The Order (2003)

Country of Origin: USA/Germany
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 103 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox / Baumgarten-Merims Entertainment in association with N1 European Film Produktions GmbH & Co. KG
Executive Producers: Michael Kuhn, Thomas M. Hammel
Producers: Brian Helgeland, Craig Baumgarten
Co-Producer: Giovanni Lovatelli
Unit Production Managers: Thomas M. Hammel, Giovanni Lovatelli, Federico Foti
Production Coordinator: Cecilia Alvarenga
Assistant Production Coordinators: Damian Anderson, Patrizia Roletti
Unit Manager: Andrea Alunni
Assistant Unit Manager: Emanuela Minoli

SCRIPT
Script: Brian Helgeland

DIRECTION
Director: Brian Helgeland
2nd Unit Director: Franco Maria Salamon
1st Assistant Director: Sergio Ercolessi
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Giandomenico Trillo
2nd Assistant Director: Barbara Pastrovich
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Laura Storoni, Livia Tovoli

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Nicola Pecorini
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Fabio Zamarion
A Camera Operator: Stefano Falivene
B Camera Operator: Marco Sacerdoti
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Roberto Luzi
Flying Cam Operator: Clément Hingrai
Flying Cam Assistant Operator: Fréderic Martin
A Camera Assistant: Francesco Di Giacomo
B Camera Assistant: Cristina Gauttieri
Central Loader: Giorgio Toso
A Camera Clapper Loader: Francesco Pintore
B Camera Clapper Loader: Marco Cuzzupoli
Clapper Loader: Emanuele Ranesi
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Cristina Capone
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Maurizio Cremisini
Gaffer: Alberico Novelli
Best Boy Electric: Alessandro Rossi
Electricians: Daniele Cafolla, Marcello Perricone, Marco Rossi, Francesco Quattrone
2nd Unit Electricians: Alberto Rocante, Fabio Bolli
Key Rigging Electrician: Antonio Gasbarrini
Best Boy Rigging Electrician: Umberto Bramucci
Rigging Electrician: Sami Novelli
Genny Operators: Antonio Nigro, Mario De Cinti
Key Grip / Dolly Grip: Giampaolo Bagalà
Best Boy Grip: Roberto Barbona
Grips: Marco Santarelli, Massimiliano Dessena, Paolo Tiberti, Bruno Anghelone
2nd Unit Grips: Alessandro Colini, Fabrizio Micheli
Rigging Key Grip: Mario Boccanegra
Rigging Best Boy: Umberto Dessena
Rigging Grip: Roberto Bagalà
Stills: Jurgen Vollmer
Video Assistant: Michele Bergstrom
2nd Unit Video Assistant: Giorgio Perluigi
Colour Timer: Denny McNeill
Colour / Prints / Telecine: Cinecittà
Cameras and Lenses: Technovision
Lamps: Iride, Italy
Gels and Bulbs: Rec, Italy
Stock: Kodak

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kevin Stitt
Additional Editing: Peter McNulty
1st Assistant Editor: Stephen M. Rickert Jr
Assistant Editor: Lilli Bonolis, Francesco Reitano
Post Production Assistant: Brendan R. Walsh
Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt

MUSIC
Music: David Torn
Song: Adam Milo Smalley, Dan Powell (Due Croci)
Song Performed By: Crotch (Due Croci)
Orchestrators: Matt Dunkley, Sonny Kompanek, Stephen Barber
Orchestra Conductor: Nick Ingman
Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright
Choir Conductor: Matt Dunkley
Choir: Jenny O'Grady For Metro Voices
Bansuri Flute Soloist: Steve Gorn
Vocal Solos: Dessislava Stefanova, Belinda Sykes
Viola Solo: Bruce White
Additional Percussion: Pete Lockett
Score Recordist / Mixer: Geoff Foster
Assistant Engineers: Jon Bailey, Keir Milligan (Air); Brandon Mason (Cell Labs)
Music Editor: Adam Milo Smalley
Assistant Music Editor: Bryan Lawson
Temp Music Editor: Scott Stambler
Scoring Contractor: Isobel Griffiths
Music Preparation: Dave Hage / Dakota Music Services
Orchestra Recorded and Mixed At: Air Lyndhurst, London UK; Cell Labs, NY
Composer's Assistant: Brandon Mason

SOUND
Sound Designers: Fury and Grace
Recordist: Tracy Bolt
Sound Mixer: Bernard Bats
Sound Mixing: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Bill W. Benton
Boom Operator: Pierre Yves Bruneel
Supervising Sound Editors: Jon Johnson, Bruce Stubblefield
Assistant Editors: Brad Sokol, Steve Price, Dave Wolowic
Apprentice Editor: Jill Asher
Dialogue Editor: Robert Troy
ADR Mixer: Charleen Richards
ADR Recordist: David Lucarelli
ADR Group Coordinator: Burton Sharp
ADR Editor: Petra Bach
Effects Editors: Brian W. Jennings, Charles Maynes
Foley Supervisor: Miguel Rivera
Foley Mixer: David Betancourt
Foley Editors: William Jacobs, Willy Levin
Foley Artists: Dawn Fintor, Alicia Stevenson-Irwin
Cable Person: Alexandre Wayaffe
Sound Facilities: Twentieth Century Fox; Sony Pictures Studios

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Alessandro Bertolazzi
Make Up: Raffaella Ragazzi, Shawn Gardner
Key Hair: Mauro Tamagnini
Hair: Giorgio Gregorini
Costume Designer: Caroline Harris
Assistant Costume Designer: Tim Aslam
Costume Department Coordinator: Annalisa Schmid
Wardrobe Supervisor: Marco Scotti
Wardrobe Mistress: Francesca Brunori
Wardrobe Assistant: Gino Andreoli
Seamstresses: Piera Cimino, Orlanda Contardi
Seamstress on Set: Franca Rotondo
Head Cutter: Alma Barbieri
Cutter: Vittorio Torrieri

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Supervisor: Neill Gorton
Senior Make Up Effects: Stuart Conran, Ian Morse
Animatronic Designer: Christopher Trice

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Corridori Special Effects - Rome
Special Effects Supervisor: Terence Glass
Special Effects Coordinator: Daniel Acon
Special Effects Floor Supervisor: Kevin Draycott
Special Effects Technician: Gary Cohen
Special Effects Foreman: Danilo Bollettini
Special Effects Assistant Set Supervisor: Massimo Cristofanelli
Special Effects Technicians: Massimo Cardajoli, Claudio Savassi, Stefano Corridori
Special Effects Engineer: Duilio Olmi
Special Effects Laborer: Timothy Rutherford

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Asylum
Visual Effects Supervisors: Nathan McGuinness, David Jones, Kathy Siegel
Executive Producers: Blondel Aidoo, Emma McGuinness
Visual Effects Producer: Lindsay Burnett
CG Producer: Jeff Werner
Production Coordinators: Jimmy Batchelder, Andy Foster
Inferno Artists: Mitch Drain, Mark Renton, Jesper Nybroe, Candice Scott, Robert Moggach, Jean-Luc Azzis, Mark Loso
CG Artists: Erik Lee, Yuichiro Yamashita, Matthew Lamb, David Santiago, Gunther Schatz, Jason Schugardt, Matt Merkovich, Michael "Ffish" Hemschoot, Jason McDade
Matte Paintings: Robert Stromberg
2D Artists: Brandon Criswell, Joe Ken
Visual Effects Editor: Kristopher Kasper
Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Zachary Justman
Engineering: Bill Laverty, Alex Hegedus
Head of Technology: Tommy Hooper
I/O: Brian Cuscino
Video: Lee Robinson, Daniel Becerra
Visual Effects Producer: Antony Hunt
Visual Effects Set Supervision: Angus Cameron
Titles and Opticals: Pacific Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Miljen "Kreka" Kljakovic
Art Directors: Branimir Babic, Domenico Sica
Assistant Art Directors Carlo Serafini, Priscilla Rossi
2nd Assistant Art Director: Dafne Taverna
Set Decorator: Gianfranco Fumagalli
Assistant Set Decorator: Alessandra Querzola
Set Dressing Coordinator: Simona Batistelli
Buyer: Valeria Paoloni
Property Master / Prop Maker: Antonio Fraulo
Standby Props: Sirio Sugamele, Sebastiano Murer, Marzio Bardi
Assistant to Property Master: Cristina Esigibili
Construction Manager: Bernardino Nardoni
Carpenters: Salvatore Reitano, Ennio Meloni, Tiziano Nardoni, Benito Leonardi, Romano Bellucci, Mariano Colace, Fulvio Sergianni, Antonio Beccarisi, Mauro Lucantoni, Massimo D'Amico
Head Plasterer: Carlo Maggi
Plasterers: Alberto Chiovenda, Tito Cesare Serini, Renzo Marucci, Ugo Antonetti, Giuseppe La Rocca, Domenico Garitta, Aldo Femiani, Vittorio Salciccia, Vincenzo La Rocca, Giovanni Albertini
Head Painter: Agostino Bivi
Painters: Arnaldo Bivi, Andrea Bivi
Standby Painter: Domenico Reordino
Head Sculptor: Giovanni Gianese
Sculptors: Galliano Donati, Francesco Motolese, Paolo Del Grande, Dino Candelo, Ambrogio Ciranna
Key Swing Gang: Claudio Villa
Swing Gang: Vincenzo De Stefano, Stefano Morbidelli
Scenic Artist: Ivano Todeschi
Art Department Coordinator: Maria Grazia Mellina
Storyboard Artists: Dan Sweetman, Cristiano Donzelli

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: P.R. Tooke
Production Accountant: Giorgio Catalano
1st Assistant Accountant: Beatrice Giraud
2nd Assistant Accountant: Alessandro Fiorito
3rd Assistant Accountant: Gamberino Bonavita
Construction Accountant: Maria Fiorito
Italian Payroll Clerk: Janna Rykova
Accounting Clerk: Cristiano Sebastianelli
Post Production Accounting: R.C. Baral and Company Inc
Cashier: Elena Tiberi
Production Auditor: Kevin R. Buxbaum
Production Secretary: Benedetta Von Normann Herman
Production Assistants: Francis B.K. Dokyi, Silvia Riolo, Francesco Scopelliti, Corrado Meotti, Venanzio Marsili, Simone Cialoni, Leonardo Bertini
Assistants to Craig Baumgarten: Grant Stoner, Brooke Johnston
Assistant to Heath Ledger: Sabrina Canale
Publicist: Stanley Brossette
Utility Labour Supervisor: Gerardo Albero
Dialogue Coach for Benno Fürmann: Jo-Anne Frisa
Transportation Coordinator: Gabriella Di Santo
Transportation: Trasporti Cinematografici; Tranquilli Srl - Rome
Drivers' Captain: Enrico Latella
Flying Cam Pilot: Bruno Ziegler
Animal Wrangler: Pasquale Martino
Catering Supervisor: Stefano Di Spirito
Cook: Carmine Celliti
Assistant Cooks: Haque M.D. Ziaul, Mariana Antonova
Craft Service Cook: Ivo Tenchini
Insurance – London: Aon/Albert G. Ruben
Insurance - Rome: Cinesicurtà

LOCATIONS
Locations: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Location Supervisor: Vincenzo Testa
Location Manager: Erik Paoletti
Assistant Locations: Filippo Lovatelli, Michela Occhipinti

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The producers wish to thank the following for their assistance: Malcolm Ritchie; Jill Tandy; City Of Rome; Capitoline Museum - Rome Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo - Forlanini
Permission for shooting in Palazzo Reale of Naples kindly granted by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Napoli e Provincia
Permission to shoot in Villa Adriana kindly granted by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Soprintendenza Archeologica del Lazio

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Franco Maria Salamon
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunts: Giorgio Antonini, Carlo Antonioni, Alessandro Novelli, Emiliano Novelli, Jaqueline Freda

CASTING
Casting: Donna Isaacson
UK Casting: Suzanne Crowley, Gilly Poole
Rome Casting: Shaila Rubin
Extras Casting: Tonino Proietti, Piero Proietti

CAST
Heath Ledger (Father Alex Bernier)
Shannyn Sossamon (Mara Sinclair)
Benno Fürmann (William Eden)
Mark Addy (Father Thomas Garrett)
Peter Weller (Driscoll)
Francesco Carnelutti (Dominic)
Mattia Sbragia (apathetic Bishop)
Mirko Casaburo (little boy)
Giulia Lombardi (little girl)
Richard Bremmer (bookstore owner)
Cristina Macca' (Sister Franca)
Paola Emilia Villa (Sister Marie)
Rosalinda Celentano (Faraway Eyes girl)
Alessandra Costanzo (Eden's maid)
Paolo Lorimer (Englishman)
Davide Odore (young Eden)
John Karlsen (Eden's manservant)
Fabrizio Lozzi (Eden's driver)
David Ambrosi (demon)
Adam Levy (master builder)
Bruno Bilotta (bigger bouncer)
Leagh Conwell (Alex (10 Years Old))
John Schwab (American bureaucrat)
Jon Laurimore (Burnham - British aristocrat)
Steve Toussaint (New York detective)
James Greene (British doctor)
Luigi Basagaluppi (father of Eden)
Michele Melega (morgue attendant)
Emanuele Carucci Viterbi (priest at St Peters )
Richard Leaf (sin eater at St Peters)
Clive Riche (towncar driver)
Alex Van Damme (club bartender)
Barbara Pastrovich (Irish whore)

PLOT SUMMARY

A young priest, Father Alex Bermier, teams up with a New York police detective, Lucy Sinclair, to investigate the religiously motivated murder of a French ambassador. Their investigations lead them to an ancient Christian order, the Sin Eaters, whose attempts to absolve the guilty of their sins results in grisly death...

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

UK
Rating: 15

2002
December
27: UK - announced theatrical release; delayed until 2003

2003
January
9: Netherlands - announced theatrical release; delayed until later in 2003
17: USA - announced theatrical release; delayed until later in 2003

September
5: USA - theatrical release
12: UK - theatrical release

October
9: Czech Republic - theatrical release
16: Argentina - theatrical release
23: Australia, Netherlands - theatrical release
29: Belgium - theatrical release
31: Sweden, UK - theatrical release

November
19: France - theatrical release
20: New Zealand - theatrical release

2004
February
5: Germany - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Sin Eater - working / UK title

MAGAZINES

Premiere vol.15 no.11 (July 2002) p.36 (USA)
illustrated interview with Heath Ledger (by Mark Salisbury)

KEYWORDS

priests, serial killers, sects, religion, catholicism, new york, police

Last Updated: 18 March, 2009