The Gift (2000)

Regisseur:

Sam Raimi

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Billy Bob Thornton (written by) &
Tom Epperson (written by)

Premierendatum:

19. Januar 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

The only witness to the crime was not even there

Plot:

A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared.

Plot Keywords:

Psychic | Abusive Husband | Fortune Teller | Occult | Supernatural

Filmpreise:

8 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Evil Dead, Simple Plan and now The Gift solidify Raimi as a great director.

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 25

3:00 AM

TNT

Besetzung

Cate Blanchett	...	Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Buddy Cole
Keanu Reeves	...	Donnie Barksdale
Katie Holmes	...	Jessica King
Greg Kinnear	...	Wayne Collins
Hilary Swank	...	Valerie Barksdale
Michael Jeter	...	Gerald Weems
Kim Dickens	...	Linda
Gary Cole	...	David Duncan
Rosemary Harris	...	Annie's Granny
J.K. Simmons	...	Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Chelcie Ross	...	Kenneth King
John Beasley	...	Albert Hawkins
Lynnsee Provence	...	Mike Wilson
Hunter McGilvray	...	Miller Wilson
Nathan Lee Lewis	...	Cornelius (as Nathan Lewis)
Benjamin Peacock	...	Tommy
Clay James	...	Stanley
David Brannen	...	Ben Wilson
Russ Comegys	...	Ben Sr. (as Russell Durham Comegys)
Janell McLeod	...	Mrs. Francis
Robby Preddy	...	Lady #2
Lucky Lawrence	...	Member of The Souvenirs Band / Handsome Man at Bar
Mo	...	Member of The Souvenirs Band
Boots Kutz	...	Member of The Souvenirs Band
Buck Edwards	...	Member of The Souvenirs Band
D.J. Pawlak	...	Member of The Souvenirs Band
Kipp Chambers	...	Boy at Dance
Dallas Johnson	...	Dallas
Stuart Greer	...	Officer Huggins
Jeff Bragg	...	Jed Barksdale
Danny Elfman	...	Tommy Lee Ballard
S.D. Stephens	...	Deputy on Shore
Samuel E. Parlin Jr.	...	Deputy in Boat
Ed Reddick	...	Judge
Rebecca Koon	...	Buddy's Mother
Erik Cord	...	Buddy's Father
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Cameron Beach	...	Enforcer for the Barksdales (uncredited)
Sam Edens	...	Member of Barksdale Clan (uncredited)
Earl Maddox	...	Barksdale (uncredited)
Ray Wineteer	...	Juror (uncredited)
Yvetta Young	...	Family Friend (uncredited)

Regie
Sam Raimi

Buch (WGA)
Billy Bob Thornton		(written by) &
Tom Epperson		(written by)

Produktion
Grant Curtis	....	associate producer
Sean Daniel	....	executive producer
Gregory Goodman	....	executive producer
James Jacks	....	producer
Gary Lucchesi	....	producer
Tom Rosenberg	....	producer
Ted Tannebaum	....	executive producer
Robert G. Tapert	....	executive producer (as Rob Tapert)
Richard S. Wright	....	co-producer

Originalmusik
Christopher Young

Kamera
Jamie Anderson		(director of photography)

Schnitt
Arthur Coburn
Bob Murawski

Casting
Deborah Aquila

Szenenbild
Neil Spisak

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Marthe Pineau

Kostüme
Julie Weiss

Maske/Frisuren
Kelley Raye Gore	....	assistant makeup artist (as Kelley Gore Jefferson)
Emanuel Millar	....	hair styling designer (as Manny Millar)
Morag Ross	....	makeup artist: Ms. Blanchett
Morag Ross	....	supervising makeup artist
Monty Schuth	....	assistant hair stylist
Jeff Goodwin	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Chris Varosky	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Mary Courtney	....	production supervisor (as Mary J. Courtney)
Gregory Goodman	....	unit production manager
James McQuaide	....	post-production supervisor
Richard S. Wright	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Regieassistenten
Stacey Beneville	....	second second assistant director
Bac DeLorme	....	second assistant director (as Bac Delorme)
Eric Heffron	....	first assistant director
Kurt Uebersax	....	dga trainee

Ausstattung (Stab)
C. Scott Baker	....	assistant art director
David Becton	....	greensperson
Erin Fite	....	art department coordinator
Patrick Fuhrman	....	set dresser
Gloria Ann 'Twinkle' Groover	....	greensperson
Stephanie Kern	....	paint foreperson
Andy Krish	....	lead person
Martin Lasowitz	....	property master
Scott A. Lawson	....	set dresser (as Scott Lawson)
Rebecca Leonard	....	paint foreperson
Jeffrey Lynch	....	conceptual artist
Jeffrey Lynch	....	storyboard artist
Thomas Michael Ryan	....	general foreperson (as Michael Ryan)
Jeffrey Schlatter	....	construction coordinator
Martin Smith	....	greensperson
David Stephan	....	storyboard artist
Drew Sywanyk	....	on-set dresser
Jess Tucker	....	set dressing buyer
Angie Woodard	....	property assistant
Michael Zadresny	....	assistant property master (as Mike Zadrosny)
Susan Dennis	....	assistant property buyer (uncredited)
J. Luther Jones III	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Ton Stab
Mark Allen	....	sound effects editor
Robert Batha	....	first assistant sound editor
Kelly Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
C. Douglas Cameron	....	boom operator
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound effects editor (as Kerry Carmean)
Mark Choi	....	adr editor (as Mark Hushik Choi)
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Robert Fernandez	....	sound mixing engineer
Robert Fernandez	....	sound recording engineer
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	assistant sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
Gerard K. Marino	....	additional sound recordist
James Moriana	....	foley artist (as Jimmy Moriana)
Ed Novick	....	production sound mixer
Kelly Oxford	....	adr editor
Andy Potvin	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Michael Rayle	....	cable person
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Melissa S. Hofmann)
Steve Smith	....	assistant sound engineer
Lauren Stephens	....	dialogue editor
Jon Title	....	supervising sound editor
Drew Webster	....	digital sound mix technician
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist (as Jeff Wilhoit)
Greg Zimmerman	....	foley recordist
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Kimaree Long	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Jeff Toyne	....	additional sound recordist (uncredited)

Spezialeffekte
Michelle Crawford	....	special effects laborer
Vern Hyde	....	special effects coordinator
Scott Mobley	....	special effects technician
Lisa Reynolds	....	special effects foreperson

Visual Effects
Kelly G. Crawford	....	editor: Illusion Arts Inc.
Peter Donen	....	visual effects supervisor
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts Inc.
David Dwiggins	....	effects photography supervisor
Fumi Mashimo	....	animator: Illusion Arts Inc. (as Fumi Mashimo)
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts Inc.
Kenneth Nakada	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts Inc.
Henric Nieminen	....	effects photography coordinatior (as Heinric Niemenin)
Catherine Sudolcan	....	producer: Illusion Arts
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects: Illusion Arts Inc.
Mike Wassel	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts Inc. (as Michael Wassel)
David S. Williams Jr.	....	lead compositor: Illusion Arts Inc.
Chris Crowell	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Jim Pearson	....	underwater coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Gregory Brunkalla	....	stunts
James M. Churchman	....	stunts (as Jim Churchman)
Kathy Dicker	....	stunts
Christina Ritzi	....	stunts
Steve Ritzi	....	stunts
Ramsey Scott	....	stunts
Brandon Sebek	....	stunts
Mark Stefanich	....	stunt coordinator
Chad Stahelski	....	stunts (uncredited)

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Adam Alphin	....	second assistant camera
Greg Banta	....	assistant chief lighting technician
James 'Booze' Bonsignore	....	grip (as James Bonsignore)
Michael Bonsignore	....	grip
Chip Byrd	....	second assistant camera
Lex Camp	....	grip
Billy Clevenger	....	camera operator (as Bill Clevenger)
Matt 'Punchy' Doll	....	grip (as Matt Doll)
David Dunbar	....	rigging lighting technician
Michael S. Endler	....	first assistant camera (as Michael Endler)
Dan Lynch	....	second company grip
Mark McDevitt	....	camera loader
Billy Merrell	....	grip (as Bill Merrill)
David L. Merrill	....	first company grip (as David Merrill)
David Morton	....	chief lighting technician
Melissa Moseley	....	still photographer
Monty Rowan	....	camera operator
Monty Rowan	....	director of photography: second unit
Steve Skinner	....	grip
Dascious Thomas	....	rigging grip
Dan Turek	....	first assistant camera
Troy N. Wade	....	grip (as Troy Wade)
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip (as Billy Wynn)
David Ellis	....	electrical technician (uncredited)
Harrison Palmer	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting (Stab)
Leigh French	....	voice casting
Shay Griffin	....	location casting (as Shay Bentley-Griffin)
Dianne Lynn	....	location casting
Melissa Maxfield	....	location casting
Kelly O'Brien	....	casting assistant
Cristi Rickey	....	extras casting coordinator
Mary Tricia Wood	....	casting associate (as Tricia Wood)
Chad Darnell	....	location casting assistant (uncredited)
David Pollison	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Layne Brightwell	....	supervising costumer (as Layne Brightwell-Werner)
Dorothy Masters	....	costumer
Dorothy Masters	....	seamstress
Wendy Moynihan	....	costumer
Hope Slepak	....	costume supervisor (as Hope B. Slepak)
Sanford Slepak	....	assistant costume designer (as Sandy Slepak)

Schnitt (Stab)
Winnie Cheng	....	post-production coordinator
Catherine L. Cusimano	....	assistant editor (as Catherine Cusimano)
Paul Hart	....	first assistant editor
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Peter Kwong	....	apprentice editor
Michael Rafferty	....	first assistant editor (as Mike Rafferty)
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Ewa Zbroniec	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer (uncredited)

Musik (Stab)
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer
Andrew Hausmann	....	score coordinator
Tanya Noel Hill	....	music editor
Chris Innis	....	music editor
Simon James	....	music contractor
Derrick Lefebvre	....	score coordinator
Christopher S. Parker	....	music coordinator
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
Jasper Randall	....	scoring coordinator
Adam Stern	....	conductor
Paul S. Henning	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Bill Liston	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Flavio Motalla	....	score producer (uncredited)

Transporte
Cindy Parker	....	transportation coordinator
J.L. Parker	....	transportation captain
Robert Ballentine	....	transportation (uncredited)
Christie Chaplin	....	driver (uncredited)
Chuck Graydon	....	driver (uncredited)

Restlicher Stab
Kather Alcorn	....	production assistant
Brad Banks	....	electrical technician
Samantha Barker	....	synthesizer coordinator
Steven Bernstein	....	production assistant
Steve Cainas	....	production coordinator
Dan Callahan	....	production assistant
Kathleen Callahan	....	craft service (as Kathleen 'Kat' Callahan)
Dan Carter	....	location projectionist
Gina Cascino	....	location manager
Julie Cummings	....	production assistant
Renee Derossett	....	animal handler: "Butch"
Anna Downing	....	production auditor
Tom Fendley	....	electrical technician
Billy Fields	....	medic
Julie Ford	....	production assistant
Clinton Lee Futch Jr.	....	production assistant (as Lee Futch Jr.)
Jillian Gallant	....	production assistant
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Grant Grabowski	....	production coordinator: Lakeshore Entertainment
Douglas Hansen	....	production financing
J. Cindy Hill	....	assistant: Mr. Goodman and Mr. Jacks
Stephanie Huntsinger	....	auditor
Calise Kerns	....	production assistant
Tatiana Komlos	....	assistant production coordinator
Douglas Leme	....	production assistant
Jordan Lewis	....	production assistant
Jeffrey Lynch	....	creative supervisor: second unit (as Jeffery Lynch)
Gerard K. Marino	....	synthesizer programmer
Shane Meador	....	production assistant
Michael Mendelsohn	....	financial consultant: Patriot Advisors
Carla Meyer	....	dialect coach
Brian Keith Miller	....	assistant location manager (as B.K. Miller)
David Muscatine	....	first assistant auditor
Ben Noble	....	electrical technician
Colleen Nybo	....	post-production auditor
Leigh Oblinger	....	unit publicist
Ed O'Briant	....	electrical technician
Willow Reed	....	assistant: Mr. Rosenberg
Renee Rigenhagen	....	assistant: Mr. Rosenberg
Mike Satterfield	....	electrical technician
Brandon Schiffman	....	production assistant
Bryen Shannon	....	production assistant
Brian Sheil	....	production assistant
Jerrell Skinner	....	assistant production coordinator
Anja Stadelmann	....	supervisor: second unit
A. Jon Stitch	....	assistant synthesizer coordinator
Jeff Tapert	....	craft service
Jerri Whiteman	....	auditor
Bob Williams	....	electrical technician (as Robert Williams)
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	auditor
Joseph Woolf	....	production financing
Andrew J. Young	....	location scout (as Andy Young)
Bill Gula	....	photosonics operator (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)
Todd Peterson	....	stand-in: Keanu Reeves (uncredited)
Senia Phillips	....	animal trainer: dogs (uncredited)
Chad Stahelski	....	stand-in: Keanu Reeves (uncredited)
Ty Warren	....	assistant: Sean Daniel (uncredited)
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)

Widmungen und Dankeschöns
Peter Afterman	....	thanks
Robert L. Benun	....	thanks
Sue Binder	....	thanks
Andrew Boyd	....	thanks
Christine Buckley	....	thanks
Robert Burke	....	thanks
John Edward	....	thanks
Jim Goodkind	....	thanks
Virginia Longmuir	....	thanks
Klein Mayes	....	thanks
David Pollison	....	thanks
Dr. W.R. Portee	....	thanks
Jay M. Self	....	thanks: Savannah Film Commission (as Jay Self)
Rhooby Sue	....	thanks

Produktionsfirmen

• Lakeshore Entertainment
• Alphaville Films (as Alphaville)

Verleihfirmen

• Lakeshore Entertainment (2000) (worldwide) (all media)
• Paramount Classics (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Eurocine (Argentina)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Helkon Filmverleih GmbH (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Laurus Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Monopole-Pathé (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Net5 (2004) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Redbus Film Distribution (2001) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales (SOGEDASA) (Spain)
• Star Movie Amusements (Paraguay)

Spezialeffekte

• Illusion Arts (visual effects)

Weitere Firmen

• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies by
• City of Savannah, Georgia  thanks
• City of Springfield, Georgia  thanks
• City of Thunderbolt, Georgia  thanks
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color
• Effington County Board of Commissioners  thanks
• Entertainment Finance Group  production financing provided by
• Georgia Film Commission  thanks
• International Film Guarantors  completion guaranty provided by
• Ken and Art's Catering  catering
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Northwest Sinfonia  orchestra
• Orbit Digital  avid editing systems provided by
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Paramount Pictures  scenes from "Heckle and Jeckle" courtesy of
• Patriot Advisors  financial consulting
• Peabody Essex Museum  "America" painting by Fitz-Hugh Lane courtesy of
• Savannah Film Commission  thanks
• Soundelux  post-production sound services by
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recording services by
• Union Bank of California  production financing provided by
• Will Records  soundtrack
• Xtreme/Music Works Studio  music recorded at

Alternativ:

The Gift - Die dunkle Gabe (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, and sexuality/nudity.

Länge:

112 Min | USA:111 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | USA:R (certificate #37790) | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating on appeal) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Drehorte:

Effingham County, Georgia, USA

Firma:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Dies und das:

Annie's car is "The Classic" - the Delta 88 Oldsmobile that appears in every Evil Dead movie and nearly every other Raimi movie.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Annie is talking to the prosecutor about re-opening the case, a crew member's reflection can be seen in the window

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Annie: Oh, thank you for the peaches.
Tommy Lee Ballard: Yes, ma'am.
Annie: So how you been?
Tommy Lee Ballard: Oh, pretty good, I reckon.
Annie: You had a health problem since I saw you last?
Tommy Lee Ballard: Ma'am?
Annie: Have you been sick.
Tommy Lee Ballard: Back's been hurting a little.
Annie: No, no, it's not your back. You been bleeding somewhere?

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Soundtrack:

King Of Heartache

Evil Dead, Simple Plan and now The Gift solidify Raimi as a great director.

Sam Raimi has a bit of folklore to him, at least in t horror movie circles. His story with Evil Dead is one that tells us that if you really believe in what you are doing and have an undeniable passion for it, you can succeed with an indie. Evil Dead was that film for Raimi. Now that he has bigger budgets and better casts, one could expect him to fail, but with terrific films like A Simple Plan and now this one, he proves that he does possess a gift as a film maker. The Gift takes him back to his roots as a horror director and he doesn't disappoint. The Gift is a tight, tense film with some questionable weakly written court room scenes, but take that away and you have a very effective thriller.

The Gift has an all star ensemble cast that takes everything they are given and shines with it. Cate Blanchet is awesome to watch as the small town clairvoyant that some people look upon with utter reverance and others disregard as nothing more than a Satan worshipper. Keanu Reeves is very effective as a wife abusing husband and Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Giovanni Ribisi and Gary Cole are all very good in their roles. I especially liked Reeves as the wicked wife beater. I grew to hate his character and not just because he was a wife beater, but because he was such a smug, "I'm above the law" wife beater. I like seeing the smaller and perhaps more challenging roles Reeves is taking in between his billion dollar turn as Neo.

When a local town aristocratic beauty disappears, all fingers point towards Reeves as the murderer. He was having an affair with the girl, he has a violent temper, and he has scratch marks all over him from her and most importantly she was found dead in his swamp on his property. That is pretty compelling evidence against him. Also, Annie, the clairvoyant had visions about her whereabouts being located on his property. But soon after his impending incarceration, Annie begins to have other thoughts. She thinks the wrong man has been put away and now she fears that the real killer is going to come after her.

What The Gift benefits from, besides great performances, is tight direction. Raimi shows us here why it is that he got his start as a horror director. There are at least half a dozen scenes that are tense and frightening. When Annie is having her visions of death and sees dead women in trees and in bathtubs and such, there are collective gasps of fear in the audience. And when she is visited by ghosts or visions of people, you feel the heart race a little faster. This is not to say that the film is flawless because it's not. The flaws come from the writing of the court case where there is so much heresay and such that any good lawyer would have jumped all over the defense's case. When a man is being tried for murder and your defense is questioning how you came to know where the body was, they are two different issues. Why does it matter if an elephant told you where the body was or if you happened to fish it out of the pond with a crane. The point is that the body was there and it was on the accused's property and the accused had scratch marks on his arm from the deceased. That in my book is a pretty simple case. I was disappointed with how Thorton wrote the court room scenes but that is about all I was disappointed with.

The Gift is not one of the best horror films I've ever seen, but it is an enjoyable one and if I had to compare it to another similar one to it, I would have to say that this was better than What Lies Beneath. I think Zemekis is a great director but Raimi just has that certain intangible quality about him. He can make suspense out of something when perhaps there is none there. This is worth seeing and if you are a horror fan or just like a few thrills in your film, this'll keep you entertained.

8 out of 10- a good creepy horror film with a few genuine scares and a plethora of great performances.