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

PLOT 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: 1 January, 2009