The Phantom (1996)

Country of Origin: USA / Australia
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 100 mins
Length: 2794 metres
Format: colour     35mm     Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Boam Productions / Paramount Pictures / The Ladd Company / Village Roadshow Pictures
Executive Producers: Dick Vane, Peter Sjoquist, Bruce Sherlock, Graham Burke, Greg Coote, Joe Dante
Producers: Alan Ladd Jr, Robert Evans
Co-Producer: Jeffrey Boam
Associate Producer: Bonnie Abaunza
Production Supervisor (Los Angeles): Steph Benseman
Production Supervisor (Thailand): Santa Pestonji
Unit Production Manager: Steven Felder
2nd Unit Production Manager: Frederic B. Blankfein
Unit Production Manager (Australia): Brian Burgess
Unit Production Manager (Los Angeles): Pat Kehoe
Unit Production Manager (Thailand): Piya Pestonji
2nd Unit Production Manager (Thailand): Pairoj Rojlertjanya
Unit Manager (Australia): Brendon 'Moose' Boyd
Production Coordinator (Thailand): Timsawat Smith
Assistant Production Coordinator (Thailand): Cathy Chapple

SCRIPT
Script: Jeffrey Boam
Characters: Lee Falk

DIRECTION
Director: Simon Wincer
2nd Unit Director: Victor M. Armstrong
1st Assistant Director: Robert J. Donaldson
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Patrick Regan
1st Assistant Director (Los Angeles): Nilo Otero
1st Assistant Director (Thailand): Charlie Sungkhawess
2nd Assistant Director: Simon Warnock
2nd Assistant Director (Los Angeles): Frank Davis
2nd 2nd Assistant Director (Los Angeles): Stuart Hagen
2nd Assistant Director (Thailand): Cherdpong Laoyont
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Sharon Gerhard
3rd Assistant Director: Debbie Atkins
DGA Trainee: Richard Sickler

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Burr
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Conrad Hall Jr
Aerial Coordinator: Kevin LaRosa
Aerial Photographer: Philip Pastuhov
1st Assistant Aerial Photographer: Vance Piper
Camera Operator: Louis Irving
Camera Operators (Los Angeles): Conrad Hall Jr, Daniel C. Gold
B Camera Operators: Brad Shield, Paul Taylor
2nd Unit B Camera Operator: Brian J. Breheny
Steadicam Operators: Brad Shield, Paul Taylor
1st Assistant Camera: Colin Deane, Katrina Crook
1st Assistant Camera (Los Angeles): Lou Niemeyer, Reggie Newkirk
2nd Assistant Camera: Nick Watt
2nd Assistant Camera (Australia): Brett Matthews
2nd Assistant Camera (Los Angeles): Dennis Lynch
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: John Breslin, Leah Ashenhurst
B Clapper Loader (Thailand): Julie Wurm
2nd Unit Clapper Loaders: Ben Jasper, Rebecca Steele
Chief Lighting Technician (Los Angeles): Tom Stern
2nd Unit Chief Lighting Technician: Shaun Conway
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Colin Chase
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (Los Angeles): Brian Evans
Lighting Technicians: Grant Atkinson, Justin Plummer
Lighting Technicians (Australia): Bernard 'Boo' Slattery, Gary Hill, Leon Schuster, Sam Bienstock
Lighting Technicians (Los Angeles): Andy Ryan, Jeff White, Jim Clark, Paul Avery
Pre-Rig Lighting Technician (Australia): Mick Morris
Rigging Gaffer (Los Angeles): Erik Bernstein
Electrical Best Boy: Sam Bienstock
Grip: Paul Smith
Grip (Australia): Aron Walker
Grip (Thailand): Danny Lockett
Dolly Grip: Gary 'Dickie' Burdett
Dolly Grip (Los Angeles): Clay Wilson
2nd Unit Dolly Grip: Dave Shaw
1st Company Grip: Lester Bishop
1st Company Grip (Los Angeles): Alexander Laverde
2nd Unit 1st Company Grip: Warren Grieef
2nd Company Grip: Terry C. Cook
2nd Company Grip (Los Angeles): Ty Suehiro
2nd Unit 2nd Company Grip: Toby Churchill-Brown
Rigging Grip (Los Angeles): Rick Pratt
2nd Unit Rigging Grip: Andy Glasser
Specialist Riggers (Thailand): Carly Thomas, David Hartley, David Hird, Gavin Wild, Grant Fletcher, Warren Jones
Camera Technician: Laurence Rooney
Camera Department Trainee (Australia): Pip Wincer
Stills: Andrew Cooper
Video Assist Technician: Abe Elshaikh
Video Assist Technician (Los Angeles): Stan Harrison
Colour Timer: Denny McNeill
Atlab Film Processing (Australia): Gary Keir
Colour: DeLuxe

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: O. Nicholas Brown, Bryan H. Carroll
Assistant Editor: Brett De Carroll
Assistant Editor (Australia): Geoff Lamb
Apprentice Editor: Gina Carroll
Negative Cutter: Theresa Repola Mohammed

MUSIC
Music: David Newman
Music Performed By: The London Metropolitan Orchestra
Orchestrators: Alexander Janko, David Newman, Steven Scott Smalley
Music Production Supervisor: Graham Walker
Music Coordinator: Liz Schrek
Music Scoring Mixer: Robert Fernandez
Music Editors: George A. Martin, Tom Villano
Music Preparation: Vic Fraser
Orchestra Contractor: Andy Brown
Orchestra Leader: Jonathan Rees
Synthesizer Programmer: Marty Frasu

SOUND
Sound Recordists: David Behle, Jack Keller
Sound Mixer: Ben Osmo
Sound Mixer (Los Angeles): David MacMillan
Boom Operator: Gerry Nucifora
Boom Operator (Los Angeles): Steve Bowerman
Re-Recording Mixers: Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Robert J. Litt
Supervising Sound Editor: Tim Chau
Co-Supervising Sound Editors: Cameron Frankley, Donald J. Malouf
1st Assistant Sound Editors: Cameron Hocson Baker, Anne Couk
Assistant Sound Editors: Daniel Irwin, Robert Morrisey, Rod Rogers
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Carin Rogers
Dialogue Editors: Karen Wilson, Gloria D'Alessandro, Mike Szakmeister
ADR Mixer: Bob Baron
Supervising ADR Editor: Larry Singer
ADR Editor: Thomas Whiting
Sound Effects Editors: Albert Gasser, David B. Cohn, David F. Van Slyke, Jeff Clark, Nils C. Jensen
Foley Artists: David Lee Fein, Ken Dufva, Robin Harlan, Sarah Hammond
Foley Mixer: Randall K. Singer
Supervising Foley Editor: Pamela Bentkowski
Foley Editors: Tom Small, Scott Curtis
Recording Studio: CTS Studios
Digital Sound Editing: Paramount Pictures

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Judy Lovell
Make Up: Angela Moos, Maree McDonald
2nd Unit Make Up: Tina Gordon
Key Hair: Arturo Rojas
2nd Unit Hair: Tina Gordon
Costume Designer: Marlene Stewart
Assistant Costume Designer (Los Angeles): Salvador Pérez Jr
Costume Supervisors: Bruce Hogard, Lisa Lovaas
2nd Unit Costume Supervisor: Julie Middleton
Key Costumer: Sean Gundlach
Speciality Costumer: Michael Tereschuk

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Stirber Visual Effects Network Inc
Special Effects Coordinator: Alan E. Lorimer
Special Effects Forepersons: Dave L. Simmons, Paul H. Stewart
2nd Unit Special Effects Foreperson: Dewey Gene Grigg
Special Effects Technicians: Arthur Spink, Bob Wenger, Daniel Oliver, Floyd Van Weym Jeremy Sparks, Mark Lilienthal
Special Effects Technician (Australia): William Schirmer, James Lorimer, John Bowring, Ken Boulton, Stewart N. Lewis
Special Effects Technician (Los Angeles): John Peyser
Special Effects Technicians (Thailand): Dave Rohrer, Tom Lantz, David Hartley, David Pride, Gary Cruise, Herman Bron, Jan Aaris, Peter Keane, Rodney Burke, Steve Courtley
Projected Effects (Australia): Bill Hansard Jr

Chris Walas Inc
Special Creative Props and Puppets Designed and Created By: Chris Walas Inc
Props and Puppets: Bruce Barlow, Michelle Lyman, Tristan Maduro

Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Special Phantom Costume Elements: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Production Coordinator: James Edson
General Manager: Matt J. Britton
Creative Supervisor: David Barrington-Holt
Mold and Foam Crew: Janet Evaschuck, Larry Addison, Mike Scanlan, Robin Jackson-Moore, Phil Jackson
Costumers: Deborah Ambrosino, Jill Thraves, Julie Zobel, Marian Keating
Designer: Peter Brooke
Painter: Doug Stewart
Sculptors: Michael A. Pearce, Peter Brooke

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Buena Vista Visual Effects
Additional Digital Effects: Cinema Research Corporation; D. Rez Hollywood
Miniature Aircraft: Larry Jolly Miniature Productions
Digital Artist: Lee Lanier
Titles: Nina Saxon Film Design
Opticals: Cinema Research Corporation; D. Rez Hollywood

Buena Vista Visual Effects
Visual Effects Supervisor: Wally Schaab
Visual Effects Producer: Lynda Thompson
Visual Effects Coordinators: Janette Shew, Kathryn Liotta, Stacy Pinhas
Digital Supervisor: Kevin Koneval
Digital Department Manager: Craig Newman
Digital Production Manager: Lydia Bottegoni
Digital Art Department Supervisor: Allen Gonzales
Digital Artists: Elissa Bello, Eric McLean, Marsha Gray Carrington, Tim Guyer
Computer Generated Art Supervisor: Valerie Delahaye
Computer Generated Art: Aaron Campbell, Charles Colladay, David Jones, Hei-Kyung Yoo
Digital Compositors: Andy Rosen, Beth Block, Dorne Huebler, January Nordman, Terry Moews, Tim Alexander, Winston Quitasol
Vistavision Camera Operator: David Hardberger
Gaffer: Buena Vista Visual Effects: Leon Pogoler
Electricians: Jesse Pogoler, Richard Jeffries
Grips: Dennis McLean, Randy Vargas
Digital Colour Timing Supervisor: Bruce Tauscher
Colour Timing and Scanning: Eric Peterson
Visual Effects Editors: Dana Desselle, Juliette Yager
Production Assistants: Joshua Arsenault, Mark G. Soper
Scanning and Film Recording: William Aylsworth
Senior Software Engineer: Scott Miller
Systems Administration: Michael Messina
Technical Administration: Jason Dennis
Visual Effects Consultant: Michael Lessa

Larry Jolly Miniature Productions
Miniature Supervisor: Larry Jolly
Modelers: Bob Pope, Carolyn Jolly, Dennis Brandt, Jim Jolly, Steve Addis

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Paul Peters
Supervising Art Director: Lisette Thomas
Supervising Art Director (Los Angeles): Richard Holland
Art Director (Thailand): Scott Ritenour
Assistant Art Director (Thailand): Kuladee Suchartanun
Set Designers (Los Angeles): Patricia Klawonn, Robert Fechtman, Steven Schwartz
Set Decorator: Amy Wells
Set Decorator (Australia): Lesley Crawford
Set Dressers: James D. Bishop, Jeffrey DeBell
Set Dressers (Australia): Felicity Rulikowski, Nick Hartigan, Rebecca Cohen, Richie Dehne, Robert Wood
Set Dressers (Los Angeles): Erik Polczwartek, Wendy Murray
Property Master: Bill Petrotta
Assistant Property Master: Michael R. Gannon
Property Person (Australia): Harry Zettel
Property Person (Thailand): Edel 'Eddie' Pestonji
Property Maker Foreperson (Los Angeles): Larry Clause
Props and Sculpting: Bimmini Special Effects Studios
Lead Set Finisher (Australia): Greg Yates
Construction Coordinator: John Villarino
Construction Coordinator (Australia): Lisa Radcliff
Assistant Construction Manager (Australia): Kim Howard
Construction Manager (Australia): Andrew Gardiner
Construction Foreperson (Thailand): Donald Hardenburg
Draughtsperson (Australia): Jacinta Leong
General Foreperson (Los Angeles): Mike Villarino
Stand-By Carpenter (Australia): Graham Dunn
Scenic Artists (Australia): John Hatton, Ray Pedler
Paint Foreperson (Los Angeles): Patrick Gomes
Production Painter: Des Keena
Art Department Coordinator (Los Angeles): Laurie Stevens
Storyboard Artist (Los Angeles): Richard Newsome
Illustrator (Los Angeles): Joseph Griffith Jr, James Martin
Chief Sculptor (Los Angeles): Fred Arbegast
Sculptors (Australia): Adrian Ashenden, John Michael Johnson
Art Department Assistant (Australia): Joe Ippolito
Lead Persons (Australia): Bruce Fletcher, Wayne Porter
Lead Persons (Los Angeles): Ken Turek, Michele Poulik

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Judy Whitehead
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Jules Mann-Stewart
2nd Unit Production Accountant: Maureen Holmes
Production Auditor: Elton MacPherson
Head Auditor (Thailand): Cleve Reinhard
Assistant Production Auditors: Darren Waters, Russell Steele
Production Office Coordinator: Christine A. Baer
2nd Unit Production Office Coordinator: Carol Keith
Assistant Production Office Coordinator: Christine Zavala
Production Office Coordinators (Thailand): Dawn Murphy Riley, Smith 'O' Tinsawat, Urai 'Toey' Sureekamolchai
Assistant Office Production Coordinator (Australia): Jo Suma
Production Secretary (Australia): Victoria Pope
Production Assistant (Australia): Scott Cruse
Assistant to Robert Evans: Sherri Hopeman
Assistant to Alan Ladd Jr: Anne Mitchell
Assistant to David Newman: Krystyna Newman
Assistant to Dick Vane: Valerie Flueger
Assistant to Simon Wincer: April Fitzsimmons
Transportation Coordinator (Los Angeles): Greg Van Dyke
Transportation Coordinator (Thailand): Leroy Reed
Assistant Transportation Coordinator (Thailand): Mark Pestonji
Transportation Captain (Los Angeles): James Frear
Transportation Captain (Thailand): Booriboon 'Boon' Jarurongkawatana
Pilots: Corky Fornof, Pat Magie
Helicopter Pilots: Kevin LaRosa, Terry Lee
Animals Supplier: Animals R Us
Animal Coordinator: Mark Harden
Wild Animal Trainer: Julian Sylvester
Horse Trainer: Trevor 'Bobby' Lovegren
Assistant Horse Trainers: De Ann Zarkowski, Gene Walker
Armourer (Australia): Alan Mowbray
Sword Master: Robert Anderson
Publicist: Vic Heutschy
Marine Coordinator: Bertram McCann
Marine Coordinator (Thailand): Lance Julian
Marine Safety / Rescue: Tim Bailes
Safety Officer (Australia): Don Vaughn
Safety Officer (Thailand): Arthur Hoadley
Production Consultant For Village Roadshow, Australia: Michael Lake

LOCATIONS
Locations: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; City Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Greystone Park and Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, California, USA; Krabi, Phuket, Thailand; Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA
Location Manager (Australia): David Suttor
Location Manager (Los Angeles): Eric Klosterman
Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles): Ellen Gessert
Location Manager (Thailand): Somchai Santhrangkun
Location Scout: Phillip Roope

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Billy Burton
Assistant Stunt Coordinator (Australia): Bob Hicks
Stunts: Billy Burton, Corky Fornof, Michel Van Moorsel, Tim Davison, Alex Kuzelicki, Bobby Lovegren, Clint Lilley, Danny Baldwin, Daryl Young, Dennis Scott, Gary McLarty, Heather Burton, Hubert Wells, John Borland, John Walton, Johnny Raaen, Josef Schwaiger, Julian Sylvester, Kathy McMorrow, Kevin LaRosa, Khristian Lupo, Lazaro Cifuentes, Marcia Holley, Mark Chique, Mark Harden, Michel Young, Nigel King, Pat Magie, Paul Doyle, Richard Epper, Rick MacLure, Ron Vreeken, Sarah Trigger, Shawn Howell, Svetla Krasteva, Terry Lee, Thomas W. Muzila, Tobi Allyn, Tom Lupo, Tony Lynch, Vannessa Matthews

CASTING
Casting: Deborah Aquila, Jane Shannon Smith
Casting (Australia): Maura Fay and Associates
Asia Casting (Thailand): Patricia Pao
Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
Casting Assistant (Thailand): Raweeporn 'Non' Srimonju
Casting Associate: Alex Rosenberg

CAST
Billy Zane (The Phantom / Kit Walker)
Kristy Swanson (Diana Palmer)
Treat Williams (Xander Drax)
Catherine Zeta Jones (Sala)
James Remar (Quill)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Great Kabai Sengh)
Bill Smitrovich (Uncle Dave)
Casey Siemaszko (Morgan)
David Proval (Charlie Zephro)
Joseph Ragno (Ray Zephro)
Samantha Eggar (Lily Palmer)
Jon Tenney (Jimmy Wells)
Patrick McGoohan (The Phantom's dad)
Robert Coleby (Captain Horton)
Al Ruscio (Police Commissioner Farley)
Leon Russom (Mayor Krebs)
Bernard Kates (Falkmoore)
John Capodice (Al the cabby)
Bob Kane (mounted cop)
William Jones, John Prosky (cycle cops)
Alan Zitner (Dr Fleming)
Dane Carson (Corporal Weeks)
Chatpong 'Jim' Petchlor (Zak)
Dane Farwell (Breen)
Jared Chandler (Styles)
Radmar Agana Jao (Guran)
William Zappa (ugly pirate)
Agoes Widjaya Soedjarwo (pirate 1)
Clint Lilley (gangster 1)
Jo Phillips (female pilot)
Austin Peters (boy Phantom)
Victor Madrona (shaman)
Valerie Flueger (receptionist)
Rod Dailey (short order cook)

PLOT SUMMARY

The Phantom, the super-heroic protector of Bengalla, travels to New York to stop a power crazed millionaire from finding three magic skulls that will give him ultimate power.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributors: Argentina Video Home

Australia
Video Distributors: CIC-Taft Home Video

Brazil
Video Distributors: CIC Vídeo
DVD Distributors: Paramount Filmes do Brasil

Germany
DVD Distributors: Paramount

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: United International Pictures y Cía. S.R.C.

UK
Laserdisc Distributors: Pioneer (PLFEB 35851)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Paramount Pictures / UIP
Laserdisc Distributors: Paramount (LV 328503-WS); Paramount (LV 328503)
DVD Distributors: Paramount (328507)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Australia
Rating: PG

Finland
Rating: K-12/9

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Spain
Rating: 7

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: PG (for action / adventure violence and some mild language)

AWARDS

1997
Australian Cinematographers Society, Australia
Cinematographer of the Year (David Burr) - winner
Golden Tripod Feature Productions Cinema (David Burr) - winner

TIMELINE

1996
June
7: USA – theatrical release

September
5: Hong Kong – theatrical release
26: Australia – theatrical release

October
15: Spain – theatrical release

November
1: Sweden – theatrical release
8: Finland – theatrical release
19: USA - laserdisc release (Paramount (LV 328503-WS; LV 328503))

December
13: South Africa – theatrical release
25: France – theatrical release
26: Norway – theatrical release

1997
February
21: UK – theatrical release

July
1: Argentina - video release

August
20: Portugal - video release

1998
February
Day Unknown: UK - laserdisc release (Pioneer (PLFEB 35851))

1999
May
25: USA - DVD release (Paramount (328507))

2001
May
3: Germany - DVD release (Paramount)

POSTER TAGS

The Ghost Who Walks. The Man Who Cannot Die.

Slam evil!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

El fantasma (The Phantom) - Argentinian video title
El fantasma - Venezuelan title
O Fantasma - Portugese title
A Fantom - Hungarian title
Le fantôme du Bengale - French title
Le fantôme - French Canadian title
Fantomen - Swedish title
Mustanaamio - Finnish title
Das Phantom - German title
The phantom: El héroe enmascarado - Spanish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Betaal Pachisi (1997)
The Phantom (1943)
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (1994)
Phantom 2040 (1994)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Bild and Bubbla no.161 (November 2003) pp.54-55, 72, 116 (Sweden)
article (Fantomets feminine kronikør by Morten Harper)

Cinefantastique June 1996 pp.4, 8-9, 60 (USA)
illustrated production notes

Cinefantastique July 1996 pp.112-119 (USA)
illustrated article

Cinefantastique vol.28 no.3 (October 1996) (USA)
review (by Matthew F. Saunders)

Empire March 1997 p.40 (UK)
review (by Kim Newman)

epd Film vol.15 no.12 (1 December 1998) p.60 (Germany)
review (by Frank Arnold)

Film Review April 1997 p.25 (UK)
review (by James Cameron-Wilson)

Première January 1997 p.30 (France)
review (by Christophe Carriere)

Premiere vol.9 no.12 (August 1996) pp.39-40 (USA)
review (by Libby Gelman-Waxner (real name: Paul Rudnick))

Samhain no.61 p.40 (UK)
review

Starburst no.215 pp.58-61 (UK)
illustrated article

Total Film March 1997 p.89 (UK)
review (by Dave Golder)

NEWSPAPERS

A Capital, Guia TV 29 August 1997 (Portugal)
review (by Rui Brazuna)

Svenska Dagbladet 1 November 1996 (Sweden)
review (Fart och fläkt med Fantomen by Bo Ludvigsson)

KEYWORDS

aircraft, comic into film, elevators, flashbacks, hijacking, jungles, masks, microscopes, motorcycles, newspapers, new york, parties, periscopes, the phantom, pirates, rope bridges, scars, seaplanes, skeletons, skulls, submarines, sunglassess, superheroes, swords, sword fights, treasure

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009