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16 BLOCKS (Original title)SIXTEEN BLOCKS (Alternative title)
Date: 2006 (Copyright)

Countries: Germany, USA

Director: Richard Donner

Production company billing: ©2006. Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III & Nu Image Entertainment GmbH Alcon Entertainment and Millennium Films present an Emmett/Furla Films and Cheyenne Enterprises production For Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III & Nu Image Entertainment GmbH [end] With the assistance of The Toronto Film and Television Office A film by Richard Donner Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS In Colour Prints by Technicolor Authors/Creators: Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III & Nu Image Entertainment GmbH Filmed with Panavision cameras & lenses MPAA: 41681 [logo] Donners' Company [2.35:1]
Synopsis: Thriller. An ageing NYPD cop, Jack, is assigned the task of escorting witness Eddie Bunker, a petty criminal, sixteen blocks from police custody to the courthouse. However someone tries to kill Eddie, setting off a pursuit through rush-hour streets and Chinatown tenements.
Credits (172)
©/For/Author/Creator: Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III, Nu Image Entertainment GmbH, Production Company: Emmett Furla Films, Production Company: Cheyenne Enterprises, Present: Alcon Entertainment, Millennium Pictures, With the assistance of: The Toronto Film and Television Office, Executive Producer: Danny Dimbort, Executive Producer: Trevor Short, Executive Producer: Boaz Davidson, Executive Producer: George Furla, Executive Producer: Hadeel Reda, Executive Producer: Andreas Thiesmeyer, Executive Producer: Josef Lautenschlager, Co-executive Producer: Gerd Köchlin, Manfred Heid, Produced by: Avi Lerner, Produced by: Randall Emmett, Produced by: John Thompson, Produced by: Arnold Rifkin, Jim Van Wyck, Co-producer: Derek Hoffman, Co-producer: Brian Read, Co-producer: Jochen Kamlah, Line Producer: DJ Carson, Associate Producer: Stephen Eads, Associate Producer: Ilyse Reutlinger, Associate Producer: Todd Gilbert, Associate Producer: Ashley Miller, Unit Production Manager: D.J. Carson, Unit Production Manager (NY Unit): Bryan Thomas, Production Co-ordinator: Lesley R. Myers, Production Co-ordinator (NY Unit): Drew Tidwell, Production Controller: Donald Bruce, Production Controller (Equity Pictures): Volker Umpfenbach, Production Accountant: Karen De Montbrun, Production Accountant (NY Unit): Deb Dyer, Location Manager: Will Hoddinott, Location Manager (NY Unit): Santiago Quiñones, Location Manager (Splinter Unit): Tyson Binder, Post-production Supervisor: Ilyse Reutlinger, Assistant Director (1st): Jim Van Wyck, Assistant Director (2nd): Jayson Merrill, Tim Singh, Assistant Director (NY Unit 2nd): Eric Henriquez, Christo Morse, Assistant Director (NY Unit 2nd 2nd): Tudor Jones, Script Supervisor: Kathryn Buck, Script Supervisor (NY Unit): Sheila Paige, Casting: Sarah Halley Finn, Casting: Randi Hiller, Casting: Robin D. Cook, Casting: Louis Di Giaimo, Casting Associate - Toronto: Millie Tom, Casting Assistant - Toronto: Lisa Baylin, Casting Assistant - LA: Tamara Hunter, Written by: Richard Wenk, Director of Photography: Glen MacPherson, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Vern Nobles, Aerial Director of Photography: Hans Bjerno, A Camera Operator: Gilles Corbeil, B Camera Operator: Robert Stecko, A Camera Operator (NY Unit): Craig Haagensen, B Camera Operator (NY Unit): Phil Oetiker, C Camera Operator (NY Unit): Vern Nobles, Steadicam Operator: Gilles Corbeil, Gaffer: Michael Galbraith, Gaffer (NY Unit): Petr Hlinomaz, Key Grip: Robert Daprato, Key Grip (NY Unit): John P. Dolan, Still Photographer: Ava Gerlitz, Still Photographer (NY Unit): Barry Wetcher, Digital Visual Effects: Mr X Inc., Special Effects Co-ordinator: Laird McMurray, On-set [Special Effects] Co-ordinator: Art Langevin, On-set Key Special Effects: Marcus Rait, Special Effects Co-ordinator (NY Unit): Jeff Brink, Special Effects Foreman (NY Unit): Charlie Simunek, Special Effects Technician (NY Unit): Jim Bliz, Special Effects Technician (NY Unit): Conrad Brink, Eddie Drohan, Graphic Designer: David Best, Graphic Designer (NY Unit): Michelle Schluter-Ford, Film Editor: Steve Mirkovich, Assistant Editor: Rick Grayson, Production Designer: Arv Greywal, Production Designer (NY Unit): Les Bloom, Art Director: Brandt Gordon, NY Art Director: Wing Lee, 1st Assistant Art Director: Colin Woods, Art Department Co-ordinator: Woody Brown, Art Department Co-ordinator (NY Unit): Michelle Schluter-Ford, Set Designer: Doug Slater, Set Designer: William Cheng, Set Decorator: Steve Shewchuk, Set Decorator (NY Unit): Joseph 'Pepe' Bird, Key Scenic Artist: Reet Puhm, Storyboards: Rob McCallum, Property Master: Ron Hewitt, Property Buyer: Theresa Buckley, Construction Co-ordinator: Ross Fraser, Construction Co-ordinator (NY Unit): Richard Hebrank, Costume Designer: Vicki Graef, Costume Designer (NY Unit): Stephanie Maslansky, Wardrobe Supervisor: Susan Macleod, Wardrobe Supervisor (NY Unit): Lynn Curtis, Roseann Milano, [Wardrobe] Set Supervisor: Andre Schulz, Make-up Head of Department: Jordan Samuel, Key Make-up (NY Unit): Patricia Regan, Additional Make-up (NY Unit): Rita Ogden, Hair Head of Department: Paul Elliot, Key Hairstylist (NY Unit): Victor Denicola, Additional Hair (NY Unit): Rose Chatterton, Suzy Mazzarese Allison, Titles: Eric Fitzgerald, Titles: Hollywood Title, Toronto Dailies by: DeLuxe Laboratories, Digital Intermediate: Technicolor Digital Intermediates, Opticals: Technicolor Digital Intermediates, Music: Klaus Badelt, Guitar Solos: Richard Mcilvery, Score Conducted by: Andy Brown, Orchestrations by: Jeff Toyne, Synth Orchestration/Programming: Ian Honeyman, Synth Orchestration/Programming: Andrew Raiher, Wolfram de Marco, Orchestra: The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Music Supervisor: Ashley Miller, Music Co-ordinator: Selena Arizanovic, Score Co-produced by: Christopher Brooks, Music Editor: Daryl Kell, Score Recorded by: Steve Mclaughlin, Score Mixed by: Nathaniel Kunkel, Production Sound Mixer: Greg Chapman, Sound Mixer (NY Unit): T.J. O'Mara, Boom Operator: James (JT) L. Thompson, Boom Operator (NY Unit): Dan Paikin, Boom Operator (NY Unit 2nd): Kim Maitland, Re-recording Mixer: Terry Porter, Dean Zupancic, Temp Re-recording Mixer: Mark Binder, Mark Mangini, Supervising Sound Editor: Mark Mangini, Supervising Sound Editor: George Simpson, Dialogue Editor: Julie Feiner, Dialogue Editor: Kira, Dialogue Editor: Nancy Nugent, Sound Effects Recordist: Benjamin Cheah, Sound Effects Editor: Piero Mura, Sound Effects Editor: Michael Chock, Sound Effects Editor: Dave Esparza, Sound Effects Editor: David A. Whittaker, Walla Group: Loopers Anonymous, Supervising ADR Editor: Christopher T. Welch, Foley Supervisor: Thom Brennan, Foley Artist: Chris Moriana, Foley Artist: Catherine Harper, Foley Mixer: Darrin Mann, Stunt Co-ordinator: Branko Racki, NY Stunt Co-ordinator: Cort Hessler, Technical Advisor: Mike Keenan, Technical Advisor (NY Unit): Edwin Birmingham, Weapons Handler (Shooting with the Strs): John 'Frenchie' Berger, Weapons Handler: Shooting with the Stars, Animal Wrangler (Canadian Wrangler): Rick Parker, Animal Wrangler: Canadian Wrangler, NY Unit Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo, Unit Publicist: Prudence Emery, Unit Publicist (NY Unit): Lucius Barre, Filmed at: Toronto Film Studios
Cast (63)
Bruce Willis (Jack Mosley), Mos Def (Eddie Bunker), David Morse (Frank Nugent), Cylk Cozart (Jimmy Mulvey), Jenna Stern (Diane Mosley), Casey Sander (Captain Gruber), David Zayas (Robert Torres), Robert Racki (Jerry Shue), Patrick Garrow (Touhey), Sasha Roiz (Kaller), Conrad Pla (Ortiz), Hechter Ubarry (Maldonado), Richard Fitzpatrick (Deputy Commissioner Wagner), Peter McRobbie (Mike Sheehan), Mike Keenan (Ray Fitzpatrick), Robert Clohessy (Cannova), Jess Mal Gibbons (Pederson), Tig Fong (Briggs), Brenda Pressley (Assistant DA MacDonald), Kim Chan (Sam), Carmen López (Gracie), Scott McCord (Lieutenant Kincaid), David Sparrow (holding cell officer), Eduardo Gomez (holding cell prisoner), Sam Kung (Chinese man), Angela Seto (Chinese wife), Bernie Henry (man with caddy), Nick Alachiotis, Danny Lima (Russian), Claudio Masciulli (Dominic Forlini), Efosa Otuomagie (bus driver), Christina Orjalo (little girl on bus), Richard Wenk (Ada's detective), Derek Hoffman (Carl, EMT [Emergency Medical Technician]), Brian Read (UPS delivery man), Ryan Wulff (DA's clerk), Steve Kahan (restaurant owner), Paul Tuerpé (Diane's boyfriend), Cece Neber (restaurant waitress), Jim Chong, Betty Chong, Sam Moses, Kathy Imrie, Jason Burke, Tom Wlaschiha, Scott Douglas (bus passenger), J.D. Nicholsen (man in gray suit), Kameron Louangxay (communications tech), Victoria Mitchell (woman in apartment), Cecil Philips (MTA cop), Rob Weithoff, Jimmy Campbell, Richard Collier, Aaron Ferguson (court officer), Bradley Paterson (Brad, EMT [Emergency Medical Techician]), Paul Lee (Asian shop owner), Heather Dawn (the juror), Daryl Dismond (man in suit), James Lavin (car key detective), Beatriz Yuste, David Talbolt, Toni Ellwand, Rolando Alvarez Giacoman (subway commuter)