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Prometheus (Original title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 01 June 2012 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Ridley Scott

Synopsis: Science fiction. In 2089 archaeologists, Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway discover ancient pictograms in a cave on Skye that persuade them that visitors from a distant planet have visited earth and that these extraterrestrials might have actually created our world. In 2093, the spaceship Prometheus, a scientific exploratory vehicle, is approaching an unknown planet on an expedition financed by the head of the giant Weyland Corporation. Shaw and Holloway are among the 17 people aboard. On the planet, signs of present or past habitation are found. Especially excited are Shaw and Holloway, eager to test their theses, but there are also secret agendas being followed by other members of the exploration team.

Genres:
Science Fiction, Horror

Subject:
Aliens
Releases
Date: 01 June 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 36 secs - Length: 11124Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 08 June 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English

Credits (283)
© in all territories: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment III LLC, © in Brazil, Italy, Korea, Japan and Spain: TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, A Scott Free production: Scott Free, A Brandywine production: Brandywine, Presents: Twentieth Century Fox, [Presented] In association with: Dune Entertainment LLC, Executive Producer: Michael Costigan, Executive Producer: Mark Huffam, Executive Producer: Michael Ellenberg, Executive Producer: Damon Lindelof, Produced by: Ridley Scott, Produced by: David Giler, Produced by: Walter Hill, Co-producer: Mary Richards, Associate Producer: Teresa Kelly, Unit Production Manager: Nikolas Korda, Unit Production Manager: Leifur B. Dagfinnsson, Production Manager: Hermione Ninnim, Production Manager: Sam Breckman, Production Supervisor: Finni Jóhannsson, Production Co-ordinator: Miranda Marks, Production Coordinator: Nion Hazell, Linda Vilhjalmsdottir, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Andrew Gwyn Davies, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Pippa Suren, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Birna Paulina Einarsdóttir, Helga K. Bjarnason, 1st Assistant Director: Max Keene, First Assistant Director - VFX Unit: Lee Grummet, Key-Second Assistant Director: Matt Baker, Co-second Assistant Director: Danny McGrath, 3rd Assistant Director: Barney Hughes, 3rd Assistant Director: Sam Smith, 3rd Assistant Director: Sarah Brand, Script Supervisor: Annie Penn, Script Supervisor - VFX Unit: Louise Wade, Script Co-ordinator: Amal Baggar, Libra Technician: Dave Freeth, Crane Technician: Fred Harris, Written by: Jon Spaihts, Written by: Damon Lindelof, Based on elements created by: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski, Stereographer: James Goldman, Stereographer: Adam Sculthorp, 3D Camera Technician: Frank Fisher, 3D Camera Technician: Steve Evans, Anthony Tomlins, Eclipse Technician: Jake Capistron, DIT [Digital Imaging Technician]: Ryan Nguyen, Joe Steel, DIT Assistant: Rick James, Stereographer/DIT Assistant: Andri Egilsson, Microwave Technician: Henry Wolff, 3D Rig Technician: Claudio Napoli, Camera Data Supervisor: Jeroen Hendriks, Data Wrangler: Mary Lobb, Aerial Director of Photography: John Marzano, Camera Operator: Gary Spratling, Camera Operator: David Morgan, Camera Operator: Graham Hall, Camera Operator/Steadicam Operator: Daniele Massaccesi, 1st Assistant Camera: John Ferguson, 1st Assistant Camera: Miles Proudfoot, 1st Assistant Camera: Robert Palmer, 1st Assistant Camera: Spencer Murray, 2nd Assistant Camera: Paul Wheeldon, 2nd Assistant Camera: Iain Mackay, 2nd Assistant Camera: Elliot Dupuy, 2nd Assistant Camera: David Churchyard, Camera Assistant: Anna Gudmundsdottir, Maria Run Johannsdottir, Camera Best Boy: Max Glickman, Camera Trainee: Beau Scott, Camera Trainee: Dominique Cheung, Morgan Spencer, On Set Camera Technician: Rob Kemp, Gaffer: Perry Evans, Best Boy Electric: David John Sinfield, Best Boy Electrician: Bergur Hinriksson, Lighting Console Operator: William Burns, Electrician: Mark Clark, Electrician: Eliot Coulter, Electrician: Mark Gay, Electrician: Jamie Mills, Electrician: Mark Mills, Electrician: Paul Wood, Electrician: Ricky Pattenden, Electrician: Paul Rowe, Electrician: James Smart, Electrician: Mark 'Rocky' Evans, Electrician: Alan Grosch, Electrician: Paul Kelly, Electrician: Steingrimur Ingi Steingrimsson, Electrician: Elliot Thomas, Genny Operator: Dominic Aronin, Key Grip: Gary Hymns, Best Boy Grip: Gary 'Gizza' Smith, Best Boy Grip: Arnar Lava Einarsson, Grip: Paul Hymns, Grip: Malcolm McGilchrist, Grip: Steve Morgan, Grip: James Philpott, Grip: Kenneth Musson, Grip: Viktor David Johannsson, Grip: Adrian Barry, Video Playback Operator: Dominic Rau, Video Assistant: Cameron James Davidson, Video Assistant: Sam Malone, Rutur S. Sigurjonsson, Still Photographer: Kerry Brown, Visual Effects Supervisor and Lead Designer [for Fuel VX]: Paul Butterworth, Visual Effects Associate Supervisor: Anders Thönell, Visual Effects Supervisor (Hammerhead Productions}: Jamie Dixon, Visual Effects Executive Producer (Hammerhead Productions): Daniel Chuba, Compositing Supervisor (Hammerhead Productions): Michael T. Kennedy, Visual Effects Supervisor (Invisible Effects): Dick Edwards, Visual Effects Producer: Allen Maris, Visual Effects Executive Producer [for Fuel VX]: Jason Bath, Visual Effects Producer: Felix Crawshaw, Visual Effects Production Manager: Malcolm Angell, Visual Effects Producer (Hammerhead Productions): Michelle Eisnerich, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Tim Crosbie, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Ian Cope, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Sarah Mclauchlan, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Mark Wendell, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Susan Immonen, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Simon Herden, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Andrew Palmer, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Kieran Shepherd, Visual Effects by Rising Sun Pictures: Ben Dickson, Ben McEwan, Compositor (Hammerhead Productions): Rob Blue, Caitlin Content, Stand by Electrical Rigger: John Hanks, Rigging Gaffer: Raymond 'Ossa' Mills, Chargehand Electrician: Ron Shane, HoD [Head of Department] Electrical Rigger: Iain Lowe, Chargehand Electrical Rigger: Paul Garratt, Electrical Rigger: James Busby, Electrical Rigger: Neil Carr, Electrical Rigger: Robert Clarke, Electrical Rigger: Jeremiah Delaney, Electrical Rigger: Leonard Harris, Tony Roberts, HOD [Head of Department] Practical Electrician: Robert Dowling, Practical Electrician: Paul Hill, Michael Farr, Trainee Electrician: Joshua Wells, Film Editor: Pietro Scalia, Additional Editor: Robert Mead, Assistant Stereo Editor: Ethan Henerey, Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Kristen Young, Kindra Marra, 1st Assistant Editor - UK: Tom Harrison Read, Laurence Johnson, Assistant Editor - UK: James Barham, Tom Davis, Editorial Production Assistant: Julian Scalia, Editorial Production Assistant: Nick Davis, Danielle El Hendi, 1st Assistant Editor: Kathleen Latlip, Visual Effects Editor: Mitchell Glaser, Post Production Facilities Provided by: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Production Designer: Arthur Max, Costume Designer: Janty Yates, Space Helmet Units Created and Manufactured by: FBFX Ltd., Assistant Costume Designer: Andrea Cripps, Assistant Costume Designer: Michael Mooney, Costume Supervisor: Gordon Harmer, Set Costume Supervisor: Amanda Trewin, Costume Buyer: Gabriella Loria, Claire Hardaker, Costume Department Coordinator: Lolli Kimpton, Tara Van Zyl, Costume Prop Supervisor: Ivo Coveney, Senior Costume Prop Maker: Chris Byrne, Costume Concept Artist: Matt Savage, Dan Walker, Chief Costume Cutter: Dominic Young, Assistant Costume Cutter: Jacqueline Mulligan, Angela Pledge, Make-up Designer: Tina Earnshaw, Make-up Artist: Jana Carboni, Key Make-up Artist: Aisling Nairn, Make-up Trainee: Jane Oginsky, Hair Designer: Nana Fischer, Main Titles Designed and Produced by: Prologue Films, End Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Visual Effects (Prologue Films): Ahmet Ahmet, Visual Effects (Prologue Films): Dong Ho Lee, Visual Effects (Prologue Films): Unjoo Lee Byars, Visual Effects (Prologue Films): Lee Nelson, Visual Effects (Prologue Films): Ilya Abulkhanov, Visual Effects (Prologue Films): Alicia Johnson, Kyle Cooper, Digital Image Coordinator: Dominic Evans, Music: Marc Streitenfeld, Additional Music: Harry Gregson-Williams, Choir: Metro Voices, Choir: Apollo Voices, Bach Choir, Orchestra Leader: Everton Nelson, Score Orchestrated & Conducted by: Ben Foster, Assistant to Composer: Roger Suen, Music Programmer: Sunna Wehrmeijer, Music Editor: Del Spiva, Music Editor: Joseph Bonn, Music Editor - UK: Kirsty Whalley, Score Recorded & Mixed by: Pete Cobbin, Score Recorded & Mixed at: Abbey Road Studios, Assistant Score Mixing Engineer: John Barrett, Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Assistant Orchestra Contractor: Lucy Whalley, Music Preparation by: Dave Foster, Phil Knights, [Music Preparation] For: Swing City Music Ltd, Production Sound Mixer: Simon Hayes, Boom Operator: Arthur Fenn, Sound Assistant: James Gibb, Sound Assistant: Arni Benediktsson, Wireless Transmitter Technician: Edward Green, Robert Powell, Sound Maintenance: Robin Johnson, Re-recording Mixer: Ron Bartlett, Re-recording Mixer: D.M. Hemphill, Recordist: Tim Gomillion, Dennis Rogers, Re-recording Engineer: Bill Stein, Paul Pavelka, Supervising Sound Editor: Mark P. Stoeckinger, Supervising Sound Editor: Victor Ray Ennis, Sound Editor: Tim Walston, Sound Editor: Karen Vassar, Sound Editor: Charlie Campagna, Sound Editor: Harry Cohen, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Daniel S. Irwin, Dialogue Editor: Michael Hertlein, Dialogue Editor: Margit Pfeiffer, Dialogue Editor: Julie Feiner, Dialogue Editor: Anna MacKenzie, Sound Effects Created by: Ann Scibelli, Alan Rankin, ADR Voice Cast: Kirk Baily, ADR Voice Cast: Robert Clotworthy, ADR Voice Cast: Liam O'Brien, ADR Voice Cast: Robin Atkin Downes, ADR Voice Cast: Richard Ortega Miro, Fred Tatasciore, ADR Recordist: David Lucarelli, ADR Recordist: James Hyde, ADR Engineer: Derek Casari, ADR Co-ordinator De Lane Lea: Alice Crosby, ADR Mixer: Andy Stallabrass, ADR Mixer: Charleen Richards-Steeves, ADR Voice Casting: Jay Benedict, ADR Voice Casting: Caitlen McKenna-Wilkinson, ADR Voice Casting: Joe Cappelletti, Foley Artist: Dan O'Connell, Foley Artist: John Cucci, Foley Mixer: James Ashwill, Foley Mixer: John Guentner, Foley Mixer: Richard Duarte, Additional Audio: Mark Ormandy, Paul Flinchbaugh, Foley Editor: Glenn T. Morgan, Foley Editor: Bob Behr, Foley by: One Step Up, Stunt Co-ordinator: Rob Inch, Helicopter Camera Pilot: Marc Wolff, Digital Intermediate Provided by: Company 3, Digital Intermediate Colourist: Stephan Nakamura, Digital Intermediate Producer: Nick Monton, Digital Conform Editor: Joe Ken, Digital Intermediate Assist: Giovanni Digiorgio, Digital Intermediate Technologist: Mike Chiado, Head of Production: Devin Sterling, Digital Intermediate Account Executive: Jackie Lee, Executive Producer for Company 3: Stefan Sonnerfeld, Digital Negative Management: Fluent Image
Cast (41)
Noomi Rapace (Elizabeth Shaw), Michael Fassbender (David), Guy Pearce (Peter Weyland), Idris Elba (Janek), Logan Marshall-Green (Charlie Holloway), Charlize Theron (Meredith Vickers), Sean Harris (Fifield), Rafe Spall (Millburn), Emun Elliot (Chance), Benedict Wong (Ravel), Kate Dickie (Ford), Branwell Donaghey (mercenary 1), Vladimir Furdik (mercenary 2), CC Smiff (mercenary 3), Shane Steyn (mercenary 4), Ian Whyte (last engineer), John Lebar (ghost engineer), Daniel James (sacrifice engineer), Patrick Wilson (Shaw's father), Lucy Hutchinson (young Shaw), Dr Anil Biltoo (linguist teacher), Louisa Staples (greeting message violinist), James Embree (mechanic 1), Florian Robin (mechanic 2), Matthew Burgess (mechanic 3), Eugene O'Hare (mechanic 4), Giannina Facio (Shaw's mother), Richard Thomson, Jenny Rainsford, Philip Mcginley, Rhona Croker (archaeological assistant), Wambui Wa Ngatho (automated voice (Swahili)), Wannaporn (Kay) Rienjang (automated voice (Thai)), Zed Sevcikova (automated voice (Czech)), Sonam Dugdak (automated voice (Tibetan)), Reynir Thor Eggertsson (automated voice (Icelandic)), Shin-Ichiro Okajima (automated voice (Japanese)), Charalambos Dendrinos (automated voice (Greek)), Berhane Woldegabriel (automated voice (Amharic)), Annie Penn, Robin Atkin Downes (ship computer voice)