The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Universal Home Entertainment Productions
Executive Producer: David Bixler
Producers: Kevin M. Kallberg, Oliver G. Hess, Charles Meeker, Alfred Haber
Unit Production Manager: Eda Lishman
Production Coordinator: Miles Gorovich
Assistant Production Coordinator: Jill Heather
Trainee Production Coordinator: Marla Touw

SCRIPT
Script: Molly Meeker, Charles Meeker, Leslie Scharf
Characters: Eric Red

DIRECTION
Director: Louis Morneau
2nd Unit Director: Rick Garbutt
1st Assistant Director: Marco Black
2nd Assistant Director: Karen Sowiak
3rd Assistant Director: Pam Wintringham
DGC Trainees: Richard Duffy, John Kerr

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: George Mooradian
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Carey Toner
Steadicam / A Camera Operator: Carey Toner
B Camera Operator: Rick Garbutt
1st Assistant Camera: Jay Kohne
1st Assistant B Camera: Mick Lipohar
2nd Assistant Camera: Brigette Bennett
2nd Assistant Camera B Camera: Schane Godon
Camera Trainees: Geoff Huffman, Jenny Thomson
Gaffer: Burton Kuchera
Rigging Gaffers: Tom Kolafa, Tim Duchak
Best Boy: Aaron Stewart
Lamp Operator: Robert Turko
Genny Operator: Mike Kolafa
Key Grip: Rick Schmidt
Best Boy: Chris Speers
Grips: Gordon Schmidt, Larry Geiger, Keith Storm
Dolly Grip: Clint Silzer
Rigging Grip: Leonard Schmidt
Grip Trainee: Dale Nathan Simmons
Stills: Andrew Bako
Video Assists: Chooch Pagarlo, Rob Doak
Film Stock: Kodak
Colour Timer: Mato
Colour: Rainmaker; Fotokem

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Glenn Garland
1st Assistant Editor: David Katz
Post Production Supervisor: Virginia Landis Albertson
Electronic Negative Conforming: Magic Film and Video

MUSIC
Music: Joe Kraemer
Songs: Sy Gorieb (Please Take Me); Richard Myhill (You Must Be An Angel)

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Paul Ratajczak
Sound Mixer: George Tarrant
Boom Operator: Kelly Zombar
Re-Recording Mixers: Paul Ratajczak, Lamce Wiseman
Dialogue Editor: Michael Weatherwax
ADR Supervisor: Sarah Brady
ADR Recordist: Trevor Sperry
Sound Effects Designer: Paul Menichini
Foley Recordist: Trevor Sperry
Foley Artist: Eric Hoeschen
Backgrounds Editor: Peggy McAffee
Sound Engineer: Rick McLane
Cable Puller: Calvin Wilson
Post Production Sound Services: Mercury Sound Studios Inc

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Gail Kennedy
1st Assistant Make Up: Joanne Preece
Key Hair: Janet McDonald
1st Assistant Hair: Catherine Olshaski
Costume Designer: Wendy Partridge
Set Costume Supervisor: Mary Hyde-Kerr
Set Costumer: Kelly Fraser
Costumers: Janet Lamonte, Lory Winter
Tailor / Seamstress: Danica Gulin
Dye Breakdown: Wendy Haffner

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics Make Up Effects: The Gizmo Shop

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Jason Dolan
Special Effects Coordinator: Maurice Routly
Special Effects Best Boy: James Paradis
Special Effects Fabricators: Jason Paradis, Rodney Dolan
Special Effects Assistant: Chad Dolan

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Eye Candy
Visual Effects Supervisor: Al Magliochetti
Animation Supervisor: Michael Hoover
Titles and Opticals: Title House Digital

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Rick Roberts
Art Director: Janet Lakeman
Assistant Art Director: Pat Goettler
Set Decorator: Celine Godberson
Assistant Set Decorator: Lorraine Edwards
Set Decorator Trainee: Leanna Thompson
Lead Dresser: Carey Anderson
On-Set Dresser: Bruce Gammell
Set Dresser: Greoff Frizzell
Props Master: Dean Goodine
Assistant Props: Brian Kent
Props Trainer: Brad Hays
Construction Coordinator: Dave Borley
Construction Foreman: Ian Wallace
Head Painter: Gary Ripley
Paint Foreman: Aaron McCullough
Greens Coordinator: John Dambrauskas

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sandi Cameron
Production Accountant: John Lacroix
1st Assistant Accountant: Leslie Maynes
2nd Assistant Accountant: Sheena Ross
Post Production Accountant: John Alfred
Production Assistant: Jean Duff
Set Production Assistant: Pierrette Pretty
Location Production Assistants: J.T. Wotton, Rick Kramer, Dan Kuzmenko, Jonathan Zubutuik
Transport Coordinator: Ray Breckenridge
Transport Captain: Grant McPhee
Picture Car Coordinator: Dayle Simpson
Aerial Coordinator: Geoff Palmer
Aerial Photography: Cam McDonald
Pilots: Pat Reilly, Elizabeth Murphy, Fred K. Wiskar, Stephen Evans, Gord Harvey
Helicopter Engineer: Dave Ackroyd
Aircraft Providers: William Johnston, Bob Zabolotney
Drivers: Ralph McCoy, Frank Biro, Dave McBean, Lawrence Gooch
Unit Publicist: Leri Davies
Chef: Roland Michon
Assistant Chefs: Bill Krutz, Nigel Dodd
Craft Service / First Aid: Avaline Adshead
Assistant Craft Service: Laurel Hilton
Paramedic: Kevin Link
EMT: Dana Larson
Security Coordinator: Peter Gurr
Stock Footage: Sekani-Film Bank
Insurance: AON / Rubin
Legal Services: Heenan Blaikie

LOCATIONS
Locations: Atlas Coal Mine, East Coulee, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada; Bleriot Ferry, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Drumheller, Alberta, Canada; East Coulee, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
Key Location Manager: Peter Horne
Location Manager: Laszlo Uhrik
Assistant Location Manager: Charles May
Location Trainee: Scott Whitman

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Producers Gratefully Acknowledge the Valuable Assistance of the Following People and Organizations: Alberta Film Commission; City of Calgary; Transport Canada; City of Drumheller

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: John Scott
Stunts: Trish Schill, Colt Cosgrave, Chad Cosgrave, Ron Carothers, Chad Demott, Shayne Dodds, Joe Dodds, John Dodds, Lyle Edge, Tom Eirikson, John Scott, Chuck Hosack, Jim Finkbeiner, Reg Glass, Bob House, Dave Leader, Elizabeth Murray, Grant Profit, Darcy Sawley, Greg Schlosser, Ross Wideman, Kim Wiesner

CASTING
Casting: Jackie Lind, Laura Schiff
US Casting Associate: Carrie Audino
Extras Casting: Alyson Lockwood
Canadian Casting Assistant: Chris Ipplito
US Casting Assistants: Corbin Bronson, Todd Waldman

CAST
Jake Busey (Jack)
C. Thomas Howell (Jim Halsey)
Kari Wuhrer (Maggie)
Shaun Johnston (Sheriff Castillo)
Marty Antonini (semi-truck driver)
Darcy Dunlop (Bonnie Esteridge)
Duncan Fraser (Buick man)
Mackenzie Gray (Lieutenant)
Stephen Hair (Captain Esteridge)
Terry King (Rancher)
Douglas MacLeod (Sheriff Walters)
Austen Meadows (Buick boy)
Janne Mortil (Sergeant Kibble)
Valerie Planche (cashier)
Jim Rattai (tanker driver)
Steve Strachan (Deputy Lyle)
Randy Birch, Tom Carey, Brett Manyluk (deputies)
Steve Railsback (police officer (uncredited))

Maggie / Jim Pilot Double: Pat Reilly

PLOT SUMMARY

Followed his ordeal at the hands of the ruthless hitcher, Jim Halsey is released by the police and heads off to Texas with his girlfriend Maggie. But he clearly hasn't learnt his lesson and they pick up another deranged hitcher...

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributors: Argentina Video Home

Brazil
Video Distributors: Universal Home Video
DVD Distributors: Universal Home Video

USA
Video Distributors: Universal Home Video
DVD Distributors: Universal Home Video (21958)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: K-15

Germany
Rating: 16

Iceland
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Singapore
Rating: PG

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R (for strong violence)

AWARDS

2004
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA (Saturn Award)
Best DVD Release - nominated

TIMELINE

2003
July
15: USA - DVD release (Universal Home Video (21958))

November
11: Hungary - DVD release
12: Argentina - DVD release
13: Poland - DVD release
19: Italy - DVD release
30: Spain - shown at the Sitges Film Festival

December
9: Germany - DVD release
18: Iceland - DVD release

2004
January
12: Finland, UK - DVD release
14: Norway, Spain - DVD release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Hitcher 2 - working title
The Hitcher 2: The Prey - working title
Liftaren 2 - Swedish title
Liftari 2 - Finnish title
The hitcher II: El viajero - Argentinean title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Hitcher (1986)

SEE ALSO
Paura nel buio (1989)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.719 (18 July 2003) p.63 (USA)
review (DVD & Video: The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (B) by Dalton Ross)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

aircraft, barns, hitchhikers, immolation, plane crashes, police, road movie, sequels, sheriffs, shotguns, trucks

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008