Bedtime Stories
Whatever they dream up... he has to survive.
Overview
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie (2009)
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Box office
Grossed $213M worldwide, about 2.7 times its $80M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Long Beach and Santa Monica
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Music
Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Michael Barrett
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Matt LopezScreenplay, Story
- Tim HerlihyScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 24, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $80M
- Revenue
- $212.9M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Adam SandlerSkeeter Bronson
Keri RussellJill
Guy PearceKendall
Courteney CoxWendy
Lucy LawlessAspen
Carmen ElectraHot Girl
Jonathan PryceMarty Bronson
Richard GriffithsBarry Nottingham
Teresa PalmerViolet Nottingham
Russell BrandMickey
Aisha TylerDonna Hynde
Kathryn JoostenMrs. Dixon
Jonathan Morgan HeitPatrick
Laura Ann KeslingBobbi
Nick SwardsonEngineer
Allen CovertFerrari Guy
Tim HerlihyYoung Barry Nottingham- Thomas HoffmanYoung Skeeter
- Abigail DroegerYoung Wendy
- Melany MitchellYoung Mrs. Dixon
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