Cloud Atlas (2012)

• IMDb page: Cloud Atlas (2012)


• Rate: 8.4/10 total 3,613 votes 


• Genre: Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi


• Release Date: 26 October 2012 (USA)


• Runtime: 172 min


• Filming Location: Port de Sóller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain


• Budget: $100,000,000(estimated)


• Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Hugh Grant|See full cast and crew


• Original Music By: Reinhold Heil  Johnny Klimek  Tom Tykwer   


• Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS


• Plot Keyword: Future | Clone | 1930s | 20th Century | Ensemble Cast

Writing Credits By:

• David Mitchell (novel "Cloud Atlas")


• Lana Wachowski (written for the screen by) &


• Tom Tykwer (written for the screen by) &


• Andy Wachowski (written for the screen by)

Known Trivia

• In 2005, while on the London set of ‘V for Vendetta’, the actress Natalie Portman gave a copy the original novel to Lana Wachowski, who became deeply interested with it. A year later, both Wachowski siblings wrote a first draft. Tom Tykwer, a friend of the Wachowskis, was invited to co-author with them several subsequent drafts in the following two years, constantly taking in mind observations by the book’s author himself, David Mitchell, while looking for international investors. In all those years, Portman was promised the role as Sonmi-451, but had to turn down the role in the last minute after becoming pregnant in 2010.


• James McAvoy was considered for a role.


• Ian McKellen was considered for a role.


• All cast members have several roles in the final film, spanning different times, races and even sexes. This was achieved through prosthetics, wardrobe and tight production times to switch actors between units. For instance, Halle Berry described the experience of filming as a Jewish woman in the 1930s under the direction of Tom Tykwer one day, then switching to an old tribal woman under the helm of the Wachowski siblings, and then again as a environmentalist in the 1970s, all in the same week.


• The whole film was shot with two parallel filming units, one under the helm of Tom Tykwer and the other under the direction of the Wachowski siblings, sharing no crew members beside the cast and the directors themselves.


• While on the set of this movie, Tom Hanks started calling the Wachowski siblings “Mom and Dad” because they worked so well together and as leaders of the cast and crew.


• One of the few films in history that has three directors working together as an original team who equally share directing credit.

Plot: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Full summary »  »

Story: Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his friend; a thriller about a murder at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living in post-apocalyptic Hawaii, far in the future.Written by Anonymous  

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Synopsis: This film follows the stories of six characters across time, and the stories are told within each other like Russian dolls. It is about how the character’s lives are connected with and influence each other.

The first storyline follows a lawyer named Adam Ewing (Jim Sturgess) in the 1800′s, who is slowly dying on a ship voyage across the Pacific to California. He saves a Moriori (native New Zealand) man named Autua (David Gyasi) on the way, but realizes he is being poisoned by Dr. Henry Goose (Tom Hanks). Autua saves his life and his views of the natives are changed.

The second storyline follows the story of a composer in the 1930′s named Robert Frobisher (Ben Whishaw) who helps the aging composer Vyvyan Ayrs (Jim Broadbent) create his works. Robert enters a sexual relationship with Ayrs’s wife and falls in love with his daughter, tearing him and Ayrs apart. While composing his final peice, the Cloud Atlas sextet, he runs away, then realizes the girl he loves does not love him back, as he thought she did. He finishes the sextet, sends it to his friend Rufus Sixmith (James D’Arcy) and commits suicide.

The third storyline is about a journalist in the late 1900′s named Luisa Rey (Halle Berry). She meets Rufus Sixmith, who is now a physicist, and becomes aware that a power company is attempting to activate an unstable nuclear generator. She investigates this, and discovers that a report on the reactor written by Sixmith can reveal the secret. A scientist named Isaac Sachs (Tom Hanks) meets Rey and helps her. The CEO, Alberto Grimaldi (Hugh Grant) sends his head of security, Joe Napier (Keith David) and his agent, Bill Smoke (Hugo Weaving) to stop her. Smoke kills Sixmith and attempts to kill Rey as she searches for the Sixmith Report. Isaac Sachs realizes he has fallen in love with Rey, and is then instantly killed, with Grimaldi, in a plane explosion triggered by Smoke. Smoke is stopped in the end by Joe Napier. Smoke and Napier kill each other and Luisa Rey initiates the shutdown of the reactor after reporting on the Sixmith Report.

The fourth storyline is about Timothy Cavendish (Jim Broadbent), the owner of a publishing company, who is forced by criminals to pay $500,000. When he is trying to make the money, he becomes trapped in a nursing home for the elderly, thinking it is a hotel. Every attempt to get out is stopped by Nurse Noakes (Hugo Weaving), but he eventually creates an escape plan which he asks two other young residents to help him carry out, and they manage to escape. When he returns, he manages to take the reigns of his company left by the criminals and releases a bestselling book.

The fifth storyline is about Somni-451 (Donna Bae), a clone bred for work in a Papa’s Song fast-food restaurant in Korea (now called Nea So Copros) in the far future. She eventually Ascends, meaning her unintelligent clone mind becomes more advanced, and escapes from the restaurant to take classes an a college. she studies the world and meets a man named Hae-Joo Im (Jim Sturgess), and goes out around the city with him. while watching a movie, Hae-Joo reveals he is actually a revolutionary against the opressive government who wishes to ascend and recruit all the clones in Nea So Copros, and takes Somni-451 to a ship where they are massacring clones and cutting them up for resources. Horrified, she releases a daring memoir speaking out for the clones and is arrested by the government. Awaiting her trial, she realizes her entire life has been fabricated, and everybody, even Hae-Joo Im have been actors working for the government, to create a reaction from the public, that failed and went against the government. As her final act, she finishes the movie she began watching with Hae-Joo Im.

The sixth and final storyline is about Zachry (Tom Hanks) who is a tribesman living in post-apocalyptic Hawaii. After a member of a far mor advanced group of people called the Prescincts, named Meronym (Halle Berry) asks to life with their tribe and he takes her in, their relationship grows. Eventually, while climbing a mountain, Zachry is tempted by the tribe’s personification of death, Old Georgie (Hugo Weaving) to kill Meronym, but refuses. As what he believes is a result, a vicious clan called the Kona overrun his tribe, killing or enslaving everyone, including his family. He manages to escape Big Island with Meronym, who reveals there is a plague threatening to wipe out civilization forever, but he and Meronym manage to survive and live for a long time.

Note the stories are not told in this order, the first half of the first one play, then the first half of the second, etc., then the sixth plays all the way through and the second halves of all the stories are told, in the opposite order (hence the Russian dolls reference).

This synopsis is based on the book, the film may be different.

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Produced By:

• Stefan Arndt known as producer


• Alex Boden known as producer: UK


• David Brown known as line producer: UK


• José Luis Escolar known as line producer: Spain


• Grant Hill known as producer


• Philip Lee known as executive producer


• Marcus Loges known as line producer: Germany


• Roberto Malerba known as co-producer


• Alexander Rodnyansky known as co-producer


• Uwe Schott known as executive producer


• Tom Tykwer known as producer


• Alexander van Duelmen known as co-producer


• Andy Wachowski known as producer


• Lana Wachowski known as producer

FullCast & Crew:

• Tom Hanks known as Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry


• Halle Berry known as Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym


• Jim Broadbent known as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2


• Hugo Weaving known as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie


• Jim Sturgess known as Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law


• Doona Bae known as Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute


• Ben Whishaw known as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman


• Keith David known as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient


• James D'Arcy known as Young Rufus Sixsmith / Old Rufus Sixsmith / Nurse James / Archivist


• Xun Zhou known as Talbot / Hotel Manager / Yoona-939 / Rose


• David Gyasi known as Autua / Lester Rey / Duophsyte


• Susan Sarandon known as Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess


• Hugh Grant known as Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief


• Robert Fyfe known as Old Salty Dog / Mr. Meeks / Prescient 1


• Martin Wuttke known as Mr. Boerhaave / Guard / Leary the Healer


• Robin Morrissey known as Young Cavendish


• Brody Nicholas Lee known as Javier Gomez / Jonas / Zachry's Older Nephew


• Ian van Temperley known as Enforcer


• Amanda Walker known as Veronica


• Ralph Riach known as Ernie


• Andrew Havill known as Mr. Hotchkiss


• Tanja de Wendt known as Mrs. Hotchkiss


• Raevan Lee Hanan known as Little Girl with Orison at Papa Song's / Catkin / Zachry Relative 1


• Götz Otto known as Groundsman Withers


• Niall Greig Fulton known as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 2 / Mozza Hoggins


• Louis Dempsey known as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 3 / Jarvis Hoggins


• Martin Docherty known as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 4 / Eddie Hoggins


• Alistair Petrie known as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 1 / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman


• Zhu Zhu known as Megan Sixsmith / 12th Star Clone


• Sylvestra Le Touzel known as Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 5 / Nurse Judd / Aide in Slaughtership


• Jojo Schöning known as Papa Song Punk


• Laura Vietzen known as Young Ursula


• Thomas Kügel known as Ursula's Father


• Marie Rönnebeck known as Ursula's Daughter


• Ruby Kastner known as Young Girl


• Emma Werz known as Ursula's Granddaughter


• Mya-Lecia Naylor known as Miro


• Korbyn Hawk Hanan known as Adam Grandson (as Korbyn Hanan)


• Katy Karrenbauer known as Axwoman


• Dulcie Smart known as Ursula's Mother / Herbalist


• Anna Holmes known as Scientist / Executive


• Shaun Lawton known as Secretary


• Moritz Berg known as Porter


• Gigi Lee known as Zachry Relative


• Genevien Lee known as Zachry Relative


• Cody Benjamin Lee known as Zachry Relative (as Cody Lee)


• Heike Hanold-Lynch known as Nurse Judd Look-a-Like


• Victor Esteban Sole known as Mr. Roderick


• Kristoffer Fuss known as Lead Enforcer


• Marco Albrecht known as Scan Enforcer


• Gary McCormack known as Crane Operator


• David Mitchell known as Union Spy



• Jon Donahue known as Moore's Accountant / Finch's Friend (uncredited)


• Valerie Lillibeth known as Muse of the Lemon Prize winner (uncredited)


• Daniele Rizzo known as Co-Worker in San Francisco (uncredited)


• Lyly Schoettle known as Heroclone 02 (uncredited)


• Liz Strange known as Newscaster (uncredited)


• Barry Van Lee known as Student (uncredited)


• Alexander Yassin known as Board Member (uncredited)


• Cha-Lee Yoon known as (uncredited) (as Charly Yoon)

..{tab=Supporting Department}Makeup Department:

• Anita Anderson known as crowd hair/makeup artist: dailies


• Satinder Chumber known as silicon technician


• Antje Dahm known as makeup and hair stylist


• Richard Glass known as contact lens optician


• Lee Gren known as graphic designer specialty tattoos: Tinsley Studio


• Delia Letham known as hair stylist: second unit


• Göran Lundström known as character prosthetics: Filmefex crew


• Chris Lyons known as special effects teeth


• Heike Merker known as hair stylist supervisor


• Heike Merker known as makeup supervisor


• Pepe Mora known as prosthetic makeup artist


• Natasha Nikolic known as makeup artist


• Daniel Parker known as makeup/hair/prosthetics designer


• Cristina Patterson Ceret known as contact lens designer/painter


• Iván Pohárnok known as prosthetic supplier


• Paula Price known as hair & makeup artist


• Margarita Rasbasch known as assistant makeup artist


• Sian Richards known as makeup artist: Halle Berry


• Valeska Schitthelm known as extras makeup artist


• Floris Schuller known as character prosthetics: Filmefex crew


• Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore known as contact lens coordinator


• Daniela Skala known as hair stylist


• Daniela Skala known as makeup artist


• Valentina Visintin known as prosthetic makeup artist


• Nik Williams known as special makeup effects artist


• Jeremy Woodhead known as makeup hair and prosthetics designer

Art Department:

• Helen Allingham known as art department assistant


• Daniele Auber known as concept artist


• Christoph Baumstieger known as standby carpenter


• Friederike Beckert known as store manager


• Katharina Birkenfeld known as lead set decoration buyer


• Robert Blasi known as art department coordinator


• Alex Boswell known as chargehand stand-by propman


• Simon-Julien Boucherie known as property master


• Mairi Claire Bowser known as trainee buyer


• Josef Brandl known as junior set designer


• Stephen Bream known as set designer


• Henning Brehm known as graphic designer


• Beverley Butcher known as production buyer


• Jonas De Ro known as concept artist


• Holger Delfs known as propmaker


• Jim Elliott known as property master


• Enzo Enzel known as standby painter


• Lydia Farrell known as props


• Leon Fechner known as art department runner


• Michael Fechner known as property master


• Katja Fischer known as art department model maker


• Alex Friedrich known as senior propmaker


• Carrie Garner known as assistant set decorator: UK


• Philippe Gaulier known as lead concept artist: Method Studios


• Dierk Grahlow known as construction manager


• Katharina Hafermaas known as propmaker: paintress


• Ingeborg Heinemann known as assistant set decorator


• Patrick Herzberg known as set designer


• Cathleen Hoffmann known as set decoration coordinator


• George Hull known as conceptual designer


• Jan Hülpüsch known as graphic designer: Schein Berlin


• Piero Jamieson known as daily dressing props


• Jan Jericho known as graphic artist


• Jeff Julian known as concept designer


• Andrea Kessler known as props


• Marielle Kiessig known as set decorating runner


• Marielle Kiessig known as set decoration trainee


• Thorsten Klein known as assistant art director


• Stefan Kolbe known as propmaker


• Adam Kuczek known as concept artist


• Liliana Lambriev known as graphic designer: Schein Berlin


• Christoph Lanksch known as set dresser: Tykwer unit


• Alexander Liebenthron known as prop buyer


• Andrew 'Fred' MacMillan known as carpenter


• Monica Manganelli known as concept artist


• Marie Charlotte Matthaei known as set dresser (as Charlotte Matthäi)


• Wolfgang Metschan known as digital set designer


• Nadin Meyer known as buyer


• Campbell Mitchell known as daily dressing props


• Stefan Morrell known as concept artist


• Simon Murton known as conceptual artist


• Ed Natividad known as conceptual designer


• Tarnia Nicol known as set designer


• Benjamin Palmer known as head propmaker: Tykwer Unit


• Carly Parris known as petty cash buyer


• Peter Popken known as concept artist


• Clare Porritt known as assistant buyer


• Matthias Prange known as stand-by carpenter


• Olivier Pron known as concept artist


• Stephanie Rass known as assistant art director


• Carly Reddin known as set designer


• Judith Rosskoth known as assistant set decorator


• Daniel Sandberg known as set decorating shopper


• Niklas Schmidt known as art department assistant


• Cindy Schnitter known as propmaker


• Esther Schreiner known as junior set designer


• Tobias Schroeter known as senior propmaker


• Stefan Sellin known as stand-by props


• Tony Sheridan known as prop man


• Gloria Shih known as concept artist


• Emmanuel Shiu known as conceptual designer


• Stefan Speth known as assistant art director


• Rainer Stock known as concept artist


• Alwara Thaler known as set decorating buyer


• Caireen Todd known as draughtsman: UK


• Paul Toddington known as leadman buyer dresser


• Kurt Van Der Basch known as storyboard artist


• Jacob von Dohnanyi known as senior propmaker


• Oliver Walpole known as on-set dresser


• Simon Weisse known as head propmaker


• Dagmar Wessel known as set dresser


• Zoe Wight known as assistant art director: UK


• Carsten Woithe known as digital set designer


• Adina Wolff known as prop shop coordinator

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Production Companies:

• Cloud Atlas Productions


• X-Filme Creative Pool


• Anarchos Pictures


• A Company Filmproduktionsgesellschaft (co-production)


• ARD Degeto Film (co-production)


• Ascension Pictures


• Five Drops


• Media Asia Group

Other Companies:

• ARRI Sound  sound re-recording


• 5th Kind  digital asset management


• Audiolink Radio Communications  cell phone rentals


• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies


• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies


• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF)  funding: EUR 10,000,000


• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix


• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding: EUR 300,000


• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding: EUR 1,000,000


• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen  funding: EUR 1,000,000


• Helicopter Film Services  aerial filming by


• Just Publicity  publicity


• Mecon Media Concept  extras payroll


• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding


• Method Design  main title and graphics


• Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)  funding: EUR 750,000


• Motion Picture Merchandise (MPM)  crew merchandise


• Panalux  lighting equipment by


• Pentmark  product placement


• Pistachio Pictures  


• Shotz Picture Vehicles  picture vehicle coordination


• Square Sail Shipyard Ltd.  ship supplier


• Studio Babelsberg  sound stages


• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  foley stage


• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  sound post-production


• WaterTower Music  soundtrack

Distributors:

• Noble Entertainment (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)


• Benelux Film Distributors (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)


• EEAP Film Distribution (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)


• Focus Features International (2012) (worldwide) (theatrical) (international sales)


• Future Film (2013) (Finland) (theatrical)


• Media Asia Group (2012) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)


• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2012) (Belarus) (theatrical)


• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2012) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)


• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2012) (Russia) (theatrical)


• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)


• Warner Bros. Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)


• X Verleih AG (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)


• A Company (2012) (Russia) (all media)


• Acme Film (2012) (Lithuania) (all media)


• Alexandra Films (2012) (Bulgaria) (all media)


• Ascension Pictures (2012) (Malaysia) (all media)


• Ascension Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (all media)


• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2012) (Switzerland) (all media)


• Bloomage Entertainment (2012) (Korea) (all media)


• Budapest Film (2012) (Hungary) (all media)


• Cinemania Group (2012) (Slovenia) (all media)


• Dreams of Dragon Picture (2012) (China) (all media)


• EEAP Film Distribution (2012) (Slovakia) (all media)


• Kino Swiat (2012) (Poland) (all media)


• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2012) (Taiwan) (all media)


• Midget Entertainment (2012) (Denmark) (all media)


• Prorom Media-Trade (2012) (Romania) (all media)


• Roadshow Entertainment (2013) (Australia) (all media)


• Warner Bros. (2013) (Spain) (all media)


• Warner Bros. (2013) (France) (all media)


• Warner Bros. (2013) (UK) (all media)


• Warner Bros. (2013) (Japan) (all media)


• X Verleih AG (2012) (Austria) (all media)

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Special Effects:

• ARRI VFX (visual effects)


• BlueBolt


• Exozet Effects


• Gradient Effects (visual effects)


• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)


• Lola Visual Effects


• Method Studios (Los Angeles/Vancouver/London)


• One Of Us (visual effects and design)


• RISE Visual Effects Studios


• ReelEye Company (special effects contact lenses)


• Special Eye Effects (special effects contact lens technician)


• Trixter Film (visual effects)

Visual Effects by:

• Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor known as visual effects executive producer: BlueBolt


• Jeff Allen known as compositing supervisor: Method Studios LA


• Holli Alvarado known as flame artist


• Joe Arnold known as matchmover: BlueBolt


• Pamela Austria known as visual effects production assistant


• Henry Badgett known as digital compositor: BlueBolt


• Angela Barson known as visual effects supervisor: BlueBolt


• Anton Bauer known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Travis Baumann known as compositing supervisor: Gradient Effects


• Yakov Baytler known as rigging: Method Studios LA


• Dirk Becker known as cg artist: Trixter Film


• Larissa Bender known as account managment: ScanlineVFX


• Marc H. Berrouet known as rigger


• Alex Bibbs known as motion graphics artist: Method Studios LA


• Daniel Binder known as effects artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Sandro Blattner known as digital compositor


• Sandro Blattner known as sequence lead: Method Studios LA


• Sven Bliedung known as additional fx artist: Trixter Film


• Vincent Blin known as flame artist


• Douglas Bloom known as CG supervisor: Method Studios LA


• Tanja Boening known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Peter Bogatsky known as digital artist: ILM


• Eglantine Boinet known as digital matte painting


• Jason Bond known as visual effects artist


• Marc Bonneviot known as digital compositor


• Konstantin Borchert known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Nicholas Boughen known as previs artist


• Toma Bowen known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Jamie Bowers known as texture artist: Method Studios LA


• Peter Bowmar known as head of 3d and technology: Method Studios Vancouver


• Franz Brandstaetter known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Michael Brink known as visual effects producer: Gradient Effects


• Ariane Brinkmann known as account managment: ScanlineVFX


• Constantin Brodt known as visual effects editor


• Christopher A. Brown known as lighter: Method Studios LA


• Joerg Bruemmer known as compositor: Gradient Effects


• Scott Brust known as modeler: Method Studios LA


• Stuart Bullen known as 2D supervisor: bluebolt


• Lersak Bunupuradah known as modeler: Method Studios LA


• Christian Burggraf known as system administrator: ScanlineVFX


• Jeremy Burns known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Ronnie Bushaw known as texture artist: Method Studios LA


• Patrick Busse known as compositor: Gradient Effects


• Brendan Byrd known as visual effects production assistant


• Goncalo Cabaca known as effects artist: Method Studios LA


• John Cairns known as digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver


• Luis Calero known as digital artist


• Earle Stuart Callender known as visual effects producer: One of Us


• Jorge Canada Escorihuela known as digital compositor: One of Us


• Marco Cantaluppi known as digital compositor


• Stephane Ceretti known as visual effects supervisor


• Nardeep Chander known as effects technical director


• Paul Chandler known as concept/matte artist


• Mihaela Chifor known as visual effects producer: Trixter Film


• Kina Choi known as designer: Method Studios LA


• Tanja Christ known as modeling and texturing advisor: ScanlineVFX


• Zach Christian known as digital matte painting: Method Studios LA


• Alessandro Cioffi known as visual effects supervisor: Trixter Film


• Peter Claes known as effects artist: Method Studios LA


• Corey Coates known as compositor


• Chad E. Collier known as data technician: Method Studios


• Janice Barlow Collier known as technical administrator: Method Studios


• Juan Colon known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Jochen Conradt known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Niko Conte known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Michelle Cornwall known as data i/o render wrangler: Method Studios Vancouver


• Adrian Corsei known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Scott Crafford known as paint/roto artist: Method Studios LA


• Jacques Daigle known as visual effects


• Philipp Danner known as digital compositor: Arri


• Timm Dapper known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Rhea Darch known as machmove artist


• Marco de Goeij known as matchmove artist: ScanlineVFX


• Alejandro De La Garza known as effects artist: Method Studios LA


• Jonas De Ro known as visual effects concept artist


• Simone De Salvatore known as digital matte painter: ScanlineVFX


• Tom Debenham known as visual effects supervisor: One of Us


• Gabriel Dedic known as rnd: ScanlineVFX


• Brian Delmonico known as sequence lead: Method Studios LA


• Ivy Depies known as digital compositor: Method Studios


• Matt Dessero known as visual effects supervisor: Method Studios LA


• Bob Dewald known as visual effects editor: method studios


• Thad Diego known as rnd: ScanlineVFX


• Jesus Diez Perez known as compositor


• Michael Dohne known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Brett Dowler known as visual effects producer: Sequences


• Colin Ebbeson known as visual effects artist


• Matthew Eberle known as visual effects post coordinator


• Moritz Eiche known as compositing supervisor: ScanlineVFX


• Sergej Eichmann known as CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Marijn Eken known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Sebastian Elsner known as lead pipeline technical director: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Christian Emond known as digital effects artist


• Jessica E. Engels known as motion graphics artist: Method Studios LA


• Shervin Etaat known as motion graphics artist: Method Studios LA


• Marco Fanari known as cg artist: Trixter Film


• Marco Fanari known as matte painting artist


• Manuel Ferdinand known as rnd: ScanlineVFX


• Erin Ferguson known as visual effects production manager


• Patricio Fernandez known as paint/roto artist: Method Studios LA


• Fabrizio Fioretti known as 3d generalist: Bluebolt


• Martin Fischer known as digital compositor: Exozet Effects


• Andy Foster known as visual effects producer: Method Studios LA


• Richard Frazer known as compositor: One of Us


• Robert Freitag known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Maxi Fröhlich known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Christoph Gaudl known as matchmove artist: Trixter Film


• Ryan Gaul known as visual effects coordinator: Method Studios LA


• Andreas Gebauer known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Florian Gellinger known as visual effects supervisor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Tim Gibbons known as digital compositor


• Andreas Giesen known as effects artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Dan Glass known as senior visual effects supervisor


• Jan Glöckner known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Daniel Goertz known as pipeline technical director


• Derik Gokstorp known as technical director


• Pam Gonzales known as paint: method studios


• Gabby Gourrier known as visual effects executive producer: Method Studios LA


• Jan Guilfoyle known as visual effects coordinator: BlueBolt


• Andreas Gutsche known as pipeline developer: Trixter Film


• Falk Gärtner known as pre/post visualisation artist


• Falk Gärtner known as visual effects supervisor: Exozet


• Michael Göbel known as effects artist: Trixter Film


• Jean-Denis Haas known as animator: ILM


• Sebastian Haas known as pipeline manager: Trixter Film


• Michael Habenicht known as compositing artist: Trixter Film


• Markus Hagemeier known as vfx editor: ScanlineVFX


• Steffen Hagen known as visual effects data wrangler


• Gene Hammond-Lewis known as lead compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Geoffrey Hancock known as visual effects supervisor: Method Vancouver


• Greg Hansen known as fx technical director


• Thomas Hansen known as senior compositor: ARRI


• Silke Harbauer known as production secretary: Trixter Film


• Tim Harrington known as additional animation supervisor: ILM


• David Harter known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Christoph Hasche known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Aria Heidari known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Patrick Heinen known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Carla Heinzel known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Marc Herzer known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Marc Herzer known as lighting/shading artist: ScanlineVFX


• Thomas Hiebler known as lead matte painter: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Laurie Hill known as digital design lead lead: One of Us


• Simone Hirschberger known as human resources: ScanlineVFX


• Sherry Hitch known as digital compositor


• Sean Castle Hitchcock known as junior compositor


• Finlay Hogg known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Oliver Hohn known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Neha Hooda known as vfx: line producer


• Bastian Hopfgarten known as inhouse digital compositor


• Bastian Hopfgarten known as visual effects lead data wrangler


• Korbinian Hopfner known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Lubo Hristov known as visual effects designer


• Peter Hunt known as visual effects: Method Studios Vancouver


• Timo Hyhs known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Stefan Hähnlein known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Mirko Hänssgen known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Petter Idestroem known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Julius Ihle known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Hasan Ilhan known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Alexander Jacquet known as digital compositor


• Sabine Janetzka known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Zafar Janjua known as visual effects coordinator


• Jaime Jasso known as digital matte artist


• Daniel Jauregui known as visual effects artist


• Zahid Jiwa known as roto/paint supervisor: Method Studios Vancouver


• Jared Jones known as digital compositor


• Grzegorz Jonkajtys known as visual effects


• Dylan Jutt known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Miguel Kabantsov known as visual effects artist


• Christian Kahler known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Apirak Kamjan known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Sandro Kath known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Tyler Kehl known as visual effects producer: Exozet Effects


• Eugen Kelle known as lighting technical director


• Kerstin Kensy known as visual effects producer: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Nicholas Kim known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Guido Kirsch known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Ivo Klaus known as fx supervisor: ScanlineVFX


• Matthias Klein known as compositor


• Jonas Kluger known as junior compositor: Trixter Film


• Dorian Knapp known as previs artist


• Eva Kniel known as compositor


• Claudia Knorr known as modeling artist: ScanlineVFX


• Nina Knott known as visual effects producer: ARRI


• Marc Kolbe known as visual effects producer


• Meier Korbinian known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Elin Kothe known as visual effects artist: Filmgate (as Elin Lindahl)


• Christian Kratzert known as animator: ScanlineVFX


• Simone Kraus known as animation supervisor: Trixter Film


• Andreas Krieg known as cg artist: Trixter Film


• Andrea Krupp known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Jan Krupp known as rnd: ScanlineVFX


• Kathrin Krückeberg known as visual effects coordinator


• Lars Krüger known as CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Markus Kuha known as compositor: BlueBolt


• Roger Kupelian known as digital matte painting: Method Studios LA


• Sebastian Küchmeister known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Alberto Landeros known as digital compositor: method studios


• Roland Langschwert known as effects artist: ScanlineVFX


• Felix Laser known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Håkan Lasses known as visual effects artist: Filmgate


• Max Last known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Kim LeBrane known as visual effects coordinator: Method Studios LA


• Alexander Lee known as sequence lead: Method Studios LA


• Matthew Lee known as designer: Method Studios LA


• SeungHun Lee known as lead creature technical director


• Erik Lehmann known as CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Max Leonard known as visual effects producer: Lola VFX


• Luka Leskovsek known as compositor: BlueBolt


• Malin Leuchovius known as visual effects coordinator (as Malin Persson)


• Mathis Lex known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Linus Lindbalk known as visual effects artist: Filmgate


• David Lo known as lighter: Method Studios LA


• Björn Lubitz known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Kenneth Lui known as paint/roto artist: Method Studios LA


• Laura Lynch known as visual effects coordinator: One of Us


• Heinrich Maas known as digital compositor: Exozet Effects


• Jonathan Mack known as effects artist: Method Studios LA


• Julia MacMullen known as visual effects editor: Method Studios LA


• Jona Maluck known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Gabriel Mandala known as compositor


• Chulev Marko known as digital modeler


• Dan Matley known as visual effects coordinator: Method Studios


• Krista McLean known as matte painter


• Rachel McPherson known as visual effects editor: Method Studios LA


• Christian Meckel known as systems administrator: Gradient Effects


• Natalie Meffert known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Ale Melendez known as visual effects coordinator


• Tory Mercer known as digital compositor


• Michel Mielke known as executive visual effects producers: ScanlineVFX


• Stuart Mintz known as effects artist: Method Studios LA


• Harsh Mistry known as effects technical director: Method Studios Vancouver


• Troy Moore known as sequence lead: Method Studios LA


• Carlos Morales known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Giuseppe Motta known as senior lighting technical director


• Walid Mouawad known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Andy Mower known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Gonzalo Moyano Fernandez known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Didier Muenza known as cg sequence lead: One of Us


• Rolf Muetze known as lead compositor: Gradient Effects


• Stephane Naze known as visual effects supervisor: Method London


• Andreas Nehls known as modeling artist: ScanlineVFX


• Nicholas Ng known as digital artist: One of Us


• Bryce Nielsen known as visual effects coordinator


• Daniel Nielsen known as visual effects artist: Filmgate


• Tomi Nieminen known as associate producer: Trixter Film


• Reika Nishio known as senior matchmove artist


• Thomas Nittmann known as visual effects: Lola Visual Effects


• Lisa Nolan known as visual effects artist


• Teni Noravian known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Clare Norman known as visual effects producer: Bluebolt


• Sebastian Nozon known as digital compositor


• Ben O'Brien known as compositing supervisor


• Simon Ohler known as lead fx artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Magnus Olsson known as visual effects artist: Filmgate


• Paula Olszowska known as digital compositor


• Akira Orikasa known as digital artist: ILM


• Jon Ossitt known as digital effects artist: Method Studios London


• Dominic Parker known as visual effects supervisor: One of Us


• Clark Parkhurst known as visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects


• Eric Pender known as lighter: Method Studios LA


• Rachael Penfold known as visual effects executive producer: One of Us


• Chris Perkowitz known as animator: Method Studios LA


• Christine Petrov known as head of 2D: Method Vancouver


• Roland Pfisterer known as compositing artist: Trixter Film


• Chi Pham known as visual effects systems administrator


• Robert Pinnow known as visual effects executive producer: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Andrew Pinson known as junior compositor: Method Studios


• Paul Poetsch known as compositing supervisor: ARRI


• Olivier Pron known as digital art director: Method Studios


• Esdras Prudente known as rotoscope artist: Method Studios Vancouver


• Giorgia Pulvirenti known as junior compositor: Method Studios


• Christian Pundschus known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Toni Pykäläniemi known as digital compositor: Exozet Effects


• Bryce Rieger known as digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver


• Corinna Ringer known as human resources manager: Trixter Film


• Brian Ripley known as texture artist: Method Studios LA


• Jane Ro known as designer: Method Studios LA


• Ricardo Rodrigues Figueiredo known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Luis Amaury Rodriguez known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Timo Rolle known as visual effects editor: ScanlineVFX


• Frank Rosenkränzer known as matchmove and fluid simulation


• Benjamin Ross known as digital matte painter: ScanlineVFX


• Simon Rowe known as compositor: Bluebolt


• Yves Ruprecht known as animator: ScanlineVFX


• George Saavedra known as rigging: Method Studios LA


• Frida Sahono known as matte painter: Method Studios


• David Salamon known as CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Kariem Saleh known as CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Mihai Satmarean known as it manager: Trixter Film


• Michael Sausa known as design creative director: Method Studios LA


• Benjamin Scabell known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Michael Scheffler known as system administrator: ScanlineVFX


• Nabil Schiantarelli known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Kevin Schiffer known as compositor: Gradient Effects


• Paul Schlie known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Abraham Schneider known as pipeline td: ARRI


• Thorsten Scholz known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Rayk Schroeder known as lead compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Aaron Schultz known as animator: Method Studios LA


• Oliver Schulz known as lead CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Eric Schumacher known as production coordinator: Trixter Film


• Alexander Schumann known as CG artist: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Evelyn Schunn known as digital compositor: ARRI


• Alexa von Schwichow known as visual effects producer: ScanlineVFX


• Abigail Scollay known as 2d sequence lead: One of Us


• Kevin Sears known as lighting artist


• Kevin Sears known as sequence lead: Method Studios LA


• Jérémie Sebban known as systems administrator: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Rasoul Shafeazadeh known as lead matte painter


• Rasha Shalaby known as digital matte painting: Method Studios LA


• Prasanna Siddharthan known as lead compositor: Gradient Effects


• Anthony Sipsas known as motion graphics artist: Method Studios LA


• David Sjodin known as compositor: One of Us


• Stefan Spendier known as head of business affairs: Trixter Film


• Martin Springer known as digital compositor


• Tom Stanton known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Andreas Steinlein known as digital compositor


• Tim Stern known as digital compositor: ARRI


• Emanuel Strixner known as cg artist: Trixter Film


• Christine Strobel known as visual effects coordinator


• Greg Stuhl known as modeling supervisor: Method Studios LA


• Blake Sweeney known as CG supervisor: Method Studios LA


• Stephanie Sweeney known as paint/roto artist: Method Studios LA


• Sam Swift-Glasman known as sequence pipeline technical director: One of Us


• Olcun Tan known as visual effects supervisor: Gradient Effects


• Thomas Tannenberger known as visual effects producer: Gradient Effects


• Blair Tennessy known as CG supervisor


• Richard S.G. Thompson known as effects artist: Method Studios LA


• Maike Timmann known as head of production: Trixter Film


• Heiko Tippelt known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Gustav Tornroth known as visual effects artist: Filmgate


• Dominik Trimborn known as visual effects supervisor: ARRI VFX


• Matthew Trivan known as visual effects artist


• Alex Tropiec Jr. known as digital compositor: ILM


• Adam Trowse known as digital compositor


• Ryan Urban known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Ana Uzelac known as compositor


• Luke Vallee known as digital compositor


• Henry van der Beek known as technical director


• Mark Van Ee known as visual effects coordinator


• Lauren van Houten known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Jenny Van Son known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Fani Vassiadi known as compositor: BlueBolt


• Tiberius Viris known as matte painter


• Johannes Vogl known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Ute Vollmann known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Cristina Vozian known as digital artist: One of Us


• Armand Wade known as visual effects editor: Method Studios LA


• Samuel John Joseph Walsh known as 3d artist: One of Us


• Michael Waltl known as effects artist: Trixter Film


• Jenny Wan known as roto/prep artist


• Ian Ward known as cg supervisor


• Jason Wardle known as lighter: Method Studios LA


• Gregory Watkins known as paint artist: Method Studios Vancouver


• Jonathan Weber known as lead compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Caroline Weidenhiller known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• José Manuel Weil known as lighting supervisor: ScanlineVFX


• Eric Weinschenk known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Julian Weiss known as match mover: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Sebastian Wernicke known as matchmove artist: Trixter Film


• Adina Wernstedt known as compositing artist: TRIXTER Film


• Alex Whang known as modeler: Method Studios LA


• Andreas Wiget known as trainee: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Edson Williams known as visual effects: Lola Visual Effects


• Matthew Williamson known as animator: Method Studios LA


• Sam Willing known as visual effects editor: ILM


• Carly Wilson known as visual effects coordinator: Method Studios LA


• Matt Wilson known as compositor: Method Studios LA


• Jeff Winkle known as visual effects coordinator


• Franzsikus Wittmann known as 3d artist: ScanlineVFX


• Carsten Woithe known as pre-visual lead artist


• Melody Woodford known as head of production: Method Studios


• Mike Woodhead known as visual effects data wrangler


• Bjoern Wortmann known as compositing artist: ScanlineVFX


• Trevor Wyatt known as visual effects coordinator: method studios


• Matthias Wäsch known as digital compositor: RISE Visual Effects Studios


• Jose Yapor known as visual effects artist


• Ismat Zaidi known as executive visual effects producers: ScanlineVFX


• Katarzyna Zak known as visual effects junior producer: ScanlineVFX


• Fabio Zapata known as tracking: Method Studios LA


• Marko Zaric known as compositor


• Patrick Zentis known as digital matte painting: Method Studios LA


• Wei Zheng known as digital matte painting: Method Studios LA


• Dominik Zimmerle known as compositing lead: Trixter Film


• Rainer Zöttl known as visual effects supervisor: ScanlineVFX


• Jeremy Therrien known as technical assistant (uncredited)

Release Date:

• Canada 8 September 2012 (Toronto International Film Festival)


• Canada 26 October 2012


• Turkey 26 October 2012


• USA 26 October 2012


• Pakistan 27 October 2012


• Netherlands 5 November 2012 (Amsterdam Film Week)


• Belarus 8 November 2012


• Kazakhstan 8 November 2012


• Russia 8 November 2012


• Bulgaria 9 November 2012


• Iceland 9 November 2012


• Poland 9 November 2012


• Germany 15 November 2012


• Czech Republic 22 November 2012


• Greece 22 November 2012


• Hungary 22 November 2012


• Slovenia 22 November 2012


• Lithuania 23 November 2012


• Netherlands 29 November 2012


• Portugal 29 November 2012


• Estonia 30 November 2012


• Sweden 30 November 2012


• Brazil 25 December 2012


• Norway 26 December 2012


• Chile 27 December 2012


• Hong Kong January 2013


• Argentina 3 January 2013


• Italy 3 January 2013


• Denmark 17 January 2013


• Singapore 17 January 2013


• Australia 21 February 2013


• Spain 22 February 2013


• UK 22 February 2013


• Japan March 2013


• Belgium 13 March 2013


• France 13 March 2013

MPAA: Rated R for violence, language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use

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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database

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