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Sunshine (Original title)The Untitled Sunshine Project (Alternative title)
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 05 April 2007 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Danny Boyle

Synopsis: Set 50 years in the future, a rapidly dying Sun threatens the extinction of mankind. A team of astronauts is dispatched on a perilous mission to revive the star.

Genre:
Science Fiction

Subjects:
Sun, Space missions
Releases
Date: 05 April 2007Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 107 mins 22 secs - Length: 9662 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 05 April 2007Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 107 mins 22 secs - Length: 9662 FeetDialogue (original): English / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)

Credits (162)
©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: Dune Entertainment LLC, TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, Production Company: DNA Films Ltd, Made in association with: Dune Entertainment LLC, Major Studio Partners, Presented by: Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films Ltd, Presented in association with: UK Film Council, Ingenious Film Partners, Stockholm Shoot: Poppis Production Service AB, Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Co-producer: Bernard Bellew, For DNA Films (Executive): Allon Reich, For DNA Films (Business Affairs): Joanne Smith, Unit Production Manager: Bernard Bellew, Production Co-ordinator: Kate Penlington, Stockholm Shoot (Poppis Prod Service AB): René Zuber, Production Accountant: Wendy Ellerker, Post-production Supervisor: Clare St. John, (Runner): Dan Arnold, Assistant Director (1st): Richard Styles, Assistant Director (2nd): Carlos Fidel, Assistant Director (3rd): Susan Drennan, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Toby Ford, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 3rd): Henry Forsyth, Assistant Director (Model Unit 1st): Bryn Lawrence, Script Supervisor: Anna Worley, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Sharon Mansfield, Script Supervisor (Model Unit): Tess Malone, Casting by: Donna Isaacson, Gail Stevens, Written by: Alex Garland, Director of Photography: Alwin Küchler, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Talbot, Model Unit Director of Photography: Stuart Galloway, Camera Operator: Alastair Rae, Steadicam Operator: Paul Edwards, Steadicam Operator: Alastair Rae, Focus Puller: Olly Tellett, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Alex Howe, Simon Heck, Focus Puller (Model Unit): Faye, Clapper Loader: Peter Byrne, Jason Dully, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Barney Crocker, Richard Copeman, Clapper Loader (Model Unit): Jon Howard, Gaffer: Reuben Garrett, Gaffer (2nd Unit): Harry Wiggins, Gaffer (Model Unit): Steve O'Donoghue, Key Grip: Adrian McCarthy, Video Playback Operator: Stuart Bridges, Unit Stills Photographer: Alex Bailey, Jay Maidment, Visual Effects Supervisor: Tom Wood, Visual Effects Editor: Mark Eckersley, Visual Effects by: The Moving Picture Company, Special Effects Supervisor: Richard Conway, Senior Special Effects Technician: Sam Conway, Senior Standby Special Effects Tech: Mark White, Senior Special Effects Technician: Terry Bridle, Senior Special Effects Technician: Andrew Kelly, Senior Special Effects Technician: Jason Leinster, Senior Special Effects Technician: Nigel Stanley Nixon, Senior Special Effects Technician: Paul Stephenson, Dave Watson, Wire Effects Co-ordinator: Kevin Welch, Senior Wire Operator: Alan Perez, Neal Murray, Motion Control Operator (Model Unit): Ian Menzies, Model SpFX Co-ordinator (Model Unit): Robbie Scott, Sr Model SpFX Technician (Model Unit): Steve Onions, Mark Bullimore, Video/Computer Supervisor: Bob Bridges, Model Maker: Hester Clark, HoD Modeller: Pierre Bohanna, Supervising Modeller: Toby Hawkes, Senior Modeller: Adrian Getley, Senior Modeller: Tracey Curtis, Glenn Haddock, Graphic Designer: Anita Dhillon, Graphic Animation (Mere Mortals Ltd.): Anita Dhillon, Film Editor: Chris Gill, 1st Assistant Editor: Emanuele Giraldo, 2nd Assistant Editor: Tina Richardson, Production Designer: Mark Tildesley, Supervising Art Director: David Warren, Art Director: Gary Freeman, Art Director: Stephen Morahan, Art Director: Denis Schnegg, Art Director (Model Unit): Kate Grimble, Stand-by Art Director: Gavin Fitch, Stand-by Art Director (2nd Unit): Remo Tozzi, Assistant Art Director: Susan Whitaker, Assistant Art Director: Guy Bradley, Set Decorator: Michelle Day, Draughtsman: Peter Dorme, Draughtsman: Matt Robinson, Draughtsman: Emma Vane, Catherine Haugh, Junior Draughtsman: Oliver Goodier, Storyboard Artist: Brendan Houghton, Property Master: Nick Thomas, Production Buyer: Dominic Capon, Construction Manager: Thomas Martin, Costume Designer: Suttirat Anne Larlarb, Assistant Costume Designer: Nicole Young, Costume Supervisor: Michael Mooney, Chief Make-up/Hair Designer: Christine Blundell, Pinbacker Make-up Designer: Mark Coulier, Make-up Artist: Lesa Warrener, Nuria Mbomio, Key Prosthetic Make-up Artist: Duncan Jarman, Shaune Harrison, Prosthetic Make-up Artist: Matthew Smith, End Titles Designed by: Matt Curtis, Colourist: Jean-Clement Soret, Negative Cutting: Cutting Edge, Music by: John Murphy, Underworld, Mystic Breaths: The Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral, Orchestra Conducted by: Matt Dunkley, Music Executive: Mike Knobloch, Music Contractor: David Sabee, Simon James, Music Editor: Andrew Wilkinson, Music Recorded/Mixed by: Gustavo Borner, Sound Design: Glenn Freemantle, Sound Design: Tom Sayers, Production Sound Mixer: Tim Fraser, Boom Operator: Will Towers, Re-recording Mixer: John Hayward, Richard Pryke, Additional Re-recording: Ian Tapp, Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle, Dialogue Editor: Gillian Dodders, Sound Effects Editor: Tom Sayers, Sound Effects Editor: Niv Adiri, Effects Editor: Keith Tinman, ADR Mixer: Paul Carr, ADR Mixer: Andy Thompson, ADR Editor: Gillian Dodders, Foley Artist: Nicolas Becker, Foley Recordist: Philippe Amouroux, Foley Editor: Hugo Adams, Stunt Co-ordinator: Julian Spencer, Stunt Player: Nicholas Daines, Stunt Player: Tim Halloran, Stunt Player: Glenn Foster, Stunt Player: Kim McGarrity, Stunt Player: Arran Topher, Maxine Whittaker, Pinbacker Double: Alan Milne, Scientific Consultant: Brian Cox, Dialect Coach: Andrew Jack, Unit Publicist: Sarah Clark, EPK: Colin Burrows, EPK: Robb Done, Sean Hill, Made at: Three Mills Studios
Cast (13)
Rose Byrne (Cassie), Cliff Curtis (Searle), Chris Evans (Mace), Troy Garity (Harvey), Cillian Murphy (Capa), Hiroyuki Sanada (Captain Kaneda), Mark Strong (Pinbacker), Benedict Wong (Trey), Michelle Yeoh (Corazon), Chipo Chung (voice of Icarus), Paloma Baeza (Capa's sister), Archie Macdonald, Sylvie Macdonald (child)