House of 9 (2005)

Country of Origin: UK / Romania / Germany / France
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times: 86 mins
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Bauer Martinez Studios / Defender Production / Lucky 7 Productions LLC / Lucky UKFS / MediaPro Pictures
Studio Executive: Hugh Spurling
Executive Producers: Alastair Burlingham, Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Douglas W. Miller, Sheikh Mohamed
Producers: Karen A. Hamilton, Philippe Martinez
Co-Producers: Alan Latham, Andrei Boncea, François Cohen-Séat, Stefan Jonas
Line Producer: Irina Chirita
Associate Producer: Alisdair Wilson-Gough
Production Manager: Marian Pascale
Co-Production Coordinator (Germany): Matthias Benner

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Philippe Vidal

DIRECTION
Directed by: Steven R. Monroe
1st Assistant Director: Theodor Halacu-Nicon
2nd Assistant Director: Virgil Nicolaescu

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Damian Bromley
Steadicam Operator: Bogdan Stanciu
2nd Assistant Camera: Alexandru Durac
Camera Loader: Ionut Lupulescu
Best Boy Grip: Razvan Paslaru
Stills: Cos Aelenei
Video Assist Operator: Andrei Cretan

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Kristina Hamilton
Assembly Editor: Lalit Goyal
Assistant Editor: Tiberiu Teodorescu
Post-Production Supervisor: Gisela Evert
Post-Production Executive: Burdette Anderson
Post-Production Assistant: Fiona Mackay
Post-Production Facilities: Molinare Studio

MUSIC
Music by: Mark Ryder
Music Producer: Guy Farley

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"All Night Long"
Written by Will Hoge
Performed by Will Hoge
Courtesy of Warner Strategic Marketing UK

"I-Wing"
Written by Ashley Walters
Performed by Ashley Walters (as Asher D)
Courtesy of Independiente LTD and So Solid Crew Productions

"It's a Shame"
Written by Will Hoge
Performed by Will Hoge
Courtesy of Warner Strategic Marketing UK

SOUND
Sound Mixer: William Franck
Re-Recording Mixer: Doug Cooper
ADR Mixer: Alan Freedman

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Clara Tudose

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Adrian Popescu

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Editor: Lalit Goyal

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Adrian Cancer
Art Director: Vraciu Eduard Daniel
Draftsman: Doina Repanovici
Draftsman / Artist: Serban Rotariu
Props: Zamfir Cornel
Art Department Coordinator: Dana Andreianu

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Andra Barbuica
Production Accountant: Mirela Pancu
Production Secretary: Craita Nanu
Production Assistant: Doru Stan
Assistant to Director: Ioana Cernescu

LOCATIONS
Studio: MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Will Hoge; Kelly Jones; Josh Schechter

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Rasvan Puiu

CASTING
Casting by: Andrea Clark

CAST
Dennis Hopper (Father Duffy)
Kelly Brook (Lea)
Hippolyte Girardot (Francis)
Susie Amy (Claire Leevy)
Morven Christie (Shona)
Peter Capaldi (Max Roy)
Asher D (real name: Ashley Walters) (Al B)
Raffaello Degruttola (Jay)
Julienne Davis (Cynthia)
Jim Carter (voice of the Watcher)

PLOT SUMMARY

Nine strangers are abducted, drugged and locked up in a house by a wealthy maniac. They are being watched by 75 surveillance cameras and the last one left alive will win US$ 5,000,000.00.

AVAILABILITY

Australia
DVD Distributors: Columbia TriStar Home Video

Germany
DVD Distributors: e-m-s the DVD-Company

USA
DVD Distributors: Visual Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: MA

Germany
Rating: 16

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (for strong violence and language)

TIMELINE

2004
May
20: France - shown at the Cannes Film Market

2005
June
19: USA - theatrical release

July
18: UK - DVD release
20: Spain - DVD release

August
10: Australia - DVD release

POSTER TAGS

Nine Strangers. One House. Only One Will Get Out... Alive.

KEYWORDS

competitions, dancing, electrocution, kidnapping, priests, rappers, strangulation, surveillance cameras, twist endings, video surveillance, vomiting, voyeurism

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009