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Ghost Town (2008)
Country of Origin: USA
Years of Production: 2007-2008
Running Times: 102m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Colour (DeLuxe)
Ratio: 1.85
Sound: Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
DIRECTION
Directed by: David Koepp
CREW
PRODUCTION
Copyright: © MMVIII [2008] Dreamworks LLC and Spyglass Entertainment
Funding, LLC
Production Companies: Dreamworks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment
present a Pariah Production
Dreamworks LLC And Spyglass Entertainment Funding, LLC are the authors
and creators of this motion picture for purposes of The Berne Convention
and all national laws giving effect thereto, and for purposes of copyright
law in The United Kingdom.
Distributed by: Dreamworks/Paramount Distribution
Executive Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Ezra Swerdlow
Produced by: Gavin Polone
Unit Production Manager/Co-producer: Joseph E. Iberti
Production Coordinator: Leda Nornang
Assistant Production Coordinator: Matthew F. Preston
SCRIPT
Written by: David Koepp & John Kamps
Script Supervisor: Mary Bailey
DIRECTION
First Assistant Director: Jeffrey T. Bernstein
Second Assistant Director: Nancy Herrmann
Second Second Assistant Director: Ted O'Connor
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fred Murphy
Camera Operator: Bruce MacCallum
Steadicam/"B" Camera Operator: Stephen Consentino
First Assistant Photographer: Eric Swanek
Second Assistant Photographer: Michael Cambria
"B" Second Assistant Photographer: Angela Bellisio
Camera Film Loader: Andrew Peck
"B" Camera Film Loader: Brian Mackey
Chief Lighting Technician: Russell Engels
Assistant Chief Lighting Technicians: James Mah, Christian Baldi
Electricians: Jon Leigh, Jon Gilgar, Josh Taylor, Tim Healy
Chief Rigging Electrician: Douglas Dalisera
Assistant Chief Rigging Electrician: Kevin P. Walsh
First Company Grip: Robert Andres
Second Company Grip: Chris Skutch
Dolly Grip Operator: Arthur Blum
Grips: Alison Barton, Benjamin D'Andrea, Graham Klatt, John Halligan
First Company Rigging Grip: Jack Panuccio
Second Company Rigging Grip: Richard Yacuk
Still Photographer: Sarah Shatz
Video Operator: Nils Johnson
Location Lighting Equipment Supplied by: Paramount Production Support
Location Grip Equipment Supplied by: Ny Grip Trucks
Dollies by: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.
Panavision Cameras & Lenses
DeLuxe
Kodak Motion Picture Film
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Edited by: Sam Seig
First Assistant Editor: Kent Blocher
Apprentice Editor: Katherine Miller
Post-Production Supervisor: Susan Lazarus
Post Production Assistant: Zana Bochar
Color Timer: Tricia Chiarenza
Projectionist: René Gonzalez
Digital Intermediate by: Technicolor New York
DI Colorist: Tim Stipan
DI Producer: Dana Bloder
Fire Artist: Jesse Morrow
DI Engineer: Michael P. Whipple
Imaging: Jacob Robinson, Joseph Ryals
DI Executive Producer: Barbara Jean Kearney
MUSIC
Music by: Geoff Zanelli
Music Supervisor: Kathy Nelson
Conductor and Supervising Orchestrator: Bruce Fowler
Orchestrators: Walter Fowler, Yvonne S. Moriarty
Orchestra Leader: Bruce Dukov
Bassoon: Michael O'Donovan
Cello: Steve Erdody
Clarinet: Don Markese
Guitar/Bass: George Doering
Guitar: Geoff Zanelli
Piano/Keyboards: James S. Levine
Music Executive: Jennifer Hawks
Music Editor: Joseph S. Debeasi
Orchestra Contracted by: Sandy DeCrescent, Peter Rotter
Head of Music Preparation: Booker White
Orchestra Recordist: Kevin Globerman
Music Recorded and Mixed by: Jeff Biggers
Music Recorded at: Henson Recording Studios, Zanellitivity Music
Music Recorded and Mixed at: Remote Control Productions
Studio Manager: Czarina Russell
Assistant Engineer: Katia Lewin Palomo
Technical Music Advisor: James C. Wilkie
Score Recordist: Kevin Mills
SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"I'm Looking Through You"
Written by John Lennon & Paul Mccartney
Performed by The Beatles
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
"I'm Still In Love (W/You)"
Written & performed by Dusty Wright
Courtesy of Petrock, Inc.
"Sabre Dance"
Written by Aram Khachaturian
"Theme From 'Rawhide'"
Written by Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington
"What I'm Looking For"
Written & performed by Brendan Benson
Courtesy of Sheridan Square Entertainment
"Sideways"
Written by Clarence Greenwood
Performed by Citizen Cope
Courtesy of The Rca Records Label
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
"Which Way Your Heart Will Go"
Written & performed by Mason Jennings
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
"String Quartet Op.1 No. 6 In C - 4th Movement"
Written by Franz Joseph Haydn
"Please Be Patient With Me"
Written by Jeff Tweedy
Performed by Wilco
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
"The Heart of Life"
Written & performed by John Mayer
Courtesy of Aware Records/Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: James J. Sabat
Boom Operator: Daniel Paikin
Cable Person: J. J. Sabat Jr
Post Production Sound Service Provided by: Sound One Corp.
Re-Recording Mixers: Michael Barry, Robert Hein
Sound Re-recordist: Eric Hirsch
Re-recorded at: Sound One, NY
Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Hein
Sound Editor: David Wahnon
Assistant Sound Editor: Carlos Cano
Dialogue/ADR Editor: Brian Bowles
ADR Mixers: Bobby Johanson, David Boulton, Doc Kane, Nick Kray, Michael
Miller
ADR Recordists: Michael Howells, Krissopher Chevannes
ADR Group Coordinator: David H. Kramer
Sound Effects Editors: Glenfield Payne, Robert Fernandez
Foley Editor: Matthew Haasch
Foley Mixer: Ryan Collison
Foley Walker: Jay Peck
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Sarah Edwards
Assistant Costume Designer: Emily Gunshor
Costume Supervisor: Kate Edwards
Women's Costumers: Fionnuala M. Lynch, Rose Marie C. Cappelluti
Men's Costumer: Kevin P. Faherty
Costume Coordinator: Melissa Haley
Makeup Department Head: Lori Hicks
Key Makeup Artist: Michele Paris
Hair Department Head: Sacha Quarles
Key Hair Stylist: Christine Fennell
Hair Stylist: Daisy Curbeon
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Steve Kirshoff
Special Effects Foreperson: Mark Bero
Special Effects Technicians: Wilfred Caban, Devin Maggio, Roy J. Savoy,
John Stifanich
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects and Animation by: Rhino FX
Visual Effects Supervisor: Arman Matin
Compositing Supervisor/Plate Supervisor: Jim Rider
Executive Producer: Camille Geier
Producer: Cara Buckley
Production Executive: Karin Levinson
Lead TD/Plate Supervisor: Bogdan Mihajlovic
Flame Compositors: David W. Reynolds, Ronen Sharabani, Yoshiko Hirati,
Brad Scott
Lighting TD: Jasmine Katatikarn
Dynamics TD: Ivan Guerrero
Match Mover: Chris Hill
Modeler: Piotr Glabinski
Head of IT: Paul Tsung
Motion Control Equipment Supplied by: Paws & Co.
Motion Control Rig Operator: Anthony Jacques
Motion Control First Assistant Camera: Drew Cerria
TITLES AND OPTICALS
Main and End Titles Produced by: Big Film Design
Title Designer: Randall Balsmeyer
Designer/Compositor: J. John Corbett
Titles Producer: Adrienne Winterhalter
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Howard Cummings
Art Director: Nicholas Lundy
Assistant Art Director: Tom Warren
Set Decorator: Debra Schutt
Assistant Set Decorator: Alexandra Mazur
Leadperson: Philip Canfield
On-Set Dresser: Ruth Deleon
Set Dressers: Debbie Canfield, Christopher Canfield, Christopher Ferraro,
Richard K. Hoppe, Brian Jones, Christopher Heads
Property Master: Vinny Mazzarella
Assistant Property Master: Joseph Badalucco
Props: Tonero Williams
Art Department Coordinator: Tina F. Khayat
Graphic Designer: Justin Elterman
Storyboard Artist: Brick Mason
Pre-Visualization Consultant: Mark Bright
Construction Coordinator: Nick Miller
Key Shop Crafts Person: Gordon Krause
Shop Craft Foreperson: Robert Vaccariello
Charge Scenic: Bob Barnett
Scenic Foreperson: Don Nace
On-Set Painter: Julia Garrison
OTHER CREW
Production Accountant: Matilde P. Bandini
First Assistant Accountant: Antonia Proscia
Second Assistant Accountants: Carolyn J. White, Salpy Semerdjian
Payroll Accountant: Albert Valera
Accounting Clerk: Marilou Vetter
Production Secretary: Talia Mayer
Production Assistants: Genevieve Palmieri, Andrew Finn, Sean Murray,
Robert Tierney, Maggie Delaney, Miriam Tielmann, Travis Gerdes, Kate
Lundberg, Connor Jones, Tom Berninger, Marissa Vrooman, Abimael Jackson-Viana,
Tim Goldberg, Tom Wilkinson
Assistant to Mr Koepp: Will Reichel
Assistants to Mr Polone: Lauren Weissman, Emily Davis
Coordinator to Mr Birnbaum: Marlena Thomas
Coordinator to Mr Barber: Kim Buttlar
Transportation Captain: James P. Whalen
Transportation Co-Captain: Joseph J. Buonocore Jr.
Craft Service: McKenna Brothers
Caterer: Henry's Catering
Animal Handler: Animal Actors International
Technical Advisor: Joseph S. Marini D.M.D.
Unit Publicist: Peter J. Silbermann
Clearances: Lauren Oliver
Product Placement: Sean F. Barth
Medic: Maureen Beitler
Stand-ins: Michael Gough, D Comer, Monica McCarthy
Photograph of Hurricane XVII by Clifford Ross
LOCATIONS
Filmed in part at Steiner Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Location Manager: Evan Perazzo
Assistant Location Managers: Jason Farrar, Josh Dorn
Location Coordinator: Rob Roy
Parking Coordinator: Kerry Clark
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The producers wish to thank: New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater
and Broadcasting; New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture
and Television Development; The Brooklyn Museum; The Metropolitan Museum
of Art
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jeffrey Lee Gibson
Stunts: Bill Anagnos, Bobby Beckles, Jill Brown, John Cenatiempo, John
Favre, Michael Patrick Gough, Don Hewitt, Sr., Jalil Lynch, Matt Norklun,
Janet Paparazzo, Keith Siglinger, Brian Smyj, Jay Spadaro, Aaron Vexler,
Caroline Vexler
CASTING
Casting by: John Papsidera & Pat McCorkle
Casting Executive: Leslee Feldman
Casting Associates: Jennifer Cram, Joe Lopick
Casting Assistants: Dylan Jury, Lauren Sullivan
Background Casting: Central Casting
CAST
Ricky Gervais (Pincus)
Téa Leoni (Gwen)
Greg Kinnear (Frank)
Billy Campbell (Richard)
Kristen Wiig (surgeon)
Dana Ivey (Marjorie Pickthall)
Aasif Mandvi (Dr Prashar)
Alan Ruck (ghost dad)
Betty Gilpin (WWII nurse)
Brian D'Arcy James (Irish Eddie)
Brian Tarantina (ghost cop)
Jordan Carlos (young husband)
Dequina Moore (young wife)
Joe Badalucco, Brian Hutchison (accident bystanders)
Tyre Simpson (sneezy cop)
Julia Murney (sneezy lady)
Claire Lautier (Upper East Side lady)
Bridget Moloney (receptionist)
Raymond Lee (Greenpeace guy)
Joey Mazzarino (food delivery guy)
Brad Oscar (day doorman)
Kathleen Landis (resident)
Audrie Neenan (admitting nurse)
Aaron Tveit (anesthesiologist)
Deborah S. Craig (nurse)
Angelis Alexandris, Elaine Kussack (elderly couple)
Kim Russell (tennis lady)
Darren Pettie, Jesse Means, Robert Kelly (construction worker ghosts)
Gabrielle Fink (violin student)
Michael-Leon Wooley (hospital lawyer)
Monte Bezell (cab driver)
Sebastian La Cause (bartender)
Miles Grose (night doorman)
Jeff Hiller (naked guy)
Lou Sumrall (Harley guy)
Raymond McAnally, Amy Van Nostrand, Ira Hawkins, Danai Gurira (assorted
ghosts)
Richard O'Rourke (man at lecture)
Phoenix (Leonard)
Jazz (other Leonard)
Josh Clayton (waiter)
Lisa Datz, James Ludwig (happy people in bar)
Melissa A. Thomas (Dr Prashar's patient)
Shawn Hill (bongo player)
Megan Byrne (Mrs Pickthall's daughter)
Jose Ramon Rosario (crane operator)
Jose Soto (welder)
Candace Thompson (Harley Guy's old lady)
Dylan Clark Marshall (little Alex)
PLOT SUMMARY
Rude and insensitive dentist Bertram Pincus dies unexpectedly during
surgery but is revived after seven minutes. He can now see ghosts who
are all eager to get Pincus's help in resolving issues left over from
before they died. One ghost, Frank Herlihy, wants Pincus to disrupt
the forthcoming marriage of his widow Gwen but things get even more
complicated for the reluctant Pincus when he unexpectedly falls in love
with her.
AVAILABILITY
Finland
DVD Distributors: FS Film Oy (2009)
France
Theatrical Distributors: Paramount Pictures (2009)
Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Universal Pictures International (2009)
DVD/Blu-ray Distributors: Paramount Home Entertainment (2009)
Sweden
Theatrical Distributors: Svensk Filmindustri (2008)
Switzerland
Theatrical Distributors: Frenetic Films (2009)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Paramount Pictures (2008)
DVD/Blu-ray Distributors: DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: M
Finland
Rating: K-7
Ireland
Rating: 12A
Singapore
Rating: PG
Sweden
Rating: Btl
UK
Rating: 12A
USA
Rating: PG-13
MPAA: 44426
Rated PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references
AWARDS
2009
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award: Best Writing (David Koepp, John Kamps) - nominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association, USA
Best Overlooked Film - winner
Empire Awards, UK
Best Comedy - nominated
Satellite Awards, USA
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Ricky Gervais)
- winner
TIMELINE
2007
October
16: USA - filming begins
2008
January
Day Unknown: Filming ends
September
5: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival
19: USA - theatrical release
October
24: UK - theatrical release
November
27: Israel - theatrical release
December
12: Sweden - theatrical release
2009
January
29: Germany - theatrical release
February
12: Australia - theatrical release
27: Spain - theatrical release
March
4: Finland - DVD release
11: France - theatrical release
12: Iceland - DVD release
19: Hungary - DVD release
April
27: Brazil - DVD release
June
19: Italy - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
He sees dead people... and they annoy him.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Ghost Town - Um Espírito Atrás de Mim
- Brazilian DVD title
Grad duhova - Croatian title
Kata lathos fantasma - Greek DVD title
Livet från den andra sidan - Swedish title
Me ha caído el muerto - Spanish title
Ville fantôme, La - French title
Wen die Geister lieben - German title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Comic Relief 2009 (2009)
How
the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
It's a Wonderful
Life (1946)
Shining, The (1980)
REFERENCES
NEWSPAPERS
Independent, The (Arts & Books) no.6872 (24 October
2008) pp.10-11
review (A New Romantic Hero by Robert Hanks)
Independent on Sunday, The no.974 (26 October 2008)
p.57 (UK)
illustrated review (You can take the boy out of Slough... by Jonathan
Romney)
Svenska Dagbladet 12 December 2008 (Sweden)
illustrated review (Spökfilm lockar till skratt (4/6) by Jan Lumholdt)
Washington Post, The vol.131 no.289 (19 September
2008)
review (Wholly Spirited: Ricky Gervais Shines in Charming Ghost Town
by Ann Hornaday); illustrated review (Ghost Town by Jane Horwitz)
PERIODICALS
Empire no.230 (August 2008) pp.22-23 (UK)
illustrated note (News etc.: Ghost Town, author not credited)
Empire no.232 (October 2008) pp.114-116 (UK)
illustrated interview with Ricky Gervais (Clearly nobody's explained
the rules to Ricky Gervais by Olly Richards)
Hollywood Reporter, The vol.401 no.42 (19 October
2007) p.55 (USA)
credits (Films in Production)
Screen International no.1656 (29 August 2008) pp.14-16,
18, 20, 22-23 (UK)
illustrated preview (The buck starts here (by Denis Seguin et al))
Screen International no.1659 (19 September 2008) p.20
illustrated review (Reviews: Ghost Town by Mike Goodridge)
Sight & Sound vol.18 no.12 (December 2008) p.63
(UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Samuel Wigley)
Variety 15 September 2008 p.19 (USA)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by John Anderson)
KEYWORDS
the afterlife, buses, dentists, doctors, dogs, elevators, ghosts, hospitals,
laxatives, misanthropy, mummys, museums, near death experiences, nightmares,
restaurants, surgeons, taxis, time lapse photography, teeth, wheelchairs
CATEGORIES
Fantasy -
USA | Films (G)
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- 2008 | Fantasy
Films - 2008 | US
Films - 2008 | US
Fantasy Films - 2008
Last Updated:
26 April, 2009
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