Atomik Circus - Le retour de James Bataille (2004)

Country of Origin: France/Germany/UK
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 92m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS/Dolby Digital EX

DIRECTION

Directed by: Didier Poiraud, Thierry Poiraud

CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: MMC Independent GmbH/Entropie Films/Invicta Filmworks Limited/TF1
Production Executive: Ira Zloczower
Executive Producers: Claude Letessier, Nicolas Leclercq
Producers: Emanuelle Lepers, Nicolas Leclercq
Co-Producers: Gereon Sommerhauser, Matthew Justice
Line Producer: Alfred Hürmer
Assistant Producer: Chloé Désiré
Production Managers: Daniel Baschieri, Anne Lessnick
Unit Manager: Laura Einmahl

SCRIPT
Script: Jean-Phillippe Dugand, Marie Garrel Weiss, Didier Poiraud, Thierry Poiraud, Vincent Tavier

DIRECTION
Assistant Directors: Franck Gauthier, Ângela Sequeira

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Philippe Le Sourd
1st Assistant Camera: Julian Bucknall
2nd Assistant Camera: Daniel Neves, Bruno Ramos
Electrician: Hugo Espirito Santo
Grip: Rossi Handsley
Stills: Guy Ferrandis
Video Assist Operator: Joao Vagos

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Mario Battistel
1st Assistant Editor: Giles Gardner
2nd Assistant Editor: Vincent Marchand
Negative Cutter: Jason Wheeler

MUSIC
Music by: The Little Rabbits

SOUND
Sound: Brigitte Taillandier
Boom Operators: Guillaume Le Bras, Yves-Marie Omnes
Supervising Sound Designers: Gregoire Couzinier, Thomas Couzinier
Re-Recording Mixers: Brendan Nicholson, Nicolas Le Messurier
Sound Editor: Xavier Bonneyrat
Foley Artist: Christophe Bourreau
Assistant Foley Artist: Vincent Milner
Foley Recordist: Vincent Mauduit
Foley Editor: Vincent Mauduit
Sound Post-Production: Granular Ltd.

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up Designer: Linda Mooney
Wardrobe (Germany): Eduarda Almas
Hair Designer: Linda Mooney
Hairdresser for Vanessa Paradis: John Nollet

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Jacques-Olivier Molon

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Julien Poncet de la Grave

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Producer: Bertrand Levallois
Digital Artists: Florent Andorra, Johnny Alves, Sebastien Le Neve, Yann De Cadoudal
Visual Effects Editor: Simon Cozens
Research & Development: Fabien Micallef, Hervé Theron, Christophe Verspieren

BUF Compagnie
Visual Effects Coordinator: Sonia Holst
Digital Artist: Lucas Salton

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director (Cologne): Volker Schäfer
Assistant Art Director (Cologne): Birgit Esser
Set Decorator: Nathalie Roubaud
Set Decorator (Cologne): Thorsten Sabel
Set Dresser: Dagmar Wessel
Art Department Assistant: Pedro Cardona

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Marie Leconte
Production Assistants: Caspar Heider, Cécile Lebreton, Frederic Ansaldo, Vincent Lefeuvre
Dialogue Coach for Jason Flemyng: Tanya Blumstein

LOCATIONS
Locations: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Paris, France; Portugal

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dedicated to: Jean Yanne

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Patrick Cauderlier
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: Rémi Canaple
Stunts: Olessia Bessarab-Dron, Rémi Canaple, Alexandre Cauderlier
Stunt Double for Jason Flemyng: Yan Dron

CASTING
Casting by: Emma Skowronek

CAST

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: TFM Distribution

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: GAGA Communications

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

France
Rating: -12

Germany
Rating: 16

Switzerland
Rating: 14

TIMELINE

2003
April
15: Germany - filming begins

2004
July
21: Belgium, France - theatrical release

2005
January
27: Thailand - theatrical release

July
31: Germany - shown at the München Fantasy Filmfest

August
21: Germany - shown at the Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest

October
8: Japan - theatrical release in Tokyo

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Retour de James Bataille, Le - working title
Return of James Battle, The - US title

KEYWORDS

aliens, bars, decapitation, dogs, mariachi bands, motorcycles, police, prisons, rock concerts, splatter

Last Updated: 3 January, 2010