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Pandorum (Original title)
Dates: 2009 (Copyright), 02 October 2009 (Release)

Countries: Germany, United Kingdom

Directed by: Christian Alvart

Synopsis: Science fiction. Two astronauts awake to find themselves on an apparently deserted spaceship and with no memory of who they are nor how they got there. It soon becomes clear that they, and two other astronauts they discover aboard the ship, are being hunted by alien creatures.

Genres:
Science Fiction, Thriller
Releases
Date: 01 October 2009Country: GermanyRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 108 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (274)
©: Constantin Film Produktion, Production Company: Constantin Film, Production Company: Impact Pictures, Present: Constantin Film, Supported by: DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Supported by: FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Supported by: FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt, MBB - Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, World Sales: Summit Entertainment, Executive Producer: Martin Moszkowicz, Executive Producer: Dave Morrison, Executive Producer: Travis Milloy, Produced by: Jeremy Bolt, Produced by: Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Line Producer: Astrid Kuehberger, Unit Production Manager: Brigitte Hirsch, Unit Production Manager (Pre-production): Susanne Kusche, Unit Manager: Daniel Mattig, Set Manager: Denis Küper, Set Manager (Splinter Unit): Christian Hesse, Production Co-ordinator: Sylvia Schäffler, Production Co-ordinator (Pre-production): Christiane Plum, Supervising Accountant: Johanna Kohtz, Chief Accountant: Klaus Flesch Filmkontor, Production Accountant: Clemens Ehses, Production Accountant: Boris Hoffmann-Plato, Production Accountant (Pre-production): Heike Günther, Production Accountant (Munich, Germany): Claudia Pauly, Heike Förster, Location Scout (Berlin): Friederike Von Rauch, Location Scout (North Sea): Nic Diedrich, Location Scout (Helgoland): Anna Alaeddine, Post-production Supervisor: Gabriele Niemeyer, Head of Post-production, Constantin Film: Josef Reidinger, Post-production Manager, Constantin Film: Nicholas Goodwin, 1st Assistant Director: Hendrik Holler, 1st Assistant Director (Splinter Unit): Laura Mihartescu, 2nd Assistant Director: Tanja Däberitz, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Katja Lebedjewa, 3rd Assistant Director: Matthias Nerlich, 3rd Assistant Director (Additional): Daphne Tsaliki, Script Supervisor: Nancy Rivas, Script Supervisor (Splinter Unit): Ana Catala, Sophie Schwab, Script Supervisor (Splinter Unit Add'l): Bea Reese, US Casting: Randi Hiller, Sarah Halley Finn, Casting Director (Germany): Ana Davila, Extras Casting: Filmgesichter, Johanna Ragwitz, Screenplay by: Travis Milloy, Story by: Travis Milloy, Christian Alvart, Director of Photography: Wedigo von Schultzendorff, Splinter Unit Director of Photography: Sebastian Meuschel, Underwater Camera Operator: Easylooksystems, Gerd Kappes, Camera Operator (B): Sebastian Meuschel, Additional Operator (Splinter Unit): Rodja Kükenthal, Christian Almesberger, Steadicam Operator: Sebastian Meuschel, Additional Steadicam Operator: Tilman Büttner, Steadicam (Splinter Unit): Sebastian Meuschel, 1st Assistant Camera (A Camera): Rodja Kükenthal, 1st Ass't Camera (B Camera/Steadicam): Karim Rahmani, 2nd Assistant Camera: Tord Erhard, Clapper Loader: Borris Kehl, Gregor Grieshaber, Additional Clapper Loader: Pip Hare, Additional Clapper Loader: Rafael Jeneral, Won-Suk Park, Clapper Loader (Splinter Unit): Pip Hare, Clapper Loader (Splinter Unit): Rafael Jeneral, Miriam Tröscher, Additional Camera Assistant: Christian Almesberger, Additional Camera Assistant: Miriam Troescher, Additional Camera Assistant: Christina Redmann, Additional Camera Assistant: Joerg Gönner, Birgit Dierken, Camera Assistant (Splinter Unit): Karim Rahmani, Camera Assistant (Splinter Unit): Christina Redmann, Won-Suk Park, Camera Assistant (Underwater): Andreas Lipp, Gaffer: Ron Rakowski, Gaffer [Underwater]: Ron Rakowski, Marko Teuchert, Key Grip: Stefan Rüsenberg, Video Playback Operator: Marian Nitschke, Additional Video Operator: V&M Filmservice, Christoph Lackner, Stills Photographer: Jay Maidment, Special Photographer: Josef Fischnaller, Visual Effects by: UPP - Studio Zitomirska, UPP (Visual Effects Producer): Vít KomrzÝ, UPP (Visual Effects Supervisor): Viktor Müller, UPP (VFX Production Executive): Katerina Popelová, Monika Pavlícková, UPP (Head of VFX Production): Jaroslav Matys, Additional Visual Effects: ARRI Digital Film, ADF (Head of VFX): Dominik Trimborn, ADF (Visual Effects Producer): Nina Knott, ADF (Visual Effects Supervisor): Abraham Schneider, Special Effects Supervisor [Underwater]: Uli Nefzer, SFX/Special Effects by: Die Nefzers, Nefzer (Special Effects Supervisor): Gerd Feuchter, Nefzer (Special Effects On-set Foreman): Bernd Rautenberg, Michael Rudnik, Nefzer (Special FX Workshop Foreman): Michael Luppino, Nefzer (Special FX Senior Technician): Herbert Blank, Nefzer (Special FX Senior Technician): Norman Ernst, Tom Christ, Nefzer (Special Effects Technician): Monty Ploch, Andreas Herberg, Special Technician FX [Underwater]: Rico Weder, Special Technician FX [Underwater]: Ulf Thiele, Special Technician FX [Underwater]: Claudius Rauch, Marcus Schmidt, Special Effects Technician [Underwater]: Sylvio Lienert, Special Effects Technician [Underwater]: Thomas Schulz, Alex Köpf, Model Maker: Katja Fischer, Graphic Designer: Henning Brehm, Alejandro Lecuna, Edited by: Philipp Stahl, Yvonne Valdez, Additional Editor: Martin Hunter, Michael Duthie, Visual Effects Editor: Ryan Valade, 1st Assistant Editor (Germany): Sebastian Bonde, 2nd Assistant Editor: Daniel Scheimberg, Production Designer: Richard Bridgland, Supervising Art Director: Adam O'neill, Art Director: Cornelia Ott, Art Director: Ralf Schreck, Assistant Art Director: Astrid Poeschke, Assistant Art Director: Tobias Frank, Stand-by Art Director: Philipp Hübner, Art Department Co-ordinator: Roxy Konrad, Lead Set Designer: Stephen Dobric, Kevin Phipps, Set Designer: Stephen Bream, Digital Set Designer: Michael Fissneider, Set Decorator: Bernhard Henrich, Leadman Set Dresser: Krishan Ehlert, Set Dresser: Jan Dunkel, Set Dresser: Jochen Schütz, Set Dresser: James Cowley, Set Dresser: Daniel Nienaber, Set Dresser: Ingo Keller, Set Dresser: Wolfgang Hein, Additional Set Dresser: Marcel Schörken, Additional Set Dresser: Florian Speidel, Additional Set Dresser: Daniela Lohschelder, Additional Set Dresser: Malte Schmid, Additional Set Dresser: Johannes Mark, Silke Bauer, Concept Artist: Dominic Lavery, Concept Artist: Paul Catling, Concept Artist: Dan Walker, Kurt van den Basch, Draftsman: Marco Bittner Rosser, Stefan Speth, Storyboard Artist: Jan Sasse, Command Bridge Console Designed by: Dominic Schindler, Laser Weapon Designed by: Dominic Schindler, Set Decoration Prop Buyer: Uli Isfort, Andreas Horstmann, Supervising Prop Master: Steve Register, Prop Master: Konstantin Ness, Construction Manager 1: Marco Pressler, Construction Manager 2: Robert Reblin, Construction Co-ordinator: Claus Mayr, Costume Designer: Ivana Milos, Assistant Costume Designer: Simone Kreska, Simone Carin Newbon, Costume Supervisor: Alexandra Wasserthal-Zuccari, Creature Costume Design: Ivana Milos, Creature Costume HoD: Niels Müller, Creature Costume Co-ordinator: Nancy Hoffmann, Department Make-up/Hair: Björn Rehbein, Make-up Artist: Katharina Hilbert, Annett Schulze, Additional Make-up Artist: Katrin Schneider, Sabine Schumann, Additional Hairdresser: Alexander Soltermann, Creature Effects Created by: Stan Winston Studio, Make-up Effects Designed/Created by: Stan Winston Studio, SWS (Effects Supervisor): Shane Mahan, Lindsay Macgowan, SWS (Concept Designer): Scott Patton, Simon Webber, Life Casts for Creature Effects by: Chris Creatures Filmeffects Int. Ltd., CCF (Life Cast Lead Artist): Chris Kunzmann, CCF (Contact Lens Technician): Ernst Oskar Modrow, Film Material: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Digital Intermediate by: Arri Film & TV, Film Lab: ARRI Kopierwerk, Logo [Film Stock]: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Music by: Michl Britsch, Orchestra: Berlin Pops Orchestra, Solo Cello/Cello Effects by: Hannah Weber, Conductor: Joris Bartsch Buhle, Orchestrations by: Jan-Peter Klöpfel, Roman Vinuesa, Music Co-ordination: Constantin Music, Music Co-ordination: Christoph Becker, Natalie Suleiman, Score Produced by: Florian Tessloff, Michl Britsch, Music Editor: Florian Tessloff, Score Mixed by: Phillip Schulz, Sound Design: Jürgen Funk, Additional Sound Design: Christoph Ebhardt, Alexander Saalfeld, Sound Mixer: Manfred Banach, Boom Operator: Dirk-Teo Schäfer, Re-recording Mixer: Tschangis Chahrokh, Michael Hinreiner, Supervising Sound Editor: Adrian Baumeister, Dialogue Editor: Rainer Heesch, Sound Effects Editor: Oswald Schwander, ADR Supervisor: Adrian Baumeister, ADR Recording (LA) by: Inc. SPG Studios, SPG (ADR Supervisor): Deni King, SPG (ADR Recordist): Daniel Willy, SPG (ADR Technical Engineer): Jose Castello, ADR Recording (NY) by: Beatstreet Productions, ADR Recording (London) by: Goldcrest Post Production Facilities, Goldcrest (ADR Supervisor): Laura Lovejoy, Goldcrest (ADR Recordist): Philip Young, Goldcrest (ADR Mixer): Mark Appleby, ADR Recording (Frankfurt) by: Tonatelier, ADR Recording (Berlin) by: Die Basisberlin Postproduktions GmbH, Basisberlin (ADR Recordist): Clemens Nürnberger, Foley Artist: Carsten Richter, Foley Recordist: Johannes Warns, Foley Recordist: Christoph Oertel, Foley Editor: Stephan Liepe, Foley Editor: Song Kuen-il, Stunt Department: Buff Connection, Buff Connection (Stunt Co-ordinator): François Doge, Fight Choreographer: Michael Bornhütter, Choreographer: Angelika Honig, Double 'Payton': Stefan Langel, Double 'Bower': Oliver Juhrs, Double 'Gallo': Thomas Schubert, Double 'Nadia': Kim Ruhnau, Double 'Manh': Alois Knapps, Double 'hunter leader': Joshua Grothe, Double 'childhunter': Nadia Hernandez, Double 'Shepard': Thomas Schubert, Dialogue Coach: Jeff Burrell, Unit Publicist: Daniela Kreus, Press Agency: Aim-Creative Strategies & Visions, Conny Suhr, Making of/EPK Company: Berlin maz & movie, maz & movie (Making of/EPK Crew): Sonja Brummer, maz & movie (Making of/EPK Crew): Benjamin Klumpp, maz & movie (Making of/EPK Crew): Julia Lagemann, maz & movie (Making of/EPK Crew): Katharina Migdoll, Stefan Skwara, Behind the Scenes: Christoph Herrmann, Marketing/Publicity/Sales: Constantin Film, CF (President Marketing/Publicity): Torsten Koch, CF (Director Marketing): Philipp Hergarden, CF (Marketing): Miriam Freutsmiedl, CF (Marketing): Sonja Höss, Pamela Weissmann, CF (Director Digital Marketing): Lars Fanter, CF (International Marketing Co-ordin'n): Katya Kleiner, Publicity: Anja Sigl, Filmed at: Babelsberg Studios
Cast (33)
Dennis Quaid (Lieutenant Payton), Ben Foster (Bower), Cam Gigandet (Gallo), Antje Traue (Nadia), Le Cung (Manh), Eddie Rouse (Leland), Norman Reedus (Shepard), André M. Hennicke (hunter leader), Friederike Kempter (Evalon), Niels Bruno Schmidt (insane office 'Eden'), Luna Mohmand (childhunter), Delphine Chuillot (young Bower's mother), Wotan Wilke Möhring (young Bower's father), Julian Rappe (young Bower), Domenico D'ambrosio (wounded officer 'Eden'), Jon Foster (big Russian passenger), Jeff Burrell (trapped officer 'Eden'), Neelesha Bavora (female crew officer), Yangzom Brauen (2nd lieutenant (team 4)), Marco Albrecht (hunter weasel), Dawid Szatarski (hunter shape), Nico Marquardt (hunter brute), Lukas Johannes Aue, Romeo Schirmer, Dennis Döhmland, Kristoffer Fuss, Alessija Lause, Josephine Müller, Bjoern Scheffler, Philipp Kohn, Mike Möller, Asuka Tovazzi, Stefan Frobel (hunter)