Supernova (2000)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 91 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: DTS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hammerhead Productions / MGM / Screenland Pictures / United Artists
Executive Producer: Ralph S. Singleton
Producers: Ash R. Shah, Daniel Chuba, Jamie Dixon
Associate Producer: James R. Johnston III
Production Supervisor: Nancy Rosing
Production Manager: Ralph S. Singleton
Production Manager (Stage / Digital): Kelly L'Estrange
Production Coordinator: Jean Costello
2nd Unit Production Coordinator: Zoila Gomez
Assistant Production Coordinator: Sarah Scarritt
2nd Unit Assistant Production Coordinator: Greg Quatannens

SCRIPT
Script: David Campbell Wilson
Story: William Malone, Daniel Chuba

DIRECTION
Directors: Thomas Lee (real name: Walter Hill), Francis Ford Coppola (uncredited), Jack Sholder (uncredited)
2nd Unit Director: Allan Graf
1st Assistant Director: Jeffrey Wetzel
2nd Assistant Director: Jeff Okabayashi
2nd Unit Assistant Directors: Amy Schmidt, Christopher T. Gerrity

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Lloyd Ahern II
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Robert LaBonge
A Camera Operator: Mark La Bonge
2nd Unit A Camera Operator: Gary Huddleston
1st Assistant A Camera: Steve McLean
2nd Unit 1st Assistant A Camera: Tony Rivetti
2nd Assistant A Camera: Sean O'Shea
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant A Camera: Frank Parrish
Additional Camera 2nd Assistant Camera: Chris Cuevas
B Camera Operator: Mike Chavez
2nd Unit B Camera Operators: Michael Frediani, Norman G. Langley
1st Assistant B Camera: Todd McMullen
2nd Unit 1st Assistant B Camera: Todd Slyapich
2nd Assistant B Camera: Mike Cassidy
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant B Camera: Mark Figueroa
Lasercam Operator: Phillipe Chaintreuil
Camera Loader: David Egerstrom
2nd Unit Camera Loader: Ingrid Semler
Electrician: Eddie Farmer
Chief Lighting Technician: Carl Boles
Assistant Lighting Technicians: Michael Bonnaud, Michael J. Bailey
2nd Unit Chief Lighting Technician: David Morton
Assistant Company Grip: Mark Broneau
Key Grip: Mark W. Elias
2nd Unit Key Grip: Jeff Case
Dolly Grips: Joe Kraft, Steve Robertson, Thomas R. Miller
2nd Unit Dolly Grip: Chris Scurria
Stills: Stephen Vaughan
Video Assist Operator: Scott R. Crabbe
2nd Unit Video Assist Operator: Jay Huntoon
Colour Timer: Mike Stanwick
Camera Cranes and Dollies: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment Inc
Additional Camera Support: Geo Film Group
Camera Dollies: J.L. Fisher Inc
Telescope Crane: Telescope Crane Corp
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lab: DeLuxe, USA

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Melissa Kent, Michael Schweitzer, Francis Ford Coppola (uncredited), Freeman A. Davies (uncredited)
Associate Editor: Phil Norden
Assistant Editor: Yôko Seto
Assistant Avid Editor: Phil Norden
Post-Production Supervisor: Kim Aubry

MUSIC
Music: David Williams
Additional Music: Burkhard Dallwitz
Conductor / Orchestrator: Steven K. Bernstein
Music Recordist: John Richards
Orchestral Scoring Recordist: John Rodd
Music Editors: Bunny Andrews, Terry Delsing
Music Mixing Facilities: O'Henry Sound Studios ; Signet Sound Studio
Music Recording Facility: The Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios

SOUND
Sound: James E. Webb
Sound Designers: Craig Berkey, Sean Garnhart
Additional Sound Designer: Jim McKee
Production Sound Recordist: Jim Webb
Sound Recordists: Drew Webster, Eric Flickinger, Pete Horner
2nd Unit Production Sound Recordist: Robert Janiger
Boom Operator: Jeff Williams
Re-Recording Mixers: Greg Watkins, Melissa Hofmann, Brad Sherman, Doug Hemphill, Greg Orloff, Michael Keller, Patrick Cyccone Jr, Paul Massey
Supervising Sound Editors: Mark Stoeckinger, Jay Wilkinson, Michael Kirchberger
Sound Editors: Peter Michael Sullivan, Rodger Pardee
1st Assistant Sound Editors: Craig Weintraub, Victor Ray Ennis
1st Assistant Sound Editor (San Francisco): Roy Waldspurger
Assistant Sound Editors: Phil Morrill, Shelley Smith, David Burk, Hugh Murphy, Paul Apted, Willard Overstreet
Dialogue Editors: Fred Stahly, Barney Carden, Mark Gordon, Susan Shackelford
ADR Supervisors: George Berndt, Jerelyn J. Harding
ADR Recordists: Brian Basham, Rick Canelli
ADR Mixers: Tom O'Connell, Jeff Gomillion, Ron Bedrosian
Supervising ADR Editor: Barney Cabral
ADR Editors: Connie Kazmer, Nick Korda
Sound Effects Editors: Phil Hess, Alan Rankin, Bryan Bowan, Chuck Michael, Craig Berkey, Ethan Derner, Glenn T. Morgan, Jeff Darby, Scott Sanders
Foley Recordists: Greg Zimmerman, Linda Lew
Foley Artists: John Cucci, Dan O'Connell, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit
Foley Mixers: James Ashwill, Nerses Gezalyan
Supervising Foley Editor: Donald Sylvester
Foley Editors: Gary Mundheim, Ted Caplan, Willard Overstreet
Re-Recording Facility: American Zoetrope

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Adam Christopher, Dennis Liddiard, Gary Liddiard, Kimberly Felix
Key Hair: Joy Zapata-Chavez
Hair: Ora Tillman Green, Laura Connolly
Hair For Angela Bassett: Robert L. Stevenson
Costume Designer: Bob Ringwood
Assistant Costume Designer: Ernesto Martinez
Costume Supervisor: David Rawley
Key Costumer: Paul De Lucca
Costumers: Christopher Scott, Stephanie Colin

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Patrick Tatopoulos Design Inc
Special Make Up Effects Designer: Patrick Tatopoulos
Prosthetic Make Up Supervisor: Jake Garber
Key Prosthetic Make Up: Mike Smithson
Prosthetic Make Up: Greg Funk
Special Contact Lenses: Drs Greenspoon, Silver and Sumner

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Producers: Scott R. Fisher, Thomas L. Fisher
Special Effects: Rudy Perez
Creature Designer: Patrick Tatopoulos
Miniatures Crew: Eric Coon
Specialty Weapon and Appliance Fabricator: Thomas D. Krausz
Special Effects Fixtures: Marc Meisels

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects and Digital Animation: Digital Domain
Additional Visual Effects: Hammerhead Productions; Rainmaker Digital Pictures; Santa Barbara Studios
Digital Visual Effects: Pacific Title / Mirage
Digital Effects and Animation: Pacific Data Images
Additional Computer Graphic Animation: Mobility Inc
Visual Effects Supervisors: Jamie Dixon, Mark Stetson, Tim McGovern
Visual Effects Coordinators: Allison Troxell, Joel Román Mendías, Laura Schultz
2nd Unit Visual Effects Assistant Coordinator: Una Martin
Visual Effects Producers: Bruce Jones, Julian Levi, Lance Wilhoite
Visual Effects: Bob Monaghan, Cris Blyth, Eric Saindon, Juan Vargas, Scott Graves
Digital Effects Supervisor: Jonathan Egstad
Digital Effects Coordinators: Lisa Harriman Scott, Rick T. Jaynes, Tracy Takahashi
Digital Supervisor: Scott Harper
Digital Production Manager: Lisa Spence
Digital Team Leads: Marko Brown, Ronald D. Herbst
CG Supervisors: Kelly Port, Eric Barba, Peter G. Travers
3D Artist: Heather Holmer, Adam Chrystie
Lead Digital Artist: John Michael Courte
Digital Artists: Alan Kapler, Alan Sonneman, Alex Grau, Chanda Cummings, Craig Halperin, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Mellitz, Danielle Plantec, Darren Poe, David Hodgins, David Lo, David Prescott, Dennis 'wiz' Price, Douglas Seiden, Gonzalo Garramuno, James J. Atkinson, Jeffrey Roth, John A. Lima, John Gibson, Kristi Hewitt, Mathew Lamb, Mel Kangleon, Michael A. Miller, Michael Edland, Nicholas Sanger Hoppe, Robert A.D. Frick, Rodney J. McFall, Stephan Osterburg, Swen Gillberg, Wayne England, Zachary Tucker
Lead Animator: Constance Bracewell
Computer Graphics Model Lead: Vernon R. Wilbert Jr
3D Modeling / Lighting: Adam Chrystie
Creature Setup Technical Director: Leif Einarsson
Data Integration Team Lead: Digital Domain: Sean Andrew Faden
Digital Matte Painter: David Bleich
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Carey Villegas
Lead Digital Compositors: David Stern, Bryan Grill
Digital Compositors: Donovan A. Scott, Andrew McPhillips, Bill Spitzak, Christine Lo, Jeffrey Arnold, Lou Pecora, Mark M. Larranaga, Michael J. Frick, Paul Kulikowski, Brigitte Bourque
Digital I/O: Brad W. Altfest
Head Sculptor: Yarek Alfer
Lead Modelmaker: Ray Moore
Model Makers: Brent Heyning, Mykel Denis, Scott Lukowski
Lasercam Operator: J. André Chaintreuil
Motion Control Operator: Michael Karp
Technical Coordinator: Brian Peyatt
Senior Technical Director: Dan Kaufman
Software Engineer: Darin K. Grant
Visual Effects Supervising Director of Photography: Bill Neil
Special Effects Lighting: Marc Meisels
Company Grip: Eric Alan Donaldson
Colour Grading Supervisor: Jeffrey Kalmus
Visual Effects Editor: Debra Wolff
Visual Effects Avid Co-Editor: Rob Doolittle
Visual Effects Post Production: Rochelle Gross
Visual Effects Art Directors: George Trimmer, Ron Gress
Visual Effects Art Department Coordinator: Jason Greenblum
Visual Effects Production Assistants: Bret Goldhorn, Craig R. Linssen, David Ley
2nd Unit Visual Effects Production Assistant: Victoria Gavoian
Visual Effects Technical Supervisor: Mike O'Neal
Visual Effects Technical Director: Scott Liedtka
Mademoiselle Hologram: Rochelle Gross
Titles: Hollywood Title Services
Opticals: Pacific Title / Mirage
Titles and Opticals: The Image Resolution Inc

Digital Domain
Digital Lead Artist: Markus Kurtz
3D Tracking / Data Integration: Tim Conway
Digital Matte Painter: Mark Wilson
Compositors: Claas Henke, Rachel Wyn Dunn
Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Rebecca Lilienfeld
Lead 3-D Model Maker: Mark Wilson
Model Lead: Brian Ripley
Model Maker: George Stevens
Scanning and Recording Operator: Chad E. Collier
Systems Administrator: Mitch Goldstrom
Facilities Supervisor: S. Scott McCaulley
Systems Administrator: Terry Bradshaw

Mobility Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Karen Ansel
Computer Animator: Ira Shain

Pacific Data
Visual Effects Producers: Les Hunter, Richard Chuang
Compositor: Marc D. Rienzo

Pacific Title And Art Studios
Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Freund
Visual Effects Coordinator: Sandy DellaMarie
Digital Production Coordinator: Jason Hanel
Digital Paint Artist: Lynn Tigar
Digital Roto Artist: George Gervan
Digital Roto Artist / Digital Production Coordinator: Richard Gervan
Digital Effects Artist: Jeff Wells
Digital Compositors / Digital Paint Artists: Chris Crowell, Patrick Phillips, Rasha Shalaby, Dave Simmons
Digital Compositor: Chris Flynn

Pixel Monkey
3D Digital Artist: Robert Nederhorst

Rainmaker Digital Pictures
Inferno Artist: Andy Barrios

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Marek Dobrowolski
Art Director: Bruce Robert Hill
Assistant Art Directors: Leslie Thomas, Scott Meehan
Set Designers: Luis Hoyos, Domenic Silvestri, Karl J. Martin, Kristen Pratt, Lauren Cory, Nicole Koenigsberger
Set Decorator: Nancy Nye
Assistant Set Decorator: Brana Michelle Rosenfeld
Set Dressers: John H. Maxwell, Doug Devine, Marc Meisels, Michael Triant, Tom Callinicos
2nd Unit On-Set Dresser: Mara Massey
Property Master: Hope Parrish
2nd Unit Property Master: Bryan D. Garofalo
Assistant Property Masters: Michelle Souza, Paul Rylander
Propmaker: Franklin T. Perry
Propmaker Foreman: Steven Kissick
Construction Coordinator: Stacey S. McIntosh
Construction Foremen: Karen Higgins, Lloyd A. Buswell
Paint Supervisor: Robert Dante' Denne
Stand-By Painters: Jesse Siono, Charles J. Lundgren
Sculptor: Fred Arbegast
Construction Accountant: Cora Lee Coomber
Textile Artist: Melissa Binder
Art Department Coordinator: Jennifer Howard
Conceptual Designer: Sylvain Despretz
Conceptual Production Illustrator: Rick Buden
Illustrators: Jamie Rama, Mauro Borrelli
Lead Man: R. Scott Doran
Swing Gang: Don Elliott, Jeffry C. Voorhees

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Tricia Ronten
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Sherry Gallarneau
Production Accountant: Cynthia Wise
1st Assistant Accountant: Missy Eustermann
Assistant Accountant: Danita Cole
Payroll Accountant: Renee D. Czarapata
Accounting Clerk: Elizabeth O'Donnell
Production Assistants: Jennifer Gottlieb, Carlos Virgen, Jeff Piccinini, Jennifer Booth, John Pontrelli, Katie Eustermann, Matt Ramundo, Matt Springer, Stephen V. Weissberger
2nd Unit Set Production Assistant: Jeffrey Schwartz, Kathleen Roll, Michelene Mundo, Roberta Riordan
Assistants to Director: Jennifer Jackson, Lisa Loia
Assistant to Angela Bassett: Bronwyn Buroughs
Assistant to James Spader: Philip Tomalin
Chief Science Consultant: Jacklyn Green
Transportation Coordinator: Charles Enzen
Transportation Captain: Howard Davidson
2nd Unit Transportation Captain: Gary D. Paulsen
Publicist: Andrew Bernstein
Unit Publicist: Alex L. Worman
Craft Service: Michael Kehoe
2nd Unit Craft Service: Muhamet 'Matt' Kusari
Catering: Bruce's Gourmet Catering
Security: C.A.S.T. Security

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Location Manager: Karen White

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Allan Graf
Stunts: Eliza Coleman, Ethan Boehme, Felipe Savahge, Francine Morris, Gene Hartline, Gilbert Rosales, Jamie Keyser, Jeff Cadiente, Joey Box, Keith Campbell, Lisa Hoyle, Lynn Salvatori, Steve Kelso, Webster Whinery
Stunt Driver: Steve Kelso

CASTING
Casting: Mary Jo Slater
Casting Associate: Timothy Michals
Extras Casting: Central Casting

CAST
James Spader (Nick Vanzant)
Angela Bassett (Kaela Evers)
Robert Forster (A.J. Marley)
Lou Diamond Phillips (Yerzy Penalosa)
Peter Facinelli (Karl Larson)
Robin Tunney (Danika Lund)
Wilson Cruz (Benj Sotomejor)
Eddy Rice Jr (Flyboy)
Knox Grantham White (Troy Larson)
Kerrigan Mahan (voice of Troy Larson)
Vanessa Marshall (voice of Sweetie)

Stand-In For James Spader: Paul Guyot

PLOT SUMMARY

The crew of the search and rescue medical ship Nightingale 229 respond to a distress signal coming from a comet mining operation. They rescue a young man who smuggles aboard a strange alien artifact. And then the ship becomes trapped in the gravitational pull of a nearby star about to go supernova...

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: UIP

Germany
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment

UK
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment (21495DVD)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Imperial Entertainment / MGM / United Artists
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment (1000832)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-14

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 16

Ireland
Rating: 15

Mexico
Rating: B

Netherlands
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R (for sci-fi action violence and sensuality / nudity)

TIMELINE

2000
January
14: USA – theatrical release
20: Puerto Rico – theatrical release

June
9: Denmark, Mexico – theatrical release
15: Netherlands – theatrical release
16: Norway, UK – theatrical release
30: Sweden – theatrical release

July
28: Finland – theatrical release

August
4: Greece – theatrical release
11: Italy – theatrical release
17: Israel – theatrical release
22: USA - DVD release (MGM Home Entertainment (1000832))

September
6: France – theatrical release
14: Malaysia – theatrical release
21: Australia – theatrical release
29: Spain – theatrical release

October
24: Kuwait – theatrical release

November
9: Germany - video release
16: Germany - DVD release (MGM Home Entertainment)

December
21: UK - DVD release (MGM Home Entertainment (21495DVD))

2001
January
3: Argentina - video release

February
1: Hungary - video release
7: Iceland - video release

POSTER TAGS

All hell is about to break loose

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Supernova: El fin del universo - Spanish title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Trap Happy (1946)
Texas Tom (1950)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.524 (4 February 2000) p.49 (USA)
review (by Doug Brod)

Entertainment Weekly no.555 (18 August 2000) p.107 (USA)
review (by Marc Bernardin)

epd Film vol.18 no.5 (1 May 2001) p.12-13 (Germany)
review (Das Fragment eines Meisterwerks von Thomas Lee (Walter Hill) by Kai Mihm)

film dienst vol.53 no.25 (5 December 2000) p.40 (Germany)
review (by René Classen)

Premiere vol.11 no.4 (December 1998) p.39 (USA)
illustrated production notes (Bassett's a Starship Trooper by Chris Lee)

Premiere vol.13 no.6 (February 2000) pp.35-36 (USA)
article (The Black Hole by John Horn)

Variety vol.377 no.9 (17 January 2000) p.48 (USA)
credits, review (by Godfrey Cheshire)

NEWSPAPERS

Svenska Dagbladet 30 June 2000 (Sweden)
review (by Astrid Söderbergh Widding)

KEYWORDS

addiction, artificial intelligence, chess, doctors, evolution, faster than light travel, the future, genetics, holograms, miners, severed hands, space travel, spaceships

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009