Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002
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PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema / Michael Bay / Radar Pictures / Platinum Dunes / Next Entertainment
Executive Producers: Ted Field, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Guy Stodel, Jeffrey Allard
Producers: Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss
Co-Producers: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dishner
Associate Producers: Pat Sandston, Matthew Cohan
Unit Production Manager: Joe Dishner
Production Coordinators: Shanti Delsarte, Leigh A. Wilbourn
Assistant Coordinator: Jeff Valeri

SCRIPT
Script: Scott Kosar
Original Script: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper

DIRECTION
Director: Marcus Nispel
1st Assistant Director: Randy Fletcher
2nd Assistant Director: Philip Hardage
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Katie Tull

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Daniel C. Pearl
Additional Photographer: Jeff Valeri
Camera Operator: Jeffery Tufano
1st Assistant Camera Operator: Peter Morgan Simonite
Additional 1st Assistant Camera Operator: Theda Cunningham
2nd Assistant Camera Operator: Don Howe Jr
Additional 2nd Assistant Camera Operator: Tod Campbell
Camera Loader: Thomas Young
Chief Lighting Technician: Andy Ryan
Additional Photography Electrician: Paul Postal
Stills: Van Redin
Video Assist Operator: Roger Basquette
Colour Timer: Dennis McNeill

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Glen Scantlebury
Post Production Supervisor: Tami R. Goldman

MUSIC
Music: Steve Jablonsky
Original Theme: Wayne Bell, Tobe Hooper
Ambient Music Designer: Mel Wesson
Scoring Mixer: Malcolm Luker
Temp Mix Music Editor: Paul Silver

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Trevor Jolly
Sound Mixer: Stacy F. Brownrigg
Boom Operator: Chris Frazee
Sound Engineer: John Bires
Assistant Engineer: Gregg Silk
Utility: Thadd Day
Additional Boom Operator: Kevin Maloney

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Bobbie Mannix

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Rocky Gehr

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Gregory Blair
Art Director: Scott L. Gallagher
Set Designer: Ronn Basquette
Set Decorator: Randy Smith Huke
On Set Dresser: Darren Patnode
Set Dressers: Bart Brown, David S. Hack, Shane Patrick, Christopher Stull, Mark Sullivan
Buyer: Annilee Ballentine Ramirez
Assistant Property Master: Amy Bell
Property Assistant: Erick Garibay
Prop Fabricator: Kevin Berve
Carpenter: Charles Seale
Art Department Coordinator: Debbie C. Haber
Storyboard Artist: Mark Millicent
Art Department Production Assistant: Marta Banda
Art Department Interns: Natalie Goforth, Heather Ingram
Leadman: Gary Ledyard
Swing Gang: Jeremy Reeves, Robbie Ronson

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Morgan Miles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Key Set Production Assistant: Doug Carter
Set Production Assistant: Meg Beatty
Additional Set Production Assistant: Brinton Bryan
Production Assistants: Nell Kennedy, Tiffany Lynn Drucker
Assistant to Gregory Blair and Scott L. Gallagher: Melissa Pagen
Creative Consultant: Vas Leonidov
Unit Publicist: John M. Pisani

LOCATIONS
Locations: Austin, Texas, USA
Location Manager: Kelly Kernan
Re-Shoots Location Manager: Deborah J. Page (uncredited)

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Anthony P. Cecere
Stunt Double For Erin: Nicola Hindshaw
Stunt Double For Pepper: Lillie Miller
Stunt Double For Sheriff Hoyt: Byron Weiss
Stunt Double For Thomas Hewitt (Dave Efron)
Stunt Double For Mike Vogle: John Cann
Stunt Doubles: Jill Brown, Diana R. Lupo, Bryon Weiss

CASTING
Casting: Lisa Fields

CAST
Jessica Biel (Erin)
Jonathan Tucker (Morgan)
Erica Leerhsen (Pepper)
Mike Vogel (Andy)
Eric Balfour (Kemper)
Andrew Bryniarski (Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface))
R. Lee Ermey (Sheriff Hoyt)
David Dorfman (Jedidiah)
Lauren German (teenage girl)
Terrence Evans (Old Monty)
Marietta Marich (Luda May)
Heather Kafka (Henrietta)
Kathy Lamkin (tea lady in trailer)
Brad Leland (Big Rig Bob)
Mamie Meek (clerk)
John Larroquette (narrator)
Harry Jay Knowles (victim on silver platter - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

Five young people investigate the desecration of a series of graves in Texas and run into the monstrous Sawyer clan, a family of cannibals.

A disappointment - but you knew it would be. In keeping with the spirit of early 2000s film-making, Leatherface has a motivation, the horror house looks perversely beautiful and the cast are all pretty, handsome and bland. There's some surprising gore in the closing stages, but overall this is horror played safe. Watch it to appreciate just how remarkable the original really is. (Full Review)

Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

France
Theatrical Distributor: Metropolitan Filmexport

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Eagle Pictures S.p.a.

Luxemburg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Focus Pictures / Good Machine International / New Line Cinema

USA
Rating: R (for strong horror violence/gore, language and drug content)

2003
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award Male (Eric Balfour) – nominated (also for Veritas: The Quest (2003))

2002
July
22: USA - filming begins

September
Day Unknown: USA - filming ends

2003
October
17: Canada, UK, USA - theatrical release
31: Canada - theatrical release

2004
January
14: Belgium – theatrical release
22: Netherlands, New Zealand – theatrical release

You can't escape.

Inspired by a True Story

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

A Texasi láncfürészes - Hungarian title
Massacre à la tronçonneuse - French / French Canadian title
La matanza de Texas - Spanish title
Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre - German title
Non aprite quella porta - Italian title
Texasin moottorisahamurhat - Finnish title

REMAKE OF
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

KEYWORDS

remakes, chainsaws, cannibals, cannibalism

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009