Babylon 5: The Deconstruction of Falling Stars (1997)

Date of Original Broadcast: 27 October 1997
Episode Running Times:
Format: colour
Sound: DD Dolby Surround

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Babylonian Productions
Executive Producers: Douglas Netter, J. Michael Straczynski
Producer: John Copeland
Co-Producer: Skip Beaudine
Associate Producer: Susan Norkin
Unit Production Manager: Skip Beaudine
Production Coordinator: Heidi Erl

SCRIPT
Script / Creator: J. Michael Straczynski
Conceptual Consultant: Harlan Ellison
Script Coordinator: Carol Henry

DIRECTION
Director: Stephen Furst
1st Assistant Director: Douglas E. Wise
2nd Assistant Director: David McWhirter
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Carlos E. Ramirez

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John C. Flinn III
Camera Operator: Peter B. Kowalski
1st Assistant Camera: Chuck Whelan
Gaffer: "The" John Smith
Best Boy Electric: Nathanial Roberts
Key Grip: Robert D. Blair
Best Boy Grip: Charles Lantz, Jr.
Lighting and Grip Equipment: HR
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lab: Pacific Film Laboratories
Electronic Lab: Laser-Pacific Media Corporation

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kathei Burr
1st Assistant Editor: John Burrus
Assistant Editor: Mike Hackett
Apprentice Editor: Maritza Suarez
Post Production Coordinators: Pam Oseransky, Don H. Matthews

MUSIC
Music: Christopher Franke
Music Performed By: Christopher Franke and The Berlin Symphony Orchestra

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Mike Payne
Make Up / Hair: Kim M. Ferry
Sound Designer: Harry Cohen
Re-Recording Mixers: Larry Benjamin, Liz Sroka
Sound Effects Editors: Jeff Whitcher, Elisabeth Flaum
Digital Sound / Re-Recording: The Sound of Pictures

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Cinzia Zanetti
Key Hair: Barbara Wilder Pearlman
Costume Designer: Ann Bruice Aling
Costume Supervisor: Kim M. Holly
Key Costumer: Linda Huse

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Series Make Up Effects: John Vulich, Optic Nerve Studios
Make Up Effects Supervisor: Jeff Farley
Special Make Up Effects: Gabriel De Cunto, Manny Case, Jerry Gergely
Special Effect Contact Lens: Consultant Jonathan Gording, O.D.
Make Up Effects Sculptors: John Wheaton, Glenn Eisner

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Mike Del Genio

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Netter Digital Animation
Senior Animators: Shant Jordan, Patrick Perez
CG Design and Animation Team: Tim Everitt, Tom Helmers, Harry Hendrickson, Rich Jeffreys III, Geoffrey Mark, Jeff Montray, Don Neudecker, Josh Prikryl
Compositors: Phillip Giles, Ken Busick
Systems Engineer: Larry Stanton

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John Iacovelli
Art Director: Mark-Louis Walters
Set Decorator: Jason Howard
Property Master: Dark Hoffman
Construction Coordinator: Curtis Laseter
Scenic Artist: Matthew Plummer
Concept Designers: Luc Mayrand, Timothy M. Earls
Graphic Artist: Alan Kobayashi

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Linda Giffin
Production Accounting Services: Oberman, Tivoli & Miller Ltd
Production Accountant: Mike Hoover
Executive Producers' Assistants: Tracie Esparza, Karen Harrell, Joanne Higgins
Producer's Associate: Jeffrey Willerth

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dedicated to all the people who predicted that the Babylon Project would fail in its mission. Faith manages.

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Kerry Rossall

CASTING
Casting: Fern Champion, Mark Paladini
Original Casting: Mary Jo Slater

CAST
Bruce Boxleitner (Captain John Sheridan)
Jerry Doyle (Michael Garibaldi)
Mira Furlan (Delenn)
Richard Biggs (Dr Stephen Franklin)
Bill Mumy (Lennier)
Jason Carter (Marcus Cole)
Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto)
Jeff Conaway (Security Chief Zack Allan)
Patricia Tallman (Lyta Alexander)
Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar)
Peter Jurasik (Londo Mollari)
Roy Brocksmith (Brother Alwyn Macomber)
Alastair Duncan (Latimere)
Eric Pierpoint (Daniel)
Neil Roberts (Brother Michael)
Rob Elk (Henry Ellis)
Bennet Guillory (Leif Tanner)
Doug Hale (Derek Mitchell)
Kathleen Lloyd (Elizabeth Metarie)
David Anthony Smith (man)
Joane Takahashi (Dr Tashaki)
Ken Taylor (Jim Bitterbane)
Nick Toth (Exeter)

SUMMARY

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AVAILABILITY

Australia
Television Distributor: The Seven Network

Canada
Television Distributor: Space: The Imagination Channel

Chile
Television Distributor: Channel 9 (Megavision)

France
Television Distributor: Canal Plus

Germany
Television Distributor: Sat 1

Greece
Television Distributor: SKY TV

Israel
Television Distributor: Family Channel

Philippines
Television Distributor: RCTI

Singapore
Television Distributor: Channel 5

Sweden
Television Distributor: TV5

Trinidad and Tobago
Television Distributor: AVM channel 4

UK
Television Distributor: Channel 4; The Sci-Fi Channel
Video Distributor: Warner Brothers

USA
Television Distributor: P-TEN; The Sci-Fi Channel

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KEYWORDS

aliens, conspiracies, diplomats, the future, space stations, space wars, spaceships

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009