The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2005
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Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema / Platinum Dunes
Executive Producers: Guy Stodel, Jeffrey Allard, Mark Ordesky, Toby Emmerich
Producers: Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss
Co-Producer: Alma Kuttruff
Associate Producer: K.C. Hodenfield
Production Manager: Alma Kuttruff

SCRIPT
Script: David J. Schow, Sheldon Turner
Characters: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper

DIRECTION
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Assistant Director: K.C. Hodenfield
2nd Assistant Director: Chris Castaldi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Lukas Ettlin
Lighting Technician: Troy Anderson
Grip: Phillip Renke
Rigging Grip: Edward A. Navarro
Digital Video Assist Operator: Roger Basquette
Cranes and Dollies / Remote Camera Systems: Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment Inc

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jonathan Chibnall
Post Production Manager: Lowell Rottenberg

MUSIC
Music: Steve Jablonsky

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Stacy Brownrigg
Boom Operator: Thadd Day

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up Effects Artist: Jake Garber
Costume Designer: Marian Ceo

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Kathy Chasen-Hay, Marc Varisco

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Marco Rubeo
Set Decorator: Randy Huke
Property Master: Dwayne Grady
Assistant Property Masters: Amy Bell, Erick Garibay
Props: Koen Wooten
Additional Props Assistant: Sara Aronson
Art Department Coordinator: Jourdan Henderson
Storyboard Artist: Mark Moore

MISCELLANEOUS
Assistant to Cast: Tara Reimers
Key Craft Service: Colin Edlund
Location Staff: Ben Thomas Holley, Dustin Daniels
Rights and Clearances: Entertainment Clearances Inc

LOCATIONS
Locations: Austin, Texas, USA

STUNTS
Stunts: Eric Matuschek
Stunt Driver: Joe Bucaro III

CASTING
Casting: Lisa Fields
Texas Casting: Sally Jackson
Casting Associate: John Barba

CAST
Matthew Bomer (Eric)
Taylor Handley (Dean)
Diora Baird (Alexis)
Jordana Brewster (Chrissie)
R. Lee Ermey (Sheriff Hoyt)
Andrew Bryniarski (Leatherface)
Lew Temple (Sheriff Winston)
L.A. Calkins (Sloane)
Tim De Zarn (Ed)
Terrence Evans (Old Monty)
Heather Kafka (Henrietta)
Marietta Marich (Luda Mae)
Marcus H. Nelson (Lackey)
Lee Tergesen (Holden)
Cyia Batten (biker girl)
Charles Grisham (biker)
Kathy Lamkin (tea lady)
Gary Nickens

Leatherface Stand In: Jason Konopisos

PLOT SUMMARY

Eric and Dean take one last road trip with their girlfriends before they set off to the war in Vietnam. They have an accident and are helped by Sheriff Hoyt - but when he leads them to a remote farmhouse, it's not to get help, it's to meet an eager young would-be killer named Leatherface desperate for his first kill...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: New Line Cinema

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

2005
October
Day Unknown: USA - filming begins

2006
October
6: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin - working title

LINKS

PREQUEL TO
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

KEYWORDS

chainsaws, prequels, serial killers

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009