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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Country of Origin: USA / Germany / Japan / UK / Netherlands
Years of Production: 2002 - 2003
Running Times:
Format: colour 35mm Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Paramount British Pictures Ltd / BBC / Eidos Interactive Ltd / Lawrence Gordon Productions / Mutual Film Company / Paramount Pictures / Tele-München (TMG) / Toho-Towa
Executive Producer: Jeremy Heath-Smith
Producers: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin
Co-Producer: Louis A. Stroller
Unit Production Manager: Peter Heslop
2nd Unit Production Manager: Terry Bamber
Production Coordinator: Anna Hall

SCRIPT
Script: Dean Georgaris
Story: Steven E. de Souza, James V. Hart

DIRECTION
Director: Jan de Bont
1st Assistant Director: Cliff Lanning
Key 2nd Assistant Director: Matthew Sharp
2nd Assistant Director: Martin Krauka
3rd Assistant Directors: Ben Lanning, Rob Burgess
Assistant Director (Greece): Dimitris Birbilis

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Tattersall
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison
2nd Unit Camera Operators: Andrew Speller, Roddy Barron
2nd Assistant A Camera: Jennie Paddon
2nd Assistant B Camera: Tim Battersby
Dailies 2nd Assistant Camera: Jason Coop
Assistant Camera: Carlos De Carvalho
2nd Assistant Camera: Barney Davis
Clapper Loader: Marc Atherfold
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: David Mackie
Focus Puller: Mike Evans
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Brad Larner
2nd Unit Camera Trainee: Chris Clarke
Key Grip: Gary Hutchings
2nd Unit Key Grip: Kenneth Atherfold
Grips: David Maund, Kenneth Atherfold
2nd Unit Grips: David Cross, Philip Kenyon
B Camera Grip: Andy Hopkins
Best Boy Grip: Malcolm Sheehan
Video Coordinator: Andrew Haddock
2nd Unit Video Assist Assistant (Wales): Mario Spanna
Cranes and Dollies: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment Inc
Lighting: Lee Lighting Ltd
Camera Equipment: Panavision (UK) Ltd

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Christian Wagner
Assistant Editors: Alex Fenn, James Herbert, Jo Dixon, Nick Baldock
Assistant Avid Editors: Kevin Holt, Steve Pang
Post-Production Supervisor: Michael Solinger

MUSIC
Music: Alan Silvestri
Music Scoring Mixer: Dennis S. Sands
Temp Music Editor: Sally Boldt
Assistant Music Editor: Jacqueline Tager

SOUND
Supervising Sound Designer: Randy Thom
Assistant Sound Designer: Will Files
Sound: Chris Munro
Production Sound Mixer: Simon Kaye
Boom Operator: Mitch Low
Action Unit Boom Operator: Paul Munro
Re-Recording Mixer: Randy Thom
Assistant Sound Editor: John Warhurst
ADR Supervisor: Robert Ireland
ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
Sound Runner: Andrew Walton

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Department Head: Frances Hannon
Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming
Costume Coordinator: Martin Mandeville
Costume Effects Artist: Silvana Sacco
Wardrobe Supervisor: Dan Grace

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Director: Chris Corbould

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Steven Begg
Visual Effects Producer: Matthew W. Plummer
Visual Effects: Alex Wuttke, Billy A. Campbell, Ilyas Kaduji, Kaduji Ilyas
Visual Effects Programmer: Dan Sheerin
Pre-Vis Character Animator: Martin 'Smoke' Carroll
Digital Artist: Dan Harrod
Senior Digital Compositor: Richard Briscoe
Digital Compositors: Christian Zeh, Marian Mavrovic, Mark Richardson, Matthew Tinsley
Matte Painter: Rachael Haupt
Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison
Camera Operator: Andrew Speller
Camera Assistants: Chris Clarke, Marc Atherfold
Lighting Technical Director: Dan Neal, Geoff Pedder, Nicolas Aithadi, Rovela Jean-Paul
Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Claus Wehlisch
Production Assistant: Aimee Dadswell

Cinesite UK
Digital Effects Supervisor: Michael Talarico

Double Negative
Visual Effects: Gavin Graham
Digital Compositor: Jim Steel
Digital Texture Painter: Digby Rogers
Studio Manager: Peter Hanson

Framestore / CFC
Digital Lab Supervisor: Alasdair MacCuish
Visual Effects Editors: Marcus Alexander, Tabitha Dean

Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Digital Artist: Simon Payne
3D Tracking: Hitesh Bharadia
Technical Director / Matchmove Supervisor: Hitesh Bharadia
Senior Shader Writer: John B. Anderson

MPC
Visual Effects Production Manager: Charlie Bradbury
Lead 3D Lighting: Rovela Jean-Paul
Systems Support: Martyn Drake

Useful Companies
Creative Supervisor: Simon Staines
Project Manager: Adrian Spanna
Computer and Video Supervisor: Justin Owen
Computer and Video Coordinator: Sara-Jane Valentine
Computer Playback Technician: Mario Spanna

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Kirk M. Petruccelli
Art Directors: John Fenner, Frank Walsh
Stand-By Camera Art Director: Su Whitaker
Assistant Art Directors: Anthony Caron-Delion, Stephen Morahan
Set Decorator: Sonja Klaus
Hong Kong Buyer: Karen Wakefield
Construction Coordinator: Michael Redding
Construction Buyer: Richard Lyon
Draughtsmen: Guy Bradley, Tom Whitehead
Graphic Designer: Carol Kupisz
Concept Artist: Dominic Lavery

MISCELLANEOUS
Aerial Coordinator: Marc Wolff
2nd Unit Supervising Armourer: Charles Bodycomb
Dialogue Coach: Catherine Charlton
Floor Runner: Zoe Margolis
Helicopter Pilot: Marc Wolff
Unit Publicist: Susan d'Arcy
Horse Wrangler: Paul Hornsby (uncredited)

LOCATIONS
Locations: London, England, UK; Kenya; Hong Kong, China; Santorini, Greece; Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China; Wales, UK
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Bucks, UK
Location Manager: David Broder
Location Manager (Kenya): Benjamin Greenacre
Location Assistant: Jason Wheeler

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinators: Dickey Beer, Simon Crane
Main Stunt Double For Angelina Jolie: Katie B. Williams
Stunt Double For Till Schweiger: Rowley Irlam
Stunt Double: Wade Eastwood
Stunts: Nicola Berwick

CASTING
Casting: Makis Gazis, Daniel Hubbard, John Hubbard, Ros Hubbard, Gail Levin
Extras Casting: The Casting Collective Ltd
Assistant Casting (Greece): Alexandros Romanos Lizardos

CAST
Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft)
Gerard Butler (Terry Sheridan)
Ciarán Hinds (Jonathan Reiss)
Christopher Barrie (Hillary)
Noah Taylor (Bryce)
Djimon Hounsou (Kosa)
Til Schweiger (Sean)
Simon Yam (Chen Lo)
Terence Yin (Xien)
Fabiano Martell (Jimmy Petraki)
Jonathan Coyne (Gus Petraki)
Robert Cavanah (MI6 Agent Stevens)
Ronan Vibert (MI6 Agent Calloway)
Lenny Juma, Raymond Offula (village leaders)
Robert Atiko (Armin Kal)
Shirley Chantrell (Shu Mei)
Richard Ridings (Mr Monza)
Elizabeth Seal, Daryl Kwan, Richard Woo, David Kershaw (buyers)
Marem Hernandez, Kate Loustau (air stewardesses)
Ralf Beck, Tom Wu, Gerald Kyd (Sean's men)
Mark Sung (Taipei father)
Tom Yang, Jamie Cho, Khan Bonfils, Andrew Joshi (Reiss' guards)
Martin Glyn Murray (submarine medic)
Graham McTavish (submarine captain)
Daniel Caltagirone (Nicholas Petraki)

Photo / Filming Double For Angelina Jolie: Katie B. Williams
Stand-In For Gerard Butler: Steve Morphew

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Concorde Filmverleih GmbH

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Eagle Pictures S.p.a.

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho-Towa

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: UIP Netherlands

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures / UIP

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for action violence and some sensuality)

TIMELINE

2002
August

27: UK – production begins

2003
March

19: UK – production ends

July
21: USA – theatrical premiere
24: Philippines, Russia – theatrical release
25: Singapore, South Korea, USA – theatrical release

August
1: Lithuania – theatrical release
7: Netherlands – theatrical release
8: Norway – theatrical release
14: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Lebanon – theatrical release
15: Brazil – theatrical release
20: Belgium, France – theatrical release
21: Argentina, Israel, Slovenia – theatrical release
22: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, UK – theatrical release
25: Sweden – theatrical release
27: Egypt – theatrical release
28: Spain – theatrical release

September
4: Hungary – theatrical release
18: Australia, New Zealand – theatrical release
20: Japan – theatrical release
26: Estonia – theatrical release

October
15: Jordan – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens – Austrian / German title
Lara Croft: Tomb raider - Az élet bölcsöje – Hungarian title
Tomb Raider 2 - working title
Tomb raider: La cuna de la vida – Argentinian title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Tomb Raider (1996)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

KEYWORDS

helicopters, jet-skis, lara croft, martial arts, sequels, spears, swords, video game into film

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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