How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998)
1h 39m
Running Time
January 16, 1998Release Date
How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998)
1h 39m
Running Time
January 16, 1998Release Date
Plot.
Bright and neurotic girl Bell sets two goals for New Year - to quit smoking and to fall in love. As the first task turns out to be too difficult, she puts all her energy into the second.
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Cast & Crew.

Clea DuVall
Bell Bryant

JD Souther
Uncle Jerry

Mary Kay Place
Mary Bryant

Gabriel Mann
Leonard Crane

John Voskamp
Fryer Crane

James Duval
Westy

Amy Smart
Dot Bryant

Jorja Fox
Sarah Bryant

Chris Gartin
Dr. Rutledge

Frederick Weller
Rickey

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Christina Parks

Dennis Haysbert
Manhattan Parks

Ethan Embry
Dillger

Melissa Auf der Maur
Seven

Jason Mason
Fryer's Agent

Shirley Speaks
Waitress

Walter Olkewicz
Professor

Zack Ward
Manhattan's Neighbor

Lee Weaver
Archie

Ian McNeice
Peggy Asks

Billie Worley
Ice Cream Guy

Harrison Young
Helpful Drunk

Lionel Uhry
Hollister

Holmes Osborne
Dean Rice

Kip Koenig
Terry / Director / Writer

Larry Blake
Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer

James R. Hedges
Executive Producer

Alberto Gieco
Associate Producer

Luis Barajas
Associate Producer

Mark Lipson
Producer

Alison Dickey
Producer

Matthew Coleman
Lighting Technician

Jeff Martin
Original Music Composer

Melissa K. Frankel
Set Decoration

Christopher Blauvelt
Assistant Camera

Jaleh Teymourian
Assistant Director

Scott Duthie
Storyboard Artist / Stunt Coordinator

John R. Fors
Boom Operator

Joseph Middleton
Casting

Nancy A. Terriberry
Production Coordinator

Ed Licht
Assistant Director

Chris Figler
Editor

Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Costume Design

Phil Aslaksen
Stunt Double

Ronald De Torres
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Julian Whatley
Director of Photography

Jim Small
Location Manager

Jodi Ginnever
Production Design
Details.
Wiki.
How to Make the Cruelest Month is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kip Koenig and starring Clea DuVall. The story centers on Bell, a young woman who resolves to accomplish her New Year’s resolutions—to quit smoking and to find love—before the end of December.