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People Like Us

Year:

2012

Duration:

USA:114 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Alex Kurtzman

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2012-06-29

Filming Locations: Claremont, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $16,000,000

Opening Weekend: $4,255,423 (USA) (1 July 2012)

Gross: $12,412,386 (USA) (19 August 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elizabeth Banks

People Like Us

Olivia Wilde

People Like Us

Chris Pine

Sam

Michael Hall D'Addario

Josh

Michelle Pfeiffer

Lillian

Mark Duplass

Ted

Sara Mornell

Dr. Amanda

Philip Baker Hall

Ike Rafferty

Dean Chekvala

Jerry

Barbara Eve Harris

Mrs. Haney

David Burrus

Derek

Joseph Wise

Danny

Devin Brochu

Simon

Gabriela Milla

Lucy

Abhi Sinha

Manager

Jon Favreau

Richards

Rob Brownstein

Sales VP Ben

Christiann Castellanos

Secretary

Darren O'Hare

Telemarketer

Maximilian Osinski

Telemarketer

LeShay N. Tomlinson

Attendant (as Leshay Tomlinson Boyce)

Paul Sanchez

AA Group Leader

Ken Barnett

AA Member

Stephanie Bast

AA Member

Shaughn Buchholz

AA Member

Pippa Hinchley

AA Member

David Kelsey

AA Member

Nick Smoke

AA Member

Amanda Young

AA Member

Scott Weintraub

Teacher

Aaron Farb

Lab Teacher

Sonya Leslie

Nurse

Alexander Leeb

German Guy

Katherine Sigismund

Lillian's Friend (as Katie Sigismund)

Sheila Shaw

Lillian's Friend

Katy Boyer

Lillian's Friend

Peggy Lynn Moore

Waitress

Liza Del Mundo

Receptionist

Michael D. Parr

Sleazy Bar Patron

Omar Vega

Taco Stand Worker

Tara Inden

LAX Flight Attendant

James Hosney

Minister

David Zyler

70's Studio Tech

Moosie Drier

70's Studio Tech

Rif Hutton

70's Studio Tech

Steve Alterman

70's Studio Tech

Liza Richardson

CD Narrator (voice)

David J Law

Park parent

Rita Baumsten

Carol (uncredited)

Robert Lee Bell

Biker (uncredited)

Al Burke

Outrageous Biker (uncredited)

Pamela Cedar

AA Secretary (uncredited)

Cazzey Louis Cereghino

Biker (uncredited)

Julia Farsadi

Factory Worker (uncredited)

Jerald Garner

Businessman (uncredited)

Brian Graham

Biker (uncredited)

Gary Greenberg

Telemarketer (uncredited)

Adan Iracheta

Nightclub Goer (uncredited)

Shon Lange

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Candace McKinney

Club Patron (uncredited)

Bob Jay Mills

Biker 1 (uncredited)

Austin Que

Student (uncredited)

Jaeda Stone

Little Girl (uncredited)

Caroline Jaden Stussi

Nurse (uncredited)

Preston Thompson

Nephew (uncredited)

Antoine Williams

Adult Student (uncredited)

Jon Morgan Woodward

John - AA Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Meryl Streep was considered for a role. Ultimately, Michelle Pfeiffer was cast.

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Alex Kurtzman spent two weeks prior to principal photography rehearsing with the entire cast; a practice rarely done for a Hollywood movie.

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Amy Adams was considered for the lead role but dropped out to spend time with her family.

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Goofs

When Sam and his mom are sitting on the couch, after the operation of Lillian, in the camera shot from the left she rubs her head with her fingers. Then the camera shot turns to the right, in this shot she isn't rubbing her head.

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In the very early stage of the movie Sam enters James room. You can see from the window which Sam sits by that it is night time, but they leave the building it is morning time.

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When the sodium is thrown into the pool it sinks to the bottom before exploding. In reality sodium floats on water and the explosion is caused by sparks igniting the hydrogen that is formed.

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Quotes

Sam: Six Rules: 1. If you like something because you think other people are gonna like it, it's a sure bet no one will. 2. Most doors in the world are closed, so if you find one you want to get into: you damn well better have an interesting knock. 3. Everything you think is important, isn't. And everything you think is unimportant, is. 4. Don't shit where you eat. 5. Lean into it: the outcome doesn't matter. What matters is that you're there for it. 6. Never sleep with someone who has more problems than you do.

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Sam: It means that the outcome doesn't matter. What matters is that you were there for it, whatever IT is, good or bad, kind of like right now.

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Lillian: I hope you never have to know what it's like to love someone and then find out you're not enough. I was trying to protect you from ever feeling that.

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