You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers (WGA):

Adam Sandler (written by) &
Robert Smigel (written by) ...
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Release Date:

6 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Lather. Rinse. Save the world.

Plot:

An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.

Plot Keywords:

Counter Terrorist | Haircut | Brother | Redneck | Male Nudity

Awards:

1 nomination

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Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Zohan Dvir
John Turturro	...	The Phantom
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Dalia
Nick Swardson	...	Michael
Lainie Kazan	...	Gail
Ido Mosseri	...	Oori
Rob Schneider	...	Salim
Dave Matthews	...	James
Michael Buffer	...	Walbridge
Charlotte Rae	...	Mrs. Greenhouse
Sayed Badreya	...	Hamdi
Daoud Heidami	...	Nasi
Kevin Nealon	...	Kevin
Robert Smigel	...	Yosi
Dina Doron	...	Zohan's Mother (as Dina Doronne)
Shelley Berman	...	Zohan's Father
Chris Rock	...	Taxi Driver
Mariah Carey	...	Herself
John McEnroe	...	Himself
George Takei	...	Himself
Bruce Vilanch	...	Himself
John Paul DeJoria	...	Paul Mitchell
Alec Mapa	...	Claude
Ahmed Ahmed	...	Waleed
Ben Wise	...	Yitzhak
John Farley	...	Tom
Yossi Marshek	...	Pinchas (as Joseph Marshak)
Guri Weinberg	...	Aharon
Danny A. Abeckaser	...	Ze'ev
Ido Ezra	...	Hassan
Mousa Kraish	...	Bashir
Roni Levy	...	Ephraim
Reuven Bar-Yotam	...	Levi
Barry Livingston	...	Gray Kleibolt
Rick Gifford	...	Philip
Tyler Spindel	...	Doorman
Julia Lea Wolov	...	Mariah's Assistant #1 (as Julia Wolov)
Dana Goodman	...	Mariah's Assistant #2 (as Dana Min Goodman)
Todd Holland	...	Fred
Kevin Grady	...	Coleman
Bobby Tisdale	...	Skizzy
Herzl Tobey	...	Commander aka Yaron
Ori Pfeffer	...	Second Commander
Alex Luria	...	Koby
Guy Oseary	...	Avi
Yinon Sapir	...	Danny
Donna Feldman	...	Michal
Yamit Sol	...	Dorit
Naama Nativ settle	...	Sara (as Naama Nativ)
Dennis Dugan	...	Homeless Guy
Gerry Del Sol	...	Exploded Shop Owner
Shulie Cowen	...	Debbie
Maysoon Zayid	...	Nadira (as Maysoon Zayed)
Helen Siff	...	Mrs. Skitzer
Betty Murphy	...	Mrs. Haynes
Cynthia Frost	...	Mrs. Paulson
Anna Berger	...	Older Lady in Salon #1
Susan Grace	...	Older Lady in Salon #2
Bunny Levine	...	Older Lady in Salon #3
Norma Michaels	...	Older Lady in Salon #4
Carol Schlanger	...	Older Lady in Salon #6
Edith S. Wolfrey	...	Older Lady in Salon #7 (as Edith Wolfrey)
Phoebe Dorin	...	Older Lady in Salon #8
Marjorie Loomis	...	Older Lady in Salon #5
Lina So	...	Hip Salon Receptionist
Eloise DeJoria	...	Blonde at Salon
Vanessa Long	...	Catty Hairdresser
Donielle Artese	...	African American Salon Owner
Adria Tennor	...	Kids' Salon Owner
Blake Bertrand	...	Little Boy
Sidney Ganis	...	Doctor (as Sid Ganis)
Laurie Meghan Phelps	...	Plus Size Girl at Disco
Kenneth Greenaway	...	DJ
Constance Barron	...	First Women in Cab #1
Kristen Lowman	...	First Women in Cab #2
Penelope Windust	...	Second Women in Cab #1
Kathleen Noone	...	Second Women in Cab #2
Christopher Innvar	...	Angry Tall Driver
Ray Garvey	...	Truck Driver
Barbara Ann Davison	...	Dog Owner
Eric Lamonsoff	...	Hamdi's Passenger
Conner Wiles	...	Boy Customer
Jennifer De Minco	...	Arguing Female Customer
Nicole Bennett	...	Walbridge's Girlfriend
Edmund Lyndeck	...	Pharmacist
Lily Javaherpour	...	Inaz
Kristina Haddad	...	Hamdi's Wife (voice)
Larry Marko	...	Phantom's Trainer
Anne Marie Howard	...	Reporter
Billy Concha	...	Kayaker
Marco Khan	...	Terrorist with Hand
Sam Sagheb	...	Disco Merchant #1
Latif Marotti	...	Disco Merchant #2
Christian Reeve	...	Disco Merchant #3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monica Cabral	...	Fizzy-Bubbeleh Girl
Cheryl Cosenza	...	Ribbon Cutting Girl
Ian Fisher	...	Disco Merchant
Nikki Giavasis	...	Waitress
Todd Justin	...	Night Club Bouncer
Roni Meron	...	Hot Girl / Waitress
Ella Pantoliano	...	Phantom Wife
Riley Thomas Stewart	...	Little Boy #2 (as Riley Stewart)
Ryan Phillip Thomas	...	Angry Palestinian
Holly Weber	...	Girlfriend
Molly Weiner	...	Salon patron
Saye Yabandeh	...	Girlfriend
Julius Zagon	...	Ukrossi
Aesop Aquarian	...	Rabbi (uncredited)
Mike Basone	...	Isreali Fan (uncredited)
Robert Benny	...	Autograph Seeker #1 (uncredited)
Melanie Bulujian	...	Israeli Dancer (uncredited)
Dom DeLuise	...	Himself (uncredited)
Marshall Factora	...	Airline Terminal Passenger (uncredited)
Eric Feliciano	...	Isreali Fan (uncredited)
Jessica Gershen	...	Girl in club (uncredited)
Sepideh Haftgoli	...	Israeli Soldier (uncredited)
Kevin James	...	Hacky Sack Tournament Celebrity Judge (uncredited)
Sam Kalidi	...	Bearded Man (uncredited)
Rock Kohli	...	Vendor with no Fizzi Bubblech (uncredited)
Nicole Montano	...	Cheerleader (uncredited)
Rachel Mower	...	Girl In Park (uncredited)
Dianne Perry	...	Phantom Wife (uncredited)
Leslie Garza Rivera	...	Disco hip girl (uncredited)
Rob Shapiro	...	Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Chris Spinelli	...	Angry Palestinian (uncredited)
Henry Winkler	...	Limousine Passenger (uncredited)
David Zahedian	...	Phantom's Best Friend (uncredited)

Directed by
Dennis Dugan

Writing credits (WGA)
Adam Sandler		(written by) &
Robert Smigel		(written by) &
Judd Apatow		(written by)

Produced by
Barry Bernardi	....	executive producer
Jack Giarraputo	....	producer
Daryl Kass	....	associate producer
Aldric La'Auli Porter	....	associate producer
Adam Sandler	....	producer
Robert Smigel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Rupert Gregson-Williams

Cinematography by
Michael Barrett		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tom Costain

Casting by
Sarah Finn
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake

Art Direction by
Toni Barton
John Collins
Marco Niro

Set Decoration by
Ronald R. Reiss
Alyssa Winter

Costume Design by
Ellen Lutter

Makeup Department
Gerardo perez Arreola	....	hair stylist
Stephen Bettles	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Corrina Duran	....	third makeup artist
Kathleen Freeman	....	key makeup artist
Valerie Gladstone-Hapel	....	additional makeup artist: crowd
Connie Grayson	....	contact lens technician
Jamie Kelman	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Rob Schneider
Ann Pala	....	makeup department head
Thomas Real	....	hair department head
Thea Samuels	....	additional makeup artist
Justin Stafford	....	wig maker: Rob Schneider
Nancy Tong	....	key hair stylist
Kazuhiro Tsuji	....	special makeup designer
Teresa Valenzuela	....	wigmaker

Production Management
Adam Brightman	....	production supervisor
Iram Collantes	....	production manager: Mexico
Alex Corven Caronia	....	production manager: additional photography, New York City
Ricardo Del Río	....	unit production supervisor: Mexico
Daryl Kass	....	unit production manager
Jason Tamez	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ethan Anderson	....	additional second assistant director
Matthew Mason	....	additional second assistant director
John Nasraway	....	assistant director
Aldric La'Auli Porter	....	first assistant director
Joe Roddey	....	second assistant director
Andrew T. Wood	....	dga trainee: New York

Art Department
Chuck Askerneese	....	assistant property master
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Daniel Boxer	....	property master: New York
Vicki Dittemore	....	set dresser
Warren Drummond	....	storyboard artist
William Eliscu	....	graphic designer
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer
Joe Galione	....	props
Joey Genitempo	....	set painter
Alex Gorodetsky	....	chargeman scenic artist
Robert Hale	....	paint gang boss
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
Jim Husbands	....	set dresser
Patrick Janicke	....	production illustrator
Vincent Lucido	....	storyboard artist
Bruce L. Luizzi	....	leadman
Linda Luizzi	....	set decoration buyer
William S. Maxwell III	....	set dresser
Todd McKibben	....	propmaker gangboss
Don O'Reilly	....	props
John M. Oswald	....	on-set dresser
Garry Pastore	....	assistant property master
Paul Penley	....	set dresser
Tony Perez	....	leadman
William H. Phen Jr.	....	construction general foreman
Jaime Ramirez	....	art department coordinator
Lee Ross	....	lead scenic: reshoots
Steve Salazar	....	welder
Chris Samp	....	set painter
Scott Schneider	....	propmaker
Randy Severino	....	set dresser
Stephen Shapiro	....	key carpenter: New York
Stephen Shapiro	....	stand-by carpenter: New York
Rodney Sterbenz	....	on-set dresser: New York
Smokey Stover	....	set design models
Richard Tenewitz	....	construction coordinator: New York
Jana Treadwell	....	set dresser
Irmak Ucar	....	art coordinator
Timothy S. Wiles	....	property master
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
James MacDonald	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Agostino	....	ProTools operator
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anita Cannella	....	foley artist
Thomas Causey	....	sound mixer
Russell Farmarco	....	supervising sound editor
Marc Glassman	....	sound effects editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Orada Jusatayanond	....	sound effects editor
Amy Kane	....	foley artist
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Mike Marino	....	foley mixer
Greg Orloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony Ortiz	....	boom operator
David H. Price	....	sound effects editor
Cameron Steenhagen	....	dialogue editor
Elmo Weber	....	supervising sound editor
Fred Peck III	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gary D. Bierend	....	propshop foreman
Jason Castillo	....	special effects technician
Peter A. Chevako	....	animatronic puppeteer
Gregory Diggins	....	special effects technician
Wayne Eaton	....	special effects technician
Rick Figalan	....	special effects technician
Steven Gould	....	special effects technician
Beverley Hartigan	....	special effects assistant
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator
Zak Knight	....	special effects technician
Thomas Liberto	....	special effects laborer
Roger Lifsey	....	special effects foreman
Eddie Lozano	....	special effects technician
Lindsay MacGowan	....	effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio
Lindsay MacGowan	....	puppeteer
Steve Newquist	....	special effects technician
Anthony Salvaggio	....	special effects technician
Mike Thompson	....	special effects technician
Michael Todd	....	special effects technician
Hans Van Wyk	....	special effects technician
Lawrence W. Watson Jr.	....	special effects technician
Roger Kelton	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Melissa Abad	....	visual effects coordinator
Heather Abels	....	matte painter: The Orphanage
Jessica Alcorn	....	compositor
Alden Anderson	....	visual effects
Chris Antonini	....	visual effects plate coordinator
Siksit Boonyodom	....	rotoscope artist
Alan Boucek	....	compositor
Kirstin Bradfield	....	compositor
Carol Brzezinski	....	post production supervisor
Daniela Calafatello	....	creature rigger
Owen Calouro	....	matchmove artist
Jerry Castro	....	editorial department supervisor
Sanjay Chand	....	digital effects artist: The Orphanage
Sanjay Chand	....	lighting technical director
Fiona Chilton	....	senior visual effects producer
John Clark	....	visual effects artist
Brian A. Coffee	....	lead technical animator: SPI
Luke Cole	....	system administrator: Fuel VFX
Erik Courtney	....	digital artist
Joe C. D'Amato	....	resource administration manager: The Orphanage
Chris Davies	....	digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Erik Dehkhoda	....	digital effects artist
Katie Dillman	....	visual effects production assistant: water elements, Fantasy II Film Effects
Stéphanie Dubé	....	texture painter
Nino Ellington	....	production engineer
Vicki L. Engel	....	matchmove artist
Vicki L. Engel	....	rotoscope manager
Nathan Fariss	....	lighting technical director
Michael Farley	....	rotoscope artist
Arin Finger	....	visual effects producer
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Diego Garzon	....	lighting technical director
Diego Garzon	....	visual effects technical director
Greg Gibson	....	technical support
David Gladstein	....	software programmer
Lisa Goldberg	....	visual effects plate producer
Jong Soo Goo	....	rotoscope artist
Rich Grande	....	compositor
Matt Greig	....	digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Timothy Gross	....	technical support
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Heather Han	....	rotoscope artist
Rolf Peter Hausen	....	match mover
Edward Heede	....	digital effects artist: FilmworksFX
Gisela Hermeling	....	visual effects production manager
Kevin Hong	....	lighting technical director
Sunghwan Hong	....	rotoscope supervisor
Ryan Howell	....	technical support
Edwina Jamieson	....	resource department manager
Kendra Juul	....	visual effects assistant editor
Michelle Kater	....	rotoscope artist
Michael Kennen	....	compositor
Jin Yong Kim	....	matchmove artist
Marvin Kim	....	modeling supervisor
Raymond King	....	technical support
Ashley Koons	....	visual effects production assistant
Jessica Lai	....	matchmove artist (as Jessica Y.C. Lai)
Mike Lasker	....	lead lighting technical director
Michael Lester	....	compositor
Fred Lewis	....	lighting technical director
Andrew Lewitin	....	visual effects
Jimmy Lillard	....	visual effects editor
Ken Locsmandi	....	visual effects supervisor
Ron K. Lussier	....	lighting technical director
Keith MacGowan	....	compositor
Tony Magaletta	....	first assistant cameraman: water elements, Fantasy II Film Effects
Lauren Matheson	....	lead production services technician
Frank Medina	....	technical support
Mike 'Moe' Merell	....	animator
Neil Michka	....	lead animator
Mark Moore	....	concept artist
Nicholas Nakadate	....	lighting technical director (as Nicholas Katsumi Nakadate)
An Nguyen	....	system administrator/pipeline engineer: FUEL International
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Benoit Pelchat	....	matte painter: The Orphanage
Dylan Penhale	....	IT manager: Fuel VFX
Maricela Perdomo	....	modeler
David Piombino	....	visual effects plate coordinator
Stacey Pothoven	....	visual effects production assistant