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Dates: 2016 (Copyright), 04 November 2016 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Scott Derrickson

Synopsis: After a car accident ends his career as a neurosurgeon, Doctor Stephen Strange attempts to recover by seeking out the help of a sorcerer known as the Ancient One. His journey takes him to a secret enclave in Nepal where he enters a world of magic and alternative dimensions, coming into contact with an array of sorcerous beings.

Genres:
Fantasy, Action and Adventure

Subjects:
Magic (occult), Super-heroes, Road accidents
Releases
Date: 25 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 114 mins 49 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 25 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 114 mins 49 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 04 November 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 04 November 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (212)
©: Marvel, Presents: Marvel Studios, Visual Effects produced in Melbourne, Australia with the assistance of: Film Victoria, Executive Producer: Louis D'Esposito, Executive Producer: Victoria Alonso, Executive Producer: Stephen Broussard, Executive Producer: Charles Newirth, Executive Producer: Stan Lee, Produced by: Kevin Feige, Co-producer: David J. Grant, Production and Development Executive - Office of the President of Marvel Studios: Megan McNichol, Unit Production Manager: Chris Brock, Unit Production Manager: Charles Newirth, Production Supervisor: Jonathan Scott, Production Co-ordinator: Samuel Sharpe, Production Co-ordinator: Glenn Diot, Financial Controller: Donald Walker, Production Accountant: Trevor Bagge, Unit Manager: Charlie Simpson, Supervising Location Manager: Jamie Lengyel, Location Manager - UK: Charlotte Wright, Location Manager: Aurelia Thomas, Unit Location Manager: Lindsey Powell Muir, Location and Studio Co-ordinator: Kimberley White, Post-production Supervisor: Adam Cole, Post-production Co-ordinator: Alexander Gaeta, 2nd Unit Director: Jeff Habberstad, 1st Assistant Director: Michael Lerman, 2nd Assistant Director: Joey Coughlin, 3rd Assistant Director - Base: Daisy Baldry, 3rd Assistant Director: Teresa Orlando, Script Supervisor: Joanna Beckett, Script Supervisor: Anna Worley, Casting by: Sarah Halley Finn, UK Casting by: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton, Casting Associate: Jason B. Stamey, UK Casting Associate: Lillie Jeffrey, Written by: Jon Spaihts, Written by: Scott Derrickson, Written by: C. Robert Cargill, Based on the Marvel comics by: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Director of Photography: Ben Davis, [2nd Unit] Director of Photography: Fraser Taggart, A Camera Operator: Julian Morson, B Camera Operator: Sam Renton, A Camera 1st Assistant: David Cozens, A Camera 2nd Assistant: James Thomas, Digital Imaging Technician: Thomas Gough, Gaffer: Eddie Knight, Key Grip: John Flemming, Video Operator: Dominic Rau, Video Operator: Stephen Lee, Stills Photographer: Jay Maidment, Visual Effects Supervisor: Stéphane Ceretti, Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Bluff, 2nd Unit Visual Effects Supervisor: Geoffrey Baumann, Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: Chris Shaw, Visual Effects Producer: Susan Pickett, Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic, Visual Effects by: FrameStore, Visual Effects by: Method Studios, Visual Effects by: Luma Pictures, Visual Effects by: Rise Visual Effects Studios, Visual Effects by: lola | VFX, Visual Effects by: Crafty Apes, Visual Effects by: Perception, Technicolor VFX, Additional Visual Effects by: Base FX, Additional Visual Effects by: Exceptional Minds, Additional Visual Effects by: Animal Logic VFX, The Secret Lab, Facial Capture by: Technoprops, 3D Conversion by: Stereo D, Legend 3D, Visualisation by: The Third Floor Visualization Studio, Special Effects Supervisor: Paul Corbould, Senior [Special Effects] Floor supervisor: Ian Corbould, Animatronic Designer: Frank Guiney, Senior Model Maker: Paul Waller, 3D Stereoscopic Supervisor: Evan Jacobs, Animation by: Industrial Light & Magic, Animation by: FrameStore, Method Studios, Edited by: Wyatt Smith, Sabrina Plisco, Additional Editor: Jeffrey Ford, 1st Assistant Editor: Meagan Costello, 1st Assistant Editor: Bart Brevé, 1st Assistant Editor - UK: Ben Mills, Visual Effects Editor: Kevin Jolly, Visual Effects Editor: Corbin Mehl, Visual Effects Editor: Bob Drwila, Production Designer: Charles Wood, Supervising Art Director: Raymond Chan, Art Director: Julian Ashby, Art Director: Tom Brown, Art Director: Jim Barr, Art Director: Jordan Crockett, Art Director: Mark Stallion, Art Director: Mark Swain, Assistant Art Director: Alex Bowens, Assistant Art Director: Sarah Ginn, Assistant Art Director: Rhys Ifan, Assistant Art Director: Gary Jopling, Assistant Art Director: Alex Smith, Assistant Art Director: Luke Whitelock, Assistant Art Director: Julia Denhoff-Bourne, Assistant Art Director: Emma Vane, Art Department Co-ordinator: Fliss Jaine, Marvel Head of Visual Development: Ryan Meinerding, Set Decorator: John Bush, Draughtsperson: Clara Gomez Del Moral, Storyboard Artist: Bryan Andrews, Storyboard Artist: Federico D'alessandro, Storyboard Artist: Darrin Denlinger, Storyboard Artist: Cat Devaney, Storyboard Artist: David Krentz, Storyboard Artist: Nicholas Pelham, Production Buyer: Gillian Farr, Property Master: Barry Gibbs, Construction Manager: John Bohan, Costume Designer: Alexandra Byrne, Assistant Costume Designer: Richard Sale, Assistant Costume Designer: Laura Smith, Costume Supervisor: Daniel Grace, Key Set Costumer: Nick Roche-Gordon, Make-up and Hair Designer: Jeremy Woodhead, Hair and Make-up Artist to Mr. Cumberbatch: Donald McInnes, Hair and Make-up Artist to Mr Ejiofor and Ms McAdams: Sharon Martin, Hair and Make-up Artist: Jessica Brooks, Hair and Make-up Artist: Susan Howard, Tracey Smith, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Benjamin Brown, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Nicola Buck, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Matilda Calder, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Robert Crafer, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Hannah Eccleston, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Stephen Murphy, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Sunita Parmar, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Sangeet Prabhaker, Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Rebecca Smith, Fiona Walsh, Main Title Sequence by: Sarofsky, End Crawl by: Exceptional Minds, Supervising Finishing Artist: Steven J. Scott, Digital Dailies by: Pinewood Digital, Music by: Michael Giacchino, Original Score Composed by: Michael Giacchino, Solo Cello: Caroline Dale, Solo French Horn: Richard Watkins, Piano/Celeste: David Hartley, Synth Player: David Arch, Electric Bass: Steve Pearce, Percussion: Frank Ricotti, Choir: London Voices, Orchestra Leader: John Mills, Conductor: Cliff Masterson, Orchestrations by: Tim Simonec, Jeff Kryka, Score Supervisor: Steve Durkee, Score Co-ordinator: Jeff Kryka, Original Score Produced by: Michael Giacchino, Music Editor: Nashia Wachsman, Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis, Score Recorded by: Peter Cobbin, Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Production Sound Mixer: John Midgley, 1st Assistant Sound: Howard Bevan, Re-recording Mixer: Tom Johnson, Re-recording Mixer: Juan Peralta, Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: Danielle Dupre, Dustin Capulong, Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Mills, Supervising Sound Editor: Daniel Laurie, Assistant Supervising Sound Editor: Malcolm Neslund, Assistant Sound Editor: Devon Kelley, Dialogue Editor: Kim Foscato, Dialogue Editor: Brad Semenoff, Dialogue Editor: Malcolm Fife, Sound Designer: Nia Hansen, David C. Hughes, Sound Effects Editor: Josh Gold, Sound Effects Editor: J.R. Grubbs, Sound Effects Editor: David Chrastka, ADR Recordist: Jeannette Browning, ADR Mixer: Doc Kane, ADR Voice Casting: Terri Douglas, Foley Artist: John Roesch, Foley Artist: Shelley Roden, Foley Mixer: Scott Curtis, Foley Editor: Ryan Frias, Foley Editor: Steve Orlando, Stunt Co-ordinator - US: Jim Churchman, Stunt Co-ordinator - UK: Mark Mottram, Stunt Department Co-ordinator: Beatrice Manning, Fight Co-ordinator: Jonathan Eusebio, Magic Choreographer: Julian Daniels, Language Consultant: David J. Peterson, Science Consultant: Adam Frank, Dolby Consultant: James Wright, Voice Coach: Sarah Shepherd, Unit Publicist: Rachel Kennedy, EPK [Electronic Press Kit] Camera: Sean Ricigliano, Equipment Provided by: Panavision, Digital Intermediate by: Technicolor, The producers would like to thank: British Film Commission, The producers would like to thank: British Film Institute, UK Government, Filmed on location at: Longcross Studios, Shepperton Studios
Cast (29)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Stephen Strange), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Baron Karl Mordo), Rachel McAdams (Christine Palmer), Benedict Wong (Wong), Michael Stuhlbarg (Doctor Nicodemus West), Benjamin Bratt (Jonathan Pangborn), Scott Adkins (Lucian/strong Zealot), Mads Mikkelsen (Kaecilius), Tilda Swinton (The Ancient One), Zara Phythian (brunette Zealot), Alaa Safi (tall Zealot), Katrina Durden (blonde Zealot), Topo Wresniwiro (Hamir), Umit Ulgen (Sol Rama), Linda Duan (Tina Minoru), Mark Anthony Brighton (Daniel Drumm), Meera Syal (Dr Patel), Amy Landecker (Dr Bruner), Adam Pelta-Pauls (nurse Billy), Sarah Malin (Dr Garrison), Eben Young (Dr Weiss), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (physical therapist), Elizabeth Healey (concerned doctor), Guillaume Faure (reluctant surgeon), Daniel Dow (mugger), Stan Lee (bus passenger), Ezra Kahn (Kamar-Taj librarian), Kimberly Van Luin (bullet patient's wife), Pat Kiernan (himself)