The Dark (2005)

Regisseur:

John Fawcett

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Simon Maginn (novel)
Stephen Massicotte (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

Mai 2005 (Canada)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

One of the living for one of the dead.

Plot:

In mourning over the tragic drowning of their daughter Sarah (Stuckey), James (Bean) and Adèle (Bello) are visited by Ebrill (Stone), a young girl who claims she died 60 years ago ... and bares a startling resemblance to Sarah.

Plot Keywords:

Missing Daughter | Search Party | Sheep | Little Girl | Jump From Height

Nutzerkommentare:

enjoyably suspenseful

Besetzung

Maria Bello	...	Adèlle
Sean Bean	...	James
Maurice Roëves	...	Dafydd
Sophie Stuckey	...	Sarah
Abigail Stone	...	Ebril
Richard Elfyn	...	Rowan
Casper Harvey	...	Young Dafydd
Eluned Jones	...	Doctor
Gwenyth Petty	...	Librarian
Robin Griffith	...	Police Inspector
Mike Keegan	...	Rib Skipper
Tonya Smith	...	Main Stumblehead Martyr

Regie
John Fawcett

Buch (WGA)
Simon Maginn		(novel "Sheep")
Stephen Massicotte		(screenplay)

Produktion
Paul W.S. Anderson	....	producer
Jeremy Bolt	....	producer
Steve Christian	....	executive producer
Robert Kulzer	....	producer
Paul Tamasy	....	executive producer

Originalmusik
Edmund Butt

Kamera
Christian Sebaldt

Schnitt
Chris Gill

Casting
Robyn Ray
Suzanne Smith

Szenenbild
Eve Stewart

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
Andrew Grant		(supervising art director)
Ed Walsh

Kostüme
Ffion Elinor

Maske/Frisuren
Erin Ayanian	....	makeup artist: Ms. Bello
Sue Ignatius	....	chief makeup artist
Sarah Monzani	....	hair designer
Sarah Monzani	....	makeup designer
Simon Thompson	....	chief hair stylist
Christine Whitney	....	hair stylist: dailies
Christine Whitney	....	makeup artist: dailies
Elizabeth Phillips	....	makeup trainee (uncredited)

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Candice Fonseca	....	production manager

Regieassistenten
Hana Backland	....	assistant director: crowd (as Hannah Backland)
Oscar Beuselinck	....	second assistant director
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director
Lucy Egerton	....	third assistant director (as Lucinda Egerton)
Mark Egerton	....	first assistant director
Henry Forsyth	....	third assistant director: second unit
Grant Harvey	....	second unit director
Steve Newton	....	first assistant director: second unit
Nickie Sault	....	second assistant director

Ausstattung (Stab)
Mark Adams	....	scenic painter: dailies
Nurey Al-Kahzrajie	....	art department trainee
Steve Allaway	....	carpenter: dailies
Stanley Apperley	....	plasterer (as Stan Apperley)
Marc Beros	....	scenic painter (as Mark Beros)
Lee Biggs	....	chargehand carpenter
Roy Biggs	....	stagehand: dailies
Dennis Bovington	....	carpenter: dailies (as Dennis Bovingdon)
Dave Bowman	....	carpenter: dailies
Alan Briant	....	prop storeman
Peter Brown	....	carpenter: dailies
Temple Clark	....	storyboard artist
Jamie Davies-Evans	....	scenic painter
Gary Davies	....	stagehand
Philippe Delestre	....	scenic painter: dailies (as Phillipe Delestre)
Gary Evans	....	stagehand
James Fennessy	....	scenic painter: dailies (as Jim Fennessy)
Andrew Forrest	....	stand-by props (as Andy Forrest)
Mary Gibbs	....	art department trainee
Andy Good	....	carpenter: dailies
Claire Grainger	....	prop buyer
Les Hall	....	carpenter
Kate Halsall	....	trainee prop buyer (as Kate Elizaberth Halsall)
Darren Hayward	....	chargehand carpenter
Gary Hedges	....	carpenter: dailies
Nick Holmes	....	scenic painter: dailies
Mike Houseman	....	construction manager
Geoff Hubbard	....	carpenter: dailies (as Martin Hubbard)
Nigel Kirk	....	scenic painter: dailies
Rowanna Lacey	....	assistant art director
William Lawlor	....	carpenter (as William Lawler)
Terry Law	....	carpenter
Shay Leonard	....	stand-by props
Jo Littlejohn	....	assistant prop buyer
Kevin Lloyd	....	stagehand: dailies
Dan Maslen	....	storyboard artist
Leon McCarthy	....	stand-by carpenter
Dave McGill	....	stagehand: dailies
Nathan Middleton	....	scenic painter: dailies
Richard Mills	....	property master
Stephen Morris	....	plasterer
Mark Overall	....	carpenter
Justin Overhill	....	stand-by painter
Neil 'Dulux' Palfreman	....	carpenter (as Neil Palfreman)
Jo Riddell	....	art department assistant
Lester Rowbotham	....	stand-by carpenter (as Lester Rowbottom)
Guy Rutter	....	chargehand painter
Don Santos	....	dressing props
Russell Sargent	....	carpenter: dailies (as Russ Sargent)
Dave Stachini	....	stagehand: dailies
Paul Stewart	....	carpenter: dailies
Sam Stokes	....	stand-by art director
Graham Thomas	....	carpenter
Andrew Tombs	....	plasterer (as Andy Tombs)
Frazer Williamson	....	carpenter: dailies (as Frasier Williamson)
Mark Williamson	....	carpenter: dailies
Bradley Woodbridge	....	scenic painter: dailies
Colin Woodbridge	....	carpenter: dailies
Leslie Wylie	....	carpenter: dailies (as Les Wylie)

Ton Stab
Stuart Bagshaw	....	additional foley recordist
Howard Bargroff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Owen Bleasdale	....	additional foley editor
Matthew Desorgher	....	boom operator
Dan Green	....	dialogue editor
Tirso Guinon	....	theatre assistant mixer
Miha Jaramaz	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Dan Johnson	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Lake	....	foley artist
William F. MacPherson	....	sound mixer
Ben Meechan	....	sound effects editor
Peter Melemendjian	....	adr recordist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Bernard O'Reilly	....	sound effects editor
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
James Perry	....	adr recordist
Jeremy Price	....	supervising sound editor
Simon Price	....	supervising dialogue editor
Jess Richards	....	trainee: Isle of Man
John Rodda	....	production sound mixer
Lionel Selwyn	....	foley artist
Matthew Skelding	....	adr recordist
Barnaby Smyth	....	foley supervisor
Andrew Stirk	....	adr recordist
Graeme Stoten	....	adr recordist
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
David Turner	....	sound technical coordinator
Noel Vought	....	foley artist
Lauren Ana Walker	....	dialogue editor

Spezialeffekte
David Harris	....	special effects supervisor
Graham Hills	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Carolyn Matini	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Peter Bach	....	head of production: Clear
Andy Burrow	....	scanning and recording manager: Framestore CFC
Melissa Butler Adams	....	lead digital compositor: Clear (as Melissa Butler-Adams)
James Clarke	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Joe Cleave	....	systems development: Framestore CFC
Paul Doogan	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Chris Eborn	....	visual effects technical operator: Clear
James D. Etherington	....	lead digital compositor: Clear (as James Etherington)
Adam Gascoyne	....	visual effects supervisor: Clear
Joe Godfrey	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Dianne Gordon	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Charlie Habanananda	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Aeon Henderson	....	digital compositor: Clear
Simon Hughes	....	digital film supervisor: Clear
Simon Hughes	....	senior lead digital compositor: Clear
Jack James	....	digital cleanup artist: Framestore CFC
Jayson King	....	3D animator: Clear
Kevin Lowery	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Maria Michalopoulou	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Stuart Nippard	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Dan Perry	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Laura Ricketts	....	visual effects line producer: Clear
Jeremy Sawyer	....	compositor: Framestore CFC
Adam Seeley	....	3D animator: Clear
Matina Skouteri	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Marcus Wood	....	digital compositor: Clear
David J. Zimmerman	....	data manager: Clear (as David Zimmerman)
Alistair Hamer	....	film mastering engineer (uncredited)
Adam Hawkes	....	digital clean-up (uncredited)
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Ryan Knowles	....	digital film recordist (uncredited)
Paola Varvaro	....	digital cleanup artist (uncredited)
Stephen Willey	....	systems engineer (uncredited)
Annabel Wright	....	digital cleanup (uncredited)

Stunts
Gary Connery	....	stunt performer (as Garry Connery)
Kali Connery	....	stunt performer
Ruth Jenkins	....	stunt performer
Kim McGarrity	....	stunt performer
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator
Ray Nicholls	....	stunt performer
Wally Crowder	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Levan Doran	....	water stunts (uncredited)
Luke Kearney	....	water stunts (uncredited)
Peter Pedrero	....	water stunts (uncredited)

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Eva Arnold	....	camera trainee
Inderpreet Bahia	....	camera trainee: FT2
Phil Brookes	....	gaffer
Chris Clarke	....	clapper loader: "a" camera
Ginger Colin	....	second grip
Adam Cowan	....	camera loader
Steve Cussell	....	electrician
Mark Day	....	electrician
Charlie Dillion	....	stand-by rigger (as Charlie Dillon)
John Donoghue	....	rigging gaffer
Charlie England	....	assistant camera
Charlie England	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Dai Evans	....	grip
Sam Goldie	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Tom Guy	....	electrician: underwater, second unit
Dermot Hickey	....	focus puller: "a" camera
George Hobbs	....	rigger
Joe Judge	....	best boy
Giles Keyte	....	still photographer
Andrew Kuepper	....	assistant camera
John Lockwood	....	electrician
Paul McGeachan	....	electrician
Mark Milsome	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Odd	....	director of photography: second unit
Jim Philpott	....	grip: second unit
Barney Piercy	....	focus puller: second unit
Bernie Prentice	....	electrician: underwater, second unit
Derrick Ritchie	....	electrician: second unit
Chris Samworth	....	clapper loader: second unit
Niall Smyth	....	electrician: second unit (as Nial Smyth)
Anthony Swaby	....	camera trainee: Isle of Man
Alex Tate	....	key grip
Ian Townsend	....	crane technician
Gerry Vasbenter	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Gerry Vasbenter	....	steadicam operator
Simon Ward	....	crane grip
Dennis Watson	....	rigger
Dave Wells	....	trainee grip
Glen Whorrall	....	camera trainee: Isle of Man
Mark Wolf	....	underwater camera operator

Casting (Stab)
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Belinda Blight	....	casting assistant
Thomas L. Carter	....	casting associate: USA
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Maxine Brown	....	costumer: dailies
Vikki Illing	....	costumer: dailies (as Vicky Illing)
Leigh Nicol	....	costume supervisor

Schnitt (Stab)
Marcus Alexander	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Emanuele Giraldo	....	assistant editor
Steve Harrow	....	post-production manager: Steeple Post Production Services
Adam Inglis	....	colorist: Framestore CFC
Eddy Kolkiewicz	....	negative cutter: Reel Skill Film Cutting (as Eddie Kolkiewicz)
Mike Morrison	....	digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC
Andrew Robinson	....	negative cutter: Reel Skill Film Cutting
Richard Rowntree	....	assistant to post-production manager: Steeple Post Production Services

Musik (Stab)
Geoff Alexander	....	conductor
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator
Edmund Butt	....	music score producer
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Allan Jenkins	....	music editor
Peter Manning	....	orchestra leader
Rosie Perry	....	assistant to music supervisor
Mike Ross-Trevor	....	score recordist (as Mike Ross Trevor)
Kirsty Whalley	....	music editor
Toby Wood	....	music scoring mixer
Mikael Carlsson	....	executive soundtrack producer (uncredited)
Dashiell Rae	....	temp music (uncredited)

Transporte
John Coleman	....	unit driver
Dan Gilman	....	driver
Graham Pearson	....	unit driver
Stephen Quick	....	transportation captain: Isle of Man
Alan Rogers	....	minivan driver
Micky Webb	....	driver: special effects (as Mickey Webb)

Restlicher Stab
Hana Backland	....	location assistant
Johnny Bamford	....	location manager: Devon
Oliver Barron	....	production assistant
Alexander Berner	....	creative consultant
Eddie Booth	....	location manager: Isle of Man
Nick Cain	....	representative: Isle of Man Film
Robin Craine	....	production assistant
Sarah Crompton	....	assistant: Mr Anderson )
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Andrew Gwyn Davies	....	assistant production coordinator
Jules De Barsham	....	location manager
Jules De Barsham	....	location scout
Kathryn Donovan	....	electronic press kit
Alex Downie	....	representative: Isle of Man Film
Hilary Dugdale	....	representative: Isle of Man Film
Karen Fryer	....	script supervisor: second unit
Phil Gates	....	location manager
Hannah Godwin	....	assistant production coordinator
Judy Goldberg	....	assistant: Jeremy Bolt
Jacky Holding	....	assistant accountant (as Jacky Holding)
Non Jones	....	assistant accountant
Claire L. Kenny	....	assistant accountant
Rowan Laidlaw	....	assistant to director
Emma Lightbody	....	representative: Gasworks Media Limited
Sirish Malde	....	production auditor: Malde & Co.
Sarada McDermott	....	production coordinator
Richard Miller	....	unit nurse
Della Moore	....	production accountant
Ian Pollington	....	location manager: London
Richard Rowntree	....	stock footage researcher
Lara Sargent	....	post-production accountant
Dorothy Sewell	....	unit nurse
Leonard Singer	....	representative: Isle of Man Film
Elizabeth Tremblay	....	script supervisor
Jane Trower	....	first assistant accountant
Doug Vale	....	unit nurse
Thomas Walters	....	production assistant
Henry Woolley	....	location manager
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Constantin Film
• Impact Pictures
• Isle of Man Film Commission
• UK Film Council

Verleihfirmen

• Constantin Film (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Miramax Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Odeon S.A. (2005) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Pioneer Films (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• SND (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• West Video (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)

Spezialeffekte

• Cine Image Film Opticals (optical end titles)
• Clear (digital visual effects)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital intermediate)

Weitere Firmen

• ARRI Media  camera and grip equipment provided by
• Angels & Bermans  costumes
• Arion / Midnight Transfer  rushes telecine
• Artbeats Digital Film Library  library material
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies/mobiles
• Blow Up  stills processing
• Cains Advocates  legal advisor: Isle of Man Film
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Centrespur Corporate Services  financial services
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Cine Image Film Opticals  end titles (as CineImage)
• Cool Music  musicians contracted by
• DZ Bank  financial services
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color and prints
• Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.  completion bond
• Footage Bank  library material
• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• International Film Guarantors  completion guarantee
• Kodak  polaroid stock
• Lansdowne Studios  score mixed at
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Malde & Co.  production auditor
• Media / Professional Insurance  insurance
• Midnight Express  courier
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• P.P.C.  electronic press kit
• Premier Public Relations  publicity (as Premier PR)
• Real Spice of Life, The  catering (as Real Spice of Life)
• Reel Skill Film Cutting  negative cutting
• Sapex Scripts  continuity script
• Sargent-Disc  payroll services
• Screen Facilities  location facilities
• Steeple Post Production Services  post-production services
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  editing facility
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound post-production
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound re-recording
• Whitfield Street Studios  score recorded at

Alternativ:

The Dark (Deutschland)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent/disturbing images and language.

Länge:

93 Min | Philippines:92 Min (cut)

Produktionsland:

Deutschland | UK

Sprache:

Englisch | Welsh

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U (cut version) | USA:R | Argentina:16 | Philippines:R-13 | France:-12 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Germany:16 | Brazil:14 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Ireland:16 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Firma:

Constantin Film

Dies und das:

The concept of "Annwn" (Annwyn) is not made up especially for the film or the book on which it was based. "Annwn" is an underworld or other world found in Welsh legend, a land of the dead. It is said to lay far in the west and could be accessed by the living through a door located at the mouth of the Severn once a year. Surviving from pre-Christian Celtic mythology, it's neither Heaven nor Hell in the Christian sense, humans can enter spiritually or corporeally. This is the first film about Annwn.

enjoyably suspenseful

OK while not a great film it is very suspenseful. i saw this movie almost 3 month's ago at the Cardiff film festival an i can tell u that the cinema was packed an at the end of the film it got a great applause because of the suspense it held throughout the film! on the whole a throughly enjoyable film i found this too be a film with a level of suspense that i have not seen in many supposed thrillers in a number of years. yes i'll agree that the film didn't have a storyline that truly linked together but this is becoming a much more common trend in many films now. Also the film is made all the more enjoyable because it is a British made film showing the quality of films that can come out of this country when we try to make a good film.