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Mortal Kombat (1995)
Country
of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 101 mins
Length: 2829 metres
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital
8 Channel SDDS
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema / Threshold
Entertainment Productions
Executive Producers: Robert Engelman, Danny Simon
Producers: Lauri Apelian, Lawrence Kasanoff
Associate Producer: Alison Savitch
Unit Production Manager: Robert Engelman
SCRIPT
Script: Kevin Droney
Video Games: Ed Boon, John Tobias
DIRECTION
Director: Paul Anderson
Assistant Directors: Michael Greenwood, Jarounari Memak,
Robin R. Oliver, Thomas Schellenberg
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John R. Leonetti
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Allen D. Easton,
Christopher Faloona
Camera Operator: Allen D. Easton
Steadicam Operator: Bruce Alan Greene
Assistant Camera: Stephen J. Ullman
1st Assistant VistaVision Camera: Evan A. Nesbitt
Electrician: Greg Patterson
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Martin Hunter
Assistant Editor: Logan Breit
Post-Production Supervisor: Steven Kaminsky
MUSIC
Music: George S. Clinton
Guitar Score: Buckethead
Songs: Oliver Adams (Techno-Syndrome (7" mix));
Mikal Moore, Lance Branstetter (What You See / We All
Bleed Red); Walter Flakus, Christopher Hall, Jim Sellers,
David Suycott, Stuart Zechman (Can't Happen Here; Lies);
Christopher Hall, David Suycott, Stuart Zechman (Lost);
Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera, Burton C. Bell (Zero
Signal); En Esch, Sascha Konietzko, Gunter Schulz,
Raymond Watts (Juke-Joint Jezebel (Metropolis Mix));
Mitch Harris, Shane Embury (Twist The Knife (Slowly));
Traci Lords, Ben Watkins, Wonder (Control (Juno Reactor
Instrumental)); Phil Hartnoll, Paul Hartnoll, Edward
Barton (Halcyon + On + On); Utah Saints, Oliver Adams
(Utah Saints Take On The Theme From Mortal Kombat);
Gravity Kills (Goodbye)
Songs Performed By: The Immortals (Techno-Syndrome (7" mix));
Mutha's Day Out (What You See / We All Bleed Red); Stabbing Westward
(Can't Happen Here; Lost; Lies); Fear Factory (Zero Signal); KMFDM
(Juke-Joint Jezebel (Metropolis Mix)); Napalm Death (Twist The Knife
(Slowly)); Traci Lords
with Juno Reactor (Control (Juno Reactor Instrumental)); Orbital (Halcyon
+ On + On); Utah Saints (Utah Saints Take On The Theme From Mortal
Kombat); Gravity Kills (Goodbye)
Music Supervisor: Sharon Boyle
Score Mixer: John Whynot
Music Editor: Joanie Diener
Assistant Music Editor: Joseph R. Thygesen
SOUND
Sound Designer: David Farmer
Sound Mixer: Steve Nelson
Boom Operator: Tom Hartig
Re-Recording Mixers: Gerry Lentz, Ken Teaney, William
Freesh
Supervising Sound Editor: Marc Fishman
Sound Editor: Paul Menichini
ADR Group Coordinator: Burton Sharp
ADR Recordists: Brandon Walker, Liz Sroka
Sound Effects Editors: Paul Menichini, Harry Cohen, Harry
Woolway, Ricardo Broadus
Foley Artists: Gregg Barbanell, Pam Kahn, Vince Nicastro
Sound Cable Wrangler: Zachary DiPego
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Moni Mansano
Hair: Michael Ross
Costume Designer: Ha Nguyen
Set Costumers: Cheryl Cravedi, Lisa A. Doyle
Costume Illustrator: David Le Vey
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Alison Savitch
Goro Special Effects: Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr
Special Effects Technician: Manex Efrem
Special Effects Administrator: Michael Dawson
Technical Assistant: Karl Larsen
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Buena Vista Visual Effects;
Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc; MetroLight Studios;
R/Greenberg Associates (West) Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter Montgomery
Visual Effects Producer: Brian Jennings
Special Projects Supervisor: Wally Schaab
Visual Effects Coordinator: Kim Lavery
Main Title Sequence Supervising Producer: John Follmer
Effects Compositor: Cynthia Hyland
Rotoscoping: Bret Mixon
Digital Supervisor: Laurel Klick
Digital Effects Coordinator: Jennifer Lee Scheer
Digital Animator: Craig Clark
Digital Artists: Allen Gonzales, Lee Lanier
Digital Painter: Carole Cowley
Digital Camera: Samrod Shenassa
Digital Compositor: Winston Quitasol
I/O Manager: Linda Renaud
Visual Effects Editor: Steve R. Moore
Matte Painting Supervisor: Paul Lasaine
Buena Vista
Visual Effects
Production Supervisor: Denise Davis
CG Supervisor: David Jones
Grant McCune
Design
Model Maker Foreman: Smokey Stover
Metrolight
Studios
Executive in Charge of Production: James W. Kristoff
Executive Producer: Dobbie Schiff
The Post Group
Executive Producer: Mark Franco
RGA/LA
Executive in Charge of Production: Tara Handy Turner
Visual Effects Supervisor: Stuart Robertson
Digital Artist: Arthur Jeppe
Todd-AO
Digital Effects Compositor: Craig Seitz
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jonathan A. Carlson
Art Director: Jeremy A. Cassells
Set Designers: Brian Jewell, Galia Nitzan
Set Decorator: Susan Degas
Set Dressers: George Capetanos, Merry-Beth Noble
Property Master: Eugene McCarthy
2nd Property Master: David Kann
Lead Prop Builder: David W. Roden
Scenic Artist: Christian Klump
Sculptors: Bryn Court, Doug Hart
Conceptual Designer: Wil Rees (uncredited)
Art Department Coordinator: Gregory T. Smith
Storyboard Artist: Tim Lawrence
MISCELLANEOUS
Construction Accountant: Jonathan Josell
Production Assistants: Kevin Blank, Patrick Ellis
LOCATIONS
Locations: Austin, Texas, USA; Los Angeles, California,
USA; Budapest, Hungary; Thailand
Location Manager: J. Marc Strachan
Location Scout: Kevin Halloran
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinators: Jeff Imada, Pat E. Johnson
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: Barbara Bernhardt Goldstone
Stunts: Barbara Bernhardt Goldstone, David S. Rowden,
William Morts, Al Goto, Brad Halstead, Brad Martin, Carl
Milinac, Christian Torchia, Danny Lopez, Dennis Keiffer,
Dominique Vandenberg, Donnie Hair, Earnest Hart Jr, Fumio
Demura, Gary Clayton, Gerald Okamura, James Louis
Hopkins, John Koyama, Kurt Bryant, Leo Lee, Mark Gannon,
Mike Sims, Paul Beahm, Rodney Mitchell, Saong Park,
Sidney S. Liufau, Steve Boyles, Steven Ito, Thomas Dewier
Stunt Double For Kitana: Dana Hee
Stunt Double For Sub-Zero: Mark Caso
Stunt Double For Linden Ashby: J.J. Perry (uncredited)
Fight Choreographers: Pat E. Johnson, Tim Lawrence
CASTING
Casting: Fern Champion, Mark Paladini
CAST
Christopher Lambert (Lord Rayden)
Robin Shou (Liu Kang)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Shang Tsung)
Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage)
Bridgette Wilson (Sonya Blade)
Talisa Soto (Kitana)
Trevor Goddard (Kano)
Chris Casamassa (Scorpion)
François Petit (Sub-Zero)
Keith Cooke (Reptile)
Hakim Alston (Fighting Monk)
Kenneth Edwards (Art Lean)
John Fujioka (chief priest)
Daniel Haggard (assistant director)
Sandy Helberg (director)
Steven Ho (Chan Kang)
Peter Jason (Master Boyd)
Lloyd Kino (grandfather)
Gregory McKinney (Jax Briggs)
Mikal Moore, Brice Stephens (singers at techno club)
Leo Anastasio (uncredited)
Ed Boon (voice of Scorpion - uncredited)
Gregory Paul Martin (voice of Prince Goro - uncredited)
T.J. Storm (guest fighter - uncredited)
Tracy Lines (bit player - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Lightning God Rayden leads a group of people,
including the warrior Liu Kang, police officer Sonja Blade, and martial
arts movie actor Johnny Cage to an island where a martial arts completion,
Mortal Kombat, is to take place. Rayden hopes that his team of fighters
will defeat the evil forces of the Outworld who, if they win, will
be able to take over the Earth.
AVAILABILITY
Germany
DVD Distributor: Kinowelt
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.
UK
Laserdisc Distributor: Encore (EE 1079; includes -
theatrical trailer; making-of documentary; postcard)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: New Line Cinema
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID 3753 LI;
includes - commentary by Lawrence Kasanoff and Alison
Savitch; theatrical trailer; TV spots); Image
Entertainment (ID 3021 LI; includes - commentary by
Lawrence Kasanoff and Alison Savitch; theatrical trailer;
TV spots)
DVD Distributor: New Line Home Video (N4310)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
Germany
Rating: 16
Netherlands
Rating: 16
Portugal
Rating: M/12
Singapore
Rating: PG
Spain
Rating: 13
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: 15
A 3 second scene fewaturing nunchakus was cut.
USA
Rating: PG-13 (for non-stop martial arts action and some
violence)
TIMELINE
1995
July
13: Israel - theatrical release
August
18: USA - theatrical release
October
20: UK - theatrical release
25: France - theatrical release
27: Sweden - theatrical release
November
30: Spain - theatrical release
December
22: Finland - theatrical release
26: Australia - theatrical release
1996
January
9: USA - laserdisc release (Image Entertainment (ID 3021
LI))
12: Poland - theatrical release
18: Germany, Hungary - theatrical release
February
9: Portugal - theatrical release
May
Day Unknown: UK - laserdisc release (Encore (EE 1079))
June
28: Denmark - theatrical release
1997
January
10: Estonia - theatrical release
March
25: USA - DVD release (New Line Home Video (N4310))
May
7: USA - laserdisc release (Image Entertainment (ID 3753 LI))
2000
November
7: Germany - DVD release (Kinowelt)
2003
July
6: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Five)
POSTER TAGS
Nothing In This World Has Prepared You For
This
Kombat Begins
Flawless Victory
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Combate Mortal -
Portugese title
LINKS
SEQUELS
Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series (1995)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998 - 1999)
Mortal Kombat 3: Domination (2003)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Blade (1998)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cinefantastique vol.27
no.6 p.55 (USA)
review
Cinema 21 December 1995
(Germany)
review (by Nick von Uthmann)
The Dark Side no.55 p.55
(UK)
review
Empire June 1999 p.150
(UK)
review (by Darren Bignell)
Flicks September 1995 p.5
(UK)
illustrated review
Imágenes January 1996
p.119 (Spain)
review (by Ángel Sala)
Première November 1995
p.24 (France)
review (by Gerard Delorme)
Shivers no.29 p.14 (UK)
review KEYWORDS
video game into film, deities, ninjas, martial arts, alternative realities,
monsters, sorcerers, magic
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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