Bulletproof Monk (2003)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times:
Format: colour
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cub Five Productions / Flypaper Press / Lion Rock / Mosaic Media Group / Signpost Films
Executive Producers: Gotham Chopra, Caroline Macaulay, Douglas Segal, Kelly Smith-Waite, Michael Yanover
Producers: Terence Chang, Charles Roven, John Woo
Co-Producer: Mark Paniccia
Associate Producer: Robert K. Lambert
Production Manager: D.J. Carson
Unit Production Manager: Brent O'Connor
2nd Unit Production Manager: Marty Dejczak
Production Coordinator: Lesley Myers

SCRIPT
Script: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

DIRECTION
Director: Paul Hunter
2nd Unit Director: Guy Norris
1st Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Howard Rothschild
2nd Assistant Director: Bob Warwick
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Pazz Neglia
2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director: Jenny Murray
2nd Unit Assistant Director: Elizabeth Parker

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Stefan Czapsky
C Camera Operator: Roger Finlay
Wescam Operator: David Norris
Aerials and Wescam Assistant Camera: Clyde Miller
2nd Assistant B Camera: Ari D. Magder
Gaffer: Chris Howard
Rigging Gaffer: Stephen Spurrell
Best Boy: Michael L. Hall
Video Supervisor: Mark Lewandowski
Additional Photography Digital Video Assist Operator: Rob Parisien
Stormvision Digital Video Assist Operator: Paul Thompson
Arial Camera Platform: Four Seasons Aviation

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Robert K. Lambert
Assistant Editors: Mark Bourgeois, Pamela March, Robert Doyle

MUSIC
Music: Eric Serra
Music Supervisor: Anita Camarata
Music Editor: Brent Brooks

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: John J. Thomson
Sound Mixers: Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker
2nd Unit Production Sound Mixer: Stuart French
1st Assistant Sound Editors: Paul Aulicino, Patrick Cicero
Re-Recording Mixers: Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow
Supervising Sound Editors: Bruce D. Fortune, Bruce Stambler
ADR Assistant: Marc Deschaine
Foley Mixer: Shawn Kennelly
Foley Artist: Laura Macias

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Delphine White
Assistant Costume Designers: Luis M. Sequeira, Sara Schilt
Costume Buyer: Gayle Franklin
Costume Effects Artist: Silvana Sacco
2nd Unit Extras Wardrobe: Tarah Burke
Wardrobe Assistant: Zsolt Sandor

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Supervisor: Brian Sipe
Make Up Effects Created By: Greg Cannom, Keith Vanderlaan

Captive Audience Productions
Make Up Effects Production Supervisor: Mary Kim
Make Up Effects Creator / Producer: Keith VanderLaan

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Kaz Kobielski
Special Effects Coordinator: Tony Kenny
2nd Unit Key Special Effects: Mark Rice
1st Assistant Camera (Re-Shoots): Dan Cervin
Main Unit Key: Troy Rundle
Rigging Key: Tim Lidstone
Special Effects Office Administrator: Dean Stewart

Millwright
Special Effects: Ian Locke

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Boy Wonder Visual Effects; The Effects Group Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: John E. Sullivan
Visual Effects Coordinator: David B. Moulder
Visual Effects Editor: Melissa Carter
Main Title Sequence: New Wave Entertainment
Main Title Sequence Inferno Artist: Toby Wilkins
3-D Scanning: Eyetronics

Boy Wonder Visual Effects
Visual Effects Producer: Burt Ward
Assistant Visual Effects Supervisor: Kyle J. Healey
Digital Compositor: John Huikku

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Deborah Evans
Art Director: Arvinder Grewal
3rd Assistant Art Director: Jen Gillespie
Set Designers: Andrew Li, David G. Fremlin, Douglas Slater
Set Decorator: Clive Thomasson
Assistant Decorators: Jaclyn Shoub, Wayne Jacques
Property Master: Ron Hewitt
Construction Coordinator: Jim Halpenny
Art Department Coordinator: H. Nancy Pak
Storyboard Artist: Rob McCallum

OTHER CREW
3rd Assistant Accountants: Derek Ursacki, Kelly Gilbert
Production Assistants: Darwin Green, Ryan Hupponen, Terri Ann Myers
Assistant to Producer: Shannon O'Connor
Assistant to Chow Yun Fat: Misha Skoric
Assistant to Paul Hunter: Siri Khalsa-Colly
Assistant to Charles Roven: Hunter Shepherd
Clearance Coordinator: Jen Gillespie
Armourer: John 'Frenchie' Berger
Weapons Handler: Stephanie Lee Berger
Transportation Coordinator: Robert Smith
Wescam Helicopter Pilot: Dave Tommasini
Helicopter Gun Ship: Four Seasons Aviation
Dialect Coach: Howard Samuelsohn
Coach: Gene Turner
Unit Publicist: Karen Pidgurski
Mosaic Media Group Intern: Mike Wielinski

LOCATIONS
Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinators: John Stoneham Jr, Rick Forsayeth
Martial Arts Choreographers: Jack Wong Wai Leung, Wei Tung
Stunt Double For Jamie King: Jennifer Vey
Stunt Double For Seann William Scott: Christopher Cordell
Stunt Double For Victoria Smurfit: Lori Stewart
Stunts: Christopher McGuire, Curtis Hibbert, Henry Korhonen, Layton Morrison, Roy T. Anderson
Utility Stunts And Stunt Rigger: Steve Lucescu
Helicopter Stunts: Dave Tommasini

CASTING
Casting: Mindy Marin
Casting Associate: Amanda Harding

CAST
Chow Yun Fat (the monk with no name)
Seann William Scott (Kar)
Jamie King (Jade / Bad Girl)
Karel Roden (Strucker)
Victoria Smurfit (Nina)
Marcus Jean Pirae (Mr Funktastic)
Mako (Mr Kojima)
Chris Collins
Patrick Hagarty (tough guy leader)
Suresh John (the driver)

PLOT SUMMARY

For sixty years a mysterious, nameless monk has roamed the world protecting an ancient scroll which holds the key to incredible powers. The Monk takes on a protégé, the selfish Kar, who initially seems like a poor choice but who ultimately proves himself when he helps the Monk take on his mortal enemy.

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: MGM

Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Russia
Theatrical Distributor: Central Partnership

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Pathé Pictures

USA
Theatrical Distributor: MGM

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, language and some sexual content)

2003
April
16: USA – theatrical release
18: UK – theatrical release
25: Iceland – theatrical release

June
5: Australia – theatrical release
12: Netherlands – theatrical release
26: Germany, Russia – theatrical release
30: Belgium – theatrical release

2004
December
19: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6)
31: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 6)

2005
January
2: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 2)
12: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies 12)

A power beyond measure requires a protector without equal.

comic into film, gangsters, helicopters, magic, martial arts