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Déjà Vu (Original title)
Dates: 2006 (Copyright), 15 December 2006 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Tony Scott

Synopsis: Sci-fi thriller. When an explosion on a ferry in New Orleans is linked to a young woman's murder, Doug Carlin of the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) investigates. He soon learns that the government has created a device which can effectively watch the past through a special sort of camera. Carlin hopes to use clues to catch the woman's killer. Then he finds they can actually affect the course of past events, and he determines to try to prevent the murder and the ferry attack from having happened in the first place.

Genres:
Science Fiction, Thriller
Releases
Date: 22 November 2006Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 126 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (187)
©/Presented by: Touchstone Pictures, Inc. Jerry Bruckheimer, Production Company: Scott Free, Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Executive Producer: Mike Stenson, Executive Producer: Chad Oman, Executive Producer: Ted Elliott, Executive Producer: Terry Rossio, Executive Producer: Barry Waldman, Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Associate Producer: Pat Sandston, Associate Producer: Don Ferrarone, Unit Production Manager: Barry Waldman, Production Supervisor: Trevor Waterson, Production Co-ordinator: Elona Tsou, Controller: Cheryl Stone, Production Accountant: Michael Kern, Location Manager (Supervising): Janice Polley, Location Manager (Key Assistant): Chanel Salzer-chadock, Julie Hannum, Location Manager (Prep): Robin Citrin, Location Co-ordinator (New Orleans): Lisa Maria Daliet, Post-production Supervisor: Tami R. Goldman, Post-production Co-ordinator: Yvette Gonzalez, Assistant Director (1st): John Wildermuth, Assistant Director (2nd): Basil Bryant Grillo, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Mark Trapenberg, Assistant Director (Additional 2nd 2nd): H. Gregg Kawecki, Assistant Director (Video Unit 2nd): Christina Fong, Script Supervisor: Julie Pitkanen, Script Co-ordinator: Karin Anderson, Casting: Denise Chamian, Casting: Billy Hopkins, Casting: Kerry Barden, Casting: Suzanne Crowley, Casting (New Orleans): Tracy Kilpatrick, Casting (Associate): Angela Demo, Casting (ADR Voice): Barbara Harris, Written by: Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio, Director of Photography: Paul Cameron, Underwater Director of Photography: Pete Zuccarini, Aerial Director of Photography: David B. Nowell, Kurt Soderling, Camera Operator (A): Chris Haarhoff, Camera Operator (B): Duane Manwiller, Camera Operator (C): John Skotchdopole, Camera Operator (D): Dana Gonzales, Underwater Camera Operator: Nino Neuboeck, Underwater Camera Operator: Mike Thomas, Peter Lee, Gaffer: Philip Walker, Key Grip: Les Tomita, Still Photographer: Robert Zuckerman, Visual Effects Editor: Joseph C. Bond Iv, Visual Effects/Animation: Asylum, Special Effects Supervisor: John Frazier, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Joe Pancake, Special Effects Set Co-ordinator: Rich E. Cordobes, Underwater Bronco Explosion: Kommitted Films, Pyrotechnic Foreman: Joe Digaetano, Graphic Designer: Ted Haigh, Graphic Designs by: Blackbox Digital Inc, Edited by: Chris Lebenzon, Film Editor: Jason Hellmann, Associate Editor: Joseph C. Bond Iv, Picture Consultant: Skip Chaisson, Assistant Editor (1st): Christine Kim, Production Designer: Chris Seagers, Supervising Art Director: Drew Boughton, Art Director (New Orleans): Scott Plauché, Assistant Art Director: Julian Ashby, Assistant Art Director: Nithya Shrinivasan, Ron Mendell, Set Designer: Nancy Deren, Set Designer (New Orleans): Daniel Jennings, Set Designer (New Orleans): Julia Levine, Molly Mikula, Set Decorator: Rosemary Brandenburg, Illustrator: Richard Buoen, Property Master: Don Miloyevich, Construction Co-ordinator: Dale Destefani, Costume Designer: Ellen Mirojnick, Assistant Costume Designer: Ann Foley, Costume Supervisor: Dan Moore, Make-up Department Head: Edouard F. Henriques III, Key Make-up Artist: Gregory C. Funk, Make-up Artist for Mr[Denzel] Washington: Carl Fullerton, Make-up Artist (New Orleans): Allison Gordin, Tattoo Artist: Mark Mahoney, Special Make-up Effects: Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger, KNB EFX Group, Inc. Supervisor: Michael Deak, Puppeteer: Michael Deak, Puppeteer: Alex Diaz, Puppeteer: John Fedele, Puppeteer: Mike McCarty, Hair Department Head: Yolanda Toussieng, Key Hairstylist: Kathe Swanson, Hairstylist for Mr [Denzel] Washington: Larry M. Cherry, Hairstylist (New Orleans): Paul Anthony Morris, Main Title Design by: Skip Films, End Titles: Scarlet Letters, Digital Intermediate Provided by: Company 3, Colour Timer: Kurt Smith, Music Composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams, Additional Music: Toby Chu, Featured Vocalist: Macy Gray, Featured Musician: Hugh Marsh, Michael White, Orchestrations: Ladd Mcintosh, Orchestrations: Bruce Fowler, Orchestra Conducted by: Harry Gregson-Williams, Music Programmer: Nick Glennie-Smith, Music Programmer: Hybrid, Music Programmer: Stephen Barton, Clay Duncan, Music Supervisor: Bob Badami, Music Contractor: Sandy Decrescent, Peter Rotter, Music Editor: Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz, Score Recorded/Mixed by: Mal Luker, Score Recordist: Tom Hardisty, Production Sound Mixer: Arthur Rochester, Boom Operator: Timothy Patrick Salmon, Sound Mixing: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Additional Sound Mixing: Beau Borders, Re-recordist: Dan Sharp, Sound Services by: Buena Vista Sound, Supervising Sound Editor: George Watters Ii, Supervising Sound Editor: F. Hudson Miller, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Teri E. Dorman, Dialogue Editor: David Butler, Dialogue Editor: James Matheny, Dialogue Editor: Lucy Coldsnow-smith, Special Sound Effects Design: Chris Scarabosio, Sound Effects Field Recording: John P. Fasal, Sound Effects Editor: R.J. Palmer, Sound Effects Editor: Gary Wright, Sound Effects Editor: Randle Akerson, Sound Effects Editor: Ken Fischer, Sound Effects Editor: Teresa Eckton, Sound Effects Editor: Jay Wilkinson, ADR Recordist: Rick Canelli, ADR Recordist: Greg Zimmerman, ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O'Connell, ADR Mixer: Greg Steele, Supervising ADR Editor: Juno J. Ellis, ADR Editor: Joe Dorn, ADR Editor: Linda Folk, Foley Mixer: James Ashwill, Supervising Foley Editor: Victoria Martin, Foley Editor: Matthew Harrison, Foley Editor: James Likowski, Foley: One Step Up, Foley: Dan O'Connell, Foley: John Cucci, Stunt Co-ordinator: Chuck Picerni Jr, Assistant Stunt Co-ordinator: Robert Powell, Doug Stunt Double: Robert Powell, Claire Stunt Double: Diana Lupo, Michelle Sebek, Oerstadt Stunt Double: Tim Gilbert, Minuti Stunt Double: Scott Wilder, Consultant: Brian Greene, Technical Adviser: Harry Humphries, Research: Vanessa Bendetti, Special Consultant to Mr [Tony] Scott: Neville Shulman, ATF Tech Adviser: Jerry Rudden, Tom Mangan, EMS Tech Adviser: Mark Reis, SWAT Tech Adviser: Andrew Nida, Technical Adviser: George J. Cazenazette Iii, John Driscoll, Aerial Co-ordinator: Alan Purwin, Armourer: Vincent Flaherty, Animal Trainer: Paul Calabria, Animal Trainer: Studio Animal Services, Animal Wrangler: Jeff Galpin, Helicopter Pilot: David Calvert-Jones, Helicopter Pilot: Howard Hart, Helicopter Pilot: Kevin LaRosa, Helicopter Pilot: David Paris, Helicopter Pilot: Ben Skorstad, Unit Publicist: Claire Raskind
Cast (75)
Denzel Washington (Doug Carlin), Val Kilmer (Agent Pryzwarra), Paula Patton (Claire Kuchever), Jim Caviezel (Carroll Oerstadt), Bruce Greenwood (Jack McCready), Adam Goldberg (Denny), Matt Craven (Minuti), Elden Henson (Gunnars), Erika Alexander (Shanti), Rich Hutchman (Agent Stalhuth), Brian Howe (medical examiner), Donna Scott (Beth), Elle Fanning (Abbey), Enrique Castillo (Claire's father), Mark Phinney (Agent Donnelly), Shondrella Avery (Kathy, secretary), John McConnell (Sheriff Reed), Dane Rhodes (ferry captain), Clay Steakley (ferry worker), Lorry Houston (cop at disaster), Polly Craig (elderly woman at disaster), Ted Manson (crying man at disaster), Yvonne Landry (shellshocked woman), Brian Durkin (National Guard officer), Kenneth Lee (priest), Ron Flagge (mayor), Scott Alan Smith (trauma doctor), Nadia Shazana (trauma nurse), Lew Temple, Charlie Hirsch (paramedic), Justin Colvin, Brandi Coleman, J. Todd Smith, Jonathan Majoue, Jerrod Paige, John Will Clay (sailor), Bart Hansard (Ed Elkins), Scott Klace (police lieutenant 1), David Pease (port authority), Andy Umberger (NTSB investigator), Patt Noday (news reporter), Ritchie Montgomery (agent 1), Jack Daniel Stanley (criminalist), Maureen Brennan, Randy Austin, J.W. Williams (harbour cop), Rio Hackford (Beth's boyfriend), Gary Grubbs (police lieutenant 2), Frankie Lynch (agent 3), Bill Ladd (coast guardsman), Lara Grice, Lowell Perry, Michael Arata, Sylvia Jefferies (reporter), Carol Sutton, Julia Lashae (eyewitness/survivor), Chris Rose (coroner at disaster), Douglas M. Griffin (dock worker), Margaret Lawhon (Channel 8 reporter), Roy McCrerey (national guardsman at disaster), Freddy Mitchell (SAR diver), David Jensen (ferry official), Jerry Rudden (Fire Chief Rudden), John Johnson (fire chief), Ronald Mason (EMT paramedic), Shawn Michael Patrick, James Huang (ATF agent), Jennifer Weston (M.D./technical adviser), Angela D. Hoenig (ambulance bay nurse), H. Gregg Kawecki (hospital security guard), Ann Turkel (technician), Christopher Scholl (newspaper reporter), Charmaine Neville (singer at funeral), Bruce 'Sunpie' Barnes (Zydeco singer at funeral), Nolan North (voice of ex-fiance)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (16)
In: Radio Times 20 Feb 2010  Page: 41
Title: Washington's HeightsAuthor: COLLINS, Andrew Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Criticism v33 n2 Winter 2008/09  Pages: 2-22
Title: Resurrecting the Rube: Diegesis Formation and Contemporary..Author: ANDERSON, Michael J. Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: "...Trauma in Tony Scott's Déjà Vu".

In: Empire n211 January 2007  Page: 48
Title: In cinemas: Deja VuAuthor: SMITH, Adam Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Empire n211 January 2007  Pages: 72-74,76,79
Title: Years of Living DangerouslyAuthor: SMITH, Adam Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Prior to release of his film DÉJÀ VU, Tony Scott discusses h is career and in particlular working with Jerry Bruckheimer and the late Don Simpson.

In: StarBurst vSpec. n84 Yearbook  Page: 87
Title: Reviews: MoviesAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v17 n2 February 2007  Pages: 52-53
Title: Reviews: Déjà VuAuthor: WIGLEY, Sam Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Screen Africa February 2007  Page: 18
Title: Editing solutions create complex Déjà VuArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the editing work done on Tony Scott's film DÉJÀ VU, with comments from Joseph C. Bond and Chris Lebenzon.

In: StarBurst n346 February 2007  Page: 70
Title: Reviews: New moviesAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: StarBurst n350 June 2007  Page: 115
Title: Reviews: DVDAuthor: RICHARDSON, David Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Cinema Scope n29 Winter 2007  Pages: 36-39
Title: World Out of Order: Tony Scott's VertigoAuthor: HUBER, Christoph Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On Tony Scott's DÉJÀ VU.

In: Empire n207 September 2006  Pages: 73-89
Title: Biggest ever previewArticle type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Brief previews of films expected to be released September 2006 to summer 2007.

In: Empire n208 October 2006  Page: 16
Title: Future films: Déjà VuAuthor: RICHARDS, Olly, ed. Article type: PreviewLanguage: English

In: Creative Screenwriting v13 n6 Nov/Dec 2006  Pages: 36-37
Title: Déjà VuAuthor: WHARTON, David Michael Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Screenwriters Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio talk about the development and making of DÉJÀ VU.

In: Variety 20 Nov 2006  Page: 44,52
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: KOEHLER, Robert Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Screen International n1573 24 Nov 2006  Page: 25
Title: Deja vuAuthor: ROSEN, Steven Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Black Filmmaker v9 n39 Nov/Dec 2006  Page: 11
Title: seen & heard: Déjà VuAuthor: LOOCH, Cassam Article type: ReviewLanguage: English


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