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2001 Maniacs (2005)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002 - 2004
Running Times:
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: BloodWorks / Raw Nerve / Velvet Steamroller Productions
Executive Producers: Jonathan Bross, Boaz Yakin
Co-Executive Producer: David F. Friedman
Producers: Brett W. Nemeroff, Eli Roth, Scott Spiegel, Christopher Tuffin
Line Producer: C. Scott Votaw
Associate Producer: Lisette Bross, David Fleming
Production Coordinator: Kim Percival

SCRIPT
Script: Chris Kobin, Tim Sullivan

DIRECTION
Director: Tim Sullivan

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Steve Adcock
2nd Assistant Camera: David C. Edwards
Film Loader (Additional Photography): Danielle C. Carroll
Best Boy Electric: Chris Burgon
Electricians: John P. Fleenor, Rocky Rodriguez
Dollies: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment Inc

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Michael Ross
Assistant Editors: Wilton Cruz, Evan Schiff

MUSIC
Music: Nathan Barr
Songs: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Music Supervisor: Jon McHugh

SOUND
Boom Operator: Mick Davies
Re-Recording Mixer: Craig Clark
Supervising Sound Editor: Trevor Jolly
ADR Editors: Jeremy Grody, Maciek Malish
Sound Effects Editors: Mark Allen, Danny Kim
Sound Re-Recording: Roundabout Entertainment Inc

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Department Head: Wendy Boscon
Key Make Up: Heather Mages
Make Up: Corinna Liebel
Assistant Make Up: Wendy Arthur, Honey Secunda
Hair Department Head: Wendy Boscon
Costume Designer: Wendy Moynihan

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Heather Mages, David A. Brooke, Ron Karkoska

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: S.O.T.A. FX
Special Effects Supervisors: Roy Knyrim, Robert Vazquez
Special Effects Foreman: Patrick Tantalo
Special Effects Assistant: Barbara Vazquez

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Assistant Art Director: Mark Kelly
Set Decorator: Lori Mazuer
Assistant Property Master: Mark Kelly
Storyboard Artist: Jacob Hair
Art Department Assistant: Stewart McAlpine

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Robin Meyers
Production Accountant: Maeve Mannion
Key Set Production Assistant: James Kaplan
Office Production Assistant: Janella Bersabal
Office Production Assistant (Additional Photography): Andrew Novak
Transportation Captain: Tony Barattini
Animal Coordinator: Gloria Winship Ayon

LOCATIONS
Locations: LaGrange, Georgia, USA; Lumpkin, Georgia, USA; Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA; Westville, Georgia, USA

STUNTS
Motorcycle Stunt Coordinator: Scott Dale

CASTING
Casting: Aaron Griffith
Casting Assistant: Debbie Rothstein

CAST
Robert Englund (Mayor Buckman)
Lin Shaye (Granny Boone)
Giuseppe Andrews (Harper Alexander)
Jay Gillespie (Anderson Lee)
Marla Malcolm (Joey)
Dylan Edrington (Nelson)
Matthew Carey (Cory)
Mushond Lee (Malcolm)
Bianca Smith (Leah)
Brian Gross (Ricky)
Gina Marie Heekin (Kat)
Adam Robitel (Lester)
Brendan McCarthy (Rufus)
Christa Campbell (milk maiden)
Wendy Kremer (Peaches)
Kodi Kitchen (Hester)
Cristen Beavers (Glendora)
Ryan Fleming (Hucklebilly)
Johnny Legend (strolling minstrel A)
Scott Spiegel (strolling minstrel B)
Craig Stark (Sheriff Friedman)
Travis Tritt (gas station attendant)
Eli Roth (Justin)
Tim Sullivan (Coffin Harry)
Hugh Casey (Reverend Jonas)
Jacob Hair (Onion Joe)
Andy Mantineo (Giblet)
Kevin 'Pondo' Canady (blacksmith)
Amanda Tuffin (little maniac)
Topper (Dr Mambo)
Jezebel (herself)
Cassandra Hitti (girlfriend)
Rachel L. Howard (drool girl)
Bill McKinney (the chef)
Christopher Nathaniel (young lover)
Isaac C. Singleton Jr (the butcher)
Peter Stormare (Professor Ackerman)

PLOT SUMMARY

The inhabitants of Pleasant Valley, Georgia, were wiped out by Union troops in the Civil War. But once every year, they return from the dead to celebrate their annual festival, luring unwary "Yankees" to the town and slaughtering them.

POSTER TAGS

The South Will Rise Again.

TIMELINE

2005
June

12: Netherlands – shown at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

August
27: UK - shown at FrightFest, London

2006
December

13: USA - television broadcast (on The Movie Channel)
16: USA - television broadcast (on The Movie Channel)
22: USA - television broadcast (on The Movie Channel)
23: USA - television broadcast (on Starz Edge)

2007
January

1: USA - television broadcast (on The Movie Channel); USA - television broadcast (on Starz in Black)
3: USA - television broadcast (on Starz in Black)

LINKS

REMAKE OF
Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

KEYWORDS

american civil war, cannibalism, ghosts, remakes, revenge

 


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