The End of Violence (1997)


The End of Violence
Release Date11 May 1997
Budget$5,000,000
TaglineNothing Lasts Forever
GenreDrama, Thriller
CountryFrance
Germany
USA
Filming LocationsBronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Sound MixDolby, DTS
ColorColor

The End of Violence is a 1997 film by the German director Wim Wenders. The film's cast includes Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne, Traci Lind, Rosalind Chao, Andie MacDowell, and Loren Dean, among others. It also features a soundtrack marked with the signature sounds of Wenders regulars Jon Hassell, Ry Cooder, and Bono. The film was praised by a select few critics for its cinematography, but performed poorly in the box office. It was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Claire

Mike Max

K. Todd Freeman
Six O One

Ray Bering

Chris Douridas
Technician

Frank Cray

Lowell Lewis

Soledad St. Hilaire
Anita

Brice Phelps

Louis Bering

Sheriff Call

Ranger MacDermot

'Doc' Dean Brock

Enrique Castillo
Ramon

Sal Lopez
Tito

Ulysses Cuadra
Jose

Zoltan Kovacs

Aymara De Llano
Florinda

Juan Emilio

Ulusses Culzea
Jesus

Andy Alvarez
Ralph

Brian

Karen Ross
Fluffball

Reg Rogers
Jack

Singer

Guy in Bar

O-Lan Jones
Barmaid

Black Encyclopaedia
Rapper #1

Meshell Ndegeocello
Malike

Female Cop

Featured Performer

Irene Hilleary
Featured Performer

Kevin Chesley
Featured Performer

Chris Howell
Featured Performer

Teresa De La Riva
Featured Performer

Anne Nielsen
Featured Performer

Rice Edwards
Featured Performer

Alinda Camile Pena
Featured Performer

Russell Getens
Featured Performer

Kerry Rossall
Featured Performer

Mark Hardisty
Featured Performer

Virgel Smith
Featured Performer

Daryl Hemmerich
Featured Performer

Kris Thompson
Featured Performer

Richard Cummings
Tyler

Director

Writer

Nicholas Klein
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Producer

Ulrich Felsberg
executive producer

Jean-François Fonlupt
executive producer

Nicholas Klein
producer

Deepak Nayar
producer

producer

Ingrid Windisch
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Pascal Rabaud
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Editor

Peter Przygodda
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Casting Director

Heidi Levitt
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Monika Mikkelsen
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Production Designer

Patricia Norris
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Art Director

Leslie Morales
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Set Decorator

Leslie Morales
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Costume Designer

Patricia Norris
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Makeup Department

Nadia Felker
assistant hair stylist

Katharina Hirsch-Smith
makeup artist

Katherine Jean Norris
hair stylist

Edward St. George
hair stylist: Ms. MacDowell

Anne Sweeting
assistant makeup artist

Production Manager

Desmond Cannon
post-production supervisor

Deepak Nayar
unit production manager

Sabrina S. Sutherland
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

C.C. Barnes
second second assistant director

Matthew J. Clark
first assistant director

W. Thomas Snyder
second assistant director

Art Department

Robert Blau
assistant property master

Chris Campbell
property maker

Keith Cox
construction coordinator

Bill Evens
laborer

Scott G. Frantz
painter

Craig Sherman Hall
property master

Jon Kazunaga
construction foreman

Cynthia La Jeunesse
buyer, lead person

Joe Monaco
swing

Ron Montgomery
property maker

David C. Nute
property maker

Frank A. Oliveri
painter

Mark Peterson
property maker

Robert A. Remer
swing

David E. Robinson
lead scenic

Russell J. Smith
illustrator

David D. Wheeler
property maker

Sound Department

Javier Bennassar
sound effects editor

Tim Boggs
adr supervisor

Evan Daum
assistant sound editor

David Diamond
boom operator

Lisle Engle
sound effects editor

Mary Erstad
foley mixer

Michael Ferdie
assistant production sound editor

Alan Freedman
adr mixer

Cormac Funge
sound effects editor

Patrick Giraudi
additional sound re-recording mixer

Catherine Harper
foley artist

Dean Hovey
sound effects editor

Frederick Howard
sound effects editor

David Mann
foley editor

Derek Marcil
sound re-recording mixer

Christopher Moriana
foley artist

Yuri Reese
adr editor

Matthew Reidenbach
assistant sound editor

John Ross
sound re-recording mixer

sound re-recording mixer

Walter Spencer
production sound editor, dialogue editor

Jim Stuebe
sound

Lucy Sustar
foley mixer

Donald J. Sutherland
cable person

Derek Vanderhorst
sound editor

Kelly Vandever
assistant sound editor

Thomas Volckmann
foley editor

Elmo Weber
sound designer, sound supervisor

James A. Williams
sound effects editor

James Wright
stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects

Bart Barber
special effects

Philip Bartko
special effects

Gary D'Amico
special effects coordinator

Michael Wilmot
special effects

Visual Effects

Toni Pace Carstensen
visual effects producer

Kurt Godel
digital transfer engineer

Tom Leonard
visual effects producer

Cory Strassburger
digital artist

Stunts

Thomas Dewier
stunts

Jeffrey Eith
stunts

Dale Gibson
stunts

Chris Howell
stunt coordinator, stunts

Stacey Howell
stunts

Shawn Kautz
stunts

Jason Rodriguez
stunts

Kerry Rossall
stunts

Harry Wowchuk
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Rob Abbey
24 frame video operator

Michael Albala
lamp operator

Nils Benson
second assistant camera

Stephen Brooks
generator operator

Robin Brown
camera operator

Joe Crouch
lamp operator

Cicero De Moraes
gaffer

Erik Folsom
best boy electric

Nadim George
still photographer

Lindsay P. Hill
24 frame video operator

Jim Hughes
grip

Kevan Jenson
24 frame video operator

Dan Kelley
camera technician: Wescam camera

Michael Landsburg
key grip

Chip Matheson
underwater camera operator

Stan McClain
camera operator: Wescam camera

James M. McClure
lamp operator

Tracy Mills
24 frame video operator

Jeff Pamula
grip

Brad 'Toaster Oven' Reeves
best boy grip

Scott Andrew Ressler
first assistant camera

Kosta Rigopoulos
grip

Robert M. Sagaser
camera loader

Chris Squires
Steadicam operator

Michael Valentine
lamp operator

Donata Wenders
still photographer

Billy Witherington
dolly grip

Mark R. Leins
camera operator: video

Casting Department

Kevin Chesley
casting intern

Rich King
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Marisa Aboitiz
set costumer

Maurizio Bizzarri
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Gary Burritt
negative cutter

Brian Johnson
first assistant film editor

Stephen R. Sheridan
color timer

Music Department

Sharon Boyle
music supervisor

Brad Haehnel
music mixer

musician: trumpet solo

John Rodd
orchestral scoring recordist

Gerry Schwartz
music contractor

Ed Segaul
music coordinator

Transportation Department

Richard G. Almo
driver

Cesar Caceres
driver

Mickey Guinn
driver

Patsy Lomax
driver

Dan Marionneaux
driver

Ronnie McGuire
driver

Walt Miller
driver

Victor Moore
driver

Bill Powell
driver

Michael Ralph Price
captain

Arturo Ruvalcaba
cook driver

Lowell D. Smith
driver

Richard Vincent
driver

Leonard Whidden
driver

Clint White
driver: honeywagon

Allan Yamauchi
transportation coordinator

Other Crew

Stacey Abrams
assistant location manager

Debra Leilani Bakeman
medic

Rose-Marie Couture
assistant: Ulrich Felsberg

Wendy Renskowski Dale
assistant production accountant

Jolanda Darbyshire
personal assistant to director

H. Halsey Davis II
location assistant

Bob Engelsiepen
design executive

Missy Eustermann
second assistant production accountant

Ruth Fainberg
assistant: Bill Pullman

Catherine Jelski
script supervisor

Jay Johnson
title designer: main titles

Kathy Kiatta
assistant: Andie MacDowell

Kristi Lake
post-production accountant

Art Lew
office production assistant

Mike Martella
office production assistant

Peter McKernan
helicopter pilot

Josue Meza
cook's helper

Son Kim Nguyen
set production assistant

Tasha Oldham
assistant production coordinator

Jay Ostrowski
key set production assistant

Thomas Rajman
intern

Alyssa Reinhardt
office production assistant

Albert G. Ruben
insurance

Karen R. Sachs
production coordinator

Luba Schatzberg
office production assistant

Martin Schmidt
intern

Bonnie Sills
location manager

Amy Singer
assistant: Gabriel Byrne

Lars C. Steinmeyer
intern

Kai-Peter Uhlig
legal assistant to Ulrich Felsberg

Hella Wenders
intern

Cynthia Wise
production accountant

Ellen Yamauchi
craft service

Leslie Jean Porter
assistant to producer

Production Company

CiBy 2000
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Ciby Pictures
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Kintop Pictures
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Road Movies Filmproduktion
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Distributor

Artificial Eye

Atalanta Filmes

Bonton, a. s.

Buena Vista International Finland
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Buena Vista International
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Cecchi Gori Home Video

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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MGM-International Dist.

PlayArte Home Vídeo

PolyGram Film Distribution

RCV Film Distribution
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Umbrella Entertainment

Special Effects

POV Special Effects

Miscellaneous

Animal Actors of Hollywood
bird wrangler

Axium Entertainment Group
extras casting

Bumble Ward & Associates
unit publicity

CIBY Sales
internation sales

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera dollies, camera cranes

Digital Sound and Picture
re-recording facilities, post-production sound

Doug Stone's 'Synchronicity'
adr voice casting

Film Finance
completion bond

Hill Production Services
24 Frame Playback

MarshallPlumb Research Associates
script research

McKernan Motion Picture Aviation
Helicopter

Michelson Food Services
catering

Myman Abel Fineman Fox Greenspan Light
music legal

Pacific Title
titles and opticals

Rollins Hudig Hall
insurance

Sinclair, Tenenbaum, Emanuel & Fleer
production legal services

View Studio
digital effects

Wescam USA
wescam provided by

West Coast Production Security
security provided by