Dean Spanley (2008)


Dean Spanley
Release Date06 September 2008
GenreDrama, Comedy
CountryNew Zealand
UK
Filming LocationsNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPeriod Film
MoodFantastic Reality
ThemesMiraculous Events, Misfits and Outsiders, Reincarnation, Unlikely Friendships, Journey of Self-Discovery, Fathers and Sons
TonesBiting, Humorous, Quirky
TagsEccentric, Guru, Hindu, Lecture

Dean Spanley is a 2008 New Zealand and British comedy-drama film, with fantastic elements, from Miramax Films, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ), directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser. The film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's short novel My Talks with Dean Spanley, and stars Sam Neill as the Dean, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole as Fisk Junior and Fisk Senior respectively and Bryan Brown as Wrather.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Narrator - Fisk Junior

Dean Spanley

Wrather

Fisk Senior

Elizabeth Goram-Smith
A young lady of stature

Charlotte Graham
Woman in Cloisters

Farmer

Swami Nala Prash

Miriama McDowell
Foxy Lady

Mrs Brimley

Eva Sayer
Girl

Marriot

Nawab of Ranjiput

Director

Toa Fraser
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Producer

Lord Dunsany
book

Liz Bunton
line producer

Finola Dwyer
executive producer

Simon Fawcett
executive producer

Alan Harris
producer

Matthew Metcalfe
producer

David Parfitt
executive producer

Alan Sharp
executive producer, writer

Karl Zohrab
co-producer

Original Music

Don McGlashan
-

Cinematographer

Leon Narbey
-

Editor

Chris Plummer
-

Casting Director

Daniel Hubbard
-

Production Designer

Andrew McAlpine
-

Art Director

Ben Smith
-

Steve Summersgill
-

Set Decorator

Barbara Herman-Skelding
-

Costume Designer

Odile Dicks-Mireaux
-

Makeup Department

Alex King
makeup artist

Marese Langan
hair designer, makeup designer

Emma Peters
makeup artist: second unit

Production Manager

Lisa Jordan
post-production supervisor

Bobby Prince
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tussy Facchin
third assistant director

Daniel Gill
third assistant director

Stuart Renfrew
first assistant director

Tom Rye
second assistant director

Art Department

Stewart Cunningham
props

Jason Dickinson
illustrator

Peter Dickinson
lead designer

Annie Gilhooly
production buyer

Julia Hall
graphic designer

Paul House
construction manager

Piero Jamieson
property master

John Knight
props

Fionn Rawnsley
scenic artist

Anna Thomas
art department assistant

Keith Warwick
props

David Weatherstone
props

Nigel Woodford
stand-by chippy painter

Sound Department

Robert Brazier
foley mixer

Paul Cotterell
sound re-recording mixer

Tony Dawe
production sound mixer

Sue Harding
foley artist

James Harrison
sound effects editor

Alex Hudd
sound consultant: dolby

Gary Keller
sound assistant

Steve C. Shaw
assistant sound re-recording mixer

Ian Wilkinson
dialogue editor

Rowena Wilkinson
foley artist

Denise Yarde
boom operator

Visual Effects

Chris Bentley
film recorder

Luke Butler
digital compositor

Lee Clappison
digital colourist

James Clarke
DI supervisor

Tom Collier
visual effects supervisor

Nick D'Aguiar
digital compositor

Stefan Drury
head of visual effects

digital compositor

Yanni Goudetsidis
systems engineer

Aileen McIntosh
digital lab operator: Lipsync Post

Kevin Phelan
head of post-production: Lip Sync Post

Kate Porter
digital compositor

Glen Pratt
digital compositor

Nadia Probst
assistant digital colourist

Angela Rose
digital compositor

Jon Stanley
senior systems engineer

Daniel Tomlinson
digital lab operator

Samantha Tracey
visual effects coordinator

Sheila Wickens
digital compositor

Blake Winder
digital compositor: LipSync Post

Camera and Electrical Department

Barnaby Crocker
second assistant camera

Tom Gates
gaffer

Adrian Greshoff
grip camera

Alex Howe
first assistant camera

Alex Jason
camera trainee

Adam Lee
electrician

David McAnulty
key grip

Dale McCready
Steadicam operator

Glen Milner
camera trainee dailies

Abby Mounter
clapper loader

Leon Narbey
camera operator

Bruce Polwart
focus puller

Paul Snell
camera trainee

Oliver Upton
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Amanda Keable
assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

Lea Morement
first assistant editor

Music Department

Don McGlashan
orchestrator, conductor

Luke Tomes
music mixer

Other Crew

Nicole Dade
production executive

Cathy Doubleday
script supervisor

Tina Falcone
assistant accountant

Denise Hanrahan
production coordinator

Max Murphy
floor runner

Paul O'Grady
location manager

Donna Pearman
production secretary

Helen Revington
unit nurse

Camilla Stephenson
location manager

Sean Tracey-Brown
location manager

John William Turner
production/rushes runner

Chris White
production coordinator

Jennifer Whiting
production runner

Production Company

New Zealand Film Commission

Atlantic Film Productions
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General Film Corporation
-

Lipsync Productions

Distributor

Miramax Films

Pan Vision
,

Transmission

Special Effects

Lip Sync Post

Miscellaneous

ARRI Media
Arriflex D-20 camera provided by

HireWorks
Avid equipment rental

Lip Sync Post
digital intermediate, sound re-recording

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
orchestra






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