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Event Horizon (1997)
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 92 mins (Germany -
theatrical) 95 mins (USA - theatrical) 96
mins (UK - theatrical)
Format: Rankcolor 35mm
Ratio: Panavision 2.35:1
Sound: DTS Dolby
Digital
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Golar Productions / Impact Pictures
/ Paramount Pictures
Executive Producer: Nick Gillott
Producers: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Jeremy Bolt
Assistant Producer: Sarah Isherwood
Unit Production Manager: Dusty Symonds
SCRIPT
Script: Philip Eisner
DIRECTION
Director: Paul Anderson
Additional Unit Directors: Mike Proudfoot, Robin Vidgeon,
Vadim Jean
1st Assistant Director: Patrick Clayton
2nd Assistant Director: Michael Stevenson
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Sean Clayton
Dailies Assistant Director: Sallie Anne Hard
Assistant Director: Jim Simpson
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Adrian Biddle
Camera Operators: David Worley, Roderick Barron
2nd Unit Camera Operators: Ian McMillan, John Lynch
1st Assistant Camera: Adam Biddle
Best Boy: Gary Donague
Gaffer: Kevin Day
Key Grip: John Flemming
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd
Cameras: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Labs: Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK
Raw Stock: Kodak 5279
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Martin Hunter
2nd Assistant Editor: Adam Green
MUSIC
Music: Michael Kamen, Orbital (Paul Hartnoll, Phil
Hartnoll)
Song: Liam Howlett (Funky Shit)
Song Performed By: The Prodigy (Funky Shit)
Orchestrators: Ed Shearmur, John Bell
Music Editor: Alex Gibson
SOUND
Sound Designer: Campbell Askew
Sound: Chris Munro
Sound Editor: Ross Adams
Assistant Sound Effects Editor: Martin Cantwell
Assistant Dialogue Editor: Alastair Sirkett
Sound Mixer: Chris Munro
Re-Recording Mixers: Mike Dowson, Dean Humphreys, Craig
Irving, Mark Lafbery
Foley Artist: John Ireland
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Pauline Heys
Make Up for Sam Neil: Nuala Conway
Hair: Stephanie Kaye
Costume Designer: John Mollo
SPECIAL MAKE UP
EFFECTS
Animatronics / Prosthetics: Bob Keen
Special Effects Make Up: Mark Coulier
Prosthetics Co-Ordinator: Joseph Ross
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Neil Corbould
Miniature Effects Supervisor: David B. Sharp
Miniatures Photography: David K. Stewart
Model Construction: Mass.Illusions LLC
Senior Modelmaker: Graham Riddell (uncredited)
Model Maker: Stuart Kearns (uncredited)
Computer Systems: Cinesite Keith Barton (uncredited)
Software Developers: Dan Piponi, Simon Eves
Video Screen Designers: AMX Digital, Barrie Jones, Zoe
Black, Alasdair Scott, Malcolm Garrett
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Yuricich
Visual Effects Producer: Alison O'Brien
Visual Effects Designer: Dan Glass
Sequence Supervisor: Mark Nettleton
Art Director: Brent Boates
Visual Effects Assistant: Alexandra Day
Motion Control Camera Operator: Mark Gardiner
Motion Control Supervisor: Mark H. Weingartner
Motion Control Operator: Rick Mietkowski
Line Up and Editorial: Clare Norman
Visual Effects Miniatures: Simon Weisse
DIGITAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd; Cinesite Digital
Film Center
Digital Compositing / Tracking / CG Animation: The
Computer Film Company
Digital Effects Producer: Alex Bicknell
Digital Effects Designers: Tom Debenham, Paddy Eason,
Stephen Murphy, Mark Nelmes, Dominic Parker, Sandra
Roach, Gavin Toomey
Digital Artists: Sally Clayton, Matt Merkovich
Digital Composite Sequence Supervisor: Matt Johnson
Digital Compositor: Barnaby Robson
Cinesite
Digital Compositors: Sonia Calvert, Chris Gibbons,
Charles Tait, Niki Wakefield
Scanning and Recording: Steve Garrad
Computer Film
Company
Visual Effects Assistant: Tim Wellspring
Studio Manager: Pete Hanson
Scanning and Recording Producer (Visions of Hell
Sequence): Kevin Phelan
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Joseph Bennett
Supervising Art Director: Malcolm Middleton
Art Directors: David Allday, Philip Elton, Mark Harris,
Michael Lamont, Simon Lamont, Giles Masters, Anthony
Reading
Set Decorator: Crispian Sallis
Property Buyer: Lucinda Sturgis
Dressing Props: Colin Thurston (uncredited)
Art Department Co-Ordinator: Sara-Jane Valentine
Graphic Designer: Carol Kupisz
Conceptual Artist: Peter Mitchell Rubin, Daniel Slavin
Construction Co-Ordinator: Harry Metcalfe
Set Construction: Peter Mann (uncredited)
Conceptual Graphic Artist: Andrew Eio
MISCELLANEOUS
Set Production Assistant: Jim Simpson
Accounting Assistant: Claire L. Kenny
Assistant To Producer: Lucas Meyers
Unit Publicist: Muriel Gérard
LOCATIONS
Studio: Pinewood Studios,
Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Marc Boyle
Stunts: Paul Jennings, Chrissy Monk, Mirjam Montandon,
Mark Newman, Mark Southworth, Anna Stacey, Steen Young
CASTING
Casting (UK): John Hubbard, Ros Hubbard
Casting (USA): Deborah Aquila, Jane Shannon-Smith
CAST
Laurence Fishburne (Captain Miller)
Sam Neill (Dr William Weir)
Joely Richardson (Lt Starck)
Kathleen Quinlan (Peters)
Richard T. Jones (Cooper)
Jack Noseworthy (Justin)
Jason Isaacs (D.J)
Sean Pertwee (Smith)
Holley Chant (Claire Weir)
Peter Marinker (Kilpack)
Barclay Wright (Denny)
Noah Huntley (burning man)
Robert Jezek (rescue technician)
Teresa May (2041 pin-up model - uncredited)
Emily Booth (bit part
(girl on monitor screen) - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
In the year 2047, the
spaceship Event Horizon is found drifting seven years
after it disappeared with all its crew presumed lost. A
salvage team, including the ship's designer, is sent to
see what's left of it. But they soon come to realise that
the ship has been into a parallel universe and that it
has brought something back with it, something that seems
bent on destroying them all...
CAPSULE REVIEW
A much under-rated film
that's not without it's faults (it tends to meander about
a little in the middle, as if writer Philip Eisner lost
his way rather, and there's a worrying tendency to borrow
most of the best bits from other films) but which overall
works better than its detractors would give it credit
for. The special effects are once again the star and Paul
Anderson does well to generate a creepy atmosphere and
keep things moving nicely, even when Eisner's script
loses the plot.
AVAILABILITY
France
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures
Germany
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures
Japan
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures
Portugal
Theatrical Distributor: Lusomundo
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures
UK
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Laserdisc Distributor: Paramount (LV 334823-WS - 1998)
DVD Distributor: Paramount (334827 - 1998); Paramount (P
901413 - 2001) CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: MA
Belgium
Rating: KNT
Finland
Rating: K-16
Germany
Rating: 16
Ireland
Rating: 18
Netherlands
Rating: 16
New Zealand
Rating: R18
Norway
Rating: 18
Portugal
Rating: M/12
Singapore
Rating: PG
Spain
Rating: 13
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, language and
some nudity)
AWARDS
1998
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
Pegasus Audience Award (Paul Anderson) - winner
International
Horror Guild
Best Movie - nominated
TIMELINE
1996
November
18: UK - production begins
1997
March
14: UK - production ends
August
15: Canada, USA - theatrical release
22: UK - theatrical release
September
16: Hong Kong - theatrical release
October
3: South Korea - theatrical release
9: Australia - theatrical release
30: Argentina, Singapore - theatrical release
November
13: New Zealand - theatrical release
15: Japan - theatrical release
21: Iceland, Mexico, Poland - theatrical release
December
4: Hungary, Slovenia - theatrical release
1998
January
15: Germany - theatrical release
16: Austria - theatrical release
21: Switzerland - theatrical release in French speaking
region
27: USA - laserdisc release (Paramount (LV 334823-WS))
February
11: Kuwait - theatrical release
12: Netherlands - theatrical release
May
6: Belgium, France - theatrical release
13: Finland - video release
July
31: Portugal - theatrical release
August
14: Spain - theatrical release
December
15: USA - DVD release (Paramount (334827))
2001
June
7: USA - DVD release (Paramount (P 901413))
August
8: USA - television broadcast (on HBOZ)
2004
April
11: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
POSTER TAGS
Infinite Space - Infinite Terror
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
The Amityville
Horror (1979)
Dark Star (1973)
The Haunting (1963)
Hellraiser (1987)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Outland (1981)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Soldier (1998)
Solaris (2002)
Solyaris (1972)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Dreamwatch 44 p.72
review
Hollywood Reporter 4
February 1997 p.15
credits, review
Sci-Fi Entertainment vol.4
no.3 (August 1997) p.52
illustrated article (Horror on the Horizon by Mandy
Slater)
Shivers 45 pp.34-39
illustrated article
Shivers 52 p.47
review
Total Film October 1997
pp.23; 90
article (by Ian Calcutt); review (by Dean Evans) KEYWORDS
spaceships; space
travel; alternative dimensions; cryonics; cryogenics;
wormholes; suicide; insanity; space stations; the future;
religion; black holes; the supernatural; diaries; hell;
computers
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