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Blitz (Original title)
Dates: 2010 (Copyright), 20 May 2011 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France, USA

Directed by: Elliott Lester

Synopsis: Crime. A cop is assigned to track down a serial killer targeting policemen.

Genre:
Crime

Subjects:
Serial killings, Police
Releases
Date: 20 May 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 97 mins 21 secs - Length: 8762 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate UK

Credits (241)
©: Blitz Films Limited, Production Company: Lionsgate UK, In association with: Current Entertainment, Kushner-Wyman Productions, Presents: Lionsgate UK, [Presented] with: Davis Films, International Sales by: Lionsgate International, Executive Producer: Guy Avshalom, Executive Producer: Ken Bruen, Executive Producer: Alwyn Hight Kushner, Executive Producer: Nick Manzi, Samuel Hadida, Co-executive Producer: Victor Hadida, Produced by: Zygi Kamasa, Produced by: Steven Chasman, Produced by: Donald Kushner, Brad Wyman, Co-producer: Alexander O'Neal, Line Producer: Ted Thornton, Associate Producer: Gisela Evert, Production Manager: Imogen Bell, Production Co-ordinator: Georgie Fallon, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Ross McKenzie, Production Accountant: Neil Cairns, Production Accountant: Neil Cairns, Unit Manager: Ted Ladlow, Unit Manager: Gordon Wills, Unit Production Co-ordinator: Livia Burton, Location Manager: Claire Tovey, Location Manager: Johnny Ludlow, Location Manager: Sarah Shepherd, Assistant Location Manager: Sarah Shepherd, Location Scout: Ben Macgregor, Location Scout: Alison James, Location Scout: Ben Gladstone, Location Assistant: Lynsey Cosford, Post-production Co-ordinator: Katie Bullock-Webster, Production Assistant: Maria Pavlou, Production Assistant: Francesca Currey, Production Assistant: Will Roden, Additional Shoot Director: John Gilbert, 1st Assistant Director: Joe Geary, 1st Assistant Director: Mick Ward, 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Cathie, 2nd Assistant Director: Tom White, 3rd Assistant Director: Chris Burgess, Co-3rd Assistant Director: Ian 'Pebbles' Hughes, 3rd Assistant Director: Clare Glass, 3rd Assistant Director: Alex Kaye-Besley, Crowd 2nd Assistant Director: Emily Perowne, Script Supervisor: Helene Oosthuizen, Script Supervisor: Jo Beckett, Script Supervisor: Natalie Sloan, Casting Director: Elaine Grainger, Casting Assistant: Rose Wicksteed, Screenplay by: Nathan Parker, Based on the novel by: Ken Bruen, Director of Photography: Rob Hardy, Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison, Director of Photography: Jeremy Braben, Peter Wignall, [Camera] Operator: Tony Jackson, 2nd Camera Operator: Mark Moriarty, Focus Puller: Jennie Paddon, Focus Puller 1: Kenny Groom, Focus Puller 2: Kenny Atherfold, Focus Puller: Clive Prior, 2nd Focus Puller: Spencer Murray, Clapper Loader: Barny Crocker, Clapper Loader 1: Frankie Ferrari, Clapper Loader 2: Phil Hardy, Clapper Loader: Charlie Whitaker, 2nd Clapper Loader: Luke Cairns, [Aerial Unit] Technician: Oliver Ward, Gaffer: Chris Georgas, Gaffer: Steve Foster, Gaffer: Stuart Hurst, Best Boy: Paul Starkey, Best Boy: Ian Madden, Best Boy: Julian Wright, Rigging Best Boy: Joe Allen, Electrician: George Holdsworth, Electrician: Rob Wheeldon, Electrician: David Baker, Electrician: Tony Allen, Electrician: Roy Rowland, Genny Operator: Duncan Reidl, Key Grip: Sam Phillips, Key Grip: Warwick Drucker, Grip: Anthony Ward, Grip: Darren Quinn, Grip: Paul Worley, Grip: Charlie Wall, Assistant Grip: Felix Milburn Foster, Additional Grip: Malcolm Huse, Standby Rigger: Steve Fitzpatrick, Steve Fitzpatrick, Video Playback: Jeremy Nathan, Video Technician: Lizzie Holly, Stills Photographer: Susie Allnut, Visual Effects Supervisor: Tom Collier, Head of Visual Effects: Stefan Drury, Visual Effects Producer: Lorea Hoye, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Samantha Tracey, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Lucy Tanner, Visual Effects by: Lipsynch Post, Digital Compositor: Neil Culley, Digital Compositor: Luke Butler, Digital Compositor: Blake Winder, Digital Compositor: Glen Pratt, Digital Compositor: Naomi Butler, Digital Compositor: Matt Foster, Digital Compositor: Sean Farrow, Angela Rose, Special Effects Designer: Nick Rideout, SFX Technician: Johnny Rafique, SFX Technician: Andy Collings, SFX Technician: Mike Crowley, SFX Technician: Mark Weatherbe, SFX Technician: Ian Thompson, SFX Technician: Jody Taylor, SFX Technician: Emma Crossley, Chris Watson, Senior Systems Engineer: Jon Stanley, Systems Engineer: Yanni Goudetsidis, Editor: John Gilbert, Production Designer: Max Gottlieb, Art Director: Steve Carter, Standby Art Director: Sara Hayward, Assistant Art Director: Tim Blake, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales, Graphics: Elena Koutas, Production Buyer: Harriet Orman, Petty Cash Buyer: Rachel Cutler, Props Master: Graeme Purdy, Dressing Props: Mark Reynolds, Dressing Props: Doug Glen, Charles Jellis, Standby Props: Mat Bergel, Gregor Telfer, Standby Props: Keith Vowles, Prop Hands: Daniel Purdy, Art Department Assistant: Katie Halsall, Art Department: Tim Blake, Construction Manager: Joe Hawthorne, Costume Designer: Suzannah Harman, Assistant Costume Designer: Michael Mooney, Costume Supervisor: Rebecca Duncan, Costume Assistant: Alice Wolfbauer, Costume Assistant: Zoe Harvey, Wardrobe Supervisor: Marnie Ormiston, Wardrobe Assistant: Marnie Ormiston, Costume Standby: Viveene Campbell, Wardrobe Assistant: Claire Hardaker, Anthony Tuff, Costume Hire: Angels, Costume Hire: Carlo Manzi, Foxtrot, Make-up and Hair Designer: Catherine Scoble, Make-Up/Hair Supervisor: Nadia Stacey, Make-Up/Hair Artist: Nadia Stacey, Special Make-up Effects Designer: Paul Hyett, Make-Up/Hair Assistant: Lorraine Hill, Title Designer: Howard Watkins, Peter Dickinson, Film Stock: Fuji, Music Composed by: Ilan Eshkeri, Music Performed by: The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Featuring Guitars Recorded by: Tim Wheeler, Guitars: Mark Wood, Bass: Guy Pratt, Music Conducted by: Andy Brown, Orchestration by: Jessica Dannheisser, Natalie Holt, Music Supervisor: James Hyman, Music Supervisor: James Hyman, Music Production Co-ordinator: Elisa Kustow, Music Produced by: Steve Mclaughlin, Programming by: Risto Miettinnen, Christoph Bauschinger, Music Editor: Simon Charger, Music Recorded at: Air Studios, Music Mixed at: Northpole Studios, Music Production Assistant: Millie Baring, Music Consultant: Matt Kaleda, Studio Assistant: Paul Saunderson, Music Consultant: Dave Philpot, Music Consultant: John Coyne, Sound Recordist: Tom Barrow, Sound Recordist: Paddy Owen, Boom Operator: Tony Ferretti, Boom Operator: Christopher Atkinson, Re-recording Mixer: Robert Farr, Assistant Sound Mixer: Rachel Carberry, Supervising Sound Editor: Nick Lowe, Dialogue Editor: Nick Lowe, Sound FX Editor: Joseph Stracey, ADR Studio, Melbourne: Soundfirm, Foley Artist: Rowena Wilkinson, Foley Recordist: Robert Brazier, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gareth Milne, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jim Dowdall, Stunt Performer: Peter Pedrero, Stunt Performer: Ben Cooke, Stunt Performer: Martin Wilde, Stunt Performer: Kai Martin, Stunt Performer: Vincent T. Wang, Stunt Performer: Sian Milne, Stunt Performer: Mike Lambert, Stunt Performer: Bobby Holland Hanton, Stunt Performer: Roy Taylor, Stunt Performer: David Forman, Stunt Performer: Ian Pead, Nick Hobbs, Action Consultant: Chad Stahelski, Legal Services Provided by: Wiggin LLP, Post Production Script: Fatts, Armourer/Replica Fire Arms: Mark Shelley, Animal Hire: K9 FX Film Dogs, Unit Publicity: Julia Jones, Publicity by: Lionsgate UK, EPK [Electronic Press Kit]: Special Treats, EPK Producer/Director: Colin Burrows, EPK Cameraman: Jamie Newton, Archive Footage Courtesy of: Scottish Television Limited, Camera/Grip/Lenses: Take 2 Film Services, Lighting Equipment: Panalux, Digital Grading/Sound by: Lipsynch Post, Senior Post Producer: Lisa Jordan, [Digital Intermediate] Colourist: Stuart Fyvie, [Digital Intermediate] Assistant Colourist: Scott Goulding, [Digital Intermediate] Supervisor: James Clarke, Senior [Digital Intermediate] Operator: Daniel Tomlinson, [Digital Intermediate] Operator: Chris Bentley, Zoe Cousins, Head of VT: Rick White, Special Thanks to: Kasabian, Special Thanks to: Andy McNab, Brian Paddick, Studio: 3 Mills Studios
Cast (41)
Jason Statham (Brant), Paddy Considine (Nash), Aidan Gillen (Weiss), Zawe Ashton (Falls), David Morrissey (Dunlop), Ned Dennehy (Radnor), Mark Rylance (Roberts), Luke Evans (Stokes), Nicky Henson (Superintendent Brown), Steven Harwood Brown (Metal), Bill Champion (Dr Leonard), Richard Riddell (McDonald), Ron Donachie (Cross), Ellie Fairman (Sandra), Alex Ianipekun (precocious PC), Mark Roper (cab driver 1), Ranjit Krishnamma (cab driver 2), Nabil Elouahabi (witness), Del Synott (Simons), Joe Dempsie (Theo Nelson), Mickey Hughes (Puggy), Daniel Green (Leicester), Serge Soric (Pavel), Antonia Christy (reporter on TV), Greg Finnegan (computer geek), David Keyes (drug buddy), Taylor James (gym assistant), Aldonio Freitas (hoodie 1), Mens-Sana Tamakloe (hoodie 2), Michael Byrch (hoodie 3), Ralph Laurila (hoodie 4), Reece Beaumont (hoodie 5), Jack Bence (hoodie 6), Jamie Kenna (Jenkins), Ken Bruen (Irish priest), Martina Laird (forensic officer), Bill Westley (The Griffin barman), Felix Scott (Wellesley barman), Rupert Holliday Evans (funeral attendant), Christina Cole (WPC), Jessica Swain (swearing girl)