sense and from the first day, we
knew that this was going to be wild."
She goes on: "I think anyone who is very in the moment is more than just a comedian, is more than
just funny. So Seth has that and he has that realism that comes from within."
Fletcher especially loved the way Streisand played off Rogen's improvisational style. "What's great
about the two of them is that Barbra cannot be thrown off her game. She is ready to play 100 percent. She knows her character and no matter what gets thrown at her, she'll go with it. There were
only a couple of times that she broke up during an improv moment -- because Seth took it so far,
she couldn't help but burst out laughing – but she really thrived off of it."
Rogen, too, was surprised by Streisand's improv savvy. "She really can go with the flow in an
amazing way and she came up with some very funny stuff," he says.
Adds Evan Goldberg: "On the one hand, Barbra is an absolute perfectionist when it comes to character, taking everything through a process. But then when the camera starts rolling, she is simply
dead on. She's got all the right reactions and knows how to land a joke or move you."
For Lorne Michaels, the rapport between Rogen and Streisand was enhanced by Fletcher's willingness to let it evolve organically in the moment. "Anne knows a lot about performance and that's
where her energy goes," he observes. "Barbra and Seth are completely different in their approaches
but Anne managed to get out of both their ways and yet always be there for them. She knows what
she wants and is unwavering but also patient. She created an environment where they were safe to
explore the comedy and the level of emotion that is in this picture."
Streisand continually surprised Fletcher, even in her demeanor when the cameras weren't rolling.
"She's such an icon that you start to think she might be a certain way, but she was beyond down to
earth, and so much fun to be with," the director comments. "She connected with everyone in the
cast and crew and was always genuine."
One of Streisand's most challenging scenes comes when Joyce suddenly steps into the spotlight
with an attempt to chow down a 50-ounce steak at a Texas steakhouse – plus side dishes --in an
hour's time in order to get a free meal. Fletcher says Streisand attacked this gastronomic adventure
with gusto.
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"Barbra is a true foodie. She loves food with a passion," the director notes, "and she had so much
fun with this scene. We used a lot of different things to stand in for the steak so she wouldn't get too
sick of it. We had a skirt steak, then we had grilled watermelon and ahi tuna. But throughout, she
just went for it. She was so committed and I think that moment brings out the classic, physical side
of her comedy in a beautiful way."
Laughs Streisand, "I usually go more towards pasta, vegetables, fish, things like that. As a matter a
fact, I had thought 'I can't do this scene' at first. I thought, 'How am I going to eat this much steak?'
But they were very clever in disguising other things, and in the end, it was worth it. With me, there's
the filmmaker part and the actress part. The actress didn't really want to eat the steak, but the part of
me that's a filmmaker knows that this was the best scene for this movie, so those two sides argue . . .
and then the filmmaker wins."
Another favorite scene for Streisand comes when Joyce learns of her son's ulterior motives and, distraught, heads off for some drinks in the hotel bar. "I've never played drunk before," notes Streisand, "and I've never really been drunk, so it was a lot of fun or me to play that scene."
But most of all, Streisand enjoyed playing Joyce because she's so reflective of the funny, poignant
ways we all struggle to be seen for who we are with our family members. "Sometimes you resent
the people you love and need the most," Streisand concludes. "Love is so fascinating in all its
forms. And I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this."
As the journey of The Guilt Trip is set into motion, Andy and Joyce Brewster find themselves meeting friends, strangers and blasts from the past who will change the course of their trip. This roster of
colorful characters gave the filmmakers a chance to bring together a talented supporting cast who
add their own touches to Rogen and Streisand's journey. Sums up Anne Fletcher: "This is really
Seth and Barbra's film, but for the smaller parts, we were very lucky to get really amazing actors
who each came in and added something special to their moments."
These include Kathy Najimy, who came to the fore in hit comedy Sister Act and has since been seen
in a wide variety and film and television roles. In The Guilt Trip, she plays Gail, leader of Joyce's
"weight loss club" and of a trio of chatty friends that includes English actress Miriam Margolyes
(Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows) and Rose Abdoo, who was also seen in The 40 Year-Old
Virgin. "They were very funny and wonderful improvisers," says Streisand of Joyce's New Jersey
crew.
Also taking key roles are Yvonne Strahovski and Colin Hanks, both recently seen in "Dexter," who
play Andy's long lost high school love, Jessica, and the all-too-ideal husband, she now has at her
side Nick. When the Brewster's car breaks down in Nashville, Tennessee, the couple turns out to be
Andy and Joyce's only chance at rescue – and give both an eye-opening insight into the myths surrounding Andy's unresolved romantic history.
"They are only in a couple of scenes, but the casting works so nicely," says Dan Fogelman. "As
Nick, Colin would be a completely non-threatening person but under the circumstances he's wildly
threatening and overwhelming to Andy in a strange way. And as Jessica, Yvonne is so lovely and
sweet that you get why he's been so hung up on her."
Colin Hanks was thrilled to have the chance to work opposite Rogen and Streisand, even in such an
awkward scenario. "We decided to play Jessica and Nick as so kind of perfect that they're annoying," he explains. "But you also see that they're genuinely happy together. I think it creates a really
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touching moment between Seth and Barbra, because Joyce finally sees the reality of her son's situation with Jessica, and she finds a great deal of empathy for him."
Adds Strahovski: "I think Joyce hasn't quite let go of the memory of Jessica and Andy being together. So the scene becomes a kind of pivotal moment between them. For me, it was so much fun to
watch Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand playing mother-and-son. Their dynamic was so real."
Seth Rogen agrees that their scene is a turning point for Andy and Joyce. "Joyce has been kind of
nagging him about this relationships and I think she sees that it all went down differently than she
thought and that her son is a lot more wounded by it than she realized," he observes. "I think it's a
moment when she appreciates that her pushing him on the subject has real emotional repercussions
for him. I think a lot of people have that kind of moment with their mother."
Another transformative role is that of Ben Graw, the dashing cowboy who roots for Joyce in her
steak-eating quest, then charms her almost to the point of breaking her ironclad resistance. Taking
the part is Brett Cullen, most recently seen in in The Dark Knight Rises, who won Fletcher over after a concerted search for just the right kind of rugged allure. "It was a tricky role to cast, because
he had to be someone not only charming and manly but able to sweep even Joyce off her feet. As
soon as I saw Brett, I thought 'He's the guy.' Then I had him meet Barbra and when I saw the two of
them together, I knew we were done. They were a perfect pair together."
Adds Seth Rogen: "The ironic thing is that the role could have been played by James Brolin [Streisand's real-life husband], but that would have been too weird, so Brett Cullen came in and he was
really, really good and amazingly authentic. I think he actually comes from an oil tycoon family. He
was really natural and he didn't come across at all as a kind of Yosemite Sam character, which was
my fear."
Rounding out the main cast are Adam Scott of "Parks and Recreation" and Ari Graynor (The Sitter,
"Fringe") as the son and daughter of Joyce's long lost love Andrew Margolis, who complete Andy
and Joyce's journey with an unexpected twist.
With the cast set, shooting began in Los Angeles – and despite The Guilt Trip's 3,000-mile journey,
the main production never left Southern California. Instead, Anne Fletcher and a team that included
veteran cinematographer Oliver Stapleton and production designer Nelson Coates largely recreated
the wide-open American road in one city.
"It was challenging, but we had such a great team," says Fletcher. "Nelson Coates found amazing
locations in Los Angeles that could look and feel just like other parts of the country. Then our great
director of photography, Oliver Stapleton, and the first A.D., Joe Camp, headed out a real road trip
to get additional footage. I like real locations but movie magic can also be very, very fun."
Since a good portion of the film takes place in the car, a lot of work was done on a process stage,
where the focus was entirely on Rogen and Streisand, with the knowledge that backdrops of the
USA, from Alabama to the Grand Canyon, would be added later.
This worked so well in part because Fletcher was interested less in highlighting what Joyce and
Andy see out the window and more in what they see in each other after all the mashugana situations
they find themselves in. All the elements of the film, from the design to the costumes to the music,
centered on that.
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Lorne Michaels notes that the film's road trip – while as funny and full of surprise curves as road
trips traditionally are– also becomes a kind of rite of passage. "The great thing about road trip movies is that as an audience, you really feel you are getting somewhere. You're in the car with these
characters, and we all know what that is like: it's about the music, it's about conversation, it's about
looking out the window. But it also always about moving forward and so that metaphor hangs over
the story of Andy and Joyce in a powerful way."
Executive producer Mary McLaglen, who also worked with Fletcher on The Proposal, says:
"Anne's filmmaking is all about performance and getting inside the character's minds. She's great
with actors and she creates a very fun set for everyone."
John Goldwyn adds: "Anne created an environment that was natural and relaxed and was great for
Barbra and Seth to really build their relationship. We had such a great team, and I also think Lorne's
understanding of talent and ability to quickly zero in on solutions was very valuable throughout this
movie."
The set of The Guilt Trip was not only fun, it also inspired more than a few calls home as cast and
crew couldn't help but keep in mind their own mothers. Producer Evan Goldberg even headed out
on his own 5-day trip with his mom at the end of production.
Barbra Streisand hopes that audiences will experience a similar impact. Concludes Streisand: "I
think it would be good if sons and mothers go to see The Guilt Trip together, you know? And maybe they will feel closer at the end."
ABOUT THE CAST
SETH ROGEN (Andy Brewster) has emerged as a prominent figure in a new generation of multihyphenates, a person who is an actor, writer, producer and a director who has the ability to generate
their own materials. Rogen recently completed production on The End Of The World which will
mark his co-directorial feature film debut (with fellow co-writer Evan Goldberg). The comedy follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los
Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart
the friendships inside. Eventually they are forced to leave the house, facing their fate and the true
meaning of friendship and redemption. Rogen will produce the film through his Point Grey Pictures
production company banner which he runs with lifelong friend and writing partner, Evan Goldberg.
Rogen recently starred in and executive produced the dramatic comedy 50/50, inspired by the real
life experiences of his best friend, Will Reiser, who also wrote the screenplay. With an all-star cast
including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston, this
heart-warming film has gone on to win over the hearts of audiences and critics alike and was nominated for several Indie Spirit Awards. The film's screenplay has also received adulation as it recently earned a National Board of Review award for "Best Original Screenplay."
Nominated for an Emmy Award in 2005 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy
for Da Ali G Show, Rogen began his career doing standup comedy in Vancouver, Canada at the age
of 13. After moving to Los Angeles, Rogen landed supporting roles in Judd Apatow's two critically
acclaimed network television comedies, Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, the latter of which Rogen was also hired as a staff writer at the age of 18. Shortly after, Rogen was guided by Apatow toward a film career, first with the box office smash hit, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which opened No. 1
at the box office and remained at the top perch for two weekends in a row. The film went on to
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gross more than $175 million worldwide and helped put Rogen on the map as a future film star. The
film was named one of the 10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures of the Year by AFI and took home
Best Comedy Movie at the 11 th annual Critics' Choice Awards. Rogen was a co-producer on the
film as well.
Rogen headlined two summer blockbusters in 2007. First, with Knocked Up, co-starring Katherine
Heigl, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann; the Apatow project grossed more than $140 million domestically. Distributed by Universal Pictures, Rogen was also an executive producer. Shortly thereafter,
Rogen starred in Superbad (a semi-autobiographical comedy), that he co-wrote and executive produced with writing partner Evan Goldberg. The film grossed more than $120 million domestically
for Sony Pictures. The duo also found success the following summer in the action-comedy Pineapple Express. Starring opposite James Franco and Danny McBride, the No. 1 box-office hit went on
to make more than $100 million worldwide for Sony Pictures.
Rogen continued to demonstrate his wide-ranging ability as he co-wrote, executive produced and
starred as the main character, Britt Reid, in the comic book- turned action film, The Green Hornet.
Rogen starred opposite the Academy Award®- winning actor Christoph Waltz, who plays villain
"Chudnofsky" for director Michael Gondry. The film grossed over $225 million worldwide and
opened #1 in over 25 territories including the United States.
In addition to his on-screen roles, Rogen has also found great success lending his voice for animated films. In 2011, he starred as the voice of the title character in the comedy, Paul, teaming once
again with Superbad director, Greg Mottola. Written by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, and costarring Jane Lynch, Kristen Wiig and Jason Bateman, Rogen voiced an alien who has escaped outside of Area 51 and encounters two geeks on their way to Comic-Con. Rogen can also be heard in
Kung Fu Panda as Mantis alongside Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. The Academy
Award ®-nominated film earned more than $626 million worldwide. He reprised his role as the sarcastic insect in the film's sequel, Kung Fu Panda 2. Rogen also participated in the 3D animation
phenomenon, Monsters vs. Aliens as the voice of "B.O.B." where he was joined by Paul Rudd,
Rainn Wilson and the Academy Award®-winning actress, Reese Witherspoon. The film was released by DreamWorks Animation and grossed nearly $370 million at the worldwide box office.
Rogen currently resides in Los Angeles.
Director/actress/singer/writer/composer/producer/designer/author/photographer/activist/ philanthropist BARBRA STREISAND (Joyce Brewster) is the only artist ever to receive Oscar®, Tony,
Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody
Awards as well as France's Legion d'Honneur and the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is, in fact, the recipient of 2 Oscars, 5 Emmys, 10 Grammys and 12 Golden
Globes. She is also the first female film director to receive the Kennedy Center Honors.
She won Oscars® for both Best Actress (Funny Girl) and Best Original Song (for her composition
of "Evergreen" which has since become a standard). She also was nominated for Best Actress for
"The Way We Were." The three films she directed received 14 Oscar® nominations.
Barbra Streisand is the only recording artist to have number one albums in five consecutive decades. Her 51 gold albums, 30 platinum and 18 multi-platinum each of which, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, exceeds all other female singers. With the debut at #1 of
her "Love is the Answer" album, her 9th record to reach that top spot, the time-span between her
first and most recent Number One albums, exceeding that of any other performer, is now 46 years.
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Her 2011 album, "What Matters Most," was her 31 st to reach the Top Ten in the ratings charts,
with which she passed The Beatles to become the third highest achiever in that significant statistic,
exceeded only by the Rolling Stones and Frank Sinatra. Her most recent album, "Release Me," also
achieved top ten sales status, her sixth straight to do so, and her 32 nd such chartings now places her
only one behind Frank Sinatra's total. She is the only female among the top ten album-selling recording artists.
Her activism and philanthropic pursuits are just as impressive . The Streisand Foundation has given
millions of dollars in more than 2100 grants to over 700 non-profit organizations including her substantial underwriting of the Barbra Streisand Women's Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Powered by her raising over $22 million, $10 million of which being her personal donation, the
cardiovascular research and education program addresses the leading cause of death among women
in the United States. The legendary artist also has raised many millions more for a variety of causes
through her performances.
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
ANNE FLETCHER (Director) has proven herself a master at a comedy, adept with comedic timing and high energy performers.She was one of the film industry's most sought after choreographers
when she was tapped to direct 2006's Step Up. Since then, her films have grossed over $900 million
worldwide, establishing Fletcher as one of the most in-demand directors working today. Fletcher is
next set to direct The Flight Before Christmas for Shawn Levy's 21 Laps banner.
In June 2009, Touchstone released Fletcher's most recent directorial effort, The Proposal, in 2009.
The film stars Sandra Bullock as a powerful Canadian executive working in New York City who
forces her timid assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, to marry her to avoid deportation.
After directing the first Step Up, Fletcher served as executive producer on both Step Up 2 and Step
Up 3-D. In January 2008, Fletcher released 27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl, Ed Burns and
James Marsden. She also served as associate producer on The Wedding Planner directed by Adam
Shankman.
Fletcher recently signed on to direct Most Wanted, which will re-pair Fletcher with actors Sandra
Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and The Proposal screenwriter Peter Chiarelli. She will also direct The
Matadors for Offspring Entertainment; the movie follows two men who take their baseball fanaticism to another level when they form an all-male cheerleading team. Also in development is a new,
untitled project starring Sandra Bullock for Warner Bros. and Offspring Entertainment, with Fletcher directing.
Born in Detroit, Fletcher began dancing at age 12, was teaching at 13, and dancing professionally at
15. She moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue a career in dance after graduating from high school.
She subsequently traveled all over the world, dancing in industrials and appeared on such television
shows as The Tracy Ullman Show, The Smothers Brothers and the mini-series "War and Remembrance."
After making a music video with Dan Aykroydand Tom Hanks for "Dragnet," she began dancing in
film, making her debut in The Mask, which was followed by The Flintstones, the first two features
of many as a dancer and then as assistant choreographer to Adam Shankman.
She choreographed two successful films for Disney, Ice Princess and The Pacifier, and also worked
as choreographer on The 40 Year Old Virgin. She provided choreography for Along Came Polly,
and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Her work can also be seen The Longest Yard, Down With
Love, Boogie Nights, and Bring It On. Among her television credits are Six Feet Under, Judging
Amy, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
DAN FOGELMAN'S (Writer/Executive Producer) first feature film was Pixar's Cars, directed
by Pixar co-founder John Lasseter. Fogelman continued his work for Pixar and Disney writing Bolt
(2008) and Tangled (2010). His live action films include Fred Claus (2007) and Crazy, Stupid Love
(2011) starring Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. His feature Last Vegas goes into production September, 2012 for CBS Films and Mandate starring Robert De Niro,
Michael Douglas, and Morgan Freeman with Jon Turteltaub directing.
Fogelman created and executive produces the new comedy television series The Neighbors on
ABC, sarring Jami Gertz. Previously in television, he created and executive produced the half-hour
series Like Family (WB). His pilots since include Lipshitz Saves The World (NBC) starring Leslie
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Nielsen and Ty Burrell as well as The 12 th Man (Fox). Fogelman started in Hollywood working for
The Howie Mandel Show, The Man Show, and The TV Guide Channel, where he wrote 60-second
celebrity bios.
A native of New Jersey, Fogelman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in
English, which included a year of study at Oxford University.
LORNE MICHAELS (Producer) is an Emmy-Award winning producer and writer, best known as
the creator and executive producer of Saturday Night Live. SNL is the longest running, most Emmynominated, and highest-rated weekly late night television program in history, currently in its 38 th
season. Michaels is also executive producer of the Emmy nominated Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,
the Golden Globe and Emmy winning 30 Rock, NBC's comedy Up All Night, and IFC's Peabody
Award-winning Portlandia.
Michaels' previous television credits include: The Kids in the Hall, Night Music, Late Night with
Conan O'Brien, as well as specials with Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, The Rutles, Flip
Wilson, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Randy Newman, Neil Young and Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park. On Broadway, he produced and directed Gilda Radner Live from New York
and produced the subsequent motion picture Gilda Live.
Lorne Michaels' motion picture credits as a producer include Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan
and written by Tina Fey, Baby Mama, starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and MacGruber. Other
films include Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Three Amigos (which he produced and co-wrote
with Steve Martin and Randy Newman).
Michaels began his career in Toronto, where he attended the University of Toronto. He first worked
as a writer and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and starred in the comedy series The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour. In 1968, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a writer for
NBC's Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. He left for New York in 1975 to begin SNL. In 1979,
Michaels founded his production company, Broadway Video.
Michaels has personally won 13 Emmys as a writer and producer of television. He was inducted
into the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1999, and in 2004 he received
the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In Canada, he was awarded the Governor General's
Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2006, and had previously been inducted into the Order
of Canada in 2002. In 2008, he was named one of Time Magazine's "Time 100" – a list of the most
influential people in the world.
JOHN GOLDWYN (Producer), grandson of the legendary Hollywood producer Samuel
Goldwyn, began his motion picture career at The Ladd Company in 1981. During his tenure there,
Goldwyn developed the hugely successful Police Academy franchise, the second installment of
which he executive-produced in 1985.
In the fall of 1985, Goldwyn joined Alan Ladd Jr. at MGM/United Artists and oversaw such hits as
Running Scared (1986), Moonstruck (1987) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). In 1988, Goldwyn
became executive vice president of worldwide production and was responsible for all aspects of
production and development for the studio.
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In 1990, Goldwyn left MGM/United Artists to join Paramount Pictures and was promoted to president of the Paramount Motion Picture Group one year later. In 2002, chairwoman Sherry Lansing
elevated Goldwyn to vice chairman of the Paramount Motion Picture Group.
While Goldwyn was a senior executive at the studio, Paramount Pictures took home three Best Picture Oscars ® for Forrest Gump, Braveheart and Titanic. Other notable films released under his
aegis include Indecent Proposal ; Wayne's World and its sequel, Wayne's World2 ; The Firm ; The
Truman Show ; The First Wives Club ; Mission: Impossible and its sequel, Mission: Impossible II ;
Tom Clancy's Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and TheSum of All Fears ; What Women
Want ; Saving Private Ryan ; Deep Impact ; Mean Girls ;and many others.
In 2004, Goldwyn became an independent producer at the studio. He produces the award-winning
Showtime hit series Dexter,starring Michael C. Hall. He also produced the critically acclaimed I'm
Not There with Christine Vachon. This biography of Bob Dylan, written and directed by Todd
Haynes, stars Richard Gere, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale. For her outstanding
work portraying one of the many sides of Dylan, Cate Blanchett was nominated for an Academy
Award ®.
In 2005, Goldwyn teamed with Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels to form
Michaels/Goldwyn Productions at Paramount. Their first collaboration, Hot Rod, starring Andy
Samberg and directed by Akiva Schaffer, was released in August 2007. In 2008, they released the
comedy Baby Mama, starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. MacGruber, starring Will Forte, Kristen
Wiig, and Val Kilmer was released in 2010 by Universal Pictures.
Goldwyn is currently producing The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty with Red Hour Films (Ben Stiller
& Stuart Cornfeld) for 20th Century Fox. The film is directed by Ben Stiller and stars Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Shirley MacLaine, Patton Oswalt, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn. The film
will be released at Christmas 2013.
EVAN GOLDBERG (Producer) and Seth Rogen grew up together in Vancouver and wrote their
first screenplay, Superbad, at the tender age of 15. The film, which the pair also executive produced, was released in the summer of 2007 and opened to overwhelming critical praise and commercial success.
The dynamic duo followed up the success of Superbad with the action-comedy Pineapple Express,
which they also wrote and executive produced. The film starred Seth Rogen and James Franco and
was directed by David Gordon Green.
Goldberg and Rogen also executive produced the smash hit Knocked Up. Written and directed by
Judd Apatow with stars Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd, Knocked Uptallied
more than $148 million in domestic box-office receipts. Most recently, Goldberg produced 50/50
(starring Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, directed by Jonathan Levine) and executive produced
The Green Hornet (an action film directed by Michel Gondry) and Judd Apatow's Funny People.
For the small screen, Goldberg and Rogen penned an episode of "The Simpsons" that aired in 2009,
"Homer the Whopper."
Goldberg began his career as a writer on Sacha Baron Cohen's cult favorite "Da Ali G Show,"
which aired on HBO. The series spun off the hit comedy feature Borat and Cohen's follow-up, Bruno.
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DAVID ELLISON (Executive Producer) formed Skydance Productions to create and produce
elevated event-level commercial entertainment. The company focuses on tent-pole action, adventure, science fiction and fantasy films along with modestly budgeted comedy and genre films. Skydance strives to be filmmaker friendly in a town where it is increasingly difficult to get films made.
In 2010, Skydance entered into a four-year production, distribution and finance deal with Paramount Pictures. The first film to be released under the deal was True Grit, Joel and Ethan Coen's
take on the Charles Portis novel. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards®, including
Best Picture and earned $250 million worldwide.
Skydance produced the Paramount feature Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, produced by J.J.
Abrams and directed by Brad Bird. The film was released on December 16, 2011, and made over
$460 million worldwide. Skydance is also producing G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, starring Bruce Willis,
Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson, set for release on March 29 th, 2013. Other films to be produced by Skydance include the untitled Jack Ryan project, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring
Chris Pine and produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld. The company will also be
co-producing Without Remorse, written by Shawn Ryan.
Additional films in the works include the Christopher McQuarrie film Jack Reacher, with Tom
Cruise, set for release on December 21, 2012, the Untitled Star Trek Sequel, starring Zoe Saldana,
Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine, set for release on May 17, 2013 and the Marc Forster thriller World
War Z, starring Brad Pitt, which is set for release on June 21, 2013. Currently in development is The
Hitman's Bodyguard, written by Tom O'Connor.
Ever the film enthusiast, Ellison grew up in Northern California and attended the University of
Southern California's prestigious School of Cinematic Arts. While in school, Ellison produced and
starred in the World War I drama Flyboys, which combined his love of film and aviation. He is an
accomplished pilot with over 2000 flying hours, a commercial multi-engine instrument rating and a
helicopter rating. In 2003, at 20 years old, Ellison was the youngest airshow pilot performer at the
Experimental Aircraft Association's Airventure Show in Oshkosh, WI, where he was one of six pilots performing as the "Stars of Tomorrow." Ellison is actively involved with Conservation International, where he is a member of the Board of Directors and sits on several committees.
DANA GOLDBERG (Executive Producer) joined Skydance Productions in 2010 as president of
production. She was formerly president of production at Village Roadshow Pictures, where she was
involved with the company's entire slate of films including the Ocean's Eleven franchise, the Matrix
trilogy, Training Day, Get Smart and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She also served as executive producer on many of the company's films, including I Am Legend, The Brave One and the
Academy Award©-winning animated feature Happy Feet. Prior to joining Village Roadshow in
1998, Goldberg spent three years with Barry Levinson and Paula Weinstein at Baltimore/Spring
Creek Pictures where she was vice president of production. She began her career in entertainment as
an assistant at Hollywood Pictures. Goldberg has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences since 2007.
Goldberg produced through Skydance, the Christopher McQuarrie film Jack Reacher, with Tom
Cruise, set for release on December 21, 2012 and G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, starring Bruce Willis,
Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson, set for release on March 29th, 2013.
Additional films Goldberg is set to executive produce through Skydance include the untitled Jack
Ryan project, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Chris Pine and produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld, the Untitled Star Trek Sequel, starring Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine,
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set for release on May 17, 2013, and the Marc Forster thriller World War Z, starring Brad Pitt,
which is set for release on June 21, 2013.
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