Daltry Calhoun (2005) - Turner Classic Movies

Daltry Calhoun


1h 40m 2005

Brief Synopsis

Daltry Calhoun is the local hero of Ducktown, USA (which happens to be in Tennessee). The likeable entrepreneur at the head of his self-made company has put the tiny town on the map by producing locally grown grass--the legal kind--that now blankets some of the country's best golf courses. His goo

Film Details

Also Known As
Secret Life of Daltry Calhoun, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Dewitt Stern; Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Look! Effects, Inc.; MIRAMAX; Nina Saxon Film Design; Tomkats Movie Catering, Llc; Viv Kim Negative Cutting Service Ltd; Widget Post Production
Distribution Company
MIRAMAX; MIRAMAX; Miramax Home Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Synopsis

Daltry Calhoun is the local hero of Ducktown, USA (which happens to be in Tennessee). The likeable entrepreneur at the head of his self-made company has put the tiny town on the map by producing locally grown grass--the legal kind--that now blankets some of the country's best golf courses. His goodhearted television spots have even become a part of Southern pop culture. But being in the spotlight sometimes comes with a price tag and, like it or not, Daltry is about to take a tumble from his pedestal. It seems that Daltry's not-so-heroic past--in the form of abandoned ex-girlfriend May and her musically gifted teenage daughter June--has now shown up on his doorstep. Terminally ill May is determined that June--a talented-beyond-her-years musician who can't read a note but who plays beautifully by ear--get into Julliard and she's equally determined that June's father, Daltry, look after their daughter in the coming years. June, however, is unaware of both her mother's condition and her filial relationship with Daltry, whom she recognizes from his hokey TV commercials; she's just glad to be going on a journey. While Daltry is glad--sort of--at the arrival of mother and daughter, the timing of it all couldn't be worse. Daltry's sod business is quickly going to seed and, unbeknownst to the worshipping town, he and his advisors have started liquidating his assets to stay afloat. Faced with the sudden prospect of having to be a father while watching his business slowly go under is almost more than Daltry can handle, despite the repeated offers of help from the extremely smitten local shopkeeper Flora. But Daltry is determined to face up to his past mistakes and make good in the eyes of Ducktown's citizens and his own family--it takes more than tired sod and the sobering prospect of instant fatherhood to keep a (reformed) good man down.

Crew

Jasmine Alhambra

Assistant Director

Brian Allan

Titles

Mark Allan

Titles

Don Anderson

Driver

Kyle Andrezski

Assistant Director

Paul Anka

Song

Travis Archer

Set Production Assistant

Brenda Arson

Production Coordinator

Brenda Arson

Product Placement

Adam Avitabile

Compositing Supervisor

Larry Barber

Driver

Marilyn Barclay

Trainer

Marilyn Barclay

Instructor

Danielle Renfrew Behrens

Producer

Stephanie Beman

Craft Service

Khris Bennett

Grip

Tim Bess

Best Boy Electric

Derek Bird

Digital Effects Artist

Jane Birkin

Song

Jane Birkin

Song Performer

Cynthia Blaise

Dialect Coach

Ashley Brakebill

Costumer

Katrina Holden Bronson

Screenplay

Tamera Brooks

Unit Production Manager

Anastasia Brown

Song

Timothy Brown

Electrician

Kevin P Browne

Digital Effects Artist

Ed Buckner

Driver

Janice Byrd

Hair Assistant

William Campbell

Song

Robert Carillon

Electrician

Megan Carson

Assistant Editor

Colleen Casey

Assistant Director

Johnny Cash

Song Performer

Dorian Cheah

Sound Effects Editor

Allison Cook

Location Manager

Tony Corapi

Gaffer

Darian Corley

Property Master

Armanda Costanza

Camera Operator

Robyn Daniel

Wardrobe Assistant

Skeeter Davis

Song Performer

Tracy Davis

Hair Assistant

Sylvia Dee

Song

James Denham

Office Production Assistant

Denise Dillon

Office Production Assistant

Patrick Dillon

Set Production Assistant

Jed M Dodge

Adr Supervisor

Jed M Dodge

Adr/Dialogue Editor

Jo Doster

Casting

Lori Dovi

Sound Mixer

Ron Dragosh

Grip

Mynka Draper

Costume Designer

Courtney Drewes

Loader

Mark Driscoll

Visual Effects Producer

Chris Dyer

Set Production Assistant

Melissa Elliott

Titles

Lynn Emblem

Production Coordinator

Henrik Fett

Visual Effects Supervisor

David Flynn

Producer

Jenny Foster

Visual Effects

Alan Freedman

Adr Mixer

Lindsay Froemke

Music Supervisor

Serge Gainsbourg

Song

Serge Gainsbourg

Song Performer

Tracey Gallacher

Production Designer

Adair Gary

Hair Assistant

Bob Gaudio

Song

Crystal Gayle

Song Performer

Amber Geary

Hair Assistant

Don Gibson

Song

Robin Gibson

Electrician

Travis Gillespie

Electrician

Graham Gouldman

Song

Stephane Grapelli

Song

Frank Gray

Props Assistant

Jessica Gregory

Hair Assistant

Dave Gullberg

Sound Department

Dave Gullberg

Boom Operator

Ed Harcourt

Song

Ed Harcourt

Song Performer

Brandon Hardy

Set Production Assistant

James Harper

Swing Gang

Lynn Glaser Harr

Production Coordinator

Lee Hazlewood

Song

Lee Hazlewood

Song Performer

Leslie Heins

Art Department

Scott Herrick

Production Accountant

Jami Hight

Makeup Assistant

Dave Hodgin

Transportation Coordinator

Kelly Hogan

Song Performer

Kelly Hogan

Song

Jesse Homan

Best Boy Grip

Andy Hopkins

Song

Frederick Howard

Supervising Sound Editor

J K Hunter

Makeup Assistant

Aubrey Husar

Key Grip

Matthew Irving

Director Of Photography

Mike Jacobsen

Craft Service

Sheila Jaffe

Casting Director

Mikal Kartvedt

Stunt Coordinator

Rhonda Keaton

Costume Supervisor

Arthur Kent

Song

Christina Kim

Costumer

Todd King

Coproducer

Lisa Kramer

Art Department Coordinator

Lisa Kramer

Product Placement

Andy Kugler

Set Production Assistant

Andy Kugler

Set Production Assistant

Drew Langer

Production Assistant

Chantelle Langston

Makeup Assistant

Jim Lauderdale

Song

Nicholas Lee

Assistant Director

Richard Leigh

Song

Josh Leo

Song

Mark Levine

Coordinator

Meaghan Librizzi

Set Production Assistant

Barbara Long

Accounting Assistant

Sydney Lunn

On-Set Dresser

Josh Malloy

Electrician

Buford Manley

Electrician

Alan Markfield

Photography

Jared Marshack

Recording Engineer

Diane Marshall

Foley Artist

Cody P Martin

Set Production Assistant

K Lynn Martin

Script Supervisor

Thomas Mcaleese

Song

Jackie Mcardle

Scenic Artist

Chris Mcdade

Driver

Kimberly Mcree

Hair Assistant

Buck Melton

Song Performer

Jay Miller

Dialect Coach

Wil Miller

Accounting Assistant

Pat Millius

Scenic Artist

Johnny Monceaux

Visual Effects

Ronald Moore

Security

Meg Morman

Casting Director

Andrew Mumma

Grip

Brian Murie

Assistant Camera

Sondra Nottingham

Makeup

Nora O' Connor

Song Performer

John Joseph O'neill

Song

Daniel R Padgett

Editor

Judy Parker

Song

Kelsey Patterson

Office Production Assistant

Nichole Paxtot

Set Production Assistant

Kim Rosen Perrett

Costumer

Dana Peters

Props

Kurt Peterson

Boom Operator

Adele Plauche

Set Designer

David Poag

Set Production Assistant

Matthew Polman

Grip

Michelle Van Der Pool

Hair

Harold Quillen

Transportation Captain

John Rabasca

Swing Gang

Irwin Rappaport

Legal Counsel

Susan Rasbury-d'apolito

Art Department

Django Reinhardt

Song

Marty Robbins

Song Performer

Ken Robinson

Driver

Steve Robinson

Driver

Melissa Rohrer

Music Supervisor

Peter Root

Set Production Assistant

Kelly Ross

Set Decorator

Brian Runnels

Recording Engineer

Nancy Rust

Art Department

Gabriel Sanchez

Digital Effects Artist

P.a. Quenard Sanders

Art Department

Julie Sands

Production Assistant

Steve Sands

Security

Jason Schmid

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jason Schmid

Foley Artist

Jonathan Sims

Swing Gang

Brian Slack

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kurt Smith

Color Timer

Tefft Smith

Digital Effects Artist

Sammye Sowell

Location Manager

Clay Sparks

Visual Effects Editor

Dewitt Stern

Production Insurance

Eric Stewart

Song

Liz Storandt

Assistant Camera

Kelly Sullivan

Set Production Assistant

Lucy Sustar

Foley Mixer

John Swihart

Song

John Swihart

Music Composer

Quentin Tarantino

Executive Producer

Greg Tresan

Animal Trainer

Blue Mother Tupelo

Song Performer

Dennis Twitty

Adr/Dialogue Editor

John Urman

Set Production Assistant

Tom Waits

Song

Davis C. Watson

Assistant

Jim Wells

Camera

Kim Wilde

Song Performer

Marty Wilde

Song

Ricky Wilde

Song

Holly Williams

Song Performer

Leigh Ann Yandle-perry

Makeup Assistant

Dalton Cole Young

Art Assistant

Film Details

Also Known As
Secret Life of Daltry Calhoun, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Dewitt Stern; Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Look! Effects, Inc.; MIRAMAX; Nina Saxon Film Design; Tomkats Movie Catering, Llc; Viv Kim Negative Cutting Service Ltd; Widget Post Production
Distribution Company
MIRAMAX; MIRAMAX; Miramax Home Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Limited Release in United States September 23, 2005

Released in United States Fall September 23, 2005

Released in United States November 4, 2005

Released in United States on Video February 7, 2006

Catch 23 was previously attached to produce and Sean Penn was previously attached to star.

Courteney Cox was previously attached to star.

Feature directorial debut for Katrina Holden Bronson.

Released in United States on Video February 7, 2006

Limited Release in United States September 23, 2005

Released in United States Fall September 23, 2005

Released in United States November 4, 2005 (New York City)