The Fog (2005)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times: 100 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital     SDDS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: David Foster Productions / Revolution Studios / Debra Hill Productions
Executive Producers: Dan Kolsrud, Derek Dauchy, Todd Garner
Producers: John Carpenter, David Foster, Debra Hill
Co-Producer: Shane Riches
Assistant Producer: Shane Riches
Unit Production Manager: Grace Gilroy
Production Coordinators: Laura Heath Terry, Wendy Lewis
Assistant Production Coordinator: Barbara Enefer

SCRIPT
Script: Cooper Layne
Original Script: John Carpenter, Debra Hill

DIRECTION
Director: Rupert Wainwright
2nd Unit Director: David Barrett
1st Assistant Director: Douglas Dean III
2nd Assistant Director: David Klohn
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Catherine Kretz
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Eddy Santos
3rd Assistant Director: Silver Butler
Trainee Assistant Director: Ania Musiatowicz

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Nathan Hope
Underwater Director of Photography: Ian Seabrook
Camera / Steadicam Operator: Steven A. Adelson
2nd Assistant B Camera: Brendan Chalmers
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Camera: Stephen J. McKnight
Underwater Unit Assistant Camera: Chris Cove
Focus Puller: Cam Hayduk
Wescam Aerial Camera Technician: Steven J. Winslow
Gaffer: David Tickell
Rigging Gaffer: Phil Klapwyk
Best Boy: Jeff Harvey
Key Grip: Tony Whiteside
Rigging Key Grip: John Leroy
Underwater Key Grip: Herb DeWaal
2nd Unit Best Boy: Andrew Pereszlenyi
Best Boy Grip: Matt Almas
Rigging Grip Best Boy: Derek Leblanc
Dolly Grip: James Salberg
B Camera Dolly Grip: Russell Hawkes
Stills: Rob McEwan
Playback Supervisor: Chooch Paglaro
Video Assist Operator: Clint Paglaro
Dollies: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment Inc
Laboratory Colour Timer: Lee Wimer

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Dennis Virkler
1st Assistant Editor: Matthew Schmidt
Assistant Editors: Brian Addie, Cheryl Buckman
Post Production Supervisor: Isabel Henderson
Post Prod Production Coordinator: Laura Heath Terry
High Definition Telecine Colorist: Ryan Hogan

MUSIC
Music: Graeme Revell
Executive Music Producers: Budd Carr, Nora Felder
Music Editors: Brian Bulman, Joshua Winget
Assistant Music Editor: Elliott Goldkind
Music Programmers: Boris Elkis, David E. Russo

SOUND
Sound Designer: Stephen P. Robinson
Production Sound Mixer: Darren Brisker
Sound: Karen Schell
Boom Operator: Jon Lavender
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Brad Sherman
Sound Editors: Paul Aulicino, Steve Nelson
Assistant Sound Editors: Marc Deschaine, Xavier Horan
Supervising ADR Editor: Becky Sullivan
ADR Loop Group: Katelin Petersen, Rory Thost
Foley Artist: Jeffrey Wilhoit

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Connie Parker
Make Up: Rebeccah Delchambre
Key Hair: Sanna Seppanen
Assistant Hair: Forrest Sala
Costume Designer: Monique Prudhomme
Assistant Costume Designer: Lise Hache
Costume Set Supervisor: Dawn Climie
Set Costumer: Daevina Danyluck

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Make Up Effects Design: Toby Lindala
Special Make Up Effects: Geoff Redknap, Harlow MacFarlane, Kyla-Rose Tremblay, Shauna Magrath

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Bob Comer
Special Effects Technicians: Douglas W. Beard, Robert Yeager
Special Effects Assistants: Glen Marcoux, Gord Currie
Fabricators: Barry Hebein, Harry Tomsic
Puppeteers: George Grove, Toby Lindala

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Chris Watts
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Scott Michelson
Visual Effects Producer: Tony Meagher
Additional Visual Effects: Jess Bryden
3D Supervisor: Chris Wells
Senior 3D Animator: Joel Sevilla
Compositors: Brian Nugent, Chris Payne
Visual Effects Editor: George McCarthy
Visual Effects Designers: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Computer Graphic Artist: Danny Ho
Digital Intermediate Producer: Devin Sterling

Crack Creative
Previs Artist: Paolo Joel Ziemba

Hydraulx
Visual Effects Coordinator: Karl Rogovin
Compositors: Adam Lisagor, Casey Allen, Daisuke Morita
Digital Compositor: Jeff Heusser

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Michael Diner, Graeme Murray
Art Directors: Michael Diner, Catherine Schroer
Set Designers: Nancy Anna Brown, Peter Stratford
Set Decorator: Rose Marie McSherry
2nd Unit Property Master: Brian Epp
Paint Lead: Dan Petrescu
Scenic Painter: Sean Will
Art Department Coordinator: Shmakin Slava
Lead Graphic Designer: Sally Hudson
Storyboard Artists: Mark Vena, Pamela Cambiazo, Stephen Platt, Nelson Dewey
Lead Man Set-Up: Drew David

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Jessica Clothier
Production Accountant: Tali Lipa
Assistant Accountant: Tina Dawson
Accounting Clerk: Gwen MacQueen
Production Assistants: Ivana Zbozinek, Louisa Phung
Key Office Production Assistant: Wayne Lloyd
Office Production Assistant: Nova Cogswell
Los Angeles Office Production Assistants: Chris Sobolewski, Nicole Neeman, Ryan Dixon
Assistant to David Foster: Megan M. Shank
Assistant to Grace Gilroy: Anja Liimatainen
Assistant to John Carpenter: Gina Gilberto
Assistant to Todd Garner: Jayne Polousky
Assistants to Rupert Wainwright: Brian Wetherby, Greg Veeser
Transportation Coordinator: Jake Callihoo
Transportation Captain: Dean Rama
Camera Helicopter Pilot: Jim Filippone
Dive Supervisor: Jeff Bough

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada; Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada; Lion's Gate Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Tofino, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location Manager: Geoff Teoli
Assistant Location Manager: Gregory Astop
Location Scouts: Renee Bella, Ron Wakaluk, Scott Firth

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Ken Kirzinger
Stunts: Guy Bews, Lou Bollo, Bobbi Bysouth, Lauro Chartrand, Laura Lee Connery, Marny Eng, Carolyn Field, Ernie Jackson, Yvette Jackson, Michael Langlois, Mike A. Mitchell, David Mylrea, Scott Nicholson, Christopher Sayour, Sharon Simms, Lori Stewart, Melissa R. Stubbs, John Ulmer, Angela Uyeda, Brent Woolsey
Set Wireman: Prem Marimuthu

CASTING
Casting: Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich
Vancouver Casting: Sean Cossey, Stuart Aikins
Casting Associate: Farrah Fox-Collis
Extras Casting: Sandra Couldwell

CAST
Tom Welling (Nick Castle)
Maggie Grace (Elizabeth Williams)
Selma Blair (Stevie Wayne)
DeRay Davis (Spooner)
Kenneth Welsh (Tom Malone)
Adrian Hough (Father Malone)
Sara Botsford (Kathy Williams)
Cole Heppell (Andy Wayne)
Mary Black (Aunt Connie)
Jonathon Young (Dan the weatherman)
R. Nelson Brown (Machen)
Christian Bocher (Founding Father Malone)
Douglas H. Arthurs (Founding Father Williams)
Yves Cameron (Founding Father Wayne)
Charles André (Founding Father Castle)
Rade Sherbedgia (real name: Rade Serbedzija) (Captain Blake)
Matthew Currie Holmes (Sean Castle)
Sonja Bennett (Mandi)
Meghan Heffern (Brandi / Jennifer)
Alex Bruhanski (Uncle Hank)
Dan Shea, Rick Pearce (fishermen)
Robert Harper (Mr Latham)
Eric Breker (Sheriff's deputy)
Caley Honeywell (EMT)
Stefan Arngrim (Blake's compadre)
Steven Cree Molison (local fisherman)
Bonnie Panych (fisherman's wife)
Sherri McLean (grieving woman)
Xantha Radley (woman in hold)
Abigail Winter-Culliford (child in hold)
Tatiana Szalay (woman in hold)
John Destry (man in hold)

2nd Photo Double: Angela Muir

PLOT SUMMARY

One hundred years after the residents of a small coastal town in California lured a ship full of lepers onto the rocks and plundered their gold, the ghosts of the murdered passengers and crew return to take their revenge.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina

Czech
Theatrical Distributors: Falcon

German
Theatrical Distributors: Sony Pictures Releasing

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Sony Pictures Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, disturbing images and brief sexuality)

TIMELINE

2004
November
23: USA - production begins

2005
March
14: USA - filming begins

May
30: USA - filming ends

October
14: USA - theatrical release

November
4: Brazil - theatrical release
18: Spain - theatrical release
25: Poland - theatrical release

December
2: Iceland - theatrical release
7: Egypt - theatrical release
21: Belgium, Netherlands - theatrical release

2006
January
5: Czech Republic - theatrical release
6: Italy, Switzerland (Italian speaking region) - theatrical release
12: Germany, Switzerland (German speaking region) - theatrical release
13: Sweden - theatrical release
18: France - theatrical release

February
2: Argentina, Australia - theatrical release
8: Switzerland (French speaking region) - theatrical release
10: Bulgaria - theatrical release
17: UK - theatrical release

LINKS

REMAKE OF
The Fog (1980)

KEYWORDS

fog, ghost ships, ghosts, lepers, remakes, revenge, ships, the supernatural, underwater

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008