THE SITTER Production Notes - Visual Hollywood

THE SITTER (2011)PRODUCTION NOTESPRODUCTION INFORMATIONIt's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?When the world's worst babysitter (Jonah Hill) takes three of the world's worst kids on anunforgettable overnight adventure through the streets of New York City, it's anyone's guess as towho is going to make it home in one piece. Jonah Hill is THE SITTER, a new level of twistedand debauched storytelling from the director of Pineapple Express.Subversive. Vulgar. Envelope-pushing. And that's just the first few minutes of the comedy THESITTER, which, after those unforgettable 200 seconds or so, proceeds to go to even moreextreme lengths of verbal scatology, plus assorted drug runs, bar fights, and episodes of grandlarceny. Its cast of characters includes a drug kingpin, his fast-talking associate, a sexuallyselfish, coke-seeking woman, a trio of really, really effed"“up kids, and a debased collegedropout who earns his rep as the babysitter from hell only minutes after arriving on the scene.Interwoven with THE SITTER's raunchy fun are quieter and gentler comedic moments thatsneak up to connect with audiences in unexpected ways. The heart, soul and titular anti-hero ofTHE SITTER is Jonah Hill, who emerged as a formidable and original comedic voice in thefilms The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Superbad, and who more recently was hailedfor his dramatic performances in the acclaimed independent film Cyrus, and opposite Brad Pitt inthe critical and box-office hit Moneyball.Hill's on-screen character, Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-itiskind of sitter. Not even close. He's reluctant to take the sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doinganything else, especially if it involves slacking. "Noah is more of the "sit on the sofa, eat aburrito, and do-whatever-I-say-or-I'll-kill-you' type of babysitter,"• says Hill.Hill, who also serves as an executive producer on THE SITTER, worked closely with hisdirector, David Gordon Green to ensure that the film had maximum comedic and emotionalimpact. "The humor in THE SITTER is rowdy and bawdy, but it has a heart of gold at itscore,"• says Green, whose blockbuster comedy Pineapple Express, expertly merged the yin andyang of raunchiness and heart."David has a great sense of humor,"• says Hill,"• "but getting to know him, I realized that wealso shared a desire to bring some unexpected texture, details and layers to the film."•THE SITTER began life as a simple idea imagined by screenwriters Brian Gatewood andAlessandro Tanaka. "We thought it'd be fun to watch Jonah Hill, screaming and cursing at thekids he was babysitting,"• says Gatewood. "But then the challenge was, how do we make amovie around that idea,"• adds Tanaka. "We envisioned THE SITTER as more than a funnyidea or sketch; we wanted to come up with characters that have arcs, and where things fall apartand somehow must be put back together."•Along with screenwriters Gatewood and Tanaka, Hill, Green and producer Michael De Lucaworked tirelessly to flesh out the story and characters, starting with the Sitter himself. "Noah is atTM and© 2011 20th Century Fox 3