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Fear X (2003)

Country of Origin: Denmark / Canada / UK / Brazil
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 91 mins
Length: 2594 metres     6 reels
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Movie House Entertainment presents an NWR ApS / FearX Ltd Co-Production
Executive Producers: Donald C. Archbold, Joseph Newton Cohen, Gary Phillips, Kenneth D. Plummer, Nadia Redler, Mark Vennis
Producer: Henrik Danstrup
Co-Producers: Aaron Kim Johnston, Rupert Preston
Line Producer: Johnny Andersen
Unit Production Manager: Dave Mahoney

SCRIPT
Script: Hubert Selby Jr, Nicolas Winding Refn

DIRECTION
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
1st Assistant Director: Ronaldo Nacionales
3rd Assistant Director: Megan Basaraba

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Larry Smith
Camera Operator: Neil Cervin
Assistant Camera: Daniel Quesnel
Gaffer / Best Boy Electric: Joao Holowka
Stills: David Giesbrecht
Still (Denmark): Rolf Konow
Colour Timer: Michael Frank Nielsen

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Anne Østerud
Assistant Editor: Kaspar Astrup Schröder

MUSIC
Music: Brian Eno, J. Peter Schwalm

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Jens Bønding
Boom Operator: Stan Mak
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Dialogue Editor: Søren Bjerregaard-Ryan

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Doug Morrow
Assistant Make Up: Jennifer Machnee
Costume Designer: Darena Snowe

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Peter De Neergaard
Art Director: Réjean Labrie
Set Decorator: Stephen Arndt
Property Master: Larry Spittle

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sedsel Andersen
Firearms Safety Coordinator: Dave Brown
Chef: David Porter

LOCATIONS
Locations: Portage Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

CASTING
Casting: Carrie Hilton, Penny Perry

CAST
John Turturro (Harry)
Deborah Unger (Kate)
Stephen McIntyre (Phil)
William Allen Young (Agent Lawrence)
Gene Davis (Ed)
Mark Houghton (diner cop)
Jacqueline Ramel (Claire)
James Remar (Peter)
Liv Corfixen (hotel waitress)
Nadia Litz (Ellen)
Amanda Ooms (prostitute)

PLOT SUMMARY

When his wife is killed in what appears to be an accident at the shopping mall where he works as a security guard, Harry begins to obsessively comb hours of CCTV footage looking for clues to the killer he believes murdered his wife. Harry thinks he's found his man - but has become so engrossed in his task that he can no longer trust his own judgement? (Full Synopsis)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Moviehouse Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 12A

TIMELINE

2002
May

11: USA - filming begins

2003
January

19: USA - shown at the Sundance Film Festival
26: Netherlands – shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam; Sweden - shown at the Gothenburg Film Festival

March
28: Denmark – theatrical release

April
12: France – shown at the Cognac Film Festival

July
Day Unknown: Czech Republic – shown at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

August
25: UK - shown at Frightfest, London

2004
March
Day Unknown: UK - theatrical release

KEYWORDS

cctv cameras; obsession; paranoia; security guards; shopping malls


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