Junior

Director: Ivan Reitman, Sheldon Kahn, Neal Nordlinger, Gordon Webb

Overview

"Ultimate manly man Arnold Schwarzenegger learns what it's like to be an expectant mother in director Ivan Reitman's high-concept comedy. Schwarzenegger plays Dr. Hess, a medical researcher working on a revolutionary drug to help mothers carry endangered

Customer Reviews

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2005
UPC:	0025192033827
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Universal Studios
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	36,226

Special Features

Production notes; Cast & filmmakers' bios; Film highlights; Theatrical trailer; Web links

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arnold Schwarzenegger	Dr. Alexander Hesse
Danny DeVito	Dr. Larry Arbogast
Emma Thompson	Dr. Diana Reddin
Frank Langella	Noah Banes
Pamela Reed	Angela
Judy Collins	Naomi
James Eckhouse	Dr. Ned Sneller
Aida Turturro	Louise
Welker White	Jenny
Megan Cavanagh	Willow
Merle Kennedy	Samantha
Mindy Seeger	Alice
Christopher Meloni	Mr. Lanzarotta
Antoinette Peragine	Mrs. Lanzarotta
Cassandra Wilson	Singer
Ellen McLaughlin	Chairwoman (FDA)
Stefan Gierasch	Edward Sawyer
Alexander Enberg	Arthur
Judy Ovitz	Stewardess
Kevin West	Lyndon Executive
Ira Newborn	Lyndon Executive
Misa Koprova	Lyndon Receptionist
Jodi Knotts	Waiting Room Woman
Michelle Abrams	Waiting Room Woman,Waiting Room Woman
John Pinette	Clerk
Fred Stoller	Waiter
Kathleen Chalfant	Casitas Madres Receptionist
Anna Gunn	Casitas Madres Receptionist
Lisa Summerour	Casitas Madres Exercise Attendant
Kristina Hardee	Casitas Madres Exercise Attendant
Leah Teweles	Mrs. Logan
Maggie Han	Lab Assistant
Charmaine Alicia Mancil	Scanner Guard
Lawrence Tierney	Mover
Matt Mulhern	Mover
Chris Pray	Reporter
John Yang	Reporter
Sara Peery	Reporter
Jan Yanehiro	Reporter
Dennis O'Donnell	Reporter
Beth Campbell Fitzgerald	Reporter
Lawrence T. Wrentz	Campus Security Guard
Brianna McConnell	`Junior',`Junior'
Ryan Doss	`Jake',`Jake'
Christian Giammichele	Library Baby,Library Baby
Monika Schnarre	Angelic Nurse
Allen Walls	Banquet Waiter
Kevin Sifuentes	Banquet Valet
Tom Dugan	Lobster Man
Holly Wortell	Lobster Woman
Susan Dills	Campus Gal
Peter Chen	Taxi Driver
Dean Jacobson	Turkel
Mary Gordon Murray	Betty
Julie Vasquez	Ticket Agent
Dayna Winston	Stewardess at Boarding Gate
Leah Emmerich	Mrs. Logan
Maggy Myers Davidson	Campus Gal
Dee Hengstler	Banquet Dancer
Jerald Vincent	Banquet Dancer
Charles McGowan	Banquet Dancer
Peter Elliot	Reporter
Carole Bayer Sager	Composer
James Newton Howard	Composer
James Ingram	Composer
Artie Kane	Composer

Technical Credits

Kevin Wade

Chris Conrad

Kevin Wade	Screenwriter
Alan Berger	Casting
Beverly J. Camhe	Executive Producer,Producer
Michael Chinich	Casting
Joe Medjuck	Executive Producer,Producer
Ivan Reitman	Producer
Neal Nordlinger	Producer
Gordon A. Webb	Producer
Peter Montgomery	Special Effects
Matt Birman	Stunts
Christopher Assells	Sound Effects
Raul A. Bruce	Sound Effects
Rickley W. Dumm	Sound Effects
Patrick J. Foley	Sound Effects
Scott Martin Gershin	Sound Effects
Daniel Goldberg	Producer,Executive Producer
Sheldon Kahn	Producer
Chris Conrad	Producer,Screenwriter
David Blitstein	Special Effects
Steve Maslow	Sound/Sound Designer
Gene Cantamessa	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Chapter List
0. Chapter List
1. Main titles [4:47]
2. The FDA hearing [3:53]
3. Project halted [1:11]
4. The dairy section [2:58]
5. Radical ideas [3:17]
6. Stealing the egg [3:19]
7. The procedure [3:59]
8. I'm pregnant! [:29]
9. I'm not myself [6:02]
10. The dance [4:33]
11. Banes butts in [2:41]
12. In the restaurant [3:01]
13. The other mother [3:43]
14. Alexandra [7:02]
15. Diana arrives [7:07]
16. The ambush [4:08]
17. That's your baby [5:07]
18. One year later [4:29]

Menu

Main
Menu Group #1 with 19 chapter(s) covering 01:49:52
Bonus Materials
Featurette
Production notes
Cast and filmmakers
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Danny De Vito
Emma Thompson
Frank Langella
Pamela Reed
Ivan Reitman
Theatrical trailer
Universal web link
Language Selection
Spoken languages
Captions and subtitles
Play

Editorial Reviews

High-concept films are defined by the ability to boil the plot down to a single sentence. Junior can be pitched in three words -- Arnold Schwarzeneggar pregnant. Once that set-up was agreed to, it is fairly obvious that very little work went into the actual script. Arnie's glowing with expectancy and the woefully underappreciated Pamela Reed as his pregnant friend bring forth the only real laughs in the film. The sequence of the two of them bingeing on junk food while trading stories is easily the best scene in the film. Emma Thompson tries her hardest, but she is undone by the glaring fact that she has been given no real character to play. Instead of mining the pregnancy angle for emotional truth as well as laughs, the film settles on a tired comedic thriller plot. Once the stunt casting wears off, it is apparent that Schwarzeneggar, DeVito, and director Ivan Reitman are on autopilot throughout Junior.

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