Nine Lives [2002]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 95 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: A&A Films Ltd
Executive in Charge of Production: Peter Rocjow
Executive Producer: Alexander Green
Producers: Andrew Green, Giles Hattersley, Nikolas Korda
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Lyons
Assistant Production Coordinator: Emily Hunt

SCRIPT
Script: Andrew Green
Additional Dialogue: Tom MacRae

DIRECTION
Director: Andrew Green
2nd Unit Director: Nikolas Korda
1st Assistant Director: David Daniels
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Barney Hughes
2nd Assistant Director: Simon Morris
3rd Assistant Director: Barney Hughes
2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director: Grenville Bartlett

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robin Vidgeon
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Alec Mills
Camera Operator: John Maskall
Steadicam Operator: Gerry Vasbenter
Clapper Loader: Liz Hoar
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Rab Harling
Focus Puller: Berndt Wiese
B Camera Focus Puller: Ted Deason
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Simon Mills
Gaffer: Steve Foster
Best Boy: Ricky Loughlin
Electricians: Matthew Crowder, Gwilym Hodson-Owen
Generator Operator: Ian Smith
Key Grip: John Rake
Grip: Dave Sommerfield
2nd Unit Grips: Mike House, Malcolm Beale
Camera Trainee: Llewellyn Thomas
Stills: Liam Daniel
Video Assist Operator: Leon Buckley
Camera / Grip Equipment: Panavision Europe
Lenny Arm II Crane: Joe Dunton & Company Ltd
Libra Mount: Camera Revolution Ltd
Lighting Equipment: AFM Lighting Ltd
Film Stock: Fuji Photo Film (UK) Ltd
Lab: Deluxe Laboratories Ltd
Stills Processing: Lofty's Lab

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Paul Knight
Assistant Editors: Daryl Jordan, Mark Neale
Editorial Assistant: Tamsin Jeffrey
Post Production Consultant: Bruce Everett
Telecine: Arion Communications Ltd
Editing Equipment: Hyperactive Broadcast Ltd
Negative Cutting: Jason Wheeler Film Services
Digital Intermediate: Digital Film Lab London Ltd

MUSIC
Music: Edward White, Josh Grafton
Soloists: Chris McInnes (flute), Cat Grafton (violin), Hattie Warboys (cello), Katerina Katuzi (vox humana)
Music Producers: White Noise Entertainment
Score Mixer: Sam Noel
Score Mixed At: JAL at Sanctuary House
Music Preparation: Jamsheed Master
Score Recorded At: South Park Studios

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Clive Derbyshire, Alex Marsden
2nd Unit Sound Recordist: Tim Humphries
Dubbing Mixer: Tim Cavagin
Supervising Sound Editor: Campbell Askew
Dialogue Editor: Paul Conway
Sound Effects Editor: James Boyle
Foley Artists: Peter Burgis, Andi Derrick
Sound Maintenance Engineer: Peter Margrave
Sound Department 3rd Man: Mazhar Mirza
Studio Sound / Cutting Rooms: Twickenham Film Studios Ltd
Sound Equipment: Gearbox (Sound and Vision) Ltd

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Chief Make Up / Hair: Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Make Up / Hair: Carlene Gearing, Eva Marieges Moore, Helen Speyer
Costume Designer: Andrea Galer
Costume Design Assistant: Charlotte Morris
Wardrobe Supervisor: Sally Crees
Wardrobe Assistant: Mark Lord

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Contact Lenses: The Reel Eye Company Ltd

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Neal Champion, Special Effects [GB] Ltd
Special Effects Technician: James Francis
Special Effects Assistants: Rob Tucker, Richard Bunden Burgh, Nick Phillips

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Angus Bickerton
Visual Effects Producer: Barrie Hemsley
Digital Compositors: Sean Farrow, Duncan Kinnaird, Joe Pavlo, Tim Walton
Title Designer: Harry Rambaut
Main Title Designers: PWI Creative Agency

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Nick Palmer
Assistant Art Directors: Emily Lutyens, Neal Callow
Set Decorator / Buyer: Linda Wilson
Property Master: Noel Cowell
Props Storeman: Craig Cheeseman
Chargehand Standby Prop: Simon Riley
Standby Prop: Chris Rawlings
Dressing Prop: Nigel Salter
Construction Manager: Alan Chesters
Carpenters: Leigh Chesters, Joe Hawthorne
Standby Carpenter: David "Ned" Kelly
Painters: Sean Kelly, Peter O'Donnell
Standby Painter: Michael Gunner
Standby Rigger: Danny Madden
Storyboard Artist: Nick Pelham

LOCATIONS
Locations: Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Location Manager: Scott Sidey
Location Assistant: Grenville Bartlett

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Suzanne Clegg
Payroll Services: Axium (UK) Ltd
Assistant Accountant: Fran Triefus
Production Assistants: Paul Smith, Lara Golder, Simon Goodchild, Emily Marston
Researcher: Kirsty Waterworth
Drivers: Lara Golder, Simon Goodchild, Emily Marston
Minibus Driver: Gary Winters
Unit Publicist: Pete Daly
Dialogue Coach: Roisin Carty
Unit Nurse: Rosie Bedford-Stradling
Health & Safety Consultant: Cyril Gibbons
Floor Runner: Nelle Ormrod
Caterers: Suzie Catchpole, John Cannon, David Mason, AGA Location Catering
Facilities: David Catchpole, Southern Film Services
Unit Facilities: Trevor Jackson
Tracking Vehicles: Bickers Action
Action Cars: Nine Nine Cars Ltd
Car Hire: BMC Ltd
Insurance Services: AON / Albert G. Ruben Ltd
Legal Services: Harbottle & Lewis
Book Manufacture: Dick George
EPK: Closeup Productions
Walkie-Talkies: Audiolink Ltd

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Allen & Owery; Sarah Beardsell; Ron Beedie; Mary Bell; Berco; France Bognon; Ian Buchanan; Robert Byng; Deloitte & Touche; Dolce & Gabbana; Jason Dungan; Alan Green; Greencap; Hyle Helned; Gerry Humphries; MAC; Nokia; Joe Pescod; Spotlight Casting; Bob Storer & Emma Stonyer; Harry Smith

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Denise Ryan
Stunts: Crispin Layfield

CAST
Rosie Fellner [Emmaa
Vivienne Harvey [Lucy]
Paris Hilton [Jo]
Patrick Kennedy [Tim]
David Nicolle [Pete]
Ben Peyton [Andy]
James Schlesinger [Damien]
Lex Shrapnel [Tom]
Paul Smith [Murray]
Maureen Turner [Linda]
Amelia Warner [Laura]

Stand Ins: Sofia Olins, Nick Vardy

A group of friends celebrating a birthday in a remote Scottish manor house are cut off by a severe snowstorm. But they find a book that relates the tale of Murray, a patriot who was gruesomely murdered by the English when they invaded. Seeing his chance to exact revenge on the English now gathered in the house, the spirit of Murray returns from the grave and begins possessing the guests...

Promoted as "Peter's Friends meets The Others", it was not asking too much to expect Nine Lives to be an old fashioned ghost story. Instead, it's a badly acted tale of a group of deeply unlikeable 20-somethings being possessed by a vengeful spirit in a bog-standard slasher movie. Director Andrew Green pulls off a few decent scares but is let down by a poorly paced script - the first 20 minutes or so is painfully dull - some dreadful dialogue and by truly terrible performances. [Full Review]

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Dream Entertainment Inc

2002
April
8: UK - filming begins

August
23: UK - shown at Frightfest 2002 [world premiere]

2003
August
13: Australia – theatrical release

2004
May
11: USA – video / DVD release

MAGAZINES

Hotdog June 2002 pp.96-98 [UK]
illustrated production notes [Feels like the first time by Tom Parker Bowles]

Screen International no.1351 [5 April 2002] p.18 [UK]
credits, production notes

Screen International no.1352 [12 April 2002] p.16 [UK]
credits, production notes

Shivers no.98 [August / September 2002] pp.24-26 [UK]
illustrated interview with Andrew Green [by Alan Jones]

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

ghosts, possession, haunted houses, revenge, snowstorms

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007