The Butterfly Effect (2004)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
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PRODUCTION
Production Company: Blackout Entertainment
Executive Producers: Jason Goldberg, Ashton Kutcher, William Shively
Producers: Chris Bender, A.J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen, J.C. Spink
Co-Producer: David Krintzman
Unit Production Manager: Brendan Ferguson
Production Coordinator: Jennifer Roe Emery
Assistant Production Coordinator: Yale Kussin

SCRIPT
Script: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress

DIRECTION
Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
1st Assistant Director: Peter D. Marshall
2nd Assistant Director: Cindy Smith
Trainee Assistant Director: Gary Hawes

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Amundson
Assistant Editors: Christy Richmond, Danya Joseph

MUSIC
Music: Michael Suby
Music Supervisor: Kevin J. Edelman
Music Editor: Brian Richards

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Daryl Powell
Supervising Sound Editor: Geoffrey G. Rubay
ADR Supervisor: Zack Davis
Foley Recordist: Carey Milbradt

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up Department Head: Stan Edmonds
Hair Department Head: Angelina P. Cameron
Costume Designer: Carla Hetland

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Felix Fox, Toby Lindala

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Schminken Studio Inc; Toybox

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Producers: Christopher Elke, Lorraine Rozon
Senior Digital Compositor: Randy Egan
Digital Compositor: Kathryn Bolt
Digital Opticals: Patrick Clancey

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Douglas Higgins
Art Director: Shannon Grover
Set Decorators: Sam Higgins, Ian P. OBriain
Set Decorator Buyer: Tonya Soules
Set Dresser: Regan Steele
Property Master: Graham Coutts

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Susan Lambie
Production Assistant: Chris McFarlane
Office Production Assistant: Carl Gruell
Product Placement Coordinator: Jodie Taggart
Transportation Coordinator: Rod Patten
Unit Publicist: Gloria Davies

LOCATIONS
Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: James Bamford
Stunts: Colby Chartrand, Laura Lee Connery, Suzi Stingl

CASTING
Casting: Carmen Cuba
Casting (Canada): Coreen Mayrs
Background Casting: Sandra-Ken Freeman

CAST
Ashton Kutcher (Evan Treborn)
Amy Smart (Kayleigh Miller)
Kevin Schmidt (Lenny at 13)
Melora Walters (Andrea Treborn)
Elden Henson (Lenny Kagan)
Eric Stoltz (George Miller)
John Patrick Amedori (Evan at 13)
Cameron Crigger (real name: Cameron Bright) (Tommy at 8)
William Lee Scott (Tommy Miller)
Brandy Heidrick (Kristin)
Ethan Suplee (Thumper)
Grant Thompson (Hunter)
Logan Lerman (Evan at 8)
Daniel Spink (Toby)
Irene Gorovaia (Kayleigh at 13)
Jesse Hutch (Spencer)
Jesse James (Tommy at 13)
Jake Kaese (Lenny at 7)
John B. Lowe (Professor Carter)
Kevan Ohtsji (anesthesiologist)
Callum Keith Rennie
Sarah Widdows (Kayleigh at 7)
Cameron K. Smith (theatre patron - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Evan Treborn, trying to come to terms with a traumatic childhood, finds a way to travel back in time and possess his own childhood body. He begins to change the way his life turns out but finds that altering history can have terrible consequences.

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: CDI

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Kathy Morgan International / New Line Cinema

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: R (for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug use)

2004
February
6: USA – theatrical release

MAGAZINES

Hollywood Reporter vol.373 no.41 (11 June 2002) p.29 (USA)
credits, production notes

Hollywood Reporter vol.374 no.2 (25 June 2002) p.25 (USA)
credits, production notes

Starburst no.300 (June 2003) p.104 (UK)
illustrated review

child abuse; time travel