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Il cartaio (2004)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times: 106 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Medusa Produzione/Opera Film Produzione
Producer: Claudio Argento
Unit Production Manager: Riccardo Folgore
SCRIPT
Script: Dario Argento,
Franco Ferrini
DIRECTION
Director: Dario Argento
1st Assistant Director: Fabrizio Bava
2nd Assistant Director: Francesco Perri
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Benoît Debie
Steadicam Operator: Alessandro Bolognesi
Grip: Claudio Del Gobbo
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Walter Fasano
1st Assistant Editor: Alessandro Di Cola
2nd Assistant Editor: Irma Misantoni
MUSIC
Music: Claudio Simonetti
SOUND
Sound: Tommaso Quattrini
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Bernadette Grampa
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Sergio Stivaletti
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer/Art Director: Antonello Geleng
OTHER CREW
Runner: Nilo Argento
LOCATIONS
Locations: Garibaldi Monument, Rome, Italy; Parioli, Rome, Italy; Botanical
Gardens, Rome, Italy; Via Ginicolo, Rome, Italy; The Pantheon, Rome,
Italy; River Tiber, Rome, Italy
Studios: Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy
STUNTS
Stunt Supervisor: Franco Maria Salamon
Stunt Coordinators: Riccardo Mioni, Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunts: David Ambrosi, Emiliano Novelli, Valentina Paradiso
CAST
Liam Cunningham (John Brennan)
Stefania Rocca (Anna Mari)
Claudio Santamaria (Carlo Sturni)
Fiore Argento
(Lucia)
Mia Benedetta (Francesca)
Antonio Cantafora (Constable Chief Marini)
Pier Maria Cecchini (Flying Squad chief)
Cosimo Fusco (Berardelli)
Vera Gemma (3rd victim)
Francesco Guzzo (anti-hacker)
Claudio Mazzenga (Mario)
Adalberto Maria Merli (Chief of Police)
Ulisse Minervini (Alvaro)
Alessandro Mistichelli (anti-hacker 2)
Luis Molteni (medical examiner)
Silvio Muccino (Remo)
Mario Opinato (Inspector Morgani)
Micaela Pignatelli (Professor Terzi)
Jennifer Poli (Christine Girdler)
Conchita Puglisi (Marta)
Elisabetta Rocchetti (2nd victim)
Gualtiero Scola (crime scene investigator)
Giovanni Visentin (Homicide Squad chief)
PLOT SUMMARY
A Rome based policewoman is forced to play Internet poker with a brutal
serial killer - every time she loses a hand, she has to watch a video
of him slaughtering one of his victims.
AVAILABILITY
Greek
Theatrical Distributors: Spentzos Film
Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Medusa Distribuzione
USA
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Italy
Rating: VM14
UK
Rating: 18
TIMELINE
2003
March
10: Italy - shooting begins
April
18: Italy - first shooting block ends
May
5: Italy - shooting resumes
October
Day Unknown: Italy - theatrical release
2004
January
2: Italy - theatrical release
March
19: Germany - shown at the Berlin Nacht der 1000 Schreie
20: Germany - shown at the Hamburg Nacht der 1000 Schreie
27: Germany - shown at the München Nacht der 1000 Schreie
April
2: Germany - shown at the Frankfurt Nacht der 1000 Schreie
16: Netherlands - shown at the 20th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
23: Greece - theatrical release; UK - shown at Dead By Dawn, Edinburgh
24: Netherlands - shown at the 20th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
May
9: UK - shown at the 2004 Italian Film Festival, Riverside Studios,
Hammersmith, London
August
29: UK - shown at Frightfest, London
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Al buio - early title
The Card Player
The Cardplayer -
Australian title
Deathsite - Japanese DVD title
O Jogador de Cartas - Brazilian title
KEYWORDS
computers, gambling, internet, police, serial killers
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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