Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1992
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Format: colour
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PRODUCTION
Production Company: Sandollar / Kuzui Enterprises / Twentieth Century Fox
Executive Producers: Sandy Gallin, Carol Baum, Fran Rubel Kuzui
Producers: Kaz Kuzui, Howard Rosenman
Co-Producer: Dennis Stuart Murphy
Associate Producer: Alex Butler
Unit Production Manager: David Witz
Production Co-Ordinator: Elizabeth Ervin
Assistant Production Co-Ordinator: Jeffrey Berk

SCRIPT
Script: Joss Whedon

DIRECTION
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
1st Assistant Director: Josh King
Additional Unit 1st Assistant Director: Harvey Waldman
2nd Assistant Director: Marcei Brubaker
2nd 2nd Assisant Directors: Tery Batchelor, Richard Brodskey
Additional Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Jennifer Kingry
2nd Unit Directors: Terry J. Leonard, Freddie Hice

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: James Hayman
Additional Unit Director of Photography: Tim Sutirstedt
Camera Operators: Peter Norman, James Lebovitz
1st Assistant Camera: Geb Byers
2nd Assistant Camera: Leigh Feitelberg
Additional Unit Camera Operator: Phillip Carr Forster
Steadicam Operators: Mark O'Kane, Paul Taylor
Loader / 2nd Assistant: Becky Revak
Gaffer: Stephen Crawford
Rigging Gaffer / Best Boy: Anthony A. DeVito
Key Grip: Richard Fezzey
Best Boy Grip: Michael Molnar
Dolly Grip: J. C. Cole
Rigging Grip: Ron Birchfield
Grips: Patrick Barry, Tom Conway, Mark Kline
Electricians: Dana Arnold, Marty Bosworth, Bobby Cestalso, Thomas “Tom Cat” Enright, Rich Stanford
Colour Timer: Dale Caldwell
Video Sequences: Sam Hurwitz
Stills: Ron Phillips

EDITING
Post Production Supervisor: Helene Mulholland
Post Production Co-Ordinator: Linda Hempling Candib
Editors: Camilla Toniolo, Jill Savitt
1st Assistant Editor: Nancy Novack
Assistant Editor: Beriau Picard
Apprentice Editors: Elaine Moritz, Jeff Canavan, David Smith
Additional Film Editor: Richard Candib
Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt, Kona Cutting

MUSIC
Music: Carter Burwell
Executive Music Producer: Ralph Sall
Associate Music Supervisor: Peter McCabe
Music Editors: Steve McCroskey, J. J. George

SOUND
Sound Recording: Robert Renga
Sound Mixer: Steve Aaron
Additional Unit Sound Mixer: Glen Berkovitz
Re-Recording Mixers: Sergio Reyes, Chris David
Supervising Sound Editor: Gary S. Gerlich
Sound Editors: Harry Snodgrass, Elliott L. Koretz, William Jacobs, Hal Sanders, Pieter S. Hubbard, Jimmy Ling, Teri E. Dorman, Tim Board
Assistant Sound Editor: Ron S. Herbes
Key Boom: Ron Sistare
2nd Boom: Randy Pease
Dolby Representative: Douglas Greenfield
Supervising ADR Editor: Holly Huckins
ADR Editors: Laura Graham, Vickie Sampson
Assistant ADR Editors: Monique Salvato, Ann Ducommin
ADR Mixer: Brad Brock
Foley Artists: Gregg Barbanell, Diane Marshall

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Michelle Buhler
Make Up: Thomas E. Suprenaut, Angela Margolis
Assistant Make Up: Tyger Tale
Make-up Artist for Donald Sutherland: Ann Brodie
Key Hair: Barbara Olvera
Costume Designer: Marie France
Assistant Costume Designer: Kimberly Tillman
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jered Edd Green
Costumers: Ed Fincher, Garet Reilly, Sharon Rosenberg, Nancy Steiner
On Set Dresser: Rocky Slaymaker

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up: William Forsche, Mark Maitre

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Joseph Mercurio
Mechanical Effects Foreman: Vince Montefusco
Special Effects Assistant: Randy Lee Tarum
Titles and Opticals: Cinema Research Corporation

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Lawrence Miller
Art Directors: James Barrows, Randy Moore
Set Decorator: Claire Bowin
Property Master: Brook Yeaton
Assistant Props: R. Vincent Smith
Propmakers: Bobby Bednar, Pedro Fernandez, Michael Forster, David Frey, Bret Hoffman, Mark Hoffman, Greg Hoyt, Jeffrey Leake, Donald Leheux, Seth Micklin, Farner (?) E. Ryan, Mick Shawn
Head Scenic: Claudia Ivanjack
2nd Head Scenic: Tom Ivanjack
Scenics: Phillip Barnes, Andy Chilcoat, Tami Chilcoat, Walter Lucas, Tom O'Brien, Tony Riedell
Art Department Co-Ordinator: Mike Kraft
Art Department Production Assistants: J. P. Bernado, Lisa Ferguson
Craft Service: George McQuade
Head Sign Writer: Jerry Miller
2nd Sign Writer: Teri Miller
Storyboard Artist: Robb Bihun
Construction Co-Ordinator: Mike Welch
Swing Gang: Larry Cornick, Mark Dillon, Lisa Ozanne, Keith Roberts
Lead Foreman: Perry Welch
Lead Person: Ann Knight
Main Title Design: Poetic Justice

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Marilyn Bailey
Assistant to Fran Rubel Kusui: Lori Lombardo
Assistant to Kaz Kuzui: Talia Jones
Assistant to Howard Rosenman: Christopher Baker
Assistant to Dennis Stuart Murphy: Elia Martinez
Office Production Assistants: Matt Bilski, Eddie Simbana
Set Production Assistants: Jeffrey Buhler, Ross Katz, Ed Allen, Sean Corrigan, Leland LaBarre
Unit Publcist: Marilyn Heston
Cheerleader Choreography: Lisa Estrada
Production Accountant: Scott Shiffman
Assistant Accountants: Christy Susskud, Shannon Kane
Accounting Assistant: Dylan McKenna
Medic: B. J. Witz
Transportation Co-Ordinator: Wayne Ray Nelson
Transportation Captain: Wayne Williams
Caterer: Mario's Catering
Intern: Avi Ariau
Animal Action Supervised By: The American Humane Association

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Rick Rotten
Assistant Location Manager: Russ Fega

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinators: Terry J. Leonard, Freddie Hice
Buffy Stunts: Jani Davis, Donna Evans, Cynthia Kerr, Lisa Ratzin, Heather Ryan
Stunts: Steve Boyum, Eddie Brawn, Michelle Chong, Steve Davidson, Jeff L. Jensen, Pat E. Johnson, James Law, Mike McGaughy, R. A. Rondell, John-Clay Scott, Michael Watson
Martial Arts Trainers: Pat E. Johnson, James Law

CASTING
Casting: Johanna Ray
Casting Associate: Elaine Huzzar
Casting Assistant: Shannon Ward
Extras Casting: CD Casting
Voice Casting: Barbara Harris

CAST
Kristy Swanson (Buffy)
Donald Sutherland (Merrick)
Paul Reubens (Amilyn)
Rutger Hauer (Lothos)
Luke Perry (Pike)
Michele Abrams (Jennifer)
Paris Vaughan (Nicole)
Randall Batinkoff (Jeffrey)
Sasha Jenson (Grueller)
Natasha Gregson Wagner (Cassandra)
Hilary Swank (Kimberly)
David Arquette (Benny)
Andrew Lowery (Andy)
Stephen Root (Gary Murray)
Candy Clark (Buffy's mum)
Mark DeCarlo (coach)
James Paradise (Buffy's dad)
Liz Smith (reporter)
Toby Holguin (vampire fan)
Andre Warren (newscaster)
Erika Dittner (cheerleader)
Michael S. Kopelow (student)
Tom Jane (Zeph)
David Sherrill (Knight)
Paul M. Lane (Robert Berman)
Eurlyne Epper-Woldman (graveyard woman)
Bob “Swaine” Swanson (referee)
J. T. Cole (biker)
Ricky Dean Logan (bloody student)
Bobby Aldridge, Amanda Anka, Chino Binamo, Al Goto, Terry Jackson, Mike Johnson, Sarah Lee Jones, Kim Robert Kosci, Clint Lilley, Chi-Moui Lo, Jimmy N. Roberts, David Rowden, Kenny Sacha, Ben R. Scott, Kurtis Epper Sanders, Sharon Schaffer, Lincoln Simonds (vampires)

California teenager Buffy Summers learns that she is the Slayer, the one person of her generation chosen to destroy vampires. Trained by an old man, Merrick, she prepares to do battle with a pack of vampires who are slowly taking over her school.

A disaster on its initial release, this dim-witted and juvenile trash later inspired an inexplicably popular TV show of the same name. The movie version is obviously inspired by The Lost Boys (1987) and is so firmly aimed at its target audience that anyone over the age of 20 would have a hard time finding anything to enjoy in it. Sutherland and Hauer should be ashamed of themselves.

Buffy vampyrmorderen - Norwegian title

SEE ALSO
The Lost Boys (1987)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 - )

MAGAZINES

Select November 1992 p.100
illustrated review

BOOKS

The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.125
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
review

vampires; teenagers; schools; schoolchildren; cheerleaders