"Pushing Daisies" (2007)TV series

Creator:

Bryan Fuller
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

life. death. and life again.

Plot:

A man has the power to bring dead people back to life.

Plot Keywords:

Undead | Restaurant | Back From The Dead | Humorous | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Lee Pace	...	Ned (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Field Cate	...	Young Ned (10 episodes, 2007-2008)
Sy Richardson	...	Coroner (7 episodes, 2007)

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Series Directed by
Adam Kane		(2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Allan Kroeker		(2 episodes, 2007)
Barry Sonnenfeld		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Writing credits
Bryan Fuller		(9 episodes, 2007)

Series Produced by
Bruce Cohen	....	executive producer (9 episodes, 2007)
Bryan Fuller	....	executive producer (9 episodes, 2007)
Livia Hanich	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 2007)
Dan Jinks	....	executive producer (9 episodes, 2007)
Barry Sonnenfeld	....	executive producer (9 episodes, 2007)
Rina Mimoun	....	co-executive producer (8 episodes, 2007)
Scott Nimerfro	....	co-producer (8 episodes, 2007)
Peter Ocko	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (8 episodes, 2007)
Brooke Kennedy	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Adam Kane	....	producer (3 episodes, 2007)
Dylan K. Massin	....	producer (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Original Music by
James Dooley		(9 episodes, 2007)

Series Cinematography by
Michael Weaver		(9 episodes, 2007)

Series Film Editing by
Stuart Bass		(5 episodes, 2007)
Lisa Lassek		(2 episodes, 2007)
Scott J. Wallace		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting by
Camille H. Patton		(31 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Production Design by
Michael Wylie		(9 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Direction by
William J. Durrell Jr.		(1 episode, 2007)

Series Set Decoration by
Halina Siwolop		(9 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume Design by
Robert Blackman		(8 episodes, 2007)

Series Makeup Department
Daniel Curet	....	hair stylist / key hair stylist (8 episodes, 2007)
Todd McIntosh	....	key makeup artist / makeup artist (8 episodes, 2007)
David DeLeon	....	makeup artist / key makeup artist (7 episodes, 2007)
Stephen Bettles	....	prosthetic makeup artist / special makeup effects artist (6 episodes, 2007)
Yuko Tokunaga	....	key hair stylist / hair stylist (6 episodes, 2007)
Sara De Pue	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 2007)
Veronica Lorenz	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 2007)
Liz Webster	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Management
Garfield Whitman	....	post-production supervisor (9 episodes, 2007)
Aida Rodgers	....	unit production manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Claudia Alves	....	post-production supervisor (4 episodes, 2007)
Mark S. Glick	....	unit production manager (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Kelley	....	second assistant director (5 episodes, 2007)
Steve Love	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2007)
Suzanne Bornstein	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
Franklin A. Vallette	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
John Isabeau	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 2007)
Lynne Martin	....	second assistant director: second unit (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Department
Jeffrey Paul Johnson	....	property master (9 episodes, 2007)
Michael E. Johnson	....	props (9 episodes, 2007)
Chris Withrow	....	set dresser (6 episodes, 2007)
Max Bozeman	....	leadman (5 episodes, 2007)
Beth Stenmark	....	stand-by painter (5 episodes, 2007)
Steven Light-Orr	....	set dresser (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Christopher Harvengt	....	supervising sound editor (8 episodes, 2007)
Edward L. Moskowitz	....	sound mixer (8 episodes, 2007)
Michael Kreple	....	foley mixer (4 episodes, 2007)
Adam Blantz	....	utility sound technician (3 episodes, 2007)
Tom Hartig	....	boom operator (3 episodes, 2007)
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer (3 episodes, 2007)
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Jesse Siglow	....	visual effects (8 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Blazick	....	pipeline engineer: EntityFX (7 episodes, 2007)
Elizabeth Castro	....	visual effects producer (7 episodes, 2007)
Aaron N. Leichter	....	I/O coordinator: Entity FX (7 episodes, 2007)
Kymber Lim	....	visual effects executive producer / executive producer: visual effects (7 episodes, 2007)
Bob Minshall	....	visual effects (7 episodes, 2007)
William Powloski	....	visual effects supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)
Terron Pratt	....	digital effects producer: Entity FX (7 episodes, 2007)
Wayne A. Shepherd	....	compositing supervisor: At The Post (7 episodes, 2007)
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects (7 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Charlton	....	visual effects editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Lee Baker	....	visual effects producer: Sandman Studios (5 episodes, 2007)
Philip Fraschetti	....	digital artist: At The Post / digital compositor: At The Post (5 episodes, 2007)
Chris Hopkins	....	lead matchmover (5 episodes, 2007)
Andrew H. Leung	....	visual effects: LookFX (5 episodes, 2007)
Stephen Sobisky	....	visual effects supervisor: Sandman Studios / visual effects supervisor (5 episodes, 2007)
Melinka Thompson-Godoy	....	visual effects coordinator (5 episodes, 2007)
Lindsay Heinzen	....	animator: Sandman Studios / animator / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
Rick Iacobo	....	digital effects artist: Sandman Studios (4 episodes, 2007)
Tim Jacobsen	....	visual effects producer (4 episodes, 2007)
Ammon Jones	....	digital effects artist: Sandman Studios / digital effects artist (4 episodes, 2007)
Bob Lloyd	....	visual effects supervisor (4 episodes, 2007)
Tony Morrill	....	animator: Sandman Studios / animator / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
Todd Sheridan	....	model maker: Sandman Studios / model maker / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
Mike Tidwell	....	visual effects production manager: Sandman Studios / effects production manager: Sandman Studios / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
Johnathan R. Banta	....	digital compositor / lead compositor (3 episodes, 2007)
Rommel S. Calderon	....	visual effects (3 episodes, 2007)
August Coleman	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007)
Darren Farnes	....	digital artist: Sandman Studios / effects designer: Sandman Studios (3 episodes, 2007)
Rob Field	....	digital effects artist: Sandman Studios / digital effects artist (3 episodes, 2007)
Matt Hoffman	....	visual effects producer: Sandman Studios / visual effects producer (3 episodes, 2007)
Marshall Johnson	....	digital artist: Sandman Studios / effects designer: Sandman Studios (3 episodes, 2007)
Lane Jolly	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007)
Shawn Neider	....	production supervisor: Sandman Studios / production supervisor (3 episodes, 2007)
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007)
Dustin Andrew	....	digital artist: Sandman Studios / effects designer: Sandman Studios (2 episodes, 2007)
Anthony Barcelo	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007)
Suzette Barnett	....	compositor (2 episodes, 2007)
Cyntia Büll	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007)
Ben Campanaro	....	compositing assistant: Eden FX / digital compositor: Eden FX (2 episodes, 2007)
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007)
Dan Lopez	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 2007)
Jack Noriaki Matsumoto	....	3D artist: EntityFX (2 episodes, 2007)
Sean M. Scott	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 2007)
Andranik Taranyan	....	compositor (2 episodes, 2007)
Justin van der Lek	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 2007)
Christopher M. Wright	....	visual effects producer (2 episodes, 2007)
Alena Bejenarou	....	character technical director (unknown episodes, 2007)
Sun Chung	....	visual effects (unknown episodes, 2007)
Ryan Reeb	....	visual effects (unknown episodes, 2007)

Series Stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunt coordinator (9 episodes, 2007)
Jackie Backer	....	stunt double: Kristin Chenoweth (4 episodes, 2007)
Mark Vanselow	....	stunt double: Joel Mchale / stunt double: Lee Pace (2 episodes, 2007)
Sophia Crawford	....	stunt double (unknown episodes, 2007)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Josh Gundling	....	second assistant camera (22 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ismael Aranjo Jr.	....	grip (9 episodes, 2007)
James 'Keeper' Auld	....	grip / rigging grip (9 episodes, 2007)
Vidal Cohen	....	key grip (9 episodes, 2007)
David Klein	....	cinematographer: additional unit / additional cinematographer (7 episodes, 2007)
Craig Price	....	grip (7 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Haifley	....	first assistant camera (6 episodes, 2007)
Greg Brooks	....	dolly grip (5 episodes, 2007)
Jeremy Graham	....	gaffer: second unit (5 episodes, 2007)
David Morton	....	gaffer (5 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Webber	....	pre-rigging electrician (5 episodes, 2007)
Karen Korn	....	film loader (4 episodes, 2007)
Michael A. Savage	....	grip (4 episodes, 2007)
Kathryn Comkowycz	....	loader (3 episodes, 2007)
Eric Dyson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit (3 episodes, 2007)
Tony Olivieri	....	camera operator: additional unit (3 episodes, 2007)
Randy Shanofsky	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting Department
Jennifer Lare	....	casting associate (9 episodes, 2007)
Meg Liberman	....	casting (2 episodes, 2007)
Katie Rampey	....	casting assistant (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carol Kunz	....	costume supervisor (7 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Justin Virag	....	post-production assistant (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Joe Hathaway	....	digital intermediate colorist / colorist (9 episodes, 2007)
Rachelle Dang	....	assistant editor (8 episodes, 2007)
Carmelo Casalenuovo	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2007)
Catherine Haight	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2007)
Randy Loveridge	....	post-production (4 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Charlton	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes, 2007)

Series Music Department
Tom Trafalski	....	music editor (31 episodes, 2007-2008)
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer (8 episodes, 2007)
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor (7 episodes, 2007)

Series Transportation Department
Mark Holmes	....	transportation (8 episodes, 2007)
Gina August	....	driver / driver: cast (7 episodes, 2007)

Series Other crew
Kristin Starns	....	production secretary / production assistant (30 episodes, 2007-2008)
Taylor Thompson	....	production assistant (22 episodes, 2007-2008)
Thu Pham	....	assistant coordinator (13 episodes, 2008)
Chad Gomez Creasey	....	story editor (8 episodes, 2007)
Kath Lingenfelter	....	executive story editor (8 episodes, 2007)
Rebecca Locke	....	assistant production coordinator (8 episodes, 2007)
Jean Nakahara	....	production coordinator / production office coordinator (8 episodes, 2007)
Dara Resnik Creasey	....	story editor (8 episodes, 2007)
Taylor Finley	....	unspecified assistant (6 episodes, 2007)
Nick Bohr	....	assistant production coordinator (5 episodes, 2007)
Michael Haro	....	location manager (5 episodes, 2007)
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach (4 episodes, 2007)
Adam Feingold	....	office production assistant (4 episodes, 2007)
Bridgette Kelley	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 2007)
Ron J. DeGuzman	....	set production assistant (2 episodes, 2007)
Diane Weiss	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Jason Halley	....	key set production assistant (unknown episodes, 2007)
Joe Don Harris	....	stand-in (unknown episodes, 2007)
Megan Schmidt	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes, 2007)

Production Companies

• Jinks/Cohen Company
• Living Dead Guy Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Independent Television (ITV) (2008) (UK) (TV)

Special Effects

• CBS Digital (visual effects)
• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)
• Velocity Visuals

Other Companies

• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Monster Picture Crane  stunt rigging crane
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Jinks/Cohen Company

Trivia:

British Anna Friel, who plays Chuck, uses her American accent all the time when on set. The only person she will drop it for is her mother when she calls as she can't stand her daughter using her "American voice".

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Narrator: The facts were these...

Not that original

For a TV show it is Original, I guess. But it's not an original concept at all. It is a complete homage to the french movie Amélie. In fact, the music in the first episode when we first meet the Aunts, is also used in the movie...I think. Anyway, I'll give this show a chance, but what bothers me about it is that it does feel like someone trying to tell a story using someone else's style. Watch Amélie and you'll see what I mean. Not that the show is bad, but it just feels like the action is there to serve the style rather, so it doesn't feel as natural. It's like to a man with a hammer everything looks like a nail. So it's almost like a writing exercise. Write a one hour TV show in the style of Amelie. That's a little bit how it feels like, so it seems a little contrived. But it's only a pilot, so they may find their own voice as the series progresses.