Underworld (2003)

Country of Origin: USA / Germany / Hungary / UK
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 121 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: DTS    Dolby Digital      SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment Presents Subterranean Productions / Underworld Productions / Laurinfilm Ltd
Executive Producers: Skip Williamson, Robert Bernacchi, James McQuaide
Producers: Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Richard S. Wright
Line Producer: Kornél Sipos
Associate Producers: Kevin Grevioux, Danny McBride
Unit Production Manager: Gyorgy Santa
Supervising Production Coordinator (Budapest): Norma Marie Mascia
Production Coordinator: Grant Grabowski
Assistant Production Coordinator: Beatrix Szombati

SCRIPT
Script: Danny McBride
Story: Kevin Grevioux, Danny McBride, Len Wiseman

DIRECTION
Director: Len Wiseman
2nd Unit Directors: Brad Martin, Danny McBride
Assistant Director: Mark Egerton
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Gábor Gajdos
Key 2nd Assistant Director: Simon Emanuel
2nd Assistant Director: Tamás Vass
3rd Assistant Director: Bogi Móricz

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
2nd Unit Director of Photography: László Bille
A Camera / Steadicam Operator: Stuart Howell
B Camera Operator: László Bille
1st Assistant Camera: John Bailie
Assistant Camera: Ákos Gulyás, István Gottmann
Video Operator: Gábor Kasza
Video Assistant: Adam Korneth

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Martin Hunter
2nd Assistant Editor: Victoria Bate

MUSIC
Music: Paul Haslinger
Music Editor: Joanie Diener

SOUND
Supervising Sound Designer: Claude Letessier
Sound Recordist: Mac Ruth
Boom Operator: Pál Szûrös
Sound Editor: Marcel Spisak
Utility Sound: György Mihályi
ADR Recordist: Colin Cooper
Sound Effects Editor: Benedict Just
Foley Artist: Jo Fürst
Foley Mixer: Sören Blüthgen

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Balázs Novák, Vasilios Tanis
Costume Designer: Wendy Partridge
Costume Supervisor: Augusto Grassi

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetic Make Up: Iván Pohárnok, Richard Redlefsen
Werewolf Hair Application: Jesse D'Angelo

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Director: Nick Allder
Creature Designer / Fabricator: Patrick Tatopoulos
Creature Shop Supervisor and Puppeteer: Guy Himber
Mold Department: Michael O'Brien

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: James McQuaide, Robert Duncan
Executive Effects Producer: Drew Jones
Visual Effects Producer: Nicolas Bonnell (uncredited)
Visual Effects Line Producer: Katie Tucker
Visual Effects Coordinator: Charles Howell
Effects Coordinator: Sarah Micallef
Visual Effects: Justin Johnson
CGI Supervisor: Andrew Rawling
Digital Artist: Jason Scherbert
Digital Paint Artists: Helen Nesbitt, Kate Cuffin, Sophia Tufail, Sule Bryan-Hurst
Texture Artists: Danny Geurtsen, Daren Horley, Vlad Holst
Head Of Data Operations: Cal Sawyer
Data Operators: Doron Zar, Jeremy Sawyer, Lucinda Keeler, Paul Stamp, Steve Wagendorp
Digital Compositors: Adrian Metzelaar, Alex Payman, Christine Wong, Ian Fellows, Julia Egerton, Phil Pham, Scott Marriott, Steve Tizzard
Digital Lab Operators: Andy Burrow, Dan Perry, James Clarke, Steve Parsons, Tara Walker
Visual Effects Engineer: Andy Howard
Animators: Andy Walker, Catherine Mullan, Cecile Plattner, David Fish, Frank Dürschinger, Neil Wetherley, Nicola Lavender, Rachel Ward
Effects Animators: Ben Schrijvers, Dan Seddon, Jerry Corda-Stanley, Louis Dunlevy
Inferno Artists: John Sharp, Nicholas Seal, Pedro Sabrosa
Motion Trackers: Andrew Fineberg, Chris King, James Sellers, Jason Baker, Lianne Forbes
Render Support: James Sims, Nick Epstein
System Support: Ivan Cornell
Visual Effects Film Editor: Roz Lowrie
Visual Effects Avid Editors: Ian Clark, Tom Partridge

Fantasy II
Model Shop Production Assistant: Andrew Shuford

Framestore/CFC
Visual Effects Producer: Tim Keene
Digital Lab Producer: Alasdair MacCuish
Visual Effects Editor: Marcus Alexander

Luma Pictures
Digital Effects Artist: Christopher Sage

Patrick Tatopoulos Designs Inc
Creature Effects Producer: Oana Bogdan

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bruton Jones
Supervising Art Director: Kevin Phipps
Art Director: Csaba Stork
Set Designers: Adrienn Asztalos, Krisztina Szilágyi, László Szirmai, Zoltán Sárdi
2nd Unit Property Master: Attila Kiss
Property Assistant: Attila Kiss
Art Department Coordinator: Gergö Balika
Art Department Interpreter: Zita Ternovszky

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Caroline Sax
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Gabriella Winkler
Production Accountant: Stephen Taylor
Assistant Accountants: Kinga Kovacs, Kolos Trimmel
Production Controller: Alex Matcham
Assistant to Director: Virág Varga
Assistant to Producer: Katalin Schulteisz
Travel Coordinator: Grant Grabowski
Unit Publicist: Moira Houlihan

LOCATIONS
Locations: Budapest, Hungary; Gozsdu udvar, Budapest; Prague, Czech Republic; Subway lines, Budapest
Location Manager: Clive Miles
Assistant Location Manager: János Cserven

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Brad Martin
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: Scott McElroy
Stunts: James M. Churchman, Mike Gunther, Mike Mukatis, Richard Cetrone, Todd Schneider
Stunt / Fight Double For Selene (Reshoots): Jessica Anne Nourse

CASTING
Casting: Deborah Aquila, Lucky Englander, Celestia Fox, Heta Mantscheff, Peter Soos, Mary Tricia Wood
Casting Associate: Jennifer L. Smith

CAST
Kate Beckinsale (Selene)
Scott Speedman (Michael Corvin)
Shane Brolly (Kraven)
Michael Sheen (Lucian)
Bill Nighy (Viktor)
Erwin Leder (Singe)
Sophia Myles (Erika)
Richard Cetrone (Pierce)
Robbie Gee (Kahn)
Zita Görög
Kevin Grevioux (Raze)
Ildiko Kovacs (Michael's girlfriend)
Danny McBride (Mason)
Scott McElroy (Soren)
Wentworth Miller (Dr Adam Lockwood)
Mike Mukatis (Taylor)
Todd Schneider (Trix)
Brian Steele (werewolf)

PLOT SUMMARY

The aristocratic, secretive vampires are locked in a centuries old power struggle with the thuggish werewolves, the Lycans. But things are about to come to a head when beautiful young vampire Selene falls in love a Lycan. Together, they uncover a plot to create a werewolf / vampire hybrid that threatens the balance of power.

Loud, predictable, cliched and dull, Underworld proved to be a huge disappointment, a film that gives away all of its best moments in the trailer. Beckinsale is out of depth as an action hero, the rest of the cast range from the quitely dignified (Nighy) to the embarrassingly bad (Brolly) and director Wiseman should consider going back to production designing from whence he came - he has a great eye for visuals but hasn't a clue about telling a story. Terribly disappointing. (Full review)

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Nu Visión de Argentina

UK
DVD DIstributors: Entertainment

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Screen Gems Inc / Lakeshore International

Australia
Rating: MA

Singapore
Rating: NC-16

South Korea
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 15

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

2002
September
2: Hungary – filming begins in Budapest

November
23: Hungary – filming ends in Budapest

2003
September
8: Canada – shown at the Toronto Film Festival
19: UK, USA – theatrical release
24: France – theatrical release
25: Czech Republic – theatrical release

October
3: Greece, Iceland – theatrical release
8: Belgium – theatrical release
10: South Korea – theatrical release
16: Australia, Russia – theatrical release
17: Spain – theatrical release

November
14: Denmark – theatrical release
27: Netherlands – theatrical release
30: Norway – theatrical release

December
4: New Zealand – theatrical release

2004
February
26: Argentina – theatrical release

An immortal battle for supremacy.

On September 19th, all Hell breaks loose.

SEE ALSO
The Matrix (1999)

KEYWORDS

goth, guns, impalements, lycanthropy, silver bullets, swords, vampires, werewolves

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008