Whiteout (2009)


Whiteout
Release Date09 September 2009
Budget$35,000,000
US Box Office$10,000,000
TaglineSee Your Last Breath.
GenreAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
CountryUSA
Canada
France
Filming LocationsBoucherville, Québec, Canada
LanguageEnglish, Russian
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Thriller
MoodSpellbinders, Nail-biters
ThemesMurder Investigations, Haunted By the Past, Trapped or Confined
TonesOminous, Claustrophobic, Tense
TagsAntarctica, Isolation, Outpost, Plane Crash

Whiteout is a 2009 thriller film based on the 1998 comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber, and released on September 11, 2009. The film was produced under the banner of Dark Castle Entertainment by Joel Silver, Susan Downey and David Gambino, is directed by Dominic Sena, is distributed by Warner Bros., and stars Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Alex O'Loughlin in the lead roles.


Cast and Crew


Robert Pryce

Dr. John Fury

Russell Haden

Sam Murphy

Joel S. Keller
Jack

Jesse Todd
Rubin

Arthur Holden
McGuire

Erin Hickock
Rhonda

Russian Pilot

Julian Cain
Russian Co-pilot

Dennis Keiffer
Russian Guard #1

Andrei Runtso
Russian Guard #2

Roman Varshavsky
Russian Guard #3

Steve Lucescu
Mooney

Paula Jean Hixson
Lab Tech

Craig A. Pinckes
Aircraft Tech

Sean Tucker
Operations Tech

Marc James Beauchamp
Weiss

Nick Villarin
Newbie

Louis Dionne
Man in Hall

Miami Prisoner

Jeremie Campbell
Control Room Tech

Sarah Murphy-Dyson
Lab Assistant

Director

Writer

Jon Hoeber

Erich Hoeber

Chad Hayes

Carey Hayes

Greg Rucka

Steve Lieber

Producer

Don Carmody
executive producer

producer

David Gambino
producer

Richard Mirisch
co-producer

Henning Molfenter
co-producer

Steve Richards
executive producer

Greg Rucka
executive producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Christopher Soos

Editor

Martin Hunter
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Casting Director

Mary Gail Artz
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Shani Ginsberg
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Production Designer

Graham 'Grace' Walker
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Art Director

Gilles Aird
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Martin Gendron
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Jean Kazemirchuk
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Costume Designer

Wendy Partridge
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Makeup Department

Julie Brisebois
assistant special makeup effects artist

Corald Giroux
key hair stylist

Erik Gosselin
special makeup effects artist, key makeup effects artist

Teressa Hill
department head hair: New Deal Studios/Streamline

Amanda Kuryk
makeup artist

Gaétan Landry
hair stylist

Brenda Magalas
first assistant makeup artist

Magali Métivier
makeup artist

Doug Morrow
special makeup effects artist

Bridget O'Neill
makeup department head: New Deal Studios

Jean Michel Rossignol
assistant special makeup effects artist

Jean-Michel Rossignol
sculpting/painting: special makeup effects unit, special makeup effects artist

Vasilios Tanis
personal makeup artist: Kate Beckinsale

Production Manager

Michael Cowles
unit manager

Ronald Gilbert
production manager

Deb LeFaive
production manager: Manitoba

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Megan Basaraba
second second assistant director: Manitoba

Marielou Bélisle-Pierre
second second assistant director

Doug Carter
second assistant director

Renato De Cotiis
second assistant director: second unit

Geneviéve Duguay
third assistant director

Mathew Dunne
first assistant director: opening sequence

Kate Godley
third assistant director

Megan Heke
third assistant director

Larry D. Katz
key second assistant director: Los Angeles

Bethan Mowat
second assistant director

Craig A. Pinckes
first assistant director

Brian Smrz
second unit director: opening sequence

Art Department

Caroline Alder
assistant art director

Alp Altiner
visual effects art director

Enrico Altmann
carpenter

Benoit Camerlain
assistant painter

Jessee J. Clarkson
carpenter

Robert Consing
storyboard artist

Louis Frederic Denomme
set dresser

Katia Kim Depatie
props maker, assistant property master

Carrie Foster
art department coordinator

Alain Giguère
head scenic painter

Denis Hamel
property master

David Hogan
storyboard artist

Chris Klein
scenic painter

Alexis Labra
on-set dresser

Brent Lambert
set designer

Simone Leclerc
props

Jean-François Merlot
scenic painter

Jamie Lou Morneau
art department assistant

Steve Newburn
carpenter, set construction: additional photography

David Nicholson
on-set dresser: reshoots

Michael Parkin
apprentice carpenter

Kate Sabicer
set constructor

Scott Schneider
digital set designer: New Deal Studios

Bill Sinosich
scenic carpenter

Phillip Tellez
construction coordinator

Yanick Veilleux
set dresser

Remi Verfaillie
lead dresser

Sound Department

Christopher Alba
foley supervisor

Nancy Barker
assistant sound editor

Josee Bernard
cable person

Dane A. Davis
sound effects editor

Stephanie Flack
adr supervisor , dialogue supervisor

Aleksandr Gruzdev
predub mixer

Vincent Guisetti
foley artist

Greg Hedgepath
sound effects editor

Pamela Kahn
foley artist

Matthew W. Kielkopf
apprentice sound editor

Mark Larry
supervising sound editor

Cliff Latimer
dialog & adr editor

Eric Lindemann
sound effects editor

Louis Marion
location sound mixer

Marla McGuire
foley editor

Ryan Murphy
mix technician

Jason Oliver
adr recordist

Tom Ozanich
sound effects editor

Louis Piche
boom operator

John T. Reitz
sound re-recording mixer

Kyle Rochlin
foley mixer

Sacha Rosen
cable puller: Manitoba

Gregg Rudloff
sound re-recording mixer

Gerard Vernice
boom operator

David A. Whittaker
sound effects editor

Drew Yerys
assistant sound editor

Special Effects

Gaspar Brabant
special effects technician

Adam Charbonneau
special effects assistant

Yvon Charbonneau
special effects technician

Georges Chartrand
special effects technician

Francis Choquette
special effects technician

Louis Craig
special effects supervisor

Stéphane Dalpé
special effects technician

François Dion
special effects technician

Mario Dumont
special effects workshop supervisor

Karim El Fassi
special effects assistant

André Essiembre
special effects technician

Stephen Gilbert
special effects department coordinator

John E. Gray
special effects coordinator: second unit

Bernard Guay
special effects assistant

André Laforest
special effects best boy

Jacques Langlois
special effects technician

Denis Lavigne
special effects department coordinator

Pierre L'Heureux
special effects technician

David Loveday
effects breakaway props & safe weapons

Erick Nyhuis
special effects assistant

Louis Pedneault
special effects technician

Pascal Pelletier
special effects assistant

Pierre 'Bill' Rivard
special effects coordinator

Martin-Philippe Tremblay
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Mathieu Archambault
digital compositor

Steve Arguello
visual effects artist: CafeFX

Mandy Au
sequence lead: Mr. X

Ioan Balcosi
compositor, digital artist: Mr. X

Sarah Barber
visual effects production manager: Mr. X, visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.

Eran Barnea
digital artist

Jeff Barnes
production executive: CafeFX

Patrice-Alain Barrette
technical support: Hybride

Michel Barrière
compositing supervisor: Hybride

Olivier Beaulieu
digital compositor: Hybride

Choz Belen
digital artist

Caroline Bélisle
administration: Hybride

Barb Benoit
digital compositor

Dennis Berardi
visual effects supervisor

Louise Bertrand
bidding producer: Hybride

Kristy Blackwell
digital artist: Mr. X

Pierre Blain
digital compositor: Hybride

Raphaele Blanchard
tracking artist: Hybride

Michael Boggs
scanning manager

Cédric Bonnaffoux
digital compositor: Hybride

Mathew Borrett
matte painter

Mike Borrett
visual effects production manager: Mr. X

Kyle Boylen
digital compositor

Mike Bozulich
lead compositor: cafefx

Branden Bratuhin
visual effects editor: Mr. X Inc

Jeff Briant
visual effects production assistant: Mr X Inc.

Caroline Brien
digital compositor: Hybride

Wayne Brinton
digital compositor

Ayo Burgess
lighting artist: Mr. X Inc.

Zac Campbell
digital compositor

Jeff Capogreco
digital effects artist

Alessandra Carlino
visual effects editor

Dan Carnegie
digital artist: Mr. X

Kris Carson
digital compositor: Mr X

Christina Castellan
visual effects production assistant: Cafe FX

Andy Chan
visual effects compositor: Mr. X Inc.

Glen Chandler
manager of systems

Hubert Chan
digital artist: Mr. X

Erik Charlebois
visual effects artist: Mr. X

Richard Chiu
digital compositor

Ovidiu Cinazan
digital compositor

Mélanie Cotton
technical support: Hybride

Joanie Croteau
production assistant: Hybride

Matt Daly
visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.

Nishit Dayal
digital compositor

Thierry Delattre
visual effects supervisors: Hybride

Luc Desmarais
technical support: Hybride

Chris De Souza
digital artist: Mr. X

Anouk Deveault-Moreau
visual effects coordinators: Hybride

Jeremy Dineen
visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc

Laura Dittmann
visual effects production assistant

Anand Dorairaj
digital compositor

Amélie Dubois
digital compositor

Danny Duchesneau
digital compositor

Mike Duffy
flame artist: Mr X Inc.

Lafleche Dumais
computer graphics supervisors: Hybride

Jonathan Dunn
carpenter: model aircraft and cockpits

Mathieu Dupuis
lead digital compositor: Hybride

Peter Dydo
animator

Saeed Faridzadeh
digital compositor: Mr. X

Mike Fischer
digital artist

David Fix
senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc

Jean-Pierre Flayeux
compositing supervisor: Hybride

Patrick Fogarty
post production coordinator

Mark Fordham
matte painter: Rocket Science

Xavier Fourmond
digital compositor: Hybride

Vicki Galloway-Weimer
senior visual effects producer: CafeFX

Daniel Gaudreau
digital compositor

Yanick Gaudreau
textures & lighting: Hybride

Stephan Gervais
technical support: Hybride

Tommy Gervais
visual effects production assistant

Parth Ghatge
visual effects artist

Mohamed Ghouse
digital compositor

Kevin Gillen
visual effects artist

Matt Glover
visual effects production assistant

Jeff Goldman
visual effects supervisor: CafeFX

Jim Goodman
digital artist: Mr. X

Jason Gougeon
digital artist: Mr. X Inc.

Robin Scott Graham
digital compositor: CafeFX

Robert Greb
digital compositor

Veronique Guay
production assistant: Hybride

Omar Gudjonsson
digital compositor

Myléne Guérin
visual effects coordinators: Hybride

Manuel H. Guizar
visual effects artist: CafeFX

Roopesh Gujar
visual effects production manager: Anibrain

Annu Gulati
digital artist: Mr. X. Inc.

Leann Harvey
visual effects production manager: Mr. X

Pierre-Simon Henri
effects animator: Hybride

Jongwoo Heo
visual effects artist: CafeFX

Nadine Homier
digital compositor: Hybride

Noel Hooper
digital compositor

Jean-Francois Houde
digital compositor: Hybride

Timo Huber
digital compositor

Wendy Hulbert
visual effects coordinator

Tao Jiang
visual effects artist: Hybride

Brandon Kachel
matte painter: Cafe FX

Sushil Kalyanshetti
digital compositor

Megumi Kanazawa
digital compositor

Dushyant Kashyap
digital effects artist

Joseph Kasparian
lead textures & lighting: Hybride

Lisa Kelly
digital artist: Mr. X

Val Kharitonashvili
effects technical director

Khi Kim
digital artist: Mr. X

Alain Lacroix
lead layout artist: Hybride

Eric Lacroix
digital artist

Isabelle Langlois
visual effects production manager: Mr. X

Colin Laski
digital effects supervisor

Daniel Leduc
visual effects supervisor: Hybride, visual effects producer: Hybride

Francois Leduc
digital compositor: Hybride

Ethan Lee
digital artist: Mr. X

Mai-Ling Lee
digital artist

Shun Sing Edward Lee
digital lighting and compositing artist

Winston Lee
inferno artist

Danny Levesque
effects animator: Hybride

Votch Levi
pipeline lead

Anouk L'Heureux
visual effects coordinators: Hybride

Jackson Li
digital artist

Seth Lippman
CG supervisor: CafeFX

Martine Losier
visual effects coordinators: Hybride

Matt Magnolia
visual effects coordinator: Dark Castle Pictures

Jocelyn Maher
digital compositor: Hybride

Stephane Mailet
technical support: Hybride

Elliot Mallon
digital artist: Mr. X

Richard Martin
visual effects supervisor: Hybride

Haydn Masuda
digital artist

Matt Maziersk
digital artist: Mr. X

Claire McLachlan
digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.

Sarah McMurdo
visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc.

Ramesh G. Meena
digital effects artist

Bhavik Mehta
digital compositor

Douglas Melville
visual effects production manager: Mr. X

Francois Metivier
digital compositor: Hybride

Sean Mills
digital artist: Mr. X

Daniel Mizuguchi
digital artist: Mr. X

Jaideep Mohan
digital compositor

Benoit Morin
tracking artist: Hybride

Christian Morin
digital compositor: Hybride

Michel Murdock
visual effects financial controller: Hybride

Jesh Murthy
sequence lead: Anibrain

Nicolas-Alexandre Noel
computer graphics supervisors: Hybride

Jessica Nolet
digital artist

Pete O'Connell
visual effects artist

Sean O'Connor
production assistant: Hybride

Desi Ortiz
visual effects managing editor: CafeFX

Olivier Painchaud
technical support: Hybride

Hojin Park
digital compositor

Junsoo Park
digital artist: Mr. X

Sourav Paul
visual effects: Anibrain

Steve Pelchat
layout artist: Hybride

Rob Phillips
visual effects production assistant

Jim Price
digital artist: Mr. X

Sebastien Proulx
compositor

Kevin Quatman
sequence lead: Mr. X

Matt Ralph
digital artist

Pierre Raymond
visual effects executive producer: Hybride

Dominic Remane
sequence lead: Mr. X, lighting lead

Say Rintharamy
visual effects artist: CafeFX

Sébastien Rioux
digital compositor: Hybride

D'Ippolito Roberto
digital artist: Mr. X

Ruben Rodas
paint/roto artist: CafeFX

Bernardo Rodriguez
visual effects editor: CafeFX

Vishal Rustgi
digital compositor

Paul Saint-Hilaire
digital compositor: Nuke

Mohit Salunke
compositor

Katy Savoie
digital compositor: Hybride

Abhishek Saxena
digital artist: Mr. X

Matt Schofield
matte painter

Jerry Seguin
digital compositor

Carolyn Shelby
digital compositor

Safia Siad
visual effects coordinator

Ben Simons
senior technical supervisor

Joao Sita
digital compositor: hybride

Brian Smallwood
compositor

Gavin Soares
digital artist: Mr. X

Eddie Soria
senior roto/paint artist

Guillaume St-Aubin-Seers
digital compositor: Hybride

Jubinville Steve
senior digital modeler: Hybride

Tamara Stone
sequence lead: Mr. X

Jim Su
digital artist: Mr. X

Sylvie Talbot
communications: Hybride

Brendan Taylor
on-set lead visual effects artist: Mr. X

Christa Tazzeo
additional visual effects

Philippe Theroux
computer graphics supervisors: Hybride

Gaetan Thiffault
lead effects animator: Hybride

David Thompson
digital compositor

Peter Toufidis
matte painter: Hybride

Anne Tremblay
administration: Hybride

Marco Tremblay
lead modeler: Hybride

Véronique Tremblay
production assistant: Hybride

Thomas Turnbull
visual effects supervisor: Rocket Science VFX

Raphael Valle
digital compositor: Hybride

David Van Woert
digital trailer effects producer

Gabriel Vargas
visual effects artist: CafeFX

Sebastien Veilleux
digital artist: Mr. X

Armando Velazquez
digital compositor

Stephen Wagner
visual effects artist: Mr. X Inc.

Nick Waken
digital effects artist: Cafe FX

John L. Weckworth
digital compositor

Aaron Weintraub
pipeline supervisor: Mr. X

Clement Yip
animator

Kyle Yoneda
sequence lead: Mr. X

Richard Yuricich
visual effects supervisor

Hubert Zapalowicz
tracking artist: Hybride

Wojciech Zielinski
CG supervisor: Mr. X Inc.

Travis Baumann
visual effects artist

Ara Khanikian
digital compositor: Hybride

Stunts

Jake Brake
stunt rigger

Dean Copkov
stunt rigger

Marie France Denoncourt
stunt double

Colin Follenweider
stunt double

Tig Fong
stunt rigger

Jere Gillis
stunt double

Nathalie Girard
stunt double: Kate Beckinsale

Jeff Habberstad
stunt rigger

Stéphane Julien
stunt performer

Patrick Kerton
stunt double

Bill Leaman
stunt double

Karine Lemieux
stunt double: Kate Beckinsale

Jake Lombard
stunt rigger

Steve Lucescu
key stunt rigger, stunt coordinator

Christopher McGuire
stunt double

Sarah Murphy-Dyson
stunt double: Kate Beckinsale

Hugh Aodh O'Brien
stunt rigger , utility stunts

Andrei Runtso
stunts

Larry M. Shorts
stunt rigger

Dan Skene
stunt performer

Scott Sproule
stunt rigger

Jim Stephan
stunt rigger

Brian J. Williams
stunt rigger

Nick Woron
stunt rigger

Edward A. Queffelec
assistant stunt coordinator, stunt rigger , stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

Victor Abbene
gaffer: additional photography

Eric Aubin
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Jean-Philippe Belliard
electrician: re-shoots

Hans Bjerno
aerial director of photography

Stephane Boisvert
second generator operator

Roch Boucher
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Jeremy Braben
aerial director of photography

Giselle Brewton
second assistant camera: re-shoots

Stéphane Byl
lighting technician

John Clarke
first electrician

Tony Cutrono
director of photography: second unit

Jim Filippone
pilot: camera helicopter

Gilles Fortier
rigging gaffer

Eames Gagnon
gaffer: second unit

Eric Godbout
first assistant camera

Matthew J. Hall
film loader: re-shoots

Stephanie Girard Hamelin
video assist operator

Robert Lapierre Jr.
best boy grip

Eric Lefèbvre
rigging electric

Nicolas Marion
first assistant camera: "a" camera

Christopher TJ McGuire
MK-V AR operator

W. James Meagher
lighting technician

Tim Merkel
camera operator

Melanie Morin
rigging grip coordinator

Reil Munro
grip: Winnipeg

Colin Noel
best boy rigging grip

François Perrier
Steadicam operator

Nicolas Phillips
lighting technician

Daniel Quesnel
camera loader

Rafy
still photographer

Robert Stecko
camera operator: "a" camera

Oliver Ward
camera technician: Wescam camera

Dane Bjerno
aerial camera technician

Animation Department

Saxena Abhishek
animator

Abhishek Saxena
animator

Casting Department

Freya Krasnow
casting assistant

Larissa Mair
casting associate

Kari Rieger
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Bethany Bernhard
costumer

Jennifer Miller
costumer

Heather Moore
assistant costume designer

Heather Neale
costume assistant: Winnipeg

Rachel Parkin
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

supervising editor

Glenn Richard Côté
assistant editor

Jim Eberle
digital intermediate on-line editor

Christopher Hills-Wright
first assistant editor: Montreal

Nicolae Ilies
dailies colorist

Harold Parker
first assistant editor

Tom Reagan
second assistant editor

Erik Rogers
senior digital intermediate producer

Peter G. Smith
assistant editor

Stefan Sonnenfeld
digital intermediate executive producer: Company 3, colorist

Aidan Stanford
color timer

Jason Wasserman
first assistant editor: Avid

Rob Doolittle
senior on-line editor

Music Department

Michael Dobbins
technical score assistant

orchestrator

Peter Fuchs
score recordist, scoring mixer

Jim Harrison
music editor

Kevin Kaska
orchestrator

Vladimir Martinka
music librarian

Ian Neil
music supervisor

Gerry O'Riordan
music recording engineer

Thomas Parisch
orchestrator

Martin Roller
assistant scoring engineer

Derek Somaru
music editor

Paul Talkington
music contractor

Marian Turner
orchestra manager

Frederik Wiedmann
composer: additional music

Allan Wilson
conductor

Hyesu Yang
orchestrator

Laurent Ziliani
music preparation

Transportation Department

John Bekavac
driver: Winnipeg

John Bober
transportation captain

Aleck Duncan
principal cast driver: Kate Beckinsale, Montreal

Royale Edward
driver: cast

Daniel Matthews
transport coordinator

Dave Perich
driver: Kate Beckinsale, Manitoba

Spiro Tsovras
transportation captain

Corey Walker
driver: Winnipeg

Other Crew

Lindsay Affleck
office production assistant

Susan Bambara
script supervisor

Stephen Bender
production coordinator

Melanie Bergeron
key medic

Dave Brown
firearms safety coordinator: Winnipeg

Peter L. Byrne
assistant: David Gambino

Nuno Capitao de Salles
cast personal trainer

Nickey Chow
second assistant accountant

Jean-Philippe Collin
lead stand-in

Bill Coughran
technical advisor

Simone De Camargo
production accountant

Ken Dhaliwal
production legal

Judy Dickerson
dialect coach: Kate Beckinsale

Matthew Eberle
set production assistant: reshoots

Melissa Girotti
production coordinator: Winnipeg

Nadia Guglieri
second script supervisor

Michael J. Harker
completion bond representative

Nicholas Hosking
adr voice group

Paul Hurst
assistant production coordinator: Winnipeg

Sarah Jene
assistant to executive producer

Petra Jorgensen
script supervisor: Los Angeles shoot

Jean-Patrick Joseph
special equipment supplier

Lara Khajetoorians
assistant: Susan Downey

Nathalie Lagacé
art accountant

Cara Leibovitz
unit publicist

Ronald J. Levin
legal representative

Paul McCloskey
assistant: Steve Richards

Robin Mounsey
supervising location manager

Paolo Quintans
set production assistant

Lara Ravdjee
assistant: Joel Silver

Ryan Robertson
main title producer

Andy Ross
executive album producer

Lise Servant
payroll accountant

Karla Trujillo Villon
office production assistant

Ryan Wuckert
key locations assistant

Diandra Yoselevitz
travel coordinator

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dark Castle Entertainment

Studio Canal

Don Carmody Productions

McMurdo (Canada) Productions

Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures

Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

20th Century Fox

Continental Film

Forum Cinemas

Garsu Pasaulio Irasai

InterCom

InterCom

Karo Premiere

Optimum Releasing

Studio Canal

Tuck

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Village Roadshow Greece S.A.

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Optimum Home Entertainment
,

Turner Network Television (TNT)

Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy

Warner Home Video
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Warner Home Video
,

Warner Home Vídeo

Special Effects

Anibrain

CafeFX

Hybride Technologies

Intrigue
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Invisible Pictures

Mr. X

Pacific Title and Art Studio

Rocket Science VFX

XYZ-RGB

Miscellaneous

Advanced Cinemagraphic Technologies
stunt equipment

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
dollies

Company 3
digital intermediate

Cutting Edge Group
music services

Danetracks
sound design and editorial

Helicopter Film Services
aerial filming and helicopters

Identity Studios
digital effects

Pictorvision
aerial camera system

Pivotal Post
Avid editing equipment

Prologue Films
titles

Taiga Air Services
aerial filming and helicopters

Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack

Zero Hour Entertainment Inc.
stunt rigging






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Dark Castle Entertainment
Ghost Ship (2002)
Gothika (2003)
House of Wax (2005)
Orphan (2009)
RocknRolla (2008)
Splice (2009)
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