Renegade (2004)


Renegade
Release Date11 February 2004
Budget$40,000,000
TaglineWhen the angels kiss the demons,... you'd better be ready.
GenreAdventure, Western, Action
CountryFrance
Mexico
UK
Filming LocationsChihuahua, Mexico
LanguageEnglish, Athapascan languages, German, French, Spanish, Apache languages
Sound MixDolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassHybrid Western
MoodMindbenders
ThemesSheriffs and Outlaws, Taming the West, White People Among Indians, Treasure Hunts
TonesStylized, Dreamlike, Hallucinatory
TagsMystic, Sheriff

Blueberry (Blueberry: L'expérience secrète) is a French movie adaptation of the popular Franco-Belgian comic book series Blueberry, illustrated by Jean Giraud (better known as Moebius) and scripted by Jean-Michel Charlier. The film starred the French star Vincent Cassel as the title character along with Michael Madsen and Juliette Lewis. Although the film is a French production, the language of the film is in English because the story is set in America's Wild West in the 1870s. Since the character of Blueberry remains obscure in the States, the film was released on DVD in America in November 2004 under the title Renegade and marketed very much as a conventional Western.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Mike Blueberry

Maria Sullivan

Wallace Sebastian Blount

Rolling Star

Woodhead

Young Mike Blueberry

Greg Sullivan

Kateri Walker
Kateri

Madeleine

Kestenbetsa
Kheetseen

Prosit

Jimmy McClure

Toothless Man

Antonio Monroi
Julio

William Lightning
Young Runi

Jan Kounen
Billy

François Levantal
Pete the Barman

Joel Gonzales
Lead Warrior

Panshin Biri
Elder Indian Woman

Juan Manuel Bernal
Jeremy

François Bercovici
Desk Clerk

Mike's Escort

Judge

Dentist

Leticia Gutiérrez
Runi's Mother

Tetsuo Nagata
Chiricahua Man

Cyril Dupuy
Cymbalum Player

Paul Rodden
Irish Singer

Javier Clave
Ranch Hand

José Gómez Parcero
Ranch Hand

Karl Braun
Posse Member

Chattoune
Leader of the Vertue Ligue

Director

Jan Kounen
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Producer

Matt Alexander
writer

Gérard Brach
writer

Jean-Michel Charlier
comic book

Alexandre Coquelle
writer

Carlo De Boutiny
early collaboration

comic book

Jan Kounen
writer

Matthieu Le Naour
writer

Louis Mellis
writer

Cassidy Pope
screenplay

Yousaf Bokhari
line producer: Spain

Timothy Burrill
co-producer

Mariano Carranco
line producer

Jean-Michel Lacor
executive producer

Thomas Langmann
producer

Ariel Zeitoun
producer

Original Music

Jean-Jacques Hertz
-

François Roy
-

Cinematographer

Tetsuo Nagata
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Editor

Jennifer Augé
-

Bénédicte Brunet
-

Joël Jacovella
-

Casting Director

Louis DiGiaimo
-

Production Designer

Michel Barthélémy
-

Set Decorator

Marie-Hélène Sulmoni
-

Costume Designer

Chattoune
-

Fab

Makeup Department

Clément Bagot
makeup artist

Guillaume Castagné
special makeup effects artist

Lourdes Delgado
makeup department head

Maria De Lourdes
key makeup artist, key hair stylist

Sylvie Ferry
makeup artist

Delgado Garcia
key makeup artist, key hair stylist

Sébastien Imart
makeup artist

Frédéric Lainé
special makeup effects artist

Felipe Salazar
key makeup artist

Hue Lan Van Duc
key makeup artist

Production Manager

Mari Arnedo
assistant production manager

Nicolas Bary
unit manager trainee

Maxime Bochner
unit manager

Mariano Carranco
production manager: Mexico

Eric Duriez
post-production supervisor

Ernesto Garabito
unit manager

Emmanuel Jacquelin
production supervisor

Philippe Meyer
unit manager

Karine Petite
assistant unit manager

Roxanne Pinheiro
unit manager

Guillaume Sion
assistant unit manager

Carlos 'Buho' Tames
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Roxane Andreani
second assistant director

Renan Bendersky
assistant director

Javier Clave
first assistant director

Marco Polo Constandse
second assistant director

Laurence Guérault
assistant director

Pascal Salafa
first assistant director

Frederic Sanchez Del Rio
assistant director

Julian 'Chico' Valdez
assistant director

Olivier Vergès
second assistant director

Franck Vestiel
assistant director

Art Department

Gilles Boillot
first assistant production designer

special design: hieroglyphic alphabet

Alisarine Ducolomb
art department coordinator

Enrique Echeverría
set decorator: Mexico

Laura González
set decorator: Mexico

Barbara Horcasitas
art assistant

Carlos Y. Jaques
construction coordinator

Delphine Mabed
first assistant production designer

Iñigo Navarro
set designer

Patrick Pasquier
art director: Mexico

Jessica Rugias
dressing props

Jorge Sainz
set dresser, set designer

Sandra Castello
sculpture

Farid Kermici
storyboard artist

Sound Department

Albert Bailey
sound recordist

Nicolas Becker
sound designer, foley artist

Fabrice Conesa
foley recordist

Nicolas D'Halluin
sound recordist

Alain Féat
sound designer

Dean Humphreys
sound supervisor

Andy Kennedy
sound design editor

Peter Levin
adr recordist

Nick Lowe
dialogue editor

Conor Mackey
sound editor

Steve Meyer
sound editor

Glenn T. Morgan
supervising adr editor: US

Stuart Morton
sound editor

Grahame Peters
sound effects editor

Andy Walker
sound effects editor

Special Effects

César Abades
special effects technician

Reyes Abades
special effects supervisor

Rodolphe Chabrier
special effects supervisor

Carlos Ferrández Hernández
special effects technician

Mac Guff Ligne
special effects

Visual Effects

Romain Arnoux
digital effects artist

Rodolphe Chabrier
visual effects supervisor

Bertrand Cordier
lighting technical director: Mac Guff Ligne

Mac Guff Ligne
visual effects

Chia-Chi Hu
digital compositor

Stéphanie Machuret
senior compositor: Mac Guff Ligne

Eclair Numerique
visual effects

Benoit Philippon
digital effects artist

Olivier Poujaud
digital compositor

Frantz Vidal
animator

Vincent Wauters
digital artist

Stunts

Hugo Aguilera
stunt double

Omar Ayala
stunts

Balo Bucio
stunt double

Julian Bucio
stunt coordinator

Rémi Canaple
stunts, assistant stunt coordinator

Patrick Cauderlier
stunt coordinator

Santiago Garcia Galvan
stunt double

Mario Luraschi
stunt coordinator

José Antonio Ona Sánchez
stunt double: Hugh O'conor

Camera and Electrical Department

Stéphane Agostini
electrician

Fabrice Bismuth
assistant camera

Bruno Calvo
still photographer

David Campbell
camera operator

Julien Cottret
grip

Santiago Garcia Galvan
assistant camera

Wilma Gómez Luengo
focus puller

Iwao Kawasaki
assistant camera

Ralph Mendoza
aerial camera operator: SpaceCam

Fernando Moreno
gaffer: Mexico

Craig Nix
crane operator: Technocrane

Sebastien Pentecouteau
first assistant camera

Jorge Sacristan
gaffer

Laurent Tangy
assistant camera

Thierry Valletoux
special photographer: additional crew

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Christophe Giraud
costume painter/dyer

Sylvie Ong
costume supervisor

Sandra Picchiottino-beguery
costume assistant

Carlos Rosario
assistant costume designer: Los Angeles

Editorial Department

Nicolas Criqui
digital conformation

Yvan Lucas
colorist: Eclair

Philippe Reinaudo
digital intermediate technical director

Transportation Department

Carlos Ponce de León
transportation captain

Other Crew

Jose Manuel Ballesteros
caterer: Mexico, craft service: Mexico

Michaël Barocas
production assistant

Karl Braun
location manager

Nicolas Daniel
2K operator

Loreto De La Garza
production secretary

Jon Duncan
production accountant: UK

Sophie Fortat
production accountant trainee

Marie-Noelle Hauville
accounts supervisor

Alfredo Hernandez
wrangler

'Chico' Hernandez
carriages and horses, horses and wagons supplier

Rodrigo Herranz
production coordinator: Mexico

Carlos Larios
production assistant

Juan Carlos Merino
location scout

Norberto Nava
security coordinator

Cassidy Pope
English script adaptor

Claudia Puebla
location manager

Gemma Rawsthorne
assistant accountant

Arturo Saldivar
production contact

Mark Shultz
production assistant, travel coordinator

Nicole Soriano
production coordinator

Juan Uruchurtu
assistant production coordinator

Héctor Villegas
assistant to unit managers

Production Company

A.J.O.Z. Films

La Petite Reine

Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

TF1 Films Productions

120 Films

Crystalcreek Ltd.

Ultra Films

TPS Star

Distributor

Cinema Mondo

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)

Filmax S.A.

Limon Yapim

Millennium Storm

Moviemax

PlayArte Home Vídeo

Scanbox Sweden

TOBIS Film

UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD)

Universum Film (UFA)

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
dollies

Southern Sun
lighting






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