The Gift (2001)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 111 mins 49 sec (UK - theatrical)
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Lakeshore Entertainment / Paramount Classics / Alphaville
Executive Producers: Sean Daniel, Gregory Goodman, Rob Tapert, Ted Tannebaum
Producers: James Jacks, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Co-Producer: Richard S. Wright
Associate Producer: Grant Curtis
Production Associate: Steven Bernstein
Production Supervisor: Mary J. Courtney
2nd Unit Creative Supervisor: Jeffrey Lynch
2nd Unit Supervisor: Anja Stadelmann
Production Co-Ordinator: Steve Cainas
Lakeshore Co-Ordinator: Grant Grabowski
Unit Production Manager: Gregory Goodman

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Tom Epperson, Billy Bob Thornton

DIRECTION
Director: Sam Raimi
Assistant Directors: Eric Heffron, Bac Delorme
2nd Unit Director: Stacey Beneville

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jamie Anderson
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Monty Rowan
Camera Operators: Bill Clevenger, Monty Rowan
1st Assistant Camera: Michael S. Endler
Stills: Melissa Moseley
Colour: DeLuxe

EDITING
Post Production Supervisor: James McQuaide
Post Production Co-Ordinator: Winnie Cheng
Editors: Arthur Coburn, Bob Murawski
1st Assistant Editor: Paul Hart

MUSIC
Music: Christopher Young
Music Co-Ordinator: Christopher S. Parker
Orchestrators: Bill Liston, Paul S. Henning
Orchestra: Northwest Sinfonia
Score Conductor: Adam Stern
Score Co-Ordinators: Andrew Hausmann, Derrick Lefebvre, Jasper Randall
Synthesizer Programmer / Additional Recording: Gerald Marino
Synthesizer Co-Ordinator: Samantha Barker
Music Editors: Tanya Noel Hill, Chris Innis
Music Recording / Mixing Engineer: Robert Fernandez
Songs Performed By: Lee Hazlewood (Trouble Is a Lonesome Town); The Souvenirs (Cherry Lips; Hide Away; Sentimental; King of Heartache)

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Ed Novick
Re-Recording Mixers: Melissa S. Hofmann, Brad Sherman
Supervising Sound Editors: Kelly Cabral, Jon Title
Dialogue Editors: Kimaree Long, Lauren Stephens
Sound Effects Editors: Mark Allen, Kelly Carmean
ADR Editors: Mark Hushik Choi, Kelly Oxford
Foley Artists: Jimmy Moriana, Jeff Wilhoit
Foley Recording: Greg Zimmerman
Foley Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan
Foley Editor: Valerie Davidson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Supervising Make Up Artist: Morag Ross
Hair: Manny Millar
Costume Designer: Julie Weiss
Costume Supervisor: Hope B. Slepak

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter Donen
Visual Effects: Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor, Illusion Arts
Special Effects Co-Ordinator: Vern Hyde
Special Effects Photography Supervisor: David Dwiggins
Special Effects Photography Co-Ordinator: Henric Nieminen
Special Effects Forepersons: Lisa Reynolds, Scott Mobley
Titles / Opticals: Pacific Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Neil Spisak
Set Decorator: Marthe Pineau
Storyboard / Conceptual Artist: Jeffrey Lynch
Storyboard Artist: David Stephan

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Karen Golden
Set Medic: Billy Fields
Unit Publicist: Leigh Oblinger
Animal Handler For 'Butch': Renee DeRossett

LOCATIONS
Locations: Effingham County, Georgia, USA; Guyton, Georgia, USA; Savannah, Georgia, USA
Location Manager: Gina Cascino
Location Scout: Andrew J. Young

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Mark Stefanich

CASTING
Casting: Deborah Aquila
Casting Associate: Tricia Wood
Location Casting: Shay Bentley-Griffin, Dianne Lynn, Melissa Maxfield
Voice Casting: Leigh French

CAST
Cate Blanchett (Annie Wilson)
Giovanni Ribisi (Buddy Cole)
Keanu Reeves (Donnie Barksdale)
Katie Holmes (Jessica King)
Greg Kinnear (Wayne Collins)
Hilary Swank (Valerie Barksdale)
Michael Jeter (Gerald Weems)
Kim Dickens (Linda)
Gary Cole (David Duncan)
Rosemarie Harris (Annie's granny)
J.K. Simmons (Sheriff Pearl Johnson)
Chelcie Ross (Kenneth King)
John Beasley (Albert Hawkins)
Lynnsee Provence (Mike Wilson)
Hunter McGilvray (Miller Wilson)
Nathan Lewis (Cornelius)
Benjamin Peacock (Tommy)
Alex Lee (Paul Dean)
Clay James (Stanley)
David Brannen (Ben Wilson)
Russell Durham Comegys (Ben Sr)
Janell McLeod (Mrs Francis)
Robby Preddy (lady 2)
Lucky Lawrence (handsome man at bar)
The Souvenirs (Mo, Lucky Lawrence, Boots Kutz, Buck Edwards, D.J. Pawluk) (the band)
Kipp Chambers (boy at dance)
Dallas Johnson (Dalls)
Stuart Greer (Officer Huggins)
Jeff Bragg (Jed Barksdale)
Danny Elfman (Tommy Lee Ballard)
S.D. Stephens (deputy on shore)
Samuel E. Parlin Jr (deputy in boat)
Ed Reddick (judge)
Rebecca Koon (Buddy's mother)
Erik Cord (Buddy's father)
Courtney Aliffi
David Brannen
Elizabeth Omilami

Small town psychic Annie Wilson helps the police to track down the body of a wealthy businessman's murdered daughter. But she has psychic visions suggesting that the man charged and imprisoned for the crime isn't guilty and that the real killer is still at large in the town. (Full Synopsis)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Classics

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R (for violence, language, and sexuality/nudity)

2000
November
30: Italy - theatrical release

December
20: USA - limited theatrical release

2001
January
19: USA - theatrical release

February
22: Netherlands - theatrical release

psychics; dysfunctional families; infidelity; domestic violence; murder; lakes; police; dances; schools; teachers; ghosts