Cheaper by the Dozen

Name: Cheaper by the Dozen
Genre: Comedy, Family, Drama
Released: 2003-12-24
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo

Growing pains? They've got twelve of them!

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

2003-12-24

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Robert Simonds Productions

Genre

Comedy, Family, Drama

Budget

$40 000 000

Box office

$190 212 113

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Director

Shawn Levy

Actors

Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Kevin G. Schmidt, Alyson Stoner, Jacob Smith, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York
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Scenario

Producer

Michael Barnathan, Robert Simonds, Ben Myron

Camera operator

Jonathan Brown

Composer

Christophe Beck

Artist

Nina Ruscio

Audition

Nancy Klopper

Editing

George Folsey Jr., Demetra Diamantopoulos
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Short description

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

What's left behind the scenes

Chloe Greenfield auditioned for the role of one of the twin sisters.
The scene where the twins throw a huge bag of dog food was not in the script. The twins came up with it themselves.
At the 17th minute of the film, while Tom is talking to Nora on the phone, Steve Martin looks directly into the camera for a fraction of a second.
The Gilbreth family, which served as the prototype for the family of the main characters, had 6 sons and 6 daughters, and there were no twins among the children. The Gilbreth surname is mentioned several times throughout the film (it is Kate's maiden name, played by Bonnie Hunt).
Mel Gibson, Tim Allen, Kurt Russell, Tom Hanks, and Robin Williams were considered for the role of Tom Baker.
Initially, Jared Padalecki was supposed to play Charlie Baker, but it turned out he was unavailable. He was then asked to play a bully, because someone taller than Tom Welling, who eventually played Baker, was needed.