Dog Soldiers [2002]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times: 105 mins
Format: colour 35mm
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Dog Soldiers Ltd / Northmen Films / Kismet Entertainment Group / The Carousel Picture Company SA / The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company / Victor Film Company / Luxembourg Film Fund
Executive Producers: Harmon Kaslow, Romain Schroeder, Vic Bateman
Producers: David E. Allen, Christopher Figg, Tom Reeve
Co-Producers: Keith Bell, Brian O'Toole
Associate Producer: Caroline Waldron
Vice President of Production For Carousel Picture Company: Chris Kibbey
Production Manager: Laurent Dumas

SCRIPT
Script: Neil Marshall

DIRECTION
Director: Neil Marshall
1st Assistant Director: Sam Harris
2nd Assistant Director: Ralf Eisenmann
3rd Assistant Director: Enrico Accetto

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sam McCurdy
Steadicam Operator: Paul Alexander
2nd Camera Lighting / Operator: Carlo Thiel
2nd Assistant Camera: Graham Johnston
Focus Pullers: Wolfgang Wesemann
2nd Camera Focus Puller: Riccardo Besantini
Clapper Loader: Mathilde Bouts
2nd Camera Clapper Loaders: Graham Johnston, Alex Aach
Key Grip: Sergio Bernuzzi
Stills: Erich Francois, Etienne Braun

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Neil Marshall

MUSIC
Music / Conductor / Orchestrations: Mark Thomas
Music Supervisor: John Boughtwood
Scoring Mixer: James Collins

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Nick Thermes
Boom Operator: Alain Goniva
Post Production Sound Mixer: Paul Carr
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Conway
Sound Editors: James Boyle, James Harrison, Colin Lang
Foley Artists: Peter Burgis, Andie Derrick
Foley Editor: Jacques Leroide

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Katja Reinert
Make Up / Hair: René Jordan, Katja Reinert
Costume Designer: Uli Simon
Wardrobe Assistants: Uli Zegers, Silke Reinerds

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up / Animatronic Effects: Image FX
Special Make Up Effects Supervisor: Dave Bonneywell
Special Make Up Effects Director: Bob Keen
Special Make Up Effects: Matthew O'Toole, Peter Hawkins, Lisa Crawley
Workshop Team: Anthony Parker, Richard St Clair, Justin Pithkethly, Richard Darwin, Mark Starkey, Tace Kneale, Bobbi Roberts, Shirley Sweeney, Keith Wilson, Kevin Nelson
Foams Compositors: Andy Lee, Neil Culley
Teeth / Dentures: Chris Lyons, Fangs FX
Contact Lenses: Richard Glass, Reel Eyes Company

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Edward Wiessenhaan, Robert Zepers, Roland Goddyn, Martin Lader, Rick Wiessenhaan

VISUAL EFFECTS
Master Model Maker: Paul Biwer
Model Makers: Geraldine Flammang, Guy Hebeler, Pascale Michalski, Stephanie Rass, Joelle Michalski, Micheline Schweicher, Christian Louis

DIGITAL EFFECTS
Digital Visual Effects: Image FX

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Simon Bowles
Art Director: Christina Schaffer
Assistant Art Director: Stephanie Rass
Set Decorator: Sonja Klaus
Set Dresser / Props Buyer: Petra Weber
Props Master: Tiffany Rodenfels
Props: Petra Weber
Draughtsman: Claudio Campana

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sheila McNaught
Production Accountant: Luc Schroeder
Assistant Accountant: Kristjan Hardarson
Studio Manager: Paul de Bourcy
Production Secretary: Kirsten Ferwerda
Financial Structuring / Legal: Harmon Kaslow
Military Instructor: Edwin Huttinga
Dog Trainers: Regin Reinhard, Linda Philipsen

LOCATIONS
Locations: Luxembourg; Scotland, UK
Location Manager: Pascal Charlier
Assistant Location Manager: Stephane Wasila
Location Scout: Philip James Morgan

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Harry Wiessenhaan
Stunts: Edward Wiessenhaan, Robert Zepers, Roland Goddyn, Martin Lader, Rick Wiessenhaan

CASTING
Casting: Jeremy Zimmerman, Andrea Clarke
Extras Casting: Monique Durlacher

CAST
Sean Pertwee [Wells]
Kevin McKidd [Cooper]
Emma Cleasby [Megan]
Liam Cunningham [Ryan]
Thomas Lockyer [Bruce]
Darren Morfitt [Spoon]
Chris Robson [Joe]
Leslie Simpson [Terry]
Tina Landini, Craig Conway [campers]
Bryn Walters, Ben Wright, Brian Claxton Payne [werewolves]
Villrikke's Acer [Sam the dog]

A group of soldiers on a NATO training exercise in a remote part of Scotland are attacked by a pack of werewolves. They're rescued by a young woman and they all seek refuge in a remote and seemingly abandoned farmhouse. But as they try to fend off repeated attacks by the wolf pack, they also face enemies within...

British werewolf films are a rare breed. Good ones are rarer still and Dog Soldiers is one of those very few. Marshall's confident direction belies his relative lack of experience [this was his first feature film as director] as he makes excellent use of the unusual Scottish locations and coaxes strong performances from his cast. The wolf pack is, wisely, only seen in tantalising glimpses and all the scarier for it. Easily the best British horror film since Dust Devil [1991].

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R [for strong violence / gore and language]

2002
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science-Fiction Film, Belgium
Golden Raven [Neil Marshall] - winner
Pégase - winner

2001
March
11: UK - filming begins in Scotland

2002
March
22: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science-Fiction Film
28: UK - press screening at the Moving Picture Company, London

May
9: UK - preview screening at the Warwick Arts Centre
10: UK - theatrical release

June
7: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre
8: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre
9: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre
10: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre
11: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre
12: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre
13: UK - showing at the Warwick Arts Centre

Six Soldiers. Full Moon. No chance.

WEB LINKS
http://www.dogsoldiers.co.uk/

MAGAZINES

Fangoria no.212 [May 2002] pp.40-44 [USA]
illustrated interview with Neil Marshall [The Bark and Bite of Dog Soldiers by Alan Jones]

Hollywood Reporter vol.367 no.35 [3 April 2001] p.28 [USA]
credits, production details

werewolves; military; dogs; photographers