Funny Games U.S. [2007]

Country of Origin: France/UK/Austria/Germany/Italy/USA
Year of Production: 2007
Running Times: 111m
Length: 3039 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital/SDDS/DTS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Tartan Films and Halcyon Pictures present a Halcyon Pictures/Tartan Films/Celluloid Dreams/X Filme International/Luck Red production in association with Belladonna Ltd, New York/Kinematograf, Vienna
Copyright: ©2007. Celluloid Dreams Productions - Halcyon Pictures - Tartan Films - X Filme International
Executive Producers: Philippe Aigle, Carole Siller, Douglas Steiner, Naomi Watts
Producers: Hamish McAlpine and Chris Coen
Co-producers: Andrea Occhipinti, Rene Bastian, Linda Moran, Adam Brightman, Jonathan Schwartz
Line Producers: Valerie Rohmer, Pascal Metge
Associate Producers: Hengameh Panahi, Christian Baute, Andro Steinborn
Unit Production Manager: Nicola Westermann
Production Co-ordinators: Jeremy Blaise Crane, Vanessa Ciszewski, Andreas Dobers

SCRIPT
Written by Michael Haneke
Script Consultant: Lodge Kerrigan

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Haneke
Assistant Director: Urs Hirschbiegel
2nd Assistant Director: Jason Graham
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Justin Ritson
Script [Supervisor]: Diane Hounsell

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Darius Khondji
Aerial Unit Spacecam Operator: Dylan Goss
Aerial Unit Tyler Mount Camera Operator: Brian Heller
Assistant Camera: Felipe Reinheimer
1st Assistant B Camera: Braden Belmonte
1st Assistant Camera (Aerial Unit): Marshall Steif, Paul C. McKenna
2nd Assistant A Camera: Braden Belmonte
Camera Loader: Debbie Stampfle
Gaffer: Gene Engels
Key Grip: Mitch Lillian
Dolly Grip: Rick Marroquin
Gaffer: Gene Engels
Key Grip: Mitch Lillian
Dolly Grip: Rick Marroquin
Still Photographers: Brigitte Lacombe, Nicole Rivelli, Hugh Stewart
Video Playback Operator: Vincent P. Camuto
Video Assist: Anguibé Guindo
Aerial Unit Video Assist: Rico O. Alston
Logo: Fuji
Production Film Lab: Postworks
Post-Production Laboratory: LTC

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Monika Willi
Assistant Editors: Sandie Bompar, Thomas Treu
Film Colorist: Serge Antony
Film Out by: Duboi

MUSIC
Music: Georg Friedrich Handel, Pietro Mascagni, W.A. Mozart, John Zorn

SOUND
Sound [Recordist]: Tom Varga
Production Sound Recordist: Dominique Eyraud
Boom Operators: Teferra McKenzie, Lionel Le Bras
New York Post-Recordings (Color): Josh Abbey
Sound Re-recording: Jean-Pierre Laforce
Sound Editor: Nadine Muse
Additional Sounds: Marie Guesnier, Pierre Martens
ADR Supervisor - Mot Pour Mo: Fred Mays
ADR Dialogue Coach: Tanya Blumstein
Foley Artists: Pascal Chauvin, Franck Tassel
Dolby Consultants: Fancis Pérreard, Michel Monier
Sound Negative by: Cinéstéréo

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: David Robinson
Assistant Costume Designer: Lee Harper
Wardrobe Supervisor: Sandi Figueroa
Make up: Michael Bigger
Key Make-Up Artist: Rita Ogden
Hair: Francesca Paris
Key Hairstylist: Thom Gonzales

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetic Make-Up Consultant: Waldemar Pokromski
Special Make-Up Effects Artist: Louie Zakarian

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Company: Listo
Special Effects Co-ordinator: Steve Kirshoff
Visual Effects Supervisor: Geoffrey Kleindorfer
Special Effects Foreman: Wilfred Caban
Special Effects Technicians: Carmen M. Campolo, Richard Bryan Douglas, Devin Maggio, John Stifanich

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Kevin Thompson
Art Director: Hinju Kim
Assistant Art Director: Beth Kuhn
Art Department Co-ordinator: Leanne Murphy
Set Decorators: Becca Meis DeMarco, Susanne Haneke
Set Dressers: Carl Ferrara, Paul J. Zydel
On Set Dresser: Theo Sena
Prop Master: Duke Scoppa
Construction Co-ordinator: Kenneth D. Nelson

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Account Supervisors: Andy Wheeler, Corinne Saglio
Production Accountants: Brian Cantaldi, Franck Sauvineau, Cordula Herrmann
Marine Co-ordinator: Chris Barnes
Dialect Coach: Elizabeth Himelstein Reynolds
Animals Supplied by: Paws for Effect
Animal Wranglers: Christina Potter, Tasha Zamsky
Aerial Unit Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo
Publicists: Emma Cooper, Gordon Spragg

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Randy Manion
Location Scouts: Laura Berning, Audra Gorman, Carl Carson, Kip Myers, Jason Kadlec, Rik Nagel, Evan Gregg

STUNTS
Stunt Co-ordinator: Roy Farfel
Stunts: Jay Carrodo, Cameron Greenlee, Don Hewitt, David Januzzi, Jodi Pynn, Kevin Rogers

CASTING
Locations: Long Island, New York, USA; New York City, New York, USA
Casting by: Johanna Ray
New York Casting by: Paul Schnee, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Crowley, Kerry Barden
UK Casting by: Elaine Granger
Extras Casting: Paladino Casting

CAST
Naomi Watts [Ann]
Tim Roth [George]
Michael Pitt [Paul]
Brady Corbet [Peter]
Devon Gearhart [Georgie]
Boyd Gaines [Fred]
Siobhan Fallon Hogan (real name: Siobhan Fallon) [Betsy]
Robert LuPone [Robert]
Susanne Haneke [Betsy's sister-in-law]
Linda Moran [Eve]

Stand-In for Naomi Watts: Cicely Osbourne
Stand-In for Tim Roth: Scott Harris
Stand-Ins for Michael Pitt: Lucas Steele, Mauro Bossi
Stand-In for Brady Corbet: Brett Vanderbrook
Stand-In for Devon Gearhart: Jan Uczkowski
Photo Double Georgie: Justin Geisenberger
Photo Double Ann: Jules Hartley

SUMMARY

A young family arrives at their vacation home only to be terrorised by a pair of psychopaths who force their way into the house and begin a series of vicious 'games'.

AVAILABILITY

Australia
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures (2007)

France
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures (2007)

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: X Verleih AG (2007)

Hong Kong
Theatrical Distributors: First Distributors (2008)

Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Lucky Red (2007)

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Tokyo Theaters Company (2008)
DVD Distributors: Amuse Soft Entertainment (2008)

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Cinéart (2008)

Singapore
Theatrical Distributors: Festive Films (2008)

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures (2007)

Sweden
Theatrical Distributors: Nordisk Film (2008)

Turkey
Theatrical Distributors: Bir Film (2008)

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Tartan Films (2008)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures (2008)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Canada
Rating: 14A [British Columbia/Manitoba]; 18+ [Quebec]; 18A [Ontario]

Denmark
Rating: 15

Finland
Rating: K-15

France
Rating: -16

Ireland
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Singapore
Rating: NC-16

Sweden
Rating: 15

Switzerland
Rating: 16 [canton of Geneva]; 16 [canton of Vaud]

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R [for terror, violence and some language]
MPAA: 43792

AWARDS

2008
Young Hollywood Awards, USA
One to Watch - Male [Brady Corbet] - winner

TIMELINE

2006
September
18: USA - filming begins

2007
October
20: UK - shown at the London Film Festival

2008
January
19: USA - shown at the Sundance Film Festival
28: Sweden - shown at the Göteborg International Film Festival

February
20: UK - shown at the Glasgow Film Festival

March
4: Spain - shown at the Las Palmas Film Festival
14: Canada - limited theatrical release; USA - limited theatrical release
27: Greece - theatrical release
29: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival; Denmark - shown at the NatFilm Festival; Estonia - shown at the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

April
4: Denmark, Finland, UK - theatrical release
10: Israel - theatrical release
16: Belgium - theatrical release
17: Singapore - theatrical release
18: Norway, Sweden - theatrical release
23: France - theatrical release

May
8: Portugal - theatrical release
29: Germany, Netherlands - theatrical release
30: Romania - shown at the Transilvania International Film Festival; Turkey - theatrical release

June
13: Romania - theatrical release

July
3: Russia - theatrical release
4: Spain - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Shall we begin?

You Must Admit, You Brought This On Yourself

Pray You Win

I bet they'll be dead by morning.

Let the games begin...

Let the games begin

Make them play

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Drôles de jeux - French Canadian title
Funny Games - Greek/Swedish/UK/US title
Olumcul oyunlar - Turkish title

LINKS

REMAKE OF
Funny Games [1997]

KEYWORDS

animals, breaking the fourth wall, children, dogs, drowning, golf clubs, home invasions, humiliation, insanity, kitchens, psychopaths, remakes, sailing boats, television, twist endings, vomiting

Last Updated: 5 May, 2008