Shallow Ground (2004)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Running Times: 97 mins
Length: 8703 ft + 7 frames
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Imagination Worldwide presents a Deco Filmworks presentation of a Sheldon Wilson film
Executive Producers: William Mendel, Pierre David, Lawrence Goebel
Producers: Martin Mathieu, Sheldon Wilson, John Tarver, Jason Ninness
Co-Producers: Fred Bien, Randy Sampson, Albert Arena, William Tiffany, Stan Evans
Associate Producer: Greg Schnitzer
Production Manager: Stephanie L. Harmatz
Production Coordinator: Dionne Gordon
2nd Unit Production Coordinator: Tom Druilhet

SCRIPT
Script: Sheldon Wilson

DIRECTION
Director: Sheldon Wilson
1st Assistant Director: Jim Goodman
2nd Assistant Directors: Tanmay Mistry, Talin Palseghian, D.W. Hines
2nd 2nd Assistant Directors: Stefan Brock, Julie Zafiratos

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography / Camera Operator: John Tarver
B Camera Operator: Brian Bellamy
Steadicam Operator: BJ McDonnell
1st Assistant Camera: Weber Shih
2nd Assistant Camera: Sam Friedlander, Siddhartha Abbazi
Gaffers: Curt Miles, James Sweeney
Electrician: Nick Marier
Best Boy Grip: Sean P. Neelon
Grips: Blake Farber, Nick Marier
Stills: Scot Conti

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Sheldon Wilson
Post Production Consultant: Joe Fineman

MUSIC
Music: Steve London
Music Performed By: The Budapest Film Orchestra
Conductors: Steve London, Gregor Narholz
Song Performed By: Scratching Post featuring Diesel (No One Leaves)
Music Preparation: Anna Bonn

SOUND
Sound Designer / Re-Recording Mixer: Richie Nieto
Sound Mixer: Antonio Moncada
Supervising Sound Editor: Richie Nieto
Foley Artist: Hazel Sanabria

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Helena Pham, Ellen Esgana
Key Hair: Kelly Snead
2nd Hair: Jolene Gasparine
3rd Hair: Tanisha Knox
Costume Designer: Anya Teresse
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jennifer Goldberg

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up Supervisor: Saul Gallegos
Special Make Up Effects: Patrick Magee

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Torrence Hall

VISUAL EFFECTS
CGI Supervisor: Dean Warren
CGI Animator: Dana Boadway

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Don Clark
Prop Master: Richard Owen

MISCELLANEOUS
Set Medic: Regina House

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Richard Dorton

CAST
Timothy V. Murphy (Jack Sheppard)
Stan Kirsch (Stuart Dempsey)
Lindsey Stoddart (Laura Russell)
Patty McCormack (Helen Reedy)
Rocky Marquette (the boy)
Natalie Avital (Darby Owens)
Chris Hendrie (Mr Underhill)
Tara Killian (Amy Underhill)
Myron Natwick (Harvey)
Steve Eastin (Detective Russell)
John Kapelos (Leroy)
Christine Avila (Mrs Underhill)
Ori Pfeffer (Curtis)
Victor Campos (bus driver)
John McKane, John Whitaker, Tom Druilhet (passengers)
Sheri Foster (female detective)
Jeff Enden (Mark)
Todd Worden (young Harvey)
Christine Boutros, Anjeanette Carter, Shayne Eastin (Harvey victims)
Brent McEwan, Kelly Cooper, Rodrigo Vera, Christian Badami, Jennifer Herron, Heather Brumley (bus passengers)
Scott Bogatz, Heather Deschamps, Marshall Allman, William Tiffany, Craig Grannan, Hertha Kelley (victims)
David Terrell (Thomas Reedy)
Eloisa De Laurentiis (Jessica Reedy)
Kimberly Fialo Tarver (police officer 1)

PLOT SUMMARY

One year after a young girl is brutally murdered, a naked, blood-soaked teenage boy stumbles into the office of guilt-ridden Sheriff Jack Shepherd. As he starts to investigate the killing again, Shepherd finds himself forced to confront his own demons and course to face a truth to horrible to contemplate...

AVAILABILITY

Australia
DVD Distributors: Imagine Entertainment

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Imagination Worldwide LLC

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: MA

USA
Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, nudity and some language)

TIMELINE

2003
June
12: USA - filming begins

2004
April
24: UK - shown at the Dead by Dawn Edinburgh Horror Film Festival

2005
January
27: France - shown at the Gérardmer Fantasticarts Film Festival

March
26: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

April
28: Russia - theatrical release

May
28: UK - shown at Frightfest Presents..., London

June
10: UK - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

fear your past... it will find you.

LINKS

WEB LINKS
Official Site

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Sight and Sound vol.15 no.8 (August 2005) pp.69-70
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Jonathan Barnes)

KEYWORDS

police, revenge, the supernatural

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008