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Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (Original title)Harpoon: Reykjavík Whale Watching Massacre (Alternative title)
Dates: 2009 (Copyright), 04 September 2009 (Release)

Countries: Finland, Iceland, United Kingdom, Norway

Directed by: Júlíus Kemp

Synopsis: Horror. A group of tourists on a whale-watching expedition are terrorised by a gang of homicidal former whalers.

Genre:
Horror

Subject:
Mass murders
Releases
Date: 04 September 2009Country: IcelandRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 86 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 10 May 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 83 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (81)
©: Solarfilms Oy., ©: Kvikmyndafélag Íslands ehf., Film and Music Entertainment, [International Sales]: CinemaVault Releasing, Production Company: The Icelandic Film Company, In co-production with: Film & Music Entertainment, Solar Films, Supported by: Icelandic Film Centre - Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands, Supported by: Iðnaðarraðuneytið, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Produced by: Ingvar H. Thordarson, Produced by: Júlíus Kemp, Gíslí Gíslasson, Co-producer: Mike Downey, Co-producer: Sam Taylor, Co-producer: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle, Line Producer: Dísa Anderiman, Associate Producer: Katy Moylan, Hallur Helgason, Unit Production Manager: Birna Paulina Einarsdóttir, Production Accountant UK: Anira Danino, Location Manager: Borgthor Ágústsson, Post-production Supervisor - Molinare, London: Katie Shahrokh, Assistant Director: Richard Scobie, Script Supervisor: Atsuko Sató, Brazil Casting: Rose Costa, UK Casting: Global 7 Casting, Medina Ajikawo, Screenplay by: Sjón, Story by: Torsten Metalstein Hvas, Sjón, Director of Photography: Jean Noel Mustonen, Focus Puller: Ómar Jabali, 2nd Assistant Camera/Clapper/Loader: Snorri Freyr Fairweather, Gaffer: Geir Magnússon, Grip: Sigurgeir Thórðarson, Still Photographer: Bjarni Grímsson, Visual Effects Supervisor: Simon Kilroe, Visual Effects Producer: Shanaullah Umerji, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Fawnda Denham, Special Effects: Haukur Karlsson, Jóhannes Sverrisson, Supervision Whale Construction: Thorvaldur Böðvar Jónsson, Editing: Sigurbjörg Jónsdóttir, On-line Editor: Gareth Parry, Editing Consultant: Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Production Design: Eggert Ketilsson, Art Director: Danny Newton, Set Dresser/Props on Set: Guðjón Thór Baldursson, Storyboard: Tómas Thorbjörn Ómarsson, Costumes by: Maria Valles, Hair and Make-up: Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir, Prosthetics: Móheiður Helgadóttir, Einar Eiðsson, Title Sequence: Marteinn Einarsson, Laboratory: Soho Film Lab, Molinare, Music by: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Music Arranged by: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Music Produced by: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sound Recordist: Árni Gústafsson, Sound Assistant/Boom Operator: Eirikur Hilmisson, Re-recording Mixer: Nigel Squibbs, Dialogue Editor: Dan Johnson, [Sound] Effects Editor: Jeremy Price, Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott, Foley Artist: Clare Mahoney, Ricky Butt, Foley Mixer: Simon Epstein, Foley Editor: Billy Mahoney, Arran Mahoney, Stunt Co-ordinator: Valdimar Jóhannsson, Fight Co-ordinator: Reynir A, Film Consultant: Len Brown, Behind the Scenes: Baldvin Z, Whale Footage: Footage Search Inc., Dan Baron, Title Sequence Footage: The Icelandic Film Archive, Shot at: Atlantic FilmStudios
Cast (47)
Pihla Viitala (Annett), Helgi Björnsson (Tryggvi), Nae Yuuki (Endo), Miranda Hennessy (Marie Ann), Stefán Jónsson (Siggi), Gudrún Gísladóttir (Mamma), Terence Anderson (Leon), Aymen Hamdouchi (Jean Francois), Gunnar Hansen (Captain Petur), Snorri Engilbertsson (Anton), Thorvaldur David Kristjánsson (Bjorn), Ragnhildur Steinunn Jonsdóttir (Hannah Traschle), Carlos Takeshi (Nobuyoshi), Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir (Helga), Hanna María Karlsdóttir (Signy), Gudlaug Ólafsdóttir (Asa), Miwa Yanagizawa (Yuko), Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson (Larusson), Bb aka Björn Eriksson (prisoner), Bengil Montero (cleaning lady), Sigurður Friðriksson (captain of coast guard), Thorsteinn Gunnar Bjarnason (coast guard), Sigurgeir Pétursson (guardsman), Jón Páll Eyjólfsson (husband), Telma Björk Fjalardóttir (stewardess), Rúnar Guðbrandsson (middle aged man), Ingibjörg Reynisdóttir (heavily made up woman), Ívar Örn Sverrisson (young man), Ingvar H. Thórðarson (himself), Sandra Thórðardóttir (young woman), Thórarinn Jónasson (dog owner), Esja Dísudóttir (dog), Hólmsteinn Össur Kristjánsson (twenty something guy), Reynir A (fighter), Hjalti Úrsus Árnason (bouncer), Dr Spock (band), Arnar Thór Gislason, Franz Gunnarsson, Guðfinnur Karlsson, Guðni Finnsson, Óttarr Ólafur Proppé, Thorbjörn Sigurðsson ([Dr Spock] band), Ervin Shala (stockbroker), Alexandra Björk Elfar (barely legal girl), Bjarni Grímsson (photographer), Birna Ólafsdóttir, Thorbjörg Ósk Eggertsdóttir (kissing girl)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Variety 29 Mar 2010  Page: 'Reviewed online'
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: VAN HOEIJ, Boyd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Reviewed online