Below (2002)


Below
Release Date11 October 2002
TaglineSix hundred feet beneath the surface terror runs deep
GenreHorror, Mystery, Thriller, War
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsLake Michigan, Illinois, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassWar Adventure
MoodSpellbinders
ThemesTerror in the Water, War At Sea, Ghosts, Heroic Mission
TonesTense, Claustrophobic, Ominous, Eerie, Understated
TagsCastaway, Cat And Mouse, Crew, Deep Sea, Delusion, Haunted, Navy, Paranoid, Rescue, Sailor, Sea Captain, Secrets, Submarine, Supernatural Forces, Survivor, Trapped, Woman

Below is a 2002 World War II horror film directed by David Twohy. It was written by Lucas Sussman, Darren Aronofsky and David Twohy, and stars Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Coors

Weird Wally

Stumbo

Kingsley

Chuck Ellsworth
Navy Pilot

Crispin Layfield
Navy Lookout

Jonathan Hartman
Schillings

Sebastian Knapp
Sonar #1

Max Casali
Air Manifold

Helmsman

Matthew Leitch
Zap

Gary Broadway
Mess Steward

Tim Plester
Motormac

Craig Blake
Steward

Mitchell Barnett
Bow Planesman

David Crow
Sonar #2

Nick Hobbs
Captain Winters

Chris Bridgeman
Stern Planesman

British Captain

Paul Bayfield
Radar Operator

David Gries
Rescue Sailor

DJ Perry
Rescue Sailor

Director

Writer

Lucas Sussman

Producer

producer

Sue Baden-Powell
producer

Mark Indig
co-producer

Andrew Rona
executive producer

producer

executive producer

executive producer

Michael Zoumas
co-producer

Original Music

Graeme Revell
-

Tim Simonec
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Cinematographer

Ian Wilson
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Editor

Martin Hunter
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Casting Director

Felicia Fasano
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Daniel Hubbard
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Anne McCarthy
-

Mary Vernieu
-

Production Designer

Charles Dwight Lee

Art Director

Mark Harris

Fred Hole
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Set Decorator

Richard Roberts
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Costume Designer

Elizabeth Waller
-

Makeup Department

Fae Hammond
makeup artist

Frances Hannon
chief of makeup, chief of hair

Waldo Mason
special makeup effects artist

Daniel Parker
special makeup effects artist

Rossana Parker
makeup artist

Sue Westwood
prosthetics hair artist

Shaune Harrison
special makeup effects artist

Duncan Jarman
prosthetic makeup artist

Production Manager

Nigel Gostelow
unit production manager

Mark Indig
unit production manager

Brian McNulty
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David Daniels
first assistant director

Toby Ford
first assistant director: second unit

Gary B. Goldman
first assistant director: USA

Barney Hughes
second second assistant director

Don H. Julien
second assistant director: USA

Olivia Lloyd
second assistant director: additional photography

Matthew Sharp
second assistant director

Gareth Tandy
first assistant director: additional photography

Art Department

Gari Bacon
props

Mark Bartholomew
draughtsman

Roger Bowles
draughtsman

Anthony Caron-Delion
draughtsman

Bryn Court
sculptor

James Enright
modelmaker

Paul J. Hayes
construction coordinator

Carol Kupisz
graphic designer

Ginger McCarthy
head rigger

Brian Neighbour
chargehand carpenter

Sarah Robinson
art department coordinator

Terry Royce
dressing superviser, props

Alex Smith
art department assistant

Gert Stevens
junior draughtsman

Nick Thomas
stand-by props

Remo Tozzi
draughtsman

Brian Murray
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Christopher Atkinson
sound assistant

Chris Atkinson
sound assistant

Tim Boggs
adr editor

Bryan Bowen
sound editor

Kerry Ann Carmean
foley editor

Mark Choi
sound editor

Harry Cohen
sound editor

Patrick Cyccone Jr.
sound re-recording mixer

Zack Davis
adr editor

Richard Dwan Jr.
dialogue editor, adr editor

Eric Flickinger
sound recordist

Brian Fredrickson
sound recordist

Scott Martin Gershin
supervising sound editor, sound designer

Peter Gleaves
adr mixer

Laura Graham
adr editor

Craig S. Jaeger
foley editor

Christian Joyce
boom operator

sound re-recording mixer

Tony Lewis
auricle operator

Peter Lindsay
production sound mixer

Kimaree Long
dialogue editor, adr editor

Mark Ormandy
additional sound

Tom Ozanich
sound editor

Alan Rankin
sound editor

Blair Scheller
boom operator: Michigan

Branden Spencer
sound editor

Greg Steele
adr mixer

Hugh Waddell
adr supervisor

Kim Waugh
additional sound

Caron Weidner
sound editor

Greg Zimmerman
foley recordist

Peter Zinda
sound editor

Special Effects

Michael Ahasay
special effects assistant

Sam Barkan
special effects: Michigan

Steve Benelisha
special effects assistant

Nick Bonathan
special effects crew

Sam Conway
special effects coordinator

Dave Eltham
floor supervisor

Jody Eltham
special effects assistant

special effects technician

Darrell Guyon
floor supervisor

Steve Hamilton
special effects supervisor

Dan Homewood
special effects technician

Ian Lowe
senior special effects technician

Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin
senior snow effects technician

Brian Morrison
mechanical effects supervisor

David 'Pinkie' Thomas
snow effects technician

Simon Webber
prosthetics artist

Mark White
special effects technician

Nick Finlayson
senior special effects technician

Visual Effects

Richard Bain
digital effects supervisor: Double Negative

Adrian Banton
digital compositor: Double Negative

Pete Bebb
modelling lead

Philip Borg
digital artist

Jim Bowers
digital matte painter

Richard Briscoe
digital compositor

Leon Buckley
video operator: visual effects unit

digital compositor: Double Negative

Peter Chiang
visual effects supervisor

Jeppe N. Christensen
digital artist

Frazer Churchill
lead compositor

Mike Connolly
digital compositor: Double Negative

Dayne Cowan
digital effects artist

Ciaran Crowley
digital compositor

Ken Dackermann
digital compositor

Hayley Easton
digital artist

Michael Bruce Ellis
compositor

John Follmer
head of production: MetroLight Studios

Paul J. Franklin
head of 3D: Double Negative

Mark Freund
visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title

Martin Gardeler
digital artist

Gavin Graham
effects animator: Double Negative

Joseph Grossberg
visual effects consultant

Pete Hanson
studio manager: Double Negative

Jeremy Hattingh
digital compositor

Martin Hill
technical supervisor: Double Negative

Nic Hodgkinson
digital artist

Rudi Holzapfel
senior compositor: Double Negative

Alex Hope
visual effects producer

Jody Johnson
digital compositor: Double Negative

Olivier Junquet
effects technical director

Jesper Kjölsrud
lead digital artist

Isaac Layish
digital artist

Mattias Lindahl
lead effects animator

Andrew Lockley
digital compositor: Double Negative

Heather MacPhee
compositor: MetroLight Studios

Fay McConkey
visual effects producer

Ken McGaugh
technical supervisor: Double Negative

Jake Mengers
Senior 3D Animator - Double Negative

Mark Michaels
lead compositor

John Moffatt
digital compositor

Alberto Montañés
rotoscope artist

Mike Pope
digital compositor

Martin Preston
CG R&D programmer

Chris Ryan
CGI supervisor: MetroLight Studios

John Seymour
visual effects editor: Double Negative

Matthew Shaw
video editorial

Sarah Soulsby
digital compositor: Double Negative

Ileana Stravoskiadi
digital artist

Jonathan Stroud
R&D programmer: Double Negative

Aksel Studsgarth
digital artist

Åsa Svedberg
digital artist: Double Negative

Jerry Weil
digital artist: Metrolight Studios

Sheila Wickens
digital compositor: Double Negative

Dimitri Delacovias
digital matte painter/supervisor: Double Negative

James W. Kristoff
executive in charge of production: MetroLight Studios

Natalie MacDonald
rotoscope artist

Julian Mann
texture programmer: Double Negative

Gustavo Sanchez-Perez
modeller

Dobbie Schiff
executive producer: MetroLight Studios

Clare Tinsley
visual effects coordinator

Giuliano Dionisio Vigano'
digital artist

Stunts

Ben Bellman
stunts

Richard Bradshaw
stunts

Nick Chopping
stunts

Ben Cooke
stunts

Richard Dwyer
stunts

Bradley Farmer
stunt double: Sebastian knapp

Glenn Foster
stunts

Sy Hollands
stunts

Rowley Irlam
stunt double: Bruce Greenwood

Paul Jennings
stunt coordinator

Theo Kypri
stunts

Mike Lambert
stunts

Dominic Preece
stunts

C.C. Smiff
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

John Bailie
first assistant camera: "b" camera

Kelly R. Borisy
key grip

Jeremy Braben
aerial director of photography

Leon Buckley
video operator: second unit

Danny Espey
electrician

Faye
focus puller: second unit

Fred Folmer
best boy grip

Alan Grayley
rigging electrician

Michael Green
focus puller

Pip Hare
second assistant camera: second unit

Andy Hopkins
key grip

Dylan Jones
camera trainee

Nikos Kalimerakis
best boy

Michael Kohnhorst
camera operator: second unit

Michelle Mann
assistant camera: second unit

Vince McGahon
camera operator: "b" camera, Steadicam operator

Dean Morrish
underwater first assistant camera

Chris Mulsoff
set lighting

David Norris
camera operator: Wescam camera

Dan Schroer
camera loader: "b" camera, Michigan

Basil Smith
second assistant camera: additional photography

Gary Smith
grip

Norman Smith
gaffer

Peter Talbot
director of photography: second unit

Martin Versfeld
rigger: diver

Makiko Watanabe
assistant camera

Shawn White
lighting gaffer: second unit

Tony Rowland
crane grip

Casting Department

Freddy Luis
casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Annie Crawford
costume supervisor

Dave Croucher
costumes

Christof Roche-Gordon
key costumer

Editorial Department

Tracy Adams
assistant editor

Mike Bellamy
senior digital film colorist

Gavin Buckley
first assistant editor

Emily E. Ellis
post-production assistant

Michael Hatzer
color timer

Mo Henry
negative cutter

Lionel Johnson
first assistant film editor: re-shoot

Robert C. Lusted
first assistant editor

Debs Richardson
assistant editor

Music Department

Mark Curry
scoring mixer

Melissa Deanne Ferguson
music editor

Geoff Foster
score recordist

Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor

Gregg Nestor
music preparation

Joe Rangel
music supervisor

Randy Spendlove
executive in charge of music

Joshua Winget
music editor

Richard Ziegler
additional music editor

Transportation Department

Kurt Knudsen
driver

Other Crew

John Adams
special military background

Daren Bailey
assistant marine coordinator, principal diving supervisor

Jules Baker-Smith
assistant to director

Camille Brown
assistant: David Twohy

Brian Cabildo
yo-yo instructor

production coordinator: Los Angeles

Chloe Chesterton
set runner

Ian Creed
diving/marine coordinator

Linda Crook
assistant production coordinator

Michael Bruce Ellis
creative consultant

Hilary Fagg
script supervisor

Jonathan Flis
production assistant

Suzie F. Wiesmann
production coordinator

Vincent J. Guastini
creature concepts

Andrew Haddock
video coordinator

Matt Hickey
production assistant

Harry L. Julian Jr.
diving/marine coordinator: Michigan

Lance Julian
marine consultant

Harry L. Julian Sr.
marine consultant

Kenny MacDonald
production assistant

Daniel McCormick
boat captain

Lee Murphy
diving supervisor

Maggie Phelan
production accountant

James Richardson
assistant accountant

Vail Romeyn
production coordinator

David E. Russo
programmer

David Ryan
special military background

Nina Saxon
title designer

Patric Scott
unit publicist

Rebecca Sutton
assistant coordinator

Mary Tallman
script supervisor

Tony Tucker
boat wrangler

Chris Velazquez
assistant production coordinator

Tonia Wright
assistant: Ms. Baden-Powell and Mr. Indig

Anthony Gore
post-production delivery

Marcel Valcarce
artist: main title

Production Company

Dimension Films
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Protozoa Pictures
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Distributor

Miramax Films

Dimension Films

Buena Vista International (Australia)

Buena Vista International Italia

Buena Vista International

Buena Vista International

Cinergia

GAGA Communications
,

Humax Pictures

TFM Distribution

West

Buena Vista Home Video (BVHV)

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
,

Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland

Imagem Filmes

Sandrews

Touchstone Home Video
,

Yleisradio (YLE)

Special Effects

Double Negative

Ghost ApS
-

MetroLight Studios

Pacific Title Digital

Snow Business International

Miscellaneous

Pinewood Studios
movie studio

2020 Casting
extras casting, background casting

Castle Air
helicopters

Global Music Service
music preparation

Lee Lighting
lighting

London Editing Machines Ltd.
editing equipment

Lyps Inc.
loop group

Mad Dog Casting
extras casting

Motion Control Cameras Ltd.
visual effects

Nina Saxon Film Design
main and end titles designed by

Pacific Title
titles and opticals

Panavision UK
camera equipment provided by

Rockbottom Rentals
pager rentals, cell phone rentals

Todd-AO Studios (West)
sound re-recorded at

Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack






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Below
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