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Timeline (2003)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002
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Colour Format: colour
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Sound: Dolby Digital


DIRECTION

Director: Richard Donner


CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Artists Production Group/Cobalt Media Group/Mutual Film Company/Paramount Pictures/The Donners' Company
Producers: Richard Donner, Lauren Shuler Donner, Jim Van Wyck
Co-Producer: Kevin De La Noy
Associate Producers: Derek Hoffman, Brian Read
Production Supervisor: Susan Towner
Production Manager: Daniel Auclair
2nd Unit Production Manager: Lucie Bouliane
Unit Production Manager Additional Photography: David Witz
Unit Production Manager: Kevin De La Noy
Unit Manager: Alain Bernard
2nd Unit Unit Manager: Maurice Forget
Assistant Unit Manager: Stephane Desharnais
2nd Unit Assistant Unit Manager: Michel Leroux
Production Coordinator: Johanne Pelletier
2nd Unit Production Coordinator: Hélène Muller
Assistant Production Coordinator: Sylvie Martin

SCRIPT
Script: Frank A. Cappello, George Nolfi
Novel: Michael Crichton

DIRECTION
2nd Unit Director: Allan Graf
1st Assistant Director: Jim Van Wyck
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Frank Ruszczynski
Key 2nd Assistant Director: Jayson Merrill
2nd Assistant Directors: Geoff Dibben, Mathiew Jemus
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Pierre Brassard
2nd 2nd Assistant Directors: Agnieszka Poninska, Auree Tommi Lepage
3rd Assistant Director: Paul Drouin
Additional 3rd Assistant Directors: Angèle Gagnon, Daniel Bouthillette, Daniella Jovanovic, Gabriel Teller, Hyacinth Noreau, John Hepworth, Paul van den Boom, Roxanna Macedo
2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director: Emilie Malo
2nd Unit Additional 3rd Assistant Director: Jean-François Moreau
Script Supervisor: Sioux Richards-Mclane
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Guylaine Chagnon

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Caleb Deschanel
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Thomas Burstyn
Aerial Director of Photography: John Trapman
A Camera Operator: P. Scott Sakamoto
B Camera Operator: Robert Stecko
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
Additional Camera Operators: Dominique Ricard, Sylvaine Dufaux
2nd Unit Steadicam Operator: David Crone
1st Assistant A Camera: Scott Rathner
Additional 1st Assistant Camera: Christian Lemay
1st Assistant B Camera: Michel Bernier
2nd Assistant Camera: Roch Boucher
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Camera: Josée Mongeau
2nd Assistant B Camera: Eric Aubin
Additional 2nd Assistant Camera: Thierry Fargeau
1st Assistant C Camera: Dany Racine
Crane Operators: Jean-Pierre Majeau, Sean Devine
Chapman Crane Operator: John Loveless
Technocrane Operator: Rick Leger
LRX Mobile Crane Operator: David Dwight
Crane Technician: Jerry C. Deats
Technocrane Technician: Dave Brown
Clapper Loader: Amelie Duceppe
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Marie-Pierre Gratton
Chief Lighting Technician: Jean Courteau
Lighting Technician: David Yellin
2nd Unit Gaffer: Jacques Fortier
Title Sequence Gaffer: Brian S. Cooper
Rigging Gaffer: Jacob Fortier
Electricians: Alain Deniger, Christian Bergeron, John Harris, Luc Gosselin, Martin Gagnon, Paul Viau, Peter Mathys, Yves Lemieux
Best Boy Rigging Gaffer: Guy Ferland
Best Boy Electric: Sylvain Bergevin
Best Boy Grip: Keith Kerr
Generator Operators: Gérald Bourget, Normand Simpson
Key Grips: Dick Deats, Kenneth MacKenzie
2nd Unit Key Grip: Yvon Boudrias
Grips: Claude Gervais, David Dinel, Denis Bois, Mario Brabant, Maxime Imbeau, Nick Reed, Paul Duchesne, Raymond Rivard
Dolly Grips: Jeff Nichol, Patrick Lima
Libra Head Technician: Gregory J. Schmidt
Trainee Camera: Sylvain Dupuis
Stills: Philippe Bossé
Video Assist Operators: Glenn Cannon, Julie Garceau

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Richard Marks
1st Assistant Editor: Debra L. Tennant
Assistant Editor: Terel Gibson
Post-Production Supervisor: Debbi Bossi

MUSIC
Music: Brian Tyler
Orchestrator: Mark McKenzie
Music Editor: Gary Krause

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Patrick Rousseau
Boom Operator: Maxime Ferland
2nd Unit Boom Operator: Karym Ronda
Trainee Boom Operator: Louis Dutil
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Terry Porter
Cable Puller: Alexis Duceppe
ADR Recordist: Henry Godding Jr
Assistant ADR Recordist: Daniel Fontaine-Bégin
ADR Mixer: Howard London
Sound Effects Editor: Cindy Marty
Foley Recording Mixer: Don White
Daily Sound Transfers: Michael Paterson

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Annick Chartier
Assistant Make Up: Adrianna Velbert, Cécile Rigault, Claudette B. Casavant, Élaine Hamel, Fanny Vachon, Jacques Diamond, Julie Mignot, Ludovie Lepage, Nathalie Trépanier, Nicole Veillette
Hair Department Head Additional Photography: Lori McCoy-Bell
Key Hair: Bob Pritchett
Hair: Gaétan Landry, Johanne Hansen, Manon Joly, Martin Rivest, Ronald J. Rolfe, Tahira Herold
Assistant Hair: Sandro Di Gioacchino
Costume Designer: Jenny Beavan
Assistant Costume Designers: Anna Kot, Stephen Miles
Costume Supervisor: Blanche-Danielle Boileau
Assistant Costume Supervisor: Stéphane LaRoche
Key Dresser: Henri Aubertin
Dresser: Emilie Perrault
Extras Dresser: Pascal Gauthier
Assistant Extras Dresser: Julie Amyot
Set Costumer: Delfin Labao
Extras Wardrobe Master: Luc Le Flaguais
Extras Assistant Wardrobe: Françoise Labelle
Principal Costume Maker: Jane Law

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: C.J. Goldman
Prosthetics: Adrien Morot
Prosthetic Dummies: George Tucci

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Neil Corbould
Special Effects Supervisor (Canada): Louis Craig
Special Effects Assistant Supervisor: David Brighton
Assistant Special Effects Supervisor: Clive Beard
2nd Unit Special Effects Foreman: Mario Dumont
Special Effects Senior Technicians: Manex Efrem, Yvon Charbonneau
Special Effects Technicians: Adam Charbonneau, Alan Young, Caimin Bourne, David Watkins, Eric-André Paquin, Jean-François Aubin, Michael K. Reed, Normand Gobeille, Pierre L'Heureux, Ricardo Montemiglio, Simon Martineau, Simon Quinn, Stéphane Dalpé
2nd Unit Special Effects Technicians: André Fortin, François Dion, Jacques Langlois

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic; Les Productions de l'Intrigue Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Roger Guyett
Visual Effects Producer: Denise Ream
Computer Animator: David Latour
Digital Artist: Khatsho John Orfali

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Daniel T. Dorrance
Supervising Art Directors: André Chamberland, Gary Freeman
Art Directors: Caroline Alder, Réal Proulx, David Sandefur
Assistant Art Directors: Céline Lampron, Charlotte Rouleau, Claude Lafrance
Set Designer: Gregory S. Hooper
Visual Consultant: Thomas E. Sanders
Set Decorator: Jille Azis
Assistant Decorator: Philippe Lord
Set Dressers: Louise Cova, Mary Lynn Deachman
Assistant Set Dresser: Anne Faubert
Props Supervisor: Darryl Patterson
Property Master: Barry Gibbs
Off-Set Property Master: Marceline Gonin
2nd Unit Property Master: Tim Walton
2nd Unit Assistant Property Master: Jean Simard
Set Props: Louis Gascon
Assistant On-Set Props: Amy Keith, Paul Le Maire
Construction Coordinator: Rejean Brochu
Assistant Construction Manager: Alain Brochu
Head Scenic Painter: Alain Giguère
Assistant Head Scenic Painter: Michel Robichaud
Head Scenic Technician: Frederic Chamoro
Painters: Claire Savoie, Paul Lacerte, Sheila Thomas
Swing Gang: Christian Wolput, Michel Landry, Silvain Dion
Storyboards: Geof Isherwood
Graphic Designer: Clint Schultz
Drapesman: Jim Staines
Greensman: Ray Légaré

OTHER CREW
Production Accountant: Crystal Hawkins
Payroll Accountant: Darryl A. Smith
Assistant Accountants: Nolan B. Medrano, Phaedra Charlton
Executive Assistant to Jim Van Wyck: Brian Read
Assistant to Producer: Julia Sanders
Assistant to Lauren Shuler Donner: Elizabeth Ross
Personal Assistant to Anna Friel: Pascale Marcotte
Personal Assistant to Richard Donner: Derek Hoffman
Key Set Production Assistant: Kenneth M. Twohy
Assistant Production Office Coordinator (Reshoots): Lori Berlanga
Production Office Assistant: Manon Vincent
Production Assistant: Nancy Gauthier
Production Liaison: Emmanuelle-Claude Heroux
Craft Service: Roland Chaput, Sylvain Chaput
Supervising Armourer: Simon Atherton
Armourer: Tommy Dunne
Horse Armourer: Cedric Gary
Sword Master: Thomas DuPont
Dialect Coach: Carla Meyer
Dialect Coach For Frances O'Connor: Francie Brown
Horse Wranglers: John Scott, Pete White
Transportation Coordinator: Tim Parkinson
Transportation Co-Captain: Claude Bélanger
Office Drivers: Dominic Thiffault, Hans Laliberté
2nd Unit Set Runner: Sophie Rousseau
Travel Coordinator: Yves Desjardins
Unit Publicist: Michael Klastorin

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA; Mascouche, Québec, Canada; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Prague, Czech Republic; Terrebonne, Québec, Canada
Location Manager: Adrian Knight
Location Manager (Battle Logistics): Richard Sharkey
Location Scout: Manon Cousin

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Allan Graf
Stunt Coordinator (Canada): David McKeown
Stunt Double For Marton Csokas: Patrick Kerton
Stunt Double For Frances O'Connors and Anna Friel: Nathalie Girard
Stunt Double For Lambert Wilson: Simon Northwood
Stunt Double For Paul Walker: Oakley Lehman
Stunt Double For Paul Walker (Reshoots): Jimmy Edwards (uncredited)
Stunts: Eric Bryson, John Ross, Mike Chute, Patrick Sabongui, Randy Butcher, Patrick Oliver
Utility Stunts: Alexandre Cadieux, Andrew Campbell, Flint Eagle, François Gauthier, Gilbert Larose Jr, Ian Eyre, Jason Cavalier, Jean Frenette, John Goar, Kevin Kelsall, Layton Morrison, Paul Rutledge, Peter Cox, Richard Collier, Roger Lewis, Shawn C. Orr, Webster Whinery, Yves Langlois
Safety Coordinator: Michael Martin

CASTING
Casting: Sarah Finn, Randi Hiller
Casting Assistants: Carissa Chapman, Scott D. Moore (uncredited)
Casting Associate: Courtney Gross


CAST

Paul Walker (Chris Hughes)
Frances O'Connor (Kate Erickson)
Gerard Butler (André Marek)
Billy Connolly (Professor Edward Johnston)
Ethan Embry (David Stern)
Anna Friel (Lady Claire)
Marton Csokas (Robert Dekere)
Michael Sheen (Lord Oliver)
Lambert Wilson (Lord Arnaut)
Matt Craven (Kramer)
David La Haye (Arnaut's Deputy)
Rossif Sutherland (François)
David Thewlis (Robert Doniger)
Richard Zeman (Oliver's Lieutenant)
Mike Chute (Victor Baretto)
Neal McDonough (John Gordon)
Stéfanie Buxton (tech 1)
Marie-Josée D'Amours (Oliver's wife)
Howard Harris (Blacksmith)
Christian Paul (Palmer)
Patrick Sabongui (Jimmy Gomez)
Amy Sloan (undergrad 2)
Martin Stone (blacksmith)
Ron Weeks (French soldier - uncredited)

Stand-In For Paul Walker: Martin Brisebois
Stand-In For Billy Connolly: Jean-Philippe Collin


PLOT SUMMARY

A group of students are working on an medieval site in France when their professor, Edward Johnson, goes missing. The students are taken to the States by the mysterious company ITC whose insomniac president, Robert Doniger, has invented a time travel device that allows access to parallel dimensions. Johnson has been stranded at the site in France, 500 years in the past and the students must travel back in time to rescue him.


AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: UIP

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Eagle Pictures

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: UIP Netherlands

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Paramount Pictures


TIMELINE

2002
April

8: USA – filming begins

July
Day Unknown: USA – filming ends

2003
November

26: USA – theatrical release

2004
February

19: Argentina – theatrical release

March
17: Belgium – theatrical release
18: Netherlands – theatrical release


ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Aikamatka - Finnish title
Linha do Tempo - Brazilian title
Prisonniers du temps - French/French Canadian title
Rescate en el tiempo - Argentine video title
Tijek vremena - Croatian title
Zaman ötesi - Turkish title


LINKS

SEE ALSO
Buried in Time: The Journeyman Project 2 (1995)


REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

Total Film no.84 (January 2004) pp.13; 41 (UK)
illustrated short interview with Frances O'Connor (Rough Cut So tell us... Frances O'Connor on... Her first action scenes); illustrated preview


KEYWORDS

book into film, catapults, mediaeval, students, swords, time travel

 


Last Updated: 3 May, 2009

 


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