 Show The 2007 movie Dan in Real Life is a heart-warming comedy about Dan Burns (Steve Carell), a widowed father who writes an advice column about parenting and relationship issues, even though he has plenty of his own. When he takes his daughters to the annual family reunion in Rhode Island, he struggles to connect with them in the way he hopes. The movie was filmed almost entirely on location in an 8-bedroom summer house known as Riven Rock in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It was built in 1911 and has been in the same family for generations. Take a look! The “Dan in Real Life” House: Riven Rock in Rhode IslandYou can rent it during the summer. There’s an interesting article in the Providence Journal about the locations used in the movie. According to the paper, the movie crew changed a few things, like adding awnings to the front of the house (the family liked them but moved them to the water side after filming). Director Peter Hedges says, “To me, the house was another character in the film. The minute I walked in, I couldn’t wait to start filming in it.” Even though it was a kind of small, quiet film, there were a lot of big actors in it, like Juliette Binoche as the woman Dan has fallen for, and John Mahoney and Dianne Wiest as his parents (even though Wiest is only about 10 years older than Steve Carell). It looks like they also added a red pegboard and shelving beside the fridge for the movie:Producers recruited some local children to play Dan’s young nieces and nephews.The Dining Room with Stone Fireplace:The dining room has a view of the water from the windows:As the only adult in the house without a partner,Dan has to sleep on a cot in the laundry room:Peter Hedges, who wrote the screenplay with Pierce Gardner, says that the film was really a tribute to his own father who raised him and his siblings alone: “I know he was really lonely. The nights were the hardest for my dad.” Hedges says he wanted the movie to be a “human comedy” that just shows the humor in real life, tempered with pain and sadness. It has nothing to do with the house, but I have to mention that the police officer who pulls Dan overseveral times during the movie was played by Matthew Morrison (aka Mr. Schuester from Glee):The Entry Hall and Staircase:The Family Room:The cast (except for Steve Carell, who was busy filming The Office) spent four days living in the house and rehearing scenes before the cameras arrived, so they could bond and get into a familiar rhythm. They put on a talent show for Carell when he arrived similar to the one shown in the movie.He jokes, “I probably like these people better than my own family now.”
Where is Dan in Real Life shot?The movie was filmed almost entirely on location in an 8-bedroom summer house known as Riven Rock in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It was built in 1911 and has been in the same family for generations. Take a look!
Does Dan in Real Life take place during Thanksgiving?Dan in Real Life isn't technically a "holiday film," as it doesn't appear to take place during a holiday, but there might as well be a Christmas tree perched in the corner and a Thanksgiving turkey carved on the table.
Who is the band at the end of Dan in Real Life?Anyone who saw Steve Carell's romantic comedy “Dan in Real Life” is familiar with Sondre Lerche's music, whether they know it or not. Lerche and his band perform “Modern Nature” in the film's joyous wedding scene.
Is Dan in Real Life true?Although Steve Carell plays the title character, Dan, in Dan in Real Life, the character is actually writer Pierce Gardner, with a few changes. In the film Dan is a widower, but Pierce is very happily married. The main characters in the film are based on Pierce's own family and family get-togethers.
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