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Deathwatch (2002)

Country of Origin: UK / Germany
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 94 mins 36 sec
Length: 8,513 ft
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Odyssey Entertainment / ApolloMedia GmbH & Co. 5. Filmproduktion KG / ApolloProMedia GmbH & Co. I. Filmproduktion KG / Film and Music Entertainment / Warpic Limited
Executive Producers: Michael Bischoff, Dan Maag, Ralph Kamp
Producers: Sam Taylor, Mike Downey, Frank Hübner
Associate Producers: Caroline Hewitt, Sam Lavender
Production Supervisor For ApolloMedia / ApolloProMedia: Reinhild Gräber, Rudolf Kurz
Production Coordinators: Katerina Krilová, Kate Barry
Production Manager: Patricia Saffeels
Production Manager (Czech Republic): Petr Bilek
Unit Manager: Simon Borecky

SCRIPT
Script: Michael J. Bassett

DIRECTION
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Assistant Directors: Hendric Holler, Petr Hartl, Lucie Pascu

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hubert Taczanowski
Camera Operator: Chad Davidson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Anne Sopel
Post Production Supervisor: Jay Coquillon

MUSIC
Music: Curt Cress, Chris Weller
Additional Music: Rob Lane
Song Performed By: Pinkostar (Control)

SOUND
Sound Designer: Nick Adams
Sound Mixer: Jirí Kriz
5.1 Mix: Alex Saal
Re-Recording Mixers: Paul Carr, Andy Thompson
Re-Recording Pre-Mixers: Srdjan Kurpjel, Samir Foco
Dialogue Editor: Gordon Brown
ADR Recording Studio: Mind the Sound, Samir Foco, Goldcrest Post Production Facilities, Andy Thompson, Graham Todd
Foley Artist: Max Bauer
Foley Editor: Daniel Dietenberger
Foley Recording Studio: Meloton Studios, Normann Büttner

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Tomás Kuchta, Ivo Strangmüller, Václav Frank
Costume Designer: Lucinda Wright
Wardrobe Mistress: Míla Malérová

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Flash Barrandov Special Effects Ltd
Special Effects Coordinator: Pavel Ságner
Special Effects Supervisor: Martin Kulhánek
Floor Supervisor: Jirí Vater
Senior Technicians: Milos Brosinger, Vojtéch Chvátil
Technicians: Tomás Brosinger, Jakub Nierostek, Ondrej Nierostek

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: UPP Prage

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Aleksandar Denic
Art Director: Martin Martinec

MISCELLANEOUS
Script / Continuity: Lucie Maliková
Service Production Company: Wilma Film, Filip Hering
Animals Handler: Josef Stanék

LOCATIONS
Locations: Prague, Czech Republic; UK
Location Manager: Antonin Navártil

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Petr Drozda

CASTING
Casting Director: Liora Reich
Casting Director (Czech Republic): Lucie Pascu

CAST
Jamie Bell (Charlie Shakespeare)
Rúaidhrí Conroy (Colin Chevasse)
Laurence Fox (Captain Bramwell Jennings)
Torben Liebrecht (Friedrich)
Dean Lennox Kelly (Private Willie McNess)
Kris Marshall (Private Barry Starinski)
Hans Matheson (Private Jack Hawkstone)
Hugh O'Conor (Anthony Bradford)
Matthew Rhys ('Doc' Fairweather)
Andy Serkis (Private Thomas Quinn)
Hugo Speer (David Tate)
Mike Downey (Martin Plummer)
Roman Horák (German soldier)
Pavel Tesar (mudman)

PLOT SUMMARY

In the trenches of World War I, the members of Y Company become lost in a gas cloud and stumble upon a seemingly abandoned German trench. But as they decide to dig in, they come to realise that they're not alone - there's something else in the trench with them...

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Pathé Distribution

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Hong Kong
Rating: IIB

UK
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

2001
October
22: Czech Republic - production begins

November
30: Czech Republic - production ends

2002
October

6: Spain - shown at the Sitges Film Festival

November
7: Hong Kong - theatrical release
8: Spain - shown at the Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de San Sebastián

December
6: UK - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Untitled Great War Project - working title
No Man's Land - working title
Untitled WWI Trench Horror - working title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Hollywood Reporter vol.370 no.39 (6 November 2001) p.27 (USA)
credits, production notes

Hollywood Reporter vol.371 no.14 (11 December 2001) p.27 (USA)
credits, production notes

Screen International no.1332 (9 November 2001) p.18 (UK)
credits, production notes

Screen International no.1335 (30 November 2001) p.28 (UK)
credits, production notes

Sight and Sound vol.13 no.1 (January 2003) p.40 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Mark Kermode)

KEYWORDS

world war i; ghosts; trenches; war; gas; military


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