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The Watch (Original title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 24 August 2012 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Akiva Schaffer

Synopsis: Comedy. In the seemingly serene town of Glenview, Ohio, four friends form a Neighbourhood Watch Group as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives for one night a week. However, when they discover a mysterious object in the town it falls to them to save their neighbourhood – and ultimately the world - from total extermination.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Neighbourhood watch schemes, Aliens
Releases
Date: 27 July 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 24 August 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSatAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 101 mins 50 secs - Length: 9165 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)

Credits (146)
©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: Dune Entertainment III LLC, ©: TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, Production Company: 21 Laps, [Produced] in association with: Ingenious Media, Produced in association with: Down Productions, Big Screen Productions, [Produced] with assistance from: Music & Digital Entertainment Office Georgia Film, Presents: Twentieth Century Fox, [Presented] in association with: Dune Entertainment LLC, Executive Producer: Dan Levine, Executive Producer: Monica Levinson, Produced by: Shawn Levy, Co-producer: Jeffrey JP Wetzel, Co-producer: Billy Rosenberg, Co-producer: Tom McNulty, Co-producer: Blondel Aidoo, Unit Production Manager: Monica Levinson, Production Supervisor: Noelle Green, Production Co-ordinator: Paula Stier, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Faith Strongheart, Financial Controller: Jason Bogard, Production Accountant: Mike MacCuish, Location Manager: Maria T. Bierniak, Location Co-ordinator: Clay Crutchfield, Assistant Location Manager: Ian MacGregor, Post-production Supervisor: Christopher Dowell, 1st Assistant Director: Jeffrey J.P. Wetzel, 2nd Assistant Director: Stephen W. Moore, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Katie Pruitt, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Kendall L. Nichols, Script Supervisor: Gail Hunter, Casting by: Alyssa Weisberg, Casting Associate: Karina Walters, Casting Associate: Andrew E. Henry, Casting Associate: Yesi Ramirez, Atlanta Casting: Shay Bentley Griffin, Written by: Jared Stern, Written by: Seth Rogen, Written by: Evan Goldberg, Director of Photography: Barry Peterson, A Camera Operator: Daniel Gold, B Camera Operator: Jason Ellson, Steadicam: Jason Ellson, A Camera 1st Assistant: Michole Bergstrom, B Camera 1st Assistant: Sean Moe, A Camera 2nd Assistant: Matthew Haskins, B Camera 2nd Assistant: Adam Castro, Digital Imaging Technician: Brannon Brown, Loader: Trevor Murphy, Gaffer: James M. Cox, Key Grip: Kurt Grossi, Video Assist: David Goldsmith, Still Photographer: Melinda Sue Gordon, Visual Effects Supervisor: Kelly Port, Visual Effects Associate Producer: Scott Puckett, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Scott Aaron Silver, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Clayton M. Lyons, Visual Effects by: Digital Domain, Additional Visual Effects by: hy*drau"lx, Additional Visual Effects by: Prana Studios, Image Asylum, Live Action Alien Effects Created at: Legacy Effects, On Set Environments Capture and Post-Visualization Artist: David Niednagel, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Steven Riley, Special Effects Set Co-ordinator: David A. Poole, Pyrotechnic Co-ordinator: William Harrison, Animation by: Digital Domain, Film Editor: Dean Zimmerman, Associate Editor: Adriaan Van Zyl, 1st Assistant Editor: Jennifer Stellema, 2nd Assistant Editor: Matt Carson, Visual Effects Editor: Adriaan Van Zyl, Post-production Facilities Provided by: Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Production Designer: Doug Meerdink, Art Director: David Sandefur, Assistant Art Director: Sandi Cook-Litherland, Art Department Co-ordinator: Brenda M. Findley, Set Designer: George Lee McDonnell, Set Designer: Sheila Nash, Set Designer: Scott Baker, Set Decorator: Cindy Carr, On-set Dresser: Ryan Kutch, Graphic Designer: Paige Adair, Graphic Designer: David E. Scott, Graphic Designer: Justin Elterman, Storyboard Artist: Trevor Goring, Storyboard Artist: Chris Hunter, Storyboard Artist: Joel Venti, Property Master: Michael A. Sábo, Assistant Property Master: Shawn M. Gray, Construction Co-ordinator: Curtis Crowe, Costume Designer: Wendy Chuck, Assistant Costume Designer: Erinn Knight, Costume Supervisor: Nava Sadan, Key Costumer: Julia Rusthoven, Key On-set Costumer: Margaret Robbs, Make-up Department Head: Lisa Layman, Key Make-up Artist: Duane Saylor, Special Effects Make-up: Tony Gardner, Puppeteer: John Rosengrant, Puppeteer: Jason Barrett Matthews, Puppeteer: Richard Joseph Landon, Puppeteer: Michael Manzel, Puppeteer: Dawn Dininger, Puppeteer: Mark Albert Maitre, Hair Department Head: Gloria Pasqua Casny, Teressa Hill, Key Hair Stylist: Randa Squillacote, Main and End Titles by: Method Design, Film Stock: Fuji, Colour by: DeLuxe, Music by: Christophe Beck, Conducted by: Tim Davies, Orchestrated by: Kevin Kliesch, Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias, Music Editor: Terry Wilson, Music Editor: Fernand Bos, [Music] Recorded and Mixed by: Casey Stone, Orchestra Contracted by: Peter Rotter, Sound Designer: Wayne Lemmer, Sound Designer: Warren Hendricks, Production Sound Mixer: Whit Norris, Boom Person: C. Douglas Cameron, Re-recording Mixer: D.M. Hemphill, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Craig Henighan, Jim Bolt, Supervising Sound Editor: Derek Vanderhorst, Supervising Sound Editor: John A. Larsen, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Helen Luttrell, Dialogue Editor: Polly McKinnon, Dialogue Editor: Susan Dawes, Sound Effects Recordist: Rob Nokes, ADR Recordist: David Lucarelli, ADR Mixer: Charleen Richards-Steeves, Supervising ADR Editor: Kerry Dean Williams, ADR Casting: Johnny Gidcomb, Supervising Foley Editor: John Murray, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jack Gill, Assistant Stunt Co-ordinator: Andy Gill, Dialect Coach: Diego Daniel Pardo, Dialect Coach: Claudia Porter, Unit Publicist: Amy Cohn, EFilm, Filmed in part at: EUE Screen Gems Studios
Cast (45)
Ben Stiller (Evan Troutwig), Vince Vaughn (Bob), Jonah Hill (Franklin), Richard Ayoade (Jamarcus), Rosemarie DeWitt (Abby Troutwig), Will Forte (Sgt. Bressman), Mel Rodriguez (Chucho), Doug Jones (Hero Alien), Erin Moriarty (Chelsea), Nicholas Braun (Jason), R. Lee Ermey (Manfred), Joseph A. Nuñez (Antonio Guzman), Liz Cackowski, Liz Cackowski (Carla), Johnny Pemberton (skater kid), Sharon Gee (Mrs Kim), Eric Lee Goins (Jared, random jogger), Robert C. Sibley (retiree 1), Grace Fronebarger (retiree 2), Bonnie Silver (retiree 3), Jill Jane Clements (city council woman), Paul Barlow Jr (city council member), Thomas Elliott (male hooters volunteer), Sean Robert Goulding (Costco employee – TV), Amy Napier Viteri (reporter), Flax Dame (teenage announcer), Ryan Girard (Paul’s guest 1), Kate Kneeland (Paul’s guest 2), Ted Huckabee (orgy man 1), Jeremiah Williams (orgy man 2), Ethan Shapanka (orgy man 3), Marla Malcom (orgy woman 1), Lindsey Coley (orgy woman 2), LaDonna Allison (orgy woman 3), Andy Samberg (casual wanker 1), Jorma Taccone (casual wanker 2), Akiva Schaffer (casual wanker 3), Cathy Shim (Asian housewife), Carissa Capobianco (Mandy), Kelsey Talley, Melia Talley (twins), Patricia French (Franklin’s mother), Erinn Hayes (Bob’s wife), Zack Mines (prom date), Emilee Yuye Sikes (Evan’s daughter)