Solomon Kane (2009)

• IMDb page: Solomon Kane (2009)


• Rate: 6.1/10 total 31,668 votes 


• Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy


• Release Date: 23 December 2009 (France)


• Runtime: 104 min


• Filming Location: Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic


• Budget: $45,000,000(estimated)


• Gross: $19,439,975(Worldwide)(12 December 2010)


• Director: Michael J. Bassett


• Stars: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow and Rachel Hurd-Wood|See full cast and crew


• Original Music By: Klaus Badelt   


• Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby Digital


• Plot Keyword: Devil | Mercenary | Violence | Soul | Puritan

Writing Credits By:

• Michael J. Bassett (written by)


• Robert E. Howard (character)

Known Trivia

• WILHELM SCREAM: When Solomon skewers a bad guy on the bridge during the fight scene at the start of the film.


• Director Michael J. Bassett and the film’s producers intended to make two further Solomon Kane movies to complete a planned trilogy, one set primarily in Africa and the other at least partially in colonial North America.


• When Kane’s says that he sailed with Admiral Drake, he’s referring to the poem “The One Black Stain” by creator Robert E. Howard. In the poem Kane speaks out against Drake’s execution of Sir Thomas Doughty in 1578 Patagonia, South America, hence why Kane says “That didn’t end well.”


• In 2001 it was announced that Christopher Lambert was offered the role of Kane and was seriously “considering it as it’s a very compelling part.


• Although the film rights were granted in 1997, it took another 11 years before filming began.


• Shot over a period of 12 weeks.


• Rachel Hurd-Wood’s brother in the film is played by her real life brother, Patrick Hurd-Wood.


• For a lot of the fight sequences, director Michael J. Bassett would play heavy metal to amp up his actors.


• It took 5 hours to apply James Purefoy’s body make-up for his shirtless scenes.


• To prepare for the role of Solomon Kane, James Purefoy read the entire oeuvre of Robert E. Howard as well as researching extensively the lifestyle and attitudes of Puritans.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: Much of this movie takes place in pouring rain but the trickle of blood on Kane's hand, after he survives being crucified, is totally undisturbed by the incessant downpour.

Plot: A 16th Century killing machine who finds his spirituality after an encounter with the Devil's own Reaper embarks on a mission to take down the Overload, whose human Raiders are ravaging England. Full summary »  »

Story: Once a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting Spaniards in Africa, Solomon met the Devil's Reaper and discovered he was bound for hell. Barely escaping, he soon renounced violence to atone for his past sins, seeking out redemption in a life of peace. That is until the followers of sorcerer Malachi kidnap a Puritan girl, Meredith Crowthorn, and brutally slaughter her family before his very eyes, forcing Solomon to take up arms and return to his violent ways once more to rescue her.Written by corsos, corrected by Pike84  

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Synopsis: Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back.

Once a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting Spainards in Africa, He met the Devil’s Reaper and discovered he was bound for hell. Barely escaping, he soon renounced violence to atone for his past sins, seeking out redemption in a life of peace. That is until the followers of a priest turned sorcerer, Malachi, kidnap a Purtian girl, Meredith Crowthorn, and brutally slaughter her family before his very own eyes; forcing Solomon to take up arms and return to his violent ways once more to rescue her.

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Produced By:

• Marcelo Anciano known as associate producer


• Michael Berrow known as executive producer


• Paul Berrow known as producer


• Samuel Hadida known as producer


• Victor Hadida known as executive producer


• Kevan Van Thompson known as co-producer


• Philip Waley known as line producer

FullCast & Crew:

• James Purefoy known as Solomon Kane


• Mark O'Neal known as Kane's Soldier #1


• Robert Orr known as Kane's Soldier #2


• Richard Ryan known as Kane's Soldier #3


• Frantisek Deak known as Cowering Guard


• Christian Dunckley Clark known as Lieutenant Malthus (as Christian Michael Dunkley Clark)


• Ian Whyte known as Devil's Reaper


• Thomas McEnchroe known as Young Monk


• Andrew Whitlaw known as Older Monk


• Robert Russell known as Abbott


• James Babson known as Skinhead


• Marek Vasut known as Tattoo


• Geoff Bell known as Beard


• Max von Sydow known as Josiah Kane


• Lucas Stone known as Young Solomon


• Samuel Roukin known as Marcus Kane / Overlord (as Sam Roukin)


• Rachel Hurd-Wood known as Meredith Crowthorn


• Patrick Hurd-Wood known as Samuel Crowthorn


• Pete Postlethwaite known as William Crowthorn


• Alice Krige known as Katherine Crowthorn


• Anthony Wilks known as Edward Crowthorn


• Isabel Bassett known as The Witch


• Jeff Smith known as Raider Captain


• Matthew Stirling known as Eye Patch (as Matt Stirling)


• Curtis Matthew known as Old Man


• Laura Baranik known as Prisoner


• Andrea Miltner known as Old Woman Captive (as Andrea Miltnerova)


• Ryan James known as Raider


• Mackenzie Crook known as Father Michael


• Mark Henson known as Landlord (as Franklin Henson)


• Philip Winchester known as Henry Telford


• Stewart Moore known as Garrick


• Madaleine Bassett known as Young Sarah


• Klara Low known as Onlooker


• Todd Kramer known as Raider


• Todd Benson known as Raider


• Mike McGuffie known as Another Raider


• Philip Waley known as Drunk


• Gordon Truefitt known as Stable Master


• David Listvan known as Gilligan


• Jiri Kraus known as Smith


• Tomas Tobola known as Hawkstone


• Beryl Nesbitt known as Old Crone


• Ben Steel known as Fletcher


• Matthew Blood-Smyth known as Merton (as Matthew Blood Smyth)


• Rory McCann known as McNess


• Amy Huck known as Prisoner


• Jason Flemyng known as Malachi



• Brian Caspe known as Priest (uncredited)


• John Comer known as Erasmus Woolman (uncredited)

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• Patrick Baxter known as special makeup effects artist


• Lisa Buscher known as prosthetic makeup artist: dailies


• Graham Chivers known as special makeup effects technician


• Jason Detheridge known as makeup effects technician


• Linda Eisenhamerova known as hair stylist (as Linda Dvorakova)


• Linda Eisenhamerova known as makeup artist (as Linda Dvorakova)


• C.J. Goldman known as special makeup effects artist


• Paul Jones known as special effects makeup designer


• Barbara Kichi known as hair stylist


• Barbara Kichi known as makeup artist


• Louis Kiss known as special makeup effects artist


• Erwin H. Kupitz known as wig maker


• Neil Morrill known as sculptor


• Ruzena Novotna known as hair stylist


• Ruzena Novotna known as makeup artist


• Ruzena Novotna known as prosthetic makeup artist


• Paul Pattison known as hair stylist


• Paul Pattison known as makeup designer


• Gabriela Polakova known as hair stylist


• Gabriela Polakova known as makeup artist


• Gabriela Polakova known as special makeup effects artist


• Robin Pritchard known as special makeup effects artist


• Sean Sansom known as special makeup effects lab technician


• David Scott known as special makeup effects supervisor


• Bobo Sobotka known as additional makeup artist


• Ivo Strangmüller known as hair stylist


• Ivo Strangmüller known as makeup artist


• Brian Wade known as special effects makeup artist

Art Department:

• Tobie Cote known as concept artist


• Michel Doré known as storyboard artist


• Tyler Gooden known as storyboard artist


• Martin Jelinek known as stand-by construction


• Lukás Kraina known as art department assistant


• Martin Kubricht known as on-set art director


• Tomás Lehovec known as stand-by construction


• Ray McNeill known as property master


• Stefan Mily known as set dresser


• Chris Rosewarne known as concept artist


• Greg Staples known as concept artist


• Pavel Tatar known as draftsman


• Enrique Torres known as concept artist


• Kurt Van Der Basch known as storyboard artist


• Katherin-Ellen Zabehlicky known as art department coordinator

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Production Companies:

• Davis-Films


• Czech Anglo Productions


• Wandering Star Pictures

Other Companies:

• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies provided by


• Barrandov Studios  studio facilities provided by


• Boom  sound post-production


• CE VideoAssist Rental  VideoAssist equipment provided by


• Catering Matous  catering


• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity consultants


• De Lane Lea  sound re-recording


• Film Finances  completion guarantor


• Lip Sync Post  digital intermediate


• Location Solutions South West  location services


• Macwell  computer services provided by


• Metropolitan Filmexport  domestic sales


• Panalux  grip and lighting equipment


• Panavision  camera equipment provided by


• Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment


• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services


• Soundtrack  ADR facility

Distributors:

• Alfa Films (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)


• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)


• Shaw Organisation (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)


• Aurum Producciones (2009) (Spain) (all media)


• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)


• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)


• Entertainment in Video (2010) (UK) (DVD)


• Entertainment in Video (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)


• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)


• Hollywood Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (all media)


• Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (all media)


• Nordisk Film (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)


• Paramount Japan (2012) (Japan) (DVD)


• Paris Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)


• RADiUS-TWC (2012) (USA) (all media)


• RTL Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)


• SF Home Entertainment (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)


• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)


• Warner Bros. (2008) (Austria) (all media)


• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

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Special Effects:

• BUF (visual effects)


• Baseblack


• Dragon Digital Intermediate (visual effects)


• Flash Barrandov (special effects)


• Lip Sync Post (visual effects)


• Men From Mars (visual effects and animation)


• Patrick Tatopoulos Design


• Paul Jones Effects Studio (special make-up effects and animatronics)


• Tatopoulos Studios

Visual Effects by:

• Jeremy Agamata known as pre-visualization artist


• Xavier Allard known as cg supervisor: BUF


• Kris Anderson known as digital compositor


• Phil Ashton known as visual effects editor


• François-Xavier Aubague known as visual effects producer


• Julien Aullas known as character animator: BUF


• Gary E. Beach known as visual effects supervisor


• Xavier Bec known as head of software


• Karel Benes known as visual effects


• Chris Bentley known as digital lab operator


• Steven Bray known as digital compositor


• Pierre Buffin known as artistic supervisor: BUF


• Thibault Bunoust known as digital artist: BUF


• Alberto Buron known as digital lab operator


• Luke Butler known as digital compositor: LipSync Post


• Simon Carr known as visual effects supervisor: Men-from-Mars


• James Clarke known as DI producer


• Tom Collier known as lead compositor: LipSync Post


• Neil Culley known as digital compositor: LipSync Post


• Michele De Benedetti known as visual effects coordinator: Dragon DI


• Carla Diamond known as visual effects producer: BUF


• Stefan Drury known as head of visual effects: LipSync Post


• Laurens Ehrmann known as visual effects supervisor: BUF


• Stephen Elson known as visual effects producer: Baseblack


• Daniel Erwin known as pre-visualization artist


• Pierre Escande known as visual effect producer: BUF


• Tim Field known as visual effects producer


• Michael Forot known as software engineer


• Benoit Gadreau known as software engineer


• Thibault Gauriau known as digital artist: BUF


• Sylvain Germain known as software engineer


• Ivan Girard known as concept artist: BUF


• Stephanie Goix known as software engineer


• Kim Gordon known as digital compositor: LipSync Post


• Scott Goulding known as assistant colourist


• Nicholas Hampshire known as CG artist: Lipsync Post


• Nick Hanks known as cg artist: LipSync Post


• Giles Harding known as on-set matchmover


• Myfanwy Harris known as lead visual effects artist: Dragon DI


• Timothy Heys-Cerchio known as motion control operator


• Thomas M. Horton known as visual effects producer: Men-from-Mars


• Laura Jennings known as visual effects editor


• Anne-Gaelle Jolly known as software engineer


• Sarah Juniper known as junior compositor: Men from Mars


• Jean-Louis Kalifa known as digital artist: BUF


• Stephanie C. Kelly known as digital compositor


• Tushar Kewlani known as cg supervisor


• Nicolas Labbe known as render farm operator: BUF


• Rick Leach known as digital compositor


• Tereza Mandic Listikova known as visual effects production manager


• Joachim Loubeau known as render farm operator: BUF


• Emmanuel Margoux known as character animator: BUF


• Rob May known as visual effects artist: Dragon DI


• Robert McKinnon known as concept artist: Tatopoulos Studios Inc.


• Alexandre Millet known as digital artist: BUF


• Andrew Morley known as visual effects supervisor: Lipsync Post


• Eddy Moussa known as digital artist: BUF


• Denisa Mrackova known as visual effects


• James Nicholl known as cg artist: LipSync Post


• Donal Nolan known as digital effects supervisor for baseblack


• Rich Nosworthy known as digital matte painter: LipSync Post


• Jakub Olexa known as visual effects editor


• Joe Pavlo known as lead digital artist


• Kevin Phelan known as head of post-production: Lip Sync Post


• Laurent Pierrat known as render farm operator: BUF


• Kate Porter known as digital compositor: LipSync Post


• Clement Rambach known as software engineer


• Edward Randolph known as digital compositor: Baseblack


• Edward Randolph known as visual effects coordinator: Baseblack


• Andrew Ryder known as visual effects plate coordinator (as Andy Ryder)


• Imran Sajid known as 3D artist


• Jerome Samson known as head of render farm: BUF


• Angela Stanley known as digital compositor: LipSync Post (as Angela Rose)


• Jon Stanley known as senior systems engineer: LipSync Post


• Bruce Steele known as visual effects artist: Dragon DI


• Ondrej Stibinger known as telecine colorist dailies


• Natalie Stopford known as visual effects line producer


• Damien Stumpf known as digital artist: BUF


• Romain Sunier known as software engineer


• Julien Tagodoe known as render farm operator: BUF


• Lucy Tanner known as visual effects coordinator: LipSync Post


• Daniel Tomlinson known as digital lab operator


• Enrique Torres known as pre-visualization artist


• Samantha Tracey known as visual effects coordinator


• Arnaud Trouvé known as software engineer


• Paul Tuersley known as digital compositor: Men From Mars


• Ben Turner known as digital compositor


• Audrius Urbonavicius known as digital matte artist: Men from Mars


• Christophe Verspieren known as software engineer


• Jocelyn Vincent known as render farm operator: BUF


• Shivaji Waikhom known as digital artist


• Tim Walton known as visual effects


• Sheila Wickens known as lead compositor: LipSync Post


• Blake Winder known as digital compositor: LipSync Post


• Jonathan Wood known as cg artist: LipSync Post


• Ramy Zaouai known as render farm operator: BUF

Release Date:

• Canada 16 September 2009 (Toronto International Film Festival) (premiere)


• USA 24 September 2009 (Austin Fantastic Fest)


• Spain 10 October 2009 (Sitges International Festival of Fantastic and Horror Cinema)


• France 23 December 2009


• Kazakhstan 31 December 2009


• Russia 31 December 2009


• Spain 1 January 2010


• Ukraine 14 January 2010


• Philippines 27 January 2010


• Thailand 28 January 2010


• Ireland 19 February 2010


• UK 19 February 2010


• Portugal 26 February 2010 (Fantasporto Film Festival)


• Malaysia 4 March 2010


• Portugal 18 March 2010


• Estonia 19 March 2010


• Israel 25 March 2010


• Netherlands 25 March 2010


• South Korea 25 March 2010


• Belgium 10 April 2010 (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)


• Denmark 16 April 2010 (Copenhagen Film Festival)


• Belgium 21 April 2010


• Indonesia 21 April 2010


• USA 24 April 2010 (Newport Beach International Film Festival)


• Czech Republic 24 June 2010


• Taiwan 26 June 2010


• Italy 14 July 2010


• Hungary 22 July 2010 (DVD premiere)


• Iceland 28 July 2010


• Sweden 11 August 2010 (DVD premiere)


• Mexico 13 August 2010


• Germany 17 August 2010 (Berlin Fantasy Filmfest)


• Germany 21 August 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Hamburg)


• Finland 22 August 2010 (Espoo Film Festival)


• Finland 25 August 2010 (DVD premiere)


• Germany 27 August 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Frankfurt)


• Germany 30 August 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Cologne)


• Germany 31 August 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Hanover)


• Germany 2 September 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Stuttgart)


• Germany 5 September 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Nuremberg Fantasy Filmfest)


• Germany 7 September 2010 (Fantasy Filmfest) (Munich)


• Chile 9 September 2010


• Slovakia 9 September 2010


• Brazil 10 September 2010


• United Arab Emirates 23 September 2010


• Bolivia 7 October 2010


• Germany 7 October 2010 (DVD premiere) (Blu-ray premiere)


• Peru 28 October 2010


• Ecuador 29 October 2010


• Uruguay 5 November 2010


• Venezuela 12 November 2010


• Argentina 25 November 2010


• Panama 24 December 2010


• Australia 29 December 2010 (DVD premiere)


• Greece 30 December 2010


• Kuwait 6 January 2011


• Singapore 20 January 2011


• Lebanon 10 February 2011


• Japan 10 February 2012 (DVD premiere)


• USA 12 April 2012 (ActionFest)


• USA 24 August 2012 (video on demand)


• USA 28 September 2012 (limited)

MPAA: Rated R for violence throughout

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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database

Solomon Kane (2009)