As Good as It Gets
A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat. Brace yourself for Melvin.
139 mins
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Jaffe Cohen
Partygoer
Laurie Kilpatrick
Partygoer
Stan Bly
Cafe 24 Customer
Justin Herwick
Street Hustler
John F. O'Donohue
Detective Ray
Dr. David A. Kipper
Hospital Doctor
Mary Elizabeth Still
Nurse Receptionist
Chloe Brooks
Child at Cafe 24
Cooper Brooks
Child at Cafe 24
Sharon L. Alexander
Female Passerby
Holly Denys
Female Passerby
Alison Rose
Psychiatric Patient
Kirk Ringberg
Food Waiter
Dave Hawthorne
Bartender
Dunya Djordjevic
Art Dealer (uncredited)
Alex Ballar
Flower Store Customer (uncredited)
Jason Thomas Campbell
Valet (uncredited)
Eliza Harris
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Eddie L. Fauria
NYC Transit Cop (uncredited)
Laura Mayes Byrnes
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Oriana Nicole Tavoularis
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Roger Ferreira
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Bronwyn Cornelius
Bartender (uncredited)
Mark Andrus
Screenplay
Phil O'Dell
Stunts
Mark Wade
Property Master
Ray Quiroz
Script Supervisor
Aldric La'Auli Porter
Associate Producer
Bridget Johnson
Producer
Maria Kavanaugh
Associate Producer
John D. Schofield
Co-Producer
William M. Connor
Second Assistant Director
Brana Rosenfeld
Assistant Set Decoration
John 'Jake' Jacobson
Unit Production Manager
Aldric La'Auli Porter
First Assistant Director
John Naehrlich
Leadman
John D. Schofield
Unit Production Manager
Masako Masuda
Assistant Art Director
Ken Fritz
Stunt Coordinator
David Giammarco
Supervising Sound Editor
John H. Maxwell
Set Dresser
John Maskovich
Set Dresser
Bart C. Hubenthal
Set Dresser
Scott G. Jones
Set Dresser
Cindy Marty
Sound Effects Editor
Renée Tondelli
ADR Supervisor
Patrick Drummond
Sound Effects Editor
Nicholas Korda
ADR Editor
Jonathan Klein
Foley Editor
Rudy Pi
Sound Recordist
Kira Edmunds
Assistant Sound Editor
Mark Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeff Wexler
Sound Mixer
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
Don Coufal
Boom Operator
Elaine Ramires
Wardrobe Supervisor
Christopher Flick
Foley Editor
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell
ADR Mixer
Jeff Gomillion
ADR Mixer
Zigmund Gron
Music Editor
Richard Duarte
Foley Mixer
Gary Holland
Cableman
Galen Goodpaster
First Assistant Sound Editor
Bill Ward
Assistant Sound Editor
Matt Colleran
Sound Recordist
Michael M. Krevitt
Key Grip
Gary Deaton
Construction Coordinator
David Burnett
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Ralph Coleman
Location Manager
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Negative Cutter
S. Todd Christensen
Assistant Location Manager
Thomas Wazney
Best Boy Grip
Linda Arnold
Hair Supervisor
William B. Doane
Special Effects Coordinator
Mary Elizabeth Still
Costumer
Dale E. Grahn
Color Timer
James Lapidus
Costumer
Yvonne Yaconelli
Production Office Coordinator
George Merkert
Visual Effects Producer
Martin Charles
Graphic Designer
Michael Connors
Dolly Grip
Clay A. Griffith
Set Decoration
Gena Bleier
Assistant Editor
Karen E. Etcoff
Casting
Susan Perlman
Other
Michael Besman
Thanks
Bruce Fowler
Orchestrator
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Carrie Angland
Makeup Artist
Philip Toolin
Art Direction
Dennis Drummond
Supervising Sound Editor
Greg Addison
Lighting Technician
Mark Andrus
Story
Hilary Schroeder
Assistant Editor
Molly Maginnis
Costume Designer
Bryce Gregory
Stunts
B.J. Davis
Stunts
Lori C. Ingle
Associate Editor
Denise Sirkot
Executive In Charge Of Production
Todd Jacques
Set Dresser
Gary Rizzo
Set Dresser
Rochelle S. Allen
Art Department Assistant
Jeffrey Machala
Assistant Property Master
Rick Tschudin
"B" Camera Operator
Richard Turner
"B" Camera Operator
Paul Plannette
First Assistant "B" Camera
Steve Craft
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Michael Stone
"A" Camera Operator
Donald E. Thorin Jr.
First Assistant "A" Camera
Michael Martinez
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Sarah Thiessen
Assistant Editor
Heather Hughes
Assistant Editor
Tony Solomons
Assistant Editor
Laura Congleton
Assistant Editor
Marisa Morabito
Editorial Production Assistant
Kim Haves
Dialogue Editor
George Campos
Apprentice Sound Editor
Adam Milo Smalley
Music Editor
Lucas Richman
Conductor
Alan Meyerson
Scoring Mixer
Felix Ojeda
Compositor
Megan Omi
Compositor
Guy T. Wiedmann
Visual Effects Editor
Hal Miles
Rotoscoping Artist
Lisa Kahatriya
Rotoscoping Artist
Mark Dornfeld
Imaging Science
Kathryn Eisenstein
Casting Associate
Karen R. Jones
Unit Publicist
Vince del Castillo
Transportation Captain
Richard McLaughlin
Transportation Co-Captain
Shari Hanger
Second Second Assistant Director
Marguerite Rowland
Production Accountant
Giela Fredman
Assistant Accountant
George A. Davis
Production Secretary
Amy Herman
Unit Production Manager
Deirdre Cook
Production Coordinator
James Bartolomeo
Second Assistant Camera
Gábor Kövér
"B" Camera Operator
Jeff Hand
First Assistant "B" Camera
Al Rodgers
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Allen Weisinger
Makeup Artist
Heidi Shulman
Costume Supervisor
Daniel J. Adkins
Costume Supervisor
Greg Addison
Chief Lighting Technician
John Dolan
Key Grip
Trish Adlesic
Assistant Location Manager
Jerome R. Vitucci
Sound Mixer
Kathleen King
Boom Operator
Al Griswold
Special Effects Coordinator
Teresa Carriker-Thayer
Art Direction
Robert Griffon Jr.
Property Master
Jacqueline Jacobson Scarfo
Set Decoration
Philip Canfield
Leadman
Edward O'Donnell
Transportation Captain
Patrick King
Transportation Co-Captain
Karen E. Etcoff
Extras Casting
Demmie Todd
Still Photographer
Mike Revell
Production Accountant
Susanna Horng
Production Secretary
David Yang
Producer's Assistant
Petra Alexandria
Executive Producer's Assistant
Felicia Nalivansky
Executive Producer's Assistant
Diane Krakower
Actor's Assistant
Stacey Berns
Actor's Assistant
Debbie Modrow
Actor's Assistant
Shawn Suttles
Actor's Assistant
Dr. David A. Kipper
Medical Consultant
Scott Meyers
Production Assistant
Kristen Ploucha
Production Assistant
Michael Tubre
Production Assistant
Chad Ahrendt
Production Assistant
Brian Black
Production Assistant
Ted Sroka
Production Assistant
Chad Woelki
Production Assistant
Eric Mention
Production Assistant
Chris Palzis
Production Assistant
Andy Mensing
Production Assistant
Jason Rubenstein
Production Assistant
John Shaw
Production Assistant
Alex Fernandez
Production Assistant